| Marijuana while only a "soft drug" | | | | little real benefit just a perceived |
| compared to the likes of cocaine, heroin | | | | one. To compound this many pot smokers |
| and others can still be a very addictive | | | | have friends who also smoke and it |
| and destructive drug. Many people who | | | | becomes a social thing making it more |
| long to quit smoking pot find their | | | | ingrained. |
| lives revolve around marijuana and it | | | | So this being said it is possible to |
| becomes a habit that fills any gap in | | | | quit smoking weed without suffering |
| their lives. It can become such an | | | | cravings or relapses and you are not |
| integral part of their lives that they | | | | fighting with a chemical need but a |
| feel like they are living in a haze most | | | | psychological need which can be overcome |
| of the time and are missing out on some | | | | with willpower. While this may sound |
| very important parts of life. The first | | | | easy it can of course be a lot harder in |
| thing to know when learning how to quit | | | | practice as the habit can run very deep |
| smoking weed is that the drug is not | | | | especially for those who have smoked for |
| chemically addictive! | | | | years. Quitting can be accompanied by |
| Pot is not an addictive drug like heroin | | | | anxiety and depression as you learn to |
| or cigarettes as there is no physical | | | | live life without the constant smoking |
| craving that occurs when you do not take | | | | which can seem soothing and comforting |
| the drugs. Pot does not affect the | | | | but only because it was a part of your |
| receptors in your brain like these drugs | | | | routine. The trick for some people is to |
| and the effects are also not as vivid as | | | | find something to replace this |
| the hard drugs making it less of an | | | | addiction, obviously not another |
| issue to many people to start smoking. | | | | addiction but something creative and |
| The primary addiction to weed is a | | | | fulfilling. Something that makes you |
| psychological addiction, the memory of | | | | happy without an extreme high you may |
| the highs you once felt smoking pot | | | | try to latch onto as an alternative. |
| always come back and make you want to | | | | So how to quit smoking weed in a |
| try to reach that feeling again even if | | | | nutshell? You must realize you do not |
| it takes you more and more pot to do | | | | crave weed but just want it! Once you |
| this as you become more resistant to its | | | | learn to adapt to a life without |
| effects. The smoking goes from a | | | | marijuana you will find you can quit |
| pleasurable action to a habit with | | | | smoking pot forever! |