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