I’m going on a cruise.. I usually smoke about .5-1g of rosin per day. Hoping I don’t get major withdrawals. I do have a drink package which helps… I’m a little nervous that I’m gonna be sick

I’ve been a habitual user of edibles for several years. I take them every night for treatment resistant depression and anxiety. I rely on weed to hold myself together.

While, I try to keep my doses at about 30 mg, I occasionally increase to 50-60 mg when I haven’t taken a tolerance break in a while.

The past two nights I’ve gotten nauseous and vomited everything in my stomach. Im very concerned that I’m developing CHS.

Anyone experience with this please talk me down or tell me if I need to be worried?

Hi guys,

I'm wondering about everyone's experiences regarding memory problems due to long term use.

When you go on a t-break, and then afterwards switch to only smoking once in a blue moon (i.e only on rare special occasions), do your memory problems come back? Or is it only when you smoke habitually?

I really want to keep weed as a rare reward type of thing, but if the memory problems are a consistent side effect, then I'm starting to think it might not be worth it.

I must mention though that I feel I was already in the process of wanting to be working more consciously with the plant and did not want to give up because of all the amazing things it brings in my life and that I was looking for a way to have a balanced and sustainable relationship with the plant.

I recently bought my first dry-herb vaporiser and this entire thought process and ideas of quitting or having to take a long break or have any plans about consuming weed has totally disappeared. It somehow feels more natural. Body feels cleaner and focus is sharper and recovery time is much less than when I was smoking spliffs. I smoke when I feel like (2-3 times a day), and find that naturally I tend not to smoke in the nights... and if I do I just have a good time : )

I love smoking weed and getting stoned and doing all sorts of life-stuff. I don't separate my high experience or sober experience as something very different from each other or good or bad or high or low but rather states that are synchronised and flowing into each other allowing for space for all kind of life to emerge, flower and then slowly dissipate.

All things emerge from nothing and hold their existence temporarily and flow back into nothing. Its a much deeper question and reality then about how we relate to everything in our life... how we attach to it and how we co-create our reality with it, be it food or a human or your laptop or phone or your new-born baby. Our weed consumption and by that extension any other consumption is then merely a reflection of the overall relationship with all life indeed.

Off course I am still mindful of how much I smoke and with a vaporiser obviously find that I smoke much much much much less than I would if I was smoking joints and the entire process of a vaping session makes it harder to get high unconsciously.

I (27) have been smoking weed nearly every night since I was 19 (with occasional 2-3 week tolerance breaks). I’ve been trying to reduce the amount I smoke for years now and I think I’ve finally cracked the code for me…

I got one of those timed lock-boxes that I’m pretty sure are meant for children’s iPads. I’ve been locking my stash in there for usually 2-5 days after each time I smoke. I’ve been doing this for a few months now and I can confidently say I’ve gone from daily smoking to 1-3 times per week when the box unlocks.

Yes, it’s embarrassing that I have to treat myself like a child, but whatever works I guess. I’m hoping one day I won’t need it anymore and can just smoke intuitively, but right now I still crave it every day and can’t really trust myself to moderate. My biggest fear is one day I’ll just go to the dispensary to bypass the lock-box, but my cravings haven’t been so bad that I’ve resulted to that. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

I am just getting back from a 3 week trip to SKorea and Japan, where weed is illegal, so I didn’t take anything with me. I am now 3 weeks clean and it’s 15 days until 420. I’m planning on celebrating, but I’m debating about getting back into it before, or just partaking day of.

Any opinions would be lovely. I am a little worried about being TOO high day of if I end up waiting. But I do like the idea of going a month without weed.

Thanks!

Hey everyone, I managed to stay sober from weed for three months leading up to a major event in my life. it was really tough, but I did it. Now that the event is over, l've fallen back into my old habits and have been smoking daily for the past seven days. I feel myself slipping back into a cycle I desperately want to avoid. I'm looking for any advice or strategies that have helped others break this kind of relapse cycle. How do you guys manage the transition after a period of sobriety, especially when dealing with triggers or the feeling of 'rewarding yourself? Any tips on resisting the urge to smoke daily, or any alternative coping mechanisms? I really want to get back on track and reclaim the progress I made. Any help or support would be greatly appreciated.

So I’ve got one year for a competitive exam and I’ve been smoking regularly for half a month now. I haven’t seen any changes yet but I’m scared of fucking up my memory. I want to regulate this- don’t wanna quit straightaway. Looking for some advice here. What frequency would you consider safe and sound enough for my learning and memorising skills to be unaffected?

It’s been over 12 years of daily cannabis use. I turned 29 the other day and I decided that’d be my last day of smoking for at least a year. I don’t want my last year of my 20s to be spent with this plant, I’ve given it the rest of my 20s. This last one is for me.

12 year of daily use and feeling like I could be achieving more than I am. 12 years of letting the plant hold me back and be okay with not doing anything. 12 years of not allowing myself to see who I am without the plant.

Over the past couple years I have taken breaks, even up to a couple months. I’ve been through the withdrawals 10 times now. But I always slipped back into the daily habit eventually, not truly seeing what I am without it. I need to see what I am without this.

Stopping smoking isn’t going to suddenly make me better, it’s not going to solve all my problems, it’s going to make it harder I think. I am going to have to face my true feelings and desires and work hard to get the things that I want, and put in real work. But that is what I need…I’ve spent the past 12 years doing enough to get by and get my high. It’s time to achieve what I need without a crutch.

How can I know who I really am if I’ve used a substance habitually, which alters my thought patterns, since I was 16? I’ve been with my partner for all this time, the love of my life, and we’ve grown up through this all together, explored the whole globe together…but I feel like myself and our relationship have been inhibited by this plant. Not being true to myself, to her, or to our relationship. Everything needs changing and evolution…and this is a first step.

I don’t write this to seek guidance or attention from others. I write this to actually put it on paper into the universe, for someone to just see it and relate, and to hold myself accountable. I can come back to this and see it, and hopefully in the future feel like I did the right thing.

Hi! Sorry for the very long post. Just feel like I need to tell someone who won’t judge me what I did today.

I quit weed on the 17th of March this year, specifically joints, I would have multiple a day for 5 years. I stopped for a number of reasons like I couldn’t eat (which caused me to be very underweight) or sleep without weed and I was spending way too much money on it. Also felt like I just hadnt progressed at all in the past 5 years. So I quit, adamant I would never touch it again (I had also quit in Nov 2023 for a drugs test but was back smoking full time 3 months later).

Fast forward to today, my friends baby daddy left her a bottle of oil (synthetic) and she offered me some, I didn’t even really think about it and smoked it. It hit me like a ton of shit. Made me very anxious and awkward in public, the good thing about that shit is it doesn’t last long so I was fine some time later, but accepted it again when she offered me it. Was a bit of a cycle. I am back to eating 3 full meals a day but my sweet tooth hadn’t still came back, so I took full advantage of it being there and ate lunch then a ridiculous amount of snacks, we then walked to my friends workplace and got a coffee, I downed that coffee in about 5 minutes and we walked back. The amount of food, the coffee and the walking had me throwing up everything when we got back, although I felt so much better after. Even though the throwing up wasn’t DIRECTLY related to the spice, it was a cause of the amount of food I ate, and I ate that amount because I vaped it. I felt disappointed in myself at the time.

However, I am sitting here tonight, sober as it has all completely worn off, and I don’t even regret it. I don’t feel as though my streak has restarted as the way I am deciding to look at it is 19 days ago I made the decision to be better, and I am still making the decision to be better. I have smoked one day in 19 days and that is a HELL of a difference than 5 joints a day every day. I do not want it currently. I am still adamant I will never go back to that. I think it also helped that I didn’t smoke a joint, as a big part of my addiction was sitting there relaxing with a joint, it was literally something to pass the time, as nothing could of beat sitting and chilling with a big fat J. I don’t plan on ever touching a joint again though. Even after today. I’ll maybe vape/take an edible the odd weekend if I feel like it, as in ways it did really really help me, but the amount I abused it caused it to be a hindrance in the end.

Some people may disagree and say my streak is broken, but to me that is all dependent on what your streak means to you personally.

New to this sub so I hope this post is welcome here! Again , if you made it this far thank you so much for reading my ridiculously long post. Hopefully someone can relate. Hope you’re all well:)

Hi all. I’m a heavy smoker. I love weed and I’m not ready to quit anytime soon, but definitely in the future. Right now, I smoke so much and i feel like it has had a negative effect on my mind and life. I can’t afford to go cold turkey because I need my sleep and the negative effects won’t be great for this point in my life. Im going to buy one of those timed lockboxes, because I would like to cut down to one late evening joint a day. Has anyone done this? If so, was it worth it? Did you feel different? Thanks in advance.

WTF was I doing right in 2020 and 2022 that I'm screwing up royally now? Twice I was just short of two months and the dreams both times were literally like a different world. Even the break I did last year and October 2021 were just under a month but still enough to get bat-shit crazy dreams going on.

It was a quality of life that I miss so greatly. All the times I'd jam to quality music, like the ATV Offroad Fury 2 soundtrack during Covid and just completely lit of nostalgia instead of weed.

The 2022 break was also great and was also off alcohol the entire time, where 2020 was just the last two weeks of the break I wasn't drinking.

I often would get wild dreams of catching a flight from the Buffalo airport to somewhere cool like Denver... These dreams could be a reality if I actually gave up smoking for long enough to save the money for cheap flights to and from wherever I wanted to travel but I'd have to choose carefully because I can't visit every popular major US City.

Stopping NOW would be a great decision, what's the difference in this time? I wants those dreams both during sleep and reality.

I'm turning 30 in just a few months so I can add a few destinations to the bucket list once I get these extreme breaks going.

I’m on day 5 and this is rough. However, I just wanted to share a bit of wisdom because this feels different than the times before…

I’ve been smoking pretty much consistently for 15 years (started in early adolescence). Whenever I’d try to take a break before, I felt like a junkie. Insane night sweats, zero sleep, mood swings, everything. I’d be trying to scrape out old pipes and things.

Fast forward to now. I’m in my late twenties, so my brain is fully developed. I understand logically how it works - smoke enough and your brain will simply adjust to remain in homeostasis. Essentially, it’s pointless to smoke that much. So I decided that I should take a break. I’ve also been off the booze for 3 weeks, so I felt strong-willed already.

It’s day 5 now and things are okay. Not great, but I also have no desire to smoke. And here’s the kicker: I currently have a pound of weed just chillin in my house with me. No one to stop me. Just a few years ago, this would not have been possible. I know people say you should get rid of everything but for me, practicing self-discipline to this degree is actually better. If you really want to do something and you have logical reasons for doing so, then the power is with you. I know this approach isn’t for everyone but I’m just sharing my own experience here. I also feel like…I’d be a bit afraid if I didn’t have the option of weed? I guess I’m so emotionally dependent that it’s easier for me to have the safety blanket of knowing there’s a pound, than nothing.

I want to share a couple of tips:

-reading books and getting off social media. I feel this truly strengthened my brain and intellect. Being smart makes making decisions way easier. There’s no emotional turmoil, only logic.

-I never see anyone suggesting this: take a sleeping pill to get through the first few nights! Diphenhydramine. It’s an antihistamine that promotes drowsiness and it works!! I can’t believe that I never did this before. Why have I spend countless sleepless nights, drenched in sweat when I could’ve simply taken a strong sleeping aid? Make it make sense.

Hi friends. I recently discharged from a psychiatric health program for treating PTSD and substance use.

Before I started the program, I was using cannabis daily, constantly taking hits all day. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was using cannabis to self medicate. I joined the substance use (it was not abstinence focused) group a few weeks in, and it helped me gain a lot of insight on my use.

I found that being kinder to myself made it so much easier to stop the spiral when I smoke when I’m “not supposed to”

That self-compassion (and also receiving treatment for my PTSD) was so crucial in my journey of understanding where weed does and does not fit in my life.

It’s okay if I make a mistake. I can still put the weed away and stop, instead of spiraling into overuse. The effects are temporary. I’m allowed to experiment and see where it does and does not fit into my life. After smoking I’m able to actually ask myself “is this the experience that I want right now?”

A lot of times, the answer is actually no. I don’t beat myself up when the answer is no. I simply put the weed away and wait for it to wear off. I still learned something about myself, and where cannabis use fits in my life. A lesson for next time.

We’re all human. Humans make mistakes, it’s how we learn.

Be kind to yourself, and take it one step at a time.

did i do something wrong like fuck up my healing progress? I'm really scared and the stop smoking reddit told me to come here, are my airways just inflamed from the heat + healing process or did i just reset everything i worked hard doing?

I have a drug test for a really important internship on June 2. I took my last bowl just before midnight of Mar 31-April 1. I feel like there's a void in my life. I feel like I don't have a reward at the end of each day. I recognize that my brain is romanticizing weed in order to get me to do it again, so maybe I should go thru the ways in which weed has hurt me:

I sleep a lot and never really feel great in the morning. I wouldn't be able to call my parents when I'm high because I knew they would be able to tell so I frequently screened their calls and called them back at a different time. I have a good time with my roommates but I don't want to be social outside of that when I'm high. There's probably a lot more that I can't think of right now.

I don't really know how to replace that void in my life. Or what's even scarier is that maybe there shouldn't be something to fill that void everyday. I saw a post on here (I think it was this subreddit) about how not everyday can be a party, and I found that very profound but also scary.

After my drug test, I think it is likely I will start smoking again, but it has to be different. The fact that it's been this hard to quit has shown me how reliant I really was on weed. It's embarrassing that something has that much control over my life, and how meaningless my life feels without it. It almost feels like I don't really know who I am or what I'm doing with my life. Maybe I was in denial while I was smoking that it wasn't effecting me as much as I thought it was.

Luckily I haven't really had many physical withdrawal symptoms, just cravings and depression. I don't know where I go from here. I feel like I've been having an existential crisis every night.

I'm sorry for bouncing around all over the place and this is probably not very well written. I have no larger insight on what I've said here, but I find it comforting to be a part of this community. If anyone has any tips on how to make things better, in particular at night, please lmk.

I see a lot of variation when it comes to what’s considered a healthy relationship with weed. Of course it varies greatly from person to person and is such an individual decision, but I’m wondering, what would successful moderation look like for YOU?

Smoking once in a blue moon? Once a month or less, weekends only, or a few hits per night? Anything in between?

Just curious and looking to stay motivated on my moderation journey. Thanks in advance!

This may be a little esoteric to some but thought I'd share in case it helps others.

I was a daily smoker for over 15 years. It was extremely habitual, especially before bed, and often during the days as well when I had "nothing to do." Definitely kept me stupid and slow for a long time, and let's not forget lazy.

I recently got into more spiritual leanings and discovered the Gateway Experience. A brief summary: it's an audio program carefully designed by the Monroe Institute; the CIA had some of their folks in the 60s (and maybe still do today) using them to explore astral projection, remote viewing, and expanding consciousness. I'm not here to argue about whether it works or not (though yes, I have successfully astral projected using it) -- I recommend you do your own research if interested. They're basically guided meditations that teach you progressive tools to explore consciousness.

I started the tapes, wanting to explore; I had strong feelings we were more than just these physical meatbags and was interested in what I might discover. After just a few days, the desire to smoke just... faded away. And it hasn't come back. It's been over 2 months, and at most I will smoke once a week with intention, to let loose a little. But never during the day and never to escape like I used to. I am flabbergasted at the results. It's not even hard to not smoke, when before I'd try to willpower through and only smoke on the weekends (I'd last maybe half a week before caving).

Important to note I didn't even have the intention to stop smoking when I started the tapes; it was just a happy little accident. I believe the tapes make you more aware, get you more "okay" with what's going on in life, and able to handle it better emotionally. It is advised however not to do the tapes if you feel severely emotionally or mentally unstable as that may not bring good results.

If you're still interested, it's important to keep an open mind. I'm not saying you should expect the same results but I have read many anecdotal reports of others who say they've been able to quit even "harder" substances like coke and hard alcohol. I personally don't believe it to be a coincidence.

For more info, there's a great subreddit (r/gatewaytapes) that discuss their experiences and helpful people in the community to answer questions. If you poke around you will also find access to the tapes.

Godspeed, y'all ✨

I’m 12 days sober today (goal is to stay sober for 90 days) and very proud of myself, as I usually take edibles multiple times a day every day. I use weed for many reasons– to treat my depression, chronic pain, ADHD/autism, and to cope with living in an abusive environment. Today I’m particularly sad because of course, without weed, I’m just sober and depressed. I’ve been on 3 antidepressants in the past and 2 of them gave me terrible side effects (when I was on Effexor I was genuinely terrified that I would hurt myself) and the other one just…didn’t work. I know there are a lot more antidepressants but I’m honestly traumatized by the past two I was on so I can’t see myself trying any more. I’m back in therapy as of 2 weeks ago and it’s helpful having someone to talk to but I know it won’t cure my depression. I just feel empty and hopeless knowing that there’s no fix to this, it’s not like I haven’t tried seeking help but I’m still depressed. I feel confident in saying I’m not experiencing withdrawal symptoms from THC, depression is my default state and has been for many years and now that I don’t have weed to boost my mood I just feel like shit constantly. To be clear I have no urges to get high, I said I’d stay sober for 3 months and I’m keeping my promise to myself, but yeah. I just wish I didn’t feel so sad. Also really frustrating because I have no energy to do anything, including exercise which I know everyone says to do when you’re depressed. I can’t even get out of bed right now so I’m sure as hell not going to exercise. Between the fatigue and my chronic pain that’s just not an option for me right now. I just want to feel better.

I’m a daily smoker and I had the idea to get CBD flower and mix it in as a way to keep myself from going overboard and building up a tolerance. I’ve been smoking a 1:1 ratio or a 2:1 ratio. During the day I have been mixing 2 parts cbd to 1 part thc dominant so it’s more mild and I don’t have any anxiety or paranoia that way.

Today I had the idea to smoke a bowl of cbd and it was kinda cool! It calmed me down but I wasn’t high. And I still got the smoke break lol. Does anyone else either mix cbd in or sometimes take it on its own? I also know they sell tinctures.

Hey all, I'm looking to get some advice from others. I've been using marijuana for a couple of years now straight every night. I mostly stuck to edibles that get me very high every single night. I love the feeling of the euphoria and chilling/playing video games.

The thing is, it's affected my life negatively. I gained weight, wasn't being as social and I felt like it was affecting my memory and overall feeling hazy throughout the day until I did it again the following night.

It's been 3 days since I've used marijuana, I was thinking maybe it would best if I quit cold turkey. I have a vape that I didn't use as often, mostly because the edibles were plenty enough as is.

I have a couple of THC cartridges left that I purchased not too long ago. I feel like MAYBE if I stick to vaping only at night I wouldn't feel as bad the next day as I do with edibles. Mostly the edibles just made it more likely I would eat junk food (causing weight gain) and caused me to become lazy and stop exercising or moving around a lot. Anyone have a similar story/advice?

I stopped about a month ago and I'm not sure if I will go back - honestly not concerned about it now. This community has been fantastic and given me a lot to think about. Seeing everyone come to terms with the suck, no sleep, scattered thoughts, adhd symptoms, mood swings, fun!

I've always used weed as a tool and I'll count this as another lesson. It's not the issue. I was the issue, when I learned that it's definitely cascading out into the rest of my life. I can only manage my garden. If I'm experiencing some shit I can only control how I deal with it. Making peace with the discomfort of all the things quitting brought up has been pure gold.

Embrace the suck, don't grin and bear it, let it come and let it go. Another hard lesson learned the only way they can be. My life is better for it.

If you are dealing with the conflict. With the suck of taking a step back or away, it's going to be ok and it's worth it. You are worth it, hang in there because my journey has been fucking beautiful. Hope the same for you all! 🤙

Today marks a week sober! 3 more to go. Going for month to pass a drug test and see what the mental clarity is like. I been daily smoking since 3 1/2 years and smoked extremely occasionally for 4 years before. Towards my peak I pushed flower aside because that wouldn’t leave me high enough ever. I was finishing a 2g disposable in 4 days, the good kind. I think it’s different when you’re doing it for a particular reason because I know I’ll never fully quit because I love weed and I’m okay with that but I do need to take breaks here and there.

I guess it’s true when people say you leave certain feelings buried, I found myself crying pretty hard a few times over some things I thought I had already “cried out” I don’t really see much difference in the mental clarity yet or any benefit😂. Not much anxiety because I know i physically can’t do it, I guess it’s easier when you have a good job lined up but I just try and stay away from excessive caffeine. I stay in the gym, cardio , sauna. To sleep I take 1-2 melatonin (10mg). I’m definitely not sleepy during the day anymore, I’d get so fucking tired around 1-3pm I couldn’t do much around that time period.

When I come back I expect to have a healthier relationship with weed since I’ll most likely be working a professional job and what not. I really just want the 2g to last me 7 days and I’ll be very content.