Marijuana Addiction & Recovery Support Group
This community is dedicated to those looking to overcome their addiction to marijuana, a drug produced from parts of the cannabis plant. Join the group to find support among people who are also looking to cease their habit of smoking marijuana, share your experience, and get advice. It's not easy to kick the habit, but together we can.
Good morning, I am brand new to this group and I just want to share a bit of how I have struggled with pot. I started smoking when I was just nearing my 30's. I had two toddlers and an alcoholic absentee husband. I developed a tremendous amount of anxiety and one day by two younger sisters came by and took me for a drive to get me out of the house. They introduced me to pot and I loved it....and never looked back after that. It started as a once in a while thing when my kids were fast asleep at night. After awhile it became nightly and I soooo looked forward to the kids bedtime so I could indulge. I managed to keep it that way for for over 30 years.....then I started to work at home. My kids were gone, I did not have to do a dam thing to hide it so I started gradually smoking during the day. NOW here I am 65 years old next week and I am a total pot head. I have tried to quit many times and have not lasted more than a month or so. I also get very ill for the first 5 days of detoxing...even to point of throwing up, cold and hot flashes, vivid dreams, and running to the bathroom regularly. I am a total mess for days.
I want off this treadmill and I want off now. For the last 3 days I managed to cut myself back to one pipeful a day and I have already started to feel the withdrawal effects. I know for some of you that seems strange....I hear so many people say there is no withdrawals from pot and that it is all in your head but for me ....that is not the case. My withdrawals are very real.
On New Years day I plan on going totally smoke free. I could use some support
thanks for listening
Well life is starting to feel like it is worth living again lol I wish I was sleeping a little better but I am trusting that it will get better with time. I keep having these stupid vivid dreams that can be quite entertaining "or" scary at times.
I have done a little research and apparently it can take quite awhile for our bodies to dispose of the TCH in our system. Unlike a lot of other drugs THC stores itself in our cells and can take months for our system to be rid of it. From what I understand this is why it is still showing up in your drug test. Try to drink as much water as you can to speed up the process. Even though smoking weed is legal here in Canada, if found in a drug test it can and does compromise many job opportunities . Please keep me posted on your tests,,,,.I am curious to find out how you are making out on that. Maybe in another few weeks I will buy a test myself and see how mine reads.
I must say I am loving the clarity of living my life without smoking. Yes, I still feel like crap sometimes but I keep playing life forward in my mind and looking forward to better days ahead. As I said in a previous message I am not a fan of winter and that doesn't help things. Even though this year so far our winter weather has not been that severe but we have not had a lot of sun. I love the sun and need it ib my life whether stoned or not lol If it was not for this covid 19 I would take a vacation in Florida or go on a cruise somewhere ...god knows when we will be able to do that again. I live in Ontario Canada and most of our Canadian snow birds do winter in Florida, Arizona or where ever are really missing it....so I guess everyone is feeling the pinch right now. What state in the USA do you live in? I hope in a warm climate.
Anyway I will close for now before this message turns into a book lol I think of you all the time and send you positive energy ...I hope you are feeling it lol lol
Talk soon
I will keep this short...just know I am thinking of you
Sharon