How do i stop smoking marijuana??

Hi i am 17 years old and i really want to stop smoking weed. it is making lose my money and the respect of my family how do i stop??

[SophieShine]

Hi there and welcome to the forum!
There's no physical dependance to weed, it's all mental. If you really wanna stop weed, ask yourself why you are doing it, replace it by something you really like to do and give 200%, there's nothing like natural high!!!
Best of luck to you. xoxoxo. sophie.

[Crying_Freeman]

i used to be a hardcore smoker i used it a substitute to stop using heroin, used to wake up and feel that i would need breakfast bongs and any activities i did i felt i needed to have a smoke b4 hand.

Why cant you stop smoking weed? is it your environment or your friends? Firstly if you feel depressed you should go and see a doctor to help you with it he might put you on some meds... you really need to source out why u feel the urge to smoke

There is no physically withdrawal from weed, i just one day decided to stop cause i was starting to get paranoid and hearing voices, i was losing the plot, i hope u dont get to that stage.

For me i found it was depression that lead to smoking.... if you really want to quit see your doc and see what he thinks about your situation...

But you can only stop if you want to, stopping because your broke or to gain respect from your family is not really gonna do it.

[youngdude421]

if you cant "just stop" maybe seeking some help is a good idea. I know alot of people who cant "just stop" weed isnt as easy to quit and harmless as alot of people say it is. Maybe a therapist? Maybe Narcotics Anonymous meetings? like someone else said you have to want to really want to stop in your heart of hearts in order to stop.

[Marte313]

To quit smoking isn't really that hard. Just stop putting it off and do it. A tip for the road is to get up early in the morning and fill your day with activities. You could write a dayplan for the next day in the evening. This way you don't get so much time to think about it and you would be exhausted in the evening so you won't struggle to sleep. The best part is that this drug is so easy to quit that you will be over it by the end of the week =)

Good luck!!

[123456m]

I smoked pot for 20 years in my early 20s every day. Those were the times of deep purple, earth wind and fire, grateful dead etc. I hit it when I woke up in the AM went to work did a bowl every lunch time and a few bowls before I went to bed.
When everything was dry no weed anywhere I would have to stop never had any kind of wds but mental cravings. Now I cannot stand the stuff unless it is super high quality and only affects to reset the mind and not the body. However since this kind is rare I have not smoked in 5 years and certainly do not miss it.
Opiates are my drug of choice and believe me you do not want to go there !
Most people do not know that there are many types of pot its not  all the same at all. So if you really want to quit just do it. Pot is one kind of drug that you can cut down on and only use once in a while because there are no physical wds. Maybe even try getting some good organic buds from Humbolt county in Nothern Ca and only use a little bit now and then.
One thing for sure if pot was legal it is now in some states and booze was illegal there would be many many lives saved on this planet.

The main problem with pot is what your buying. In Calif now there are store sprouting up where you can walk in and buy good hydro grown pot. But if your smoking the mexican molding junk weed them your harming yourself.
It will not be long before pot to become legal to use medically in all the US. The DEA has really relaxed there position in Calif. It works great fro folks that have Touretes syndrome. Which I also have. My doctor years ago is the number one doc in this field and works at the City of Hope Medical center in Calif. He told me that 60% of his patients use pot and recommends it highly for those with TS.

So long post to say a lttle pot now and then will not hurt at all but every day all day will mess up your life.
Peace