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Just quit smoking marijuana
by Bigboi223, Jun 23, 2008 11:17AM
Hi everyone,
Hoping someone can help me out. I'm 23 years old and have basically "seasonal" asthma. I only feel mild symptoms when it gets really cold out or really hot and muggy. My question is this though. I recently quit smoking marijuana. I quit smoking cigarettes about 3 years ago and have not touched them since however, I've been smoking marijuana for the most part on a daily basis since I was about 17/18 or so. My concern is, especially after reading up on it, that I may have done irreversable damage to my lungs and have permanently doomed myself in terms of contracting COPD and lung cancer. I've had a EKG done, pulmonary test and chest X-Ray done within the last year or so which have all come back normal. I work out daily and my smoking habits have been limited to about 1-2 bong rips per day however, I don't always smoke everyday. So with this in mind, is it likely that I...
1. Have done irreversable damage
2. Will contract some sort of lung disease down the road? (e.g. COPD, emphysema, lung cancer, etc.)
3. Will not be able return to the point where my lungs will function as if I've never smoked at all.
Thanks for your insights.
Hoping someone can help me out. I'm 23 years old and have basically "seasonal" asthma. I only feel mild symptoms when it gets really cold out or really hot and muggy. My question is this though. I recently quit smoking marijuana. I quit smoking cigarettes about 3 years ago and have not touched them since however, I've been smoking marijuana for the most part on a daily basis since I was about 17/18 or so. My concern is, especially after reading up on it, that I may have done irreversable damage to my lungs and have permanently doomed myself in terms of contracting COPD and lung cancer. I've had a EKG done, pulmonary test and chest X-Ray done within the last year or so which have all come back normal. I work out daily and my smoking habits have been limited to about 1-2 bong rips per day however, I don't always smoke everyday. So with this in mind, is it likely that I...
1. Have done irreversable damage
2. Will contract some sort of lung disease down the road? (e.g. COPD, emphysema, lung cancer, etc.)
3. Will not be able return to the point where my lungs will function as if I've never smoked at all.
Thanks for your insights.
Member Comments (2)
by Pebbles509, Jun 25, 2008 09:30AM
To: Bigboi223
Just taking bong hits 2x day are doing far more damage than you realize. If you can't stop, go to a few young people's AA meetings to get comm support to quit. I know, believe me. It works, and no one one will make you uncomfortable. You need to stop, and you know it, and you can't, or wouldn't be looking for some to tell you it's ok. The solution is to hang w/ kids your age who quit. Get support, and you can do it.
by Bigboi223, Jun 25, 2008 02:10PM
Thanks for the comment but stopping smoking isn't the issue here. I've already stopped smoking for over a week and have stopped in the past with no urges to continue smoking whatsoever. The only difference this time is that I plan to remain smoke free. I work out daily and feel very healthy otherwise but I was more or less curious as to whether or not the damage I've done is irreversible at my age of 23 and my history of smoking. I do not want to develop COPD, emphysema, lung cancer, etc. and am planning on getting engaged soon. I would like to be able to see my kids grow up and want to grow old with my wife and do not want my past bad habits to come back and bite me in the future. Thanks.
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