you have finally decided to stop smoking pot. Firstly. I know from personal experience, how much cannabis can take over your life. I also know exactly how tough it is to stop smoking pot once and for all. Therefore in this article I provide some tips on how to quit smoking it.
1) formulate a plan. Most weed smokers have a set routine when they try and give up. You will kid yourself that as soon as your current baggy is finished, that’s it, you’re going to quit smoking cannabis for good. So you smoke that baggy twice as quickly as you normally would and when it’s finished, you find yourself buying more! It’s a vicious circle that will control you .
Set a date about one month in the future as your “giving up” date. Up to this date gradually cut back on the amount of cannabis you are smoking. If you’re a heavy smoker, try and cut back to 1 or 2 joints a day. After ten days, cut this down again. One a day or one joint every alternate day for the next 10 days. For the final 10 days, try and only smoke 2 or 3 joints in total until you reach your giving up day!
2) On the day that you eventually decide to stop smoking pot, you will need to throw out and lose every single piece of drug paraphernalia that you own. Papers, lighters, roach material, bongs, bags, grinder, etc. I made the mistake of initially keeping all these things locked up in a drawer. This just makes it far easier to get sucked back in.
If the temptation to smoke cannabis is there, you are unfortunately more likely to take it. No matter what anyone tells you, pot is addictive. However, it is far more a psychological addiction that a physical one. If you leave temptation in your way, your mind is likely to take over and you will probably be smoking pot or weed by the end of the day.
3) The hardest and yet most important aspect of how to stop smoking pot is losing your friends. Cannabis is both a social and yet very unsociable drug. Usually long time pot smokers become distant from family and friends who don’t partake in their habit. However, other pot smokers soon become your closest allies.
Smoking cessation (colloquially quitting smoking) is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. Tobacco contains nicotine, which is addictive.[1]
Smoking cessation can be achieved with or without assistance from healthcare professionals, or the use of medications. However, a combination of personal efforts and medications proves more effective to many smokers.[2] Methods that have been found to be effective include interventions directed at or via health care providers and health care systems; medications including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and varenicline; individual and group counselling; and Web-based or stand-alone and computer programs. Although stopping smoking can cause short-term side effects such as reversible weight gain, smoking cessation services and activities are cost-effective because of the positive health benefits.
- In a growing number of countries, there are more ex-smokers than smokers.[2]
- Early "failure" is a normal part of trying to stop, and more than one attempt at stopping smoking prior to longer-term success is common.[2]
- NRT, other prescribed pharmaceuticals, and professional counselling or support also help many smokers.[2]
- However, up to three-quarters of ex-smokers report having quit without assistance ("cold turkey" or cut down then quit), and cessation without professional support or medication may be the most common method used by ex-smokers.[2]
Tobacco contains nicotine. Smoking cigarettes can lead to nicotine addiction.[3]:2300–2301 The addiction begins when nicotine acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to releaseneurotransmitters such as dopamine, glutamate, and gamma-aminobutyric acid.[3]:2296 Cessation of smoking leads to symptoms of nicotine withdrawal such as anxiety and irritability.[3]:2298Professional smoking cessation support methods generally endeavour to address both nicotine addiction and nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Studies have shown that it takes between 6 to 12 weeks post quitting before the amount of nicotinic receptors in the brain return to the level of a non smoker. wikki
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