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quitting cannabis
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hi. i am a life long smoker of cannabis. i would like to stop but cant help myself. when i try to stop i get aggressive. what could i do to help?
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Nice 1 for wanting to quit. I want to want to quit.
I got no real advice for you other than talk to your gp. they can and will help even if its just refering you to a wellbeing centre where they can talk to you and support you.
Also, if you smoke cigarettes, concider giving that up at the same time. You can get tablets to stop you craving nicotine and they might stop you wanting weed too!
Worth a try. Good luck though, I might quit some day, maybe, possibly, when i have no money.
Dan
First off, you're already over the first hurdle, you want to quit. Coming here to talk about it is a really good step, it can help to share what you're going through and see what other people have gone through.
Experiences of quitting cannabis can vary hugely depending on the length of time you've been using it, other drugs its been used alongside and your tendency towards dependency. Some people can stop straight away but for others it's much more difficult. You say you've been using it your whole life so this is bound to be a big change for you that will probably take time and commitment.
Withdrawl symptoms can be experienced, and the feelings of aggression you've had when you've tried to stop are pretty common, along with irritability, mood changes; appetite disturbance, weight loss and difficulty sleeping.
The long term effects on your mental health if you keep using can be serious, so it's really important that you get the support you need to stop, there will be ways to deal with your symptoms.
Morphandcoffee is absolutely right in suggesting that you go to your doctor- he or she will be able to give you the right medical advice to help you give up (and may also be able to offer you counselling if you'd like to).
There's a good article on stopping drug use on TheSite as well as lots of information and advice on http://www.knowcannabis.org.uk/
Frank also has a self-help programme that you might want to look into that takes around four weeks to complete. This might help you identify some of the "risk" situations involved with your cannabis use so that you can start to think about avoiding these or removing them from your life.
Quite a few different links there but hopefully you'll find some of it useful, everyone is different so it's about finding something that works for you, do you think you could consider seeing your GP for starters? Good luck and let us know how you're doing. :-)
Everyone knows that marijuana is not addictive, but it is habitual.
Breaking a habit is hard, i know a guy who quit smoking and while doing so stopped drinking coffee. I asked why coffee? He said when i have a smoke in the morning, coffee is in the other hand, same with lunch. He had quit both for 5 years at that time.
Im basically saying that breaking a habit doesnt just mean stopping one thing. The people you hang around with, the activities you do will in the end determine if you are successful. Its hard to stop doing something when you are surrounded by it.
Good luck
Quitting weed or tobacco can both easily cause someone to be aggressive...
issue. Actually, I came to know that cannabis smoke is effective in the cure of
pancreatic cancer. Does anyone know more about it?
regards
Cure is the wrong word.
No evidence for this whatsover. Main health risk comes from unregulated and adulterated criminal supply.
Isn't that all of it then?
You say there's no evidence, when there is some, not all of it is conclusive and there's too many variables, but its there. This page alone shows evidence.
And why is that then eh?
None of it is conclusive or even close. Study after study and nothing to show. The main danger listed there is consuming with tobacco.
I'd say that's pretty close and is a main danger which doesn't involve tobacco?
So the obvious solution is to legalise and regulate surely?
Yet they can't produce a single study gives at least a strong indication. To say smoking weed is bad for your health because of carcinogens is a claim based on dubious inference, little more.