How to Quit Marijuana by Stopping Cravings
Author: Michael Porteous
One of the biggest challenges anyone faces when stopping an addiction is the cravings you feel and when discovering how to quit marijuana this will be a major factor in your plan to overcome cannabis addiction so you can lead a healthy happy life and not feel the NEED to smoke pot all the time.
First though, we must look at what a craving is!
Dependency cravings
Dependency is when your body becomes addicted to a drug and you face physical symptoms when you stop taking that drug. In the case of cigarettes a lack of intake of nicotine (often referred to as withdrawal) means you body believes it is being starved of something vital which can lead to agonizing headaches, nausea, diarrhea and more. The difference between cigarettes and marijuana though is that pot is not physically addictive and has hardly any of these symptoms making cases of marijuana dependency a debatable topic.
This does not mean there are no physical side effects to quitting marijuana however as many who have stopped smoking pot can testify. The active ingredient in Marijuana called THC (TetraHydroCannabinol) causes physical changes in your body chemistry which can lead to a few physical effects such as:
- Insomnia
- Vivid Dreams
- Mild Nausea
- Sore Throat
Getting rid of THC from your body is a long term process however because it is stored in fat cells and is released at a later date. To speed the process and get through these physical problems it is best to do a detox to flush as much of it out of your system as you can. Exercise top burn fat, lots of water and other detox methods are very helpful in this regard.
Psychological Cravings
The physical aspect of quitting smoking pot is only the tip of the iceberg for many marijuana addicts because the addiction is not dependency on the drug which is basically a non-event. Instead, like many other behavioral problems such as gambling, alcoholism and sexual addictions, those that feel they cannot stop smoking weed are considered psychologically addicted and often use the physical symptoms that occur in the first few weeks as a belief they are ‘hooked’ on the drug despite its lack of dependency issues.
This is nothing to be embarrassed about though, people form ingrained habits to all sorts of things and some things that can be healthy, but when a habit becomes an addiction in that you believe you cannot exist without it this is nearly always detrimental to your life in many negative ways and this is where the real cravings come from.
You feel you NEED to smoke.
You feel SCARED not to smoke.
You might feel you cannot GET BY without just smoking even a little.
This might not even be apparent to you when learning how to quit marijuana, especially if you blame your continuance to smoke on the physical symptoms you get when you do not smoke and this is where the cravings that are rooted deep in your mind come from and these are the ones you need to uproot more than any!
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Does quitting smoking weed affect your dreams at night?
It effects your whole body since you are quitting a harmful adiction, your dreams included. Keep staying off the weed. God Luck.
Is it normal to have nightmares about not being able to quit smoking weed?
If they are normal, can i end them? I haven’t gone back to smoking, but these dreams are creeping me out and making me think that next time i’ve got an opportunity, i won’t be able to resist. I’d really like to ease my mind on this.
Yes, its your subconscious mind always ask you to do opposite things , How much your will power is strong will decide — what you will do in end .
By the way BEST LUCK FOR YOUR TRY
Why are my dreams so messed up, is it cause I quit smoking weed?
I have been a heavy weed smoker for over 10 years. I would say I was smoking from 1/8 to 1/2 oz. per day sometimes more, and I have a digital scale so the amounts are correct. I stopped smoking weed about 1 month ago now, but for the past 2 weeks or so my dreams have been strange, not nightmares just strange and very detailed. I can remember them too as if I had watched them in a movie. I wake up often in the night and have problems getting back to sleep. Does this have to do with me quiting weed? and if yes will they stop any time soon, cause really I don’t wanna be beaten up and robbed by Woody Harrelson in my sleep again. If I am gonna be stuck with screwed up dreams for the rest of my life if I don;t smoke weed I may as well start burning again. Please let me know what I should do, other than take sleep meds cause I just won’t take pills of any kind I don’t care what it’s for.
“cause really I don’t wanna be beaten up and robbed by Woody Harrelson in my sleep again” that made me laugh:)
Yeah it’s probably just due to with drawl… Then again, weed does do some serious damage to your brain cells….
I quit smoking weed and..?
I love being high. Best feeling ever. But I had to stop recently due to a drug test I have to take but I am now dreaming of smoking weed every night that I dream since I’ve stopped. Is this normal and what does it mean?
It’s whatever, all my friends that had to take U.A’s for school or for their job’s had to stop to. They had the same feeling, so I take that it’s probably normal. As to what it means, i’m not really sure? maybe you just like being high, not a big deal. Just remember, don’t be one of those kids who starts using other drugs because of the weed.
Why do I kept dreaming of me smoking weed?
Okay so I’m trying to quit smoking weed because of my mom, I dont want to stop but I have to. It’s been a week since I’ve smoked, and within that week in almost everyone of my dreams I’m always smoking weed. It’s happened 4 times already. Why do I keep dreaming of it. And how do u make it stop?
It is definitely because your subconsciously want to smoke weed. It happens to me all the time… but with other things as well..