Broo, this video was hella relatable. I used to tell ppl "I never get paranoid off of weed" . But after hearing you talk about your paranoia, it made me realize I DO always think of the worse things that can happen. I never thought of it that way. Starting my journey today. I was the biggest advocate for weed. Always told ppl "you can't get addicted" . Smoked for over 20 yrs. TWENTY years of what Hamza talked about. And only now I finally realize I was so wrong about it
I had the same issue and the paranoia is a symptom of the beginning of the development of cannabis induced psychosis which then could lead to schizophrenia. Due to genetics this can vary which may explain why your paranoia wasn’t so bad
Lol me too, now that I remember in like half of my trips I just to cry imagining situations that haven’t even happened. I mean but very specific situations like connecting all kinds of dots.. im currently trying to quit weed but is so weird. It’s like on days that I don’t smoke I feel so mad and sad its a horrible mood. I’ve never went more than two weeks without it but I will give all my best these weeks to at least start the year clean
Weed has been the biggest obstacle in my success, similar to your story Hamza. I have been fighting to quit for months but now I have been sober for 20 days since June 6th. Longest streak I have had now for probably over a year. My life has not and will not be the same. Thank you for this one Hamza
@@fifigoesforth4102it's not stupid at all bro. The fact people think weed is harmless is the issue. It legit kills any motivation u have to do anything in life period
I smoked weed for 7 years, from 16 to 23 years old. I knew I should have stopped, as soon as I was 20. I just tried again and again for 3 years to stop this addiction. Eventually, what made me stop is moving to another country, far from the environment I was in.
Bro tbh the answer is so easy I stopped porn, masturbation, weed, vaping, by just quitting and not doing them again. Also Jesus will give you a heart that seeks righteousness.
I was addicted to weed for 2 years. I’m 20 years old so from 17-19 I was completely sucked into the world of weed. I tried everything to stop, AND NOTHING WORKED, then I went and stayed at my grandmas house for a weekend to just be alone and reset. And there I started praying to god, asking to relive me of my addiction. And almost instantly I felt this weight get lifted from my shoulders. I literally felt the spirit of addiction leave my body and felt this overwhelming love in my heart. And thru Christ I was delivered from my habits and saved. Since that day I’ve been free. God has the ability to heal the wounds you can’t heal. God can fight the battles you are too weak to fight. God can save you from things you can’t save yourself from.
God bless you bro. God is real and God is great. I was a daily smoker for 6 YEARS. I couldn’t even go a full hour without smoking again. I put my fully put all my faith into God for the first time and that same day I quit. No urges, no struggle, the addiction mindset literally just left overnight. Please love god because he loves you.
@@getmoney8182 when you fully surrender that's what happens, still working towards that. Picked up my newcomers keyring at NA this morning. And have a new sponsor. Take care.
This may be the most needed video I’ve ever seen from you my friend. From the bottom of my heart; thank you Hamza. You have motivated me to new heights, and the next improvement I needed to make, was always going to be kicking my daily weed habit. Today I vow to implement everything covered in this video and will swear by that. THANK YOU for all you do man.
I'm speaking for everyone when I say I'm glad uploads are back to the unfiltered channel, this was always the better one in my opinion because it's about what we started following you for - the long, deep real talks
Change in environment is absolutely key! I did some travelling last year and when I got back to England I told myself I would stop drinking alcohol. I've been sober since and I don't believe I will ever go back to it.. I had to take a break from the way I socialised before also, but gradually I've been able to bring back in occasions where I would previously have drank alcohol and just do it sober. And if it's not an activity I could do sober, it's obviously not something I really enjoy. Going sober or quitting a destructive vice will quickly show you who your real friends are.
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
I can relate to almost every single thing that Hamzas talked about here. Starting from relief from the anxious life to not enjoying the high but still smoking to having negative thoughts about killing & cutting myself to being extremely paranoid whenever i smoked to being in the jeffery lifestyle with no purpose. Ive been clean for a while and even when my friends are smoking while im with them, i dont. Alhamdulillah.
1 month sober as of today- I was someone who used to smoke all day every day for 7 years. Did it all through undergrad and set myself back- took me 5 years to get my bachelors, and my smoking also got me kicked out of physical therapy school as I couldn't pass a drug test. Now in the villain arc era of my life where I'm looking to optimize my mental health and get my finances settled with a sober mind. Thank you for your message Hamza.
It’s been my 3rd week I’m trying to quit it and I swear I feel the same, for the first time I thought how can I be that much happy? Now I realised I’m destroying myself just spinning the wheels of day and night, zero progress, shitty food at 3am at night 😢 now I quit totally and start physical work from 6am to 6pm for less than $2 but it helping me in quitting the shitty habits, love you hamza brother ❤
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
Recently been over 11 months sober from weed and going crazy on my self improvement and you are the biggest inspiration Hamza. I am so excited for me to hit 1 year in a couple days.. will be my first year sober from weed and completely changing over my life in the last 10 years. Thank you.
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
fucking awesome, keep it up. one year is gonna feel great. weed like booze is garbage, nothing like going sober as it comes down to staying away from intoxicated humans which is what weed is= liars, cheats, dullards, insipid twits, wastoids, dunce's, mooches, beggars, the effects of all vain intoxication addicts.
I started when I was 16 I'm about to be 19 and I'm just now figuring out what the universe wants for me. I'm currently living how you were but I know I am going to make it out worry free, I'm done smoking and starting my journey to build the future I have in mind. This was made for me to see so I appreciate you making this.
Hamza, you made a questionnaire recently about what to change in your videos. That. This is the most enjoyable type of video for me personally. Educational, relatable and feels like we are chatting together. 100% I quit smoking weed 3 months ago after 2 years of infrequent use. Now Im also 2 days nicotine free and over a few years alcohol free ( never a big drinker ) ( got drunk once in my life, im 25 ) I want to be free of any stimulants and rely only on myself for pleasure. Thanks Hamza
I highly suggest if you wanna quite then learn about dopamine, once you learn and become self aware you’ll notice yourself wanting to smoke when your in a low dopamine state. People with ADD are more hooked on it because they have a lower natural dopamine and it’s a quick dopamine hit. But you can leverage your dopamine and start doing things like workout when you crave it, the dopamine hit won’t be as big at first but after a couple times you will start to subconsciously want to workout instead of smoking
I started smoking weed after my 4 year relationship ended on very bad terms, and proceeded smoking for roughtly 7-8 years everyday, no breaks. The thought of not smoking for a whole day let alone before I went to bed made me sick, sure I went to the gym and met up with girls here and there, but inside I felt so empty and chained up to my addiction. I never made an effort to quit smoking and thought it would be impossible to do so in the environment I was living in, I live on my own in an anti squatter building and told myself I would never be able to quit in this building. But while I was talking to a very good friend of mine which I consider a brother (who was in the same boat as me), he gave me insights of how great my potential actually is. And the fear of not living up to my full potential was something way scarier than quitting weed. Ever since that conversation we had it hit me like a truck, I immediately quit smoking weed and have been clean for nearly 4 months now and I must admit, I look sexy as fuck. After a while you just become overwhelmed with confidence because you have been able to beat an addiction that was rooted inside of you so bad. I am now 26 years old and thinking of having kids with my girlfriend, I finally have the drive to make my ambitions become reality, and to think that a little stick filled with weed could withhold me so bad is straight up crazy. To all people addicted to it, you can beat this shitty habit, you simply have to put your mind to it.
currently battling the addiction. You hit the nail on the head w the dark thoughts associated w smoking. Messed up my mental pretty bad. 2 days now sober and experiencing the withdrawals. i know i don't want weed taking over my life wish me luck
im also dealing with this right now, trust my man its hard but it'll get easier, just dont give into the urges and the parts of ur mind that tell you that you deserve it or that you can moderate it.
I'm so glad I've never done this shit. Reading these comments and listening to Hamza's stories make it sound so bad. Damn. Never have, never will. And I hope that those suffering from addiction heal fast. This too shall pass!
It's different for everybody. I know people who smoke all day and they get shit done, then there are people like me who don't get shit done. But yeah, it is better not to touch any drugs at all to have your full potential
@@x360mason Even for those people. On the surface they look successful, but you don't really know what's going on in their head. When I was smoking I would still go to work, make money, lift weights, eat clean, but the time I spent when I'm high was such a negative experience that it essentially will ruins all those things. The binge eating/munchies would probably lead to diabetes in a couple years. The time spent doing absolutely nothing would prevent you from learning something new that could add a ton of value to your life. I could probably spend 4-5 years of smoking weed daily and maintaining this life and my peers would look at me like wow this guy has a good body, makes money, etc but after those 4-5 years is when things will slowly show and crumble. It slowly ruins your life and some people just don't have the level of self awareness to realize what's actually going on.
I stopped smoking weed after i had a mini heart attack I used to smoke weed and I was super chaotic and undisciplined,but on 12 June i smoke a few joints and I started having scary chest pains,it was like my left chest muscle was being stomped and it feels so helpless bro,my eyes were almost bleeding(if it were just a bit more worse than it was,it really seemed like my eyes are gonna start bleeding) and i forgot how to breathe,it was so painful and so helpless Please brothers,be careful about cardiovascular diseases,death is something you play with unless you really get close amd know what death truly is,Stop smoking or just ignore(until you and your family faces the consequences) And to be honest praying 5 times a day as a muslim and bringing discipline back into my life is really helping Allahu Akbar. "Allah will not change the condition of people untill they change what is in themselves"-Al Quran Please stop smoking,by Allah heart failure is not a joke
bro i agree with you that cigs and weed are not good for the heart but what you had is called panic attack .. there's no mini heart attack ... heart attack pain is something i wish no one suffers through
I ticked off a box in my enormous daily task list it was ' I don't smoke weed'. I know it might sound weird but me and you guys are absolutely based brothers, nowadays its a very big achievement to not indulge in these drugs. Be happy that you don't smoke weed,etc. Tick of that box RN brothers we gonna make it.
I’ve been watching Hamza since Nov. 2021 and started my self-improvement journey. I haven’t quit weed yet. I think some ppl can still smoke and be on self-improvement.
hamza has been changing my perspective on life and im so thankful for it. He has made me realize that pursuing my purpose and becoming the best version of myself is the thing that really will make me happy in life
My experience: I don't smoke anything as a rule, be it weed or cigarettes, but I do infrequently have Delta 8 edibles. (Sometimes I will eat 50mg every other day for a couple weeks, sometimes I'll do it every day for a week then go sober for a week.) Now, if standard Delta 9 were more readily available, I would do that, but I digress - I have a strong connection to this substance. I have had many deep spiritual experiences on it, exploration of themes, and even some inner work on my traumas and schemas. My creativity and all the ideas that come to my head are profound, and I even find it easier to think on it, which is quite useful for the kind of spiritual work I do. As nice as things are with this, it does come with problems. I do have concerns about emotional dependency, and withdrawals (while brief) leave me really grumpy and narcissistic. There's also the whole nagging common wisdom "drugs bad", and my debate with that idea, which is just plain overthinking anyway. I really just wish I could feel the way I do on edibles while sober instead of viewing myself and the world through a lense of fatalistic cynicism and hard logic.
That exact same thing happened to me when I was smoking, years of it being brilliant and then my head just fell off every single time just like you say out of nowhere and I just carried on anyway, it's bizzare. Thankfully I dealt with it about 6 years clean now got to the point I've stopped even counting.
I related to this alot. I'm a week clean from weed myself after years of use. Last year I've spent smoking everyday after a breakup to cope. I thought I could handle gym and self improvement while smoking but I wasn't even able to clean the house or take care of myself properly. I've just been isolating and trying to distract myself and for the last 6 months it hasn't even been fun. My mental health is absolutely trash mostly because of this toxic habit that is called addiction I'm also getting to a new environment and I'll start school in a new place where I'm moving. I'm looking to level up in life now. What I want to tell people is that you can't be a serious person and have a habit of smoking weed. It won't work!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌿 Started smoking weed in 2019, initially experiencing anxiety relief and feeling normal. 02:04 🍔 Weed led to lethargy, binge eating, and a lack of progress in the gym. 04:15 💔 Weed contributed to relationship problems and unhealthy behavior. 12:19 😟 Experienced intense paranoia and dark thoughts while high on weed. 23:12 🚭 Quit smoking weed after moving back home, instantly improving mental health and focusing on entrepreneurship. 24:19 🌟 Working on a purposeful business provided more fulfillment than any high from weed. 25:03 🏠 Changing your environment significantly is crucial to quitting weed successfully. 26:10 💔 Staying in the same environment can make it nearly impossible to break the weed habit. 27:09 📚 Engaging in something more important and rewarding, like entrepreneurship, can reduce the desire for weed. 27:49 🧭 Having a clear sense of purpose correlates with sobriety, as it eliminates the need for vices. Made with HARPA AI
Thank you bro.... Today is truly my day one of strictly putting down the ganja.. I've wanted to quit for years... This video sheds light onto so many familar thoughts, scenarios & internal battles already affirmed on the backburner within me.. The false sense of hope coping with loss & sadness, laziness, terrible diet & self care.. It all needs to change. I love & respect your mission & internal drive to stray away from lesser value "activities" Lets make it count, for the better, my brotha.
This video came out at the perfect time. I just decided to quit yesterday. I relate to a lot of what you mentioned. I've been lifting for 6 years and throughout that time have been so strict with my diet. I would never have cravings for junk of any kind. I tracked all my food, tracked my lifts, slept 7-8 hours a night. I never smoked much in Highschool, but when I turned 21 I live in a legal state so I bought it from a dispo. Most times I would get enough to last a few weeks and be done. It always ended up with me regretting it and often throwing out my stash because of the binge eating. Six months ago I decided to try it again. It was during a period of my life where I was uncertain of many things. I lost my friends and would spend my days going to school, gym, and work. It became a little stressful and I got that craving for getting high again. Long story short, I tried many times to quit in the last 6 months, but kept going back to get more. I would come up with reasons in my head to justify smoking weed. "I'll try sativas only", "Only do edibles this time". A few times I went one week sober and then there I was again placing an order at the dispensary. I would go to work, the gym, and then always look forward to numbing myself at 5-6pm. The things I'd do when high are embarrassing for someone who is 23. I would be on my phone watching UA-cam, watching Netflix, listing to music, and then the munchies came in. The biggest reason as to why I want to quit is the eating. I would eat so much junk food. I would eat until my stomach is so bloated and then keep on eating after that. I would stay up until 12am trying to not throw it up and let the bloat go down so I could fall asleep. Then I'd have to wake up at 5am for work. I was actually cutting weight before the weed, and the binge eating would shoot my weight up so I kept having to diet. That cycle has repeated for the last 4 months. I should have been done with my diet back in March. It's almost July. I think I F'd my hormones up being in a deficit for so long. I have no libido at all. This drug is a trap. I cannot have moderation with it. It turns me into a version of myself that I've been trying to avoid for so long.
Been fighting addiction for like 7 years now. Everything on this video is relatable. Been two month sober right now and I intend to keep going. Thanks for this
I recently quit weed after smoking heavily for 17 years (im 32), the first few months was horrible with not being able to sleep, but I can genuinely say that now after 4 months I have kicked the habit, I have had to get rid of alot of my so called 'friends' , but I am the happiest I have been since I was young, I have been in a few situations where I thought I would want to smoke (having a drink of alcohol) but luckily I was OK, started working out recently and now I need to work on my relationships and making something of myself. Really enjoyed this video and maybe one day I will make my own..who knows. Hope anyone reading this can get through whatever you need to and keep doing what's best for yourself.
90% of Vietnam veterans who used heroin during the war stopped using the day they got back home. Environment changes, both big and small, have SUCH a massive effect on our thought patterns and habits. Great video.
I needed this video weed is legit the one thing that stopped me from growing and is now constantly holding me back and I know it but its so fking addictive
I was addicted for years, it honestly sucked a lot of my potential away. If you want some more tips for quitting I got some old videos that have helped a lot of people
The thing about weed making you more of a degen, alcohol is definitely 10x as much in that regard for a lot of people. I know soo many drinkers who only become rude, violent, and vulgar off alcohol. Marijuana maybe a more self conscious change but IDK
But this video is super facts, I wonder if the stronger THC now also plays into these worse side effects. Maybe stores should look into selling low THC flowers that maybe would give people the benefits with less side effects and not getting like really high
Weed is a fun experience if you do it like twice a month but for some reason even with that little i have recently been overly paranoid and realized i become a total slob when smoking. I pretty much just always take a few puffs from my friend but i have decided to really cut down on smoking after realizing what it does to me.
The wild part about that analogy is that my now ex gf of 3 years moved away and broke up with me after I did everything I could to be there for her that was my wake up call to quit weed and start improving everything about my life I still live in the house we once shared and just being here can be the toughest thing at times because I just think about her
i wouldn’t say i’m an addict anymore, smoked on and off for years and at 1 point 8 months straight. the difference is though when i went those 8 months straight smoking i very heavily related smoking weed to self improvement and making music since i am i musician, and i remember in that time i had made so much progress in my self improvement and in my music and definitely had a lot of joy towards life. i ended up quitting bc that joy began to go away and ever since i have done it here and there. right now i am going completely sober but the big thing with me is that i relate me smoking weed to me being super deep into the art of music making and getting the most out of the music, like i’m perfectly fine sober now but i know when i smoke i enjoy the music so much, i just usually fall back into bad habits if i let myself smoke once tho, what would you recommend in this case? love your stuff man
6:55 Bro i got that same lighter on my desk rn, don't agree about the assumption to pot smokers, as i am also focused on personal growth and use it for stress relief and dealing with emotions by having easier time facing them, nice evolution in the video
I really appreciate when people expose the realities of abusing marijuana. What started off as just something I wanted to try out of curiosity, turned into a year of drug abuse. I quit smoking when I had a bad trip equivalent of an overdose on pshychedelics. And led to a month of disassociation and psychosis. If anyone here wants to smoke weed. Just don’t do it a second time.
I smoked weed for 7 years straight. 2 weeks ago I decided to quit. The first 5 days were agony. Now I can eat sleep and feel normal,however 2 weeks in my body and muscles still feel weak,but we'll get there.
Keep it up brother, I’ve been smoking weed everyday for about the same many years straight. Told myself I’d quit many times this past year yet have continued doing it everyday. This is now the time of the warrior, no days off, no feeling! The feeling comes after purpose is fulfilled each and everyday! Much love to your journey brother
I have been smoking herb (weed) for almost 30 years, although I have more discipline than most in the comments ( I only smoke in the evenings and on weekends) but I have had moments where I have stopped for 2 wks, 3 wks to a month and my longest stint was for 3 months.I have been thinking more often about stopping but didn't have any more of a motive than getting my teeth white again.I can attest to the remembering my dreams when you stop and how incredibly vivid they are. I had more energy after each stop and now I feel the motivation to stop now, especially given the fact that I have to get stronger and stronger weed in order to reach the same high.Thank you for your insights . It will definitely help me in my own quest to stop.
People that say weed is not addictive are usually hippy potheads still in the denial stage. Anyone that's smoke a lot for long enough know that's it's hella addictive
i’m 22 and starting my life now , Living cost is crazy rn and jobs that don’t drug test in CA are super hard to find if your not working at mcdonald’s , pizza guys.. Weed is literally my medicine and keeps me knowing things will be okay . but there’s so much more opportunity’s when you don’t work as far as a career … by the way i am not a lazy smoker i get my shit done..
I tried quitting weed like 100 times and been smoking chronically since i was 16 now am 21 .3-4 months ago i took shrooms and it made me being sober now for 2.5 month. I dont think that this was solution but I also think that it really helped me .
When I went on a 2 week cruise I had to stop smoking and i noticed I didnt have any withdraws but never thought about the environment. Im starting my journey
started smoking a few months before i turned 12. i smoked on and off for 6 years, anytime i had longterm supply i would be high all day all the time. work break? im smoking. before sleep? smoking. i only stopped forever last november. i used to lie to myself and say oh its good for my productivity and it helps me be more creative. cope. it was all cope. im 19 now, havent smoked in a solid 7 months. (i think? idk the right math) anyways, i feel so much more physically better. happier. less fatigued.
it does help you be more creative lmao, hamza even admitted it. Then he said he felt like a degenerate, that wasn't the Weed, that was only him and his mind, You feel better because you stopped a high dopaminergic behaviour. The same way if someone was to change their diet, exercise regulary, meditate, get sun, you would get the same benefits.
Smoking weed can be a great tool for self-engineering and Can help with introspection. you can’t handle it, it’s not for everybody. you will be more empathetic therefore a nicer person overall
Personally when i smoke weed i can take on the world easier less anxiety and I'm way more productive , so many different types of stoners some can be lazy , some can get shit done 💪
I feel like shit sitting here after 5 years of daily smoking, smoking a cig currently, and claiming to be a part of this community. But I need to move out, thats my problem, and the coping mechanisms are so set in, im just sat in the comfort of my depression and addictions
Broo, this video was hella relatable. I used to tell ppl "I never get paranoid off of weed" . But after hearing you talk about your paranoia, it made me realize I DO always think of the worse things that can happen. I never thought of it that way. Starting my journey today. I was the biggest advocate for weed. Always told ppl "you can't get addicted" . Smoked for over 20 yrs. TWENTY years of what Hamza talked about. And only now I finally realize I was so wrong about it
I had the same issue and the paranoia is a symptom of the beginning of the development of cannabis induced psychosis which then could lead to schizophrenia.
Due to genetics this can vary which may explain why your paranoia wasn’t so bad
Lol me too, now that I remember in like half of my trips I just to cry imagining situations that haven’t even happened. I mean but very specific situations like connecting all kinds of dots.. im currently trying to quit weed but is so weird. It’s like on days that I don’t smoke I feel so mad and sad its a horrible mood. I’ve never went more than two weeks without it but I will give all my best these weeks to at least start the year clean
Weed has been the biggest obstacle in my success, similar to your story Hamza. I have been fighting to quit for months but now I have been sober for 20 days since June 6th. Longest streak I have had now for probably over a year. My life has not and will not be the same. Thank you for this one Hamza
@@fifigoesforth4102it's not stupid at all bro. The fact people think weed is harmless is the issue. It legit kills any motivation u have to do anything in life period
@@hanzoY248the people think alcohol is harmless not the weed unfortunately
Same bro i quit on the 1-2nd of june and am happy its about become a month. Going strong and looking forward to not touching it for a year and so on
Keep us updated
Dont give up i been there after like 2 months you gonna have crazy urges but after 3 months youre over it
I smoked weed for 7 years, from 16 to 23 years old.
I knew I should have stopped, as soon as I was 20. I just tried again and again for 3 years to stop this addiction.
Eventually, what made me stop is moving to another country, far from the environment I was in.
where did you move ?
Im smoking till im 17 years old. im 22
@@Ronin_58😂fool put down the blunt
@@Ronin_58 I was in Paris, in France, and I moved to Vienna, in Austria
@@Iamrich7788 Little boy, you don't know me. don't fill your mouth too much. You're definitely an LGBTQ supporter
Bro tbh the answer is so easy I stopped porn, masturbation, weed, vaping, by just quitting and not doing them again. Also Jesus will give you a heart that seeks righteousness.
All in that order ain’t it I noticed it’s easier for me to
Stop smoking if I stop porn and masturbation first.
people saying weed isnt addictive are one of the biggest problems
It’s people like you abusing it
I can’t even go 3 hours without it
Wrong, saying depression is real is a big problem. Vice versa. Belive an you will achieve
I used to say that to myself but I was blinded by how much progress I lost
No kidding, I feel stupid for believing it.
I was addicted to weed for 2 years. I’m 20 years old so from 17-19 I was completely sucked into the world of weed. I tried everything to stop, AND NOTHING WORKED, then I went and stayed at my grandmas house for a weekend to just be alone and reset. And there I started praying to god, asking to relive me of my addiction. And almost instantly I felt this weight get lifted from my shoulders. I literally felt the spirit of addiction leave my body and felt this overwhelming love in my heart. And thru Christ I was delivered from my habits and saved. Since that day I’ve been free.
God has the ability to heal the wounds you can’t heal. God can fight the battles you are too weak to fight. God can save you from things you can’t save yourself from.
God is good ❤️🔥
Same with drink for me, now weed.
God bless you bro. God is real and God is great. I was a daily smoker for 6 YEARS. I couldn’t even go a full hour without smoking again. I put my fully put all my faith into God for the first time and that same day I quit. No urges, no struggle, the addiction mindset literally just left overnight. Please love god because he loves you.
@@getmoney8182 when you fully surrender that's what happens, still working towards that.
Picked up my newcomers keyring at NA this morning.
And have a new sponsor.
Take care.
If you smoked for the first time and your anxiety went away, you're blessed. Most people GET anxiety from smoking
This may be the most needed video I’ve ever seen from you my friend. From the bottom of my heart; thank you Hamza. You have motivated me to new heights, and the next improvement I needed to make, was always going to be kicking my daily weed habit. Today I vow to implement everything covered in this video and will swear by that. THANK YOU for all you do man.
Good shit bro. Got an update? I'm starting now.
@@TreyParker318 hows it going man
I would like to know if your reasoning is still valid
You are the best figure for all men by far. Genuine, Brutally Honest and Down to Earth. Keep up the quality content. Much love Hamza
I'm speaking for everyone when I say I'm glad uploads are back to the unfiltered channel, this was always the better one in my opinion because it's about what we started following you for - the long, deep real talks
The amount that we have in common is mind boggling. Thank you for sharing your story brother
Change in environment is absolutely key! I did some travelling last year and when I got back to England I told myself I would stop drinking alcohol. I've been sober since and I don't believe I will ever go back to it.. I had to take a break from the way I socialised before also, but gradually I've been able to bring back in occasions where I would previously have drank alcohol and just do it sober. And if it's not an activity I could do sober, it's obviously not something I really enjoy. Going sober or quitting a destructive vice will quickly show you who your real friends are.
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
Thank you for everything Hamza you are a legend in the self improvement space and I know you will not stop your journey to your purpose
I’m always thankful for how real he is with us
I can relate to almost every single thing that Hamzas talked about here.
Starting from relief from the anxious life to not enjoying the high but still smoking to having negative thoughts about killing & cutting myself to being extremely paranoid whenever i smoked to being in the jeffery lifestyle with no purpose.
Ive been clean for a while and even when my friends are smoking while im with them, i dont. Alhamdulillah.
Mashallah brother - glad to hear
1 month sober as of today- I was someone who used to smoke all day every day for 7 years. Did it all through undergrad and set myself back- took me 5 years to get my bachelors, and my smoking also got me kicked out of physical therapy school as I couldn't pass a drug test. Now in the villain arc era of my life where I'm looking to optimize my mental health and get my finances settled with a sober mind. Thank you for your message Hamza.
Congrats to you!!
Congrats bro
It’s been my 3rd week I’m trying to quit it and I swear I feel the same, for the first time I thought how can I be that much happy? Now I realised I’m destroying myself just spinning the wheels of day and night, zero progress, shitty food at 3am at night 😢 now I quit totally and start physical work from 6am to 6pm for less than $2 but it helping me in quitting the shitty habits, love you hamza brother ❤
The word Trying in your comment is why you have not quit yet but keep going brother good work
I smoke it because Indians don't smoke 😂
@@LKEPROD you know bro last night my friends smoking and I was standing there and laughing at myself that how dumb shit I was
@@jackspark1546 they do
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
Recently been over 11 months sober from weed and going crazy on my self improvement and you are the biggest inspiration Hamza. I am so excited for me to hit 1 year in a couple days.. will be my first year sober from weed and completely changing over my life in the last 10 years. Thank you.
but it's not the weed, it's you. See my main comment. It's all about dopamine deposits. Trust me, learning that is the real self improvement. I can smoke Weed and eat completely healthy, in fact it's suppose to motivate you even more in life because it is a high dopaminergic behaviour, just don't mess around with your overall dopamine deposits
@@user-mb8of4fd9z I dont give a shit about your comment lol
Congratulations 💪
fucking awesome, keep it up. one year is gonna feel great. weed like booze is garbage, nothing like going sober as it comes down to staying away from intoxicated humans which is what weed is= liars, cheats, dullards, insipid twits, wastoids, dunce's, mooches, beggars, the effects of all vain intoxication addicts.
Dude I’m going to say it again. I just found you & I’m blessed I did.
You keep it so real & that’s what’s needed so heavily right now.
Thank you
bro i love how real you are ❤
I started when I was 16 I'm about to be 19 and I'm just now figuring out what the universe wants for me. I'm currently living how you were but I know I am going to make it out worry free, I'm done smoking and starting my journey to build the future I have in mind. This was made for me to see so I appreciate you making this.
May God guide you to Islam brother
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Hamza, you made a questionnaire recently about what to change in your videos.
That. This is the most enjoyable type of video for me personally. Educational, relatable and feels like we are chatting together. 100%
I quit smoking weed 3 months ago after 2 years of infrequent use. Now Im also 2 days nicotine free and over a few years alcohol free ( never a big drinker ) ( got drunk once in my life, im 25 )
I want to be free of any stimulants and rely only on myself for pleasure.
Thanks Hamza
Weed amplified all the negative thoughts while making the positive thoughts lackluster
I highly suggest if you wanna quite then learn about dopamine, once you learn and become self aware you’ll notice yourself wanting to smoke when your in a low dopamine state. People with ADD are more hooked on it because they have a lower natural dopamine and it’s a quick dopamine hit. But you can leverage your dopamine and start doing things like workout when you crave it, the dopamine hit won’t be as big at first but after a couple times you will start to subconsciously want to workout instead of smoking
I started smoking weed after my 4 year relationship ended on very bad terms, and proceeded smoking for roughtly 7-8 years everyday, no breaks. The thought of not smoking for a whole day let alone before I went to bed made me sick, sure I went to the gym and met up with girls here and there, but inside I felt so empty and chained up to my addiction. I never made an effort to quit smoking and thought it would be impossible to do so in the environment I was living in, I live on my own in an anti squatter building and told myself I would never be able to quit in this building. But while I was talking to a very good friend of mine which I consider a brother (who was in the same boat as me), he gave me insights of how great my potential actually is. And the fear of not living up to my full potential was something way scarier than quitting weed. Ever since that conversation we had it hit me like a truck, I immediately quit smoking weed and have been clean for nearly 4 months now and I must admit, I look sexy as fuck. After a while you just become overwhelmed with confidence because you have been able to beat an addiction that was rooted inside of you so bad. I am now 26 years old and thinking of having kids with my girlfriend, I finally have the drive to make my ambitions become reality, and to think that a little stick filled with weed could withhold me so bad is straight up crazy. To all people addicted to it, you can beat this shitty habit, you simply have to put your mind to it.
Thank you G 🔥🔥🔥🔥
currently battling the addiction. You hit the nail on the head w the dark thoughts associated w smoking. Messed up my mental pretty bad. 2 days now sober and experiencing the withdrawals. i know i don't want weed taking over my life wish me luck
im also dealing with this right now, trust my man its hard but it'll get easier, just dont give into the urges and the parts of ur mind that tell you that you deserve it or that you can moderate it.
we are proud of you bro! it’s gonna be hard, there will be days where you will scream from the urge but still keep pushing!
I'm so glad I've never done this shit.
Reading these comments and listening to Hamza's stories make it sound so bad. Damn.
Never have, never will. And I hope that those suffering from addiction heal fast. This too shall pass!
It's different for everybody. I know people who smoke all day and they get shit done, then there are people like me who don't get shit done. But yeah, it is better not to touch any drugs at all to have your full potential
@@x360masonyeah I’ve seen it be beneficial for some but not for the overwhelming majority.
Hope all will be good with you though, man! 🙏🏽
@@x360mason Even for those people. On the surface they look successful, but you don't really know what's going on in their head. When I was smoking I would still go to work, make money, lift weights, eat clean, but the time I spent when I'm high was such a negative experience that it essentially will ruins all those things. The binge eating/munchies would probably lead to diabetes in a couple years. The time spent doing absolutely nothing would prevent you from learning something new that could add a ton of value to your life. I could probably spend 4-5 years of smoking weed daily and maintaining this life and my peers would look at me like wow this guy has a good body, makes money, etc but after those 4-5 years is when things will slowly show and crumble. It slowly ruins your life and some people just don't have the level of self awareness to realize what's actually going on.
Nothing bad about it, feels good man
I stopped smoking weed after i had a mini heart attack
I used to smoke weed and I was super chaotic and undisciplined,but on 12 June i smoke a few joints and I started having scary chest pains,it was like my left chest muscle was being stomped and it feels so helpless bro,my eyes were almost bleeding(if it were just a bit more worse than it was,it really seemed like my eyes are gonna start bleeding) and i forgot how to breathe,it was so painful and so helpless
Please brothers,be careful about cardiovascular diseases,death is something you play with unless you really get close amd know what death truly is,Stop smoking or just ignore(until you and your family faces the consequences)
And to be honest praying 5 times a day as a muslim and bringing discipline back into my life is really helping Allahu Akbar.
"Allah will not change the condition of people untill they change what is in themselves"-Al Quran
Please stop smoking,by Allah heart failure is not a joke
bro i agree with you that cigs and weed are not good for the heart but what you had is called panic attack .. there's no mini heart attack ... heart attack pain is something i wish no one suffers through
I ticked off a box in my enormous daily task list it was ' I don't smoke weed'. I know it might sound weird but me and you guys are absolutely based brothers, nowadays its a very big achievement to not indulge in these drugs. Be happy that you don't smoke weed,etc. Tick of that box RN brothers we gonna make it.
Congrats brother keep on fighting God is with you.
You can tick off the box of gawking over a dude so hard that you have him as your PFP ☠️
I don't even smoke weed but the way this vid just goes is crazy this typa vids are the best hamza love you
Bro, this perfectly describes what I've been going through. About a week sober right now. Appreciate this video.
I’ve been watching Hamza since Nov. 2021 and started my self-improvement journey. I haven’t quit weed yet. I think some ppl can still smoke and be on self-improvement.
hamza has been changing my perspective on life and im so thankful for it. He has made me realize that pursuing my purpose and becoming the best version of myself is the thing that really will make me happy in life
My experience:
I don't smoke anything as a rule, be it weed or cigarettes, but I do infrequently have Delta 8 edibles. (Sometimes I will eat 50mg every other day for a couple weeks, sometimes I'll do it every day for a week then go sober for a week.) Now, if standard Delta 9 were more readily available, I would do that, but I digress - I have a strong connection to this substance. I have had many deep spiritual experiences on it, exploration of themes, and even some inner work on my traumas and schemas. My creativity and all the ideas that come to my head are profound, and I even find it easier to think on it, which is quite useful for the kind of spiritual work I do.
As nice as things are with this, it does come with problems. I do have concerns about emotional dependency, and withdrawals (while brief) leave me really grumpy and narcissistic. There's also the whole nagging common wisdom "drugs bad", and my debate with that idea, which is just plain overthinking anyway. I really just wish I could feel the way I do on edibles while sober instead of viewing myself and the world through a lense of fatalistic cynicism and hard logic.
These unfiltered channel videos are so good. Please make more.
Thank you so much. This is so helpful. I just found your channel and can’t wait to hear more! So inspirational and encouraging!! Aloha!
Subscribed, love the mindset.
My bro this is just the video I needed to watch right now
This really hit home. Thank you Hamza
needed this TODAY!
lets go, been waiting for some unfiltered lowkey
I fell you 100% bro , 2 years ago I was EXACTLY THE SAME . The only one difference was that I hadnt have a girl on my side .
Thank you so much for this video brother!
That exact same thing happened to me when I was smoking, years of it being brilliant and then my head just fell off every single time just like you say out of nowhere and I just carried on anyway, it's bizzare. Thankfully I dealt with it about 6 years clean now got to the point I've stopped even counting.
I related to this alot. I'm a week clean from weed myself after years of use. Last year I've spent smoking everyday after a breakup to cope.
I thought I could handle gym and self improvement while smoking but I wasn't even able to clean the house or take care of myself properly. I've just been isolating and trying to distract myself and for the last 6 months it hasn't even been fun. My mental health is absolutely trash mostly because of this toxic habit that is called addiction
I'm also getting to a new environment and I'll start school in a new place where I'm moving. I'm looking to level up in life now.
What I want to tell people is that you can't be a serious person and have a habit of smoking weed. It won't work!
Thank God he gave me this blessing to get anxious when I smoke so it wasn't hard to quit for me
Same dude; I quit smoking weed cuz anytime I would cheef I would just get hella paranoid it was so bad
Really needed & relate to this so much. Today is my last day for a while just to see what life is like on the other side.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🌿 Started smoking weed in 2019, initially experiencing anxiety relief and feeling normal.
02:04 🍔 Weed led to lethargy, binge eating, and a lack of progress in the gym.
04:15 💔 Weed contributed to relationship problems and unhealthy behavior.
12:19 😟 Experienced intense paranoia and dark thoughts while high on weed.
23:12 🚭 Quit smoking weed after moving back home, instantly improving mental health and focusing on entrepreneurship.
24:19 🌟 Working on a purposeful business provided more fulfillment than any high from weed.
25:03 🏠 Changing your environment significantly is crucial to quitting weed successfully.
26:10 💔 Staying in the same environment can make it nearly impossible to break the weed habit.
27:09 📚 Engaging in something more important and rewarding, like entrepreneurship, can reduce the desire for weed.
27:49 🧭 Having a clear sense of purpose correlates with sobriety, as it eliminates the need for vices.
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Thank you bro.... Today is truly my day one of strictly putting down the ganja.. I've wanted to quit for years... This video sheds light onto so many familar thoughts, scenarios & internal battles already affirmed on the backburner within me.. The false sense of hope coping with loss & sadness, laziness, terrible diet & self care.. It all needs to change. I love & respect your mission & internal drive to stray away from lesser value "activities" Lets make it count, for the better, my brotha.
this was a good conversation. very relatable. thank you
This video came out at the perfect time. I just decided to quit yesterday. I relate to a lot of what you mentioned. I've been lifting for 6 years and throughout that time have been so strict with my diet. I would never have cravings for junk of any kind. I tracked all my food, tracked my lifts, slept 7-8 hours a night. I never smoked much in Highschool, but when I turned 21 I live in a legal state so I bought it from a dispo. Most times I would get enough to last a few weeks and be done. It always ended up with me regretting it and often throwing out my stash because of the binge eating.
Six months ago I decided to try it again. It was during a period of my life where I was uncertain of many things. I lost my friends and would spend my days going to school, gym, and work. It became a little stressful and I got that craving for getting high again. Long story short, I tried many times to quit in the last 6 months, but kept going back to get more. I would come up with reasons in my head to justify smoking weed. "I'll try sativas only", "Only do edibles this time". A few times I went one week sober and then there I was again placing an order at the dispensary.
I would go to work, the gym, and then always look forward to numbing myself at 5-6pm. The things I'd do when high are embarrassing for someone who is 23. I would be on my phone watching UA-cam, watching Netflix, listing to music, and then the munchies came in. The biggest reason as to why I want to quit is the eating. I would eat so much junk food. I would eat until my stomach is so bloated and then keep on eating after that. I would stay up until 12am trying to not throw it up and let the bloat go down so I could fall asleep. Then I'd have to wake up at 5am for work. I was actually cutting weight before the weed, and the binge eating would shoot my weight up so I kept having to diet. That cycle has repeated for the last 4 months. I should have been done with my diet back in March. It's almost July. I think I F'd my hormones up being in a deficit for so long. I have no libido at all.
This drug is a trap. I cannot have moderation with it. It turns me into a version of myself that I've been trying to avoid for so long.
I smoke everyday and compete in bodybuilding. It sounds like a you problem.
same recently quit like 10 days ago and don’t plan on going back shit got lame over time
@@Fabian-kv9twlmao I'm in the best shape of my life and smoke a J before each gym sesh 😂
Out of interest, would you have carried on if you didn’t binge eat?
Been fighting addiction for like 7 years now. Everything on this video is relatable. Been two month sober right now and I intend to keep going. Thanks for this
I've gone from an 80kg bench to a 70kg bench this year. Fuck the cannabis.
I relate a lot from the thoughts, since covid started everyday.
I needed this video. Appreciate sharing your experience. Gives some insight.
This video was incredible brother . Thank you
I recently quit weed after smoking heavily for 17 years (im 32), the first few months was horrible with not being able to sleep, but I can genuinely say that now after 4 months I have kicked the habit, I have had to get rid of alot of my so called 'friends' , but I am the happiest I have been since I was young, I have been in a few situations where I thought I would want to smoke (having a drink of alcohol) but luckily I was OK, started working out recently and now I need to work on my relationships and making something of myself. Really enjoyed this video and maybe one day I will make my own..who knows. Hope anyone reading this can get through whatever you need to and keep doing what's best for yourself.
Thanks Hamza🙏💯
love this video, so relatable, with examples from your life. i would love a video about being commited x engaging in hookup culture.
90% of Vietnam veterans who used heroin during the war stopped using the day they got back home. Environment changes, both big and small, have SUCH a massive effect on our thought patterns and habits. Great video.
Fuckin 🧢🧢🧢 💀💀💀
What a load of BS
what is this recording software hamza is using? is it exclusively mac?
I needed this video weed is legit the one thing that stopped me from growing and is now constantly holding me back and I know it but its so fking addictive
I was addicted for years, it honestly sucked a lot of my potential away.
If you want some more tips for quitting I got some old videos that have helped a lot of people
tell me the name brother
Amazing vid Hamza 👏🏽
Thank you Hamza always
Proud and glad for you Hamza
if u can’t control yourself don’t do it simple
The thing about weed making you more of a degen, alcohol is definitely 10x as much in that regard for a lot of people. I know soo many drinkers who only become rude, violent, and vulgar off alcohol. Marijuana maybe a more self conscious change but IDK
But this video is super facts, I wonder if the stronger THC now also plays into these worse side effects. Maybe stores should look into selling low THC flowers that maybe would give people the benefits with less side effects and not getting like really high
Im trying to quit coffee but still gonna apply what he said in this video
Yes Big Hamza!
bro got a whole bodyarmor
Weed is a fun experience if you do it like twice a month but for some reason even with that little i have recently been overly paranoid and realized i become a total slob when smoking. I pretty much just always take a few puffs from my friend but i have decided to really cut down on smoking after realizing what it does to me.
The wild part about that analogy is that my now ex gf of 3 years moved away and broke up with me after I did everything I could to be there for her that was my wake up call to quit weed and start improving everything about my life I still live in the house we once shared and just being here can be the toughest thing at times because I just think about her
Needed this
My life was never dull at a young age played sports in highschool then joined army glad I was always ambitious in life
Aw man 😭when he pulled up the tinder I reflected hard glad I’m quitting to and it’s cool to see other peoples story’s thank you
i wouldn’t say i’m an addict anymore, smoked on and off for years and at 1 point 8 months straight. the difference is though when i went those 8 months straight smoking i very heavily related smoking weed to self improvement and making music since i am i musician, and i remember in that time i had made so much progress in my self improvement and in my music and definitely had a lot of joy towards life. i ended up quitting bc that joy began to go away and ever since i have done it here and there. right now i am going completely sober but the big thing with me is that i relate me smoking weed to me being super deep into the art of music making and getting the most out of the music, like i’m perfectly fine sober now but i know when i smoke i enjoy the music so much, i just usually fall back into bad habits if i let myself smoke once tho, what would you recommend in this case? love your stuff man
Going through exactly the same thing. And it sucks
Hamza it’s so hot here in England. How are you wearing a beanie and a vest?
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Bro i got that same lighter on my desk rn, don't agree about the assumption to pot smokers, as i am also focused on personal growth and use it for stress relief and dealing with emotions by having easier time facing them, nice evolution in the video
I really appreciate when people expose the realities of abusing marijuana. What started off as just something I wanted to try out of curiosity, turned into a year of drug abuse. I quit smoking when I had a bad trip equivalent of an overdose on pshychedelics. And led to a month of disassociation and psychosis.
If anyone here wants to smoke weed. Just don’t do it a second time.
thank for this video
Gratitude 🙏🏾
I smoked weed for 7 years straight. 2 weeks ago I decided to quit. The first 5 days were agony. Now I can eat sleep and feel normal,however 2 weeks in my body and muscles still feel weak,but we'll get there.
Keep it up brother, I’ve been smoking weed everyday for about the same many years straight. Told myself I’d quit many times this past year yet have continued doing it everyday. This is now the time of the warrior, no days off, no feeling! The feeling comes after purpose is fulfilled each and everyday! Much love to your journey brother
very very relatable
my way of expelling it to people is
"when im sober I wanna be stoned but when im stoned I wanna be sober"
if this is you. like
every time i quit for a few weeks i feel no difference just a little less happier so i always go back to it
I have been smoking herb (weed) for almost 30 years, although I have more discipline than most in the comments ( I only smoke in the evenings and on weekends) but I have had moments where I have stopped for 2 wks, 3 wks to a month and my longest stint was for 3 months.I have been thinking more often about stopping but didn't have any more of a motive than getting my teeth white again.I can attest to the remembering my dreams when you stop and how incredibly vivid they are. I had more energy after each stop and now I feel the motivation to stop now, especially given the fact that I have to get stronger and stronger weed in order to reach the same high.Thank you for your insights . It will definitely help me in my own quest to stop.
People that say weed is not addictive are usually hippy potheads still in the denial stage. Anyone that's smoke a lot for long enough know that's it's hella addictive
in the same way pizzas addictive bro. you need to be for real.
i’m 22 and starting my life now , Living cost is crazy rn and jobs that don’t drug test in CA are super hard to find if your not working at mcdonald’s , pizza guys.. Weed is literally my medicine and keeps me knowing things will be okay . but there’s so much more opportunity’s when you don’t work as far as a career … by the way i am not a lazy smoker i get my shit done..
Weed is a silent soul taker im on a journey to stop but man it’s hard asf
I tried quitting weed like 100 times and been smoking chronically since i was 16 now am 21 .3-4 months ago i took shrooms and it made me being sober now for 2.5 month. I dont think that this was solution but I also think that it really helped me .
Exactly the same story with me, shrooms have helped me so much, they're a tool.
It’s crazy bro I’m 17 and I wholeheartedly feel as if a shroom trip is long overdue for me
I co, dajesz radę?
Moderation is everything
When I went on a 2 week cruise I had to stop smoking and i noticed I didnt have any withdraws but never thought about the environment. Im starting my journey
started smoking a few months before i turned 12. i smoked on and off for 6 years, anytime i had longterm supply i would be high all day all the time. work break? im smoking. before sleep? smoking. i only stopped forever last november. i used to lie to myself and say oh its good for my productivity and it helps me be more creative. cope. it was all cope. im 19 now, havent smoked in a solid 7 months. (i think? idk the right math) anyways, i feel so much more physically better. happier. less fatigued.
it does help you be more creative lmao, hamza even admitted it. Then he said he felt like a degenerate, that wasn't the Weed, that was only him and his mind, You feel better because you stopped a high dopaminergic behaviour. The same way if someone was to change their diet, exercise regulary, meditate, get sun, you would get the same benefits.
thank you for your videos
Smoking weed can be a great tool for self-engineering and Can help with introspection. you can’t handle it, it’s not for everybody. you will be more empathetic therefore a nicer person overall
it's all about dopamine deposits. If you know you know
Personally when i smoke weed i can take on the world easier less anxiety and I'm way more productive , so many different types of stoners some can be lazy , some can get shit done 💪
Hamza the typa guy that makes me think like "mhmm, so its not only me".
I feel like shit sitting here after 5 years of daily smoking, smoking a cig currently, and claiming to be a part of this community. But I need to move out, thats my problem, and the coping mechanisms are so set in, im just sat in the comfort of my depression and addictions