Definitely understand when you said nothing meant anything to you. I feel like after 10 years I’ve really numbed my feelings. Not ready for all the emotions to come flooding in but I know it’ll be worth it! Congratulations 🎊
It just absolutely numbs you out, which is nice sometimes, but means there are no lows and def no highs. It will def be worth it, life is about ups and downs, emotions and dealing with them. Feeling proud about how you deal with them, after all the shit is over with atleast. I've been tested don't worry, but you get a good sleep in, and it all seems easier to cope with. All the best!
Day 5 here, and the vivid dreams keep getting better and better! I feel pumped to go to sleep and discover which adventure I’ll be on trough the night 😂 happy this is going good to me. Thanks for the video! Hope you are well ❤
Still going strong with you bro. i have some crazy dreams too but It's gonna be ok. They can be overwhelming but thankfully it doesn't last long. I belive that is the only symptom still lingering. Feels great not only being canabis free but having a community going through it to. My life has definately seen some improvement. I think because of the increased motivation and clear thinking.
Finally quitting is so rewarding bro. I’m closing in on 90 days off it rn I was a habitual smoker like you and I saw no end to it after endless attempts to quit and then fail the next morning. Taking control of your life is a beautiful thing. And even in the comfort of smoking and numbing, comparing it to being sober can give you inspiration to keep going. Because you realize you love being sober more than
This is a fantastic comment and point of view. It takes a strong mindset to say no and to stick to something. Especially after a long road of letting yourself down continually. Taking control is a beautiful thing, you're right. Hard to describe, but the waking up in the morning without any regret, is priceless. Thanks for tuning in and all the best.
Day 1 here. Again. Turned 32 today and not looking back. Agreed with all you said. Weed is not even close to as safe as ppl say it is. Following your heart is also hard when it's dark. Sobriety brings joy and for someone who also has been smoking for 14 years straight...I've been without true joy this whole time. It is the root cause of so many problems that branch off from it.
Bro you gave me goose bumps with that dream. I've had something similar happen to me.. long story short. My opinion. That was you telling yourself as the reaper that the old you is no more. I've toked for 23 years pretty much daily, quitting cold turkey and yes it f***** sucks, you know what though, how else can a person grow and be the best they can be without some sort of change, good job my friend and to everyone else fighting KEEP FIGHTING!!!
smoked for 25years every day, now been clean for a week and going strong , smoked weed pure as i dont smoke or drink alcohol, so im totally T totally now at 40years old. feel so much better in myself for it.
I bursted out laughing when you said that Grim Reaper came for you my man. Thanks for the great content and the laughs you've managed to get out of me during this video. Due to habitual smoking of 10+ joints a day, my emotions are pretty down as you expect so I applaud this content!
Haha yeah man, I will say that dreams, and really vivid dreams at that, are a nightly occurrence for me now. But this one, still sticks in my mind. I will always remember it I think. Which is odd. All the best man, the cloud will lift.
@@davidp2188 hey bro! 102 days in and feel great. I don’t miss it at all … even when I’m around it. I really wish I would have stopped sooner, a lot sooner. The insomnia lasted a good 2 weeks. Ashwaganda pills made a huge difference. Didn’t even know about them till a month in and my sleep was an amazing once a tried them. Stay with it don’t try the on/off go at it 100% so worth it in the end … keep me posted !!
I’m on day 5 after 8 years of daily use the first 2 were the toughest with sleep and appetite but this is a challenge I’m willing accept. I’m really looking forward to this journey and a new beginning to find my self again. Will check back in next month!
@ Going on 4 months strong I’m aiming for a year never felt better it gets easier as the days pass and when you stop counting, good luck homie you got this!
Never count down your days since your last smoke or last anything…. It trains the brain to keep thinking about it and the real endgame is to live life and not think of that shite again 👍👍
I feel like im where you were. I've been smoking 12 to 13 years, and I'm pretty much blazed through my 20s. Just turned 30 this year. It has been a difficult task for me as i am prone to saying I'll quit, but I've been saying it for years. I'm hoping i figure it out soon. I look forward to the dreams being a lucid dreamer. i feel like weed and my old self unified, creating a powerful final boss i must face in order to start achieving my dream. I truly believe the key to that is within my dream world. Conquer that, and the rest of the bad tendencies will fall as well. Well, in theory. I've gotten to the point where there's only one thing to do and that's find out if im right or not.
been off a couple days now and it's pretty cool. of course sleeping was hard the first 3 days, but last two days were a lot better already. there's a lot of pent up feelings that come to light now. a lot of stuff feels more intense. i almost cried because i felt unreasonably happy. it's crazy. also, i feel more connected to my body. i was blazing for over a decade daily all day and lately i've been feeling like a ghost trapped in a machine, disconnected. will i ever partake again? maybe, but i don't want to be a stoner ever again. i lived long enough like this, way too long actually. good luck man.
Wow!!! I have had that same worry; if someone close to me died while I was still having weed, I'd feel very little (even when not acutely high). I think I lost my ability to cry (and laugh too to a large extent even while high). I am on day 3 of quitting. It's rough, but I think it will be worth it to feel again. Also I only ever had weed in the evenings, but I think the stuff affects me for at least a week afterwards. I think the weekend smoker thing is mostly a myth (unless you want to spend your workweek in withdrawal every week--in which case it is still affecting you). Kicked alcohol a couple years ago and thought I could be happy as a daily stoner. It keeps the alcohol away, but now I am a recluse that overeats and doesn't exercise and has no interests in life. Definitely making the right decision dropping the weed. Joining AA (they handle fixing weed addiction too); going to try to fall in love with God, friends, family, hobbies and life in general. The stoner life is fun at first, but it gets old and doesn't have much promise. It's basically groundhog day.
I wanna stop again but its so difficult for me. I always loose so much weight if i smoke from morning to evening. I gained over 18kg in a year when i stopped smoking. Now i lost 10kg again in about 7 months. That sucks, i dont wanna look like before. All the muscles faded away so fast.
I noticed that my anxiety is high when i first wake up cuz im so used to smokin when i get up. I decided to stop smokin blunts and drinkn at the same time so idk if thats makin it more intense… hate i started these bad habits. Im on day 3 and this been the most irritable day for me
Hey, yeah coming off both alcohol and marijuana is intense stuff! I did one first, then the other. But smoking first thing in the morning was just way too much for me, I couldn't do it. Anxiety sucks, but my anxiety on weed was 10x worse than any anxiety I felt sober. All the best!
I totally understand you, quitting weed after prolonged daily use had made me feel the worst boredom of my life, felt like nothing interesting existed for a few weeks, like absence of soul. Daily use of alcohol gives similar withdrawal. If I ever use it again, it wouldn't be more than once per week, same goes for alcohol.
straight up. i smoked because i thought everything was boring without being high, turns out being high all the time made me bored of everything around me and turned me into a boring person. now i find myself wanting to do all kinds of shit. i bought a lot of stuff i never used. i feel like getting high made me consume/buy a lot of stuff with vague plans to do somehting with it but in the end i sit at home and just smoke, and now i'm pretty shocked how much stuff i amassed that's been never used. at the same time, i have a lot of things to play around with and pass the time.
I quit 12 days ago. I have not had a single minute of sleep since and I am going insane. I've unofficially broke the world record for longest time awake with no sleep which is 11 days. Seriously I'm not exaggerating my mind just refuses to shut down I'm going insane I don't know what to do
Bro I hate to say it but this made me laugh. You should contact the Guinness World Records. But in all seriousness, I really hope you've been able to get at least some sleep. Just think once you get through this withdrawal period you never have to do it again. I think it's that thought that gets alot of people to quit for good.
@itsoktotalk I finally managed to get some last night, slept for 16 hours! Haha yeah maybe I should. I will say those 12 days have made me practically allergic to ever touching weed ever again, the thought of going near it actually makes me angry inside so maybe it was my bodies way of telling me never to do this horrible sh*t ever again!
@sagethomas7651 I've always been prone to insomnia, even before I smoked weed. Quitting weed injected my insomnia with steroids, and due to that I've had very little sleep in over a month; having chronic sleep deprivation doesn't do wonders for your health, aside from the nasty hallucinations. What is so hard to believe? you don't think a drug that alters your brain chemistry doesn't have adverse affects when you stop?
I Quit Alcohol and cigarettes 8 months ago that alone was the best thing I have accomplished and now I have not smoked weed in 6 weeks and feel awesome at 55. Your bank account is another bonus to stop as well as health benefits. The dreams are great and I have been having them every night now. Well done to all for quitting 👍🏻
Two weeks here, medical card holder, I've been smoking for 20 years. I grew up with a lot of trauma and anxiety. What started out with just weekends, turned into wake and bakes. Soon, every minute I wasn't at work I was getting baked. I didn't want to admit that it was the flower giving me anxiety. I could never quit before. I have to quit for this good job I really, really need. So after two weeks now, I decided no more smoking. With it being summer, it helps a lot though. I can do yardwork and go for hikes, and ride my bike. I won't lie, I miss it tremendously because I did all my activities high. I lost who I actually was without it. But, right now, my brain is resetting and it's like, oh yeah this is who I was! I went through this with alcohol, but for a shorter period. Being a drunk just doesn't mesh well with my personality. I like waking up early and going to sleep early, and not feeling total crap. I did that for about a year. Now, I can have one drink every few months or when I am camping, it has zero control over me. I want to get like that with flower. I want to smoke on my camping trips or special occasions, and not feel this total obsession to do it all the time, wake and bake every damn day. I can't believe I made it two whole weeks! It was hell, but it does get better. I was always tired before, always full of anxiety, and always paranoid. I'm not a social person, I would freak in public if I was high and someone spoke to me. I couldn't go to the places I wanted to because the weed made me paranoid. It's so nice to not have that any longer. Now, I just have to deal with friends that smoke. I have been avoiding them for two weeks, because they are all stoners. I find going out for my hikes into the woods helps a lot, and doing photography. The dreams though WOW, I have been having INSANELY VIVID dreams and not good ones, not really nightmares, but situations that are just freaky and weird! I would go to bed at 9 every night, now I just lay there until 1 am. I do take naps during the day and that helps. I've also been off work for two week and I think that helps, not having that stress. I start my new job next week so I hope the stress doesn't get me to start again. But, I like feeling like me again. For 20 years I have just been this numb version of me, waking and baking every day. The point of all this is to tell you people, you can do it! And you might not think you will, but you will feel better. You just need to get over the hump. As for the dreams though, I don't know what to tell ya. You will have really vivid dreams.
I read your whole post and have similar experiences and circumstances to you. I’m approaching the 2 week hump, not for the first time either and it’s getting hard to deal with the insomnia and reprogramming my brain. Should help that i have next week off work in which time i have a bunch of important things to handle in my personal life. For anyone else in this position, the things that are helping the most is being physically active and productive with your time. If you can nap and rest-do it!! Try to be more sociable and practice speaking with other people. Don’t beat yourself up as much I’m keen to know how you are doing now @poorringo 4 weeks in and in a new job… hope it is going well.
first Kiwi video I have found, 3 days in after 15 years and struggling but committed. Speaking about tragedy as an addict my father passed away 3 years ago and I never really thought about the fact I never processed it properly.
Good vid bro really, I relapsed while watching but still it is a motivator 😊 sleep indeed is scary af sober I been smoking so long I cannot even imagine going wo but I need to before I am a ganja smokin grandpa fr.
4 days strong feel like i lost my friends that smoke weed still, but who cares got a interview coming up with the airlines and maybe this the direction i need in my life. We got this yall!
day 8 what I've learned is most of those so-called friends and I shared a bond between weed for the reason being we had the same acquaintance in that drug, and we'd hang out only when weed is there.
13 days off weed spending to much money on it. That’s the reason why I gave it up. I went on holiday for one week to a place I made sure I could not get it. It helped.
Lol yeah bro. Dreams get really really vivid. I read a study where your body catches up for all the REM sleep you missed over the years. I love dreaming now, means you are having really deep sleep.
Any one experience excessive and constant Sweating 😢 it's been 1 week now since I've quit weed smoked for 5 years only at night 7 hits that's all to sleep because I have insomnia and I can't stop SWEATING why help
Day 11 here... Im on a weirdly similar path as you, also martial artist, long time smoker, started to quit when I was sick with fuckin covid... Sleep is still not pleasant, wake up a dozen times, still sweating... And I had one nightmare so far, which, if it was filmed that way, would be the craziest horror movie of all time.... I quit nicotine, thc, caffeine and pron.
Definately wouldn't call myself a martial artist haha but thank you for the comment. I can tell you that last night I slept a solid 8 hours. But the only reason, is because I was genuinely tired. What I've found is that if you are tired, you sleep. But during those first 2 or 3 weeks, it can be difficult. Stick at it mate. Best of luck, I haven't quit caffeine yet myself.
I leave for a two week vacation today and I’ve been having mental battles about bringing my pen along with me. Luckily, I think I am going to leave it behind and I really hope I can stay clean for two weeks. I keep telling myself this is two weeks of therapy for me.
I don’t sleep with and without cannabis . I find if you have an addiction with anything . Gambling , food , porn no matter what it is . Your mind doesn’t rest
im not a dream analyst but grim reaper on his phone sounds like you're scared of death but more importantly scared of wasting your life on pointless phone shit
ive quit smoking a few times and the first time i did i went through severe withdrawal but once those subsides it was more physical pain eventually the pain went a away after i got into a relationship ironically and i started smoking again but when i quit or taken a break after that i never got any of the symptoms of withdrawal which i find quite strange
I wanna quit, but last time the dreams were SO vivid and intense, I was waking up exhausted cause I felt like I’d been active, getting chased by people who wanted to kill me or someone close to me, and running a lot in dreams during my whole sleep. To get up and live my waking life after hours of that was exhausting. On top of the exhaustion, the dreams just left me in a weird/dark mood for the day. So, I went back after a month. Quitting definitely has its benefits, but like another person commented, I’m just not ready to face those emotions and dreams that I know will flood me when I stop again. I’ll need to do it during a time I have no obligations, cause I can’t function with the dark feelings and exhaustion.
anyone here you can do it im having to deal with CHS a very painful condition from oversmoking weed so i have to quit weed and not for a lil for forever, so on top of withdraws i feel like im dyeing and i need to also give up caffien all at once.
Potential quitters: I weaned off joints and vapes first, then quit them, replacing them with gummies. Eventually ditched the gummies. It was easier than I had any right to expect. I’m SO glad to experience freedom snd self-control!
I quit it and opiates at the same time and all I really noticed was the opiate withdrawal. I think other withdrawals can greatly reduce its withdrawal.
In my 4th day now and its really not easy. i really miss it but it wasted my life for 13 years so its now or never, in tears as i type this. Thanks for the video😢
Wow! So glad I ran into your video. We are literally going through the exact same thing. But I’m assuming you’re fully sober now. For me I’m on day 3 after smoking for 16+ years I’m 31 now about to be 32. Everything you said in this video I feel the exact same way. For me this is my 5th time quitting so I relapse a few times so I know what I’m up against I know the full experience of marijuana withdrawal. But now I’m going to fully quit. Fuck weed bro
Been off a week now after 30 years of daily smoking and I must say it took God to get me off this drug.Before I was a proponent of weed until I realized that it was such a detriment to my life
The grim reeper thing reminds me of sleep paralysis which I've experienced once in the past when quitting cannabis. In my case it was a fully fledged old hag syndrome in which I felt conscious and in a spiritual battle for my body. Opened the door to demonology for me.
The vivid dreaming is what scares me the most. If I do dream, it’s always something awful happening it’s like I’m scared to go to sleep because I know I’ll have a terrible depressing mind fuck of a dream that will have me waking up depressed and anxious
Been clean from weed for 16 days now and this happened to me only twice so far. Worst nightmare of my life a week ago and I woke up depressed AF this morning after a bad dream. Not terrible nightmare but a bad dream
The real question is, is weed something that you need to totally quit? I can understand reducing, maybe using once a week, once in a while? Does it have to be something that you need to totally rid yourself of? Alcohol is hard enough to quit, and I think we should quit because it's horrible for our bodies and mind. But do we need to quit everything?
Yeah again 4th day.... I am at outside of the town and that get me easier to deal with... I totally recommend just go other place like your hometown idk just don't stay where you smoke wish me luck about this journey.
To try geographical change is only a good thing! Hey, it might not work, or it might only work for a little while, but it's all learning and part of your experience. All the best mate.
It takes a realistic 3 months to have it out your system. If it’s been 24/7 smoking for years decades. Then it’s going to be 6 months for your body to regulate.Maintain sober lifestyle
Anyone guys know.. 1 month after quit smoking weed is it still can detect on a drug test? Is it enough? Thanks for anyone who will reply. i wanna apply for a work
Fair play to you😌Im on day 14 now no smoking and honestly I didn’t think I would make it😌✨no insomnia, no cold sweats however my emotions are emerging that I was trying to numb for the past 10 years. Self belief and prayers have truly saved me! 🫶🏽
I reckon, I was in a similar boat to you, got through the physical side of withdrawals relatively unscathed, but the emotional and psychological withdrawals, that's the hard part. Regulating your emotions and MOOD for me, has been difficult. All the best mate and thanks for sharing.
I had this crazy dream (nightmare) after 2 weeks ish not gonna tell u the whole story just the end. So me and my bro were in a kajak on a river, and all of a sudden there is a tree that has grown over the river with roots going to each side of the edge of it. (River flows trought the roots). So the m9ment we were about to go under the tree a really scary evil face appeared in the tree luke the one from the movie (smile). Then we got onder the tree and sucked into it and then I woke up screaming. But the thing is I wasnt even awake yet. I was in my bed tho, then I saw a shadow on the wall and I felt this evil presence but couldnt move anything. After closing my eyes and begging for help after a couple of seconds I could randomly moce again and I was awake. Anyways I relapsed after 1 month, and now I have to to this shit all over again. Hopefully less scary this time.
Day 2 for me today. Needed to quit to get a job. I've smoked for years daily. I don't smoke all day anymore like I used to when I was younger but this is still hard as fuck...ridiculous certain jobs require drug testing. What business is it of theirs what I do off company time off company property? Being a cannabis smoker doesn't define a person's character. I need the job so I am gonna stick with it but more likely than not I will be going back to smoking as soon as I land it.
#Green I'm on day 4 and it feels great. My body was injured during surgeries long ago. Disabled due to it at 28. Morphine was the doctors method of helping me but it fucked most things up. Now i am 37, and i stopped everything but clonidine(idk why it works). When I was on the meds I was having kidney failure 4-7 times a year and was in the hospital 20-30 days a year due to it. Now that i refuse to take 'their' drugs since covid started, i have not had kidney failure for 3 whole years. My life might be given back to me because I chose to go against my multiple doctors' wishes. Green was for my pain management but the fog is too thick. I'll take the pain over the fog.
Jesus, sounds as if modern medicine just isn't it. Really interesting to hear you feel as though the fog is just too much from weed even though it numbs the pain somewhat. That's a powerful statement, brings light to the negatives of weed for sure. All the best mate.
Seeing the grim reaper is pretty rough, but in retrospect it is pretty funny that he came from your toilet with his phone out. 😆 The reason we watch horror films is to be relieved when we realize those scary things are not a ctually happening to us.
About the dream, i once saw my self in bed... Like a POV. Irl i was screaming for some reason. So the person behind the pov (me) told the person in bed (also me) to wake bc I'm screaming... This lasted 10 full minutes until i was able to fully awake and be conscious. This was at my 2 month sober point. Happened like 3 times
Dreams are crazy man, that's all I can say. I've had so many now but that one that I described in this video has stuck with me, only because I talked about it and set it in stone in my mind, a dream diary would be a really interesting thing to do.
its time its just to easy to do 2-3 things then toke up and slow down my day, when in reality I should be doing 10-20 things a day and not smoke so I have the energy to do it the next day
I haven't smoked in 4 months. Nothing special has happened in that time. People who claim they smoked smoking weed, say they have had massive changes in their lives, are full of crap. I smoked once or twice a week only.
Do you understand what you just said ? You’ve only smoked once or twice a week. You’re obviously not going to have the same effects of someone who smokes every single day 🤦🏾♂️. I smoked everyday sometimes for 3-4 times a day and today marks 17 days sober for and I can surely tell you my memory, sleep, drive, positive habits energy has drastically improved. Your body is completely different from everyone else’s so to say people are full of crap because they’ve experienced life changes is just close minded.
About the dream man, they are always a message from our subcounscious mind. Whatever the meaning is, you have the answer inside you. The most important thing is that by quitting weed, you have unlocked that mental portal again; the portal which your subconscious use to communicate with you. Unfortunately, weed obstructs that path of self communication... I think you did the right choice! P.S. I am glad to have found your channel, I'm trying to quit weed and you are relatable and row and quite helps to listen at your insights. I whatched your first days videos of this series and, in comparison, now you look way more vital. (one month late lol)
Definitely understand when you said nothing meant anything to you. I feel like after 10 years I’ve really numbed my feelings. Not ready for all the emotions to come flooding in but I know it’ll be worth it! Congratulations 🎊
It just absolutely numbs you out, which is nice sometimes, but means there are no lows and def no highs. It will def be worth it, life is about ups and downs, emotions and dealing with them. Feeling proud about how you deal with them, after all the shit is over with atleast. I've been tested don't worry, but you get a good sleep in, and it all seems easier to cope with. All the best!
It is worth it!😉 you can do it!
@@krz.777 thank you it’s been 2 months and I feel so much better :)
@@ReannaNicolee i have 1 month done after 22yrs of smokin 24/7 and I can't remember the last time I felt so good 😊
You still good G?
keep it up .im only on my first 24 hours with no weed … i’ve been a daily user for 20 years .. hardest thing i ever done
I’m 3 days sober and used for almost 20 years too. We got this!!!!!
Day 4 let’s gooo
@@chris71718 day 45 here! Feeling great!!! Keep going, you won’t regret it!!
stay up guys, a new life awaits.
4 months free of weed . never felt better
Day 2 of quitting Weed, but man i am feeling great. It’s so difficult tho, i really miss the old me, but that old me is dead
This is great, I’m on day 2 and I’m looking forward to reconnecting with how I used to function before weed
That's awesome bro. You got this.
Day 5 for you mate, and even if it's not, you're doing awesome recognising something's up.
@@itsoktotalk day 5 still strong 💪🏽
how it is going brother
@@do21sfqw just smoked a blunt 💀
Day 5 here, and the vivid dreams keep getting better and better! I feel pumped to go to sleep and discover which adventure I’ll be on trough the night 😂 happy this is going good to me. Thanks for the video! Hope you are well ❤
Totally! I remember before I quit I was wondering what happened to my dreamy adventures. I didn't dream AT ALL on cannabis!
I died for a week straight in my dreams before they became regular.
Still going strong with you bro. i have some crazy dreams too but It's gonna be ok. They can be overwhelming but thankfully it doesn't last long. I belive that is the only symptom still lingering. Feels great not only being canabis free but having a community going through it to. My life has definately seen some improvement. I think because of the increased motivation and clear thinking.
Welcome to the community mate, all the best! Any improvement is good, try not to be too hard on yourself.
Finally quitting is so rewarding bro. I’m closing in on 90 days off it rn I was a habitual smoker like you and I saw no end to it after endless attempts to quit and then fail the next morning. Taking control of your life is a beautiful thing. And even in the comfort of smoking and numbing, comparing it to being sober can give you inspiration to keep going. Because you realize you love being sober more than
This is a fantastic comment and point of view. It takes a strong mindset to say no and to stick to something. Especially after a long road of letting yourself down continually. Taking control is a beautiful thing, you're right. Hard to describe, but the waking up in the morning without any regret, is priceless. Thanks for tuning in and all the best.
Thank you
Day 1 here. Again. Turned 32 today and not looking back. Agreed with all you said. Weed is not even close to as safe as ppl say it is. Following your heart is also hard when it's dark. Sobriety brings joy and for someone who also has been smoking for 14 years straight...I've been without true joy this whole time. It is the root cause of so many problems that branch off from it.
hows it going bruv, im on day 3
Bro you gave me goose bumps with that dream. I've had something similar happen to me.. long story short. My opinion. That was you telling yourself as the reaper that the old you is no more. I've toked for 23 years pretty much daily, quitting cold turkey and yes it f***** sucks, you know what though, how else can a person grow and be the best they can be without some sort of change, good job my friend and to everyone else fighting KEEP FIGHTING!!!
smoked for 25years every day, now been clean for a week and going strong , smoked weed pure as i dont smoke or drink alcohol, so im totally T totally now at 40years old. feel so much better in myself for it.
I bursted out laughing when you said that Grim Reaper came for you my man. Thanks for the great content and the laughs you've managed to get out of me during this video. Due to habitual smoking of 10+ joints a day, my emotions are pretty down as you expect so I applaud this content!
Haha yeah man, I will say that dreams, and really vivid dreams at that, are a nightly occurrence for me now. But this one, still sticks in my mind. I will always remember it I think. Which is odd. All the best man, the cloud will lift.
30 years daily use! And I’m done 18 days in. Insomnia is unreal!!!!!!!!!
@@davidp2188 hey bro! 102 days in and feel great. I don’t miss it at all … even when I’m around it. I really wish I would have stopped sooner, a lot sooner. The insomnia lasted a good 2 weeks. Ashwaganda pills made a huge difference. Didn’t even know about them till a month in and my sleep was an amazing once a tried them. Stay with it don’t try the on/off go at it 100% so worth it in the end … keep me posted !!
I’m on day 5 after 8 years of daily use the first 2 were the toughest with sleep and appetite but this is a challenge I’m willing accept. I’m really looking forward to this journey and a new beginning to find my self again. Will check back in next month!
how you doing man?
@ Going on 4 months strong I’m aiming for a year never felt better it gets easier as the days pass and when you stop counting, good luck homie you got this!
Never count down your days since your last smoke or last anything…. It trains the brain to keep thinking about it and the real endgame is to live life and not think of that shite again 👍👍
Well stated and excellent advise.
So true. I will keep this in mind now. Thanks
Yes! I’ve done this before and thoughts of using weed kept creeping up.
Your videos are raw and very real; great stuff my friend. You're going great guns!👍🙂
That's the style I wanted to bring and the style you will always get. Call my videos "stories" if you will lol.
@@itsoktotalkyou are very relatable and come across as very sincere in your endeavours to face your addictions. Keep on going my friend.👍🙂
I feel like im where you were. I've been smoking 12 to 13 years, and I'm pretty much blazed through my 20s. Just turned 30 this year. It has been a difficult task for me as i am prone to saying I'll quit, but I've been saying it for years. I'm hoping i figure it out soon. I look forward to the dreams being a lucid dreamer. i feel like weed and my old self unified, creating a powerful final boss i must face in order to start achieving my dream. I truly believe the key to that is within my dream world. Conquer that, and the rest of the bad tendencies will fall as well. Well, in theory. I've gotten to the point where there's only one thing to do and that's find out if im right or not.
Great video! You're looking good Jake! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!❤👍
Likewise mate, hope you had a good Xmas period.
been off a couple days now and it's pretty cool. of course sleeping was hard the first 3 days, but last two days were a lot better already. there's a lot of pent up feelings that come to light now. a lot of stuff feels more intense. i almost cried because i felt unreasonably happy. it's crazy. also, i feel more connected to my body. i was blazing for over a decade daily all day and lately i've been feeling like a ghost trapped in a machine, disconnected. will i ever partake again? maybe, but i don't want to be a stoner ever again. i lived long enough like this, way too long actually. good luck man.
2 days without. Similar story. I got this!
Shit I haven't smoked in 3 months and I still can't sleep
Wow!!! I have had that same worry; if someone close to me died while I was still having weed, I'd feel very little (even when not acutely high). I think I lost my ability to cry (and laugh too to a large extent even while high). I am on day 3 of quitting. It's rough, but I think it will be worth it to feel again.
Also I only ever had weed in the evenings, but I think the stuff affects me for at least a week afterwards. I think the weekend smoker thing is mostly a myth (unless you want to spend your workweek in withdrawal every week--in which case it is still affecting you).
Kicked alcohol a couple years ago and thought I could be happy as a daily stoner. It keeps the alcohol away, but now I am a recluse that overeats and doesn't exercise and has no interests in life.
Definitely making the right decision dropping the weed.
Joining AA (they handle fixing weed addiction too); going to try to fall in love with God, friends, family, hobbies and life in general. The stoner life is fun at first, but it gets old and doesn't have much promise. It's basically groundhog day.
I wanna stop again but its so difficult for me. I always loose so much weight if i smoke from morning to evening. I gained over 18kg in a year when i stopped smoking. Now i lost 10kg again in about 7 months. That sucks, i dont wanna look like before. All the muscles faded away so fast.
Ive been 3 years sober for weed and its a great feeling
Awesome man. I'm caught between feelings at the moment around whether I will bring it back in. Going strong so far. Thanks for the comment mate.
when i smoked weed i felt a looked like boris johnshon now i stopped i feel like randy orton @@itsoktotalk
Saying sober makes it sound like it’s hard drugs lmao and no one’s addicted to cannibus you numbnuts .
I noticed that my anxiety is high when i first wake up cuz im so used to smokin when i get up. I decided to stop smokin blunts and drinkn at the same time so idk if thats makin it more intense… hate i started these bad habits. Im on day 3 and this been the most irritable day for me
Hey, yeah coming off both alcohol and marijuana is intense stuff! I did one first, then the other. But smoking first thing in the morning was just way too much for me, I couldn't do it. Anxiety sucks, but my anxiety on weed was 10x worse than any anxiety I felt sober. All the best!
Bro you got jacked since this video. Congrats! 💪🏾
I totally understand you, quitting weed after prolonged daily use had made me feel the worst boredom of my life, felt like nothing interesting existed for a few weeks, like absence of soul. Daily use of alcohol gives similar withdrawal.
If I ever use it again, it wouldn't be more than once per week, same goes for alcohol.
straight up. i smoked because i thought everything was boring without being high, turns out being high all the time made me bored of everything around me and turned me into a boring person. now i find myself wanting to do all kinds of shit. i bought a lot of stuff i never used. i feel like getting high made me consume/buy a lot of stuff with vague plans to do somehting with it but in the end i sit at home and just smoke, and now i'm pretty shocked how much stuff i amassed that's been never used. at the same time, i have a lot of things to play around with and pass the time.
@@chainsawenthusiast dude....I'm literally going through the same experience. How the heck do we stop that?
I quit 12 days ago. I have not had a single minute of sleep since and I am going insane. I've unofficially broke the world record for longest time awake with no sleep which is 11 days. Seriously I'm not exaggerating my mind just refuses to shut down I'm going insane I don't know what to do
Bro I hate to say it but this made me laugh. You should contact the Guinness World Records. But in all seriousness, I really hope you've been able to get at least some sleep. Just think once you get through this withdrawal period you never have to do it again. I think it's that thought that gets alot of people to quit for good.
@itsoktotalk I finally managed to get some last night, slept for 16 hours! Haha yeah maybe I should. I will say those 12 days have made me practically allergic to ever touching weed ever again, the thought of going near it actually makes me angry inside so maybe it was my bodies way of telling me never to do this horrible sh*t ever again!
I've been hospitalised due to the insomnia now it just won't go away.
Kids, don't smoke weed. Trust me.
Why are u lying 😂
@sagethomas7651 I've always been prone to insomnia, even before I smoked weed. Quitting weed injected my insomnia with steroids, and due to that I've had very little sleep in over a month; having chronic sleep deprivation doesn't do wonders for your health, aside from the nasty hallucinations. What is so hard to believe? you don't think a drug that alters your brain chemistry doesn't have adverse affects when you stop?
I Quit Alcohol and cigarettes 8 months ago that alone was the best thing I have accomplished and now I have not smoked weed in 6 weeks and feel awesome at 55. Your bank account is another bonus to stop as well as health benefits. The dreams are great and I have been having them every night now. Well done to all for quitting 👍🏻
Two weeks here, medical card holder, I've been smoking for 20 years. I grew up with a lot of trauma and anxiety. What started out with just weekends, turned into wake and bakes. Soon, every minute I wasn't at work I was getting baked. I didn't want to admit that it was the flower giving me anxiety. I could never quit before. I have to quit for this good job I really, really need. So after two weeks now, I decided no more smoking. With it being summer, it helps a lot though. I can do yardwork and go for hikes, and ride my bike. I won't lie, I miss it tremendously because I did all my activities high. I lost who I actually was without it. But, right now, my brain is resetting and it's like, oh yeah this is who I was! I went through this with alcohol, but for a shorter period. Being a drunk just doesn't mesh well with my personality. I like waking up early and going to sleep early, and not feeling total crap. I did that for about a year. Now, I can have one drink every few months or when I am camping, it has zero control over me. I want to get like that with flower. I want to smoke on my camping trips or special occasions, and not feel this total obsession to do it all the time, wake and bake every damn day. I can't believe I made it two whole weeks! It was hell, but it does get better. I was always tired before, always full of anxiety, and always paranoid. I'm not a social person, I would freak in public if I was high and someone spoke to me. I couldn't go to the places I wanted to because the weed made me paranoid. It's so nice to not have that any longer. Now, I just have to deal with friends that smoke. I have been avoiding them for two weeks, because they are all stoners. I find going out for my hikes into the woods helps a lot, and doing photography. The dreams though WOW, I have been having INSANELY VIVID dreams and not good ones, not really nightmares, but situations that are just freaky and weird! I would go to bed at 9 every night, now I just lay there until 1 am. I do take naps during the day and that helps. I've also been off work for two week and I think that helps, not having that stress. I start my new job next week so I hope the stress doesn't get me to start again. But, I like feeling like me again. For 20 years I have just been this numb version of me, waking and baking every day. The point of all this is to tell you people, you can do it! And you might not think you will, but you will feel better. You just need to get over the hump. As for the dreams though, I don't know what to tell ya. You will have really vivid dreams.
I read your whole post and have similar experiences and circumstances to you. I’m approaching the 2 week hump, not for the first time either and it’s getting hard to deal with the insomnia and reprogramming my brain. Should help that i have next week off work in which time i have a bunch of important things to handle in my personal life. For anyone else in this position, the things that are helping the most is being physically active and productive with your time. If you can nap and rest-do it!! Try to be more sociable and practice speaking with other people. Don’t beat yourself up as much
I’m keen to know how you are doing now @poorringo 4 weeks in and in a new job… hope it is going well.
first Kiwi video I have found, 3 days in after 15 years and struggling but committed. Speaking about tragedy as an addict my father passed away 3 years ago and I never really thought about the fact I never processed it properly.
Thanks bro, I'm miserable but also excited to break through.. dealing with not smoking weed and quitting kratom at the same time.
The clouds will part, but positive feels and change don't happen automatically, you have to work at it. All the best
Good vid bro really, I relapsed while watching but still it is a motivator 😊 sleep indeed is scary af sober I been smoking so long I cannot even imagine going wo but I need to before I am a ganja smokin grandpa fr.
4 days strong feel like i lost my friends that smoke weed still, but who cares got a interview coming up with the airlines and maybe this the direction i need in my life. We got this yall!
day 8 what I've learned is most of those so-called friends and I shared a bond between weed for the reason being we had the same acquaintance in that drug, and we'd hang out only when weed is there.
@ thats a fact thats why sometimes in our journey to being our better selves,we have to accept being alone
Almost 2 weeks after 13 years , it's tougher than i tough... still having crazy dreams and cant trust my own farts 😂
Hahhaha yeah those farts are the 2nd most annoying after sleep
Bro my all respect to u❤
I’m in day 1 wish me luck I’ve been tryna stop for 4 years 😢
13 days off weed spending to much money on it. That’s the reason why I gave it up. I went on holiday for one week to a place I made sure I could not get it. It helped.
Great content, eye opening for me! Thank you
Day 2 after 35 yrs of smoking. Thank you!
Lol yeah bro. Dreams get really really vivid. I read a study where your body catches up for all the REM sleep you missed over the years. I love dreaming now, means you are having really deep sleep.
Exactly that man, dreams mean deep sleep. They can get annoying, but I'll take them over not having any at all, no doubt.
Any one experience excessive and constant Sweating 😢 it's been 1 week now since I've quit weed smoked for 5 years only at night 7 hits that's all to sleep because I have insomnia and I can't stop SWEATING why help
Day 11 here... Im on a weirdly similar path as you, also martial artist, long time smoker, started to quit when I was sick with fuckin covid... Sleep is still not pleasant, wake up a dozen times, still sweating... And I had one nightmare so far, which, if it was filmed that way, would be the craziest horror movie of all time.... I quit nicotine, thc, caffeine and pron.
Definately wouldn't call myself a martial artist haha but thank you for the comment. I can tell you that last night I slept a solid 8 hours. But the only reason, is because I was genuinely tired. What I've found is that if you are tired, you sleep. But during those first 2 or 3 weeks, it can be difficult. Stick at it mate. Best of luck, I haven't quit caffeine yet myself.
Most relatablevideo about quiting
I leave for a two week vacation today and I’ve been having mental battles about bringing my pen along with me. Luckily, I think I am going to leave it behind and I really hope I can stay clean for two weeks. I keep telling myself this is two weeks of therapy for me.
I don’t sleep with and without cannabis . I find if you have an addiction with anything . Gambling , food , porn no matter what it is . Your mind doesn’t rest
Second week without hash dont mind the weired dreams but its the night sweats that keep waking me up.can anyone tell me when the sweating will stop
im not a dream analyst but grim reaper on his phone sounds like you're scared of death but more importantly scared of wasting your life on pointless phone shit
Day 3 of quitting and I’m throwing up and I have body pain is that normal?
Body pain normal
If it is aches & pain
Day 2 sober i was smoking everyday for the past 12 years
Update: today 3 weeks sober stay strong you guys we got this💪🏽
ive quit smoking a few times and the first time i did i went through severe withdrawal but once those subsides it was more physical pain eventually the pain went a away after i got into a relationship ironically and i started smoking again but when i quit or taken a break after that i never got any of the symptoms of withdrawal which i find quite strange
I what to quit it today help me bro
I am 3 days sober after using weed for almost 20 years. You can do it!!!!
I wanna quit, but last time the dreams were SO vivid and intense, I was waking up exhausted cause I felt like I’d been active, getting chased by people who wanted to kill me or someone close to me, and running a lot in dreams during my whole sleep. To get up and live my waking life after hours of that was exhausting. On top of the exhaustion, the dreams just left me in a weird/dark mood for the day. So, I went back after a month. Quitting definitely has its benefits, but like another person commented, I’m just not ready to face those emotions and dreams that I know will flood me when I stop again. I’ll need to do it during a time I have no obligations, cause I can’t function with the dark feelings and exhaustion.
maybe try taking daily some multi vitamin/mineral complex pill, and if that doesn't help in a week go to doctor
anyone here you can do it im having to deal with CHS a very painful condition from oversmoking weed so i have to quit weed and not for a lil for forever, so on top of withdraws i feel like im dyeing and i need to also give up caffien all at once.
Potential quitters: I weaned off joints and vapes first, then quit them, replacing them with gummies. Eventually ditched the gummies. It was easier than I had any right to expect. I’m SO glad to experience freedom snd self-control!
I quit it and opiates at the same time and all I really noticed was the opiate withdrawal. I think other withdrawals can greatly reduce its withdrawal.
uhhhh... ya think? :)
Great video props
In my 4th day now and its really not easy. i really miss it but it wasted my life for 13 years so its now or never, in tears as i type this.
Thanks for the video😢
Wow! So glad I ran into your video. We are literally going through the exact same thing. But I’m assuming you’re fully sober now. For me I’m on day 3 after smoking for 16+ years I’m 31 now about to be 32. Everything you said in this video I feel the exact same way. For me this is my 5th time quitting so I relapse a few times so I know what I’m up against I know the full experience of marijuana withdrawal. But now I’m going to fully quit. Fuck weed bro
How are you doing mate?
Day 2 ! We all can do this stay up and pray 🎉
I had to skip the dream part before my subconscious decides to be bring it up
Been off a week now after 30 years of daily smoking and I must say it took God to get me off this drug.Before I was a proponent of weed until I realized that it was such a detriment to my life
Nightmares is so true after quitting well I don’t personally know since I haven’t really quit but I’ve heard other people talk about it
The grim reeper thing reminds me of sleep paralysis which I've experienced once in the past when quitting cannabis.
In my case it was a fully fledged old hag syndrome in which I felt conscious and in a spiritual battle for my body.
Opened the door to demonology for me.
The vivid dreaming is what scares me the most. If I do dream, it’s always something awful happening it’s like I’m scared to go to sleep because I know I’ll have a terrible depressing mind fuck of a dream that will have me waking up depressed and anxious
I feel that bro my dreams are always me torturing myself with things I don’t even think about anymore and or insecurities. 😂 thanks brain
Been clean from weed for 16 days now and this happened to me only twice so far. Worst nightmare of my life a week ago and I woke up depressed AF this morning after a bad dream. Not terrible nightmare but a bad dream
The real question is, is weed something that you need to totally quit? I can understand reducing, maybe using once a week, once in a while? Does it have to be something that you need to totally rid yourself of? Alcohol is hard enough to quit, and I think we should quit because it's horrible for our bodies and mind. But do we need to quit everything?
An addict can't just consume one a week.
Thanks bro keep up❤
No worries brother, all the best!
I quit and my withdrawal symptoms were so bad I couldn't keep doing it hot and cold flashes depression anxiety insomnia
Yeah again 4th day.... I am at outside of the town and that get me easier to deal with... I totally recommend just go other place like your hometown idk just don't stay where you smoke
wish me luck about this journey.
To try geographical change is only a good thing! Hey, it might not work, or it might only work for a little while, but it's all learning and part of your experience. All the best mate.
I'm weed free for 3 weeks and yeah I get it when you say you couldn't feel I was the same and felt numb
It takes a realistic 3 months to have it out your system. If it’s been 24/7 smoking for years decades.
Then it’s going to be 6 months for your body to regulate.Maintain sober lifestyle
been 2 months no weed and I swear I don’t know who I really am
Anyone guys know.. 1 month after quit smoking weed is it still can detect on a drug test? Is it enough? Thanks for anyone who will reply. i wanna apply for a work
drink a lot of water pretty much bub
Fair play to you😌Im on day 14 now no smoking and honestly I didn’t think I would make it😌✨no insomnia, no cold sweats however my emotions are emerging that I was trying to numb for the past 10 years. Self belief and prayers have truly saved me! 🫶🏽
I reckon, I was in a similar boat to you, got through the physical side of withdrawals relatively unscathed, but the emotional and psychological withdrawals, that's the hard part. Regulating your emotions and MOOD for me, has been difficult. All the best mate and thanks for sharing.
I had this crazy dream (nightmare) after 2 weeks ish not gonna tell u the whole story just the end.
So me and my bro were in a kajak on a river, and all of a sudden there is a tree that has grown over the river with roots going to each side of the edge of it. (River flows trought the roots). So the m9ment we were about to go under the tree a really scary evil face appeared in the tree luke the one from the movie (smile). Then we got onder the tree and sucked into it and then I woke up screaming. But the thing is I wasnt even awake yet. I was in my bed tho, then I saw a shadow on the wall and I felt this evil presence but couldnt move anything. After closing my eyes and begging for help after a couple of seconds I could randomly moce again and I was awake.
Anyways I relapsed after 1 month, and now I have to to this shit all over again. Hopefully less scary this time.
Grim reaper forgot to tweet that day
I quit smoking for a few days but i ❤️ weed and ordered some stiva only drawback i gotta wait to smoke before bed
on day 1, excited to see how I feel in a months time
On day 12 after smoking chronically for 4 years :)))
Day 2 for me today. Needed to quit to get a job. I've smoked for years daily. I don't smoke all day anymore like I used to when I was younger but this is still hard as fuck...ridiculous certain jobs require drug testing. What business is it of theirs what I do off company time off company property? Being a cannabis smoker doesn't define a person's character. I need the job so I am gonna stick with it but more likely than not I will be going back to smoking as soon as I land it.
#Green I'm on day 4 and it feels great. My body was injured during surgeries long ago. Disabled due to it at 28. Morphine was the doctors method of helping me but it fucked most things up. Now i am 37, and i stopped everything but clonidine(idk why it works). When I was on the meds I was having kidney failure 4-7 times a year and was in the hospital 20-30 days a year due to it. Now that i refuse to take 'their' drugs since covid started, i have not had kidney failure for 3 whole years. My life might be given back to me because I chose to go against my multiple doctors' wishes. Green was for my pain management but the fog is too thick. I'll take the pain over the fog.
Jesus, sounds as if modern medicine just isn't it. Really interesting to hear you feel as though the fog is just too much from weed even though it numbs the pain somewhat. That's a powerful statement, brings light to the negatives of weed for sure. All the best mate.
3 days strong can’t sleep but I rather not sl😢eep I deserve this fr
Seeing the grim reaper is pretty rough, but in retrospect it is pretty funny that he came from your toilet with his phone out. 😆
The reason we watch horror films is to be relieved when we realize those scary things are not a ctually happening to us.
My sleep gets shredded after about a week.
Grim Reaper was looking at his phone lmao.
The grim reaper didn’t have time to attack you. He was too busy catching up with his dms. 😂
If u count the days u never really quit
About the dream, i once saw my self in bed... Like a POV. Irl i was screaming for some reason. So the person behind the pov (me) told the person in bed (also me) to wake bc I'm screaming... This lasted 10 full minutes until i was able to fully awake and be conscious. This was at my 2 month sober point. Happened like 3 times
Dreams are crazy man, that's all I can say. I've had so many now but that one that I described in this video has stuck with me, only because I talked about it and set it in stone in my mind, a dream diary would be a really interesting thing to do.
Day 10 and I feel great
Nothing really matters even eating its really hard even the meals i used to enjoy when going out to eat
He was sitting there with his hood on looking at his phone 😂😂😂😂😂😂
its time
its just to easy to do 2-3 things then toke up and slow down my day, when in reality I should be doing 10-20 things a day and not smoke so I have the energy to do it the next day
The Dream is back but it's brutal
The grim reaper coming out the toilet would have scared the shit outta me too 🤣
You are rather funny! “Getting into bed sober was not something I was willing to do.” 💀
While You smoke pleasure out of weed also weed smokes life out of you. That's how it works guys.
I haven't smoked in 4 months. Nothing special has happened in that time. People who claim they smoked smoking weed, say they have had massive changes in their lives, are full of crap. I smoked once or twice a week only.
Do you understand what you just said ? You’ve only smoked once or twice a week. You’re obviously not going to have the same effects of someone who smokes every single day 🤦🏾♂️. I smoked everyday sometimes for 3-4 times a day and today marks 17 days sober for and I can surely tell you my memory, sleep, drive, positive habits energy has drastically improved. Your body is completely different from everyone else’s so to say people are full of crap because they’ve experienced life changes is just close minded.
i quit weed and switched to alcohol....
About the dream man, they are always a message from our subcounscious mind.
Whatever the meaning is, you have the answer inside you.
The most important thing is that by quitting weed, you have unlocked that mental portal again; the portal which your subconscious use to communicate with you. Unfortunately, weed obstructs that path of self communication... I think you did the right choice!
P.S. I am glad to have found your channel, I'm trying to quit weed and you are relatable and row and quite helps to listen at your insights. I whatched your first days videos of this series and, in comparison, now you look way more vital. (one month late lol)
Thank you I needed this ur so funny too lol
The only reason i can't quit is because i've never been a quitter, lol and im a pot head not a stinking drunk😂
I'm on my 9th day ... Smoked since I was 13 & now I'm 69
so how its going? im on my 6th day.. smoked 8 years straight
@gogogvikharia Good for you man.. I'm on day 17.. It seems I'm becoming happier as the days go by.. I'm not going back to it..hang in there!
@@williamrosenlof453 good for u too. im still on that journey. 11th day. its clearly getting better. we can do it.
cool story bro, if you watched more than 60secs of this you're cooked well done.