How To Quit Weed: Overcome Marijuana Addiction in 3 Steps

November 20th, 2009 by Jessi Linden

Are you a marijuana user looking to quit weed? Do you feel that your pot smoking has become a central force in your life and keeps you from doing the things you want and need to do? Would you like to learn new ways to relax and enjoy your time without feeling the urge to smoke pot? People all over the world suffer from weed addiction, and report feeling that they are in a haze or missing out on what life has to offer them. Marijuana use often starts as as a once-in-a-while activity to relax and release tension, but then becomes a default behavior to cope with stress. Once one is dependent on weed to ease their troubles or to give them something to do, it becomes an extremely difficult habit to break.

If you feel like you are under the control of a marijuana addiction or habit, there are three things you can begin to do to start breaking your habit. Quitting weed is easy for some people and difficult for others, but following these simple strategies will help you on your way to becoming weed-free.

The first step is to identify your problem and come to terms with it. Often people who smoke marijuana will think it is a harmless and “soft” drug, but curse it and swear it off when they feel guilty about it. Remember this: soft drug or not, it is still a drug. Even if marijuana doesn’t have detrimental physical effects, its psychological effects are much more damaging. The guilt and fear of being controlled by pot and not living up to your potential or taking care of your responsibilities can lead to anxiety and depression. If you want to quit smoking pot because it is having negative effects on you, you probably have a problem and need to take steps to fix it. It’s no longer “harmless”. It’s that simple.

Second, you must develop a plan or method to approach your addiction. To quit pot, it’s best to have a game plan for how you want to resolve your problem. For some people, quitting weed cold turkey works. Others who are very tactile develop their own plan of attack by writing out their goals and reinforcing them with their own steps of action. Most people find help in books, audio, or forums where they can discuss these types of goals and find support from other people. Get some materials that will get you revved up and inspired to quit and put them to work in your own way. The most important thing to remember is to stay with your plan, even if you relapse, because persistence yields results.

Lastly, don’t feel bad if you slip up one day. Don’t count your relapses as failures. It’s bound to happen when trying to break an addiction. Remember that no one is perfect, and almost nobody gets it right on their first try — especially if you have been smoking for many years. Each day you don’t smoke is a success, and falling back for one day does not matter in the grand scheme of things. As long as you keep a mind set focused on the outcome of being weed-free, and keep going even if you slip up, you will eventually reach your goal, and rid yourself of marijuana addiction.

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