Stop Smoking Blog

By Josh on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

Honestly booty lockdown, I know it sounds stupid but it works,
Refuse to hang out with him, or "do anything" with him unless he stops,
And guy's say they stop but they can still continue
Smoking weed is a bad habit
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By tu madre on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

turn him into an alcoholic.
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By zachfiore9891 on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

offer him "something better". wink wink
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By Bobbi Love on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

Actually, it is pretty easy, as marijuana is not addictive. All you need to do is help him keep his mind occupied, so while the first person suggested "booty lockdown," that will probably have the opposite effect, in that it will stress him out, making him want to smoke weed more.

Suck it up and do some of the things you know he loves, but you may hate. Don't smother him with affection, but try to keep him active and busy.
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By charmed on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

i myself have had a pot problem . in the past. 11 years i tried evey thing to stop but nothing worked. you see it's very hard when you can get it. if your older move town state if you have to.i did and now don't smoke it .
or he needs to go to rehab it is a very hard addition to nip in the butt.
good luck!
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By tina on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

Sweetie weed is considered a not so serious drug but it is VERY ADDICTING. It's the THC in it that makes it that way. However if someone really wants to stop and is serious then they will do it on there own. Not from you "helping them". Its a hard thing to do when your addicted. I recommend NA meetings, addiction books(self help), and any healthy addiction he can substitute for the bad one. All you can do is support him by letting him know when he's doing good. That's it, don't want it more than him and dont have any expectations. I have alot of experience with this. Let him do the work.
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By brokenmasochist on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

its called growing up…
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By Jordin T on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

show him that theres funner things than passing a joint around and getting stoned. i'm not him so i dont know his hobbies but obviously you could find things that he has a hobby for and do it with him to take his mind off it. maybe get him into a sport or gym, i dont know, but eventualy after learning how cool life can be without a stick of dope and a bong, it wont seem that appealing anymore. dont treat it like a situation where you say "DONT DO IT" but more of a "try this instead " also expose him to the dangers of weed. marijuanna can cause mental problems like depression and anxiety and is one of the top links to testicular cancer. maybe it will make him think "whoah why the hell was i doing this to my body? especialy when i can have the same fun doing something that is good for me!" that how i got rid of the stuff, n ive never felt better.

i hope it helps mate
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By Schenn-sational! on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

First of all, smoking weed isn't a huge problem… it does cause damage to the lungs, as any smoke does, but THC has actually been shown to inhibit tumor growth… so no cancer… and some of the smartest people I know(we're talkin 90%s in everything at the university level) are pretty big stoners…. I've never seen or felt any signs that it has any negative cognitive effects.

Secondly, weed doesn't give you a physical addiction… your body won't develop a dependence on it. It can create a mental addiction, but that is fairly easily broken as others have said, a little extra fun in the sack might be just what the doctor ordered. Pavlovian positive re-enforcement is a great way to go about this. For each day he doesn't smoke, offer a reward, if he falls off the bandwagon, don't offer him the reward, but no punishment either… the more upset a person is, the more likely they are to smoke up.

That being said, weed is not a dangerous drug, look up the BBC documentary "Is Alcohol worse than Ecstasy?" and you'll see a ranking of the top-20 worst drugs, weed falls in behind booze and cigarettes. If the smoking aspect is what concerns you, there are several ways of consuming marijuana without smoking it… baking it into brownies is the classic, you can make a drink with boiling milk, or you can make green dragon, which is basically weed soaked in high proof alcohol for a month… after that, each shot is the equivalent of a joint, so there's little alcohol consumption, and no smoking…

Stopping cold turkey isn't even that hard, unless he's formed a heavy mental addiction, which is pretty rare.
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By LadyLynn on Mar 24, 2009 | Reply

Weed is NOT addictive. This is a proven fact. He just has a habit, like biting his fingernails.
If he really loves you, he can stop like that. (I just snapped my fingers)
Now he's drinking. Now, that is addictive!!! (Duh, right?)
I think you need to give him an ultimatum and mean it. If he doesn't clean up his act for you, do you really see a future with this guy? He sounds kinda selfish to me. Tell him you've read up on weed, and that he can quit cold turkey with no problem! Have him cool it on the drinking on too.
If you break up with, that might be all it takes, if you really want to stay with him. He might be a great guy……
Good luck and be smart!
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By John on Apr 16, 2009 | Reply

GGGGOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEDDDDD!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

By babe on Apr 26, 2009 | Reply

i find this a great deal of help i would like to thank you for mentioning the above facts. through the guy is not my boy friend i used to go out with him and i still care about his health.and this here is just very great to have in the apartment of relationships.

By Cal K Oatis on Apr 28, 2009 | Reply

I think the above poster is ignorant… As well as ANYONE who thinks MENTAL addiction ISNT worst than PHYSCIAL addiction, ALL the actions we take in like are MENTAL before they become PHYSICAL, such as speech, movement, THOUGHT?! It’s all MENTAL first, it begins in the mind, if our MIND is addicted to something, then it can SEEM physical… I havent smoked a joint in a year… I started when I was 12, I stopped at 21… Im bout to turn 22, you do the math… You’re IGNORANT if you think marijuana addiction is a joke, mental addiction is worst than physical cause I’ve done ALOT of physically addicting drugs.. Hell, I’m a border line alcoholic but I’m still addicted to marijuana even though I havent touched a joint in years and it’s stronger than my alcohol addiction… Marijuana seems better cause it seems more natural, more from god, alot of users don’t see anything HONESTLY wrong with it, alot of users won’t complain about it… Alcohol is a far worst substance, only difference is your goverment accepts alcohol, and doesnt accept marijuana BECAUSE of lack of profit to the body of the government… Not cause of each individual’s physical OR mental health….

People trip me out cause they say, “Oh, it’s only mentally addictive not physcial!!!” HAH! IDIOT! THE MENTAL CREATES THE PHYSICAL!!! SHARPEN YOUR MIND AND WAKE UP!!!

By Laura on Jun 12, 2009 | Reply

First off- I’m going through a very similar situation. I’m hoping that my boyfriend will stop smoking weed as well. Here’s what helped me out- 1)Weed CAN be addictive. I know people who will get up in the morning and bitch you out because they can’t get their weed. Several of my friends will smoke weed several times a day, everyday… granted they are smart and very artistic but it doesn’t make sense that they have to smoke to be that way. Weed is a gateway drug. I don’t care how many people tell you that it isn’t, you tell me how many people just pick up cocaine for the hell of it. It’s usually a build up. Weed isn’t strong enough anymore so they pick up something harder.
2) Those who tell you that weed really doesn’t have any negative health effects are wrong. Most who smoke will give you ’street law’ that it makes you feel more spiritual and more mellow. That there are things that are worse. And it’s true that it’s just as dangerous as drinking or smoking cigarettes, etc. It causes emphysema, kills brain cells, causes memory loss and you forget lots of things. In the words of my guy “I just felt stupid”
3)If that isn’t enough then, THIS is what got my guy. IT’S ILLEGAL. “oh my friend got off on a citation for having it on him” BULLSHIT. He may have, but that cop made him get rid of it and told him what would happen if he was caught again. Most times you’re facing 3 yrs. min. in a state prison with a 3,000 fine. And that’s if they don’t tack on anything else. And this is even if you’re in a car or with someone with it. You don’t have to have touched the stuff EVER. You can be dragged down with them. Do you want to be taken down with your guy if he is caught with it? I don’t. Mine is almost done with his Master’s in ceramics in order to teach… If he’s caught- He loses ALL chance to EVER teach. He won’t be able to own a firearm. It’s considered a felony and a lot of places won’t hire you if you are convicted of a felony and a lot are moving to not hiring if you’ve even been arrested.

There’s a lot more but these are just some basics. I hope it helps. I’m still working with my guy but he’s told me that it helps so much more that I’m not nagging him and I’m supporting his decision to try.

By his wifey on Sep 11, 2009 | Reply

u kant really stop it u jus gotta tell him how you feel, and my bf does the same shyt and like i cry cuz he does it but i kno i cant help it. jus dont screw him if he wont stop i say smoking is very selfish u just want him to quit cuz you care bout him, but he will think you want to control his life trust me it sucks.!!!

By Jonathan on Dec 12, 2009 | Reply

I used to smoke weed alot, but one night on ecstasy made me realise how boring (pointless) smoking weed can be, when on weed you tend to trip in your own mind, and if your in a group all pretty stoned there isnt usually much talking going on (its pretty anti social actually). But taking ecstasy one night and meeting new people (in an intimate setting, and mainly of the opposite sex) and opening up and feeling so lovely makes you think….why the hell dont i just stop smoking weed (or atleast cut down to a few times a month or something) and start doing whats more important in life! meeting new people and connecting on a deep level (you dont need drugs to do this). Think of this, life is made up of memories, life is built on memories, we aim to build happy memories and keep adding to these happy and memorable moments whenever possible. Reflecting now i actually cant remember when i had an awesome night, i mean a really, really good day/night when ive gotten stoned. Memorable moments are with loved ones, seeing/doing something you love. What will you look back on…the days you stayed at home smoking weed and watching tv, or that time you went to disney land when you were a little kid…. you know what i mean! Like dave chappelle said in half baked ‘i love mary jane, but i love pussy so much more’ haha!

-My choice is what I choose to do and if its causing no harm why should it bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if your causing no harm your alright with me- Ben Harper.

By Chad on Apr 12, 2010 | Reply

I’m a 33 year old man that’s been smoking pot for 12 years. In my experience, Marijuana is a lot of fun…until you get sick, until your relationships with your own family become restrained or non-existent(my sister and I), until you throw away the YEARS of having a GREAT girl/boyfriend always by your side. It is THEN, you realize everything.

I’m a legally certified patient in California, so I have no biases.

But after my recent bout with the flu, I realized that my immune system was down BECAUSE of the pot. I had just eaten a bite of a homemade brownie(pretty damn potent…one bite=12 hour stone). I know that it may have just been dumb luck that I caught the flu just after ingesting a bite, but it was enough to make me think to stop smoking or eating MJ until I was better. But now, after being ‘out of the clouds’ for just 3 days, I came to the conclusion that maybe pot just isn’t for me any more.
What I HAVE noticed in my life while smoking more and more the past 3 years is this:
I’m depressed. I’m EXTREMELY irritable. My rationality doesn’t even exist sometimes. I fight with my GIRLFRIEND over stupid shit. STUPID. To the point where we say “That’s it! I’m done with this!” But she loves me sooo much to stick with me and my bouts of anger and depression, and I with her and the hurtful comments that she says to me, that it FINALLY hit home on the 3rd day of ‘consciousness’, today. I found myself crying at all the time I’ve lost, especially the past 3 years.

It wasn’t like this 4 years ago. Of course, I wasn’t getting high as often as I have been the last year or so. So I can deduce that MJ CAN be a fun, recreational thing to do, so long as you don’t overdue it(everyday, all day) because it can turn you into the person you were never meant to be. I’m living proof.

I know it may seem like I’m stoned and rambling, but the truth is, I have so much to say, that I haven’t been able to talk or deal with the last few years, and I’m able think clearly.

MJ, imo, is NOT a gateway drug. We all have the ability to make choices. I’ve done X twice and coke once. The X was cool the 1st time, and that’s it. The coke just made me get this nasty taste in the back of my throat. I never got high off it. And I’m smart enough to not even LOOK at heroin or crystal. Go watch Trainspotting. Pretty nasty. My ex used to do meth behind my back. Even when the mortgage was due, the car payment had to be made, meth was more important to her than even me. After 5 years, I just learned from the neighbor that lived next door to us then, that after she kicked me out(yep, that’s right. I was trying to help her by taking her to see a drug counselor @ $150 a pop…every week for 2 months), the police came to her residence and after she’d been foreclosed on, they removed her forcibly. A repo man took her Jeep Grand Cherokee before that. And this was a woman that was 4 years older than I, was sooo beautiful w/long blonde hair, deep blue eyes and was so caring when we 1st met a year earlier. She didn’t do meth then. (You can tell when a person is on meth, trust me)I even told her I wanted to marry her and start a family with her, and that the meth was interfering with her normal thought process. Those of you experienced with meth or know someone who used, know EXACTLY what I’m talking about. But now she’s dead.

My point is this, everything, let me say that again, EVERYTHING in moderation is the key to happiness. But if you KNOW that what you’re about to put into your body MAY not be good for you, DON’T do it.

Today is the beginning of a very hard journey to lessen substantially or quit altogether. Time to grow up and marry this girl.

By MR.SMOKEALOT on Apr 15, 2010 | Reply

SMOKING WEED EVERYDAY CAUSE I DO AND IM AN ADDICTIVE MUTHAF**KER

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