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weed feels SUPER GOOD after not smoking for a while and It scared me because I couldn’t live without that feeling, but what I realized is that feeling I had on weed was just my temporary withdrawals subsiding - it was a dollar store version of how I’ll feel everyday once I’m through the withdrawals. That meaningful feeling you have on weed isn’t gone forever, you just won’t need weed for it anymore
Facts. I think that's why I get anxious at work out of nowhere because I just want the work day to be over, so I can go home and smoke. I have social anxiety, I think that's why I had so much anxiety
For me its definitely a different feeling as ive gone sober for long stretches of time and it genuinely does make you feel good. Its just before you know it and way sooner than youd like you develop a tolerance and either need to smoke way more and more often wasting more time and money just to get only a little high. Its just not worth it
You have to fix your mental health. I kept relapsing too. Been in therapy for 6-7 months now and I’m finally free from the state of having to be high 24/7.
You’ll get it man just think of why you want to quit and harness that as your main motivation! For me it was tired of being isolated paranoid brain fog I missed the old out going version of myself. Life has been amazing so far believe in yourself you’ll get it ! 💪
I love that you constantly post new videos that are very similar in nature - it keeps ppl like myself in check whenever I have thoughts of relapsing. Your channel has been a tremendous help for me maintaining my sobriety - Exactly 1 month sober today!
Day 1 begins tomorrow for me. I have come to a point in my life where everything is falling apart. I am not doing well in a lot of ways and looking back on how I got here. I’ve never been a drinker. My dad was an alcoholic and it steered me away from drinking. I have maybe a drink a year. Usually an event or celebration, something like that. But ironically, 13 years of a heavy weed smoker. Daily use, sometimes very heavy daily use. I have barely scraped by all these years. Surrounding myself with others who smoke too. Many of them have quit already and I see how their lives changed. I developed horrible panic after an edible I ate two years ago. Have suffered horrible anxiety, depression, panic since but I have lately recognized I experience it more when I’m stoned than when I’m not. Weed is intensely enhancing the physical, emotional and mental effects. In April I gave up soda. I used to drink soda everyday for years. Finally I said no more. I am 72 in. It has helped cut any cravings of sugar. I decided to start cutting one bad habit every month. May way hard but I gave up coffee/caffeine. First couple weeks were difficult. I am 26 days now and don’t miss it much at all. It hit me last night that Junes pick needs to be weed. I am done with it. I am going to smoke my last joint tonight and make my peace in its own way like I did with my last soda and last coffee. I will not spend money on weed anymore. You’d be surprised at how much I save just from sodas, coffees and creamers. I ready to part ways and find out who me is without the crutch of weed. Your channel has helped me so much this last week on changing my mindset and recognizing things in myself that I know but have been fogged up too long to do anything. Enough is enough. Thank you! I will keep watching your channel through this journey as support! Good luck everyone on your journeys as well! ♥️
I swear Dr Frank you are incredible brother! The constant encouragement and support that comes from you is actually amazing and I will always have your back! Congratulations on being a DADDY by the way!!! Super stoked for you and your queen man! You’re truly amazing and you’re LITERALLY saving lives out here daily. Your constant input is so helpful and I thank god every day of my life that I was able to find your content to make me understand I needed to change my life. I’m no where near where I want to be or need to be YET, but I am 175 days completely sober from weed and alcohol and I have you to thank for that. I’m still struggling with some other things that you talk about but I’m trying extremely hard to stay above water with everything and trying to teach my mind to cope without a crutch. I hope everyday you wake up and you realize how important you are to the world and how much SO MANY people need you and your words of wisdom. Truly Thankyou for everything you do Dr Frank! 175 days!!! 👑🔥🙏
That is fantastic! I recently relapsed after going thru withdrawl hell for a week and I made it 30 days then relapsed.. Seeing THIS comment helps to know I can go longer. Great job with your recovery!
Looks like I’m on day 36 from looking at the calendar. After 20 plus years of chronic smoking. Sleep finally getting more solid. Your videos have been super helpful thanks Dr Frank
Day 175 for me 🔥👑 To all you guys and gals in your early days of quitting, just keep focused and keep going. It’s literally a day by day thing. Even at this point in my sobriety I have days where all I want to do is smoke, BUT the key is just to not do it. Instead go get some good food, do a workout, do a little hobby like a puzzle or something with some enjoyable music. Just keep your mind right yall 🙏🔥 I never met another person that smoked like I did or was addicted to weed as bad as I was. I was almost a crackhead for it trying to resolve my anxiety and extreme depression with it to a point where I can’t even explain to y’all. But with that, I promise you if I can do it, you can.
I’m on day 12 and it’s been hell. Thank you for the motivation. I would love a video on coping with emotions, particularly annoyance and stress, in the early stages of withdrawal!
Hang in there, Ash. I can totally relate with your hell. Keep coming back to these invaluable videos. Dr. Frank, your wisdom is so much appreciated. I used to fall asleep with you every night! Lol. And when I would wake up a gazillion times, I’d listen some more. I’m coming up to one year and almost every day I think about how I’d love to get high but I’m so much better off for so many reasons. I can’t do the occasional or weekend or only at night thing. It was all consuming. I’m 67 so I had a lot of years to say goodbye to. The hell you speak of will get better. Good luck to you.
It's gonna take months...months...to totally get your brain chemistry corrected...you've just begun your suffering...good news is if you can white knuckle for three months you've got it
Week 1 of no alcohol! Tapering down weed to just a joint a day and quitting officially on Monday! Dr. Frank, thank you for your constant messages of encouragement. I struggle with constant self deprecating from failing at my quit attempts. Just recently I have been emotionally regulating failure more efficiently. I’m more gentle with myself.
Night time during the summer is so hard , that’s when I have the biggest urges. Since I started playing the guitar though it has made it way easier. I’ve replaced the stimulation I craved with weed, with guitar instead and it’s definitely working. 4 years straight I smoked and I’m on day 7 and tbh I can’t even tell I have any withdrawals anymore surprisingly.
👆👆It's gonna be hard, just keep trying. I guess i can't stop because i got pounds loaded up everywhere in my house. People who try to stop are those who hardly smoke good weed. If you smoke the right strains you'll understand why weed is so important for yourlife. It's not for everyone but people always hit me up on telegram saying they wanna buy
@@samwickfitness is there actually any withdrawal from weed, or is it just a personal thing? ive smoked everynight for the last 8 months (before then i smoked casually) and am on a vacation to an illegal state, so, i havent smoked in 6 days now. I haven't had any withdrawal symptoms, or cravings, at all. What does weed addiction feel like compared to controlled and proper use of weed? im curious because people often told me i was addicted to weed, but i dont think i am.
@Nolan The Seabreeze withdrawal is real I've smoked everyday for 8 years and thinking about quitting gives me anxiety it's like a comforting feeling knowing u got weed or a cart I'm definitely addicted
I just wanted to say thank you to this guy I relapse trying to quit yesterday and I felt so terrible about myself but I'm starting to learn my triggers and my surroundings and now trying to quit and trying to stay positive
This helped me so much. Some of your content makes me emotional. I’m right in your shadow, 27 years old trying desperately to quit weed and other drugs to keep pursuing my business and I don’t want lose the woman of my dreams who came back to me. She believes in me and I can’t let that go
28 days sober since getting high for 7 years all day every day , it’s getting easier but not going to lie I do miss the feeling of getting high . Your videos remind me of why I stopped and I don’t plan on resetting fuck starting from day 1 all over . Good luck to all of y’all its possible let’s get our time , life , back
One of the thing that got me stop smoking weed is asthma, I was never diagnosed but a few week ago I have a hard time breathing . It was so hard for me to breathing that my brother took me to emergency , they made alot of test on my and found out I have severe bronchitis and asthma. I quit 1 months ago and watch your video and it help me alot .God bless you
I found your videos the night after I came home from my first hospital visit for a cyclical vomiting attack. I had one other episode before that at the beginning of that same month, and it wasn’t until that hospital visit did I learn that it was quite likely the symptom of CHS. It’s been about 2 or 3 weeks since then and I think about relapsing every day, but I just can’t run the risk of possible renal failure. Your videos helped me out a lot, though, and this one is the one I needed to see just before I could have relapsed again. I have a lot of things I’ve failed at and tried succeeding with in life, and some of the things I wanted the most, I felt like, were being held back by my addiction. Thank you again for doing the work that you do, and I hope you only find success in the future.
I had 53 days, the longest I’ve gone in 24 years…. I was at a family event, and although it made me feel good, the next morning, I really realized how much of a toll it had on my body and my emotions. I will not be completely discouraged and starting again, now, one day for, and I’m going for the day and beyond mark.
Thank you for your videos Dr Frank I never knew weed could get you as sick as it could until you made your chs videos. God Bless you and your family and your new born son bro. I been smoking since i was 15 and now I'm 30 and since I stopped smoking within 3 weeks its incredible how I don't get sick anymore. Been 3 months sober now and ill never go back becouse I don't want to ever get sick like that and throw up and lay in bed for days ever again. Going to the hospital to get fluids then they would send me on my way with some zofran which did absolutely nothing for me. This was so overlooked by everyone. This disease called chs needs to be researched alot more and I'm so glad to know I wasn't the only one throwing up every morning and taking really hot showers. I thought I was alone for the longest time before I saw your content! and being told I was mental health by family members who thought I was crazy for all the vomiting and hot showers i took they thought i was dope sick! Which I kept telling them i was not. Again God Bless you and for taking the time to make these videos for people like me!
I’m on day six!!!! Finally getting some food inside myself went and got fruit as you recommended in another video! Thank you for posting these getting me through it
Journal journal journal. Research the pros and cons of using. Convince yourself as hard as you can that it's just not worth it anymore. Researching and writing is to help you get through those unwanted thoughts.
Am sober 3 months but I have a anxiety disorder weed was actually helping me I feel like going back can’t deal with this anxiety symptoms the doctors are just trying to put me on medication I know that’s worse than weed if I get addicted to medication is way more bad for me
I feel same way; i got something physical (osteo genesis imperfecta) with some ptsd and traumas on the side and eventho the weed seems to take the edge off the sadness and pain of life, i am still at the point where i want to decide to use the stuff when i feel like. And not more and more or every day because the weed seem to want me to? Every now and then; fine, all day every day; not cool. And yeah psychoactive meds vs painkillers vs weed.. i want to make my own choise, pick my own lesser evil. Now weed is legal in my country, but i plan a holiday abroad where i can go to prison.. oO.. not worth. And even staying away from the weed for a few days is giving me the sense of power i feel im looking for. So i wish you all the power and control too compa 01! Stay strong, but if youre weak try to get strong again. Its not how we fall off the horse, it is how we get back on.
Frank, such a lovely human being you are !!! that levels of wisdom and compassion are only fruit of the real experience of human condition. That failures are soooo needed for us. I’m in my third week of quitting coffee, pot and nicotine. I’m 55yo and I was free from 2012 after 7 failure but the war of governments on the people aka lockdowns, lost of my nursing job because not taking the vax made me relapse! Here we are humans fighting to be free and healthy even if they wanted us slaved ill and dead. God bless you, your new baby, your wifey and all your business. You deserve it all, man!!!
Go People, we can all do it ! The First Months are not easy but if you really want it you can do it. 3 months and 1/2 weed, nicotine and alcohol free! Even caffeine is rare these days. I smoked daily for 10 years straight. I have waves but feel good right now. Good luck to you all !
👆👆It's gonna be hard, just keep trying. I guess i can't stop because i got pounds loaded up everywhere in my house. People who try to stop are those who hardly smoke good weed. If you smoke the right strains you'll understand why weed is so important for yourlife. It's not for everyone but people always hit me up on telegram saying they wanna buy
For me it's not the fact I can't stop, I've done without it for about 3 months and the depression and anxiety came back hard, so I started again, a lot less than I did before, and when I do get high now I watch therapy sessions, because it's helping me naturally find things out about myself from people who have similar stories or situations
Same here! I tried to stop smoking 4 or 5 times but I always relapse because depression comes back even when everything is great in my life (having a gf, going to the gym 5 times a week, healthy diet..) At this point I just feel that I’m the problem and that weed is the only weapon that helps survive everyday
I wanna relapse cause I still can't fucking breathe properly! And I probably look weak at work from the high pitched shaky anxiety voice. Day 5 though and it's getting better... I noticed myself thinking of different ways to reward myself.
Honestly man I stumbled on your videos 3 days ago when I found out I have developed CHS. I haven't touched it since failure is not an option for me. If I do fail I'll reply to this comment
For me when I relapse I get upset bc I know I only eased withdrawal for a moment, and it will likely be back worse tomorrow. That's why I'm determined now. Fuck man I was determined at the beginning of this week then I kept hanging out with my smoke buddy and didn't quit til today.
Man I really only want to go through this once every time I smoke I add another day I'll feel like shit bc I didn't quit. Just threw away my smoking shit and not hanging with my buddy for a while.
Hi Dr Frank! I quit heavy use of marijuana after I came to the conclusion it was making my many chronic illnesses worse. You were a very big inspiration to do so. The first two weeks were actually incredible, I didn’t crave it at all and felt so much healthier and more energy. I wasn’t getting any symptoms. However, on my 3rd week I started have cold-like symptoms/fatigue and am hacking up a lot of crap. Is this detox? Could my poor immune system have been the reason my body did not react the first two weeks? If so, how long should symptoms last for someone who is immune-compromised? I still am surprised to say, I have no cravings for marijuana and will continue on this path. Thank you!
yeah dude exactly and same thing about my chronic diseases. I lost count of how many times i tried to quit in the last two years, but that was with me too right now. First 2 weeks was more easy, now I'm on my 3rd week and symptoms coming to kick me to back, just be busy for your things what you love to do. Best regards.
I made it 23 days and relapsed today. I planned a trip to a park here in NJ for 3 goddamned weeks and was so excited to go take photos and enjoy myself in nature for a day. my GPS pulls me into an area with a WIDE OPEN GATE with signs posted about the park, so I naturally figured it was a parking spot, I have no reason to believe otherwise cause I had never been to that area 2 hours out of my way. Within minutes an old POS came and assaulted me, telling me "You fucking blind??? Get the fuck out of here!" I was so stunned and scared that I just got in my truck and drove another 2 hours back home. Wasted 4 hours and 200 miles worth of gas. I did NOTHING to deserve him assaulting me and I'm tired of not having my comfort to return to, so I made my brother give me back the carts I gave to him 3 weeks ago and I took 2 hits and have slept all day. I have zero drive or want to even attempt to go back for fear of running into that guy again and I'm not paralyzed by fear of going to a park and being attacked by some baby boomer POS who hasn't had the common courtesy to make way for the younger generations yet. Why should I bother improving myself when the world is full of assholes and idiots who just do what they want and nobody ever does anything about it? I'm so lost and scared and hurt. I didn't deserve what happened to me and I'm a fucking coward for smoking again. I hate myself and am just living up to that prophecy of my dad warning me my entire life I'd end up like a friend of his who's been in and out of prison and homeless the past 10 years. I'm hopeless.
I’m sorry that happened to u. That person was unhappy and wanted you to feel his pain. Don’t let that a**hole dictate your success. You are stronger than that I promise.
God dammit. I hate the Lord, because beware when you ask him from something, he probably might actually give it to you. He delivered the truth. But not even that seemed enough. I've must be on relapse number 57 in the last five years. And fell again. I hate this feeling. Why? I can't do anything, but play youtube videos en the backround. Can't even play video games right. Can't even get up to pick up the guitar because it's such a hassle. And if I manage to get it, I just don't play with soul. And no instrument deserves to be played souless as I feel right now. Typing this and asking the Lord to help me leave this behind; again.
what about those with terminal illnesses such as myself and need cannabis just to eat,july4th2013 i was 13 hit my vagus nerve n it turned off which caused gastroparesis and the list goes on but im 24 n woulda killed my self if i never found medicinal got PTSD n take only one xanax prescribed a day extended release i have ssrri n treatment resistant depression man make sure to also bring us up it takes the edge off im productive with it every 1 is different
maybe my request will be a bit too specific, but I have a very specific problem about quitting weed... I already reached to the point where I can get through the day without smoking, I don't feel any need to smoke during the day, I actually feel it would have a negative effect on my day.. but when it comes to night, and close to bedtime, I have to roll a joint, otherwise I just can't sleep. I can't let myself to stay up until whenever I fall asleep, because I have to wake up early.. What could I do about this? I feel like it's rather just a habit at this point than addiction, but maybe I am wrong
Its been a year since I last touched weed and the boredom still drives me up the wall I'm really struggling not to go back BTW I've tried keeping myself busy it doesn't work someone please help
failure to quitting weed does not typically result in death? I beg to differ. in my experience, active weed addiction always resulted in opening the door for me to use heavier substances, including crazy blackouts of alcohol...alll because I used weed!!!!!!! weed always lowered my defenses to be susceptible to use other crazy ass shit and in bigger amounts, especially if I was having a weed withdrawal!!! the use of weed and the effects it did to my addictive brain MOST DEFINITELY became dangerous. I have an anxiety disorder too..but when id withdraw from weed, my anxiety symptoms only worsened and I became desperate to use ANY substance, again.
I went 4 months no smoking I screwed up and smoked a couple times,last time the weed made me feel like shit ,I suppose part of the reason is because weed ain't original anymore it's gmo GARBAGE
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👆👆It's gonna be hard, just keep trying. I guess i can't stop because i got pounds loaded up everywhere in my house. People who try to stop are those who hardly smoke good weed. If you smoke the right strains you'll understand why weed is so important for yourlife. It's not for everyone but people always hit me up on telegram saying they wanna buy
👆👆It's gonna be hard, just keep trying. I guess i can't stop because i got pounds loaded up everywhere in my house. People who try to stop are those who hardly smoke good weed. If you smoke the right strains you'll understand why weed is so important for yourlife. It's not for everyone but people always hit me up on telegram saying they wanna buy
Hi doctor Frank im feeling pretty low,ivebeen of weed for over 7 month's relapsed 3 week's ago I've been trying to quit for 10 years,20 year's smoking ,on of on of what' should i do,i feel like im never going to leave weed behind once and for all
