What Happens When You Quit Marijuana? 

Today is my 50 year anniversary of not being a quitter.

It gets to a point where being sober feels more like a bad trip being high just feels normal

I'm on my last joint, it's midnight and I'm going to sleep next. I'll make a small summary: I'm 22 years old, I've been smoking for 2/3 years, basically every day. I started smoking when I was heartbroken, I feel like my life has become numb, cloudy, I think I'm addicted, when I smoke I like the effects but deep down i know it's pulling me down, I wanted to avoid my emotions and reserved myself, I became antisocial. I want to quit because i want to change my life! I have goals that I want to achieve! I need a wake up call. I would appreciate it if you like :)

I started smoking Marijuana since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine for over 23 years. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

“You right you right” *sparks the blunt*

I quit smoking every time I run out of weed...

Been smoking heavily for around 7 years or so non-stop. Totally clean for 8 months now. And this is literally the BEST decision that I've ever made in my entire life. You have no idea how good I feel. I feel like Superman compared to how I felt like a year ago. It's worth a try. Trust me. You don't need weed or any other substances to feel good. Quit it now and feel the real life. It's difficult and tough, but it's worth it.

I literally am going through this now. I don't think I'd ever gone more than 24 hours in the last 15 years without THC. I would get insane dreams just by cutting back. I just felt I needed to see what life was like without it. I'm at the point where I go several days at a time without any at all, and I feel so much better. Every morning I feel so comfortable and rested which I literally NEVER felt in over a decade. The intense disturbing dreams no longer happen and I stopped sweating profusely, but man those are some awful symptoms. One thing that helped a lot was exercise. Keeping myself exhausted from exercise really helped keep the cravings down.

I love the concept of someone who actually smokes weed explaining the effects of quitting. Completely different tone than someone who doesn’t smoke.

hardest part about quitting is when you’re a few weeks in and you know your tolerance is down enough so that joint or dab will hit harder than it has in a while and you just gotta stay strong 😂

Thank you!! I’m on day 16 🎉I gotta say the thing that helped me immensely was that I was on a road trip when I decided to stop smoking. If I’m honest I didn’t actually decide on that it just sort of happened. I was distracted, busy and tired from my adventurous days. The first few nights were definitely testing when it came to sleeping, I was overheating and restless. I’ve been smoking basically everyday since I was about 13, now 25 …. My poor brain. So far I haven’t actually craved it at all! Heck yeah! It’s not so much that I care about never smoking again, I just want to simmer down, not rely on it, be able to handle my emotions without the substance. Many thanks for explaining all this!

Amazing vid man. 2 years old yet the information is timeless.

I was always told that weed wasn't addictive, which was great comfort as I furiously brushed down my grinder seeking the last bits of crystal dust to smoke. "Man, could you imagine how bad this would be if it actually was addictive?"

I would barely dream while I was smoking. I’d just go to sleep and wake up. Once I quit though, it’s like my brain caught me up on 4+ years worth of ideas it had.

My 2nd video of this site, and again I am very impressed with the content being presented. As a lifelong user of over 40 years, I am noticing changes in the way cannabis is affecting my body. I certainly can recognize from personal experience exactly what happens when I try to quit. Which I have for various reasons over the years. I actually didn’t have any issues with stopping for several periods of time over the decades that I have used weed. Yet, since legalization here in Michigan, being retired and no reason to limit my usage, I have smoked daily for over 3 years now. Also, a huge difference between then and now is the potency of the weed produced today. When I started smoking in the mid seventies, an oz would come from Mexico and have a significant amount of seeds that we would gleefully throw along the highways of the Great Lake State. Anyway, I am down to the last bowl before I attempt to make a break from smoking for a bit. The part about crazy dreams once the cannabis starts leaving the body is absolutely true, but I always found recalling my dreams again as a very positive thing. It’s like a veil being lifted. Again, thanks for the fabulous video, you are my kind of guy. 🍻🌈

After more than 7 years of consuming 3-6g of thc per day, I managed to leave it completely last year. Which is to say, "I've been clean for over 11 months" and I have to admit that my "accuracy", "speed of thinking" and simply WILL has completely returned. True, while I was consuming daily, I had a lot more ideas but I had no will to realize those ideas. In my people it is simply called SHIITER = (man who shits a lot and doesn't do anything).

Strange dreams. Huuuuuge for me. I generally don't dream when I'm smoking, the moment I don't for a day or two, I get some maaaassively weird dreams.

Only 4.3% of Americans have tried to quit. I laughed so hard at this. Then I hit the bowl again.

I started doing drugs since my teenage. Got addicted to heroin for over 16 years. Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

As a 23 year old (been smoking weed since I was 20), I advise you guys to just manage it and don’t smoke or consume everyday. Me personally I’m not quitting due to my mental illnesses and keeps my major depression in check when it gets bad. I smoke every 2-3 days and count how many blunts I smoke as well and on average it’s 3 per session.

Take it from someone who smoked for 20 years without taking a break. Quitting is one of the best things I have ever done for myself.

This is how you educate somebody, you don’t belittle them by telling them that they are wrong for smoking. Thank you so much for this video. You are an incredible soul and please keep being you.

LOL I love how you approached this. I've seen many "weed" videos on the effects, etc..but yours has just the right amount of humor and information. I smoke daily and if it wasn't for the cough, I don't think I'd contemplate stopping. I gave up booze a long time ago because it WAS a negative in my life.

I've smoked weed since 16 and I'm now 28, excessively in my later years. Let me tell you, its effected my cognitive ability. My short term memory is absolutely shot, it's been proven that it can take upto 2 years of healthy diet and sleep to return your hypocampus to normal size after prolonged cannabis exposure. So for those who've quit and don't feel like "themselves" after 28 days. Don't worry, it's a slow process of healing and you'll get there. Stay strong.

For the first time in 5 years, I have been weed-free for 20 days straight. It got to a point where I wasn't getting high no matter how much I smoked and my dependence on it led me to forget about all the other important things in my life. The first week was hard, especially the headaches and lack of dopamine. I did really enjoy the dreams though, some of them felt real. I don't think I'll stop forever, but I want to only use it in social settings. It was making me hate myself because it became the escape I desperately craved. More power to you if it helps you but for a lot of people, this is another addiction that can lead you to not prioritizing yourself, your physical and mental health.

as someone who is quite the pot head... I’m about to hit 28 days sober this friday 🥳 UPDATE 9/28/21: 5 months sober now 😇 I must say my quality of life is overall better. I don’t feel as groggy, moody, anxious, or have respiratory issues as I once did when I would smoke every day. I definitely do get cravings still, especially when I smell it nearby, but I’ve come so far that I would hate to break my sobriety so soon.

Thanks for this video dude. I’ve smoked weed almost nearly every day for 23 years, coming up for 24 years by the time I hit 40 this year. But it is time to put the joint down, so I’ll take to RU-vid & make a plan! (2days without, it’s a start!)

If you feel depression while losing it listen to favorite song and focus on exercise have good food then automatically sleep will come. Repeat it daily

One day, after smoking weed almost everyday for a couple of months, I decided to stop using weed for 1 year. It worked, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. To celebrate 1 year without smoking, I smoked weed. I've been smoking ever since.

My favorite part of quitting is the dreams. I have the most surreal lucid dreams where I can’t tell real from fake. This video finna makes me want to quit again.

Day 3 without weed after 8 years, every time I want a spliff I go for a walk till I'm tired, feeling good.

Day 28 "And you might be able to understand a movie" 🤣 I've got soooo many TV series I need to re watch. Great video, very helpful, thanks.

I can confirm that quitting weed was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, I know it sounds funny but the withdrawals were awful and even made me depressed for a while. I couldn’t eat without the feeling of throwing up after two bites of food. I grew accustomed to smoking weed 3 to 4 time a day 7 days a week and it became apart of my life for years. I couldn’t get high off of weed anymore and heavily using wax concentrates. I tried quitting many times but failed constantly until my wife gave birth to my first son and i made her a promise to stop because I didn’t want my son to see me like this in the future. Now in 3 months sober and I can say it was tough but worth it and I don’t see myself going back. I can finally eat normal again and find happiness in simple things like I did when I was a kid. It’s okay for people to use weed but it isn’t when you abuse it.

After quitting twice, I found two rules to be absolute saviours Change of environment, quitting while camping or on vacation or while staying at a friends house, reduced all discomfort by an enormous amount. Filling your day with activity, never allowing yourself a moment of laziness, reduced all tendencies by an enormous amount.

3 years clean now thank God afther smoking 30 years with 5 grams a day 🎉🎉🎉

Super relatable. I'm enjoying no tests from my job and the 2018 pseudo legalization from hemp extracts. It's great to finally not have to choose great job with benefits or enjoy life with your spirit plant. Mary Jane is a long term companion for many, and I hope you have no shame about your personal neurological patterns. Just because some people enjoy the forced thrust into life without any molecular neuromodulation doesn't mean they get to crush the spirits of those they refuse to accept as whole but into the literal magic of plant-assisted perspective shifting. Please enjoy whatever you do and also enjoy life after that should you decide to move on.

I’ve been feeling like there’s a lack of resources, and education about this topic. Thank you for bringing light to it

As someone who smoked every day for 10 years, I quit when I moved to japan and never really thought anything of it. The fear of stopping was way worse than actually stopping for me.

i hope that every stoner takes a moment to watch this. Keep up the good work!

Weird....I was a daily user for about 5 years and I just quit. No withdraws, Just a feeling of boredom and having to find a new group pf people who could function without having to smoke every 30min to an hour. However I fully support anyone trying to quit and I would never belittle that struggle. Keep it up, Your doing great. Don't forget, You got this.

You Start Listening to Stann Smith......And You Completely Understand Where He's Coming From.

“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.” ― Carl Gustav Jung

I been smoking everyday since I was like 17 years old. I’m 26 right now & Im at the point where I want to change my life around & start making better life choices. I’m on day 3 today of no more smoking. I want to get my CDL license. Wish me luck 🍀

I quit, puffed hard all day for 20 years Call out to God I’ve never been better Business is boombing ❤

Just do it once a week, preferably on the weekend. You'll look forward to it more, and the high will feel much better than smoking everyday.

i love weed totally a stoner but at the same time it’s ruined my life. it’s just like every other addiction, i spend all my money on it and do nothing but smoke. i literally just can’t be sober it’s the worst kind of feeling. i think weed can be a great thing for people that have good self control, but i think all this legalization and stuff happening and nobody is talking about using weed safely is gonna have a bunch of people in the same spot i am. no motivation or energy to leave the house for weeks, moody and disconnected. to the point where i’m disassociating not only from people and my surroundings but from my own self and memories and image. i strongly suggest anybody that’s smoking weed to just be careful because no matter what the benefits may be or the legal status, it’s still a drug and it can ruin ur life.

Thank you this was so helpful and informative!!

Straight to the point with nice humor. Perfect length of video. Thanks.

Dude, I'm at the end of day 1 and I can confirm that I've had no sleep, paranoid and feel depressed. Pray for me gang, need to quit to be for the ones I love long term

Answer: you're stuck with the 20 bags of chips you bought while high that you don't feel like munching on anymore.

I didn't start smoking until seriously until I was about 22/23 and I've been smoking for almost 10yrs now. It is such a help for my depression and constant over thinking. I am hyper and all over the place thanks to adhd, or bummed out and don't feel a reason to try anymore, so smoking in the morning and in the evening really helps slow things down to a normal pace. Allowing me to focus better, think clearly, not feel as stressed, not feel discouraged by bad situations, etc. It's the best medicine I've used for my life.

Great video perfectly explained and down to earth af! Learning will help us grow!!

I smoked for about 7 years and quit cold turkey for 3 months just cause I wanted to see how I'd feel. I honestly felt amazing the only side effects I really noticed was insomnia and just kinda craving it a little In general. After about 2 weeks I felt super clear headed noticed my memory got better. I started smoking again after 3 months and it felt like the first time I smoked weed it was also a great experience. Try to at least take tolerance breaks its good for you and makes the high feel so much better.

I literally just woke up one day decided to quit and never smoked again it's been a year

Amazing video, man. Great energy. Thank you.

It amazes me how hostile the "supposedly chill" pot smokers can be when you tell then you quit.

I quit weed 5 months ago and can say im naturally happy again. best decision of my life

I was a hardcore stoner for 14 years. Then I experienced a complete ego annihilation through a psychadelic-induced psychotic episode and quit alllll substances completely. My brain is undergoing an intense reformation to say the least 😅 it's not an easy journey and I'm only 3 months sober but I'm determined to rewire all the damage I've done

Thank you for these video!! It was very helpful!!

Fantastic thanks buddy... very informative and you are so funny!!!

This really killed my high, so I went and smoked more weed

In short: like anything in life, moderation is the key.

Hi I just found your channel and just wanted to say thank you for uploading videos about this topic in a serious but also funny and respectful way

Very informative and entertaining video! Thanks!!

Being nearly 60 days sober, seeing this video has made me proud. I’m prob going to pick up a 3.5 when Ramadan is over but at least I got a tolerance break

Was an every day smoker. Weed started making me more anxious...Like all of my short-comings and mistakes would shuffle through my brain like when you're laying in bed and suddenly feel like a failure. And the feeling of being high was overall unejoyable. I'd just get jittery and feel irresponsible and like I could be doing better things with my time but oh shit now I'm baked. 2 months clean and i feel so refreshed. And i'm dreaming regularly which has been awesome. Edit: im glad to see people are resonating with this comment. I like to stress that it's all about moderation. I was smoking 1-2x daily for a couple years before I started experiencing the anxiety mentioned. Sometimes you've just got to listen to your body and cut back, despite your brain being trained to pack a bowl. If weeds never done you wrong, toke the hell up! Wishing you all well!

Tbh I'm a firm believer that if you just stop having weed around you and stop thinking about weed all together it will be easy to quit

29 year old. Been smoking daily for roughly 8 years now. Tried to quit a couple of times in between, but failed. The 'addiction' is fine throughout the day when I'm at work etc. But the moment I have some idle time, I end up on the devil's lettuce again. Watching this video, I now understand that it's the Novelty effect that makes boredom in my idle hours tolerable, and thus triggering cravings every time I'm idle. Personally for me, it's the temptation during idle hours, and the inability to fall asleep that really makes it hard. I'd lay in bed for hours and eventually just go take a bong hit to silence the thoughts so I can sleep lol. Today's day 1 of quitting (again lol). Well, I wouldn't call it quitting I guess. The goal is to go cold turkey for a month, and then re-introduce it into life and treat it how I do alcohol (every once in a while to blow off steam etc).

My problem is just that my life is soooo boring. Weed is the only thing that i look forward to after work

At my peak I was smoking 8-12 joints a day. Then I began to realise that I was not living my full potential, so I quit & I'm not focused on getting high all the time my life is popping off. It's very refreshing 🥰

Thanks for the video im on day 2 of quiting been smoking since 2008 im getting signs of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and bad dreams i want this feeling to go away already

I quit last year after smoking for over 20 years. Study me. I’m totally sober. No meds. No edibles, barely any caffeine. Mid 40’s male :)

After 10 years of being high everyday, I’m 5 days clean. I’m fortunate to have mild symptoms so far. It’s all about your mental toughness. If you want and need to change, you can and will do it. Stay strong.

The only problem when you're an adult is moderation because it's so easy to be high and chill all day

This was extremely helpful thank you

Very informative, thank you!

I won't be disappointing my parents cuz they ain't raise no quitter!

Something i've found to really help me as a chronic cananbis medical user is that your exercise and diet play a HUGE roll in how much cannabis effects you when you're sober. I used to not dream and would feel very groggy during the day with bad memory. After I started taking multi vitamins, omega3 pills/ eating fish, getting strength and cardio back into the mix, I started to dream again, remember more, feel more of the effects of cannabis, and have more energy when sober all while still taking in the same dosage or LESS. My theory is that a healthier body allows your cannabanoid receptors to recover faster as they have the resources to do so. If you have an unhealthy body your receptors will recover much slower and might not even recover at by the time you have your next dosage further complicating the issue. I highly advise anyone having issues with cannabis should start with their diet and activity level then work from there as it's an easier base to start at.

Our government should have been studying this for decades. Not studying impact of illicit drugs is ignorant a.f. Smoked way too much in grade 11 and 12. Memory is fried

Really well done! Quite excellent actually. I will try to keep your friendly and sincere voice in my head through day 7.

Been a week and six days since I stopped smoking after smoking for 5 years soo proud of myself!!

G’day guys, I’ve finally decided to cut the weed out after smoking almost every day since I was 17 years old, I am 26 now. I’m on day 7 and it’s been a roller coaster so far but I am already seeing huge improvements. I’ve always had potential to do great things but the minute things got hard I would smoke some weed and all of a sudden doing nothing wasn’t so bad. Enough is enough and it’s time to take ownership of my life and achieve things I’ve always wanted to do. These types of videos are really helping and giving me the extra motivation I need. I know things are only going to get harder but I have never been so determined to cut out this bad habit that has held me back for so many years, I’ve ruined relationships and friendships and missed out on great opportunities from my addiction and I’m now in a pretty good spot in my life and have an amazing support group around me that I do not want to loose. Thought I’d post this comment so I can come back on it every few months and remind myself on why I’m doing this. The journey is only just beginning but I’m excited for the challenge and what I will be able to achieve once I’ve finally kicked the addiction. We can do this guys, nothing great is ever going to be easy. Nick.

12 days sober and im miserable but I'm determined to quit. This is after daily smoking weed for 14 years

bruuuuh, thanks just for existing. Looool so funny your video! Props

I’ve been sober from weed for almost 2 years. No other drug has had the grasp on me like weed did. It may not be as addictive for some, but quitting weed was truly one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.

Daily smoker here. I've always told people that it takes 4 full days for me to reser my tolerance completely. I'm glad this video reinforces my own curious idea.

This is such a funny video - nice, non-judgemental, informative! U guys rock

Today is day 20 for me as i have smoked every day for over 40 years , my heart was fluttering bad for 1st 15 days , i am still short on breath when going up stairs , my heart rate was racing up to 191 bmp thought i was dying but today my heart feels better , still short on breath , the dreams are coo kooo for sure but my bank account is the best its ever been and because the weed is so toxic now from the phophates nitrates and arsenic based antifungalcides used in the grow solutions i will never ever do drugs again 😮 yeaaa for me 😅

Very interesting episode. I am 57 years old, and up until about 4 years ago I had never used any cannabis in any form. As a boy growing up in the 70s, it was very common, however I found that I really did not like the smell of it. I then went to military college, was in the army, then went on to a career in federal law enforcement, so trying cannabis was not worth the risk of losing a very good paying job However, i was diagnosed with a very rare slow growing tumor in my neck, which grows about a millimeter or 2 a year and is growing inwards, pressing on my brain stem and spinal cord. Needless to say the pain can be extremely intense, and my doctors prescribed very large doses of opioids. Basically this turned me into a zombie, and I decided to stop taking them, along with the anxiety meds. I began learning different, non addicting, and non life altering ways to at least be able to function through the pain. Cannabis edibles became a way to help, especially when it came to getting sleep. (No matter which way I lay my head, I am putting pressure on the tumor and after about an hour, I would be awakened by excruciating head pain) Enter cannabis, I use it at night to help me sleep, and I remember how grateful I was the first night I tried it. I slept for 7 hours straight, something I hadn't done in years. Using it at night and other pain control techniques during the day, I have regained a measure of living again. I have also learned that I need to take a few days off to reset my system from building up tolerance, or using the cannabis tincture/infusion every other day. Compared to opioids and other pharmaceuticals, when I use cannabis I find that I wake up every morning feeling refreshed and with energy to face the day. I never have that hangover feeling that the prescription meds gave me. I still have pain, but it is now manageable. The tumor will grow, the pain will get worse, and one day it will kill me, but in the interim, using cannabis medically has been a gods send. And the nice warm, tingling buzz is what I call my bonus, lol.

The only side effect I experienced when I stopped smoking weed was decreased appetite. Because I didn't have the munchies every few hours. If not for weed, I'd go days without eating simply because I don't feel hungry and will forget

This was so funny and informative 😂, thank you for this

best thing i learned is to use gummies to remove the popcorn stuck in my teeth

So the psychological effects would be acute depression and anxiety along with impaired short term memory? Good thing I already have depression, anxiety, and a shit memory. No side effects here, just normal life

Smoked weed everyday for 14 years and then quit for a year. Now I can finally smoke it every now and then like I'd rather and not want to go back to the way I used to be. It had a hold on me and made me really lazy and complacent.

Everyone expires, do what makes you happy, there’s only so much time we have

Thank you for educating me on how it impacts my health! Great video :)

The only side effects that I get from coming off of a weed binge is decreased appetite and trouble getting to sleep. But quitting is easy as long as there's no weed in my possession. I went from a weed binge to a bodybuilding routine, ironically.

I’m on day 10 of quitting, and I can say from a daily smoker for about 6-7 years I’ve never been so open minded and clear in my mental health and physical health. I do miss the feeling of being stoned, but I rather prefer the clarity now 😄

Dude I love your whole take on educating us on the effects of smoking and how your body will react while quitting thank you. I’m on the fence of whether I wanna quit and take a better paying job and actually starting my life but on the other side of the fence is my daily smoking habit that doesn’t let me go. Today is Monday and I’m going to do my best to stay away from it all week and see how I feel on friday

Thankyou for this. My brother has been smoking marijuana since 2014 and now is currently experiancing heart problems, doctors told him he has to quit smoking and drinking. And now he is experiancing thse withdrawls its really sad and scary watching him go through all this. Videos like this as well as experiances in the comment section gives me hope that he can get through this. Thankyou very much.