Why I Quit Smoking Weed In Moderation (Life Long Tolerance Break) 

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I know I'll go back to smoking regularly after sobriety. That's what has happened every single time. I wish I could smoke once a week or month and just be fine with it. I haven't smoked in 82 days and I am still obsessed with it

Thank you for all you do, Dr. Frank. You're an inspiration and a great virtual support system. Your videos helped me through a rough patch and educated me. You also convinced me to stop using weed forever, rather than just temporarily as I had in the past. Thank you so much. You are doing great work.

Watching these videos make me realize that my addiction and needs aren’t nearly as bad as others… I never needed a video or someone to motivate me that marijuana is negatively effecting me. I simply chose to use it heavily.. now I’m choosing to quit cold turkey until further notice. I will say smoking daily is way to much but I love weed so I want to control my intake. I simply wanna be in control.

25th day clean from weed going for atleast 42 days hopefully more. Your channel really helps me understand myself a lot better and i relate sooo much to a lot of what you experience and speak about. I believe you're really helping people, atleast you're helping me alot, so thanks man, you're doing great :)

Am from Kuwait middle East Country, before I am about to relap your videos pop up to me. They motivated me a lot because am all in type of person. Now whenever am down I watch some of them and they got me up again and staying sober

Day 4 today, all thanks to you and your vids explaining everything. I didn't know my body would go through flu-like symptoms at first (it did), or literally any of the things you talk about. I felt for so long that I want to do something about this thing that controls my life, and I realized I need help. I'm not one for meetings (you never know but at least not yet) so I just went to YT and wrote "quitting weed" and after checking the like/dislike ratio (thank god for extensions) I found you and man, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You helped. You actually helped. I quit both weed and tobacco. Until that, mainly due to weed, everything in my life was secondary. And I do mean everything. My job, my health, my friends, my relationships, my hobbies became barely existent due to this. Now I'm just letting myself take it easy and using the drive to do small things at first (yesterday saw a friend I haven't seen in a while) and I know that my obsession will kick in and I'll start to train myself to redirect it. Like, the fog is clearing up and I start remembering that I want to fucking do things with my life. So, thanks a lot, I really appreciate what you're doing for you and all of us.

"why not just moderate" I wish I could bro... I wish I could..

Brilliant to frame addictive personality trait as “all-in mentality”. I share this trait. I am an all in kind of guy and it has helped me accomplish great things. It has also made me struggle due to addiction.

Quit vaping, day 5, your videos have been very helpful.

Just hit day 50 this channel inspired me to go for the year 1-2 year mark

You''re absolutely right about how indecision saps your energy and sets you up for relapse. It also makes you less satisfied with your current choices, because you're always going back and forth. Deciding once and for all is a lot better. You helped me make that choice rather than binge, quit for a while, binge, quit for a while, over and over. Thank you. Personally, I know that I am not capable of moderating my use. As you describe in the video, I have tried hundreds of times and dozens of ways to moderate my use, and I've never been able to succeed long-term. Maybe for a week or a month or two, but not consistently. I have always used addictively, and I always will. So I decided to stop, period. Thanks again, Dr. Frank. (Nice pic with the seashell, lol)

Bro I can't get one date 😂I'm going all in on improving my mental and physical health. 82 days in 0 results

I was smoking over 10 years every single day, average let's say, gram a day, probably more, idk... now I was probably 45 days not smoking at all, after this 45 days I relapse, I smoke 3 times, every friday, last 3 friday s, I know I am slipping back into addiction, Its hard really, stay strong guys, I'll do my best

needed to hear this

Almost broke today came here instead I’m taking come CBD thank you I’m Going all in on self improvement no excuses and hitting the gym consistently for Two months and that’s done amazing things for my discipline

Couldn't have said it better I feel as if u r me sometimes. Ty man I quit nicotine already, my mood is so much better so quitting weed is so much more manageable. Texting my brother to run with me tonight and going to do some job searching as well. Thanks for being that voice in my head dr frank.

I know what you mean Doc! I have the same quit or double mentality, coupled with any addiction it becomes a really frightening mix.

Love u bro 🙏🏻

Bravo Frank! 👏 Danke from Germany 🙏

i love you man ur just right

Ur a legend doc

I’ve been sober from alcohol for 88 days now, it was my biggest problem as I put myself and others in danger and most times I was lucky to wake up in the morning. I have 0 desire to ever touch alcohol again. I’ve also been smoking weed for about 10 years, 19 days sober today. It was tough for the first week but I don’t think about it often anymore. Even as an almost daily smoker I could be around people smoking weed and not smoke, but alcohol was different I couldn’t control it. The odd time like today where I know it wouldn’t be interfering with my schedule I have the urge to smoke to relax and just treat myself. I know the time and place when I should and shouldn’t smoke weed based on my reaction to it. I don’t see myself falling back into a pattern but it’s hard to say, the only thing keeping me from doing it is having a day tracker on my phone and feeling guilty for breaking that. Blessing or curse? To smoke or not? Or am I just trying to justify my smoking

Hey thanks for answering this one, I was thinking the same as the guy that that posted the question. My mind is telling me (or my addictive voice in my head) that everything in moderation is ok but it’s tempting fate. I’m an all in person too so maybe there is a risk that even if I did smoke once for my birthday for example I might be like well how about smoking weed just next week, then how about every few days ect ect and before I know it I’m back in addiction. I would also have my next smoke constantly on my mind, like how long do I have to wait. I totally get it now.

Very good!

I am going all in on writing my thesis and doing the work needed to finish my degree next month. I am also probabky going to be doing this in active addiction. It's the only way I've known how to do university.

Couldn’t agree more with you doctor Frank i smoked weed and nic for 2 years Im 16 homeschooled working construction full time and im obsessed with starting businesses I want to start my own custom home business and get my general contractor liscense I feel unstoppable !

Totally on point

I get your point. I also think I may be in denial for thinking this, but I think it could be different for me... I get it, if you are an addicted personality, that's exactly how it plays out, 100%. Still, I don't think as me as an addicted. I've been addicted, I've used every kind of drug for a couple years, and then I just stopped. After that, I solved many underlying problems I had, and I feel I'm not the same person... I'm quite confident I can get to reduce consume, expecially if I manage to totally quit for a while... I've just started yesterday, by not smoking as soon as I wake up, as I did for the last 13 years... Is not the easiest thing, but not that hard either, and I can do it easier if I know it's until night time... It should play out just as when I quit smoking at work (I work at night, alone): the first days the cravings felt unmanageable, then I become used to it, and now I don't even think about smoking during work (well, except right now that I am talking about this, but I'm not craving it, so it's ok)... I might be in denial, but honestly I really hope I'm right.... I've tried quitting a few times years ago, when my addictive personality wasn't totally gone, and my life was shit compared to now, and I alwais relapsed on the second day, thinking "quitting is not the solution, moderation is!", but I haven't really never tried to moderate even a single time... Wish me luck, if this doesn't work, I'll assume next time I'll have to try cold turkey again...

That's your perception. Moderation is they key.

I’m All IN at getting 6-pack abs at 60! Got close (2-pack) lol last year. I’m fanatical as well, either all in or out, no in between. I decided a few years ago to use that trait on myself, specifically my health. It’s working fabulously, I’m in wicked shape for any age. My pic is a few years old now the updated one later this year is going to be unbelievable. No steroids, no hrt, no trt ever! all natural 100% grass and organic fed. I’ve been tempted but I know/knew I wouldn’t be proud if I used cheater hormones. Day 14 no weed, it was the last unhealthy I was doing. I will not fail the mission.

I always go 6 months of hard work , water fasting , working out and then after 6 months I take out 2 weeks smoke and after 2 weeks I go on a 6 months hard work again

Only a few min in and you sound exactly like me holy fk. Subscribed.

Do you think you are not really serious about quitting smoking weed if you still have some paraphernalia around? I still have my bong and grinder around and I just can't seem to bring myself to get rid of them, making me feel like I'm keeping them around because a part of me wants to smoke weed again at some point although I know if I do I won't be able to moderate my use.

1 wk of not smoking because I started medical school. Ended up moving to a place where i smell weed every morning evening. If life isnt testing me, then its telling me to smoke. But I'm comitted to staying clear minded and living up to my potential

That was a really good response, and I completely understand you, but I think I'm a little bit different to you on this point, and it is because I don't have this "All in - mentality" I don't have it in my relationships, I don't have it in hobbyes and I don't have it in my bad habits either, I mean, althoug I want to quit weed, I never went all in with that, I have smoked for five years but no more than 2 or 3 days week. Also I think that balance is one of the keys of life. It's great and has worked really great for you, but I just feel like I'm different on that, and I don't know how to manage it.

Bro I can't even get one date. That's maybe a reason I can't seem to stop smoking :(

I would really like to know about any connections with marijuana and neuropathy. This is very important to me. I would appreciate if you responded

the funny part is that making up rules is part of the criteria for assessing addiction

Struggling to quit 1 a day only at nite tough but doable but would. Be nice to quit altogher and never smoke again but not easy

Yeah he’s me fr I can quit for a year come back and smoke just oneeee blunt for a day and than I’m everyday smoking just like that

I’m almost 3 months in since I last vaped marijuana and still have experienced insomnia and as well as sweaty hands. I’ve noticed others have experienced symptoms for maybe less. Should symptoms last as long as it has for me?

Also didn’t really respond to the question at the end. I’ve been going all in on the gym, I just got a new job back in the banking industry as a personal banker. Gonna kill that job. Focus on getting into mortgage. Also devoting more time into my little brother and girlfriend. I can’t let life pass me by

You seem 6’3 big dawg

What if you make a decision and stick to it with moderation. Say you are allowed to smoke once ever 3-4 months. That doesn't necessarily mean you will have to crave weed that whole time inbetween. It just mean you made a decision and you are sticking to it. With basically a few times a year that you can have a day off of relaxation and fun. You just cant wake up the next day telling yourself you will smoke just one more day. Its like how some people only drink alcohol a few times a year and they dont even crave it after.. Thats how i am with alcohol these days and i dont even think about alcohol anymore. But when i do have an experience its somewhat a nice change from normal life. But im not picking up a drink the next morning i wake up. You can do that with weed as well its a complete mindset thing.. If you cant discipline yourself to that point then dont. But i dont think anyone has to go the rest of their life never experiencing cannabis again.

40 days without weed after 7 years every day use 💪

I had CHS about a year ago, it was terrible, there is only 1 sickness/condition I have worse than CHS, I'm back hear again because, foolishly, I began smoking weed again about 2 months ago( almost 1 year after quiting), and despite it being alright for the duration of that time, here I am again, the CHS has come back, debatabley worse this time, I just wanted to make this comment to inform people, if you beat CHS please don't risk every getting again, stay away from weed, if you beat CHS, my college course now begins in a week, and now I'm violently sick, ITS NOT WORTH IT

Bruh you always got this crazy face in the thumnail🤣

Could that be why some people don't start smoking. And till they are 25 or 30. Because some people take some notice that its bad for them

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bravo the carnivore diet is all the rage

Don’t agree with you fully on this one, its different for everyone man

What am I at day 10 now ?? I was smoking the teeth out of my mouth if I continued. 1 puff and you go off the cliff if you are this kinda user. There is no moderation. Congratulations on not being a chronic abuser