How I Quit Weed For Good

How I Quit Weed For Good<br /><br />Everyone knows the stereotype of someone who cant quit weed. The classic stoner who refuses to grow up, maybe a spicoli type surfer dude crossed with some sort of smelly, hoodie wearing dreadlocked dude who wears glass jewelry inspired by his bong. He cant hold down a job or finish a sentence without saying dude. His quest to find something he lost while high propels him into all sorts of zany situations.<br /><br />If youve found this article, maybe this describes you, but Im going to guess its probably not. In my experience almost anyone can be addicted to weed. Man or woman, young or old, zany adventures or not.<br /><br />No one in my life besides my stoner friends really knew about my habits. Who would suspect? I was just some single mid 30s white guy, making about 35k a year in a systems admin job. More of a classic nerd than classic stoner. A lot of my friends and family knew I still smoked weed, but they had no idea it was pretty much every day for the past 15 years.<br /><br />All things considered, I was doing pretty well for myself. But I just had the feeling I needed to quit weed. I was hating that my social life had basically become blunts and bong hits followed by staring at a TV in the dark until I fell asleep. Every day at work seemed like a grind, waiting for the hands on the clock to go around enough times that I could go get stoned again and relax again. Waking up every morning felt like rising from the dead, and not in a good way.<br /><br />I knew deep inside that it was time to let go of weed. I was holding onto something that reminded me of the good times I had when I was younger, but it no longer gave me the same satisfaction. It was making me get comfortable and stagnate in all areas of my life.<br /><br />I had tried to quit weed every year that I can remember. It would usually last about 2 days before I got myself into smoking again, whether from a friend wanting to, or just being bored and scrounging up a bowl.<br /><br />I told myself it wasnt a big deal, quitting marijuana is purely mind over matter and if Ive been smoking pot for 10+ years and few people could even really tell, it wasnt that big a deal if I put off quitting weed again.<br /><br />One night I just felt really lonely, and I started thinking. Maybe that was why I smoked my mind into submission every night. The one thing that I really wanted was someone to spend my life with, doing more than just getting stoned and watching TV.