Posts Tagged ‘How to Quit Smoking Pot?’

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Date: Wednesday April 1, 5:28 am

Obviously, there are a couple of side effects of smoking marijuana which may tend to appears minimal during its initial days.

When it comes to short term side effects of marijuana consumption, they include distorted perception (sounds, touch, time, sights, problems related to learning and memory, loss of coordination, increased rate of heart beat and difficulty in thorough thinking and problem solving as well.

These side effects of marijuana eventually become exaggerated in case the user prefers taking extra drugs, such as cocaine and alcoholic products. There are numbers of long term side effects as well that one need to experience because of excessive use of marijuana.

Individuals who smoke marijuana regularly may experience breathing difficulties, develop cancer, and damage their immune system. It’s quite hard to state if continue usage of marijuana results in cancer, but it isn’t any secret anymore that it includes some of the same if not more or the cancer-causing chemicals present in the tobacco smoke.

According to the studies and research conducted, it has now been proven that the one who smoke 5 marijuana joints per day intake has the same amount cancer-causing chemicals that an individual smoking a packet of cigarettes per day intakes. Therefore, smoking weed has equally higher odds of developing lung cancer as smoking cigarettes.

Individuals who smoke marijuana regularly more often usually develop breathing difficulties similar to those that are developed among the individuals who prefer smoking cigarettes. Side effects including wheezing, chest colds, and coughing are not exceptional with the habitual users.

Moreover, they tend to develop some serious lung infections like pneumonia as well. The THC that marijuana includes may boost up the users’ risk of developing diseases because THC inhibits regular disease-avoiding reactions, which are essential to fight against infections.

The side effects of smoking marijuana also differ depending on the gender of its user. Generally, marijuana, in males, affects some parts of the brain, which control the growth and sex hormones. This usually tends to decrease testosterone levels and reduce sperm count

In female, the marijuana’s most common side effects include affecting the brain’s parts that controls hormones. Moreover, these hormones helps in determining the series of menstrual cycle in females, thus, it may lead to irregular periods.

Although this side effect is considered to be reversible, it’s advisable that you avoid smoking marijuana for several months until your menstrual cycle turns out normal again.

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Date: Tuesday March 24, 5:44 am

Many people have problems with the weed addiction, but won’t recognize it as such. Once you admit to yourself you’ve got a problem you need to solve it – but how to quit smoking pot?

Here’s a first-hand experience: our protagonist used to smoke weed every day for over 12 months. He is 16, started smoking weed at the age of 13, and got used to everyday “dose” at the age of 15. Of course, the reason to start smoking weed was that all his friends had been doing it!

Soon enough, he was entangled in a magic circle – where to find weed, where to consume it….. and whom to smoke with.

Nevertheless, it stopped being fun – there was no joy in it and several side-effects started appearing – paranoia, for example. Luckily, he started realizing it led nowhere and naturally, he tried to quit.

There are some hints to help dealing with such habits: avoid all possible situations where you expect to come across weeds! Inform your friends you’re trying to discipline yourself. Find a supporter, who will always be there for you. Get rid of your equipment – sell it or cast it away!

Don’t be too hard on yourself – it’s okay to have a smoke occasionally (then try to gradually increase the periods). Well, if you succeed you surely will be feeling better soon enough – after all, there are so many positive things around that one day you’ll remember there was no need to wrap yourself in smoking weed in the first place!

The biggest problem, however, is that people usually won’t admit they have a problem. I have seen and heard many such cases and I still know some people regularly smoking marijuana. They are still into the good old story – it’s less dangerous than nicotine. They might be right, but yet, I’ve never seen nicotine smokers unable to remember what they had for breakfast.

That (and similar effects) are known as pothead effects. These are usual with weed smokers and after a while they tend to make more and more so-called “black holes” in the brain. These will never go away afterward, and every weed smoker should know it…

As for those who admit to themselves they have a problem, they have already partially succeeded. It is well known that weed addiction (at least in the beginning) is physical. The solution, as always, is to try persuading yourself you are strong enough to survive reality without smoking weed.

Inside yourself, you know it is so, but again you should convince yourself it is true. This mental struggle is always most important when fighting addiction, and in cases of weed (which never creates high-level addiction unlike, e.g., heroin) you’ll have to admit – it’s all in your head.

The only battle that remains from that spot onward (though the most important one) is that with yourself. Fighting your own demons is the highest task whatever the cause, and in cases of addiction – you may find yourself embracing the worst of the inner demons.

So say goodbye and stop smoking weed today! You can do it!

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