Quit Smoking Weed

THC from Cannabis and its effects used in medicine, can be replicated with other compunds- New Research.

2015-11-17T21:49:00.000-08:00

More NOT so recent research on cannabinoid effects of humans, have been carried out to find that there are compounds that can effect the human systems just like what THC, (tetrahydrocannabinol) does.
Although this is, still in research phase, It will be a big blow for people who think Cannabis is the only source for THC and its medical use. Its not that THC is evident in all but the effects can be replicated with other compounds.

"The recent discovery of different plants with compounds that can modulate this system means we can no longer simply define plant cannabinoids as merely a product of cannabis."

http://montanabiotech.com/2011/03/26/scientists-find-new-sources-of-plant-cannabinoids-other-than-medical-marijuana/

IT CAN BE Replicated

While, the pro- weed legalizing front will vehemently (will) deny these new findings, and will point out a few cases of old cultures that uses cannabis for their medicines and rituals to make do as treatments to diseases that we now know has medicine derived from other sources, disregarding that there are more than a handful of such cultures that developed without the use of any cannabis. Will always push the legalizing of weed, first for medical and then recreational use.

Going further,

" Echinacea, Ruta graveolens (Citrus Family), and the Brassica genus (Mustard family, i.e. Broccoli) all contain compounds which may bind the CB2 receptor, some with an affinity or strength similar to THC. Note that unlike the CB1 receptor, the CB2 receptor does not cause psychotropic effects."

http://montanabiotech.com/2011/03/26/scientists-find-new-sources-of-plant-cannabinoids-other-than-medical-marijuana/

Guess, what, Eat your veggies.. Instead of Smoking Weeds.. If you really want to do something good for your health..

So if you ever come with an instance, where you are told that Cannabis is medicine, Point out towards the ever growing field of new medical findings and research.

Legalising the Cannabis - the good and the bad

2014-02-02T20:02:00.000-08:00

I haven't made a post on my blog "quit smoking weed" for some time now, It's about time I make some more content here. I hope this blog has helped some of you out there to stop smoking weed even in a small way. I was thinking about the effects of legalizing something and particularly weed, because its on news very often these days. Countries and States are now putting forward legislation to legalize cannabis for medical and in some cases recreation purposes.

I just wanted my 2 cents on the legalizing weed on here, just to be straight with my readers, so here it goes.

The Good

1) Legalizing pot will legitimize a business that has been on the dark side and has had negative impact on societies in many ways including violence, money racketeering, etc.

2) Increased tax revenue for the government to allocate to development and social gain. Decreased government spending on prisons, correctional facilities and ease traffic in the legal system.

3) Making of new legitimate jobs and income streams, that will help the economy on the long run.

4) Free access to research of new drugs and use of marijuana for medical use.

5) Room for more choice and free will. The fundamentals of democracy.

6) Marijuana wont be as cool as it is when its illegal and will loose the coolness and will be less attractive to minors perception of growing up.

The Bad

1) Increased consumption of cannabis among the masses. 3rd option to alcohol & tobacco.

2) Increased issues with health and workforce efficiency on the long run thus nullifying the total effect of increased taxation and the input to economy..

3) The drastic increase in demand through legalizing would mean higher cost until production is increased and developed in large scale ( like Tobacco). This means more farmland will be shifting from food to Marijuana, and thus will effect the food security of countries in the long run. ( Framers would shift to a higher return crop Ex: Afghanistan economy with poppy agriculture)

4) The signals to minors that weed is not that bad, and the risk of lower age use that would result in an inefficient future generation to the workforce.

5) The ignorance of more valuable legislation that needs more urgent attention than legalizing something that has less priority.

Those said, I firmly believe that anything in this world has both good and bad and life is a balance. It is a personal choice we make to do something, and in the case of smoking marijuana we take the risk of the bad and enjoy the good. The real problem is "over use" that results in dependency. If you can do anything and stop it completely in the next time, I dont think it will be a problem.

I also believe that almost everything in life is connected to each other. It is not different to this case. By legalizing the use of Marijuana, you are giving the option of free-will but risk of exposing the same people to a probable danger. Through legalizing pot the states look for increasing tax revenue to invest in the future and current needs of the social economy but exposes the same economy to an inefficient workforce that will take more time and energy to specialize in social tasks. By legalizing the use of pot you will see a reduction in legal costs but increase the health costs.

This blog is not the place to admit that weed is good, It doesn't serve the purpose here. therefore I will ask you to think about the following questions I need you to ask yourself, if you come across the idea of legalizing weed,

# Does it mean I should use weed now ? If the state reduces the postal fees will you post letters instead of emails?

# Does it mean I should change my idea of weed ? If your state allows gay marriage, will you marry a person of same sex? ( unless you are already gay ofc)

# Does it effect me whether it is legal or not ? Will I drive after smoking weed now and risk me and my passengers lives?

# Does it effect the reasons I smoke weed now? Do I party more now?

# Am I ready to risk my life for something others set the standards for? or do I use what I want to use the way I want to use it for.

Personally, I am against the legalizing of weed for recreation as I have seen first hand what it can do to people.Of course there are adamant people actively fighting for the right to smoke it, People pose for pictures with sign boards "I'm not a criminal, I only smoked weed" , Well you are the reason a lot of criminals do what they do to bring you that weed now. Some will argue, that it wont be a problem if it is legalized and regulated, criminals will be out of the job, But have you ever thought about the users who smoke weed just because its cool to do something illegal. Why do you think he/she is posing for that picture?

"Dont Panic It's Organic" - Well a lot of things are organic like Heroin, Alcohol, Tobacco,

"It better than Alcohol" - Why marijuana? drink milk instead it is much better than alcohol.

Don't be distracted on whats going around you, make your own decisions, other people will follow..

Why Inspiration helps to quit weed sooner than you think.

2013-12-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

It is not a secret that inspiration does help to get rid of a habit. Its is not rocket science that real life scenarios move people in different ways than they didnt know they can think about and thats why I thought I should write a bit about some inspiration on this blog.

It pays to expose yourself to some real life experiences of others, who have the same problem as you do, and thats why people try to gather with the same kind of people who go through the same things in their life.

It helps to think outside your daily routine, and what others go through because of their decisions. There is a somewhat witty slogan, it goes as this "My failures are the pillars of my success, Your failures are also my pillars of success as well. " Thats a long way of telling learn from others mistakes.

Let me give you an example, 2 years ago I met a person who is suffering from addiction to marijuana and was finding it very very hard to give up his habit of puffing a bud every 2 hours or more. He took the time to to explain to me why he got to a point to reach out to receive help to get it over with once and for all. Lets just call him Mike. Mike is a carpenter, with a wife who he had met a long time ago when they were schooling together. They have 3 children 15, 10 & 3 years old. all girls. Mike works from his own home, repairing and designing furniture and doing other odd jobs. If you know how salaried work goes, he earns more than an average office worker. Life was good for Mike until one day. The day his 10 year old daughter came up to him, and asked why he smoked Marijuana instead of normal cigarettes? What Mike told me was something very intriguing.

He said to me "I have been asked the same question by many people whom, I have given valid points and arguments about why I smoke and why it should not be a problem, to anybody as I had control over it etc etc. But when my own daughter asked that question, something inside over came all those points. He was speechless, and his answer was to his daughter - I have no idea" He explained to me about the difference, all the other people whom he has had to raise his defense of smoking pot, seems distant but he knew all his points were not valid for what his daughter was asking him to explain. She doesn't know whether or not smoking is bad for you, but he knew it deep down that he just couldn't gather himself to to lie to his daughter. He had been smoking pot for 23 years and he has never thought of quitting it, until that day, six months after trying he realized the truth about how marijuana is addictive first hand. It's a different thing quitting marijuana knowing you can have a smoke again later, and knowing you will never have marijuana ever again.

Like the above example, you can use real life stories of marijuana addiction to help you make that decision to quit for good. There are more people who have successfully stopped smoking weed than there are people who failed. The main reason for failing is poor support of information and inspiration to motivate to achieve the set targets.

There is a program you can read about more inspiration relating to quit smoking weed, and it sells for $40 and has good reviews, Its called the Cannabis Coach I suggest you go through its steps to help you and motivate you to achieve your objective, of quitting weed for good.

Find Inspiration in the smallest things in life. It will make your life filled with happiness and serenity..

Good luck

The Non-Randomness of Addiction to Marijuana.

2013-10-21T02:59:00.000-07:00

Do you think addiction comes at random to you? You just walk around see something and just use it have fun and come back for it? Here's a simple post to get you to analyze in deep on that random act.

Have you ever though why people get addicted? Well some people have and have come forward with some interesting facts. Look at the picture and you will get the picture, so to say. :) It is a good example for the idiom "A picture is worth a thousand words".

People get addicted to abuse of any drug because of reasons. If you think you are addicted to weed think of why and how you got there.

Poverty is something very common in this world, and it comes in many forms. Have you heard of Somalia? Its a country in Africa they are popular for two things, War and Hunger. Its like they have money to buy weapons but don't have money to buy food. It is somewhat the same ideology behind people getting addicted to drugs because of their poverty. The human nature is that they will go behind the easiest way to pleasure even if it means the shortest, the most stupidest and the most expensive thing you can do. If you think weed will help you to come out of your issues with poverty or financial limitations, you are just like those Somalians. Can you plan your financial freedom while you are high? well the musicians like Snoop Dogg do!! but are you a Snoop Dog? 99.99% of us are no rock stars but they want us to believe we are, that's why they survive out of it. Do you think the drug lords smoke more weed than you? They'll get killed do so. LoL...

Anxiety and depression are two sides of the same story, one deals with an opportunity at hand and one deals with an opportunity lost. The right thing to do is grab that opportunity or make it through as best as you can, Going away to a corner and having a puff wont help you whatever the way you put it.

Age is another main criteria you are 84% more likely to get addicted to anything when you are in between 16-45, This is the age range (that rhymed) where you have the most freedom. When you are young you have only your parents to look after you, and when you are old you have your kids to look after. In between you are open and that where it comes in when you are down.

"Weed is like worms who live in garbage, It needs your life to be like garbage to survive"

ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is what teens go through, when they feel like in order to get into a click or just be cool you need to smoke a punt. Lets face it everybody wants to be cool, but they hurt their future coolness doing so. They realize this when they have some years behind their experience sheets.

Genes and IQ, well if you parents smoke weed you are bound to smoke weed too and at much higher quantities because you are more immune to the effects, your children will be worse than you (I'm sorry). I don't have to tell you about your IQ, weed effects your brain directly. That's how the human gene evolve for abuse, that's how humans or any other life forms survive, You don't have to do research its just damn common sense don't you think? for example, people in the tropics are darker in complexion because their skin have been over exposed to the sun, they have developed pigmentation. People in Europe are pale because they don't have much sun that's adaptation.

Its not the society, or life that drags you to addiction at random. Its you. majority of people don't get into it, but people do fall down the cracks sometimes, but it doesn't matter how you go there, but how you are going to get off it. Get help and quit smoking weed. Addiction comes to you because you cant face reality and in times when you think there is no other way around it, but if you search for it there is always away to it.

Can marijuana smoking lead to lung cancer.

2013-06-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is probably a question you might want answers for if you are using marijuana. While some people firmly believes marijuana smoking can lead to lung cancer some firmly disagree.

It doesn't matter whether you have smoked weed or not, if weed causes such a problem you would like to know right?

There has been some studies (Not a lot) to see whether there is a link between weed and lung cancer. Somehow, nobody at present has provided with any significant result. However some concerns in this regard might be advised.

Any kind of smoke inhaled will irritate the lungs and cause other respiratory issues, its just pure common sense.
The difference I think is the amount of smoke you inhale at any given time or continuously.

Our body is designed to maximize efficiency and safety to our internal organs. We are 60% water and 40% matter when it come to our body, we are therefore are walking disaster and very fragile but our bodies are designed in such away that we have defenses against any probable danger, that nature has planned for us. With regard to smoking, from our nose placement to nostrils to snot to self cleaning ability of lungs helps us to avoid any harm to the lungs. These inbuilt mechanisms to fight against abnormalities developed through our evolution in time. We are not designed to intake smoke everyday by habit.

Our lungs are not designed to intake smoke everyday, so any kind of smoking, be it smoking weed or tobacco or inhaling dust and smoke in a busy city will drastically increase damage to our lungs and therby cancer.

Cancer is abnormal growth, Abnormal growth happens when your have abnormal injuries, like irritation by continuous inhaling of smoke. Our lungs will try to repair the damage as best as it can. So comes abnormal growth in our lungs, in other words lung cancer.

In the weed users defense, an average weed smoker inhales less smoke into the lungs than any tobacco user, but we are not here to compare tobacco and weed or comparisons between standing in a busy street corner with vehicle fumes all over and if you smoke weed there is a good chance you smoke tobacco as well. I am aware of pure weed smokers are out there but they are very insignificant in number.

If you want to stay away from lung cancer you should always minimize your smoke intake, be it uncontrollable or not. If we continuously inhale smoke that we don't have to naturally out internal defense systems are bound to fail.

It doesn't stop there, any abnormal growths effect our genetics in the long run, and will eventually effect our children as well. Now that being said it might take a few generations or one I don't know, but like me if you have seen the trend of lung cancer increasing, and small kids having lung cancer in the hospitals you might know what I'm talking about.

Nobody need to inhale any kind of smoke at any given time, in fact you should try always to stay away from smoke, that's how we are designed. But somewhere somebody started to do otherwise and we are just following it. Think about it. Stop Smoking Weed asap. Act now and save the worries.

If you want to read more on the debate go here for input on the subject by various academics and professionals.

cheers

P.S. If anybody tells you that cannabis cures cancer, please tell them it doesn't cure it, but is used by doctors to treat side effects from other cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Its the chemotherapy that cures the cancer, not marijuana. LOL.

P.S.S. No its not okay to use a vaporizer as well. Weed is not just effecting your lungs it effects your other organs as well. But that another post. Think about it show me another animal who smokes anything?

Cannabis the evil weed - BBC documentary

2013-06-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

I came across this informative documentary done by Dr John Marsden (BBC).

It gave me some important facts about weed, and somewhat changed my perspective a wee lil bit.

Dr John, talks with so many researchers about the work that is going on to find new fact about the Cannabis. I'm sure it will give you many insights of what you knew already and grow your knowledge.

For example , 1) Did you know the original place of Cannabis was not China but was Kazakhstan?

                      2) Did you know the plant Cannabis made THC to protect it from UV rays that it was exposed to in the high mountains in originated?

                      3) Did you know Cannabis has both the chemicals to make you psychotic and make you anti-psychotic.

                      4) Did you know that exposing yourself to Cannabis when you are young has more effect on permanent brain damage than getting yourself exposed to it when you are more matured. Its proven with an interesting experiment, watch the whole video if you have an hour.

The documentary is well balanced, taking into account aspects a person who really really loves it has to say, and a person who is sad for being addicted to cannabis and think he has wasted his life for it, and a person who smoked skunk in his early teens and has hallucinations and voices in his mind even and many more discussions.

Enjoy!

How much money you save if you quit weed

2013-06-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

Quit smoking weed is an expensive habit to maintain, and I don't think anybody out there will disagree with me on this. Just to put you through it, if you are considering or trying to quit smoking weed at the moment, below might be a very useful consideration to motivate you to stay out of weed.

Here is the deal,

I just saw this great video on world vices and their prices. Ill embed it here,

Source : http://coed.com/2013/05/11/the-price-of-drugs-around-the-world-video/

For $ 20 according to this video,

You can buy

0.5 g of Marijuana in Japan
1.8 g of Marijuana in USA
2.4 g of Marijuana in UK
2.5 g of Marijuana in Canada
4.0 g of Marijuana in Netherlands

Well it may cost you more or less, but if we take this as average, and according to below poll I searched for you

http://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/124008-how-much-weed-do-you.html

53% of weed smokers take in 1-2g a day. So it is safe to assume an average smoker pays $20 for his/her weed every day.

A simple calculation therefore would be $20*365 = $7,300 for a year (i.e $608.3 per month for weed and weed only)

What can you buy for $7,300 buck that you can use for a year.

Ive done a small schedule if you are using more marijuana for a day than that.

What do you think? is it worth it still?

If not let me give you more things to think about.

1) What if you saved that money? well if you do the calculation you ll increase your savings $20 per day, if you put in a savings account giving you just 2% it will give you an extra $73 bucks. You do that for 5 years you ll end up with $40,274.66 ( $38,386.66 in savings & $1,888.38 in compounded interest for 5 years)

Thats if you only do less than 2g of weed smoking a day (in USA).

2) What if you invested that money for more returns in a small business or something you and your spouse can do on your free time, like ornament building, arts and craft workshop, small printing jobs like invitations, birthday cards, etc.

3) Maybe you bought something that makes your day to day life easier, like a faster PDA or computer. Maybe an upgrade to your car, a good sound system maybe that can take to you to your work and back on a happy note.

4) Paid for a diploma or any other educational program you always wanted to join, making you more qualified to do your job and maybe plan for a better salary.

5) With some extra cash in your bank, you can save on your insurance, buy a better one, your credit ratings the comfort you have if someone in your family or you yourself falls ill or have an accident for the bills it carries.

6) Family celebrations will be a way bit better with you being able to afford a bit more

There is more possibilities you can have , if you had that extra 100 bucks right.

Now there is going to be that thought, well you can always grow your own weed, well I speak for those who cant or wont do that, because of the law or the impressions they give to their children in the house or some other thing that can effect them if they have weed growing in their house or in the garden.

The Irony of a pot head.

2013-05-18T08:23:00.002-07:00

I was doing some research work on quit smoking weed programs and got this featured post in
http://www.care2.com/news/member/457414526/811855

The post heading goes as "Isn't It Ironic"
Here's the link to the original post

Isn’t It Ironic? Marijuana May Be the Cure for Lung Cancer

The post tries to tell you that there has been a study in the US somewhere, (which is not stated by who, where did it and no viable reports available) that they studied and found out that THC cures lung cancer in lab rats.

The post ends with the following note:

"Note: Inhaling marijuana smoke is actually bad for your lungs. Only the controlled administration of the THC compound was shown to treat lung cancer in lab animals (not party animals)."

I went to the comment section on the first featuring site to see what they think.

Irony Indeed!!!

This is the problem, When someone says THC ( a single compound ) can be used to cure cancer cells you don't talk about smoking weed and legalizing it, especially when the post ends with a note like that.

Again,

"Note: Inhaling marijuana smoke is actually bad for your lungs. Only the controlled administration of the THC compound was shown to treat lung cancer in lab animals (not party animals)."

What an Irony ... Pfft!!!

Why is marijuana not legal.

2013-05-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

One of the main reasons you should consider in your attempt to quit weed is it being not legal. Possession of weed in any quantity is a serious offense (felony) in many countries, and would put you through a great deal of hardship to recover if caught.

But the question "Why is Marijuana illegal and alcohol or tobacco is not" lies with everybody who likes to use Marijuana.

Its true the comparison is legitimate and rationale. There are many cases of people going over board of the socially accepted means of getting high. (i.e alcohol and tobacco) Which put this ban on Marijuana seem foolish and baseless.

In history, we find that the widespread ban on marijuana started in late 1920's and early 1930's where Mexican immigrants were seen to be getting endless power from smoking weed. Being immigrants they were thought of as second class citizens and for them to have access to something the first class people didnt want to understand meant prohibitions. Prohibitions by means of law passed by the same first class whites. It was used to insist on the power the land owners had above the workers. There was another side to this. Large scale land owners didnt like the small land owners using cheap immigrant labor. They had the power to use lawmakers to dismiss this new threat.

Hemp was also outperforming cotton, that lead to the powerful cotton manufactures taking steps to ban Marijuana.

Wikipedia has a good article on the history of weed below.
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
2) http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/

Any how, in summary weed was banned because the rich didnt like it and the poor couldn't afford anything else. Sounds Familiar?

In the current context, weed is banned due to the industry it is run on and its abusers in society and most of all the crimes it involves. Drug lords, gang activity, money laundering, exploiting laborers, teenagers high on weed, shoot outs, burglaries etc. and the whole grower to consumer channels and methods used are deemed illegal in every sense there is to it. However, you might think "it is like that because it is illegal, and if you legalize it it can be done in a legal manner like coca cola sends bottles to your supermarket".

It is much more complicated than that, The industry is made in such away that it needs to be illegal for its existence. What would the drug lords do if it was illegal? make a tax paying multinational company like Marlboro? What would the weed peddler do, sell lottery tickets? There are a lot of people making money just because it is illegal. Including, the pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco companies. It wont be easy.
Its like telling your parents, to paint the house purple or you need freedom. Its just the way things are.

History, is History now move to the future.

What if we legalize weed, lets see

Pros

The drug generally isn't more harmful than alcohol or tobacco if used in moderation.
Limiting the use of the drug intrudes on personal freedom.
Legalization would mean a lower price; thus, related crimes (like theft) would be reduced.
There are medical benefits such as the those for cancer patients.
Street justice related to drug disputes would be reduced.
It could be a source of additional tax revenues.
Police and court resources would be freed up for more serious crimes.
Drug dealers (including some terrorists) would lose most or all of their business.
The FDA or others could regulate the quality and safety of drugs.
Like sex, alcohol, or cigarettes, marijuana is one of life's little pleasures for some people.
Aside from recreational drug use, Cannabis has several industrial and commercial uses, as over 25,000 products can be made from the crop.
Drug busts often trap young people in a flawed system that turns them into lifelong criminals.

CONS

Marijuana is often used as a stepping-stone drug, leading to heroin, cocaine, or other harder drugs.
Stoned driving and other dangers would be increased.
Some consider use of the drug as morally wrong.
Legalization would increase the chances of the drug falling into the hands of kids.
Because of drug-related arrests, people who have committed or are likely to commit more serious crimes can be taken off the streets.
Physical damage would be done to users that abuse the drug.
More widespread use would increase the dangers of secondhand smoke-damage to bystanders.
Legalization of marijuana could eventually lead to the legalization of harder drugs or all drugs altogether.

What do you think? Are there more to it?

Self help hypnosis for relaxing and meditation to quit weed.

2013-05-12T01:58:00.000-07:00

Sit down, take your shoes off and listen to this video track from giveupweed.com to help you get over that uneasiness or that craving to have a smoke session. This is the first time I'm sharing a video on this blog and also anything on meditation techniques. I hope it helps you to relax and meditate in order to suppress that craving you are bound face when you quit smoking weed.

If you can do this every time you get the craving to smoke weed, it will help you to get away from that desire deep within.

This is a basic method of relaxation used to supress negative thoughts in the mind and inner brain activity. It may be anger, a craving to have a sweet or smoking, or even a thought to go slap someone right across the face with a chair, twice.

If you get you use this meditation technique for 3-5 mins you can come over it. Guaranteed.

The first few times you might want to listen to the track, until you get the hang of it. After sometime you will get used to it and would be able to just walk to a corner touch a tree or some organic thing, even grass or the soil and do the meditation. When you excel at it, you can look at a wall and do it.

Your mind is where your addiction is. Especially a habitual addiction like smoking weed. If you attack your thought with this method you can easily work your way through it. Good luck..

Keep reading... more posts to come very soon.

No More!! - Reasons to Quit Weed for Good.

2013-05-10T12:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a list of things, that you might consider to quit smoking pot ever again. It can be a combination of things here or even a single reason that has effected you.

NO MORE!!!

1) Hard earned money spent on weed.
2) Health issues you have to face later.
3) Time you wasted on weed.
4) Risk you have to face buying weed and keeping it.
5) Missed opportunities because you were high.
6) Embarrassment in front of family members and total strangers.
7) Stupid ideas of life and nature.
8) Socializing and associating with negative people.
9) Situations of people taking advantage of you.
10) Messed up life.

SAY HELLO TO!!

1) Enough Cash for things you could never afford before.
2) Worries about getting struck by a heart attack or stroke in your 30s or 40s.
3) More time on finishing your current task and doing more things in life.
4) Worries of ending up in jail or hospital.
5) Take any opportunity head on, be it a girl you like or a business deal.
6) Gain respect and attention of your family members and children and even a smiling passing stranger.
7) Reality check on life. work hard, don't complain, plan and execute.
8) Socialize with people who can put you up, add to your knowledge and help you out.
9) Be aware and take rational decisions.
10) Clean life to be proud of. (Beginning from your room)

There can be and will be more to it. The first step toward a weed free life starts with the desire to quit smoking pot.
If you don't have the desire to quit smoking pot, You will always revert back.
Before you start your journey of stopping weed smoking, you should take a paper and write down the things that it will change in your life and the things that add to your life if you take this journey

Remember, Its a personal thing "quitting weed", If you want it, you need to desire it. Being aware of the changes it brings will help you to make the desire and keep you motivated.

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
Confucius

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
Mario Andretti

"It calms me down, after a stressful day" Really???

2012-09-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

Probably the number one reason, everyone who abuse weed is "It calms me down, when I'm stressed". I'm going to go into detail on this and let you be the judge of that!

There are a lot of stress relievers out there and a lot of stress makers too. It's the life style we live in, wake up and reach work in 1-2 hours through the hardships of public transport. Handle a high workload job for 8-9 hours, and back home. Then the house chores/ homework, the kids/parents/siblings try to watch some tv go back to sleep, only to do the same thing over and over again - and again.

Yes, it is stressful to know this fact of life, which is why humans tends to find away to relieve themselves from this mundane feeling of life. Normally, all it takes is a party, meeting a friend, a movie, watching a game etc. These are the normal ways, so what are the other ways you may ask? well we already know the answer to that. Gambling, substance abuse, fight clubs, prostitution, RAM (Random Acts of Meaness) etc. They are short, thrilling, dangerous and most of all quick. Its the easy way to get out of the day to day trend.

So comes "weed" to the picture. Face it, you might have started to use weed when you are with your friends over a party, but you consume way more when you are used to it, when you are alone and on a day to day basis over a period of time.

You spend 10-70% of your earnings on it, and so many things for some time alone to have your weed. This is for a lot of people out there, a way of letting it go for a hour or two. Just to chill and calm yourself down!! Abusers response again "So What! Its the same as smoking a cigarette or alcohol at the pub" .

Abusers sway into reasoning, their abuse of course one way or another. "Its the best thing ever! Its not harmful for you at all, its a medicine the only reason you don't like it is because its not legal" and it goes on "Nobody has died over Marijuana overdose, but so many people die off tobacco and alcohol every year, You are more creative when you smoke weed, it helps for you to think about life in a simple way" ya di da di da..

The only thing I agree is that more people die because of alcohol abuse and lung cancer due to smoking, but it doesn't make much sense to switch to weed for that reason. now would it? Yes its used by doctors for medical use? but do you have the same medical issues to smoke it daily? And its not legal anyway. Do you really want to risk possession? we wouldn't talk about legalizing weed, if it wasn't so in demand for the wrong reasons now would we? if you know your history you would know why really alchol and tobacco is legal and weed is not.

Its not legal, in my view for three reasons.

1. Who really benefits by weed not being legal? its the drug lords.. It wouldn't be that much expensive if it was legal now would it? They will always thrive in business, only if it is illegal.

2. Why do you blame the big pharmaceutical organizations for not doing it. Lobbying for the government to legalize it or investing in more research on it. Answer is well, they would be able to sell you enough drugs when you are only sick? They make more money selling to a weak populace than a drug free one. Its just not good business rationale.

3. Why do you blame the Government, firstly there are more abusers out there, than real patients. The main argument in government forums about the medical use of weed is that it is only proven to be a great pain killer and appetite maker for patients suffering with side effects of other medications for Cancer, AIDs etc..

Secondly, the majority of citizens are against the idea, because of the abusers and the drug trade and the adverse effects it has brought to society. Therefore, any government who legalize the trade will have a good chance of serving its last term at office.

Now enough going away from topic, focusing on the calming effect of weed.

As I have explained in a previous post here. The THC (compound) in weed effects our brain and more accurately the area where the body reward system is located. The same broad area controls our movements, emotion, motivation and pleasure. The more you consume weed the more THC effects this area. When you abuse the habit, this area gets dumped with more and more THC, which in return requires more and more THC to have the same sense of calmness. thus the addiction (and for you who don't think this is addiction), the motivation to consume the next puff of weed. This effect is the reason you feel light and high.

A person who is used to smoke pot for a period of time, will tell you the effect wears off and you have to consume more and more until it reaches the maximum you can afford to buy or have time for. In other words, Your first smoke session would have brought you a certain level of reward, in terms of emotion and feelings or motivation, but your tenth or the same quantity after one month of abuse wont get you the same effects, so you naturally tend to increase your consumption over a period of time.

So you have, successfully bribed your brain to feel something that your body cant handle. You work for 8-9 hours take a puff and work another 3-4 hours, you may be able to do this a few times, but I guarantee you if you get used to this you are only wearing your body out. After a few months you will start to get symptoms in your body depending on what imbalances you create in your body.

For example: If you stress your brain, in front of a computer, and abuse weed like above, you might start to get headaches or migraines or eye problems. If you stress your eating habits, have a puff skip a meal time, you will probably get gastritis. (You will anyway get these symptoms, even without abusing weed, but what I'm saying is that it will be quicker and these are only short term conditions) You abuse the same way for longer periods of time, you will get more serious medical issues like even organ failures, lower immune systems etc.

Thats for the people who want a puff to calm down, when working. What about the others who abuse weed on a more sociable manner, like teenagers, or people without jobs who are hanging out all the time, and abuse weed. They want to calm themselves down for the stresses more emotional than physical.

These persons, normally get into trouble mainly due to the fact that they cant afford to maintain a habitual lifestyle of abusing weed. They will try to, in worst cases steal money, or do some irrational thing to make a quick buck, or the worst in my view save up, by giving in on necessities like food or hygiene or sociably be backward to present themselves in an opportune moment in life, like a relationship, business or pleasure, or even a proper interview because of the attitudes and personality changes an abusive habit brings to your life. Thats brings in more negatives to their life, and in return get them to abuse more and more.

I've come across people, who says weed will expand your mind, into thinking more about life, and have helped them to cope with things or better come out of issues in life, see life in a lighter way..
My question for these folks is a simple one, You think your mind has expanded. how? did weed grow you extra brain cells? You have seen life differently because by taking some time off from your mundane life, GO out of your normal thinking pattern while you are high (because everything seems more slow), and re-think your attitudes about problems you are facing. You could have done the same thing, on your own. with some self control like most of the other people do. Its not weed that got you to reconsider your attitude, its just you. What weed did was to keep you in one place, starring at the sky, and got you to think. Thats it!!

They even blame the authorities for not legalizing weed, because they think government don't want the people to expand their mind. Well think about it, If the Govt regulates the industry, it can probably make millions if not billions in tax revenue, rather than putting people in jail and feeding them free food and lodging. (US$ 25,000 per inmate annually) they can save this costs too. As I said, before the only reason not to legalize weed, is because of its abusers.

THIS MAY NOT HELP YOU

BUT THIS WILL

LIFE IS NOT ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF, ITS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF

You Don't Need Weed to Tell You How Creative You Can be in Your Life... You Just Need Some Time to Forget Everything And Concentrate on Yourself...

Create yourself on your own, Weed will only limit yourself.

Quit Weed For Good.

Why exercise is the best thing that will help you quit weed.

2012-08-28T05:56:00.000-07:00

The main part of weed addiction, is due to THC getting stored in your internal systems, and making you crave for more and more weed. If you don't know what THC is read more here.

Anywhere you go to get help for your addiction, they will give you the same answer. "You Need to Exercise"

If you read the below post, you will know why this is so true, and the background of it and an all-round idea about how exercise will help you exactly. Having the full picture of what your gains are, will definitely motivate you to stick to it more often.

The number one advantage of exercise is , it will make you busy in your free time. This will effectively limit your time for weed, which should be the main aim for you.

The second advantage is the actual burning of fat, and with the fat you burn so does the THC stored in your body fat. Plus exercise will make you sweat more and in return also make you thirsty, and drinking a lot of water and urinating will help you to put out the THC more effectively and efficiently.

Sweating also release the THC in your skin, SO make sure you have a bath soon after you exercise until you successfully released all of your stored THC (Don't let the sweat dry and the THC will work itself back into your skin). Remember having a bath after a good sweating session is not all that good in the long run, as your body cant cope with the sudden decrease of body temperature, if your body is weak, it might lead to cramps. So wait it out a little bit in the first few rounds until you are fit.

Increase of your metabolism, while exercising will keep you active, in all your work. You will feel fresh and be motivated to do anything you like or even at work.
This in return will make your mind a positive one, keep away from bad news. It will help you to keep your motivation up, which is key. If you don't have motivation you wont do anything at all.

In other words, by exercising you have started your detoxification process automatically. Remember, even if you don't exercise and provided you keep away from weed, the THC in your body will anyway be worn out fully in about a months time, But it will feel as a very very long stressful time period. This is where people who just quit weed, get all their so called after effects, like headache's, chest pains, insomnia, depression and even nightmares in your sleep.

You need to help the process, and give it a good kick start. As I have mentioned earlier in one of my posts, don't start with a big bang, start slow and gradually increase your exercise routine. For example: start your first day by walking 20 mins, and increase 5 mins day by day until finally you are walking 45 mins. After that start jogging 50% of the way and walk the rest. gradually increase this until you don't walk anymore but jog.
After you achieve that stage, then maybe go for a gym and do some more cardio work outs.

I will write a different article on different exercise starters later. It doesnt have to be that boring, your exercise can begin at a dance class even.

Now remember, drinking water is the best, but supply your body with enough electrolytes, by drinking fruit juice.
(Fruit Juice - Citrus ( Lemon,Lime ) , Cranberry, Bananas, Cantaloupe, Grapes, Apricots and Berries Apples, Grapefruits, Kiwi, Oranges and Tangerines.)

In Summary through exercise,

1) Makes you busy in life, and reduce your time for weed
2) Burns the THC in you body fat.
3) Release the THC in your skin, through sweating.
4) Makes you thirsty, and get you drink water, therefore putting out THC out of your system quickly.
5) Keeps your mind positive, about your lifestyle.
6) Automatically starts the detox process that'll help you to avoid the temporary side effects of quitting weed.
7) Plus other benefits of keeping you healthy and active

SO now you know...

How exercise is your best strategy, to quit smoking weed for good.

Medical use of weed - the myths and truths of addiction.

2012-08-02T16:16:00.003-07:00

Lets face the facts, people from all ages, groups, nationalities and cultures consume weed for many reasons.

However, it is disturbing to see a 14 year old or a pregnant lady smoking weed even for a weed addict. Why?
Because they know, that the child or lady don't seem to recognize the implications of smoking weed.

Some of the people I know have started or been introduced to Ganja (weed) when they were Children or a young teen. They thought to try it, because they know their brother or sister ( or their parents) smokes weed or they have seen it on TV or films and thought it was funny and an awesome experience. Most of the addicts I know have started their abuse due to peer pressure and friends. Lets face it, you wouldn't try something out if you didnt see somebody else using it or a person introducing it to you. Its the same feeling like buying something after seeing and advertisement right?

Weed ( Marijuana, Pot, Ganja, Mary J or Cannabis), we all know is a plant. We also know weed is used for medicines for its bound chemicals. It is widely used for HIV and Cancer patients or people who have met with an accident and have injuries as a painkiller. What people don't know is that its the last straw a doctor decides to prescribe Marijuana when all other pain relievers fail. Doctors also use weed for patients with serious mental disorders. Now what weed users tell you is that marijuana is medically used for its healing powers, and will also tell you that its god given medicine. I have read many comments in my research, people who defend the use is Cannabis, states its the way you take it, you should vaporize it, or eat it or its the cigarette paper that harms the lungs etc etc... What they don't realize is that in medicine Marijuana is used to relieve patients of pain so they gain appetite, relieve nausea of other treatments and as I said kill pain. It doesn't heal or cure any medical condition mentioned above.

Weed is used also to treat glaucoma, Alzheimers, stomach and intestine problems, tremors, seizures and epilepsy etc. and the use of good chemicals in weed are researched in many ways to treat a vast spectrum of illnesses and conditions.

There is no record or proof that primary use of Cannabis has resulted in any deaths.

Why is Marijuana so effective and prescribed by doctors?
Cannabis Plant is used in medicine, because of its chemicals. There are around 500 different compounds in weed. THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol is the most prevalent chemical in the plant. THC has been found to have antioxidant activity and believed to interact with parts of the brain normally controlled by the endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter, anandamide which play a role in pain sensation, memory, and sleep.

THC if taken in large quantity, will get dumped around the Dopamine receptor which basically controls the rewards system of the brain. Nearly all drugs, directly or indirectly, target the brain's reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (or communication agent) present in regions of the brain that control movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. The over-stimulation of this system, which normally responds to natural behaviors that are linked to survival (eating, spending time with loved ones, etc.), produces euphoric effects in response to the drugs. This is the time that users feel relaxed and happy and this reaction sets in motion a pattern that "teaches" people to repeat the behavior of abusing drugs.

As a person continues to abuse drugs, the brain adapts to the overwhelming surges in dopamine by producing less dopamine or by reducing the number of dopamine receptors in the reward circuit. As a result, dopamine's impact on the reward circuit is lessened, reducing the abuser's ability to enjoy the drugs and the things that previously brought pleasure. This decrease compels those addicted to drugs to keep abusing drugs in order to attempt to bring their dopamine function back to normal. And, they may now require larger amounts of the drug than they first did to achieve the dopamine high-an effect known as tolerance.

Long-term abuse causes changes in other brain chemical systems and circuits as well. Glutamate is a neurotransmitter that influences the reward circuit and the ability to learn. When the optimal concentration of glutamate is altered by drug abuse, the brain attempts to compensate, which can impair cognitive function. Drugs of abuse facilitate non-conscious learning, which leads the user to experience uncontrollable cravings when they see a place or person they associate with the drug experience, even when the drug itself is not available. Brain imaging studies of drug-addicted individuals show changes in areas of the brain that are critical to judgment, decision making, learning and memory, and behavior control. Together, these changes can drive an abuser to seek out and take drugs compulsively despite adverse consequences-in other words, to become addicted to drugs. This is where you will do anything to find the money to purchase weed.

Therefore, it is possible for a person to be seen as normal even under the influence, provided he/she is not a long-term user due to the time it takes for the effects of marijuana to show externally. Plus, the sensations of the use weed also will vary from person to person. If you want to see a full list of signs a person is smoking pot read here.

Cannabis overdose also can cause paranoia and psychosis, produce sharp personality changes, Lung Damage, chronic bronchitis, lowering of testosterone, acute anxiety attacks, chronic reduction of attention span and possible birth defects, still births and infant death.

So when you say its not addictive, please realize its not the physical addiction but the mental addiction that will bring you down.

According to my experience, with drug abusers.
1 joint a day for 4 weeks will give you symptoms of overdose, and effect you internal organs permanently.
3 joints a week for 6 months will also give you the same.
1 joint a week is okay for some people who have a healthy life, but some people with respiratory issues tend to develop complications even so.

Once in a while of everything is always fine. But addiction is something that is always bad.

Quit Smoking Weed for your own good, and for those who love you the most. Remember, with the pollution levels going high, everyday you don't have to smoke anything to get lung cancer. however remember you using weed will not only harm you, your brothers sisters and your kids will observe you, and you might have a better resistance to the pollution now, and the new generation might not be so lucky.

So you quitting now, will not only help you, but others around you too...

Take action, don't get kicked around by people addicted to the same thing they are defending. take the decision and never go back..

As always if you need to quit smoking weed, you should plan it.

I would recommend always to follow a tried and tested program if you can enroll into one. or read my blog as I build it and make your own program.

The below programs give more details and methods you can use in your journey.

1) Quit Marijuana The Complete Guide

2) Cannabis Coach Quit Smoking Marijuana Audio Program

Read my other blog posts for more information and Good Luck!!

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How to get weed out of your system - Detoxification

2012-07-29T14:46:00.000-07:00

This is the most important thing when it comes to Quitting Weed.

Detoxification for weed means removing the toxins in your system. You take in toxins into your system every time you smoke weed, the main toxin you should be worried about is Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC in short.

THC get stored in your body fat, hair and skin. So its a difficult thing to take out, but don't worry its not that hard if you put you 100% for it.

Here is what you need.

1) A Lot of Drinking Water - You should drink in as much as you can and urinate as much as you can.

2) Vinegar - Mix about 50-50 if you can drink with water, or start 30-70 and increase gradually.

3) Fruit Juice - Citrus ( Lemon,Lime ) , Cranberry, Bananas, Cantaloupe, Grapes, Apricots and berries

apples, grapefruits, kiwi, oranges and tangerines anything with Electrolytes.

4) Sauna, Steam Bath or a hot car under the sun. You need to make yourself sweat like crazy.

5) Exercise

First you need to start walking or jogging, biking or hit the gym. Now due to other health conditions, don't go over do it in the first go.. start slow and gradually increase your time and length of exercise. Never suddenly exercise yourself to the brim after a few years without exercise, it will strain your body and can lead to many complications. so take it slow.

The idea is burn your fat, sweat a lot and get the stored THC out.

You will need to drink alot of water and urinate (piss) and get the THC stored in fat out of your body.

Take a Bath after a good sweat session in a hot car and don't let the THC work its way back in to your skin.

Have a short hair cut, if you want THC in your hair out. Make it nice

It will take a full week or two, if you are a heavy smoker to get the THC out. The second day is the worst so plan a holiday on the second and third day. Plan for a long weekend or apply for a holiday from work to get this thing done once and for all.

Now is the time a good program will be very helpful. Go here to get a tried full program if you need it or follow the above in your own time.

I would recommend always to follow a tried and tested program if you can enroll into one.

The below programs give more details and methods you can use in your journey.

1) Quit Marijuana The Complete Guide

2) Cannabis Coach Quit Smoking Marijuana Audio Program

Read my other blog posts for more information and Good Luck!!

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Quit Smoking Weed - The Next Steps

2012-07-27T16:23:00.001-07:00

If you are reading this then you should have already read my first article here.

Now that you know why you want to quit and what you will get lets go to the actual quitting.

Let me tell you that quitting smoking weed is a hard thing to do. A lot of people addicted to it, try to stop smoking weed only to go back in a few months time. That's because they don't do it right.

First of all, you need to realize there are plenty of people out there who have been addicted to weed worse than you and have now come out of it successfully and living a good life. People normally don't discuss these things after, therefore you will find more addicts in light than quitters. So don't worry it has been done before plenty of times.

You cant make a time frame to it either, different people with different motivation, culture, and society background will take shorter or longer time to completely stop smoking weed.

And now its time for you.

The first thing you should do is, dump everything that reminds you about weed, the posters, music, things that are on your table, in the car, and office EVERYTHING!

That's it.. round everything up, dump them away, I don't mean in a cupboard or drawer put them in the dustbin and even see it taken away from home. Tell your mind that's it, I'm on my way for a weed free life.

Next is people, that is the hard part of the early stage. Now you might be having a lot of friends close to you who smoke with you. You are used to the lifestyle of meeting these people all the time. You need to make a decision and tell them you don't smoke anymore if you cant do this right now, tell them you are really really busy and avoid them.

Now everybody you know don't smoke weed right? Tell whoever you can trust and close to you, that you are trying to quit smoking weed. Get their support, associate with them more than others. Now, if you have had a bad patch before in your relationship, this change in you might strike that person in surprise. Don't give up, don't push it either just hope they will support you. Give them a extra call, ask a question, ask how they are and make conversation.

Next big step is making yourself busy during the normal times you smoke weed. Start a project, a hobby, clean your room, order your files, work on your car, write a novel, read a book, exercise, get your self enrolled in a study program a diploma or some course on something you always wanted to do. Anything that will keep your hands and mind busy.

The best way to make yourself busy, I know that works is exercise. It gives you the same kind of rush any drug will do but in a healthy manner if you enjoy doing it. A dance class is another favorite of mine. It doesn't have to be ballroom it can be Salsa or Rumba which is always better. Gardening is also something that works miracles plus your lawn will look better and you will have your own home grown vegetables. Think of ways you can help at your home.

Some also believe in going to church more often. whatever works do it.

This will help you to drastically reduce your weed consumption early.

But you should not be in a hurry, With all this its natural for you to smoke once in a while, but not as much as you were supposed to be that's the key.
The reason for this is THC and other chemicals you have taken in before, while smoking weed. These Chemicals stay in your system for a long time, and if you quit weed all at once the body will react to it and give you the urges to smoke again plus many more side effects you wont like. Discuss this with the people around you and seek support from them.

You need to make the decision firm and stick with it, reduce your weed intake. You can make a schedule for one month or even more.. if you take in 5 pot sessions daily reduce it to 2 a day, in a week. Next week GO once a day, then every other day, then only on Fridays with your friends. and thats it..

Congratulations you have basically got off you addiction to it.

But still your body will ask for weed, this is where detox come in..plus if you can detox from early stages it helps you to get rid of your habit more easily.

I will write on detoxifying your body for weed in a separate post and link it here.

Remember to keep your priorities straight, your health comes first of everything, your family , Job, Friends come later. because if you are sick nothing really matters now does it?!

So Take Action now..

And as in all my posts here, I firmly believe if you buy something you will use it.
You will need help in organizing your program.
The below programs give more details and methods you can use in your journey.

1) Quit Marijuana The Complete Guide

2) Cannabis Coach Quit Smoking Marijuana Audio Program

Read my other blog posts for next steps and Good Luck!!

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Quit Smoking Weed - Why Do you want to Quit Smoking

2012-07-27T14:17:00.000-07:00

If you are reading this post, I am quite sure you want some help and advice on how to quit smoking weed either for your self or a close family member or friend.

Let me take you straight to the point here without wasting your time.

The First Step is to think and process into your mind "why you want to stop smoking weed?"

Now, the answers may vary on individual, but it can be one or more of the following broad reasons,

1) Financial Gain (s)

2) Health Gain (s)

3) Social Gain (s)

4) Time You Save

Financial Gains

Smoking weed ( Marihuana, Cannabis, Mary J, Grass..etc) or just plain cigarettes is an expensive habit. I am an accountant by profession, So I might be able to explain this better than what you would think that will save you.

Now the obvious saving is the cost of the weed it self. Whatever the angle you see this, when you add up the cost for a month, it comes to a significant amount. Now the less obvious cost benefits might be, the extra drive you have to make to purchase weed, the gasoline and time. Lets say you are in a club, and when you are high maybe you attack your purse more than you would if you are sober and can make a better judgement on what exactly to order. The risk of financial costs, if you get caught to the authorities, the fines, fees and lawyers costs. The cost possibilities are endless. Lets say you are high in your own house, when you go to the fridge, you trip over a carpet and on your way down you hold on to the nearest object to you. this might be an electric kettle, the phone on the wall, and expensive ornament or the LCD television which also falls down and brakes. It might be the most expensive fall you have had in your life but for what? Just wanting to be high?

This is just over my head, and you might now remember what extra costs you have incurred because you were high.

Keep that in mind and now, roughly calculate on average what you spend on smoking weed, now how long have you smoked weed? multiply your monthly cost with the months you've been an addict. Now think of all the stuff you could have bought in those times. "Opportunity cost" is the term we accountants use in this case.

Think of the cloths you could have bought, a better watch, a better mobile phone, trying out a new restaurant, club...

Think of the new people you would have met while trying a new restaurant, or a new girl or boy you could have attracted if you were more presentable. Maybe you could have bought a better gift for you loved ones, if you had some more money in you bank. You could have gained interest if you invested all that money somewhere? You could have bought an upgrade to your PC? modify your car?

It can be a simple benefit like shopping, or a major benefit like investing for your future, the bottom line is you would now be in a better place physically and mentally if you spent all that money on something else rather than buying weed.

Now that's not it either, read the below health gains section and you will realize you need more money for maintaining your health as well, plus when you are not well you loose money, because you cant work.

Health Gains

The Obvious health benefit you will think you will get is the less risk of Lung Cancer.

Some idiots say you don't get lung cancer from weed. Obviously when you smoke you are putting in extra fumes, particles and tar into to your lungs. Which is not natural.

Our breathing system starts from the nose, and we all have defensive apparatus like nostrils and nasal mucus in our noses to keep away the extra particles that can harm our internal organs such as lungs. By Smoking we are bypassing all our natural defenses and putting in so much adverse constituents directly into our lungs. If done continuously will result in faster deterioration of our lungs. The body will naturally try to repair the harm, and viola we have unnatural growths (cancer) in our lungs.

Smoking weed can cause also the below conditions,

The short-term effects of marijuana include:

Distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch)
Problems with memory and learning
Loss of coordination
Trouble with thinking and problem-solving
Increased heart rate, reduced blood pressure

Sometimes marijuana use can also produce anxiety, fear, distrust, or panic.

Effects on the Brain

The active ingredient in marijuana, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, acts on cannabinoid receptors on nerve cells and influences the activity of those cells. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors, but other areas of the brain have few or none at all. Many cannabinoid receptors are found in the parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. When high doses of marijuana are used, usually when eaten in food rather than smoked, users can experience the following symptoms:

Hallucinations
Delusions
Impaired memory
Disorientation

Effects on the Heart

Within a few minutes after smoking marijuana, the heart begins beating more rapidly and the blood pressure drops. Marijuana can cause the heart beat to increase by 20 to 50 beats per minute, and can increase even more if other drugs are used at the same time. Because of the lower blood pressure and higher heart rate, researchers found that users' risk for a heart attack is four times higher within the first hour after smoking marijuana, compared to their general risk of heart attack when not smoking.

Other Health Effects

Research indicates that THC impairs the body's immune system from fighting disease, which can cause a wide variety of health problems. One study found that marijuana actually inhibited the disease-preventing actions of key immune cells. Another study found that THC increased the risk of developing bacterial infections and tumors.

The bottom line here is you have successfully increased the risk of having various health issues and complications. The best part is you have paid your way to it, and some drug lord is very rich with your cash. Plus now you need more money for your medical bills.

Social Gains

Do you see the difference before and after drug addiction in above pictures?

This is a difficult area to explain, because most of the people who are addicted to weed, starts their addiction with a group of people they think they are part of, or in other words society.
You start using weed because the society around you accepts it, they give you the reasons for it, supports it, introduce it and then leave you to it.
In some cases even the culture around an addicted person has helped him/her to start using weed.
For example: Reggae music culture in the Caribbean Islands.

If you really think of it, the people you don't care or who don't care about you are the ones normally smoke weed with you or introduce it to you. They don't care how you end up in life or what you exactly have to face in life once you are addicted. Frankly they are like worms or flies, and they need the world to be like a dump so they can flourish. So they Drag you down with them, because they don't want to see you succeed in life.

In social life you select people whom you want to be with, and they select you. In School, Work, Church, anywhere you normally, make groups of people who are more together. Sadly in many cases somewhere in a persons life they meet the wrong people at the wrong time who introduce you to things that you might not have want to go try yourself like weed, or drugs or a simple cigarette.

That's how 99% of people start their addictions, in a group for acceptance, attention and action. Acceptance because you think if you say "No" you will be considered out of the group, Attention because you need confirmation that everybody is listening to you and you are taken seriously, and action because some groups think they need to share something exciting and do some thing together to maintain the group and they go and resort to drugs, and smoking weed. How pathetic is that?

Now think about it, do you really need that group of people in your life, and do you really need to listen to them at least?

When you are an addict its safe to also mention that you would have missed a lot of things that you would have done better or done altogether. Something like missing a class that would have given you that extra mark for a distinction pass or A+ in an exam, given more attention to your kid or spouse, applied to an educational program to improve your skills, participated in a social event and build your contacts to your business, etc..

You would never know what you have missed, maybe you missed an opportunity to meet a better girl friend in a party because you were too high on weed, because addicts are backward in social gatherings. How much ever you think you are presentable, for people who knows the signs they will know you are an addict by the first glance, and they wont respect you. Dark Lips, finger tips, sunken eyes, twitchy lips, all are signs people identify and judge you and avoid you.

Have you got caught to police, in possession? how was the experience, No not in the jail after the jail when you are home? Are you guilty that you have failed in the face of your family (Parents/Spouse)? Will you go through it again to get high?

Now the best part is, this is all recoverable, because when people know that you were an addict and now you have got yourself out of it, you will be more welcomed into conversations, they will be interested in finding out how you are now, they will respect you more, listen to your input with more attention, help you out. You will feel different in everything you do frankly.

And for your group that introduced weed to you, tell them you don't want it again and you have quit smoking weed now. I promise you, there will be at least one person from that group approaching you to find out how you did it? Trust me on this one.

The bottom line here is you have successfully reduced your importance to society and lost respect and attention. You move down the ladder everyday in life not the other-way around. If you come out of your addiction you will be able to find out who your real friends are and people who really care that you exist in this world. You will get more acceptance, attention and action than you would imagine and I mean all the action :)..

Time you Save

The more surprising thing you will note when you stop smoking weed is the time you have to do other things.

Lets say you are at work, stressed out on a report that needs to go in an hour.. while writing the report and checking it you realize you knew that this report should have been done yesterday, reviewed today and sent like 10 minutes back and now you don't have time to check your work, nor see how you can put in something extra to impress your boss. You think "Damn it, I shouldn't have taken that smoking break after lunch" or " I really should have skipped yesterdays pot session with my friends and gone early to bed, or worked some of this at home or got up early today and come for work".

Have you realized time flies when you are high? Think of all the things you could have done at the time?

The bottom line here is you have lost so much time on an activity that only gives you pain and suffering afterwards. Makes your life a miserable run to everything that ends up short in something that you could have achieved much better, but you have missed the time to do it.

Therefore, in conclusion to things you can achieve if you quit smoking weed are, always a combination of all of the above. By saving the money, time and worry you spend on weed, automatically will give you health, wealth and stealth in everyday life.

You have the chance to experience a new beginning. I don't have to tell you the chain of advantages of quitting weed.I know you will now think of all the things you could have saved and achieved if you didn't here about weed at all. By "chain of advantages" I mean that when you save money or health its not just that you gain, if you have extra money you can probably go for a good vacation, reduce your stress, improve your connection to the family, decrease your health risks come back, attend work fresh, impress boss, get promoted, be more respected and the chain goes on and on...

All you need now is to learn how to quit or stop smoking weed.

This is another post I will do in this blog and if you need a program to do this I can recommend the following programs

1) Quit Marijuana The Complete Guide

2) Cannabis Coach Quit Smoking Marijuana Audio Program

Now these programs cost a few bucks, but I firmly believe you will stick to a program that you paid for rather than getting it for free plus when you quit smoking weed you will cover the cost in a week. Both the programs are tried and tested and have helped a lot of people I have counseled. They will certainly help in your journey and leave you the suspense of whether you are doing it right or wrong.

Read my other blog posts for next steps and Good Luck!!

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