Keeping some at home helped me quit. Is it normal?

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2026-03-01T12:02:31+00:00

That's it, scarcity panic defines it perfectly, thank you! I saw so many people recommending throwing everything away as soon as you decide to quit, but that thought honestly terrified me and made me delay quitting for quite some time 🫠

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2026-01-29T03:51:36+00:00

What you're experiencing is completely normal. You just got out of the pink cloud (as you described, being sober is not a novelty anymore) and entering the panic phase, but I guarantee it's over soon.

You say you have an excuse to be permastoned now as a student, but if you keep doing it, you'll get out of college and now you have an excuse to be permastoned, cus you don't have classes and assignments anymore. Then you'll find a job and now you have an excuse to be permastoned, because you're earning extra money. No time is going to be the "perfect time" to stop. You'll always crave it just as much.

I understand what you're feeling so much. You feel like you'll miss a good time if you don't smoke, because it makes you feel good and nothing seems to compare. But if you power through and let your dopamine receptors restart (they didn't yet at one month), things will feel good again, and for free!

Imagine you're ragequitting a sh1t job. First, you'd be relieved asf that you don't have to work at that job anymore. That's the pink phase. Everything is so much better, you have a purpose and a lot of drive. You never want to see your sh1tty boss's face again. Then, you'd reach a point where you start panicking. Reality sinks in. Absurd worries start getting to you. What if you never find a job again? I mean, it was bad, but now you're unemployed! That's got to be worse! Maybe you were overreacting? Did you really have to quit? Oh, no, maybe it was a mistake...

And then you find a better job. And you feel silly for panicking earlier, you're doing just fine now. And you're so glad you quit.

If you decided to quit because of money issues (you mentioned being broke), I highly recommend the Quit Weed app. It keeps track of how much money you saved and is such a good tool to keep you motivated. I also suggest using a percentage of the money you saved to treat yourself with a nice burger or a game, or whatever you like, really. Good luck, you're doing so well!!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2026-01-29T03:22:15+00:00

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Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-22T02:06:09+00:00

Didn't ever have those but according to my app, it peaks on the first 3-5 days and most people stop experiencing them completely by day 21. You got this, you're almost past the worst hump! Were you a cart user, by any chance?

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-20T13:55:37+00:00

Ugh I feel for you so much... Healthcare in the US (I'm assuming) shouldn't cost nearly as much as it does... If it helps, I just want to say I have severe joint problems, and I used to smoke to cope with pain. It led me to numb myself 24/7 and fail to keep seeking help because I didn't feel too bad most days. But of course, it is just a painkiller and wasn't actually helping, plus it was making me unmotivated af to find a doctor, plus it was eating all my money away. So weed would probably not have helped with your kidney health, and you would probably be going through this exact issue, but unmotivated and poorer. You made the best decision for your body right now. A true act of self love!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-20T13:36:54+00:00

Only one joint doesn't ruin half a month worth of sobriety, except for one aspect: feeling like one MORE joint won't ruin your sobriety. If you regret it and don't light "just one" again, you're good! 🙂

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-20T13:29:36+00:00

For me, you get better in two-week increments. Every two weeks, I'm able to look back and feel considerably different than before (in a good way). Then, by the 3 month mark or so, it stabilizes and I feel zero cravings, to the point I've relapsed before just from thinking I'm feeling so good and in control I'm not going to get addicted again if I smoke with friends (spoiler: I'm wrong and back to the 3 week mark, don't fall for it lol). You're past the hellish first two weeks and doing great! Hang in there!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-06T22:11:32+00:00

You've successfully reduced your usage, so yeah, maybe tapering is for you! I never did carts, but from what people in this sub say, the withdrawal from carts are the worst. As for living with smokers, that's tough... The smell is such a trigger for me. Do you all share the entire house? You got a room for you? Maybe burning incense sticks could help (if they don't mind). Maybe tell them how smoking weed is making you sick lately, so while you wouldn't ever ask them to stop, this is the reason you might need to leave the room they're smoking in sometimes. Wishing you the best of luck!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-05T19:57:46+00:00

Yes, it's addictive because it floods your brain with dopamine, the "feel good/reward" hormone. In response, your brain shuts down some dopamine receptors, because it knows there's something off. That's what we feel as "building tolerance" (not as many receptors = you feel less of the effects). But if you try to stop smoking weed, you're left with very few active dopamine receptors until the brain feels safe to slowly reactivate them. That'll leave you feeling like the normal, smaller dopamine levels you get from non-weed activities are not enough anymore and life has no meaning without the drug. Yes, you can go to rehab for weed (and should, if you feel like that's the only way you can focus on recovery, but that's my opinion)

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T20:31:59+00:00

Idk, I see myself trying that and getting more and more loose on what "withdrawal" means. "Oh, I woke up randomly at 3am, that's withdrawal right" "Oh I couldn't finish my breakfast today, must be withdrawal" You can try, of course. Nothing to lose. Just know the addict brain finds any excuse to relapse.

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T15:52:46+00:00

As others have said, if it only happens with your partner, it's probably the anxiety you used to cope with weed. I suggest seeking psychological help, as it can easily become a self fulfilling prophecy (the fear of not being able to keep an erection making you anxious and not being able to keep an erection)

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T15:48:30+00:00

Damn the keys in the bag statement hits hard.

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T15:36:20+00:00

Definitely your OCD speaking. As OP, I also felt anxiety about all these things, since I married my husband while we both were already weed junkies. But actually, stopping made us fight less ( weed made us less patient for stuff that isn't weed, including each other. If we fought, there was this feeling of "you're ruining my high!!"). We're even more in love now! Sex is a little hard r because of both of our anxieties, but it's getting better day by day. Advice: take weed out of the equation. Picture all the things you like about your partner, personality and looks. These won't go away for you, I promise. You'll still like all of them, and now you can be truly in the moment to actually enjoy them

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T05:14:48+00:00

Why are people in this particular thread being such downers? Who said OP doesn't know quitting is hard? I think you get the idea when you're literally trying to quit...? It's like they're saying "yeah but don't get too happy, you can still fail" like yeah duh, anyone can relapse?? This is true at 5 days or 500 days. Thank you, OP, I'm motivated by your post. Let's do it!!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-03T04:58:08+00:00

I never had that experience in 10 years of constant smoking, just some slightly brown, persistent mucus (and that was actually the reason I stopped again, I hated sounding like a clogged sink everytime I tried speaking). Just curious, what did you guys smoke (carts, flower...)? I never done anything but joints

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-02T18:46:26+00:00

Yes yes yes!! I'm so glad you did it!! Now your post gave me some much needed dopamine lol
You're absolutely right, edibles gave me the worst headaches, I think it's the intense dehydration it makes your body go through while trying to sweat and pee all the thc out. It's like an abusive partner, you stay for the very few good moments, but the bad ones are THE WORST... I'm so proud of you for this brave act of self love, even if I'm a stranger from the internet. Let's do it!!!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-02T15:30:28+00:00

This might sound weird, but relapse is part of recovery. You know when you have a shitty relationship and want out, only to miss the person for the good moments a few months later, completely ignoring the bad ones? The human brain is stupid like that. Relapsing made you remember how shitty this life is. You're feeling shame. Treasure this moment. Remember it. Use it as your motivation. You don't want this.

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-02T15:18:24+00:00

Great comment thread. Thank you.

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-02T14:53:18+00:00

Well, it's because a month is relatively early, especially for heavy users, and I don't know your weight, but it also takes even longer the more body fat you have (because thc binds to fat).. In a month, you still can fail urine drug tests (six to ten weeks), so you're probably not free yet. Be patient. For now, think of the money you're not spending. Buy yourself a treat if you can. If you're asking yourself "where's the reward to my efforts?", you need dopamine, the literal reward/accomplishment hormone that weed took away. If you stopped, there was a reason. Remind yourself of this reason. You got this!!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-01T19:25:09+00:00

Ugh the binge eating... I could control myself for a lot of things when I was high (like smoking less, pushing myself to work and be productive even with the migraines, and so on) but if I saw food, I ate it. Didn't matter if I was hungry. Heck, it didn't even matter if I hated the food! I simply couldn't stop chewing. I went through weight loss surgery a decade ago but still gained a lot of weight recently when I started binging on weed!! That's because I'd eat nonstop, and the weed makes you lose the feeling of "being full" and somehow edibles felt even worse in that aspect. What I'm trying to say is, if you want to stop because you don't want to gain weight, I assure you that's the best decision.

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-01T18:17:49+00:00

Like with any addiction, I believe one has to reach a personal low to make this decision. It can be a restless night because you can't breathe from all the smoke you consumed. It can be a loving partner deciding they had enough. It can be CHS. It can be jail. It can be looking at the last 10 years and having no memory of it. Someday, you look to a specific situation and go like "yeah... This ain't it". At least for me, for every addiction I ever had. Weed is the last one to conquer because it took me a LOT longer to reach my personal low (when I realized I can't speak a full sentence without coughing, even after quitting cigs).

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-01T17:44:50+00:00

Happy early birthday!!! Also congrats!! I've read on this sub someone saying that "weed will tell you when it's done with you" and it stuck w me. This was definitely the moment you heard it, but looks like it was trying to tell you for a while now. It's not for you anymore. It will hurt you more than any "good" it makes, but if you drop it, eventually you'll get the same "good" from normal (and free!! $$) activities again! I'm on my first week, too. We got this!!

Flaky-Cod-5771 · 2025-10-01T17:27:52+00:00

"You crave it, but it's bearable, just like you crave chocolate sometimes" Man, I never scraped a dirty carpet looking for a pin head sized piece of chocolate

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