Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

i saw veganmav's weight loss thread. thought about my "ask pittm about smoking weed" thread and thought that it was time for this. i didnt start smoking until i was a junior in college. but by the time i was a senior i was smoking almost every day and have been since. now i am 8 months out of college with 2 degrees and have no job(as of friday), some experience and no real "direction". last wednesday i got sick(lungs) and couldnt smoke for 3 days, and then i was busy all weekend. i smoked a bowl last night after 4.5 days off and felt pretty [censored] about it. anyone wanna make a prop bet to make the stoner an unstoner? maybe 2 weeks or so? i really think this would be a solid decision in my life right now.

rj

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

id do a last longer bet with you, but i just really like weed.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

I'd do it, depending on $$$ amount, but 2 weeks is wayyyy too short. I'd want at least a month, probably 2.

Most of my former friends from HS were stoners, and they'd quit occasionally, but never lasted longer than a couple months.

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id do a last longer bet with you, but i just really like weed.

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Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

taking a break is overrated...

puff puff pass

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come on, someone take a last longer with me here. ill do like 100 bucks or so on someone who has smoked a similarly addicting amount or i could just have a cap that someone sets for me. come on guys, wheres the support [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

rj

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

rj,

just quit. it sounds like you may have all the motivation you need without a prop bet. also send me your stash.

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also send me your stash.

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I already called dibs

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also send me your stash.

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I already called dibs

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come on, someone take a last longer with me here. ill do like 100 bucks or so on someone who has smoked a similarly addicting amount or i could just have a cap that someone sets for me. come on guys, wheres the support [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

rj

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Will you transfer that money into my party account?

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come on, someone take a last longer with me here. ill do like 100 bucks or so on someone who has smoked a similarly addicting amount or i could just have a cap that someone sets for me. come on guys, wheres the support [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

rj

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Will you transfer that money into my party account?

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im confused at the question...

rj

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come on, someone take a last longer with me here. ill do like 100 bucks or so on someone who has smoked a similarly addicting amount or i could just have a cap that someone sets for me. come on guys, wheres the support [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

rj

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Will you transfer that money into my party account?

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And the feds were worried that online poker accounts could lead to money laundering for illicit goods!

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

in your headphones/weed/basketball thread, you said you had quit. .....

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

i took a break and then started again. i intend for this break to be much longer. ive been thinking about permanantly quitting for months.

rj

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

Pittm: Do it! I'd make the bet with you re: booze but I wouldn't be able to sleep if I did.

Make it for at least 3 months.
--GA

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

How could anyone take this bet on here,when we dont see you(or know you).
For what its worth ive been there and had a terrible weed addiction.If you dont smoke cigarettes it could make quiting harder as your likely to be addicted to the nicotine.
Definitely a good idea to quit,dont risk months turning into years of smoking your life away+staying up late and not being able to get out of bed in a morning.
First couple off weeks maybe be hard but should get abit more clarity of thought and less of a "wolly head" after that.
Good luck

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

RJ - I've grown tired of herb too, but I've found that once you really are over it it's not hard to stop. I mean, like everyone else I've quit numerous times, but finally I just disliked weed more than I liked it, stopped buying it, and it's been pretty easy. I smoke once in a while now, but as long as it's not around I think you'll be fine.

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RJ,

$150 says you can't last 3 months.

I can only do a last longer if it pertains to booze for me. However, that'd be way harder for you to win than 3 months.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

I'm just waiting for the "I can't stop gambling, anyone want to prop bet me to motivate me to quit?" thread.

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I'll take that action. I have smoked every day for the last 5 years, with a couple of weeks off here and there. Lets try and abstain a month, whoever smokes first loses, if we both make it buy a sack with the cash and smoke like 5 blunts.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

i've been an every day smoker for ~5 years and im seriously considering quitting, with thus far unspectacular results. pm me if you want to compare notes/work out some kind of bet

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I've been smoking daily for at least 6 months and at least weekly before that for a couple years and now have to stop for a drug test Nov 1 and it's too important to try to cheat on. Just going to have to get used to the boredom again. Good luck man.

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it really depends who you hang out with/live with. if you can manage to not be around people that are smoking it's really not too difficult. if you have roommates that smoke a lot or friends that you hang out with it's going to be tough. i've taken breaks before, my longest being ~3 months. if it's any motivation you will feel a lot better after about a week or two and i personally needed a lot less sleep to feel rested. smoking - 8-9 hours/night. no smoking - 6-7 hours/night.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

I've smoked daily for about 5 years now also. I'm in for a propbet to quit, but I'd rather procrastinate it a bit more. Start on October 1st, maybe?

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

HORSE donkngo for remainder of stash??

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

Kind of to make a Prop bet over smoking pot unless you met up in X amount of days for a live piss test.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

quitting rules. you get really high when you start again.

good luck.

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it'd be an honor system thing...if i do it i'd rather the amount of money be more symbolic than bankroll damaging

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quiting is impossible ):

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just take courtesy hits! :-)

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I've quit for almost 4 years thanks to the US military, about to get out, I've had the itch to smoke pretty much everyday since I joined.

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Come on. Smoke me.
Have a quickie for old time's sake.


No. She's looking.



She's looking.
All right. Real quick.


No. No ! lt wouldn't be right.


Goddamn you !


You'll be back !


Everything work out okay ?


Yeah. Mary Jane, l love you.

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Come on. Smoke me.
Have a quickie for old time's sake.


No. She's looking.



She's looking.
All right. Real quick.


No. No ! lt wouldn't be right.


Goddamn you !


You'll be back !


Everything work out okay ?


Yeah. Mary Jane, l love you.

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6 posts from Dec '03? classic gimmick accounts own.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

sir,

I find that when you have an addiction, the best thing to do is quit in small doses. Don't just say "I'm going to quit." Just keep it casual. Keep it for saturday evenings and stick by your ritual. Make a schedule for your week and stick to it. Invest more time into degenerate gambling. I know this helps me a ton.

Take me for instance - I tried quitting masturbation once. I lasted two weeks and then I masturbated like a beast for the next month. However, after that month was over, I found that my tugging dropped down considerably. And all because of my small steps plan, albeit with the considerable detour (I think quitting pot is easier than masturbation).

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RJ,

$150 says you can't last 3 months.

I can only do a last longer if it pertains to booze for me. However, that'd be way harder for you to win than 3 months.

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ill take this offer. i will not smoke weed for 3 months starting at the stamped time of this post. This is gonna be tough.

rj

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

The First Step...

rj

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

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sir,

I find that when you have an addiction, the best thing to do is quit in small doses. Don't just say "I'm going to quit." Just keep it casual. Keep it for saturday evenings and stick by your ritual. Make a schedule for your week and stick to it. Invest more time into degenerate gambling. I know this helps me a ton.

Take me for instance - I tried quitting masturbation once. I lasted two weeks and then I masturbated like a beast for the next month. However, after that month was over, I found that my tugging dropped down considerably. And all because of my small steps plan, albeit with the considerable detour (I think quitting pot is easier than masturbation).

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why would you want to quit masturbating? or smoking? in fact, i think smoking and masturbating is the highlight of life.

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

RJ,

Weed is a pretty interesting addiction. I have never been addicted to anything else (and I've smoked a fair amount of cigarettes). I can relate to your feelings of guilt. Half of the time I don't even want to get high, I just feel some sort of weird obligation to do it.

Every day I wake up I want to quit smoking weed. I don't know why I can't. I have been going strong for about a year and a half, smoking every day. All of my friends do it and that certainly doesn't make it any easier to quit. I almost feel like I'd be letting my friends down if I did.

I really hope that I can quit once I graduate college. I don't know if it will happen though, mostly because I'm going to move to Vegas with a bunch of poker players. Poker player is about the only job where you can get high every day.

Best of luck to you, RJ. Here's some things I have found that help beating weed's addiction:

exercise
a healthy diet
hobbies

Re: Beat: I want to take a break from smoking weed.
 

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i really think this would be a solid decision in my life right now.


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Well then don't smoke any more dope.

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The First Step...

rj

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I've been an all-daily smoker for a few years now and this was my first step to cutting down (let the gf toss it yesterday). Having a bong makes it really easy to blaze all the time so this in itself should make it easier to cut down.

Right now my goal is to cut down significanlty vs quitting all together. I want to stop smoking during the day and try to limit it to a couple weeknights and the weekends.

My biggest problem I have is thinking whatever I do will be better if I'm ripped...so I get ripped and do nothing! It's getting pretty boring.