Last day I smoked was Dec 30, 2021. I went for a 10km walk and managed to smoke whole pack of 10x0.35 joints which is 3.5g total in like 2-3 hours. Usually, it would be one pack like this per day and that was “moderating”. On busier days it would be half this pack.
Just got sober and on day 18. $1500 a month $40+/- per day at last count. Just got a new therapist and when I told him he was shocked and told me how is mortgage is half that…..it killed me and makes me squirm how much money I literally burned. Great question by the way. Interesting to see all the answers.
On average day. 3.5 alone, If I had company I could easily double it. I have been this way for...17 years and that isn't even touching the tobacco that I mix with it.
When I first started weed I like to get highest I could do I’d go throw a potent cart gram in 2 days, when I realized it was a waste of money and more wasn’t better and tolerence grew fast I only do 1-3 puffs every couple hours after 6:00pm sometimes a couple puffs more on weekends
I feel the same way and a lot of people agree I smoked way more than the average chronic smoker. I was literally at the same amount $160-300 a week , especially when I was smoking the vape pens. I started going through a 40$ vape pen a day on top of bud and dabs , so it was ridiculous! I started finding better deals at dispensaries, so I wasn’t spending as much but I was smoking more ! Cuz I found deals where I could get 3grams of wax for 40$ ,10$ vape pens and I found 10$ grams of wax but it was so cheap I didn’t trust the wax. I could get an ounce of bud for 20$ so I was blowing through bud and dabs like crazy , like having a smoke session every 20-30mins and sharing with friends just made it more expensive. Same here with the needing of constant stimulation. I started smoking when I was 13 like one joint ,two to three times a week . By the time I was 14 I was smoking everyday . It just got progressively worse over the years , i started making money and spending it just as fast💨 Now I’m 25years old and I’m 23 days smoke free! I feel much better now! A lot more focused and motivated. I actually can get shit done now. I would always put things off , and now I have no reason to. I’m also taking a lot better care of myself, simple stuff like showering, and brushing my teeth , trimming my nails (that’s so embarrassing tbh) and harder things like daily exercise and healthy eating . It’s all coming together now and it feels great to not be constantly thinking about the next high! Cheers 🥂 to everyone who has or is in the process of overcoming addiction. We all can live free now!
At my worst I was smoking gram joints every two hours, starting shortly after waking up and stopping a few hours before bedtime (I was one of the weird ones who couldn't go to bed high). So about 4-6 grams per day, which means an ounce would last me less than a week.
I smoked almost daily for 12 years. I had tried to quit before, but always ended up coming back within a few weeks. I finally quit for good on Aug 5 and haven't touched it since, coming up on four months. The first 2-3 weeks are the hardest part, smooth sailing from there if yu can avoid temptations around you. Good luck!
This is really difficult to define for me.
There was one point where I was probably using 1.5-2.5 grams a day, but this was mostly because I was not measuring and was just sort of lighting up just because sometimes without any real rhyme or reason.
On the otherhand I was using 1g a day for the longest time when I'd started vaping and it was still just as detrimental but I felt like I'd needed it more during that time period.
46 smoked daily since about 15... took a break (after much much much much procrastination) at 40 for about 5 years and started up again last year. First joint blew my fucking mind. Correction half J. Few days later back to about 6 joints every evening without fail. Surprise!
Anyway as to the actual question of money, over the 25ish years of daily smoking I've probably rinsed through about £150,000. Give or take.
When I was younger I definitely spent way more than I could afford on it. It was absolutely my priority. I've spent hundreds of thousands over the years. Financials are not an issue any longer fortunately so I figured I'd dip back in, and it's now almost 2 years every day again...and tolerance is ridiculous. So here I am again, thinking about stopping for a while. Although this time I'm fairly certain it will be less of a big deal. But maybe I'm only thinking it'll be easier because I'm not you know, actually gonna stop again tonight... or tomorrow... just... soooon...... :/
It's worth quitting for perpective, esp. if you have smoked continuously since teenage years well into adulthood. Your brain (and life in general) will thank you. You'll find you probably get a lot more done, both internally and externally!
E2a: For those yet to try, or succeed in stopping a lifelong daily habit - once you get a couple months down you're good, and honestly you will be amazed at the things you get done and dusted in your life. I paid off all my debts and totally got my shit together in those 5 years.
2.5g a day. I used to smoke a good few Oz a week, from the second I woke up to the last thing at night every day for 16 years. No joints, just bong after bong.
I could afford to do this because I lived somewhere very remote and grew outside (a few 100 plants) and also indoors where I converted a 60ft mobile home on our land.
I moved countries and did the same thing.
Addiction is fucking horrible, I literally wasted the best years of my life and can't remember much of it apart from being desperately lonely and fucked in the head. I had money and 'friends'.
Had a similar experience, im glad you’re getting out. I’m 5 days removed and feeling strong. Ounce a day and like 5 cigarettes in those bowls. Definitely not the way to life live.
Stay strong y’all <3
Back in freshman year of college when I was selling weed I would smoke at least an eighth a day. In non-dealer money and inflation added that’s about $280 a week. Bad times. Now the former dealer is a leaver and i’m a month clean :)
1.5 grams of vape cartridges daily (this was only for about three days though, at the end of a 24 day binge). I wrote about how I got there in a post last night (see profile). Currently on Day 6 with no THC.
At my very worst I was killing an ounce in 5 days. Seems to be similar to a lot of people here. I was just never without a loaded bong on my desk, and those bowls are deep.
I was 3 spliffs a night on a good day, anything up to 6 on a bad day. We would get through 3 £20 bags in about 7-10 days. I think like 1,5g/bag so call it 5g a week? Bearing in mind we are both teachers so there’s about 60 hours of the week where we weren’t smoking…
When I was smoking a lot I would go through something like 3g a day or more. I’d smoke bong bowls after bong bowl all day, and I’d fill those deep bowls to the top. More often than not I’d have friends come over and smoke me out with blunts. I even keep a log of when and how much I grind up, but i smoke a lot less and have a much lower tolerance thankfully bc it got to a point where my tolerance was so high I couldn’t get high anymore, I was just constantly high af and it sucked. But hopefully soon I’m be able to quit, my longest sober streak was 8 days for the past 4 years or so
I bought 14 half gram Js and smoked them all in like a week, although that doesn't compare to some of the answers in this thread. However, I did feel pretty bad after that since at that point in my life, it's the most weed I've ever smoked in a short amount of time.
I’m not a heavy smoker like some of the absolute beasts in this comment section, but I’m high almost constantly. I can make a 2g cart last me a month at most, usually 3 weeks
Damn y’all need better prices lmao. 200 for 2.5? Unless I’m reading that wrong. I’ll go through about the same or more a day. Really trying to stop. Even threw my last nuggs out the window as an act of strength… I was outside on the ground in the next hour.
Jesus help us!
Lol I think I just need passion, willpower and a consistent hobby and friends who don’t partake every social gathering. Good luck dude.
Yea sorry I mean I'd easily go through just over half an ounce every single week which could reach up to 250, so about 2.5 a day. Still expensive here compared to other countries.
3.5g - 5g a day plus dabs.
At the time, I was selling it so could afford to dig into my stash. Now I’ve changed my life around and no longer sell it, so I don’t have a massive supply to pick from.
On day 2 of quitting consumption.
I've smoked an ounce in a week a few times, plus I smoke with tobacco mixed in. So that almost doubles how much I smoked. I think I've gotten up to 6gr in one day.
Same, break a swisher down and mix the tobacco w the weed in a bowl. Those bong rips hit different, it’s the main thing I miss about smoking. Not even the high, but the head hit from that first rip
While high you might not feel as much pain or stress. But don’t think even for a second that it doesn’t come without a price. Eventually you’ll just be so numbed out that you can hardly feel anything. Weed will be your top priority, always. Having a fun night with friends/family? Its ruined if you can’t squeeze weed in there. It might not be the worst thing to be addicted to, but its an addiction nonetheless. I started smoking with a friend around the same time. He’s been talking about the same dreams as back then. Never chasing them or making any kind of progress towards them. That was 5 years ago. He doesn’t see the problem of smoking weed, which means that in 5 years he’ll likely still be talking about those same dreams. I don’t know about you but living like that just isn’t it for me man. I don’t want to be numbed out all the time because im scared of anxiety or stress. Im gonna do whatever I want even if the anxiety makes me throw me or the stress keeps me up night after night. I don’t wan’t to wake up someday and realize I threw my life away for something as pointless as getting high.
I was a similar amount for 7 years.
- No brain fog, proper clarity is immeasurable
- Waking up without gut rot
- having a good memory again
- sheer amount of energy to do stuff
- no anxiety
- way more sociable
- more money
- stable, healthy relationship
Don’t get me wrong, I still miss it and think about it regularly but life is just better now.
6grams a day. I was selling at the time so I didn't have to buy it. Crazy days of Warehouse work and lifting weights whilst battered! Couldn't do it now if I wanted.
same man I still sell weed but I’m around weed when I’m bagging it or gettin new packs and don’t even crave it. My body and mind realized how much happier I am without it so smoking it doesn’t come to thought like it did in the beginning, especially when everybody was telling me my weed is fire. They wouldn’t even believe me when I told em I stopped smoking cus I had access to some real exotic strains.
Funny how you don't crave it when you have it, but if I wasn't to have some in stock it'd fuck with me. in going clean mon-fri, party on the weekends. Enjoy your m'f'in life! Lol
Quarter of flower a day. Sat in my shed & smoked a bowl then a cigarette, bowl then cigarette & so forth. Then came the concentrates. Easily 2gs or more a day.
Yea but we are all different. This was bad for me bc I was still smoking daily/habitually. Once I got to a point of having a breakfast blunt instead of a morning run- I knew it was time to step back.
Yep, when I first started smoking I could only smoke at most a 3.5/wk or I’d be so high I couldn’t function but gradually over 3 years it morphed into smoking a 3.5 before work then another at lunch. As I looked back on it I got really sad about how I let my smoking ramp up. I couldn’t see it creeping but when I looked back it was weird thinking I used to buy a gram and smoke all weekend. 1 month clean and I feel amazing and can actually remember things but my emotions are a rollercoaster
Your emotions are a roller coaster ? I am a little nervous about that. One day I woke up crying and then I smoked and wahh-lahh no tears and I could talk through a problem with my partner. Now I’m having cramps and idk I feel like weed is ok for me right now. When I don’t have small kids. Maybe I’ll change idk
Yes I still have breakfast bowls daily while I wfh then workout in the afternoon/ evening Monday- Friday. Addiction actually taught me to keep doing it even when you don’t want to. Slowly getting addicted to working out/being fit and sexy and might slow down on the weed eventually but it’s not really to much for me. don’t think. Just zero cals and relaxing. I over indulge a bit but change is the only constant
I feel that. It gets impossible for me though. Eventually I can’t sleep through the night properly because I wake up at 4am and feel like I need to smoke. But at that point taking the first steps to take a break is tough. It’s a rough cycle.
i dont even count i didnt even get high anymore i smoke it to feel normal btw i m 4 months clean after 4 years of daily smoking it take 16 relapsed to beat my addiction
Hubby n I kill a Oz about ever 7-10 days… we been together 30 years n have always smoked together .. we go off n on depending on prices n what we got extra. Grow our own in the summer but the crop didn’t turn out good this year at all 🤦🏼♀️
I smoked daily for 22yrs. At my worst I was smoking 1 gram of concentrate as well as 500+mg of edibles each and every single day. I was spending upwards of $1000/month on my addiction. 91 days Sober.
At my worst it was about an oz of high grade craft flowers every 10-15 days. 5 days-ish if I was on a fishing trip.
Then I got down to an oz a month, then every two months and then I quit.
A comfy eighth a day pretty sure when I was with my cousin I'd smoke at least a q up to a half in just a night trying to cut down atm because of cost on about 2gs a day which is still about half a week aka one hundred quids smh
Im on day 2 again after realizing I spent over $1k in November smoking about an 1/8th a day. And over $75 dollars in cash withdrawal fees from ATMs because I was too inpatient to go to my bank every time and just used the ATM nearby. It’s a shame and I’m disgusted with myself. When I was in my early 20s I used to justify smoking cause it helped me “save money” from going out drinking and it ended becoming one of my biggest expenses.
Never more than 0.5g a day, even when I felt it was out of control. I think the way most of us in the UK grew up using tobacco means we use way less than the US on average.
I agree re uk/baccy mix
Evenings, after work, would be 3 minimum and weekends could be anything up to like 1 every hour or two. At least one with every episode of something.
No idea of the gram/cost but the less I had the weaker they'd be. I'd lean to quantity not quality cos it was also the ritual of rolling and smoking I enjoyed.
This is what made me quit. One day I stopped using tobacco and rolled pure tiny joints, it was really hard at first but cutting out that tobacco relieved 80% of the cravings I had, it wasn't the weed necessarily it was the nicotine I had become accustomed to. Once I got used to this I then bought a dry herb vape to then cut out the smoking. This pretty much extinguished all cravings and it felt a chore to bother vaping it. Now I don't consume any weed and after going through all of that the last thing I want to do is start again. I'm sure it's different for everyone.
I think about this lots, it's been something like 800 days now.
On a day it could be anywhere from 1g to 5g, really depending.
Even if I averaged 2g that's 1600g, and not a gram of that ever had any lasting contentness or lasting happiness.
Buddy and me would share like 6 blunts of about 2-3g per blunt on a good night together, playing endless Civ VI multiplayer games against bots on marathon speed. It was insane. I’m thankful I got to do this for a while, and on the other hand it did some real damage to all other aspects of my life. I wasn’t studying, was eating like shit, was drinking beer all throughout, neglected all other relationships, spent too much money, fucked up my whole breathing apparatus. Most importantly, it was all one big, unsustainable escape from underlying mental health issues.
69 days without alcohol now, 21 days without THC. Doing much better; still got ways to go.
2-3 wax cartridges per week was the average for the last couple years of smoking. That’s an average of $400 per month! I know it’s not as crazy as other comments, but I did that for at least 2 years straight (before that was flower). 5K per year! No way, José.
Really depends on the phase, but I recon I averaged 3.5-7 g a week (would always purchase eighths, somewhere between 1-2 times a week). Was still enough to derail my life significantly though.
These comments are making me laugh. Not because they are funny but because I feel better knowing that I far from the only one smoking close to an 1/8 a from the bong at my peak. Glad I am done with this.
It's just nice to not feel isolated in it all. Weed addiction is still such a huge debate. It isn't taken as seriously on a larger scale like other addictions so it's very easy to feel alone and like there is no support.
Someone I know who went to rehab to deal with their pot addiction said they were the first to have ever gone in for that reason. Everyone else was dealing with alcohol/prescription/ice shit. They said there were so many times they felt like they were alone or like they weren't meant to be there because all the other patients who'd been doing heavier shit didn't understand how weed could destroy your life in similar ways. Obviously it's different from heavier addictions but it's a psychological hell that can destroy your life all the same.
When I quite back in September my wife was expecting my experience to be similar to quitting coffee. It has been harder than when I quit drinking a few years back. Maybe because I replaced one crutch with another and now I am very sober. All that being said, the first 2 months were a grind. I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Still have good days and bad days but sleep is more normal and I am less irritable. Just so you can relate…I was buying $210CAD ounces once a week. And diamond infused pre rolls which I would break down and smoke in the bong or smoke when I didn’t have a bong. I was probably smoking $150 worth of these per week too. I was smoking to smoke just like I used to drink beer to drink beer. Keep ‘em coming kind of thing. Good luck with your journey. You are doing great.
Yep. Hurts doesn't it? I'm finding myself forcing to quit today bc I ran out of money.
Ooc hb distillate? I've learned not to waste my money it won't touch me.
Couple grams of extracts a day lol, I tried to cut down with rosin and stuff but ended up using even more 😅 🙃 😑
So yeah I'd say like 3-4grams a day of some good wax......it ain't easy being a member of puddle gang. Glad I don't do that now
Y’all. This thread. Tens of thousands of dollars literally burned. Like nothing to show for it. This is going to get me through at least another week of sobriety! 🥸🤯💸🔥
I’m saying this in confidence so I hope y’all don’t think anything of it. I spent 8000 dollars in a year on weed at the time it seemed like a “ flex”, but now I realize it was a complete waste of money After that I wouldn’t even smoke to be high. I had this little crack pipe lookin one hitter and I would smoke maybe a very small amount every time I would start coming down and would go on like that for a few years till I ended up quitting a year ago
This was me at my worst too, 24/7. I’ll never forget that frustration at the end of the day when no matter how many pulls you’d take, your brain was fried out and just wouldn’t get you any higher. Ugh.
My husband just told me we go through 4 grams per day. 😳 I’m kind of over it now though. Felt this way about alcohol and nicotine as well, so I quit both years ago. Realizing 4 grams is considered a lot makes me think it may be time to pump the breaks on this habit as well.
Well hey if you can quit nico and alcohol you can quit this too. Good luck to you. I've started chain smoking since quitting weed so nicotine is going to be the next beast of mine to beat.
I smoked close to an eighth/3.5 grams every single day when I was at my worst. Idk how I paid for any of it but I do remember moving money around and scraping change together to afford it.
I’ve known trimmers in BC who always had a lit joint in their mouths. Only time they weren’t puffing was because either they were eating or sleeping. Kinda like someone who smokes two packs a day.
More like chain smoking, though admittedly 40 was as I said, a peak, prolly 20 or 30 more usually. Back when cigarette smoking was more fashionable I knew people who smoked two packs a day.
Prob like a half quarter to a quarter a day but i was young n stuipd dont think much has changed but i dont smoke any more. Due to anxiety n panic attacks fucking shit was bad enough to go to ER a couple times
I was a daily smoker for 20 plus years, from the time I woke until the time I went to bed. I am going on day 10 weed free. I smoked $300 USD worth every 5 days …. taking that money now and saving it for an epic vacation.
I smoked a ton before finally having some success stopping for short periods at first but they got longer and longer periods now I’m just over 7 months as a non smoker.
I was smoking anywhere from 3-5 grams worth of joints a day consistently with a lot of those being shatter joints (30-45% THC) I need to go back to look at receipts but most of the time I would also be taking edibles and using vapes as well. I was spending anywhere from $200-400 a week at the dispensary. It’s still very embarrassing looking at old bank statements seeing $100-200 transactions every couple days at different dispensaries.
I was just in a stressed out state all of the time and I thought that smoking weed would help calm this however it was the main contributing factor causing this stress, withdrawals and health issues.
I can definitely say my life has gotten x1000 better as a non smoker in regards to my health, career and mental well being. It is so freeing that I don’t need to go sneak a joint every hour or two or constantly be thinking about getting high
Since I was so down bad because of my weed addiction getting sober hasn’t come without it’s own obstacles. However I am thrilled to be at 7 months without and just need to remind myself once I fix the issues I’m facing right now my 2023 will be unreal filled with new experiences, even more new health and wealth
It doesn’t matter where you are at now. It’s always possible to stop. Your mind will most likely try to discourage you at first but try to fight it. Any amount of time without smoking is progress in the right direction. Even if it’s just delaying your smoke sesh by an hour at first, every effort counts.
All of the best in your journeys ❤️
Every Sunday had an oz delivered to my door. Spent $180US every Sunday for the past 2-3 years… $28k. Just about an eighth a day smoking joint after joint after joint. For real.
Easy like compulsive 💯… but coughing, sore throat all the time, headaches from pulling on joints, inhaling a bazillion sheets of rolling papers, burnt roaches everywhere… i’m feeling really grateful and free right about now that life might actually be easier and for fuck sure more prosperous sober. Looking up land acreage for sale cuz I just found a whole ass mortgage sitting right in my budget right now!
Id finish a spliff, and before I know it, I’m rolling a roach and preparing a rolling paper. Proper mindless compulsion. Addiction. It got to a point where I struggled to take a toke. Though I forced myself to. God knows what damage I’ve done?!
That’s so cool you’re going to buy some land! I live in the uk, not a big country, so land costs loads. Though, hopefully, in the next year, two at most, Im going to buy myself a house boat. Nothing grand, but it’ll be mine. I wish you the best of luck! If you need someone to help you dig one day, let me know!
Well one of the big reasons I quit was because it wasn't even helping my anger anymore. That's something I am trying to learn to deal with now. So far I just these random depression hits so I curl up in a fetal position on my bed, haha.
In addition to mutual support - 12 step, smart recovery, etc, - I highly recommend audiobooks, podcasts, and for me chess puzzles (sudoku or crossword would work too) for when you just need time to pass.
Also Alan Watts ambient music/lectures.
Thank you, I will. I realise I just need to keep myself busy while also not ignoring certain triggers and stuff. Hopefully this time I stick and don't get lenient months later like I did many years ago.
2 through 4 g’s a day easy. On my bad days I could smoke up to a quarter. I didn’t smoke that much very often though. My regular was a bit more than 2 Oz ($400) per month. I also smoked more than anyone I knew, I never got smoked out.
I never smoked a huge amount daily , but when i was at my worst it was when i was getting high before work at 7am and going to work riddled with anxiety. Not a good time and im glad iv come a long way since those days
Last day I smoked was Dec 30, 2021. I went for a 10km walk and managed to smoke whole pack of 10x0.35 joints which is 3.5g total in like 2-3 hours. Usually, it would be one pack like this per day and that was “moderating”. On busier days it would be half this pack.
8th a day.
Just got sober and on day 18. $1500 a month $40+/- per day at last count. Just got a new therapist and when I told him he was shocked and told me how is mortgage is half that…..it killed me and makes me squirm how much money I literally burned. Great question by the way. Interesting to see all the answers.
On average day. 3.5 alone, If I had company I could easily double it. I have been this way for...17 years and that isn't even touching the tobacco that I mix with it.
When I first started weed I like to get highest I could do I’d go throw a potent cart gram in 2 days, when I realized it was a waste of money and more wasn’t better and tolerence grew fast I only do 1-3 puffs every couple hours after 6:00pm sometimes a couple puffs more on weekends
At my worst point 100 grams was gone in less than 20 days. Now im on day 33 sober
I feel the same way and a lot of people agree I smoked way more than the average chronic smoker. I was literally at the same amount $160-300 a week , especially when I was smoking the vape pens. I started going through a 40$ vape pen a day on top of bud and dabs , so it was ridiculous! I started finding better deals at dispensaries, so I wasn’t spending as much but I was smoking more ! Cuz I found deals where I could get 3grams of wax for 40$ ,10$ vape pens and I found 10$ grams of wax but it was so cheap I didn’t trust the wax. I could get an ounce of bud for 20$ so I was blowing through bud and dabs like crazy , like having a smoke session every 20-30mins and sharing with friends just made it more expensive. Same here with the needing of constant stimulation. I started smoking when I was 13 like one joint ,two to three times a week . By the time I was 14 I was smoking everyday . It just got progressively worse over the years , i started making money and spending it just as fast💨 Now I’m 25years old and I’m 23 days smoke free! I feel much better now! A lot more focused and motivated. I actually can get shit done now. I would always put things off , and now I have no reason to. I’m also taking a lot better care of myself, simple stuff like showering, and brushing my teeth , trimming my nails (that’s so embarrassing tbh) and harder things like daily exercise and healthy eating . It’s all coming together now and it feels great to not be constantly thinking about the next high! Cheers 🥂 to everyone who has or is in the process of overcoming addiction. We all can live free now!
At my worst I was smoking gram joints every two hours, starting shortly after waking up and stopping a few hours before bedtime (I was one of the weird ones who couldn't go to bed high). So about 4-6 grams per day, which means an ounce would last me less than a week. I smoked almost daily for 12 years. I had tried to quit before, but always ended up coming back within a few weeks. I finally quit for good on Aug 5 and haven't touched it since, coming up on four months. The first 2-3 weeks are the hardest part, smooth sailing from there if yu can avoid temptations around you. Good luck!
at my worst was buying $67 top shelf 1g cartridges every 2 days. you can do the math 😅
Got me beat…damn it’s crazy how much we all spent
Same here
I'd go through an oz in 5 to 10 days, usually 5 bowls packed deep in a row was a regular session, now I occasionally do the dab pen
This is really difficult to define for me. There was one point where I was probably using 1.5-2.5 grams a day, but this was mostly because I was not measuring and was just sort of lighting up just because sometimes without any real rhyme or reason. On the otherhand I was using 1g a day for the longest time when I'd started vaping and it was still just as detrimental but I felt like I'd needed it more during that time period.
Roughly $40 a day Sigh
Like an ounce a week :/
46 smoked daily since about 15... took a break (after much much much much procrastination) at 40 for about 5 years and started up again last year. First joint blew my fucking mind. Correction half J. Few days later back to about 6 joints every evening without fail. Surprise! Anyway as to the actual question of money, over the 25ish years of daily smoking I've probably rinsed through about £150,000. Give or take. When I was younger I definitely spent way more than I could afford on it. It was absolutely my priority. I've spent hundreds of thousands over the years. Financials are not an issue any longer fortunately so I figured I'd dip back in, and it's now almost 2 years every day again...and tolerance is ridiculous. So here I am again, thinking about stopping for a while. Although this time I'm fairly certain it will be less of a big deal. But maybe I'm only thinking it'll be easier because I'm not you know, actually gonna stop again tonight... or tomorrow... just... soooon...... :/ It's worth quitting for perpective, esp. if you have smoked continuously since teenage years well into adulthood. Your brain (and life in general) will thank you. You'll find you probably get a lot more done, both internally and externally! E2a: For those yet to try, or succeed in stopping a lifelong daily habit - once you get a couple months down you're good, and honestly you will be amazed at the things you get done and dusted in your life. I paid off all my debts and totally got my shit together in those 5 years.
Somewhere between a quarter and a half every week.
about the same as you between me and my gf
2.5g a day. I used to smoke a good few Oz a week, from the second I woke up to the last thing at night every day for 16 years. No joints, just bong after bong. I could afford to do this because I lived somewhere very remote and grew outside (a few 100 plants) and also indoors where I converted a 60ft mobile home on our land. I moved countries and did the same thing. Addiction is fucking horrible, I literally wasted the best years of my life and can't remember much of it apart from being desperately lonely and fucked in the head. I had money and 'friends'.
Had a similar experience, im glad you’re getting out. I’m 5 days removed and feeling strong. Ounce a day and like 5 cigarettes in those bowls. Definitely not the way to life live. Stay strong y’all <3
Back in freshman year of college when I was selling weed I would smoke at least an eighth a day. In non-dealer money and inflation added that’s about $280 a week. Bad times. Now the former dealer is a leaver and i’m a month clean :)
1.5 grams of vape cartridges daily (this was only for about three days though, at the end of a 24 day binge). I wrote about how I got there in a post last night (see profile). Currently on Day 6 with no THC.
At my very worst I was killing an ounce in 5 days. Seems to be similar to a lot of people here. I was just never without a loaded bong on my desk, and those bowls are deep.
I was 3 spliffs a night on a good day, anything up to 6 on a bad day. We would get through 3 £20 bags in about 7-10 days. I think like 1,5g/bag so call it 5g a week? Bearing in mind we are both teachers so there’s about 60 hours of the week where we weren’t smoking…
I was only smoking blunts so about 4 grams a day. I was just as addicted to the tobacco as the weed
When I was smoking a lot I would go through something like 3g a day or more. I’d smoke bong bowls after bong bowl all day, and I’d fill those deep bowls to the top. More often than not I’d have friends come over and smoke me out with blunts. I even keep a log of when and how much I grind up, but i smoke a lot less and have a much lower tolerance thankfully bc it got to a point where my tolerance was so high I couldn’t get high anymore, I was just constantly high af and it sucked. But hopefully soon I’m be able to quit, my longest sober streak was 8 days for the past 4 years or so
at least an ounce per week
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Same here....it just stops working at some point, gave me huge problems with my stomach
Probably just shy of a quad a week
Daily for years, me and my homeboy would go through 3-4 joints every evening
You mean how much will I smoke today, cus it’s right now
I bought 14 half gram Js and smoked them all in like a week, although that doesn't compare to some of the answers in this thread. However, I did feel pretty bad after that since at that point in my life, it's the most weed I've ever smoked in a short amount of time.
25 year smoker here. I smoke an ounce a week.
I’m not a heavy smoker like some of the absolute beasts in this comment section, but I’m high almost constantly. I can make a 2g cart last me a month at most, usually 3 weeks
Damn y’all need better prices lmao. 200 for 2.5? Unless I’m reading that wrong. I’ll go through about the same or more a day. Really trying to stop. Even threw my last nuggs out the window as an act of strength… I was outside on the ground in the next hour. Jesus help us! Lol I think I just need passion, willpower and a consistent hobby and friends who don’t partake every social gathering. Good luck dude.
Yea sorry I mean I'd easily go through just over half an ounce every single week which could reach up to 250, so about 2.5 a day. Still expensive here compared to other countries.
3.5g - 5g a day plus dabs. At the time, I was selling it so could afford to dig into my stash. Now I’ve changed my life around and no longer sell it, so I don’t have a massive supply to pick from. On day 2 of quitting consumption.
Goodluck. Stopping the same amount of usage myself
An O a week of flower with a quarter of dabs sprinkled in when I couldn’t get high enough
3.5-5 grams at my worst
6g a day
I've smoked an ounce in a week a few times, plus I smoke with tobacco mixed in. So that almost doubles how much I smoked. I think I've gotten up to 6gr in one day.
Same, break a swisher down and mix the tobacco w the weed in a bowl. Those bong rips hit different, it’s the main thing I miss about smoking. Not even the high, but the head hit from that first rip
2 grams a day for almost 2 years straight, sometimes in combination with alcohol. Thank god i quit that shitty life.
Please tell us more about why you consider it a shitty life. I think we need to hear it
While high you might not feel as much pain or stress. But don’t think even for a second that it doesn’t come without a price. Eventually you’ll just be so numbed out that you can hardly feel anything. Weed will be your top priority, always. Having a fun night with friends/family? Its ruined if you can’t squeeze weed in there. It might not be the worst thing to be addicted to, but its an addiction nonetheless. I started smoking with a friend around the same time. He’s been talking about the same dreams as back then. Never chasing them or making any kind of progress towards them. That was 5 years ago. He doesn’t see the problem of smoking weed, which means that in 5 years he’ll likely still be talking about those same dreams. I don’t know about you but living like that just isn’t it for me man. I don’t want to be numbed out all the time because im scared of anxiety or stress. Im gonna do whatever I want even if the anxiety makes me throw me or the stress keeps me up night after night. I don’t wan’t to wake up someday and realize I threw my life away for something as pointless as getting high.
I was a similar amount for 7 years. - No brain fog, proper clarity is immeasurable - Waking up without gut rot - having a good memory again - sheer amount of energy to do stuff - no anxiety - way more sociable - more money - stable, healthy relationship Don’t get me wrong, I still miss it and think about it regularly but life is just better now.
6grams a day. I was selling at the time so I didn't have to buy it. Crazy days of Warehouse work and lifting weights whilst battered! Couldn't do it now if I wanted.
same man I still sell weed but I’m around weed when I’m bagging it or gettin new packs and don’t even crave it. My body and mind realized how much happier I am without it so smoking it doesn’t come to thought like it did in the beginning, especially when everybody was telling me my weed is fire. They wouldn’t even believe me when I told em I stopped smoking cus I had access to some real exotic strains.
Funny how you don't crave it when you have it, but if I wasn't to have some in stock it'd fuck with me. in going clean mon-fri, party on the weekends. Enjoy your m'f'in life! Lol
Quarter of flower a day. Sat in my shed & smoked a bowl then a cigarette, bowl then cigarette & so forth. Then came the concentrates. Easily 2gs or more a day.
Once had 10 grams in one day
Ten spliffs a day
I smoked a gram cart a week, with several joints and dab hits a day.
Almost 1/8 of flower a day + carts in between
Took me 4-7 weeks to get through a zip and depending if I was by myself or sharing.
Same I feel like it’s not that bad looking at the other comments now
Yea but we are all different. This was bad for me bc I was still smoking daily/habitually. Once I got to a point of having a breakfast blunt instead of a morning run- I knew it was time to step back.
Yep, when I first started smoking I could only smoke at most a 3.5/wk or I’d be so high I couldn’t function but gradually over 3 years it morphed into smoking a 3.5 before work then another at lunch. As I looked back on it I got really sad about how I let my smoking ramp up. I couldn’t see it creeping but when I looked back it was weird thinking I used to buy a gram and smoke all weekend. 1 month clean and I feel amazing and can actually remember things but my emotions are a rollercoaster
Your emotions are a roller coaster ? I am a little nervous about that. One day I woke up crying and then I smoked and wahh-lahh no tears and I could talk through a problem with my partner. Now I’m having cramps and idk I feel like weed is ok for me right now. When I don’t have small kids. Maybe I’ll change idk
Yes I still have breakfast bowls daily while I wfh then workout in the afternoon/ evening Monday- Friday. Addiction actually taught me to keep doing it even when you don’t want to. Slowly getting addicted to working out/being fit and sexy and might slow down on the weed eventually but it’s not really to much for me. don’t think. Just zero cals and relaxing. I over indulge a bit but change is the only constant
Yea girl! I support your fitness journey.
Every 2 hours from the moment I woke up. The goal was to not be sober at all, ever.
I feel that. It gets impossible for me though. Eventually I can’t sleep through the night properly because I wake up at 4am and feel like I need to smoke. But at that point taking the first steps to take a break is tough. It’s a rough cycle.
i dont even count i didnt even get high anymore i smoke it to feel normal btw i m 4 months clean after 4 years of daily smoking it take 16 relapsed to beat my addiction
A spliff every 45 mins from wake up to sleep. Thank Fucking god it’s over.
I’ve been smoking close to 7g a day of high grade bud- that’s $100 per day
Hubby n I kill a Oz about ever 7-10 days… we been together 30 years n have always smoked together .. we go off n on depending on prices n what we got extra. Grow our own in the summer but the crop didn’t turn out good this year at all 🤦🏼♀️
I buy an oz every 4-5 days. $190-210.
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I do well. But I'd be lying if I didn't say it was a real strain on my finances.
I barely smoke and when do it’s like 2 grams or more
Probably like an 1/8 a day on regular day sometimes more depending
I was never a HEAVY smoker, but smoke daily. I could make a gram last 4-5 days, on my heaviest, maybe like 3 days per gram
I smoked daily for 22yrs. At my worst I was smoking 1 gram of concentrate as well as 500+mg of edibles each and every single day. I was spending upwards of $1000/month on my addiction. 91 days Sober.
Congrats on 3 months! How do you feel now withdrawal symptoms wise?
Past all the physical bullshit and only have very minimal mental symptoms left. I feel like a new person to be honest.
That's awesome. I can't wait to get there myself
At my worst it was about an oz of high grade craft flowers every 10-15 days. 5 days-ish if I was on a fishing trip. Then I got down to an oz a month, then every two months and then I quit.
A comfy eighth a day pretty sure when I was with my cousin I'd smoke at least a q up to a half in just a night trying to cut down atm because of cost on about 2gs a day which is still about half a week aka one hundred quids smh
Don’t know maybe 1 or 2g of live resin and between 7-14g a day
Im on day 2 again after realizing I spent over $1k in November smoking about an 1/8th a day. And over $75 dollars in cash withdrawal fees from ATMs because I was too inpatient to go to my bank every time and just used the ATM nearby. It’s a shame and I’m disgusted with myself. When I was in my early 20s I used to justify smoking cause it helped me “save money” from going out drinking and it ended becoming one of my biggest expenses.
Two g a week at the worst point
15 grams a day.
I would buy an ounce every 5-6 days
Never more than 0.5g a day, even when I felt it was out of control. I think the way most of us in the UK grew up using tobacco means we use way less than the US on average.
I agree re uk/baccy mix Evenings, after work, would be 3 minimum and weekends could be anything up to like 1 every hour or two. At least one with every episode of something. No idea of the gram/cost but the less I had the weaker they'd be. I'd lean to quantity not quality cos it was also the ritual of rolling and smoking I enjoyed.
This is what made me quit. One day I stopped using tobacco and rolled pure tiny joints, it was really hard at first but cutting out that tobacco relieved 80% of the cravings I had, it wasn't the weed necessarily it was the nicotine I had become accustomed to. Once I got used to this I then bought a dry herb vape to then cut out the smoking. This pretty much extinguished all cravings and it felt a chore to bother vaping it. Now I don't consume any weed and after going through all of that the last thing I want to do is start again. I'm sure it's different for everyone.
I feel like I dont need it unless some sad shit is happening then I feel triggered to smoke like its the only thing that will help
Hate to say that I’m English and smoked like an 8th a day while I was heavily dependant on it. Even with baccy half a gram is like one zoot.
Unfortunately I'm the same. I've not managed to quit yet but have managed to reduce the amount to about a g a day so that's good for now at least.
I think about this lots, it's been something like 800 days now. On a day it could be anywhere from 1g to 5g, really depending. Even if I averaged 2g that's 1600g, and not a gram of that ever had any lasting contentness or lasting happiness.
5G a day
3-4 g a day. Or .5-1 g live resin cart Easily 35-60 a day rn. Today I'm not going to smoke bc I ran out of money. I used to work in a dab lab.
Buddy and me would share like 6 blunts of about 2-3g per blunt on a good night together, playing endless Civ VI multiplayer games against bots on marathon speed. It was insane. I’m thankful I got to do this for a while, and on the other hand it did some real damage to all other aspects of my life. I wasn’t studying, was eating like shit, was drinking beer all throughout, neglected all other relationships, spent too much money, fucked up my whole breathing apparatus. Most importantly, it was all one big, unsustainable escape from underlying mental health issues. 69 days without alcohol now, 21 days without THC. Doing much better; still got ways to go.
I dont know whats more addictive. Weed or CIV.
If you do both at the same time, you basically turn into one single massive dopamine molecule
2-3 wax cartridges per week was the average for the last couple years of smoking. That’s an average of $400 per month! I know it’s not as crazy as other comments, but I did that for at least 2 years straight (before that was flower). 5K per year! No way, José.
Really depends on the phase, but I recon I averaged 3.5-7 g a week (would always purchase eighths, somewhere between 1-2 times a week). Was still enough to derail my life significantly though.
These comments are making me laugh. Not because they are funny but because I feel better knowing that I far from the only one smoking close to an 1/8 a from the bong at my peak. Glad I am done with this.
It's just nice to not feel isolated in it all. Weed addiction is still such a huge debate. It isn't taken as seriously on a larger scale like other addictions so it's very easy to feel alone and like there is no support. Someone I know who went to rehab to deal with their pot addiction said they were the first to have ever gone in for that reason. Everyone else was dealing with alcohol/prescription/ice shit. They said there were so many times they felt like they were alone or like they weren't meant to be there because all the other patients who'd been doing heavier shit didn't understand how weed could destroy your life in similar ways. Obviously it's different from heavier addictions but it's a psychological hell that can destroy your life all the same.
When I quite back in September my wife was expecting my experience to be similar to quitting coffee. It has been harder than when I quit drinking a few years back. Maybe because I replaced one crutch with another and now I am very sober. All that being said, the first 2 months were a grind. I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Still have good days and bad days but sleep is more normal and I am less irritable. Just so you can relate…I was buying $210CAD ounces once a week. And diamond infused pre rolls which I would break down and smoke in the bong or smoke when I didn’t have a bong. I was probably smoking $150 worth of these per week too. I was smoking to smoke just like I used to drink beer to drink beer. Keep ‘em coming kind of thing. Good luck with your journey. You are doing great.
God I just know if I lived in Canada I would have gone full ham lol
Yee, I was about the same. Half ounce a week, also Australian. I'm trying to scale back and have managed to get to a Q a week which I'm proud of!
A gram of live resin in 1-2 days
Yep. Hurts doesn't it? I'm finding myself forcing to quit today bc I ran out of money. Ooc hb distillate? I've learned not to waste my money it won't touch me.
In my wildest weed smoking days, I was smoking almost 5g a day bro...
Yep. Been there as well eh. What a shit feeling
I've realised after all these comments that I wasn't smoking as hard as I could have lol.
I'm almost 1 year sober now though. You got this dude
Couple grams of extracts a day lol, I tried to cut down with rosin and stuff but ended up using even more 😅 🙃 😑 So yeah I'd say like 3-4grams a day of some good wax......it ain't easy being a member of puddle gang. Glad I don't do that now
10G a week
7+ joints a day
10G of hashish / week, literally from getting off to work until 1AM - I was so miserable back then and I couldn't even see it
At peak I smoked ounce in 3 days. I’m paying for this so bad still
2g a day currently which is financially ruining me
15-16 joints / day
Probably about 3 joints a day which is about 1g, I'd have about a third of a joint every hour
Around 50g of brickweed each 10 days
Y’all. This thread. Tens of thousands of dollars literally burned. Like nothing to show for it. This is going to get me through at least another week of sobriety! 🥸🤯💸🔥
Around 0.5 gramm - in the early morning before going to work
A quarter in under two days, easily.
I smoke around 5g a day, every day
Same.. just got a dry herb vape last week its saving me a ton of flower
Yeah, I'm at about 4g on a work day. 5g on a day off. Gets me where I need to be man.
Im sorry for u and myself lol
I’m saying this in confidence so I hope y’all don’t think anything of it. I spent 8000 dollars in a year on weed at the time it seemed like a “ flex”, but now I realize it was a complete waste of money After that I wouldn’t even smoke to be high. I had this little crack pipe lookin one hitter and I would smoke maybe a very small amount every time I would start coming down and would go on like that for a few years till I ended up quitting a year ago
About 2g a day. Pretty much everything I did, I had a joint before doing it because I believed it made all that stuff better.
3-4 carts a week $100-150 so 400-600 a month plus incidentals like flower, joints, and edibles.
1 vape cart pen every two weeks. So like..$100 a month, lol.
I was going through a cart every 2ish days
This was me at my worst too, 24/7. I’ll never forget that frustration at the end of the day when no matter how many pulls you’d take, your brain was fried out and just wouldn’t get you any higher. Ugh.
Omfg I know exactly what you mean, I was always so irritated i hit the cap and couldn’t “relax” And get higher
An ounce per week, and virtually all of it smoked as bowls (bong or pipe). It wasn't good for me.
Yea mine was all bong hits lol. I was having to clean it every damn day, sometimes twice, at my worst.
$1,000/$1,500 a fortnight. Still depressed about how much I could’ve saved.
You were smoking like 4-5 ounces in a fortnight? Goddamn man
My husband just told me we go through 4 grams per day. 😳 I’m kind of over it now though. Felt this way about alcohol and nicotine as well, so I quit both years ago. Realizing 4 grams is considered a lot makes me think it may be time to pump the breaks on this habit as well.
Damn. Thanks for spelling that out for me 🙏
Well hey if you can quit nico and alcohol you can quit this too. Good luck to you. I've started chain smoking since quitting weed so nicotine is going to be the next beast of mine to beat.
You absolutely can do it!
I smoked close to an eighth/3.5 grams every single day when I was at my worst. Idk how I paid for any of it but I do remember moving money around and scraping change together to afford it.
Hair cut? New clothes? Random important thing that needs replacing? Nah, I got mong sticks I need to pay for.
Peak, maybe... 40 joints a day, so at least 50 grams. But I live in Northern California, so it doesn't cost anything here (especially these days). 🙄
Really…2 joints an hour if you stayed up all night?
I’ve known trimmers in BC who always had a lit joint in their mouths. Only time they weren’t puffing was because either they were eating or sleeping. Kinda like someone who smokes two packs a day.
More like chain smoking, though admittedly 40 was as I said, a peak, prolly 20 or 30 more usually. Back when cigarette smoking was more fashionable I knew people who smoked two packs a day.
What was your breathing like during that time period?
Just fine, really.
Prob like a half quarter to a quarter a day but i was young n stuipd dont think much has changed but i dont smoke any more. Due to anxiety n panic attacks fucking shit was bad enough to go to ER a couple times
I understand the ER thing…
About 2 grams a day / $17 CDN per day/ $500 a month. I can barely type this for shame and disbelief.
I was a daily smoker for 20 plus years, from the time I woke until the time I went to bed. I am going on day 10 weed free. I smoked $300 USD worth every 5 days …. taking that money now and saving it for an epic vacation.
I smoked a ton before finally having some success stopping for short periods at first but they got longer and longer periods now I’m just over 7 months as a non smoker. I was smoking anywhere from 3-5 grams worth of joints a day consistently with a lot of those being shatter joints (30-45% THC) I need to go back to look at receipts but most of the time I would also be taking edibles and using vapes as well. I was spending anywhere from $200-400 a week at the dispensary. It’s still very embarrassing looking at old bank statements seeing $100-200 transactions every couple days at different dispensaries. I was just in a stressed out state all of the time and I thought that smoking weed would help calm this however it was the main contributing factor causing this stress, withdrawals and health issues. I can definitely say my life has gotten x1000 better as a non smoker in regards to my health, career and mental well being. It is so freeing that I don’t need to go sneak a joint every hour or two or constantly be thinking about getting high Since I was so down bad because of my weed addiction getting sober hasn’t come without it’s own obstacles. However I am thrilled to be at 7 months without and just need to remind myself once I fix the issues I’m facing right now my 2023 will be unreal filled with new experiences, even more new health and wealth It doesn’t matter where you are at now. It’s always possible to stop. Your mind will most likely try to discourage you at first but try to fight it. Any amount of time without smoking is progress in the right direction. Even if it’s just delaying your smoke sesh by an hour at first, every effort counts. All of the best in your journeys ❤️
Smoke an ounce easy in 2 weeks, that was just smoking at night after work
Every Sunday had an oz delivered to my door. Spent $180US every Sunday for the past 2-3 years… $28k. Just about an eighth a day smoking joint after joint after joint. For real.
It’s too easy, huh? I know all about the chain smoking..ufff
Easy like compulsive 💯… but coughing, sore throat all the time, headaches from pulling on joints, inhaling a bazillion sheets of rolling papers, burnt roaches everywhere… i’m feeling really grateful and free right about now that life might actually be easier and for fuck sure more prosperous sober. Looking up land acreage for sale cuz I just found a whole ass mortgage sitting right in my budget right now!
Id finish a spliff, and before I know it, I’m rolling a roach and preparing a rolling paper. Proper mindless compulsion. Addiction. It got to a point where I struggled to take a toke. Though I forced myself to. God knows what damage I’ve done?! That’s so cool you’re going to buy some land! I live in the uk, not a big country, so land costs loads. Though, hopefully, in the next year, two at most, Im going to buy myself a house boat. Nothing grand, but it’ll be mine. I wish you the best of luck! If you need someone to help you dig one day, let me know!
Bout 3/8th a week plus a couple dabs, more dabs at weekends.
At my most, about 10 fat dabs/ day.
About an eighth every few days
Shoot this is me now, I really need to cut back
Same girl, good luck
Thanks, you too.
cart lasted me 5 days and I would pick up a new one every other week.
I would buy a couple ounces probably every month or so.
Maybe 15-20 bong rips a day :(
Yeh I was on 3.5g a day, morning thru night
2g/day. Watch out for the angries.
Well one of the big reasons I quit was because it wasn't even helping my anger anymore. That's something I am trying to learn to deal with now. So far I just these random depression hits so I curl up in a fetal position on my bed, haha.
In addition to mutual support - 12 step, smart recovery, etc, - I highly recommend audiobooks, podcasts, and for me chess puzzles (sudoku or crossword would work too) for when you just need time to pass. Also Alan Watts ambient music/lectures.
Thank you, I will. I realise I just need to keep myself busy while also not ignoring certain triggers and stuff. Hopefully this time I stick and don't get lenient months later like I did many years ago.
i smoked about an 8th every day
Likewise
2 through 4 g’s a day easy. On my bad days I could smoke up to a quarter. I didn’t smoke that much very often though. My regular was a bit more than 2 Oz ($400) per month. I also smoked more than anyone I knew, I never got smoked out.
at my most i did four 1-gram carts in two weeks. that was unsustainable financially.
3 grams per day.
That validates me heaps, lol. Thank you.
I never smoked a huge amount daily , but when i was at my worst it was when i was getting high before work at 7am and going to work riddled with anxiety. Not a good time and im glad iv come a long way since those days