Cerpin Taxt

I'm aware of the irony of posting certain complications I've had from quitting dope on a marijuana forum, but I feel I'm more likely to get relevant information here rather than anywhere else. Please, no preaching on why I'm quitting... I have nothing against anyone who blazes and can certainly see myself smoking (on the odd occasion) in the future.


Anyways, I've been smoking grass since I was 14 years old (summer going into grade 9). Since then, I've steadily worked my way from it being a weekend thing, to it being every so often, to every day, to several times a day every day. It's been every day for me for pretty much 4-5 years and multiple times a day the last 2 or 3.

Leading up to the summer I made the resolution to change a lot of my daily routines and habits, and one of the ways of 'shocking my system' to help facilitate that change was to stop smoking weed cold turkey for a month. I made 4/20 the last day, as I felt it fitting and felt I would be able to get as high as possible and pay my respects to the relationship me and grass has had over these many years.

It's been a month now, and I have not taken a single hit nor had the desire to; I really feel this could stick. However, despite the clear head and feeling of sobriety that has been long lost, I've been sick for pretty much the last 2 1/2 weeks.

It started as a typical head cold with sore throat and cough, gradually got a little better over the week, then I started feeling bad again. So, I went to the doctor's about 10 days ago to get some antibiotics and they helped A LOT, as of Monday and Tuesday I felt perfect. But, (and I think getting right back into working out after taking a week off has something to do with it) as of yesterday evening and most of today I've started feeling that general malaise once more. It's not debilitating and I'm not feeling completely miserable, but I'm definately not well; it's frustrating as hell!

What I'm asking is whether or not this could just be my immune system being compromised as it's in the process of 'detoxing' the copious smoke and resin I've put my lungs over these years? I've read about such things with cigs, but I don't feel weed is completely comparable.

I will say I've been coughing up specks of black in my phlegm the last few weeks (with one SOLID half-dime sized chunk of black a few days ago), so I know my lungs are doing something of a purge... but I'm just wondering if I'm freaking out too much about being sick for so long?!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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