"I don't miss the fact that now when my lips move it is more than likely I am actually telling the truth."

Jane S

"I don't miss the fear that arose when I'm driving my car every time a police car hovers into view."

Steven

"My lowest point was when I realised I was stealing money from my daughters Christmas presents to fund my habit."

P. Gomez

"Anyone being faced with the reality that their addiction needs to be conquered and their life will change is going to be scared."

Fatima

"You need to realize that the little voice in your head telling you to use is your own."

Maya

"Find out why you use, find out your triggers, and take it day by day. Any day clean is better than any day you’ve been high."

Ivan

"My goal in life wasn't living...it was getting high. I was falling in a downward spiral towards a point of no return"

John

"I ended up homeless and on the streets, living and sleeping in a cardboard box, begging and struggling to find ways to get my next meal."

Ben

"Now I see how important it is for me to be in control of every part of me. Today my body is being controlled by me. I am in the driver’s seat, and I’m driving with happiness."

Nathan

"Little did I know that my mom was upstairs crying every night that I came home late, crying because she was scared for my survival."

Nick

"I only saw the upside of taking marijuana. My friends saw the forgetful, slow talker they had not known years before."

Yamashita

"I'm more graceful in social situations without that paranoia, and I just got a great job that I could only have by passing a drug test."

Anonymous

"Before I became a mother I saw no reason to quit smoking weed, but now I have every reason to quit."

Anonymous

"Just constantly stoned whether I'm working or at university or at home."

Erin

"For the past eight years I have relied on pot to relieve my depression. It makes me feel worse."

Janet

"I've continued to smoke every day for the past 5 years to avoid depressive thoughts and emotions i did not want to deal with, but I now know that this is not a way to live."

Parker

"My love affair with weed started about 2 years ago after grade 11. I was serious in school and motivated but to be honest I can't remember how I was before I started smoking."

Joe

"I have been feeding, clothing and subsidising my son all his adult life, paying for flats and contents which he then systematically sells for drugs. Cannabis has ruined an otherwise, funny, intelligent, good looking human being."

Alec

"I was arrested for burgling my parents' house and for several drug offences. Thankfully, my mum stood up in court and pleaded with the judge to send me to rehab. I was sent to a prison with a good drugs unit. If I hadn't been, I would probably be dead by "

Darren

"Depression and marijuana feed on each other."

John

"I had extremly bad anxiety for the first week when I quit, it lead to irritability and problems falling asleep, it was tough, but you learn new coping techniques along with them, it gets easier."

Josh

"After quitting weed, my memory has come back somewhat, but It's nowhere near as good as what it was."

Ben

"The clean life is a wonderful life, and I wouldn’t hand it back for anything."

Jay

"Weed just makes time go by fast, where you don't even get a chance to enjoy the present time."

Simma

"Is there a familiar aroma emanating from your kid's room? Do you shake your head and ignore it thinking, "Hey, I got high when I was a teen and I turned out OK, right?" Well, think again"

Doreen Smith

"It's much more potent marijuana, which may explain why we've seen a pretty dramatic increase in admission to emergency rooms and treatment programs for marijuana"

Dr Nora D Volkow

"An 8 point drop in IQ was found among the 38 year olds who had started regularly smoking pot by 18, with declines that persisted even if after they quit using a year later"

Madeline Meier PhD

"When I smoked a lot, I didn’t accomplish a thing. It took me forever to do simple tasks that didn’t used to cause me any trouble at all. Where are my keys? Even getting dressed becomes a pain. Believe me. Sometimes I woudn’t even have the motivation to le"

John

"I've basically done nothing over the last 10 years without smoking, and everything just seems boring and worthless. I've forced myself to go out and at least do SOMETHING outside every day."

Adilah

"Pot smokers don't dream, so once you have your first dream after giving up, you're on the road to success."

Nick

"After one day of not smoking habitually for a couple years, my dreams became immensely more vivid. I’ve come to look forward to these experiences which has inspired me to log my dreams in a book. It’s awesome. Dreams can be some of the most exciting highs"

Mike

"Today, and I noticed that a channel is running a marathon of my favorite tv show. Immediately I wondered why I wasn't excited, and I realized why. I was sad because I know that I don't have any weed to enjoy the marathon."

Walter