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Are you a casual pot smoker?
Casually, without commitment, irregularly or on occasion
So you only smoke weed on weekend or just a few times a week, how long would it take to pass a drug test.
First lets define what a casual smoker is, in the first place. Commonly, when consider things as casual if its not an 'every day thing'. For example, a casual drinkers, may only drink on weekends or with friends.
A person on a restrictive diet might casually have a slice of pizza every now and then. It maybe once a week or once a month, but its an event thats not part of the day to day.
Does that qualify for weed?
Of course you can smoke pot on occasion or every now and then. Although marijuana can be habit forming it is not addictive.
Making it a better way to relive stress on the weekends than drinking beer.
So in this sense, you can toke up casually. But would THC still show up in a urine test, if you only smoked once a week ago?
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This maybe bad news for some, but THC even on occasion is enough to fail a urine test.
Why THC is so hard get out your body
My personal opinion is, your body absorbs THC because it recognizes its benefits.
Unlike other drugs, THC is pulled into body fat and stored because its needed. The cannabinoids in marijuana have proven beneficial for health, physically, mentally and emotionally.
But, here is the down side to this, It can take months to flush out THC.
Because weed is stored in fat cells, you would actually need to burn fat to detox. That can take a few weeks or even few months for regular smokers.
So, what about that time you only smoked weed for one week. Or maybe only twice a month, will you pass a drug test?
Detoxing Factors to Consider
Before even getting into a time line, lets evaluate your body's natural cleansing potential.
Everyone is a little different, but generally the rules are the same. Because THC is stored in fat, we have to look at your body type, lifestyle and diet.
- The more body fat you have, the longer it will take to detox
- A less active lifestyle will attribute to length of time
- Diet high in fat and carbs also extends times
By reducing body fat, exercising and dieting you can cut times a little bit. The longest amount of time needed is 3 months. The absolute shortest time would be a week.
How long will it take you to detox?
Say you only smoke on weekends, it maybe a joint, blunt or a bowl with some friends.
If its about every weekend activity (regular) or more that 2 weekends out of the month, you will fail a urine test.
Marijuana has an accumulative effect. One week is not enough time for your body to get rid of THC. By the time the next weekend rolls around, you are still holding on to THC from last weekend.
You don't really smoke weed, but you did on vacation?
Guess what, if you haven't smoked weed for over 3 months, you probably would pass. But, lets say your on vacation and decided to toke up for a few days. Chances are you will need three months to flush out THC.
You only smoke weed once a month or more
If you only smoke once a month, meaning at least 4 weeks between tokes. You maybe able to pass a drug test after a week since you toked. A detox is still suggested, why take chances.
Can you see the pattern here?
First casual is irregularly right, If you smoke once a week, only on weekends or a few days straight. Your now in the 'Regular' smokers zone.
You are a regular smoker because you smoke weed every weekend. This is because you may have smoked pot enough times and without a long enough break to stack stored THC.
Safest bet for passing
The best bet you can make is not smoking weed at all. Just joking why on earth would you do that to your self. Lets get back to reality.
Even thought its still not guaranteed, the best bet for passing is not smoke more than once every 3 months. Wait at least 3 weeks after your last toke to test.
Don't have time to naturally get rid of THC?
This is usually the case, you smoked some chronic and need to pass a UA. The fastest way to beat a urine test is to use a detox for THC and drink plenty of water. It's really unfortunate that weed takes s long to naturally flush out.
Even if you only smoked one joint ever , it can take at least 3 weeks to get out your system. For the chosen few, it might be less, but that depends on the factors mentioned above.
The rest of us need more time.
More info:
- Reduce BF% through Ketosis – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716748/
- Metabolic Rate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate
Like many people who become smokers, I previously would have bet good money that I would never get hooked. I knew the dangers and never understood why such things would be pleasurable when I was a kid.
My parents didn't smoke and I never worried about becoming a smoker because there didn't seem to be any reason to do so; it was a trap with no bait.
My experience probably mirrors that of most smokers. I had my first cigarette when I was 16 at a friend's house one Friday night.
I didn't really know what to think before I tried it.
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There was a combination of a rush from 'breaking the rules' and the fear that this thing would turn me into an addict and lead to an early grave.
Or maybe, I would cough a bunch and make a fool out of myself in front of my friends. Maybe my parents would catch me and be ashamed, or maybe, the world would just explode. I just didn't know.
Then I smoked it. And quite frankly, it was a bit of a letdown.
There was no high (other than a bit of lightheadedness), and it certainly didn't taste good. It wasn't so bad or so bitter that I coughed, but I do remember thinking to myself, 'what exactly is the big deal with these?'
As the years went on I became a bit of a cigar aficionado. I don't think I ever really enjoyed smoking them, but I really did enjoy the occasions when I smoked them.
One of the most common was around a campfire with a bunch of friends. The cigars seemed to add to the experience, but in hindsight, I'm not sure why such pleasant experiences needed any additions.
Regardless, I would have never considered myself a smoker at the time. I just had cigars with friends on the weekends on occasion.
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During college, a few of my friends smoked and I would occasionally have a cigarette with them.
This was back when I would still get a little lightheaded from a cigarette. So, I guess I 'enjoyed' these, although I'm not sure why. It's not like the lightheaded feeling was particularly good.
Then, a few friends got pipe and we would smoke our pipes together, almost as a joke. Then, when playing poker I would smoke a bit, then when drinking, then before tests to 'help' with the stress, and on and on and on.
When smoking alone, I would only smoke Black and Mild's or other small cigars. Somehow, this assured me that I wasn't actually a smoker. By my senior year, a day rarely passed without one such cigar or a few cigarettes or something.
While I was certainly already under nicotine's spell, the physical effects were pretty minimal. I played many sports and was very active, so it didn't seem to have any major negative effect on my life (other than the smell).
After college, day by day, I started to smoke more. When I was around 23, I had a big dilemma of what to do with my life and I somehow found solace in smoking.
No, they didn't taste good, solve my problems or relieve any stress, but I guess they were something to do.
They gave me an excuse to go outside and walk around to ponder my predicament. Why I needed an excuse for such things never really crossed my mind.
By the time I was 24, I was a full-blown smoker, smoking a pack a day.
This was so unbelievable to me that I avoided talking about it to my parents or admitting I was a smoker to any of my friends (even though they all knew). 'You know, I can quit at any time.'
Well, not really. I lost track of the times I tried to stop. I tried the gum, didn't work. I tried going cold turkey, didn't work. I tried switching to cigars, didn't work.
I had a plan I thought was certain to work: I would put four cigarettes in a pack and those were the only ones I could smoke that day. Then, I would do the same for the rest of the week.
Then I would go down to three for the next week, then two, then one and then voilà, I would be done!
It didn't work.
It's hard to explain what it's like to jones for a cigarette to someone who's never been addicted to them. There's an empty feeling in your stomach that is soon joined by an unquenchable anxiety and restlessness.
Your mind hones in on what it 'needs,' and demands it to the point that you can't focus your attention on anything other than that.
Going a full day without a cigarette just felt like torture, and when you're trying to quit, you start to wonder why life would even be worth living as a nonsmoker, if this is the state in which you have to live.
This is especially true, given that all it takes to fall off the wagon is one little four-inch tube of rolled paper with tobacco in it.
One stressful or weak moment when your willpower fades, and then you're standing there, smoking a cigarette, mad as hell at yourself, wondering where the enjoyment is in it and sulking about needing to go through the whole quitting process again.
One time, I quit for two months and was quite relieved. 'I'm finally done.' But then, the health and energy benefits I briefly wrestled back became less readily apparent.
The struggle wasn't fresh in my mind and after one really stressful day, I thought, 'Why not just smoke a Black and Mild, like old times before I was addicted. One can't hurt, right?'
And back to smoking I went.
It wasn't until three years ago that I actually was finally able to leave the cancerous filth for good. I was lucky enough to stumble across a book called 'The Easy Way to Stop Smoking' by Allen Carr that I strongly recommend to anyone out there who has been caught in the smoking trap.
More recently, I've discovered that the research on willpower shows that it can be likened to gas in a gas tank. You run out and need to replenish it.
So, using willpower to quit smoking is folly because you can't simply have willpower going all the time — it needs a break. Willpower is great for doing things; it is not so great for NOT doing things. (For more on this, see 'Willpower' by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney.)
Allen Carr makes the key observation that we don't need willpower to not do something we don't want to do, so he focuses on why people do smoke instead of the reasons they shouldn't.
After all, no one smokes for the reasons they shouldn't.
So what were my excuses? Smoking helps relieve boredom. Well, smoking is about the most boring thing on the planet.
How about smoking relaxes me?
And, smoking helps me concentrate. Wait a minute, smoking helps concentration and relaxation? Those are opposites!
In fact, smoking does nothing for you.
The only thing it does is end the aggravation of nicotine withdrawal. And fortunately, the physical effects of nicotine withdrawal are actually mostly in our own heads.
As Allen Carr notes:
Most smokers go all night without a cigarette. The withdrawal 'pangs' do not even wake them up. Many smokers will leave the bedroom before they light that first cigarette; many will have breakfast first.Increasingly people don't smoke in their homes and won't have that first cigarette until they are in the car on the way to work… These smokers have eight or maybe 10 hours without a cigarette — going through withdrawal all the while, but it doesn't seem to bother them.
Indeed, it's amazing how much aggravation an illusion can cause. It's the feeling of being deprived of something that causes us so much grief. Indeed, our minds can actually make us physically sick.
Once I realized this, quitting was actually quite easy. And, there is good evidence that this method is far more effective than the others available. Nj casino donation request.
For anyone who isn't a smoker, it's critical to understand that the bait is mostly comprised of lack of bait.
Smoking may seem so mundane and pointless that it couldn't possibly be addicting, but don't flirt with this!
And, for anyone who already got caught, like I did, give Allen Carr's book a try.
After all, what do you have to lose other than a dangerous, filthy, expensive and unhealthy habit addiction?
Note: Andrew Syrios is not affiliated with Allen Carr's organization in any way.
