Thread: Quiting Marijuana: Effects on Dream Recall/Lucidity

For the past month or two I've been trying to compromise between smoking and dreaming. My results have been consistent: sporadic success, with most all dreams of lower quality. I'm now going to quit 100%. This little project will not necessarily prove that the effects of marijuana are negative for everyone, just for me.

Also, this little thread is mostly for me. A solid goal to distract myself from smoking, hopefully. It's hard to stop in a house that's as hazy as mine. Perhaps I'll stumble upon some good advice. =P

Background: Discovered Lucid Dreaming through a childhood interest in Astral Projects, which faded with age. I've practiced dreaming, so to speak, for about 3 years, on and off. Probably a total of 1 year. I did not smoke until the later 1/4th of that time.

I was a fast learner when it came to dreams. I had my first lucid the second day of learning about it, and had a couple month for several months. There was a second stretch where I had a lucid dream or two every week. And I've had a week where I was lucid every night.

I'd rate myself an "intermediate" lucid dreamer. Dream control has never been a problem for most of my dreams, however it seems like using it destabilizes the dream regardless. Longevity is something I need to work on, and I'm currently working on WILD. I've only succeeded once, after waking up and drinking a cup of coffee, then suddenly getting tired and trying to go to bed.)

Day #1

Today was my last day of smoking. Drank an Emergen-C and took a 5mg Melatonin, just to give me a boost from the beginning. Dreams from this morning were foggy fragments, little more.

Current LD Goals: (A) Find my Dream Guide (or in other words, a representation of my subconscious/ego)
(B) Summon Beetlejuice
(C) Explore a Castle.