Quit smoking

[caddlad]

Hang in there! I've been clean for a year and a half.

The urges pass quickly now, really just a flash. Fewer and further between.

Feels great not to be a slave to the junk.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Get suckers or something. Next time you feel the urge, chew a nicotine gum and suck on a lollipop

I've got a good assortment of tic-tac's and such but no nicotine gum. Any source of nicotine now would just prolong the process. Granted chewing gum (or wearing patches) gets rid of the health risk of burning tobacco but keeps you addicted to the nicotine..

I only suggest that since it might ease the cravings and the suckers to kind of mimic a cigarette. But if you think you can cold turkey this mofo, more power to you.

 

[JulesMaximus]

:thumbsup: Don't give in to the temptation. I used to smoke and quit cold turkey one day...that was almost 2 decades ago. I talk to people who smoke from time to time and they always tell me how they can quit anytime or that they will quit soon but then they keep taking a drag on that cigarette.

The longer you smoke, the harder it is to quit. This is a FACT.

 

[jimmyjam]

Good job, keep taking it a day at a time. I tried to quit a bunch of times and it finally worked. I haven't had a smoke since January 10. I was pretty irritable and hard to be around for the first month, but it got better. Now I can even go to bars where people smoke and it doesn't even occur to me smoke anymore.

Stick with it!

 

[sandorski]

I'm just totally thinking of this just 1 minute ago, but was thinking that *if* you are to give into temptation, instead of Smoking, try the Nicotine Gum or inhaler. Just to satisfy the Craving, and in the case of the Gum, change the ritual of satisfying the Craving. Hopefully you won't have to do even that.

One day I'm going to have to try and Quit again. So I'm interested in how it turns out for you and what you did to succeed.

Good luck.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: sandorski
I'm just totally thinking of this just 1 minute ago, but was thinking that *if* you are to give into temptation, instead of Smoking, try the Nicotine Gum or inhaler. Just to satisfy the Craving, and in the case of the Gum, change the ritual of satisfying the Craving. Hopefully you won't have to do even that.

One day I'm going to have to try and Quit again. So I'm interested in how it turns out for you and what you did to succeed.

Good luck.

I learned a lot from whyquit, very, very helpful. They are mostly down on NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) and I agree. If I can't handle it I'll just cave in and buy a pack and light up. It's impossible for me to smoke the "occasional" cig just like it's impossible for an alcoholic in recovery to have an "occasional" drink, it's all or nothing..

 

[marvdmartian]

Congrats on a week, keep up the great work! :thumbsup:

This Thanksgiving holiday period will make 5 years for me, after 23.5 years of smoking. And I can tell you that the way I took care of the cravings was by imagining that it was one of those little devil guys on my shoulder (you know, like people get the devil guy on one shoulder, and an angel guy on the other one?), telling me, "Come on! One little smoke won't hurt!!".....and then, in my mind, I'd flick that little S.O.B. off my shoulder, and continue to enjoy NOT smoking! :laugh:

I can tell you that the urge has gone away for me now, and I'm enjoying my smoke free life. It's amazing, though, how bad cigarettes smell now. I wonder how the heck I did that disgusting habit for 2 dozen years!!

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Congrats on a week, keep up the great work! :thumbsup:

This Thanksgiving holiday period will make 5 years for me, after 23.5 years of smoking. And I can tell you that the way I took care of the cravings was by imagining that it was one of those little devil guys on my shoulder (you know, like people get the devil guy on one shoulder, and an angel guy on the other one?), telling me, "Come on! One little smoke won't hurt!!".....and then, in my mind, I'd flick that little S.O.B. off my shoulder, and continue to enjoy NOT smoking! :laugh:

I can tell you that the urge has gone away for me now, and I'm enjoying my smoke free life. It's amazing, though, how bad cigarettes smell now. I wonder how the heck I did that disgusting habit for 2 dozen years!!

That is just so fucking cool!, many thanks to Caddlad, JulesMaximus, Jimmyjam and Marvdmartian for giving me hope that I can finally end this bastard addiction..

 

[eits]

how'd you do it?
my gf quit a few years ago by chewing a ton of commit gum and drinking soda. today, she doesn't drink soda, smoke, or use any nicotine gum.

i have a few friends who tried wellbutrin. it worked for one, but not the others who tried it (1 out of 5).

i have a few friends who tried auriculotherapy/acupuncture. it worked on 3 out of the 4 who tried it.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: seemingly random
Try brushing your teeth when you think you just can't get by. At least you'll have very clean teeth - and breath.

The psychological desire will remain long after the physical is gone. It could be around for up to a year. One of the failure points is around six months when you think you've kicked the habit and think you can have one or two. Most people can't.

true. sometimes when i go out drinking, i want to have a smoke. i was never a heavy smoker or anything and i only smoked for about a year in high school and then again for a little over a year after a bad break-up a few years ago.

 

[Nik]

Good luck, duder! I quit cold turkey back in December and haven't looked back. You can do it!

 

[Sluggo]

Good luck quittin' buddy.

I am 10 days without a cigarette. I used Chantix for about 3 weeks, but quit it early and am trying to tough it out. I know the nicotine part is gone, and it's basically all in my head now. Its only really bad when drinking, with coffee and after some spicy food. I know I can do this.




My habit...

30 years of smoking, at the end it was up to almost 2 packs a day...fucking brutal on your wallet and your life. I'm so glad to be off of them, but so pissed at myself for still being a slave to them and thinking about it so much.

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: Superrock
More than eating right or exercising, smoking cessation is the best thing you can do for health.

Not for long. Obesity is on it's way to killing more Americans that smoking.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: nerdress
good luck!!! i quit smoking last week...then started back up two days ago. It's been a rough week You have more willpower than me, go for it!!

You smoke? Yuck.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Good luck quittin' buddy.

I am 10 days without a cigarette. I used Chantix for about 3 weeks, but quit it early and am trying to tough it out. I know the nicotine part is gone, and it's basically all in my head now. Its only really bad when drinking, with coffee and after some spicy food. I know I can do this.




My habit...

30 years of smoking, at the end it was up to almost 2 packs a day...fucking brutal on your wallet and your life. I'm so glad to be off of them, but so pissed at myself for still being a slave to them and thinking about it so much.

I have a starter pack of Chantix but I'm not planning on using it. Tried Zyban some years ago and was off smokes for 4-6 weeks but the side effects were too much so I stopped taking it then made the fatal mistake, " I'm over tobacco so it's OK to have just one smoke"..wrong! just like that I was back in!. Don't be mad at yourself, our brains are just chock full of nicotine receptors, can't change that but if we ignore them long enough they will stop buggin us!. Just take it one day at a time and keep it up!!.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Good luck quittin' buddy.

I am 10 days without a cigarette. I used Chantix for about 3 weeks, but quit it early and am trying to tough it out. I know the nicotine part is gone, and it's basically all in my head now. Its only really bad when drinking, with coffee and after some spicy food. I know I can do this.




My habit...

30 years of smoking, at the end it was up to almost 2 packs a day...fucking brutal on your wallet and your life. I'm so glad to be off of them, but so pissed at myself for still being a slave to them and thinking about it so much.

I have a starter pack of Chantix but I'm not planning on using it. Tried Zyban some years ago and was off smokes for 4-6 weeks but the side effects were too much so I stopped taking it then made the fatal mistake, " I'm over tobacco so it's OK to have just one smoke"..wrong! just like that I was back in!. Don't be mad at yourself, our brains are just chock full of nicotine receptors, can't change that but if we ignore them long enough they will stop buggin us!. Just take it one day at a time and keep it up!!.

Tried Zyban as well. Couple weeks in, got the Hives and couldn't stop the itching. Doctor made a house call and fixed me up, but damn that was horrible.

 

[Heller]

SEE SIG

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Heller
SEE SIG

LOL, wish I could that might help me, BUT my workplace random drug tests and your positive for anything-poof-, your gone...

 

[Heller]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Heller
SEE SIG

LOL, wish I could that might help me, BUT my workplace random drug tests and your positive for anything-poof-, your gone...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whizzinator

have personally had a friend get in a incident and use one, it worked, wonders...

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: Heller

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Heller
SEE SIG

LOL, wish I could that might help me, BUT my workplace random drug tests and your positive for anything-poof-, your gone...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whizzinator

have personally had a friend get in a incident and use one, it worked, wonders...

Wow LOL

"
The Whizzinator comes as a kit complete with dried urine and syringe, heater packs (to keep the urine at body temperature), a false penis (available in several skin tones including white, tan, latino, brown, and black) and instruction manual.
"

 

[Tempered81]

first 3-4 weeks are teh hardest. after that you quit thinking about them. I've been a non-smoker for 34 months. Smoked for about 8 years prior to that.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Tempered81
first 3-4 weeks are teh hardest. after that you quit thinking about them. I've been a non-smoker for 34 months. Smoked for about 8 years prior to that.

After 32 years it's going to take more than 3-4 weeks for most. Though it depends on how much you wanted to quit in the first place.

If you fail the first time, try again a month or two later. It gets easier with practice, but please don't use that as an excuse to cave in because it makes all that hard work goto waste.

I know how hard it is to quit. It feels like some one very close to you dies when you let the habit down. Just remember how it's not worth it. After I quit (for the 3rd and final time) I realized all I was doing was feeding a habit and actually I was not getting any pleasure from it. The only pleasure you get from cig's is to sastisfy your nick-fit after being physically addicted to them for so long.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Heller

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Heller
SEE SIG

LOL, wish I could that might help me, BUT my workplace random drug tests and your positive for anything-poof-, your gone...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whizzinator

have personally had a friend get in a incident and use one, it worked, wonders...

IIRC the whizzinator's seller, puck tech. got sued and forced out of business, in any event a 3oz trial shampoo bottle with a heat pad will work too but the problem is they test on-site now, too many folks were diverting before they got to the lab and since you don't know the day of the test your kinda screwed..

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Regs

Originally posted by: Tempered81
first 3-4 weeks are teh hardest. after that you quit thinking about them. I've been a non-smoker for 34 months. Smoked for about 8 years prior to that.

After 32 years it's going to take more than 3-4 weeks for most. Though it depends on how much you wanted to quit in the first place.

If you fail the first time, try again a month or two later. It gets easier with practice, but please don't use that as an excuse to cave in because it makes all that hard work goto waste.

I know how hard it is to quit. It feels like some one very close to you dies when you let the habit down. Just remember how it's not worth it. After I quit (for the 3rd and final time) I realized all I was doing was feeding a habit and actually I was not getting any pleasure from it. The only pleasure you get from cig's is to sastisfy your nick-fit after being physically addicted to them for so long.

Some good points there too, they make smokers go to a tiny table at work now and even if it rains we were all out there getting soaked, looking and feeling like morons just to get a butt in our system.

 

[Heller]

only time your really gonna miss it is when your bored.