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i decided to quit recently, although my plan hasn't really fallen into action yet. i keep telling myself im not going to buy a pack, but then i end up bumming from my friends constantly and after a while i buy a pack to avoid being annoying.
im curious to see how others went about quitting and how long it took for their cravings to go away.
Catch the flu if at all possible...(lol..I dunno how..) But when I caught the a few months back I couldn't stand the taste or the smell of the smoke...It was like that for near a month..I had no intention on quiting though..So I can't help ya there
I did see a commercial for the new tropical flavored nicorette...I have a few friend who quit that way
agh i chewed nicorette when i was in the hospital for two weeks. it gave me the hiccups real bad. i should have just quit then but i was silly.
I hear ya..I need to quit soon
gas prices are high and I can use the extra money
There a few doctor prescribed medications that are supposed to help with cravings and a few other things..not to sure what it was..I heard my mom talking about it a while back
i did the math the other day and i spend over 1000 dollars a year in cigarettes.
i was prescribed wellbutrin before i smoked cigarettes and ive heard that can help with the cravings
I wish I could be of more help man..All I can say is research..there has to millions of options out there to help
I went the Chantix and nic patch route and it has been 2 months since my last cig. You smoke for the first week on the Chantix, then switch to the patch for week 2 and maybe 3. In fact, I have more or less stopped taking the Chantix and the patch over the last 2 weeks and don't really think about smoking. It was always more of a psychological addiction for me. Once I stopped my automatics (starting the car, after meals) it was pretty easy.
I had tried the Wellbuterin/Zyban route twice and it had the exact opposite effect on me. Instead, of mellowing me out, it made me aggitated. A few people had success with it, but it wasn't for me.
Another thing to try is to replace your cig addiction with something positive. I quit for 8 years going cold turkey and then replacing smoking with lifting weights.
If you can last a week without a cheat, you can beat the addiction. Keep real busy and avoid triggers. Give Chantix a try if u can afford it. It is not a miracle pill, but it did take the edge off quiting for me.
The easiest way I quit was I didnt start =)
Use the force.
i think ill try thatQuote:
Originally Posted by ToDrunkToFish
Are you talking about this Force?
So my post isn't pointless
i got a lung infection while i was sick with the flu. i could barely breathe and wanted cigs no more. so i just quit cold turkey.
I was talking about that force.
right before your ready to give in and have one just decide to wait for 5 minutes before you light it, cravings subside quickly.
Run, when your gasping for air the last thing you want is a cig
Your friends are going to make it near impossible for you if theyre still smoking while your trying not to
thats a good idea. im sick of being sedentary anyway. i might just wait till i move back in with my parents. my lease is up june 15th and all five of my room mates smoke. it will be alot easier htenQuote:
Originally Posted by NextLineIsMine
lol.I'm doing the opposite...My mom smokes and I live with her..When I move out this summer I'm going to quit..other wise It'd always be around
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sorry, i can't stress that enough.... i went back, but i consider 2/numerous attempts of mine as quits... just circumstances drove me back (i'm weak willed and the circumstances were harsh... i caved, but the quitting isn't deniable..)
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Originally Posted by ToDrunkToFish
Me too
Cold Turkey. I just replaced my cigs with more weed.
40 a day to nothing is hard though, my temper was fucked for well over a month.
Last time I quit I chewed the gum crap.. The gum chewing only lasted a few days, then suddenly I was like screw this and stopped chewing the gum and quit for over a year.. Part of it was I was pretty drunk the whole time I was going through withdrawals, every time I had a urge to smoke I took a swig off a 40oz, eventually I would be so drunk I just passed out and got another day out of the way.. When a year or so later that I started back up again it was one of the most stressful times I have ever been through, and by stressful I mean I was almost insane with grief and confusion and ended up taking up smoking as a crutch, and haven''t stopped since then.. Shit is depressing really cause I know I am going to die if I don't stop, hopefully this new job I am getting will help me quit (and be able to afford quiting, those patches and gum aint cheap)
anyways, enough babbling, best of luck to you man, you won't regret your decision to quit after it is all over. It is amazing to notice how good food tastes and how good a full breath of air feels as a non smoker
Quitting cigs is easy if you stick to your decision to quit. The 1st 72 hours are the hardest but after that it is a breeze.
I smoked for 31 years and quit 4 years ago with no looking back except with disgust.
Cold turkey is the only way to quit and according to statistics only 3% of the quitters actully make it going the cold turkey route.
I think you are a pussy if you can't quit cigarettes.
Quiting was the HARDEST thing I ever had to do... I said HAD to do because I got a heart attack and cancer inside a 2 year period of my life... I was a 4 pack a day smoker... Wintergreen lifesavers,,,bags of em and just keep chewing them is what I did... the cravings did not go away for me for a whole year,I stopped the lifesavers about 6 months in... I still don't believe I did it because I aways thought it was impossible...
Good Luck!!!
i quit cold turkey, and every time i "HAD" to have a cig I would roll and smoke a joint instead, staying heavily stoned all day this went on for about 5 days then the cravings went away,, after that its all mental.. after a few weeks to a month I was pretty much done.
drinking brings out the cravings now and then, but last time i smoked a cig it actually made me sick!! so i know i wont be smoking tobacco again :)
4 packs a day Skink!? Thats just about like lighting up every ten minutes, if you can quit that anyone can quit cigarettes
The first thing you have to ask yourself is if you really want to quit. You NEED the motivation to quit, once you have that, then quitting really isn't that bad.
I quit a few years ago. I was a pack a day smoker for a number of years. I thought of the end rewards: No more depending and getting grumpy when I need a smoke, the money I will save, how better I will feel, how better I will smell, and no more paying the government to slowly kill me. Tobacco is 100% pointless and is downright disgusting.
I thought of the end payoff to quit. I didn't use gum, or a patch, I just threw them away for the last time and said fuck it. What's the point? I feel like shit, I smell like shit, and that extra $40-$50 a month would be nice to get something I actually want.
It did take me several times to do it though, but the last time, that was it. Cold turkey.
I tried 8 times.
When I quit a carton of cigs was not lasting 3 days... I was smoking ultralights and they just make you drag harder and longer to get your nicotine fix... I say to many,, if I can do it anyone can...Quote:
Originally Posted by NextLineIsMine
My sister in law has gone through chemo and a tough bout of uterine cancer and she still smokes... there is all aspects of the addiction and for some to say 7 days that may very well true be for them,,,but there is the other side to this evil addiction...