OT: Quitting Smoking

mosca · Post by **mosca** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:45 pm

i've been 'trying' to stop for a couple of weeks now. this weekend is the kicker - no smoking from Friday night till Monday morning should hopefully get me on the right path.

i regret starting the tabs - but to be honest i've had many a good time with the old marlboro reds

weeddigger · Post by **weeddigger** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:23 pm

evernaut wrote:Approaching day 6 of cold turkey-style smoking cessation.

Damn, it's proving to be a bit more challenging than I thought.

Good job I have a large supply of Steely Reslove

I also never thought I'd be puffing away on a child's bubble-blowing pipe with such fervent desire at this stage of my life.

Funny enough, I'm also on day six, or am now... Where you at?~?~?

Anyhow, I'm hyper as a fucking rabbit.

I want to fuck, fight and frolic...

Time is a mother fucker, but it doesn't exist.

Gotta shit and...

Man...

I only stopped cause I think I was getting emphysema or something...

I was having massive problems breathing...

Anyhow...

I'm not edgy, but I'm running at a thousand miles an hour.

Think fast, type fast, talk fast...

Wonder why I ever started, but then again, I do love her so...

My beautiful Maria De La Juana...

She's so hot when I get her lit...

She even gets nice and wet for me...

Mm...

....

Ok...

Yeah, I'm just out of my mind now.

So wheres Evernaut?

Did he ever start again?

How's it going, friend?

phunktion · Post by **phunktion** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:32 pm

nicotine gum. and dose a necessary. I've been on it 2+yrs

you'll get addicted to the gum but at least its a harmless alternative

buy the cheap stuff, non-coated. it contains less additives and artificial sugar

to be honest i enjoy the small stimulant high i get from nicotine. it helps me focus. the addiction is that it actually helps you function. much like coffee does for others

NorthernMonkey · Post by **NorthernMonkey** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:43 pm

phunktion wrote:the addiction is that it actually helps you function. much like coffee does for others

It helps you function because you are satisfying your addiction - without the craving you can concentrate on what you're doing.

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:25 am

I quit for six months and then started up again, for about six months now. As winter approaches I am going to stop again, as it'll be too cold to bother to go outside for a smoke. But dangit, in the summer when I'm grillin' and chillin' a smoke just compliments the affair so nicely...

Fortunately I do know the sure-fire, guaranteed method for quitting smoking: Don't buy em', don't smoke em'.

Noel · Post by **Noel** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:14 am

The first year is the hardest. I've now gone 15 years without tobacco. For the first 5 years I used to say that if the doctor gave me 18 months to live I would take it up again, but now I wouldn't. In fact the idea disgusts me.

Just remember that each day you go makes the next day easier.

And don't let your mind play tricks on you. "Just this one" can hurt you!.

When you think "I'm gasping for a smoke" ask yourself exactly what you mean my this. Are you in pain? or is it just a vague, undefinable kind of feeling that a person of your calibre can easily ignore?

Chewing gum can help.

And miming the act of smoking.

weeddigger · Post by **weeddigger** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:29 pm

Thanks guys, I still haven't lit a joint since I wrote this...

lola · Post by **lola** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:57 pm

I quited since jan 08.... the first weeks it's hell.
But you get a lot in return.

This helped me motivate...
Hope it helps others too :

http://www.healthecommunities.org/stqpa ... meline.asp

weeddigger · Post by **weeddigger** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:03 pm

I've lied on any health insurance type form that asks about smoking... i join one of these things that tracks for me my progress in not smoking for the same reason I won't confess to being a smoker. Eventually, I think it might deny me some kind of coverage. Honestly, I haven't even clicked the link... Im just scared to.

I work in the health insurance game and it's not even funny how many bottles of KY I'm having to send in the mail to people who get fucked hard by the business.

Anyhow, I might go see Nick Warren on Saturday night here... I think I might break the streak then...

Shit...

evernaut · Post by **evernaut** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:57 pm

I stopped for about 4 months there...and even during a very turbulent time personally, it wasn't so bad.

I do now smoke again, but less...

And, when I next decide to cease, I know that it's not nearly as hard for me to stop using nicotine as I had previously thought.

All useful lessons.

parke02 · Post by **parke02** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:20 pm

14 days here. Reading this thread made me want a cigarette really bad.

CRAP

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:52 pm

evernaut wrote:I stopped for about 4 months there...and even during a very turbulent time personally, it wasn't so bad.

I do now smoke again, but less...

And, when I next decide to cease, I know that it's not nearly as hard for me to stop using nicotine as I had previously thought.

All useful lessons.

quit again before you get to far into it!

i stopped for 6 months, picked it up agian for about 1 1/2 years, then quit for good.

10 years now..

free from smoking is so nice.. it takes about 3 years before all temptation leaves.

after 4 months you can ride on that again, it wont be so hard.

lung cancer is ugly shit when it knocks you dead around 55

vinkalmann · Post by **vinkalmann** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:08 pm

I smoked for 10 years and finally got to the point that I was feeling ill all the time and didn't know why. The book (was mentioned above) "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking" totally works. For those looking to quit, consider reading the book, it's worked for lots of people. The best part is you're given full permission to smoke your brains out while reading the book. It's the weirdest thing, by the time you finish the book you don't really want to smoke anymore. On top of that, once you do quit, it's not nearly as bad as if you hadn't read the book and quit cold turkey

It's amazing how much more time one has when you aren't running outside every hour to smoke!

http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Smoking-Pen ... 812&sr=8-6

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:44 am

You can do it. I replaced cigarettes with pushups. It worked well. If I could go back I would have included running in as well. Even before pushups.

Do not fear places with cigarettes. The sooner you learn to hate the public presence of tobacco the better.

Fuck cigarettes.

oblique strategies · Post by **oblique strategies** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:28 am

Stick with it, & one day you'll hate cigarettes more than someone who never smoked. No one hates ciggies more than an ex smoker!