quit smoking?
- Started 15 years ago
- Last post 14 years ago
- 136 Responses
- scarabin0
quitting isn't hard, it's just annoying.
- dirtydesign0
i 'quit' in october.
not sure why i can't knock the drunk smoking.
but i have zero cravings when i'm sober.
- linearch0
nuts. i just quit 4 days ago. needed this thread to pop up. i'm eating my fingernails.
- ********0
just finished dinner, my mind is starting to play tricks on me, like, meh who cares anyway, have one , fuck it.
no mind.
- grunttt0
in 4 days I will have gone 1 year without a cigarette.
- ********0
Quit nine years ago, via Zyban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu... after thirty years of smoking. Long story, short: cancer sucks; have lost *seven* family members to it and although I may still get it, I'm trying my best not to make it an absolute. Smoking tobacco is addictive, it is meant to be and it is not easy to quit - I still think about smoking every single day. The key? I just don't.
Best immediate result/reward? That first kiss after no smoking for a day or two... "so, that's what I have been missing..." Yes, I put on weight, discovered exercise and proper diet; now I'm down to the same waistline I had when I was sixteen.
Good luck - you're doing the right thing.
- robotinc0
I quit over a year ago. this dude's website was super helpful http://www.whyquit.com/joel/#vid…. He is big on the cold method, as gum, patches etc just keep you addicted longer. He has a ton of video/audio that talks about whats happening to your body. highly recommended.
- cgregori0
Smoked for 15 years and for about 3 months I would just keep telling myself how stupid it is was every time I'd go out to smoke. Eventually it sunk in and I haven't smoked one since (19 months). And packs being $6 helped out to. Definitely don't miss it.
- airey0
just stop. i smoked for 8 years and was on about 1-2 packets a day. the longterm health issues and money spent meant nothing to me when i quit, it was the general fitness and chest pains more that grabbed me.
the key is to simply stop. and never smoke another one. i still feel like on now and then and it's been 8 years since. i generally think of myself as a smoker that doesn't smoke rather than a nonsmoker.
and most importantly, please don't become one of these anti-smoking douchebags that 'used to smoke but now i know better'. i hate those cunts.
- airey0
and the 'quiting isn't hard' line is bullshit. it can be hard for some people, not for others. take those self-involved comments with a grain of salt. some people get physical responses to quiting (like any addiction) and some don't. unsurprisingly it can be different for everybody.
a friend of mine found cigarettes harder to kick than heroin. he said at least you can't buy heroin at every shop on the walk to the bus stop.
- MrT0
Airey is right, "quitting isn't hard" is bullshit.
After a few failed cold-turkey attempts, hypnosis did it for Mrs T and I.
It'll be 2 years without fags on May 4th, so I'd recommend it.
- ismith0
Okay all you guys want to know the real secret? Every time you feel a craving, spin around once, drop your pants, and spank the monkey. I don't speak from personal experience but the logic is impeccable.
- ********0
alright, one day going strong.
baby steps.
didnt sleep much last night, consequently feel like shit and dont even feel like a cigarette.
- neue75_bold0
I was thinking about quitting today, probably the first time the thought has crossed my mind... so much cancer around me and my stomach has been so off for the past 6 months, might just be the hernia or the extra weight I carry these days, or I've got a tumor the size of a volleyball up in there...
- do it.
hey hows oz going?******** - the unsafe anal will get your before the cigs do.airey
- too true********
- do it.
- six0
whereRI cool :)
i've gone down the patch root and am on the way to the chemist to get some lozengers. i've decided to go down this route as it is soooo much easier for me. cold turkey sends me crazy. once i've got my lungs back i'll soon be able to get off the substitutes.
i've also downloaded the audio version of Allen Carr. easy way to stop smoking. if anyone wants the link i'll send it to you..
- ********0
audio link please six
- six0
hows it goin ?
- ********0
not bad, only time i feel like one is after i eat, at first i tried not to think about it, now i find if i just let myself think about it goes away.
ive been for a run today and swam 70 lengths at the public pool.
have 3 jobs on the go, so im tryin to keep as busy as possible.hang in there six