Anyone here quit smoking before?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:28 am

This is my first try, I didn't smoke all day yesterday. It was okay, I guess.

But I'd really, really like a cigarette right now.
Fuck, I can't even think about it, this is kinda like when you're in love with a girl and you know she doesn't like you and you force yourself not to think about her.

If only I had some kind of substitute, like coke or sommat.

Edit:
Sometimes I think I should just give up cause I'm just not the kind of guy who doesn't smoke.

Post by **mik0rs** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:40 am

Not me, never smoked, but good luck I spose.

Post by **4days** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:14 pm

reduction cure with patches is good, and get weights or a punchbag. don't mean that in a q3w homo-erotic fitness kind of way - it's just that doing a bit of exercise whenever you want a cigarette helps you ride out the craving.

worked for me anyway. gl with it.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:23 pm

Use nicotine, and work your way down.

http://www.nicotrol.com/inhaler/index.asp

This might interest you.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:32 pm

Smoked for 9 years and just stopped one day, havent touched a cigarette since.

Im addicted to snus now though: http://www.snusworldwide.com/us/

This brand:

Post by **Pauly** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:33 pm

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:36 pm

cold turkey is the only way to go. been about 6 years since ive had a cig

Post by **blood.angel** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:56 pm

mik0rs wrote:Not me, never smoked, but good luck I spose.

Post by **chopov** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:35 pm

I quit 2 years ago after 17 years of smoking and it went off witout a hitch. After my experience the most important thing is that you really want it and you prepare for it. I tried it 3 times before but of no avail. This time i started seriously thinking about quitting about 3/4 year in advance and thus preparing my mind for a long time. After that I was surprised how easily it went. I was given some days before quitting a "powerball" training gadget and every time I felt the urge for a cig I just grabbed the ball instead and worked it til my arm ached (I mean the "powerball" not what you will think now! :icon22: ). After 3 days the really serious urge for the cigs was gone, after 14 days it hardly came to mind anymore.
I'm sure al those nicotine patches and tablets are a waste of money. It's a mind thing.

Good luck and be strong! :icon14:

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:51 pm

Just make sure there aren't any fags in the house and go cold turkey. The patches are pricey and they're only really better than willpower if used as part of a comprehensive program.

Post by **axbaby** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:30 pm

i might just quit quitting.
patches didn't work inhaler didn't work ... Zaiban stop smoking pill worked great but made me silly.
mental patients were given Zaiban and one side effect was they didn't want to smoke anymore.
it works great ..i quit for a month but as soon as i stopped taking Zaiban i was back to smoking.
i'm 2 packs "of 25's" now but that's purely stress and that's almost gone.
quitting smoking is high on my TO DO list.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:32 pm

Sounds like I did everything right. Threw away the cigs and didn't buy patches or gum or inhaler.

Post by **dmmh** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:40 pm

you wont last 3 weeks

Post by **Ryoki** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:42 pm

The real test is getting drunk with friends in a bar. Good luck

Post by **4days** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:56 pm

Geebs wrote:Just make sure there aren't any fags in the house and go cold turkey. The patches are pricey and they're only really better than willpower if used as part of a comprehensive program.

forgot about that part, i did this thing where you go see the nurse every couple of weeks while you're on the patches and she charts your progress.

looking back it might've been easier to just quit - but the missus stopped at the same time and that was the method she picked.

Post by **4days** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:58 pm

Ryoki wrote:The real test is getting drunk with friends in a bar. Good luck

for the first time in ages i really wanted a cigarette at the weekend - because we were sat in a bar where NO ONE was smoking and it just seemed wrong.

Post by **axbaby** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:59 pm

avoiding situations like that will really help.
my girlfreind smokes .. all my co-workers smoke
i've been a smoker while still in the womb .. i was destined to be a smoker . the whole family smokes even more then me and my mom doesn't smoke filtered cigarettes.

get away from smokers

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:06 pm

smoking is for fags :A

Post by **lars63** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:25 pm

I quit smoking 1997 one of the best things I ever did for myself I hope you make it. Good luck!!!!!!!!

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:28 pm

Yes. Loads of times.

Post by **plained** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:38 pm

*starsky voice

dew it

dew it

Post by **redfella** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:43 pm

I quit smoking, cold turkey, on the stroke of midnight December 31st, 1999. So basically, I haven't smoked at all this century.

That's how ya got to do it... make it some big or important day that you will have to look forward too for some time (say 6 months to a year)... and build yourself up during this time. Say to yourself, "bitch, when the new year comes 2006, I ain't gonna touch a cig at all"... or to the cigarettes; "cigarettes, YOU"RE going down to chinatown, AND YOU AIN"T COMING BACK after the new year comes!?!"

This building up period is very important because it builds a well of self-confidence that you can draw upon after the big day comes and you are tempted greatly to have a smoke. At least, it worked for me. And it can work for other things to... like dieting or some shit.

Post by **boo** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:53 pm

MKJ wrote:smoking is for fags :A

Fags are for smoking. :icon30:

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:56 pm

I quit when I spent a week in the hospital for a collapsed lung.
Spent a week in there and never smoked another fag stick when I came out.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:01 pm

It's kinda different for everybody. If you've been smoking for a long time, you'll find that the hardest part is all the habits you have associated with it. It will only take a few days of not smoking to get over the actual addiction, but when you've had a cigarette with your coffee for the last 5 years, or when every time you've been drinking for the last 10 years, or even when you first wake up, those are the hard parts to give up.

However you do it, it definitely helps to build up to it and tell yourself you're going to quit on a certain day, and get mentally prepared.

If you go cold turkey, it definitely helps to do some sort of exercise when you want a smoke. If you're really craving one, and you go run a half mile, you're not going to want one at all when you get back, and the craving will pass.

Just remember those habits are the hardest part to break. If you go 3 days without smoking, you'll be done with most of the addiction part -- just don't expect it to get any easier right away, and during the times you aren't smoking, keep building yourself up against the next time you know you'll want one.

And if you're really serious about it, then even if you break down and smoke one at some point, don't automatically say "Well shit, looks like I'm smoking again," and go buy a pack. You have to keep at it. I know people who haven't smoked in 20 years, and every now and again they still have a craving for one.