THE OFFICIAL QUIT SMOKING THREAD

[Hook]

Imagine I smoked my last cig quite in February and I NOW going thru withdrawal. Wasn't craving a pull for mths, but the last couple weeks it hitting hard.

I read it takes 12wks for the nicotene receptors in the brain to switch off so I guess this is normal, but like they putting up a fight.
I'll resist. I will beat this.

[rollingstock]

^ The e-cigs not helpin?

btw tha's devil ting, smoke but no fire

[Hook]

I'm on the low nicotene formula now. 'twas working fine all along inno...zero cravings, so I dunno what happened the last couple weeks.

[triniangie]

good thread - still reading all the entries

nice motivation for those who wants to stop

[Stephon.]

Good job hook(er)

[kual]

I've read all the stories above. some making no sense but I have not smoked a cigarette for about 3 weeks now. Just a personal decision to quit of almost eleven years. What to expect after about 3 weeks? Vega, give me some advice.

[Sky]

I've read all the stories above. some making no sense but I have not smoked a cigarette for about 3 weeks now. Just a personal decision to quit of almost eleven years. What to expect after about 3 weeks? Vega, give me some advice.

Nothing, just more energy. It takes months for your physical appearance to change, colour in fingers, gums etc.

[stev]

last time i tried to quit i started to wheeze

i slowing down now. using electronic but dat seems like a kinda waste at times.

[Hook]

^^^ the initial withdrawal from a pack a day to zero does be pressure...with some people, the body rejects your decision to quit...it used to happen to me

but you have to want it...quit for YOU and you'll do well.

If you're cutting down, set deadlines and goals. For the first two weeks, I maxed out at 3 a day at first, which is a dread reduction from 20/day, but I allowed myself roll-over cigs ( like if I cut back one today, I get to smoke 4 2mro...but I never used 'em anyway).
Then the next two weeks, 3 without the roll-over, then one a day with the roll-over, then a pack for the mth (of which I only smoked 14 anyway). By the end of the first mth, I noticed if I went a couple days without a smoke I was fine, and by the end of February, that was it for me and cigs.

The ecig thing is a good tool if you use it correctly. I does leave mine home, battery does discharge, all kinda ting. I doh even know why I still use it.

[Greypatch]

fellas smoke 1/2 cig den out it....smoke the rest later automatic cut down of 50%

[Hook]

hahahahaha...ah have chinee ancestory hoss...we does smoke it down to d sponge

[stev]

hahahahaha...ah have chinee ancestory hoss...we does smoke it down to d sponge

fuh real...besides, that cig doh smell to pleasant if u keep it wit d rest. lol

[Hook]

nah dan! a half-smoked cig does kick up a dread scent

[Dragist]

Nearly 2 years now that I stopped and I did so cold turkey , I smoked for about 30 years don't miss it at all .

[ru$$ell]

quit a few months now,honestly doesnt bother me one bit and never use to when i was smoking.Was just a way to occupy my idle time i guess.

[dougla_boy]

used to smoke a pack and evening whilst studying in secondary school.....then i realized that it made no sense to smoke cigs so i stopped cold turkey with no withdrawal symptoms.....then in form 6 when i get stressed and gyal eh around.....picked up a pack........then a yr or 2 ago it started to be a social thing with some chicks i used to lime with.....level menthols.....now....i dont have that feeling to smoke cigs........

[cherrypopper]

there is nothing that can help you stop smoking , it's either you want to stop or NOT!!!

[kual]

If you really want to, you will. I totally agree with cherrypopper. I just stopped 3 weeks ago. Its was not easy but from a pack and a half a day to none. No one can help you stop smoking. YOU have to do it.

[cherrypopper]

Smoking is unhealthy, we all know that but we do it anyways. I smoked for 15years straight and then on my birthday 3 years ago I said " this is my last smoke " everyone laughed and doubted and well from that day I never touched a cigarette. I used to say to stop I have to stop drinking but that's a fools paradise cause I still drink and never wanted one..

[Stephon.]

One thing I didn't like when smoking was the people around me that used to tell me, "omg do you know that smoking is very unhealthy for you?"

No the notification on the box that says "smoking is bad for your health" was completely ignored, as well as all of those commercials I see everyday and the obvious factors that I myself physically felt when smoking. When I see someone I know smoking now I don't tell them anything, it's 2012 and no one is ignorant on the dangers of smoking anymore, if you're around someone that smokes, telling them how bad it is for them won't make them stop. When they're ready to stop, (if they ever decide to) they will.

[~Vēġó~]

nah dan! a half-smoked cig does kick up a dread scent

ENT and taste worse too.....it actually tastes like an ashtray!!!!

[sharkman121]

One thing I didn't like when smoking was the people around me that used to tell me, "omg do you know that smoking is very unhealthy for you?"

No the notification on the box that says "smoking is bad for your health" was completely ignored, as well as all of those commercials I see everyday and the obvious factors that I myself physically felt when smoking. When I see someone I know smoking now I don't tell them anything, it's 2012 and no one is ignorant on the dangers of smoking anymore, if you're around someone that smokes, telling them how bad it is for them won't make them stop. When they're ready to stop, (if they ever decide to) they will.

exactly!! smokers are probably well aware more than anyone of the dangers of the habit.

[~Vēġó~]

I've read all the stories above. some making no sense but I have not smoked a cigarette for about 3 weeks now. Just a personal decision to quit of almost eleven years. What to expect after about 3 weeks? Vega, give me some advice.

I just took it one day at a time....yes the urge is still there after 3 weeks but I was firm in my mind to stay off the blends....I took deep breaths when I felt the urge or did some pushups or a lil sprint or drank some water...or all of the former....I also simply didn't carry any cash whatsoever on me nor in the car so I didn't have any money to buy a pack (that may be considered a risky thing but I work not so far from home and any problem that may arise a phone call could sort me out)....days would turn to weeks and the urge gradually gets less.

I never believed in those e-cigs.....that still condones the habit. If the habit is still fed then the will/resolve to quit won't be as firm....but then different ppl would react differently.

[S_2NR]

men smokin 1.5 packs/day in here

a pack lasts me 3 days

[kurpal_v2]

men smokin 1.5 packs/day in here

a pack lasts me 3 days

If I liming whole weekend, Id smoke out a pack in 2/3 days.


On a norm I manage a pack whole week (3-4per day), if Im using my ecig that number cuts down cause during the day I wont smoke until I get home. With menthols, I find they get stale after a few days, thankfully that timeline proceeds into the weekend (family time) so I could say no to buying a new pack and spend at least my Saturday and Sunday smoke free.


Had cut down to nil for 12 days, then a padna offer me a cig and I was like "meh wth" next thing I know I buying a halfpack and bumped back to a full pack 2weeks now Regret that one day I lime with that dude yes, right now I trying to go back to my half pack a week stage and use the ecig more.

[geodude]

i doh know about you guys but i like smoking,
i chose to work in another country and learnt another language and endure travel for days at a time so i can work in brazil, why because here we can smoke on drilling rigs, i have opportunities to work in Trinidad but that won't go well with my smoking habit.

[dread_2002]

smoke some grade.. zero cravings for devil sticks afta!

[Sky]

One thing I didn't like when smoking was the people around me that used to tell me, "omg do you know that smoking is very unhealthy for you?"

No the notification on the box that says "smoking is bad for your health" was completely ignored, as well as all of those commercials I see everyday and the obvious factors that I myself physically felt when smoking. When I see someone I know smoking now I don't tell them anything, it's 2012 and no one is ignorant on the dangers of smoking anymore, if you're around someone that smokes, telling them how bad it is for them won't make them stop. When they're ready to stop, (if they ever decide to) they will.

I usually tell them "The minister of health advises that telling me about my smoking is dangerous to health. Leave me alone"

[sharkman121]

i doh know about you guys but i like smoking,
i chose to work in another country and learnt another language and endure travel for days at a time so i can work in brazil, why because here we can smoke on drilling rigs, i have opportunities to work in Trinidad but that won't go well with my smoking habit.

you did all this just to smoke on an oil rig

[~Vēġó~]

men smokin 1.5 packs/day in here

a pack lasts me 3 days

and if you don't check yourself that 3 days will get less and less....so make the effort to stop whilst you still green in the scene...

I had reached the point where it was more economical for me to purchase by the carton than a pack.....