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Title: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Jan 2013, 12:17

And fuck all of you I will murder someone.

I've had one cigarette in two days. Being at work is the hardest, because I have so much time to think to myself.

FUCK ALL OF YOU

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 03 Jan 2013, 12:24

You didn't ask for advice:

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Get a "deep cleaning" at home from a professional, something to eliminate the tiniest subliminal traces of tobacco smell. Dry clean the drapes.

Change how you think of it. You're not "quitting smoking", you need to be all "I'm a nonsmoker".

I'll leave out all the normal advice, because you've already seen it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: idontunderstand on 03 Jan 2013, 12:29

I quit five years ago. I'm on the level now where I can have one at a party or something without any serious cravings.

My method was slapping myself over the mouth each time I wanted one, btw. I dunno why but it worked. Also, training like a crazed wild boar helped.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Jan 2013, 12:37

That cleaning idea would work if I had, you know, any money.

Funnily enough I can barely afford cigarettes  :mrgreen:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Jace on 03 Jan 2013, 13:14

There's some pill my mom took when she wanted to quit, basically it fucks your brain into not having the craving at all so you get through it super easily.

Dunno if you have pills in the UK though.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 03 Jan 2013, 13:30

No, we still take everything rectally via horse dicks.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 03 Jan 2013, 14:55

Attempting to beam positive energy your way. It's a bitch, but I know that you can do it. Even if you need to spend some time frothing at the mouth and screaming FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK on occasion to do it. :p

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: J on 03 Jan 2013, 15:13

other people have done it, so you can do it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOx6zvWsLV0)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 03 Jan 2013, 19:02

Quote from: Jace on 03 Jan 2013, 13:14

There's some pill my mom took when she wanted to quit, basically it fucks your brain into not having the craving at all so you get through it super easily.

Dunno if you have pills in the UK though.

Champix. (http://www.patient.co.uk/health/varenicline-champixr) That's the UK trade name for it, anyway. It's a 3-month regimen that most people I've spoken with (patients that I personally interacted with on a regular basis) said it actually does work. Some of then said it made then kinda moody, but quitting smoking will do that to you either way.

In the United States, it's actually cheaper per month than cigarettes, assuming someone normally smokes one pack per day. I have no idea what the prescription price is in the UK, nor have I knowledge of current cig prices there...in Connecticut, cigs are about $7.50 per pack on average, and the medicine is about $140 per month, for the three months.

Other than that bit of information, I can tell you that my grandmother, who had been smoking for over 50 years, stopped cold turkey after hemorrhaging a vein. The vein wall's brittleness was attributed to smoking. She's a cranky racist old coot now, but she was a cranky racist old coot before, so not much has changed apart from the smell of her house.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: BeoPuppy on 04 Jan 2013, 02:34

Good luck.

I used patches to quit. Something for you?

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: VonKleist on 04 Jan 2013, 02:57

I´m prone to sinus-infections and stuff like that so I quit loads of times when I was too sick to smoke. Sometimes for up to a year until I took it up again.
There´s half a pack of American Spirits been sitting on my desk for like 2 weeks now and I smoked maybe 2.
Even without the sore throat I´d smoke like a pack a week or less.
Not great, but could be worse.
*cough cough*

I don't smoke in my flat becaus ironically I hate the smell of stale tabacco smell.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: ibrahimdelil on 04 Jan 2013, 08:21

Read this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/014103940X). I know it's written pretty repetitively and overly simplified to reach a wider audience but it's great. I quit the night I finished it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 04 Jan 2013, 09:04

I'm feeling reasonably confident about it right now and I want to go as hardcore on this as I can, so I'm flying solo for the minute. I'm using gum. Non-nicotine, but gum nonetheless.

I've had three cigarettes in three days, which for anyone keeping count means I had two today. I kind of cheated my system by having two at work, and I hated myself for it.

But I am still feeling reasonably confident!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 04 Jan 2013, 09:12

Hating yourself for cheating is a positive thing. 


My parent's quit in '67, the week the surgeon general's warning came out.  Cold turkey.  And they were both pretty heavy (mom was a pack and a half, dad two packs a day). 

Quote from: ibrahimdelil on 04 Jan 2013, 08:21

Read this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/014103940X). I know it's written pretty repetitively and overly simplified to reach a wider audience but it's great. I quit the night I finished it.

What's he do, talk about what's in a cigarette?  The way Upton Sinclair made everyone a vegetarian with The Jungle? 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 04 Jan 2013, 19:27

Statistically speaking, Gareth, you're doing better than most. By my count you can probably be cleared off by the end of January at the latest. (unprofessional opinion, I have never smoked so I have no grounds to base it on)

Quote from: Carl-E on 04 Jan 2013, 09:12

Quote from: ibrahimdelil on 04 Jan 2013, 08:21

Read this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/014103940X). I know it's written pretty repetitively and overly simplified to reach a wider audience but it's great. I quit the night I finished it.

What's he do, talk about what's in a cigarette?  The way Upton Sinclair made everyone a vegetarian with The Jungle? 

Yum yum, sawdust chicken bits. :mrgreen:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 06 Jan 2013, 03:57

So I had four cigarettes yesterday.

Also saw the ex yesterday.

These things are fuckin' related. Back to square one today...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 06 Jan 2013, 05:21

Not back to square one! Every cigarette you didn't smoke since you started giving up is progress. It doesn't have to be immediate cold turkey to be an improvement.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 06 Jan 2013, 06:34

When you see a positive change (food is more flavorful, etc.) let yourself dwell on it. Give yourself rewards: notice that the best dog trainers emphasize positive reinforcement. You're not a dog but you're rewiring brain parts that are not specifically human.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 06 Jan 2013, 09:04

Had just one today, aiming to keep it that way.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 06 Jan 2013, 20:58

I'm doing well on not smoking as many today too, so far I'm at 2. An interesting thing that my friend pointed out to me (she quit smoking) is that it was easier to say no to smoking a cigarette when the option of smoking was still there. Her thought process was that without having a few in a pack, she wouldn't think, "Oh shit, I don't have cigarettes, I need to buy some and smoke one immediately." She would instead just focus on not smoking one.

Idk if that'll help us but it helped her. I'm right there with you on starting to quit man, thanks for making a thread on the matter.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 06 Jan 2013, 22:07

I'm hesitant to say that I used to have a smoking habit myself, because if I did it was not nearly on the same level as most folks I've known who were focusing on quitting. But I do remember the point about a year ago when I realized I was smoking at least two cigarettes every work day, and I worked a minimum of four days a week.

And I remember how extra-snippy I felt the next week with zero cigarettes. It wasn't much, but it seemed noticeable to me.

Anyway, keep on, brother: you can do this!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 07 Jan 2013, 03:29

On the flipside to Patrick's suggestion, I'm trying to break an eating addiction which isn't quite the same since obviously you do have to eat but not necessary three bars of chocolate in a day or a whole packet of biscuits or whatever... anyway if I have even a hint of a biscuit or ice cream in my vicinity I obsess about it until I snap and eat it. So personally I'd have to get rid of all cigarettes and then exert my willpower towards not buying more, rather than not smoking the ones I had.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Jan 2013, 04:19

It does seem a bit counter intuitive that it would be easier to resist something that's right there...

But that's the difference between an addiction and a problem, I think.  The addict is comforted just by having the target nearby. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 07 Jan 2013, 04:25

For me it depends on my mindset whether the stuff being there will make me want it more or not, in relation to over-eating. Obviously if it's not there I won't eat it but I will get more anxious about it and a stronger craving. So when I do get something junky to eat later, I'll end up over-doing it. If it's there I can overdo it or think, "I'll have a glass of water first." or "I'll wait until I've finished whatever I'm doing and see if I still want it later."

My parents have tried to quit multiple times. Well my Mammy has, then she's dragged Da in and he'd reluctantly smoke maybe up to five less a day when she had stopped completely and he'd usually end up bringing her back somehow. What really worked for her for a few months was electric cigarettes. Although her filters were the strongest nicotine ones you could get. She would take it out, have one long drag and put it away for a few hours. Plus I think she preferred the look compared to the Nicorette plastic tube things.
Also when I was living at home I could bitch at them to smoke outside, which was their rule but only I really imposed it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 07 Jan 2013, 09:21

I saw a hypnotist and quit smoking in 1977 after an estimated 30 pack-years (1 pack a day x 1 year = 1 pack-year). I had just turned 40, my voice was ragged and I'd flunked a re-audition for my choir, although I didn't know that when I quit. My wife continued a pack a day for the next six years, but quit the night before her mastectomy. She'd had basal cell cancer and figured that and breast cancer were enough.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 07 Jan 2013, 13:56

Had a great day. Smoked once.

Had a horrible phone call from my sister about the divorce. Smoked maybe seven more.

Sigh.

Pat, stay strong.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 07 Jan 2013, 15:25

Look at it this way - before you started to give up, you'd have already smoked at least seven by the time your sister put her enormous great foot in your business.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 07 Jan 2013, 16:06

That is a FUCKING... astute observation.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 07 Jan 2013, 16:31

Indubitably. And when she calls again, tell her, in the famous words of Ice-T, to "Eat a dick."

But say it nicely. Like, "Would you kindly please go and chomp down on a big ol' chode? Thanks, hon."

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 07 Jan 2013, 16:32

So grand total all day yesterday was 4, which beats my usual 15 by a mile. I've had one so far today. Trying to keep it down to 3.

Bluesummers, for a sec I thought you were May and I was like WAIT SHE DOESN'T TALK LIKE THAT  :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: and then I realized

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 Jan 2013, 13:56

So yesterday I cheated again and had 2. Today I was determined to stick to 1.

Another of my resolutions was to try to get back into shape, so this evening I finally bullied myself into jogging, by dangling the idea of a second cigarette in front of myself.

Because you know, if I went jogging, I'd earned it, right?

Well, the jog wasn't great, but I hadn't slipped anywhere near as much as I expected to have slipped, and it made my lungs weigh me down like concrete slabs. It actually killed my craving because anything that makes me feel like this from some moderate exercise isn't worth it, and because jogging made me feel good.

I'm going to go do some situps.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 09 Jan 2013, 14:33

Good job! I've heard that it helps to replace the thing you're trying to give up with something else - if you replace smoking with jogging, then that is a double health bonus!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 09 Jan 2013, 14:45

Triple, actually. The more you jog as you quit, the easier it will be to job, as your lungs gain back more and more ability.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 Jan 2013, 15:01

I'm starting to remember all the reasons why smoking is a terrible idea.

I still want to be a casual/drunk smoker. I like the social aspect of it. But I don't want to 'need' to smoke any more.

And I think I'm going to achieve that.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 09 Jan 2013, 17:41

I've been substituting smoke in my lungs with mucus from whatever infection I've got going on

Pretty effective

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 09 Jan 2013, 17:48

Yes, delightfully appealing. I'll tell you what I told Welu:

Quote from: Bluesummers on 09 Jan 2013, 16:45

Also, try Vitamin C and Lysine (it's an amino acid...find it near the vitamins at the drug store. It might be labelled "L-Lysine"). It's what my father always recommends...he's a nurse. Together they help to strenthen the immune system, and it's a lot easier than taking a buttload of different pills. If you're already taking a multivitamin on a regular basis, take them anyway. Your body typically utilizes more ascorbic acid (Vit-C) when it needs it, and they're both water-soluble, so any excess is excreted through the urine; you can't O.D. unless you basically chug the bottle.

Doctor's orders.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 09 Jan 2013, 17:51

I have an orange tree outside and it is currently bearing quite ripe (and large) fruit, I'm good on the vit.C

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 10 Jan 2013, 00:40

Hey, I just wanted to pop in and say I'm really proud of you guys for working toward not smoking anymore. <3 I have heard it is extremely hard to do, and it's plain to see that you've made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Congrats on doing so well so far, and I know that you will get to where you want to be. <3 Sending lots of love and support your way! You guys rock! :-D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: ibrahimdelil on 10 Jan 2013, 06:04

Quote from: Carl-E on 04 Jan 2013, 09:12

Quote from: ibrahimdelil on 04 Jan 2013, 08:21

Read this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/014103940X). I know it's written pretty repetitively and overly simplified to reach a wider audience but it's great. I quit the night I finished it.

What's he do, talk about what's in a cigarette?  The way Upton Sinclair made everyone a vegetarian with The Jungle?

He talks about why "self help" books that talk about what's in cigarettes or why cigarettes are bad don't work.

I know it's anectodal, but I've been smoking slightly more than a pack every single day since I was 11. I was smoking even while reading the book. I quit after I decided I had my last one and never had or craved another.

The author had been smoking 5 fucking packs a day.

Honestly, it won't take more than an evening of reading. Give it a try.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 10 Jan 2013, 14:34

Quote from: LoliBot on 10 Jan 2013, 00:40

Hey, I just wanted to pop in and say I'm really proud of you guys for working toward not smoking anymore. <3 I have heard it is extremely hard to do, and it's plain to see that you've made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Congrats on doing so well so far, and I know that you will get to where you want to be. <3 Sending lots of love and support your way! You guys rock! :-D

You, are motherfuckin' adorable. Come round my place so I can thank you for your encouragement in person. And before doing so, have absolutely no interaction with anyone on this forum whatsoever, including me, because otherwise you'll get scared the fuck off.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Zingoleb on 10 Jan 2013, 14:44

don't do it

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 10 Jan 2013, 22:57

Quote from: Gareth on 10 Jan 2013, 14:34

Quote from: LoliBot on 10 Jan 2013, 00:40

Hey, I just wanted to pop in and say I'm really proud of you guys for working toward not smoking anymore. <3 I have heard it is extremely hard to do, and it's plain to see that you've made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Congrats on doing so well so far, and I know that you will get to where you want to be. <3 Sending lots of love and support your way! You guys rock! :-D

You, are motherfuckin' adorable. Come round my place so I can thank you for your encouragement in person. And before doing so, have absolutely no interaction with anyone on this forum whatsoever, including me, because otherwise you'll get scared the fuck off.

Hee <33 Why, thank you :3 That's one of the best compliments I've ever gotten (but I rarely get those, soooo... :P), and it made me smile. ^.^ I'm glad I stopped by. :)

And I've been standing outside your window for like 20 minutes, dude. You should come out and say hi. :mrgreen:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 10 Jan 2013, 23:41

Seems legit!  :police:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 11 Jan 2013, 01:17

vidz plz

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 11 Jan 2013, 06:03

Wow, Loli just out-creeped Gareth. My mind, she is blown.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 11 Jan 2013, 09:35

Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Jan 2013, 06:03

Wow, Loli just out-creeped Gareth. My mind, she is blown.

(http://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru/_images/045a21416b2a3d50dc8e0ea4588af170/236%20-%20Raw%20autoplay_gif%20gif%20stone_cold_steve_austin%20wwf.gif)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 11 Jan 2013, 19:34

(http://i.imgur.com/6wQE9.gif)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 11 Jan 2013, 19:48

I love that commercial...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 12 Jan 2013, 04:02

Quote from: Gareth on 11 Jan 2013, 09:35

(http://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru/_images/045a21416b2a3d50dc8e0ea4588af170/236%20-%20Raw%20autoplay_gif%20gif%20stone_cold_steve_austin%20wwf.gif)

Stone Cold!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Jan 2013, 04:06

Quote from: Welu on 12 Jan 2013, 04:02

Quote from: Gareth on 11 Jan 2013, 09:35

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Stone Cold!

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpbs8GfQh1qclt3z.gif)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 12 Jan 2013, 04:19

All I got is YAY!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Jan 2013, 04:22

Stone Cold am disappoint

(http://i56.tinypic.com/23r34j.gif)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Jan 2013, 14:14

By the way, I just realised I've forgotten to smoke for the past two days. They've been really good days, but even so.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 12 Jan 2013, 14:39

Nope, you haven't forgotten to smoke, you just don't smoke any more. Way to go! Even if you have a bad day and smoke a couple, you're well on your way.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 12 Jan 2013, 14:41

If you've truly forgotten to smoke, seems to me you've licked the addiction!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Jan 2013, 15:13

Noticing that has made me crave, though, so I think I need to do some situps and weights.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 12 Jan 2013, 18:28

I'm on my way over with confetti and streamers. :mrgreen: Time for another dance party!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 12 Jan 2013, 21:50

I've been maintaining a steady consumption rate of 2-4 a day, with an output of at least 15kg of mucus per hour. I'm pretty happy with this much progress so far.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 12 Jan 2013, 22:07

Woo! Congrats! Keep going! You can do itttt!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Jan 2013, 14:38

...except for the mucus part.  At that rate, you're gonna cough up a lung / blow out a sinus. 

Good luck! 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 17 Jan 2013, 15:27

I've got one more cigarette left. I will smoke it at work tomorrow, at lunchtime. And after that, I cannot afford cigarettes for the rest of this month.

Let's go hardcore cold turkey.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 17 Jan 2013, 15:35

Ec. Ec-ec-ec--Ec-o-nomic style.

Go for the gold. Unless gold has something to do with your brand of cigarettes. Then go for plutonium.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 17 Jan 2013, 16:27

Quote from: Gareth on 17 Jan 2013, 15:27

I've got one more cigarette left. I will smoke it at work tomorrow, at lunchtime. And after that, I cannot afford cigarettes for the rest of this month.
Let's go hardcore cold turkey.

My impression is that's the best way. As I recall, you've cut down substantially, so the next few days shouldn't be as difficult as for quitting cold turkey from a pack or two a day. But consider that you may remain vulnerable for a while, and that smoking one cigarette can beget smoking another ....
That's how I felt when I quit. YMMV.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 18 Jan 2013, 04:46

I know you can't make someone quit if they don't want to but is there any way to talk to someone about you think it's time they did? My parents have tried multiple times and I really think my Mammy is capable but in all honesty, Da doesn't try nearly as much and I think his coercion of, "Just one more." or "We'll try again tomorrow." is the main reason she still smokes.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 18 Jan 2013, 06:49

You might suggest she should preserve her health so she can see the grandkids. I quit at 40 when my daughter was 5, and being around for her was certainly a factor.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 18 Jan 2013, 07:12

Grandkids won't work with me since I'm not planning on children but my brothers might have children. Although my parents have both said that they've just got rid of us and they're in no rush to be grandparents.  :lol: I get the sentiment though. Also I suppose it's really Da I need to talk to about making a sincere go, rather than faulting Mammy for at least trying.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Jan 2013, 10:50

Well, if she follows his lead in backsliding, she'll probably follow it into success as well.  So I think you're attack plan is sound, now all you need is the appropriate weapon...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 18 Jan 2013, 11:20

"If you really don't care about hitting the grave sooner, fine, but you're dragging her with you."

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Pilchard123 on 18 Jan 2013, 11:24

[farty towels]Don't mention the you're![/flay otters]

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 18 Jan 2013, 11:33

I love how hard I get those jokes

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 19 Jan 2013, 23:09

I am not doing so well at quitting

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 19 Jan 2013, 23:44

Every time you want a cig, take a deep breath (a REALLY deep breath, no half-assing it) and slowly count to 45. If, after reaching 45, you still have the craving, go for a short jog...it'll get you in better shape, and the more you do it without smoking, the easier it'll become.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Jan 2013, 10:57

And don't forget to try the deep breath thing after you backslide and have a cigarette, too. 

The difference may be more convincing than anything else, especially for a singer. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Jan 2013, 12:57

Not smoked for two days.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Jan 2013, 17:36

Keep it up...after a week, you'll start feeling MUCH less craving.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 11 Feb 2013, 14:01

So on Thursday, without any deliberate fanfare to myself, I had my last cigarette. And I've not smoked since, or bought any, or really even thought about it that much.

I think I might have kind of quietly just given up.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 11 Feb 2013, 14:05

Good job!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 11 Feb 2013, 14:20

Quote from: Gareth on 11 Feb 2013, 14:01

So on Thursday, without any deliberate fanfare to myself, I had my last cigarette. And I've not smoked since, or bought any, or really even thought about it that much.

I think I might have kind of quietly just given up.

Huzzah!! Yay for you~! :-D *high five*

(And augh, don't phrase it like that at the end! It sounds almost like an animal is dying. D: )

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 11 Feb 2013, 14:45

The smoking animal, slowly fading away?

Good job, Gareth. You can keep it up.

Good job to Patrick too, though I know the sickness helped. :p

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 11 Feb 2013, 15:07

I've been smoking at my usual rate again lately. I'm sick again though. This time I'm resolving to not have cigarettes anymore. I just had the last cig out of my pack, and it gave me a headrush and I feel ill and need to lay down. Fuck this feeling. This is what cigarettes give me. It's disgusting. It's slowly killing my voice. It's half of why I'm sick again. It's why I'm so god damn skinny. It's why I'm broke all the time. I'm fucking sick of smoking.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 12 Feb 2013, 07:56

Congrats Gareth!

Patrick, it sounds like you have every reason to want to quit. What do you think got you back on your usual rate? As I believe others noted, it's not necessarily bad to fall off the wagon as long as you can identify what caused it and take steps to keep it from getting you again.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Feb 2013, 09:15

I'm guessing it's mostly the stress from the non-job.  With it's non-pay. 

Understandable, but you're definitely stronger than that.  It's a coping habit, and you fell back into it.  Now it's time to climb back up and out, focusing on the job search and what's next instead of dwelling on the c*nt who's shafting you. 

You can do it.  You're a fucking genius, don't t let some plant rule your life. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 12 Feb 2013, 12:22

Carl-E, you're right, it's a coping habit. And it's stupid, because I don't have the money for it. Stupid stupid. I know I can do better than this.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 12 Feb 2013, 12:34

I know you can do it, Pat. If my 76-year-old grandmother who smoked for over 60 years can quit cold-turkey, so can you. ;D

Also, she's been off cigs for about 5 years now, and she's not dead yet. Really racist, but not dead. :mrgreen:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 12 Feb 2013, 14:47

There we go, it's just about transference! So we'll replace your smoking cravings with delicious, delicious racis....waitaminute.  :psyduck:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 12 Feb 2013, 15:08

The financial angle is helping me, Pat. Spending like $10 every day or two on something you don't need mounts up eventually.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Feb 2013, 23:27

Yes!  You'll have more money to spend on things like food, and guitar picks, and ... alcohol...

...and that CDL class...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 12 Feb 2013, 23:52

Quote from: Gareth on 12 Feb 2013, 15:08

Spending like $10 every day or two on something you don't need mounts up eventually.

Try telling my wife that, about her $5 starbucks green tea frappacino. :mrgreen:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Feb 2013, 00:05

That doesn't even sound good...   :-P

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Pilchard123 on 13 Feb 2013, 12:00

Quote from: de_la_Nae on 12 Feb 2013, 14:47

There we go, it's just about transference! So we'll replace your smoking cravings with delicious, delicious racis....waitaminute.  :psyduck:

Zer light und zer shade, it is just zo perfect! Hold it right theoooooooooooohhhhhsh-

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: lepetitfromage on 14 Feb 2013, 06:34

Ooooh......that sounds intriguing. But not intriguing enough to spend five bucks on it. I've enjoyed all of the specialty drinks at Starbucks that I've tried but they're stupidly priced. Caramel apple cider, white hot chocolate, caramel macchiato, chai latte....om nom nom. Starbucks is a treat for me- and when I go, I usually get the passion tea anyway. Because the coffee there sucks.  :-P I'm a Dunkin' girl.....I actually used to work there and kinda miss it sometimes lol

I wonder if there is a reci......found it. It sounds heavenly.

I'm definitely going to try to make that. Once I find some good matcha that doesn't cost $30. Maybe your wife's got the right idea, Blue!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Feb 2013, 06:59

Yes, I was about to say that nearly all of Starbucks' fancy drinks have recipes available online for what I'd assume are usually reasonable approximations.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 07:42

Find reasonable [high-quality] matcha is the tough part. Teavana upcharges everything to begin with, so you're better off going through a local supplier.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: lepetitfromage on 14 Feb 2013, 09:38

...........I just realized that the last 3 hours of my life were spent looking up grocery stores in my area simply because I wanted to find matcha. On the plus side- I now know that there is 1 Indian grocery, 1 Russian/Polish/Ukranian, 2 general Asian, 1 Filipino, 1 Latino and 1 all around "ethnic" grocery store all within just a few miles. Who knew?!

I foresee myself spending way too much money on groceries in the coming weeks.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Feb 2013, 15:23

My favourite coffeehouse back in Washington had a matcha and almond drink called Soylent Green.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 15:34

Burial Grounds? Sounds like an interesting joint. If I'm ever in PacNW, I'll have to visit.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 03:45

48 hours in now...   so thats about £7 I have saved...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 08 Mar 2013, 04:00

I am not accustomed to that strange insular life of you Brits (:P), so tell me: What can you buy with 7 pounds?

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 04:07

2 pints of beer

23 Value chocolate bars from ASDA

1 Imperial Gallon of petrol (if you are lucky)

1 packet of 20 cigs

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 08 Mar 2013, 04:29

Quote from: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 04:07

23 Value chocolate bars from ASDA

23? What an odd number. Sure sounds better than cigarettes.

You know, I find it rather peculiar that the biggest difference between most European merchandise (as sold in shops) are sweets. For example, I live near the border to the Netherlands and they have stuff there which we Germans scarcely conceive. On the other hand, they don't have Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzw%C3%A4lder_Kirschtorte) (believe me. I have looked.)

So what I am getting at is, you can now buy chocolate bars!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Pilchard123 on 08 Mar 2013, 04:56

7 bars (1.4kg total net, IIRC) of Toblerone from Poundland.

Edited for spelling

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 04:59

Good lord, "Poundland" is so much better a name than "Dollar General", "Family Dollar", "Dollar Tree", or any dollar name there is! 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 05:37

Quote from: Loki on 08 Mar 2013, 04:29

Quote from: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 04:07

23 Value chocolate bars from ASDA

23? What an odd number. Sure sounds better than cigarettes.

23 x 30p = £6.90  :-D

2.3kg of Choccy  :-D :-D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 06:08

Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 04:59

Good lord, "Poundland" is so much better a name than "Dollar General", "Family Dollar", "Dollar Tree", or any dollar name there is!

Sounds kind of porn-y though.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 08 Mar 2013, 09:10

Yeah I've been smoking a lot lately... lots of stress at work... suicidal thoughts at one point... just... shit, really.

I am still trying to quit though. It's making me feel awful sometimes.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 09:28

I don't really get the allure in smoking. It really doesn't do anything for me and it kind of seems like a waste of money.
I could buy 2, maybe 3 fancy beers for that money and even one of those will calm me down more than a cigarette does.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 09:38

But you cant have a beer during the working day, and you get 20 Cigs for the money not 3  :-P

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 09:46

I'd still rather have a beer than 7 cigs.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: catflea on 08 Mar 2013, 09:53

So would I.  It makes it easier to justify stopping  :angel:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 10:00

Trading one addiction for another, yay!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 10:19

Quote from: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 09:28

I don't really get the allure in smoking.

As any smoker can tell you, that's not helpful.  Because it's not an "allure". 


It's a fucking addiction. 


Gareth, there will be times when you backslide.  I'm guessing it's not just the work stress, but a few other more personal stresses as well.  That's one of the biggest nicotine triggers there is. 

Get your head in a better place, and have another go.  Quitting is a long term commitment, and like any long term commitment, it will have rocky periods.  Just remember, you can always go back to quitting, the same as you went back to smoking. 

You can do it, man.  My wife of the two pack a day habit for over 30 years is six weeks without a cig, and taking the first step down on the patches. 



Doesn't mean she wasn't hard to live with for a bit...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 08 Mar 2013, 10:25

Quote from: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 09:28

I don't really get the allure in smoking.

....Well no, because you're not a smoker.

Carl, you're right. I keep finding reasons to smoke and I need to stop doing that. I did go at this with willpower alone before and it worked for a while. I just need to switch it off again like I did before.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 11:13

I tried smoking though. It just didn't do anything for me.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 08 Mar 2013, 11:45

Quote from: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 11:13

I tried smoking though. It just didn't do anything for me.

That it didn't do anything for you should have given you a great high. On the other hand, did you inhale? If you didn't, don't go back and try it again, please!

I started smoking at 19. Two months after I started, a "friend" in the dorm asked me if I was ever going to start inhaling. So I started, and smoked for the next 20 years.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 19:16

I tried it.  Couldn't get past the taste. 

I've smoked a few other things, though...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 08 Mar 2013, 20:00

I quit cold turkey after seeing a hypnotist 35 years ago. Six months later, someone left a pack of cigarettes in my living room after a large party. I found it as I picked up around 3 a.m., and smoked one. I realized I could never do that again. A few months later, I took a drag on a joint as it was passed around at a party. Too much like a cigarette, and I realized I could never do that again. So I look at tobacco as I imagine an alcoholic does. I'm vulnerable, and perhaps I'll always be, although I haven't felt tempted for years.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 08 Mar 2013, 21:44

I would be averse to smoking cigarettes or joints, simply because of my asthma.

Brownies, on the other hand, are something I've wanted to try for a while.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Zingoleb on 08 Mar 2013, 21:48

A vapouriser could treat you well, though it's a bit of a costly investment.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 08 Mar 2013, 22:11

Like, for asthma? I had a nebulizer for a while when I was younger. It's been much better since I left high school, but it does get aggravated by smoke of many types.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 Mar 2013, 03:35

I am actually a former asthmatic, so I'm a double idiot but in my experience joints aren't anywhere near as bad as straight tobacco as far as how it affects breathing.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aethien on 09 Mar 2013, 04:03

Depends on the weed to tobacco ratio. I can smoke joints just fine if there's only just enough tobacco in them to keep it burning.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2013, 05:32

You put tobacco in joints? 

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

What a waste! 


Pot burns fine on its own...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Zingoleb on 09 Mar 2013, 10:53

Quote from: Bluesummers on 08 Mar 2013, 22:11

Like, for asthma? I had a nebulizer for a while when I was younger. It's been much better since I left high school, but it does get aggravated by smoke of many types.

like, for ingesting marijuana. it's not smoke; it's more like air that tastes slightly like dirt. it's pretty great!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 11 Mar 2013, 12:28

Quote from: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 11:13

I tried smoking though. It just didn't do anything for me.

Yeahhh, not to be a dick, but this really doesn't contribute to the thread, like, at all.

Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2013, 05:32

You put tobacco in joints? 

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

What a waste! 


Pot burns fine on its own...

See, I knew I liked you for a reason

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Nodaisho on 11 Mar 2013, 16:41

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Mar 2013, 12:28

Yeahhh, not to be a dick

Man, things have changed  :mrgreen:. Also, why have all of you changed your names? I can't keep up.

My fiancee has tried quitting like 5 times since we started dating. The longest she made it was about a month. She has a hard time getting the right attitude.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 11 Mar 2013, 16:58

As a non-smoker, I really like e-cigarettes. I've tried them with nicotine filters and while the nicotine was unpleasant, I find the flavour and action to be ... The only word I have is "soothing". I keep meaning to buy the non-nicotine flavoured filters. I guess growing up with both of my parents and a lot of extended family smoking has shown me the negatives but also made me associate it with something positive?
I'm sorry if that's not helpful but this thread got me thinking and I wanted to share that.

My well wishes to the people trying to quit.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 11 Mar 2013, 17:05

Quote from: Nodaisho on 11 Mar 2013, 16:41

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Mar 2013, 12:28

Yeahhh, not to be a dick

Man, things have changed  :mrgreen:. Also, why have all of you changed your names? I can't keep up.

WHAT THE FUCK

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Mar 2013, 06:39

Quote from: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 06:08

Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 04:59

Good lord, "Poundland" is so much better a name than "Dollar General", "Family Dollar", "Dollar Tree", or any dollar name there is!

Sounds kind of porn-y though.

Thank you, you took the words right out of my mind.

Quote from: Gareth on 11 Mar 2013, 17:05

Quote from: Nodaisho on 11 Mar 2013, 16:41

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Mar 2013, 12:28

Yeahhh, not to be a dick

Man, things have changed  :mrgreen:. Also, why have all of you changed your names? I can't keep up.

WHAT THE FUCK

WHO IS THIS I AM SO CONFUSED

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 14 Mar 2013, 14:02

I know, right? Since when do I pretend to have tact

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 14 Mar 2013, 15:22

I started smoking when I was 14. I have managed to go from a pack and a half a day to a pack a week.  It was partly discipline, partly use of "electronic cigarettes" and partly changes in my stress levels. During the height of my smoking habit I was going through serious emotional and psychological issues (which is what lead to me starting) and the smoking helped calm me down. Years of therapy, meditation and yoga later and I am in a much healthier headspace which has made reducing the amount I smoke much easier. Now I pretty much just smoke when I like it rather than because I "need" it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 14 Mar 2013, 17:14

We have a new interim manager at work who I fucking hate and she is about 90% of the reason I haven't quit altogether yet.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 14 Mar 2013, 18:26

"interim" is good.  Let's hope that part doesn't change.   

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 14 Mar 2013, 18:37

Quote from: sitnspin on 14 Mar 2013, 15:22

I started smoking when I was 14. I have managed to go from a pack and a half a day to a pack a week.  It was partly discipline, partly use of "electronic cigarettes" and partly changes in my stress levels. During the height of my smoking habit I was going through serious emotional and psychological issues (which is what lead to me starting) and the smoking helped calm me down. Years of therapy, meditation and yoga later and I am in a much healthier headspace which has made reducing the amount I smoke much easier. Now I pretty much just smoke when I like it rather than because I "need" it.

My fear for anyone who's mostly quit is that under stress, it may be easier to resume. Is it possible to quit completely?

Me: Hi. My name is Bob. I'm a smokaholic. I quit in 1977 after 30 pack years.
Group: Hi, Bob!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 15 Mar 2013, 03:30

It is.  Both my parents started in high school, and my mother was at a pack a day, my father at about a pack and a half when the surgeon general's first warning came out in the 60's.  I think I was about 5. 

They both quit cold turkey, and neither ever went back to it, even under extreme duress.  That's over 45 years now. 


Of course, they had each other for support, and a really annoying kid running around begging them to "kick the habit".   :roll:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: pwhodges on 15 Mar 2013, 04:41

I told my first wife I wouldn't marry her until she had given up smoking.  She did give up; but twenty years later I found that she was smoking a bit secretly, I don't know for how long, and when we split up she made rather a show of smoking publicly.  She has since given up completely.  It really does seem rather complicated to predict how it will go.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 15 Mar 2013, 07:13

I have kicked my dependence on both mood stabilisers and anti-psychotics.  Smoking is next. One step at a time.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 15 Mar 2013, 13:54

Now I remember what this reminds me of.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 15 Mar 2013, 15:12

Quote

Unfortunately, this SME-music-content is not available in Germany because GEMA has not granted the respective music publishing rights.

>:-(

But yeah, one step at a time sounds like a good thing.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 15 Mar 2013, 21:53

My grandfather's current wife quit smoking just for him, several months before they agreed to get married.

My grandmother on my dad's side smoked for a long time, and I would have to bathe as soon as I got home from visiting her, or my asthma would start up with the smell still clinging to me. She eventually told us she quit. Several years later, we found out that she hadn't--she'd just been more secretive about it. I cried. I don't know if she still does. I don't want to ask.

Just.... continue to be honest about your progress, all of you, okay? You all have been doing so well, and I'm really proud of you. <3

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Kixie on 16 Mar 2013, 12:38

I quit smoking using an electronic cigarette (http://www.volcanoecigs.com/) and stepping down the nicotine level in the juice over a few months. I bought the inferno, although they have a few different models. I actually still use it here and there when I'm stressed/bummed, but not all the time like I did when I first quit smoking analog cigarettes. It worked great, I still got the feeling of smoking, and the taste was way better (with the right flavors, which there is just about any flavor you could imagine.) than cigarettes. I think there was even cigarette flavored juice, but it tasted like crap. To start, it costs about about what you'd pay in a month for cigarettes, and the juice you get with it lasts about a month. Then it's waaay cheaper than cigarettes (~$30/month instead of ~$150+/month).. This may have been brought up already, but was just a thought from a previous smoker.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LTK on 16 Mar 2013, 15:51

Wow, those are actually priced competitively as compared to tobacco? I might have mentioned that I bought therapeutic nicotine inhalers for my dad, which are waaay more expensive than their equivalent in cigarettes, but the only electronic cigarettes I've seen start at €100, with god knows how much for the cartridges.

Is tobacco comparatively expensive where you live, that this is an affordable alternative? Are there any similar things to find in Europe? My mom tells me that e-cigs are banned here for some reason, although I gotta check. Something about health risks. Health risks, they say! For an alternative to smoking that doesn't involve inhaling tar and carbon monoxide! The hypocrisy.

...Okay, seems that they're not allowed to advertise them here, but otherwise they're legal. The one company that I can find selling them is also selling... phones, laptops, budget desktops, laptop components and smoking accessories. Interesting.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 16 Mar 2013, 19:58

Quote from: LTK on 16 Mar 2013, 15:51

The one company that I can find selling them is also selling... phones, laptops, budget desktops, laptop components and smoking accessories. Interesting.

They're all addictive.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 17 Mar 2013, 16:14

Quote from: Kixie on 16 Mar 2013, 12:38

...when I first quit smoking analog cigarettes.

This amuses me so much more than it probably should, and now you know I'm a hipster

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Mar 2013, 00:59

My wife has completely switched to e-cigs, and has started the step down process.  She was bying disposable ones, but just got one with cartridges and a charger. 


The charger plugs into a USB port...  and the cigarette plugs into the chargetr whole, so it looks like her laptop is lighting up.   :psyduck:

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 18 Mar 2013, 09:48

One of my friends is a pretty heavy smoker (I only see him a few times a year at conventions, so all I have to do is stand downwind or talk inside), and he made the swap to e-cigarettes about a year ago. But the last two times I saw him, he was back to normal cigarettes. :/ Is there a particular reason why someone would swap from e-cigarettes to normal ones? Since I so rarely see him, I feel like it would be kind of prying to ask him about it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: de_la_Nae on 18 Mar 2013, 09:52

Availability might be part of the reason, though their success is fixing that problem.

Might be that he has some concerns that they're somehow worse for him. I wouldn't know why, but I haven't done the research; also look at vaccination-fearers.

Also might be he doesn't find them satisfying enough for some reason, psychologically?  Honestly I don't really have the context to make the call.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 18 Mar 2013, 11:24

I don't find the damn things very satisfying at all but they help a hair.

I'm down to 4 a day with the exception of yesterday, since it was my Saint's day and all.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: bainidhe_dub on 18 Mar 2013, 12:29

Today my aunt is celebrating one year since she smoked her last real cigarette! :-) She's using e-cigs now but it's still damn impressive because she's one of those people who'd smoked since forever.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 18 Mar 2013, 13:07

So with my shitty new manager I don't have the willpower to just quit outright like I did a few weeks back, so I've got a new method - only taking one to work with me to force me to cut down because I barely smoke at home, and then I can work to stopping later.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 18 Mar 2013, 13:27

Stick to it, Gareth. If you're down to 1 or 2 a day, quitting should be easier.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 18 Mar 2013, 14:28

Before St. Me Day (https://www.box.com/s/qwzwrde3hju9b8hoj6f1)

After St. Me Day (https://www.box.com/s/1g3tcmgrpj9llohwx2eq)

This is what falling off the wagon on a single drunken night does to your singing voice.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Mar 2013, 17:58

Awww, Patrick...you know St. You's Day is about alcohol, not tobacco... you make Blue-chan cry  :'(

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Mar 2013, 23:59

Quote from: Gareth on 18 Mar 2013, 13:07

...I've got a new method - only taking one to work with me to force me to cut down because I barely smoke at home...

Just wait, one of these days you'll forget to pack that one along... and viola!  You've quit! 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: GarandMarine on 19 Mar 2013, 00:17

I found the key to quitting was getting away from the social situations I smoked in... so the entire Marine Corps really. Killed my social life for a good month and a half till I made new "Not Smoking" friends.

Good luck!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Mar 2013, 11:11

Smoked about 30 in two days this weekend and feel like I've got two lumps of lead on my chest. Also I have a cough that should've gone away a while ago.

I threw away my lighter this time as well.

I don't want this to be me any more.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Boiled Dove on 25 Mar 2013, 11:32

It can be done. I quit almost 6 years ago after smoking for more than 20 years.


the urge will still hit me in certain situations but I've realized that is just an urge for some sort of escape as the thought of actually smoking something has no appeal for me.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Bluesummers on 25 Mar 2013, 18:24

Holy crap my mother quit smoking. I really am having a hard time grasping that concept...she smoked for over 40 years, and she finally quit. Trust me, guys, miracles can happen.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 26 Mar 2013, 12:59

I'm already feeling the benefit while simultaneously feeling the aftermath of the habit.

It's... good. And I am using my shit of a boss as my motivator for not smoking. Because smoking is letting her win, and I won't fucking let her win.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 27 Mar 2013, 22:05

You got this, bro!!! :D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Mar 2013, 23:46

One thing that helped me is I did the math on my habit, and realized how much I was saving by quitting, a couple nice meals out, or steak for at least a week's worth of meals, my habit was relatively low scale and I bummed a lot, I'm sure an actual serious smoker would be saving even more then me.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Mar 2013, 09:16

The problem with an actual addiction is that IT'S NOT THE MONEY OH GOD I NEED A FIXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: lepetitfromage on 28 Mar 2013, 09:47

One of the times I tried to quit, I succeeded for a while using Nicorette. It was some sort of fruity flavor and it was simultaneously bizarre and delicious. I could actually feel the nicotine seeping into my system. It can be expensive, but might be worth a shot?

Plus, you can chew it wherever you want to- pseudo cigs at work!  :-P

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: HappyHavoc on 28 Mar 2013, 10:46

When I quit I used mind tricks. I would trick myself in to thinking I didn't need a smoke. It was really hard at fisrt but became easier with time.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: GarandMarine on 28 Mar 2013, 13:51

Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Mar 2013, 09:16

The problem with an actual addiction is that IT'S NOT THE MONEY OH GOD I NEED A FIXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!

I know, I versed my nicotine fetish off with my need for steak, booze and ammunition. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Jul 2013, 02:24

So it's been 13 days since I quit again, and I've had two cigarettes (other people's, didn't buy them) in that time. Both of them tasted awful and made me feel like shit.

Honestly I think I'm on the road to recovery. I might even get to return to my previous state of being able to smoke a few at a party and then not smoke the rest of the time if I'm lucky.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Pilchard123 on 27 Jul 2013, 04:57

I've never smoked, but the party thing sounds like a terrible idea for keeping off.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 27 Jul 2013, 09:00

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2013, 02:24

I might even get to return to my previous state of being able to smoke a few at a party and then not smoke the rest of the time if I'm lucky.

If you got to that point, how difficult would it be to tell yourself you'll never smoke another cigarette? Getting to a point where you can smoke a few at a party might be pushing your luck.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Jul 2013, 11:13

I don't really have a legitimate response for either one of you. I just really miss being able to do that, to just smoke on social occasions. And honestly, it's a great way in to picking up girls.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 27 Jul 2013, 11:47

I personally have asthma, so I can't date someone who smokes because the smell lingers on them and all of their stuff. And I do know others who refuse to date smokers in general.

If you're meeting girls because of smoking, then you'll meet girls who smoke. Those girls will want you to smoke with them later down the line. Picking up girls while smoking is just setting yourself up to smoke again. :/

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LeeC on 27 Jul 2013, 12:00

quitters never win....unless its
(http://i.imgur.com/4q4BuW8.gif)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Jul 2013, 12:25

Quote from: LoliButt on 27 Jul 2013, 11:47

I personally have asthma, so I can't date someone who smokes because the smell lingers on them and all of their stuff. And I do know others who refuse to date smokers in general.

If you're meeting girls because of smoking, then you'll meet girls who smoke. Those girls will want you to smoke with them later down the line. Picking up girls while smoking is just setting yourself up to smoke again. :/

Sorry to be crass, but I wasn't planning on dating anyone that I met in the smoking area outside a nightclub.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 27 Jul 2013, 13:56

Ah, I must have misunderstood your post about that then. I tend to connect "picking up" to "dating eventually," even though that's rarely the case. And not dating those people is definitely not a bad thing. Social smoking is probably a good way to meet people, but what if you find yourself going back to smoking normally because of it? It's really great that you're not that interested in smoking anymore, but seeing that you want to make exceptions concerns me.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 27 Jul 2013, 13:59

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2013, 12:25

Sorry to be crass, but I wasn't planning on dating anyone that I met in the smoking area outside a nightclub.

*insert inappropriate joke about Gareth's sexuality and the British slang for a cigarette*

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 27 Jul 2013, 14:29

Quote from: Loki on 27 Jul 2013, 13:59

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2013, 12:25

Sorry to be crass, but I wasn't planning on dating anyone that I met in the smoking area outside a nightclub.

*insert inappropriate joke about Gareth's sexuality and the British slang for a cigarette*

HIYOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Careful now, Loki. You're an awfully pretty boy. Just don't take up smoking outside clubs  :mrgreen:

Quote from: LoliButt on 27 Jul 2013, 13:56

Ah, I must have misunderstood your post about that then. I tend to connect "picking up" to "dating eventually," even though that's rarely the case. And not dating those people is definitely not a bad thing. Social smoking is probably a good way to meet people, but what if you find yourself going back to smoking normally because of it? It's really great that you're not that interested in smoking anymore, but seeing that you want to make exceptions concerns me.

You're right and I'm not about to immediately launch back into social smoking while still trying to quit. I'm going to give it at least a few months of attempting to go cigarette free. And honestly those two that I have had since quitting have made me feel so shitty that I don't really care to repeat them. I just dislike removing the option entirely, and don't really trust myself at that, so I was more trying to leave myself with the option open. Which again may be a dangerous line of thinking, I'll admit.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 27 Jul 2013, 16:51

You don't have to make the decision now, so don't worry about it too much. Wait until the few months you mentioned are up. Then you'll know if you want the option or not. As it is, keep on keepin' on. :)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 28 Jul 2013, 15:47

I realized after I quit -- and one cigarette about 6 months later -- that I could never have another. I haven't. My wife continued to smoke for another six years or so, though no more than a pack a day. She quit a couple of years after she had a large basal cell cancer removed from her arm, and the night before her mastectomy. She decided two cancers were enough.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 02 Aug 2013, 18:57

I've been smoke free for a month now. The first two weeks were the worst, though I was already down to just two or three a day by that point. Once the cravings died down it got loads easier. I can already feel the difference in my breathing.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 02 Aug 2013, 20:28

And taste.  Don't forget your sense of taste. 

And smell...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 04 Aug 2013, 13:33

Bad news: I smoked this weekend at the party.

Good news: I have come home and feel absolutely no desire whatsoever to smoke again. Suggests I've at least broken the habit and just have some booze/smoking association.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 04 Aug 2013, 15:35

But, did it make you feel ill? 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 04 Aug 2013, 16:56

First few did. Then I got mucho drunker and so it's hard to tell what was making me feel ill.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 05 Aug 2013, 08:26

I've always had a good sense of smell and taste, even with the smoking. I haven't noticed a huge difference, but we'll see.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Aug 2013, 08:28

The first thing you notice is how the places you used to smoke (the car, your bedroom, living room) smell like stale tobacco. 

Well, depends on how heavy a smoker you were, too. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Aug 2013, 09:51

I was quite good at not smoking indoors/covering it up when I did, in case my landlord visited.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 05 Aug 2013, 18:08

I didn't smoke in my apartment or my car, so that was not much of an issue. Clothes, on the other hand...

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 06 Aug 2013, 00:01

Whenever I visited a place where people smoke, I can smell it afterwards... in my hair.

I have about shoulder-long hair, so yes, I can smell it. I hate it and it won't go away till I wash my hair.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Sep 2013, 13:34

So I've had about 20 'little slip ups' in the last couple of weeks but I'm still trying to consider myself a non-smoker. Work has been really hard lately which is part of the problem, I think. I really need to stop using it as a crutch though.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Sep 2013, 15:29

Well, there's always drinking...  :-D

Seriously, though - you're doing well.  How are you feeling? 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Sep 2013, 16:10

Do you have an alternative crutch, gum or sweets or something?

I'm assuming you're not using nicotine delivered another way - patches, gum or whatever; while it worked in the end for my wife, I don't think it's a good way to go.  She's currently using low-sugar sweets and gum to come off the nicotine gum she was using.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Sep 2013, 19:53

My wife went with an e-cig. 

She's using it as much as she ever smoked.  So still addicted, but her lungs are doing better, I suppose. 



At least the place doesn't stink like ashtrays anymore. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Sep 2013, 23:53

I've not been using anything else nicotine based, no. I have sometimes been just using regular gum.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Masterpiece on 07 Sep 2013, 00:32

Eggplant is the plant with the second highest nicotine amount, after tobacco. People are advised to eat raw eggplant immediately after smoking.

Dunno if that helps

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 07 Sep 2013, 01:37

Is there a "not" missing there? If not, I don't understand.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Sep 2013, 04:21

No, the idea is nicotine replacement.  Cuts the cravings. 

then taper off the eggplant.   :-D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 09 Sep 2013, 10:03

I did not know that. Might explain why I love eggplant so much.  :-D

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 19 Oct 2013, 10:45

So I fell off the wagon pretty hard and so am now trying nicotine gum. One use in and it is surprisingly effective.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: pwhodges on 19 Oct 2013, 10:47

It's taken my wife several years to come off the gum; however, all that time she has not been smoking, so that's a good thing.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: lepetitfromage on 19 Oct 2013, 10:51

I found the gum to be really helpful!! I almost enjoyed that more than smoking. Good luck!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 19 Oct 2013, 11:03

Other than the general undesirability of being addicted to anything, what are the downsides of staying on nicotine gum forever? Is nicotine also harmful? I always thought it was the smoke part not the addictive part that was harmful to physical health.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LTK on 19 Oct 2013, 11:28

According to Wikipedia nicotine can promote the incidence of cancer, but the risk of that is not nearly as large as if you were smoking.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 19 Oct 2013, 11:46

Progress is progress brothers.

Plus I can chew gum in my room without opening a window.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 20 Oct 2013, 16:13

Congrats!!! :3 You're making a good step forward. :)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 23 Oct 2013, 10:49

Nicotine is a stimulant and is generally bad for your heart, but then so is caffeine.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Barmymoo on 23 Oct 2013, 11:15

That's what I thought - so quite a lot of progress really!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 Apr 2014, 03:41

So today is day one of me quitting again. I've been cutting down for a while, and switching to lower tar cigarettes, but today is the first day of the rest of my life, as they say.

It is so bizarre to me that my lungs hurting, a lingering feeling from the day before, makes me want to smoke MORE, as if it'll somehow alleviate that feeling.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 09 Apr 2014, 22:46

You can do this!! It's a bumpy road, but I have faith in you!! ^______^

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 15 Apr 2014, 01:57

Iiiiit's been
One week since I smoked a fag
And in that time I haven't had a single drag
Okay so I smoked a joint
But then tobacco wasn't quite the point

(To the tune of One Week by Barenaked)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Redball on 15 Apr 2014, 16:51

Six months after my last cigarette, ending a pack and a half a day habit, I found an entire pack left on a coffee table as I cleaned up after a party at 3 a.m. I smoked a cigarette and told myself, "I cant do this again." I haven't. Six months after that, at a party, a joint was passed around. I took a drag, and told myself never again, it's too much like inhaling tobacco. I haven't. That was about 36 years ago.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 09 May 2014, 02:09

Okay, so in the time since I last posted in this thread, I definitely fell off the wagon, HARD. Today I resolve to end this bullshit once and for all, given the recent "smoker's cough" I've finally started to develop after 6 years of being a smoker (my anniversary was this week). I had a cig tonight after hooking up with a handsome young lady, and I can't think of a better time to have my final cig. The symbolism is built in: fuck smoking

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 May 2014, 02:19

Good on ya Pat. I'm a month deep now (aside from a lapse at a party this weekend  :psyduck:) and I feel so much better. My wallet does too!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: BeoPuppy on 09 May 2014, 04:09

What does a smoking habbit go for these days?

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: GarandMarine on 09 May 2014, 04:32

Packs around here are in the $7 range, so only more and more pricey.

Pat look into e-cigs, not the shitty ones that look like cigarettes but a good quality vaporizer. Up front cost's a kick in the barrs but the e-liquid's a hell of a lot cheaper then a pack of smokes so it pays for itself in a hurry. My neighbor is a month and a half cigarette free after a pack a day habit for over a decade. She's been trying to quit for years but it looks like she's actually got a solution this time. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 May 2014, 04:33

Mine costs me around £60 a month, at a MAJORLY conservative estimate.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: BeoPuppy on 09 May 2014, 05:58

That's some major cash, right there.

At least, if you don't have a two-pack a day habbit.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 09 May 2014, 06:15

Depends how you define 'pack.' I was usually a pack of 20 every 2-3 days, which is why my estimate is conservative... very conservative.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Pilchard123 on 09 May 2014, 10:51

IIRC one pack - for pack-year calculations - is 20 cigarettes.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: lepetitfromage on 12 May 2014, 09:02

Here they are close to $10/pack.

We bought some Cheyannes (cigarillo type dealies) for the first time in over 3 years. They used to be about $3 a pack. Now they're $7!!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: BudBriese on 25 Jun 2014, 03:34

Quote from: Gareth on 03 Jan 2013, 12:17

And fuck all of you I will murder someone.

I've purchased many electronic cigarettes in last two days. Being at work is the hardest, because I have so much time to think to myself.

FUCK ALL OF YOU

Quitting smoking is toughest.. I have tried many at times but not successful yet.. Yes I have decreased it but complete quit seems to be myth..

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 28 Jun 2014, 01:18

Welcome to the forum!!! ^____^ And good luck! The fact that you're trying to quit is really important, and as long as you continue to try, you will be okay. It seems really tough, but I believe in you. :) You can do i!!!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LTK on 28 Jun 2014, 04:50

Spambots don't smoke.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 28 Jun 2014, 04:54

Eh. Looks not obviously spammy to me (if a bit weirdly worded).

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LTK on 28 Jun 2014, 05:06

You didn't notice the link that was edited into Gareth's quote?

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Lines on 28 Jun 2014, 06:53

Sneaky bot is sneaky.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Loki on 28 Jun 2014, 23:15

...I thought it was simple underline. Curse you, conflicting semantics of text highlighting on the Internet! Curse you!

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 10 Aug 2014, 08:05

So I got a vaporiser because I tried my buddy's and liked it, and I am now over three days smoke free. Also got an app called QuitNow! which tells me how much money I've saved, how many cigarettes I've not smoked, how much time I've saved not smoking and how long exactly I've not smoked for. It's really useful.

Three days and I feel good.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: GarandMarine on 10 Aug 2014, 08:11

Vaping seems to be the key for serious smokers quitting.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Orkboy on 10 Aug 2014, 08:43

I quit by smoking enough that I was sick of it.  I haven't had a cigarette in about 6 months, and I don't really feel like smoking any more.  I think for me, it was the physical habit of walking outside smoking more than the actual tasty chemicals. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 29 Oct 2014, 02:20

So for an update:

My vaporiser broke shortly before I went to Amsterdam, when I was too nervous to not smoke, so I was back on the fags for a week or two (duty free, man, it'll be the death of any nicotine addict).

However all the time that I was smoking, I missed my vaporiser dearly. I actually prefer it to cigarettes now.

So once I ran out of cigarettes, I went back on the vape and now here I am - 56 days smoke free (sans one joint in that time, which I don't count; it didn't make me want to smoke, at all).

My longest smoke-free period since I started was twelve weeks, which was just cold turkey but I spent that entire time wishing I had them. The vaporiser cuts that out.

By New Year's, I will have been around four months smoke free, possibly more, I've not done the maths, but that would beat my record, and it's at that point that I plan on starting to phase out the vaporiser as well, because even though it saves me a shitload of money (over £200/$400ish in these 56 days alone) it's still an added expense I don't need. Plus because the vaporiser is guilt free, I can still keep it on me, keep it charged so that if I feel a slip coming, I can use the vape rather than a cigarette.

Basically, things are going well. And my first big test will be this Saturday when I'm at a party. I bought a second vape battery entirely so that I had some guarantee of it working all night.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 29 Oct 2014, 07:25

Congrats Gareth. I gave in a bought a pack a couple months ago. Smoked one cig, realized I couldn't stand the taste or smell anymore, and tossed the rest of the pack. I still get the urge, but I know I don't miss the actual experience of it.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Oct 2014, 07:57

This is my e cig. There are many like it but this one is mine. (http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/30/5951385/this-is-my-e-cig-there-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aziraphale on 29 Oct 2014, 08:49

I was off cigarettes for a year and change. I quit with the cheap e-cigarettes; they tasted like crap, but I didn't want to trade one expensive habit for another. I've been off the wagon for going on seven months now. Had a job interview, was stressed the fuck out, and figured that having a cigarette to calm my nerves would be a lot more socially acceptable than showing up to an interview at ten AM smelling of alcohol. First pack lasted me nearly a month. Let's just say the subsequent packs haven't lasted quite that long. :P I'm back on the wagon in a couple of days, though... hopefully it sticks this time.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: The Seldom Killer on 29 Oct 2014, 09:28

Quote from: Aziraphale on 29 Oct 2014, 08:49

Had a job interview, was stressed the fuck out, and figured that having a cigarette to calm my nerves would be a lot more socially acceptable than showing up to an interview at ten AM smelling of alcohol.

If you want to quit smoking, you will have to go through some stressful situations without the support of cigarettes. Non smokers do it all the time and I can say from experience that it does get easier to do without them each time.

As an aside, I did know someone who was apprehensive when interviewing people who smelt strongly of smoke as to whether they were the sort of person to disappear out of the room when the stress levels ramped up.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Fig on 29 Oct 2014, 09:38

Using my vape has definitely helped in curtailing my smoking habit.  I'm not 100% cigarette free but I have not bought a pack for myself in a very long time and it's at the point now where I can't stand being around another smoker and especially not a heavy smoker.  When I get one of those as a customer it's very difficult  to maintain my composure when I'm comfronted with the smell of stale tobacco. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 29 Oct 2014, 10:02

I too, Fig, am finally at the point where cigarette smoke smells bad to me again. It's nice to be back there. Haven't been there in a good few years.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Aziraphale on 29 Oct 2014, 10:17

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 29 Oct 2014, 09:28

Quote from: Aziraphale on 29 Oct 2014, 08:49

Had a job interview, was stressed the fuck out, and figured that having a cigarette to calm my nerves would be a lot more socially acceptable than showing up to an interview at ten AM smelling of alcohol.

If you want to quit smoking, you will have to go through some stressful situations without the support of cigarettes. Non smokers do it all the time and I can say from experience that it does get easier to do without them each time.

As an aside, I did know someone who was apprehensive when interviewing people who smelt strongly of smoke as to whether they were the sort of person to disappear out of the room when the stress levels ramped up.

I'd been through plenty before that without cigarettes, and I normally cope just fine with stressful events and people. Don't know why that time was different -- stress and anxiety turned up to about 11. I didn't even smoke the whole cigarette... two long drags and done.

ETA: It wasn't even a matter of saying, "I want/need a cigarette right now." It was feeling like my heart was going to jump out of my chest and skitter away down the sidewalk. Tried my usual stuff (deep breathing, etc.). Didn't work. When the usual didn't work, I figured I'd try something farther down the list. :P

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 17 Nov 2014, 15:06

9 days free.

I don't care how much I may love you, I fucking hate you right now, don't care who you are

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Nov 2014, 16:46

Post was 2 days ago - so 4 more to go until your body's free of the actual nicotine.  The bonding sites in your nervous system that have been abandoned by it and cause you to crave it will be completely stripped and filled with the molecules that should be there instead. 

The harder part is the habit, though.  Once you're 15 days out, it's not the nicotine calling your name. 


It's you. 

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Patrick on 20 Nov 2014, 14:03

I'm not nicotine free though. E-cig. I'm quitting that cold turkey as of today. And I'm already feeling the angers.

On the upside, making adjustments on my guitar is making me really happy. I guess I know now what I knew all along: I'm meant to be doing something other than smoking to make myself happy.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: LTK on 17 Feb 2015, 12:36

John Oliver goes international on his show with a look at the depths of depravity that tobacco companies will sink to. Figured this is a good spot for it: if you're trying to quit smoking, know that this is the business your habit is funding.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Jan 2016, 07:41

Just thought I'd necropost in here to observe that I am now 15 months smoke free.

Aside from a few joints in the interim, I have only used my nicotine vapouriser. I am richer, happier and healthier.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: sitnspin on 05 Jan 2016, 08:31

Congratulations. Keep up the good work. Mad props. It gets easier with time.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: CrowFairy on 05 Jan 2016, 19:02

Yay!!!!!! Congrats!! See, I knew you could do it. :)

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Metope on 07 Jan 2016, 01:35

Congrats, that is awesome and impressive! You have good reason to be proud of yourself, well done.

Title: Re: So I'm quitting smoking
Post by: Welu on 09 Jan 2016, 14:50

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