The Quit Smoking Thread.

[dcGirl]

I tried the whole "I'll only smoke when I drink" routine but then I just drank more. Then last fall I had a brain hemorrhage and my neurosurgeon was like "yeah you're dumb if you keep smoking" and I was like "ok dude" and I quit cold turkey in the hospital and never started up again. I still have one every couple of weeks though. They're just so damn good.

[lalalemon]

i've found it's much easier to avoid smoking when I STOP BUYING PACKS.
although cigs are relatively cheap here (marlboro lights < 4.25), the money really adds up.

also, i refuse to smoke in my car- which is where i used to do it the most.

i really been able to stop smoking as much as i used to, but i still smoke maybe 5 cigarettes a week- more if i'm drunk. which lately i have been.

[rehtaFrey]

the longest i managed to quit was for a year. then i stumbled back into it and have been doing it on and off. i'm hoping to quit again come september. chest pains while smoking is a scary sign.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by lalalemon

i've found it's much easier to avoid smoking when I STOP BUYING PACKS.

wtf...you live in Louisville too? AND you're trying to quit smoking?

Wanna fuck?

[MaxPower]

Stay away from that Chantax stop smoking pill.
The side effects are not a good thing. Worse in some people than others

[264]

I quit smoking April 27th, cold turkey. This is my third attempt, the first was the patch, and the second was also cold turkey.

This time I did the "team" quitting. My girlfriend and I both quit at the same time. I think it helped to have someone call me a dumbfuck when I wanted to go get a pack of cigarettes.

A matter of note, this time around I wound up suffering from Shortness of Breath after quitting. Turns out quitting smoking can cause massive anxiety. So now I'm on Xanax. I also started drinking...

I don't know if I'm healthier now or not.

[lalalemon]

Originally Posted by Brad

wtf...you live in Louisville too? AND you're trying to quit smoking?

Wanna fuck?

fucking makes me want to smoke

[blackpussy]

to quit smoking cigs, start smoking pot and then to stop smoking pot, drink more alcohol and then to quit that start doing coke?

[Nebraskacountrygirl]

I smoked for several years, then got tired of it and "weened" myself off. I first started by not smoking in the spot that I smoked the most, my car. Then I cut down at breaks and at home. It took some time but I eventually got down to 1 cig a day and gave it up that way. I'm smoking again due to the divorce and bankruptcy and other issues. But I'll quit again someday.

A guy I know quit when he had been smoking for over 40 years. He got this copper bracelet thing as a gift or something and didn't realize that it was making the cigs taste bad and quit that way.

I heard that pill is bad for you, I know a bunch of people that were on it and they started to have suicidal thoughts and got off it right away.

Find a comfortable way for you to quit and then just do it that way. It's hard as hell, but it can be done.

[madeyeshawn]

My experience was catching myself going a long period without a cigarette. I got so caught up with a fun activity that I went about 12 hrs without realizing i didnt have a cigarette or even think about it.

So try to spend time around non-smokers, then when you get distracted enough and you realize you went x long without a cig try to keep that streak going.

Its a mind trick, sort of like cheating for a head start.

That was nearly 10 years ago, so that 12 hr period has literally turned into 10 years completely smoke free. (not counting occasion ganja use)