quit smoking?
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3 months off the cigarettes!!
Always wanted to be able to be an occasional smoker but have never been able to do it, i fucking love smoking too much. Used to smoke around 10 cigarettes on weekdays and double to triple that on the weekends, for about 12 years.
Been talking about quitting for years and think it was becoming an uncle that was the impetus to do it. Also the misses pointed out how badly they affected my behaviour. I could be in a serious conversation, someone would walk up and ask "come out for a smoke" and i would just ditch the conversation mid sentence.
Used the full strength 15mg patches for about 2 months and would pop a nicabate lozenge if i was out and really craving a cig. Also started running to help clear the chest out. Still early days but it seems to be working.
If you are on the patches make sure to take them off at night, i had horrible nightmares and fucked up dreams after getting drunk and leaving the patch on overnight a few times. Also found that the nicabate lozenges make your throat feel like its closing up.
Pro's of quitting:
The ability to drink ludicrous amounts of booze and hardly get a hangover, its crazy compared to when i used to smoke i would get crippling hangovers.Con's of quitting:
I never used to get sick but since i quit it i have been hit with the flu pretty bad a couple times. This has happened to a few mates that had quit too.- Really? When I quit, I stopped getting sick altogether. When I started again, at least 2-3 germs a year.DoTheMacarena
- yeah it doesn't make sense, i rarely got sick while i smoked.thumb_screws