quit smoking?
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- thumb_screws1
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
- six1
I did it!
3 weeks now. I had flu so didn't smoke and gave up cold turkey. I have bought some herbal mix with the following ingredients:
Coldsfoot
Eyesbright
Yarrow
Chamomile
Lavender
Thyme
PeppermintIt's great stuff and I smoke this on the odd occasion I fancy a smoke and it's now like smoking tobacco to me
:-)
- Ramanisky21
smoke free since 2003 ... cold turkey
My brain & body tricked me into thinking I had a heart attack of sorts.
Have not had one since and smoked more than a pack a day for 13 years.
- Hombre_Lobo0
i love the '?' in the title.
its like saying 'quit my lead design job for lingscars?'
err obviously!
- six0
rubbish!
i'm back on 15/20 rollies a day. been listening to allen carr and he does insist you smoke until the end so fingers crossed.
- JazX0
it's simple, just quit.
- mathinc0
Bah.. I quit (again) this morning and I just found this thread. You lot are really not very good examples for self-control. All I see are 'Okay I'm going for it again!'.. 'damn, I failed.' We'll see how I do, might be in the same boat by Thurs. :-/
- Atkinson0
not read all the posts here so might be repeating someone. I had a kid - nothing has ever made me want [and succeed] to give up more. Just gone 18 months. I'd still kill for one occasionally. When I quite I just didn't go out for a few weeks to get over the hard bit. Now I drink tooo much coffee. Necafe espresso.
- linearch0
i'm on day 8. it blows. i'm chewing cinnamon sticks and repeating the mantra that it will get easier.........
- MrT0
Airey is right, "quitting isn't hard" is bullshit.
After a few failed cold-turkey attempts, hypnosis did it for Mrs T and I.
It'll be 2 years without fags on May 4th, so I'd recommend it.
- fxone0
hey six id love to get a link to that uadiobook if possible... also one day without smoking!
- ismith0
Okay all you guys want to know the real secret? Every time you feel a craving, spin around once, drop your pants, and spank the monkey. I don't speak from personal experience but the logic is impeccable.
- inhaler970
Tea tree oil tooth picks helped me.
I became a jerk to all my friends, but they understood. Just remember, you're just going to feel better than when you did when you were smoking.I quit cold turkey... almost at a years mark.
Good luck.
- linearch0
nuts. i just quit 4 days ago. needed this thread to pop up. i'm eating my fingernails.
- sothere0
get a shisha and some herbal.
- scarabin0
they should make cigarette filter tips shaped like penises.
i bet having to suck a dick every time you smoke would make you quit
- scarabin0
- the look of this poster is for sure inspired by french movie la Pianiste
http://www.raindance…fxone - anyhow, i think that particular concept is shitfxone
- the look of this poster is for sure inspired by french movie la Pianiste
- chalk0
^ Yah. Throw the pack away now. Each cigarette is just another step to another nicotine fit.
- scarabin0
smoke them all at once so you get sick and never want one again.