Quit Smoking
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- HijoDMaite0
I've got 20 days strong now from almost a pack a day! This gum works, you just really, really have to want to quit. It's mostly in your head. I started with the 4mg stuff below at about 5 pieces a day, then weaned down to about 2 pieces a day and I haven't chewed any gum in four days. I carry a piece in my pocket in case I get a major urge, but it hasn't happened yet, The urges come when I stress out on something like girlfriend, school or finances. Other than that you have to stay busy because smoking is something we did to kill boredom, oh yeah, I would definitely chew one after every meal.
I should say that I have tried to quit many times and failed. The big difference this time is that I stopped drinking alcohol and smoking bud two months ago.
- I smoked 20 a day (1 pack), thanks for the tip will try to see 1st if I can last without anythingernexbcn
- monospaced0
I've never tried to quit, I've been smoking for about 10 years, and I think this might be the time to make my first attempt.
- instrmntl0
Running helped me last year. When I stopped, I took to the ciggies again.
- abettertomorrow0
I think the key is to treat it seriously and give yourself a realistic path towards quitting. Trying to quit in the middle of a stressful job or while you are going out all the time will probably fail. And hanging out with other smokers makes things a lot tougher.
Take a week off work, lock yourself in a room if need be like in Trainspotting...this is your life we're talking about goddamm it
- hahaha I also did the Trainspotting thing, worked for me too (for now).dragonfruit
- good advice herefadein11
- I took the decision weeks ago and set a date: jan 3rd to quit cold turkeyernexbcn
- yes very true, I tried to quit Dec 5th but had finals from the 6th to the 10th. So I said no way.HijoDMaite
- So I quit on Dec 11th.HijoDMaite
- fadein110
10 months off - used the gum, still have pangs when out.
I don't recommend sugar free lollipops as an aid however - probably defeats the object of health improvement.
- estetic0
- still have cravings. but in the end it really isnt that hard. Day 1-3 are terrible...estetic
- this is good advice.DRIFTMONKEY
- WeLoveNoise0
started saturday (again)
i will succeed this time- first bit of optimism I've heard off anyone in 2011 - keep it upfadein11
- godspeed manernexbcn
- cheers peeps :)WeLoveNoise
- e-pill0
when i read from those that have been counting thier "time off" from smoking it makes me proud for them, but really what i am reading is not that that quit,as they are all counting back towards the day they start again..
its either you smoke or you dont.. keeping a shelf life on something with the time stamp involved only makes me feel you are still thinking rather heavily on smoking and miss it or something.
it goes towards the term "quit" as quitters are those that fail.. why not just "stop" like you never smoked period... this way, when topics like these arrive, you arent a quitter, you are a leader.. one who is not one who counts the days.. the minutes, the years..
just stop. dont count the days.. move on.. and continue your healthy life. best of luck.
- ernexbcn0
3 things were decisive in me trying to quit now:
- Health of course.
- 1 pack a day at 4,40€ it's 1600€~ a year.
- A new law has been approved in Spain and went into full effect yesterday banning smoking from all closed public places that means bars, nightclubs, etc. and this is helpful because if I go out for drinks I won't be in a place filled with smoke and surrounded by people smoking.- haha your 3rd point reminds me of 1997 in NYC.. welcome to the past. bout time too..e-pill
- tgqt0
I am quitting again also...I will be using swedish snus as a fall back for a short time as you are leaning on the gum.
- Horp0
I'm with epill on this one. I stopped being a smoker around ten years ago and I relapsed a couple of years ago temporarily, then decided not to be a smoker again. 'Quitting' and keeping a track of the days is merely torture disguised as some kind of personal reward. You don't need to know how may days, weeks, months or years... its not relevant or useful information.
Also, I personally believe that announcing to friends and family that you're quitting is a really really terrible idea for many reasons that I can't be arsed to type up. Its much better to take the public pressure off by not telling anyone, and if people (particularly other smokers) notice you're not partaking in your usual smoking ritual and ask you of you've quit, just say no, you just don't feel like smoking.
So much better to prevent it becoming a spectator event. As soon as people know you're trying to stop they ask you how its going, keep reminding you about it, and eventually serve as an irritating moral weight that drags you down so you feel bad and end up having a smoke anyway.
Just keep it to yourself.
- quality advicetgqt
- ‹‹ this is exactly my point,
thanks Horp.e-pill - also a great way to pass that point from others "Asking" is to just say "i dont smoke"e-pill
- I think voicing it out works as an incentive in my case, I might be wrong, 1st time I try thoughernexbcn
- Yes, tell yourself yr not going to smoke _today_. When you manage to do it, repeat the same the next day.lukus_W
- CALLES0
i can sure go for a cigarette now
actually they should make them like bacon flavored ciggies
- this is your 10th post in this thread and you still haven't said anything meaning fullMr_Fantastic
- ernexbcn0
- <--- CALLESernexbcn
- bloody child, or a grown man suffering from some serious a.d.d.Mr_Fantastic
- CALLES0
Fine! I dont smoke. join the club