Quitting Cigarettes…
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- shellie10
I’m turning 40 in october and i quit cold turkey 3 y es ars ago. I took stock of some of my older girlfriends that smoke and they look, well terrible. Their skin is just ruined (hands, chest, deep face wrinkles). I’m lucky enough to have a young look mostly do to being a black woman that doesn’t go out of my way to tan. But, i felt like i needed to stop pushing my luck. The way i was able to quit was purely based on the benefits of the physical maintenance on the outside only — but inside i also feel volumes better.
Weed scratched the itch and now gummies satisfy my need to find instant calm/chill when stressed or fun when partying. I don’t think ill ever quit that unless im pregnant.
It helps that my new partner is a non smoker and i know its a dealbreaker for him so im not tempted to cheat.
- rzu-rzu0
don't know if my advice counts, since I'm back to smoking now but last year I've managed to quit both alcohol and tobacco for about 8 months (I didn't smoke weed for like 10 years until September last year)
what helped me, big time, was excercise, cycling was the best
I did not go cold turkey, I was still having that one cigarette a day in the evening, but after few days I've noticed the taste and smell of smoke became increasingly disgusting, while the taste of food... oh my, quite the opposite
If you get cravings during the day, do push-ups until they go away (and they will, it doesn't take long).
the most dangerous thing though: after few months you might think to yourself, while having a beer with friends: "I'm ok now, everything is under control, so it's not a big deal if I smoke one or two tonight"... just don't
...and now I'm thinking I should quit again :)
- OBBTKN1
Quit this year on Xmas, back to smoking one month later (with the typical excuse of stress :().
Now, after a week of vacations and doing nothing time, I plan quitting for ever.
I love biking, and being asthmatic, smoking is not help anyway.
Not a heavy smoker, I can quit when I want, but, the weekend beers with friends and a cig, only one, fucks my will.
Cero cigs after this sunday, 4eva, and back to bicycle training again, this is the plan. Hope it works!
- hydro741
I quit little over a year ago. Tried the nicotine pouch, but one pouch was the same as 4-8 darts. So moved to CBD pouches about a week later, those got old and pretty much killed that craving for nicotine. Oddly easy. Smoked since college, so 25+ years. Now trying to get the wife to quit, but it’s more her choice. Nothing makes you smoke more than people telling you to quit...
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"Nothing makes you smoke more than people telling you to quit"YakuZoku
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