Quitting smoking SUUUUUUUCKS

[koriwhat]

i use to smoke 2 pks a day for a long while until one day my chest started hurting and i let that go on for a few more months until it was just enough pain to really make me rethink my stance of cigarettes... so i just threw what i had away and said goodbye to cigarettes forever cold turkey. it's been like 6-7 yrs now since my last cigarette but i can't say the same for buddha. haha.

good luck quiting that nasty ass habit!

[florige]

That is not necessarily supposed to help you quit, though I have heard people have tried to do so using it. It is just an alternative to cigarettes. It is only nicotine that you inhale and as you exhale all you exhale is water vapor, so you could smoke on planes, inside, etc. It is cheaper overall than cigs too.

But are they supposed to be not as bad for you as cigs?

Are you a smoker?

No thank God. I wouldn't be able to afford that, plus my doses of Patron too. lol

[Drachen]

But are they supposed to be not as bad for you as cigs?

Yeah, it is supposed to be better for you since you don't get all of the tar, and rat poison, etc. Just vaporized nicotine.

[I. Hustle]

I found that the best way to stop smoking is to start shooting heroin. I don't even think about cigarettes anymore.

[DarkReign]

Funny, I am trying to quit as of today, as well.

Smoked my (newest) last one last night.

[Dr. Gonzo]

I found that the best way to stop smoking is to start shooting heroin. I don't even think about cigarettes anymore.

No way, there's nothing like a looooooooong drag after a nice shot of heroin.

Or so I hear.

[angel_luv]

All the best to you as you quit smoking.

[JamStone]

Might not be the best advice, but I "sort of" quit smoking this year. It was a combination of me starting to just hate the taste and smell and partly because I felt like I was killing myself (which I was) and I could feel it in my lungs. I wasn't a heavy chain smoker, but probably going on 10 years around a pack a week and then in recent years a pack for about 2-3 weeks. So gradually less and less. Cold turkey is hard. The addiction is too strong. All those things that say they can help, I don't buy it. Chewing gum does not help. But, anyway, I stopped for about 2 1/2 months completely. Didn't have heavy cravings but still urges once in a while, in certain situations. I did a lot of smoking while driving so I'd occasionally get urges when I get in my car. Or when out having a beer. Those would spark cravings. What I did do is start smoking again, but if I had a cigarette, it would be one or two and then I wouldn't smoke for another 2-3 weeks. Once every 2-3 weeks. I'd usually get disgusted with the taste and/or starting coughing a lung and realize why I stopped.

Again, probably not the best advice, but that's how I handle it. I can go for several months without 1. But, if I really have an urge, I just smoke one. But, I really control going overboard and don't smoke like 10 in a row once I have one. I guess it's a different way of handling it.

[I. Hustle]

Meep that!

[Evil Angel]

7 1/2 months for me after 35 years of a 2 pack (Sometimes more) a day habit. As mentioned, the price did it for me. Another $1 tax on April 1st was the last straw.
I used the lozenges and gum to calm the nicotine urges. Like most, not a day goes by that the thought is not there, but unlike most the smell of smoke does not bother me.
Now an ashtray, that's a completely different story! Never did care for the old stale smell.

[J.T.]

The only thing that helped me quit was buying cigs that I hated. I would buy packs of filter less or Marlboro Reds so that even when I did want one, they sucked so bad that I wouldn't touch them. Eventually I just started smoking less and less until I ended up with with a full un-opened pack that I still have to this day. Good luck quitting, it's quite a struggle.

Can I have that pack? I really need a smoke right now.

[J.T.]

I found that the best way to stop smoking is to start shooting heroin. I don't even think about cigarettes anymore.

Funny story because heroin actually makes you want cigarettes more.

[sonic21]

i stopped smoking a month ago and now i'm always tired. Hope it won't last too long.

[koriwhat]

i still love the smell of a cigarette being lit...

[The Gemini Method]

I just smoke crack...it's cheaper and nobody gets crazy when I'm crackhead'd out...

[baseline bum]

Good luck. I don't think there's anything more addictive than nicotene, and I'm glad I never got started with it.

[The Reckoning]

yeah i quit a few months ago because i cant afford it, but everytime i walk through a big puff of smoke on campus, i cant help but stop and inhale. it smells so damn good.

[florige]

i still love the smell of a cigarette being lit...

I thought I was the only non-smoker who liked that smell.

[mouse]

any updates?

[JamStone]

Tested the heroine theory... it does make you want to smoke more.

[Wild Cobra]

I feel like I am totally tweakin. I had one last smoke this morning, the last of my pack, been messed up ever since. I should have planned this out better so that my last one would be around 5 or 6 pm so that most of the tweak feeling could happen while I am sleeping.

Take two weeks off work. Any time you want a smoke, take a bong hit instead. After the two weeks, it's a cake walk. The craving will still be there for a year or more, but it's that first two weeks that's the hardest to get past.

[florige]

The only thing that helped me quit was buying cigs that I hated. I would buy packs of filter less or Marlboro Reds so that even when I did want one, they sucked so bad that I wouldn't touch them. Eventually I just started smoking less and less until I ended up with with a full un-opened pack that I still have to this day. Good luck quitting, it's quite a struggle.

lol That sounds like a good idea.