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quitting smoking
#5481410 - 04/05/06 01:16 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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chewing gum or the patch?
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481413 - 04/05/06 01:17 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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both!~!~~ should work
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: XUL]
#5481435 - 04/05/06 01:24 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just let me give ya a kiss, lol, I quit smoking when I got mononucleosis 2 months ago, hard to smoke yer pack a day when you can't move out of bed....
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481453 - 04/05/06 01:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The pill!
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481467 - 04/05/06 01:51 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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will power?
i guess that is old fashioned these days...
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: TheDude]
#5481472 - 04/05/06 01:54 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just pick up a new hobby, it'll prolly be cheaper and better for your health no matter what you pick...unless it's other drugs..or cars..or..nevermind.
Good Luck, -Vatharul
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: TheDude]
#5481474 - 04/05/06 01:55 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I been smoking since summer, but I plan on stopping soon........Instead I will smoke less, smoke weed only! Probably vaporize a bunch too......................................
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: PriitK]
#5481477 - 04/05/06 01:58 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i fucking hate smoking i cant quit..
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Hamstercut]
#5481488 - 04/05/06 02:03 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Try slowly coming down, and smoking/vaporizing cannabis instead. That's what I'm going to do
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481489 - 04/05/06 02:04 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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40oz said: chewing gum or the patch?
Neither. Its alllll up to you. I tried the patch, but they made me sick and I still wanted a cigarette. I realized it was all up to me, but I just didnt have the motivation to quit.
Then I got strep-thoat. I couldnt smoke if I wanted to for a week. Its now been about 2 weeks and I figure I might as well keep on going. The patches never got me this far....
My advise is to get really sick.
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: PriitK]
#5481490 - 04/05/06 02:04 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Either that maybe try smoking a cigar instead so you still get nicotine but you're not inhaling? I don't know, just trying to help
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Vatharul]
#5481528 - 04/05/06 02:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Vatharul said: Just pick up a new hobby
i have 2 jobs & more hobbies than you can imagine. http://www.myspace.com/fortyounces2freedom
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481570 - 04/05/06 03:46 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I gave up smoking four years ago. I was chewing gum for a year or so and then realised I was addicted to the gum.
Cold turkey is the only way - you feel pretty shitty for a few weeks but gradually start to feel the benefits until you wonder why you ever enjoyed smoking in comparison to having clear lungs and more energy.
Most people who do it cold turkey never smoke again - you just don't want to go through the sleepless nights and cravings again.
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481589 - 04/05/06 04:22 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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cold turkey.
completely quitting spontaniously has proved to give the best results (scientific research proved that). So if you want to quit do it right now when you read this post and dump the cigarettes you have left in the trashcan! (no it isn't a waste of ciggies, dump 'em!). Willpower is what you need. be strong and quit RIGHT NOW. I dare you.
ps good luck, you can do it if you really want to
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481607 - 04/05/06 04:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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According to everyone I know that has successfully quit.. cold turkey is the only way.
The other ways.. you are still addicted to nicotine. When I worked at CVS years ago, there was this lady that would come in and buy the gum every week.. at $50 a box. I asked when she quit smoking and she said "2 years ago... I'm addicted to the gum"
The actual addiction/withdrawal isn't that bad, rather minor. It's more of a mental thing.
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Shroomism]
#5481725 - 04/05/06 06:38 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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trying eating seeds like sunflower seeds. or oranges. or everytime you crave a cigarette drink a glass of water.
and in response to "The actual addiction/withdrawal isn't that bad, rather minor. It's more of a mental thing."
I hear heroin and nicotine addicts being compared to each other all the time. Then again, i dunno how valid their comparison is in terms of addiction. The addiction/withdrawl is not breezey though. It's no detox but i mean it's definitely hard.
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5481733 - 04/05/06 06:42 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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neither, cold turkey....its the only way
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: goobler]
#5481743 - 04/05/06 06:47 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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im in the same boat, but with pot. wanna quit? smoke an entire newport through a bong! or light up all 20 cigs and smoke all at once. this is what i did when i was a youngin and i never smoked since
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#5481801 - 04/05/06 07:15 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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reverse psycholegy... and of course cold turky! it's getting rid of the habbit not the addiction that's the problame...
you're just so habitually used to lighting up a cig after eating while drinking when in the pub while on a break......... simply stop and realize when you're used to lighting up and then tell your self "i don't want a cig! i've stopped" untill you won't have to remind your self...
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Simisu]
#5481859 - 04/05/06 07:50 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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it's also important to attach a positive feeling to not smoking... feel pride and satisfaction about it! insted of getting bummed about not being able to follow the instinct to smoke...
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Quote:
theorganicdomino said: I gave up smoking four years ago. I was chewing gum for a year or so and then realised I was addicted to the gum.
Cold turkey is the only way - you feel pretty shitty for a few weeks but gradually start to feel the benefits until you wonder why you ever enjoyed smoking in comparison to having clear lungs and more energy.
Most people who do it cold turkey never smoke again - you just don't want to go through the sleepless nights and cravings again.
ive tried cold turkey numerous times , the longest it lasted was about a month or so then i went to chicago and u can smoke in the bars thier so i couldnt pass the chance up. =)
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5483386 - 04/05/06 03:51 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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suffer used the patch after smoking for like 11 years. Worked wonders for him. He hasn't had a cigarette since January 2nd
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Aninator]
#5483396 - 04/05/06 03:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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AniNator said: and in response to "The actual addiction/withdrawal isn't that bad, rather minor. It's more of a mental thing."
I hear heroin and nicotine addicts being compared to each other all the time. Then again, i dunno how valid their comparison is in terms of addiction. The addiction/with drawl is not breezey though. It's no detox but i mean it's definitely hard.
Well, I've never been addicted to heroin.. but I hear the withdrawal is nothing short of downright nasty. Nicotine may be as easy to get addicted to as heroin... but the withdrawal sure isn't anything close.
When I went to jail I was forced to quit smoking, had no choice. I went from smoking about a pack and a half a day.. to zero a day. I had been smoking for about 8 years up to that point. The worst part was for the first week, I felt a little irritable. There was no cold sweats, or agony, or puking. I definitely psychologically craved the physical act of smoking moreso than my body craved the actual nicotine. But after a few days of not smoking, the physical addiction was pretty much gone. After a week, I forget all about it. Two or three weeks, and you can consider yourself successfully "clean". My only problem was that I never wanted to quit.. so I started back up as soon as I got out.
I've heard good things about 'wellbutrin'.. being a mild anti-depressant, but also very helpful in curbing nicotine cravings in people who are trying to quit.
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: 40oz]
#5483411 - 04/05/06 03:56 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i've found chewing on licorice root when you have the urge to smoke can help calm the psychological addiction.
then again, i've never quit successfully
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: Krishna]
#5483498 - 04/05/06 04:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yup..you realize cigarettes are pretty much pacifiers for adults. Its not just the physical addiction, but the mental. Its like breaking the biggest habit you've ever had.
Another thing to help is substituting the cigarette...with licorice/similar things. The with drawl isn't that bad if you trick yourself into thinking your smoking.
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so 40, have you quit smoking already?
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Re: quitting smoking [Re: stefan]
#5485389 - 04/06/06 02:41 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i just started my 2nd job, but once my job routines/comfort/confidence becomes norm, im going to quit. the n00byness at this new workplace is a little nerveracking. when im working my normal night job, i dont care for cigs at all. its the down time that get me.
so yeah, i know i cant quit right now, but in a month i will take on this challenge. i absolutely hate cigs now. theyre discusting 8 years of smoking and i can feel the gunk in my lungs getting thicker. if i knew what i was getting into, i wouldnt of started. im 4 months sober, & eventually i want to be caffiene (coffee) & cig free. i want to run on my own chemicals for a change dammit. =)
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