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I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house
    #7586936 - 11/02/07 09:02 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

:awesome:

Or in other words, I quit smoking yesterday. Cravings so far are surprisingly mild, I guess it's a motivation thing. 22 hours without a cig and all is well so far.

My lungs didn't like smoke and my cardiovascular system can't be happy with the jolts nicotine provides. On top of that I hate the fiending effect, the effect that you "got to have it".

I hope that this time once more it'll last for years and years, like my last quitting attempt did. If I break free I don't want to smoke a single speck of tobacco ever again.

Smoking sucks. Tiny reward, huge price to pay.

Theres some :crankey: and some craving, but my lungs feel better already. It kinda helps not to be sucking smoke into them every hour, go figure :wink:


Anyone else quitting? Any quitting stories you'd like to share?


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7586945 - 11/02/07 09:05 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah I quit once... when I went to jail :P

Involuntarily..
The first week/first 4 days was the hardest.. it was more of a psychological addiction than physical withdrawel.. I had been smoking about a pack a day for ~7 years. After the first week I didn't really have any cravings anymore. However they say, it takes 21 days to fully break a psychological habit.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7586949 - 11/02/07 09:07 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I've been on and off that wagon for a long time now.

The sad part is even tho you feel SOOOO much better, your brain still wants to go back. 1 day is easy. By the end of the third day, the slightest amount of stress will have you reaching for a cig.

Cold turkey is a real bitch, but people do it all the time.

On Monday, I'll try yet again. :goodluck:


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: RoosterCogburn]
    #7586951 - 11/02/07 09:09 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Dude, the first week to two weeks is the hardest.

If and When you get over that hill, it's pretty much easy street from then on. Of course you'll have cravings and temptations but really the first two weeks is the worst most hellish part. Stay strong and fight through it!

Good luck!


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7586954 - 11/02/07 09:10 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I used to smoke a little, around half a pack a day. I was staying with some people who would chain smoke like no other and it was completely disgusting so I quit. I still have a cig sometimes when I'm drinking. I think the best thing is to keep yourself occupied so you don't have time to start thinking about smoking.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7586962 - 11/02/07 09:13 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

There's this book out that's really famous that supposedly is a wake up call for smokers. I think the author just recently died. It helped 2-3 ppl at my old office quit.

I never read it... I smoked back for a few years during collegeish times I still enjoy a clove or two every few months, but for the past few years I haven't touched em.

I used to throw away my matches and lighters towards the end of college which just made it harder for me so I cut back sometimes.

Then I moved to SoCal and started learning to surf. That's when I really felt it and had to make a decision to stop.

Wasn't too hard. I suppose I was never really at big of an addict.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: RoosterCogburn]
    #7586975 - 11/02/07 09:16 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I quit a couple years ago when I had no job, no money, unemployment had just run out and the tobacco taxes had just been raised. It was hard, but I pulled it off.

I used exercise to take my mind off withdrawal. Every time I had a craving, I would do ten pushups. I got in shape at the same time as quit smoking. Maybe something similar could help you, maybe not.

Remember Quitters, Inc from Stephen King's Cat's Eye? Anything's better than that, right?

Well, good luck and remember: you will not only feel better, but food is gonna taste great in a couple months. After a year or so your immune system rebuilds itself and you won't get sick as often or as bad.

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: BrandNoob]
    #7586983 - 11/02/07 09:20 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

go hang out at a bar....have a few drinks and see if you can resist. thats always been the hardest for me.

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7586988 - 11/02/07 09:22 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I quit 4 days ago cold turkey.  Worst I've noticed from it so far is I have a really shorter temper and a larger vocabulary.  I've also been waking up every 30 minutes at night.  I kind of like the withdrawal though... it's like I have more energy, be it from frustration or wanting to kill someone, I've been able to focus into things I want to do.  I'm forced to stay busy making me more productive.

I've quit too many times.  This time is for real.  :suicide:


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Cowgold]
    #7587012 - 11/02/07 09:29 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

You all make me want to jump on the bandwagon. i quit for a week a few months ago then started up again. It is so hard because on the weekend when I am getting hammered I really love those cigs. Other than that they are meh. I am going to *attempt* to still own a pack of cigs but only take it out with me on the weekends. other than that no no.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Cowgold]
    #7587020 - 11/02/07 09:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Because of this thread, I'm going to quit smoking.
Well, not BECAUSE of this thread, but you know what I mean.
I've been thinking about quitting for the past 3 years, and I've never made so much as an attempt. And what better time than now.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7587021 - 11/02/07 09:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I've said it before (and I'm sure I will again) but you have to want to quit. If you've tried to quit but can't...I'm sorry to say but you want to smoke (or at least some part of you does).

When you want to quit, you will.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: trendal]
    #7587043 - 11/02/07 09:39 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i only smoke when they are free,


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Cowgold]
    #7587059 - 11/02/07 09:43 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: bort]
    #7587120 - 11/02/07 10:06 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I quit (again) about two months ago. I'm doing very well, I might add. I have zero physical cravings...but when I am out with my friends I can't help but really want to smoke.

That's how I started in the first place, too. So I guess for me it's a social thing. I've had 2 or 3 smokes with drinks since I've 'quit'. I feel good, tho! Smoking really is dirty. I didn't want to believe it, but it is true. Sometimes I can smell smoke on people who have just had one and it really is offensive. It smells like a dirty ashtray and makes me kind of nauseous.

So good luck with being an ex-smoker! Your body loves you!


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: CherryBom]
    #7587190 - 11/02/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: bort]
    #7587268 - 11/02/07 10:49 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

2 years ago I quited cigs cold turkey after being a smoker for 5 years. At the same time I took a break from smoking pot so I can't tell if there were any physical withdrawals because all nights were sleepless. Few months passed and I started smoking pot again and everything went well. Meanwhile I've only smoked once 2 cigs and half a dozen trying drags at different occasions. Damn I just remembered in the last summer I smoked about 5-10 rolled tobacco ones after smoking pot. Every time it felt for 5 minutes like I had ingested some GHB.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Individual]
    #7589553 - 11/02/07 09:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Turns out today was not my day to quit.  :nonono:


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Blend]
    #7589585 - 11/02/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7589632 - 11/02/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Quit cold turkey Tuesday before last.  This is my first time quitting after about 4 years of smoking.  The physical cravings, have been almost non-existent; I had a couple headaches and bouts of anxiety the first couple days, but after that, it's all been mental/habitual problems.  It has been surprisingly easy so far.  I honestly only crave maybe 5 times a day on average for the past week.

My strategy is just take one craving at a time.  Just realize that it is just a craving, and let it go.  Realize that "I" do not want a cigarette, it is my addiction that needs it.  I will no longer be a slave to my addiction.  I feel so much better, not only health-wise, but more importantly, esteem-wise.  I feel better about myself that I am taking more control over my life.  I am becoming less destructive to my body.  That's a large part of my motivation to quit.

I just hope I don't see it as a viable option to start smoking again.  I don't want to be one that decides to quit every week, and fails every weekend.  I know I can quit, it's just a question of will I lie to myself and say "I can't make it in the long run".

Good luck to everyone quitting, even though I don't think 'luck' is really a factor here.

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: RoosterCogburn]
    #7589651 - 11/02/07 10:06 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

RoosterCogburn said:
The sad part is even tho you feel SOOOO much better, your brain still wants to go back.




I heard that. I quit about three months ago, and I still get cravings.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Le_Canard]
    #7589772 - 11/02/07 10:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I quit for a year once and never got over BAD and nearly constant cravings. I quit another time for 6 months. I'm way into my third time now but have no idea how long it's been. I know it's been months but how many I haven't a clue as strange as that may seem. I still want one most of the time just as bad as the day I quit. It fucking sucks. There is obviously something else wrong with me that cigarettes help with but I don't know what.

My case may be extreme though. We are not farmers but growing up I lived on a tobacco farm in a house completely surrounded by tobacco fields. I played in the fields building forts out of stalks at the end of the seasons. As a kid I gave no thought to the clouds of pesticide that I still clearly remember the smell of at the age of 37 and was never called in from. My first job was priming tobacco at 14. EVERYONE around me smoked or chewed or both. I started when I was 12 and was up to 3 packs a day in my early twenties. Actually my first toke of smoke was at the age of 6. Some stupid friend of my mother had the bright idea of blowing smoke into my toy bubble pipe for me.

Damn I want a cigarette. I probably always will. My lungs just can't handle it though. It's already taken it's toll on my life. I have kids though. Besides... I can either quit now or quit in a hospital bed. I'm probably going to end up in the hospital bed anyway from the damage already done. At least I'll be used to the craving and won't have that to adjust to as well.

I no longer expect the craving to go away. I just want to get used to it at least. I guess that is true addiction. Not much I can do about it now but deal with it.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7590358 - 11/03/07 07:56 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

A few years ago, I started to be really disgusted by cigarettes and what they were doing to my body after smoking for close to a decade. I became so disgusted by them and myself that I picked a date and just quit cold turkey, using sheer willpower. Unlike the previous poster, my desire for cigarettes started to wane almost immediately, especially after I tricked my brain into associating them with their disgusting taste and effects.

I think most people when they smoke are sort of detached from it. Whereas I started focusing as hard as I could on every drag, the taste of the smoke, the way it burned my throat and lungs...and that seemed to help my brain associate cigarette smoke with something I didn't want.

Thankfully I had the support of my lovin' man, which helped keep me motivated, and now I've been cigarette smoke free for almost 2 whole years. I feel a hell of a lot better now that I'm not tied down to the cancer sticks, not to mention I started saving the $4/day I was spending on smokes. It doesn't seem like much, but it really does add up after awhile. I have no desire to take up cigarettes again. Yuck.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7590380 - 11/03/07 08:08 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

i quite twice.
the key to me staying off ciggs was to stay away from people who smoked ciggs, especially in the first year.
Now I'm ok around ppl who smoke - i get repulsed by how smokers smell. as long as that stays the same, ill be all right.
occasionally i will see a handsome gentleman smoking, and want one. but then i snap out of it.:stoner:ood


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Oracle Of Delphi]
    #7590391 - 11/03/07 08:17 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

So many great stories... It's strange how some people can overcome it. I don't believe in luck, so you guys must have some brain wiring the rest of us don't.

I am the typical "consistant quitter". I just feel like my body can handle bouts of smoking, as long as it gets a chance to heal back up. I started at 21 and I never smoked more than 1 pack/day.

I just really like it, and I always try to smoke 3 or 4 cigs a day... They really matter then! But invariably, it becomes 6 a day. Then 7. Then 10... you know where this is going. :frown:

ANyway, on Monday I'm gonna give it another go, in earnest. I'll be stopping back in this thread for help. Maybe a few of us can band together through the week. The success stories are actually helpful!

Now, however, is time for :rastamon: and :coffee:.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: RoosterCogburn]
    #7590392 - 11/03/07 08:20 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I will say the patch helped A LOT.
and i couldn't smoke "anything" till I was at least 3 months in.
Because the two were so closely connected, I couldn't do one with out the other. After a few months, it was ok to do one, NOT the other.
And 4 yrs later, Im still Ok.
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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Oracle Of Delphi]
    #7590394 - 11/03/07 08:21 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Watching a docu on the tobacco industry right now....

The Tobacco Conspiracy: The Backroom Deals of a Deadly Industry.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7590396 - 11/03/07 08:22 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Good luck Wiccan!








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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Learyfan]
    #7590570 - 11/03/07 10:02 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Maybe this is how I should go about quitting without hitting a major craving. Personally I can't stand the taste of Marlboro's...if I took them up and quit them It'd go a lot smoother than having to give up these delicious premium Canadian Smokes :smile:.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Le_Canard]
    #7590586 - 11/03/07 10:10 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

ToiletDuk said:
Quote:

RoosterCogburn said:
The sad part is even tho you feel SOOOO much better, your brain still wants to go back.




I heard that. I quit about three months ago, and I still get cravings.




Expect that for the next few years. They might not even go away, they just won't be as horrible as they can be within a few months of quiting.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: 0xYg3n]
    #7590591 - 11/03/07 10:13 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

They will never go away.

Not true. I smoked for most of my teenage years, but I have been quit now since my early 20's and don't have cravings at all.

Maybe the difference is that I don't want to smoke.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: trendal]
    #7590610 - 11/03/07 10:25 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Day 3 and still going strong :rockon:

I discovered that you have to keep the chemistry and the brain strictly separate.

Chemistry dictates that you every so often get an impulse to smoke. That's addiction. The trick is to not let your mind get involved and simply and without strong emotion dismiss it when it comes.

If you let your mind get involved you can arrive at all sorts of epic scenes: rebellion against your quitting attempt, devil's advocate, despair.. Thats not the withdrawal, it's the mind. If you try keep the mind out of the loop it looks like it won't become unbearable.

When I get the impulse I calmly think: "nope: don't want that" and go about my business. So far it works. Bear with it as it comes, don't let despair build up.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7590713 - 11/03/07 11:15 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

That's the right attitude to have. Good luck Wiccan!


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Cowgold]
    #7590737 - 11/03/07 11:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

cigs are just something thats constinte in life. Soon as you light it, you feel at peace for 5 mins.

the key to quiting is to want to as said above, but to also replace it with something.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7591225 - 11/03/07 02:04 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

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If you let your mind get involved you can arrive at all sorts of epic scenes: rebellion against your quitting attempt, devil's advocate, despair.. Thats not the withdrawal, it's the mind. If you try keep the mind out of the loop it looks like it won't become unbearable.

When I get the impulse I calmly think: "nope: don't want that" and go about my business. So far it works. Bear with it as it comes, don't let despair build up.




:lol:
It sounds so much like getting out of an abusive relationship.  You are right on, tho.  I remember when I started again after my first try quitting, I was almost sad that I couldn't smoke.  I missed it... like my goldfish had died.  The second time around I didn't LET myself get sad.  I just had to remind myself of all the horrible disgusting side effects before I had any kind of feeling about it.

This is bad for me.  I do not need it = Smoking, ex-boyfriends, red lipstick, and garlic shrimp.  End of story.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: CherryBom]
    #7591250 - 11/03/07 02:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

You were in an abusive relationship with your goldfish? :ooo:


Its a form of self abuse aye, I hope the second half of the first week is as doable as the first half.

Many people say the first week is the worst.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7591338 - 11/03/07 02:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

damn wiccan how many times have you quit now?? maybe you were just ment to be a smoker?

do you want to live a long life? if not go light up!



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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: dutchmushroom]
    #7591350 - 11/03/07 02:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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maybe you were just ment to be a smoker?





Then sobeit :smile:


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do you want to live a long life? if not go light up!





Its also a matter of quality of life. Nonsmokers have more fun, unless you smoke Heroin.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7591383 - 11/03/07 02:48 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Physical (chemical) addiction to nicotine finishes two weeks after quitting smoking. This is an actual fact (stepfather-in-law is a university professor specialized in tobacco addiction and explained it to me once)

The problem is the psychological aspec. Ridding oneself of the habit of lighting up after a meal etc is tough as it has become unconcious.

The other thing that makes it hard is that a lot of people quit smoking even though they don't really want to (be it that they quit for health, kids, yellow teeth, whatever). Quitting when you don't really want to means that you end up idealizing tobacco and remember it as something great. And because you remember it as something so great (even though it might not have been) but you can't have it, you end up wanting it even more.

The key is to quit thinking about the stuff


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Cowgold]
    #7594670 - 11/04/07 01:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Good luck with quitting Wiccan_Seeker. I know you can do it.

By the way, I'm new here so hello all (and I sent you a PM Wiccan Seeker.)

I quit smoking nearly 2 years ago. I had smoked since I was 14, so that was 17 years. I was up to about one and a half packs a day when I quit. I have written the story of how I quit to try to help other people. I posted it on my website. I don't know if we are allowed to post URLs here, but I think I have seen a few, so I'll give it a try. The link to my quit-smoking story is http://www.everythingunderthemoon.net/quit-smoking.htm

I basically used mind power (positive thinking) to quit. It really works. I never craved cigarettes after I quit. I did use nicotine patches in the beginning as well, which I think was helpful, but since I had a pretty bad skin reaction to the patches, I had to wean off of those much quicker than recommended. I had no withdrawals at all and I have never smoked again. I still smoke pot, but that doesn't make me crave cigarettes. I just convinced my subconcious that quitting was easy. If you do that, it IS easy. :smile:

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: 7heather]
    #7595679 - 11/04/07 06:17 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Welcome to the Shroomery 7heather :smile:

Well guys, I just relapsed. Earlier this evening I had a Cyan trip with a friend, which especially for me was EXTREMELY difficult. Both of us estimate these fresh harvest cyans as 25+mg/gr Psilocybin, I shit you not. This unexpected strength made us trip an order of magnitude deeper than we anticipated (dose doublings do that with shrooms, noticed? With each doubling it's a whole different ballgame.)

Dry heaving, intense fear of dying, body wound up tight with anxiety. Godem, it was Hell. Sheer utter Hell.

Finally I managed to let go and I was overcome by a peace and a bliss that was indescribable. Whenever I struck up conversation though I felt bad again, until I let that go and focussed on my inner process. It was totally remarkable: I was being guided on the path of surrender. If I let go it would be bliss, if I sought diversion I'd feel bad.

I never reacted this extremely to mushrooms, and never was it so clear to me that there was actual guidance going on.

After my friend left I bought a pack of Marlbs. My mind had gotten ensnared by the chemistry of addiction.

I smoked one after four days of abstinence, after four days of lusting after it. Guess what...

Did it taste good? No, it tasted like shit.
Did it feel good to inhale the smoke? No, I coughed, it doesn't feel good to inhale smoke.
Did the nicotine feel good? No. My pulse went up, my mind got fuzzy, nothing desirable. No euphoria. Not even a crisis.
Does it feel good to have the cravings lifted? Not particularly.

My relapse was a futile exercise in redundancy. I no longer want this, all it did was re-affirm that I'm through with tobacco.

I don't even feel "in the danger zone" for having relapsed: it just was :shrug: in every possible way, nothing like I expected. A good thing: in the inhaling of the smoke I felt that four days of no smoking already have done my lungs a ton of good :awesome: I flushed the cigarettes without emotion, it's just over between tobacco and me. So not worth it that it puzzles me how it held me hostage.

I guess fear of quitting kept me smoking. What a completely silly reason to poison yourself.

I didn't kick the Marlboro Man out of my house this time, or anything emotional like that, it was a matter-of-factly parting of ways.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7595689 - 11/04/07 06:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

word I just made a simliar post. Good luck Wiccan. I am only 12 hours in, but I feel the cravings.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7595693 - 11/04/07 06:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Keep trying dude! You knew it wouldnt be easy, and you cant expect to win every time. It seems like you have the right attitude though. Right now I am battling marijuana addiction, not fun! Its throwing me off my game, and I can cut back to just a hit or two of schwagg a day, but thats still fuckin me up.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7595771 - 11/04/07 06:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Well it sounds like you did it wiccan! I did the same thing when I quit: I had a smoke a few days after and then a year after. Both left me feeling physically ill, and I didn't finish either of the smokes.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: DieCommie]
    #7595794 - 11/04/07 06:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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I am only 12 hours in, but I feel the cravings.





If I didn't get overwhel;med by that trip I wouldn't have smoked. This fourth day the cravings were already markedly less frequent and intense. So hang in there Tang, the worst of it might only be the first three days.


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Keep trying dude! You knew it wouldnt be easy, and you cant expect to win every time.




I'll try stay on the path, it seems to only have shown me that I'm through with it. There was no reward effect to speak of.

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Right now I am battling marijuana addiction, not fun!




I used to smoke 0.5-1.5gr marijuana a day, typically a gram of quality dutch Indoor, for over a decade. I was addicted, aye. Marijuana addiction is a very real thing, despite many objections raised by mostly stoners who aren't quiting at the time :smile:

What helped for me was reduce my use to the last 2-3 hours befoire bedtime. This way the cannabis didn't interfere with my daytime agenda and it kept the grammage down. Once you're toking, you want to toke more so postpone getting high altogether to the close of day.

What was hardest for me when I quit weed altogether was the insomnia. I solved that by drugging myself to sleep for two weeks.

Eventually I quit altogether and to my shock after a few months I didn't even miss it. At all. A $8 a day habit and I didn't miss it :mad2: God that felt stupid.

Moderation is harder than quitting altogether. With quitting pot though, after a year or so has passed you got a new shot at using it responsibly, you are unaddicted once more. With nicotine: no dice, once an addict always an addict.

Occasionally (including tonight) I smoke a few tiny crumbs of hash. That gets me where I want to be and theres no escalation. Gimme a gram of hash and thats all I need in a year, whereas I was addicted to smoking that in a day for a decade.

It can be done, DieCommie. with Pot, it can be done.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7595849 - 11/04/07 06:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

Wiccan of all the occasions of relapse, yours is probably one of the most understandable. I have had a simple cig 'save' me during some intense trips. Good luck staying on track I hope to follow!


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7596284 - 11/04/07 08:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I'm SOOOOO glad I never took that up. Nicotine is such a lame drug. If I'm going to put a physically addicting monkey on my back to weigh me down, it sure as hell is gonna be a drug more fun than nicotine.

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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Diploid]
    #7597597 - 11/05/07 07:50 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

ive been a stoner for 12 years, smoking anytime i can, but i have been broke or been getting drug tested and had to quit for months on end, and it was no problem, i really dont understand how people get "addicted" to cannabis, the only thing quiting weed has ever done to me is made me not sleep as good,

of course i want to smoke when i can't but its not like "omfg i gotta have a bowl right NOW" its just i would rather be stoned then sober, being sober is just boring as hell,

i also quit cigs with no problem, after a 7 year pack aday habbit, its really just a mental thing, if you think you are addicted with no hope of ever being able to quit.. you are, maybe i just have more will power then most people :shrug:


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: dutchmushroom]
    #7597629 - 11/05/07 08:07 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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i really dont understand how people get "addicted" to cannabis,





I don't "get" addiction to slot machines, but some people feed it everything they own.

Just because you yourself have little problems with it doesn't mean others can't have problems with it, and they are no less because of it.


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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7597688 - 11/05/07 08:46 AM (16 years, 2 months ago)

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t takes 21 days to fully break a psychological habit.





it's alot lot longer than that... especially with nicotine. it's a sneaky cunt.
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Re: I just kicked the Marlboro Man out of my house [Re: Asante]
    #7598222 - 11/05/07 12:03 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

I quit cigs and pot 4 months ago, meditation and chewing licorice root really helps.

I'll hit a hookah after dinner, but it says "Tar: 0%" on the molasses box. (yeah right)

Don't give up Wiccan. :psychsplit:


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