I quit!

Ok no I didn't, but I want to. Smoking that is. I smoke a pack a day, and I'm starting to think I should quit, I'm sure there are people around here who have successfully quit smoking so if you can recommend techniques, therapies, drugs, whatever, I'd like to hear it.

Also, if you successfully quit were there side effects? Weight gain? Irritability (that lasted longer than a few days?)

Educate me, and distract me from all the whacked out contentious threads on the boards today.

you just have to really be willing to suffer through that first week...thats the tough part....its painful....I've never been such a cock in my life.

but its well worth it...good luck!

Whatever the side effects of not smoking, the side effects of smoking are worse.

although quitting smoking was nothing compared to when I quit chewing a can of Copenhagen a day after I graduated highschool....that shits worse than heroin.

Why do you have to be so smart all the time?

If you wanna do it for real, then you can. I quit cold-turkey, but also did the following:

a. Pound water - all the time.
b. Satisfy my oral fixation thru sunflower seeds, gum, candy, etc. I did gain weight, but for me that is far from a problem.
c. Let your associates know you are quitting and that you will be irritable. I was cranky for a good three weeks, so be prepared for that.
d. Make a list of all of the pros of quitting in big red ink, and put it on your, um fridge with a magnet. You wil find that the list is quite long and quite substantial.
e. Avoid traditional smoking activities (very tricky for me, as being awake was a traditional smoking activity) for the first week or two. You will know when you can resume those activities.
f. Revel in the withdrawl, as it is your body fixing its self. I withrew hard, so also be prepared for that.

it's all about state of mind... i tried a few times found it impossible, but then instead of thinking about smoking you think about how good u feel NOT smoking. Carry a list of reasons why you gave up where u keep your fags (including stuff like how lame it is to be controlled by there dried plants, trapped, imprisoned... not having to hope a girl u wanna chat to in a club smokes too etc etc)

ultimately patches etc, they wont work, the only way you can stop is to STOP. lemme find a picture that'll scare u out of it too, its a nasty

also if u have the right state of mind it really is piss easy, i smoked 20 a day for 6 years

[Edited on Jun 17, 2005 by TitlessWonder]

It's funny....i think the hardest part is SERIOUSLY deciding to quit. Making the choice that you really REALLY want to quit. Otherwise you'll just torture yourself. Another funny part i figured out is that

it's you

working against you

for you.

We are so complicated. I've also heard from alot of different sources that it goes in three's. The third day is ROUGH, the third week is ROUGH, third month is so-so, & the third year i've yet to get to. I really am the happiest about it when i first wake up in the morning and don't have to cough up a shit ton of grossness . It is so worth it and it only gets easier with time. Also you kind of have to avoid all smoker friends and possibly drinking for a little while. Hermit style.

Quitting Smoking

That actually sounds like a good method. My cravings are lowest in the morning. So if I just pushed them back and pushed them back, I could see that working. Once I have the first one of the day....I'm finished.

Thank you!!

I have an incredibly resistant gag reflex. I almost never puke even if I want to. So that might not work.

Yeah....alot of gals here know how to vomit on will...

really...

Wow...you had seizures, muscle cramps, puked on yourself, and shit yourself? That's what happened to me the last time I kicked dope. That must've been some mighty strong snuff.

From all the cocksucking?

Uhhh...finding out ya have cancer really is what helped me kick the smoking habit.

I'm one of those who HAS to do stuff cold turkey. Its either 100% or nothing.

Have you ever had to curb or cut out something? A diet? Drinking? Sex with midgets? Use how you handled that as a point of reference

Have lots of sex...at least I pretty sure that is what Missy and Bee said stops the craving last week on SG radio

i did the cold turkey thing and it worked. i first tried the gum, and it didnt work. and i really started like the gum, alot, even though it tasted like ass. takes some will power to quit, and you really have to want it. cant go about it half assed. my main thought was, after the shitty first 2 weeks, i didnt want to smoke or cheat because it would mean it was all done in vain. kept me going. the mental addiction and habit of holding a cigarette and having to smoke in traffic and after eating was tough to get used to, but you do eventually. and i didnt gain weight because i just cant gain weight. lucky like that

I just got served.