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I've decided it's about time I stopped with the smoking. I'm not going to go cold turkey, but I'm going to phase myself off of it well before my 30th birthday, so as of 5/23 I had six months left to fulfill this goal. I've started by starting to smoke cigarettes like one would smoke a cigar, not inhaling anymore. I figure the tough part will be dealing with the social camaraderie of sharing a cigarette, but I can handle it. Anyone else recently quit or going to quit soon?

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:16 (8 years ago) Permalink

I quit a month ago, cold turkey. I found that by running more and taking Vitamin B6, I was able to pretty easily stop my cravings. I still think about having a cigarette but do not want one to the point where I become a fiendish thug, which happened the last time that I quit.

I quit drinking coffee every morning at the same time as I stopped smoking, but I caved on that one the other day. I had two cups yesterday and was crazed all day and didn't know it. So today, no coffee.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:30 (8 years ago) Permalink

If you're phasing it out, you could try 'not smoking in the car', and 'not smoking indoors'.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:36 (8 years ago) Permalink

Don't carry matches or a lighter.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:37 (8 years ago) Permalink

I'm having coffee as we speak, but I no longer take sugar with it, just cream. Mostly I have tea. I go running after work every day, going from my apartment, jogging for a couple of miles uphill, and then coming back down. I drink lots of juice too. The smoking just doesn't jibe with the rest of my lifestyle I guess.

And yeah, I stopped smoking indoors a long time ago and I just got a new car, and I don't smoke in it at all.

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

the thing about quitting smoking is that it should also involve quitting drinking for the first couple of weeks, which is a tall, tall order.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:39 (8 years ago) Permalink

I am now about 2 and a half months into being off them. First week is insanely hard but as some ILXers advised me, eat junk food when you need a cigarette, I found drinking coke or coffee helped ease cravings, or eating crisps.

I guess the most positive thing I can say is, it wasn't as hard as I thought, in that after the first week the time does just seem to go by. Of course there's always the danger of going back but I figure just take things on a day to day basis and you'll be fine.

Running definitely helps and also acts as sort of further motivation, the idea that you can actually be physically fit and a non smoker is an attractive one, I found, anyway.

You'll feel alot better, and I found I slept alot better too, just go for it. In the first 3 weeks I smoked one or two on my birthday, and one or two some other night, I didn't buy a pack though, which I think is key. So don't buy a packet.

I'm not sure about others but I really did find the first week or two hell, but after that it got alot easier.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

Also, not hanging out with your usual smoking crowd is a good idea too, but that is not always reasonable.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:44 (8 years ago) Permalink

I bought this pack of smokes a week and a half ago and to my surprise I still had 8 left, I sort of inadvertendly slowed down in smoking (which isn't saying much, I was at 4-5 per day max). I already feel a lot better, except for this damn sore throat which only makes smoking seem all the less attractive at this point.

My usual smoking crowd is this one girl who just sits at home and watches war movies on DVD and this other hermit who just sits around with his dog smoking his hookah.

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

DOGS BE SMOKIN

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:56 (8 years ago) Permalink

m.e.a. to thread, when he gets an internet connection again. He smoked like a chimney in San Francisco, which makes it difficult to do so in many places, and then quit when he moved back to Chicago, which makes it relatively easy. That's an uphill struggle if ever there was one, but maybe he has some good advice.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

I just quit cold turkey a little over a week ago. My boyfriend & I quit together, which really helps. You have someone to hold you accountable . . . and we set up little "punishments" for each other. example: the first time i might sneak a cigarette I'd have to clean his kitchen. the punishments get more severe the more you sneak. i think there's a reward system too, but i can't remember. maybe we'll take a trip or something? anyway...the junk food thing is good to give in to, but only for a set period of time because then you'd just be trading smoking for over-eating...i've also heard that taking up a new hobby is good. i've been trying to work out more often, go running, etc. i'm not very disciplined, but it sure cleans yer lungs out. the first week to week & 1/2 are the hardest for sure. i just got over the hump & i'm not thinking about cigarettes every single second. good luck to ya.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:57 (8 years ago) Permalink

Europeans don't seem concerned about quitting... why should we? Coffee is worse for you.

― andy, Thursday, 27 May 2004 18:17 (8 years ago) Permalink

I quit once. It sucked.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 27 May 2004 18:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

I cannot fathom addiction that demands only 4-5 a day. I'm in the midst of trying to snuff out a pack and a half per day; a few pieces of nicorette and lots of running seem to be doing the trick.

― Arms Enthusiast, Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:06 (8 years ago) Permalink

ok, im at this point right now. kidded myself that i dont really smoke because i only smoke when drinking, so the quitting should be easier. its been easy so far, but then tonite i went for a drink, with a smoker, and it was hard, and i wanted one!

i gave in eventually, and had one cigarette. it has to be my last one. i am worried about my health

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 27 May 2004 20:54 (8 years ago) Permalink

"Coffee is worse for you.
-- andy (and...), May 27th, 2004 12:17 PM."

Huh?

Anyways, good luck, Gear. I quit last December, and it was hard as shit. Now, though, it's no big deal. You really do feel better. Hang in there.

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 27 May 2004 22:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

4 months and still not one drag (this after nearly 9 months of not smoking from 11/2002 to 7/2003 and then a lot of backsliding on my part.) It's really really hard (esp. since a lot my friends still smoke.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 27 May 2004 22:55 (8 years ago) Permalink

I think the straw that broke the camel's back for me was this guy who's always smoking outside my window. He's probably in his mid-forties, this slightly overweight guy with graying black hair, who has that sunken-eyed Bart Giamatti look.

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 22:57 (8 years ago) Permalink

The straw for me was the conversation I had with my dentist where he explained to me that I had really serious gum disease in my future if I didn't quit smoking.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 27 May 2004 22:59 (8 years ago) Permalink

The first week was hell for me as well. Then the worst was past me, at least in terms of my physical desire for them.

Now I feel pretty confident. I would suggest quitting cold-turkey. I am sure there are pros and cons to any method, but cold-turkey has an absoluteness to it. "I did not smoke any today" is far more motivational than "I only had two today."

Also, after a while you start not to like the things. I started actually smelling cigarettes and not liking the smell. I also became much more aware of the smoke. Go into a restaurant and look at the smoking section and the non-smoking section. The non-smoking section is so much nicer.

― Debito (Debito), Thursday, 27 May 2004 23:35 (8 years ago) Permalink

Me and Gear! live in California. There is no such thing as a "smoking section" here.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 27 May 2004 23:41 (8 years ago) Permalink

Or a smoking bar for that matter!

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 23:42 (8 years ago) Permalink

Actually in SF those do exist. As long as the bar is worker owned and operated and allows smoking, you can smoke in bars. There are two or three in SF like that.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 27 May 2004 23:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

actually there are bars where you can smoke in LA as well but I don't know if it's allowed legally or just overlooked.

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 27 May 2004 23:49 (8 years ago) Permalink

I've been cutting right back on my smoking (day on, day off, and as many "days off" as possible). My problem with it is a weird one tho - I dont get cravings at all, but now I'm smoking less, Im finding my partner's smoking irritating and blech inducing. I feel like a bit of a hypocrite asking him to smoke less or get it away from me when I still smoke too tho. Dont know how to approach that, as I know he does not want to quit :/ (we both smoke indoors which is a really bad idea).

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 28 May 2004 00:37 (8 years ago) Permalink

it's fair enough to suggest maybe smoking only outside or something but oh god never never never ask someone to smoke less

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Friday, 28 May 2004 00:38 (8 years ago) Permalink

Yeah I know he'd just feel bad and ... well, not. And the last thing I want is to pull guilt trips on muh boi, its not his problem if I want to quit or anything! Im just sick of the house ponging of smokes.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 28 May 2004 00:39 (8 years ago) Permalink

yeah i wouldn't smoke inside either. mostly because of the cats, also because the smell seems to be cumulative and i don't launder my furniture that often

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Friday, 28 May 2004 00:43 (8 years ago) Permalink

psych - i decided to give up on sunday night. i did very well until tonight - i didn't smoke and my drinking had gone down to minimujm - v. unike me. tonight i got pissed to celebrate tough and ended up smoking 4 or 5 tabs which is sa bad abnd not good thing to do. innit. browners.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 28 May 2004 01:24 (8 years ago) Permalink

Don't bother. Just exercise some self-control and limit yourself to one or two a day. You don't have to go cold-turkey and stop enjoying yourself.

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 28 May 2004 01:31 (8 years ago) Permalink

that is too tempting. back! daemon! back!

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 28 May 2004 01:34 (8 years ago) Permalink

I am huffing a butt as I write this. I need to quit...I have heard that acupuncture is helpful. Acupuncture has helped me for other things - allergies - and did have some negating effect on my desire for nicotine.
As a smoker, when I go to weddings (at leat three a year these days) I carry two extra packs because all the non-smokers follow me around bumming cigs. That's the fun part about smoking - those bonding moments.

― aimurchie, Friday, 28 May 2004 10:34 (8 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

found that by running more and taking Vitamin B6, I was able to pretty easily stop my cravings.

Wow, does this actually work? Even if it's just a placebo, why not, I'll go take some-a those supplements I got months ago & haven't touched.

I can't run right now because I am sore from the other night when I had to run 4 miles total to the store & back to get my dog some syrup of ipecac after he ate roach traps. (excuses) And I don't want to take up a new hobby because I always get frustrated at learning curves. I was good at smoking right from the start. *bittersweet laugh/cry* Maybe I'll just start making art regularly again and maybe meditating more (aka zoning out to drone in semi-dissociative state and eventually taking a nap).

― Abbott, Sunday, 8 July 2007 20:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

So the ONtario government will send you a five week supply of nicotine inhalers for free if you agree to participate in their "study" which consists of three no doubt long and irritating phone calls over the course of the next year.. http://stopstudy.ca I foolishly started smoking again in June after 6-8 months without, and I've tried to quit a few times since and it's been a lot harder. I suspect it'll get easier soon as I can only smoke outside and it's starting to get very cold and terrible outside, but I just tried my nicotine inhaler's first puff and it's an incredible replication of smoking without the smell, smoke or being outside in the cold. Apparently it doesn't contain the many other toxins that you would find in a cigarette, only the nicotine. Anyone else ever use one to quit?

― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 17:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

I believe I would just get addicted to those.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 01:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

it depends on how much you believe your addiction is due to chemical dependence and how much you believe your addiction is due to habit. in my case it was mostly the latter.

― ℵℜℜℜℜℜℜℜℜℜ℘! (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 01:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

former for the first three days, latter for the next 8 months

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 02:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

...then i started again, of course

― Gukbe, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 02:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

meditating more (aka zoning out to drone in semi-dissociative state and eventually taking a nap).
― Abbott, Sunday, July 8, 2007 8:10 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hi-5, this is exactly how I meditate too!

― Smellishis Poon (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 02:43 (4 years ago) Permalink

hey, been about two months!

― donna rouge, Wednesday, 22 October 2008 03:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Haven't smoked since August of 2007 but I swear to God, I just started craving one.

― roxymuzak, Monday, 1 December 2008 06:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

don't!

― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 December 2008 06:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Well, I'm not gonna.

― roxymuzak, Monday, 1 December 2008 06:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

hey, been about two months!

― donna rouge, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:02 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

i "broke edge" when i was in georgia two weeks ago (for some reason i can't resist when it's legal to smoke in a bar) but that's been it since quitting in august

― most important concept of all -- THE CONCEPT OF LOVE (donna rouge), Monday, 1 December 2008 06:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

This morning an insurance agent asked me if I smoked, and I said "no," and realized I've been off them for a year and a half. This is pretty much a miracle for me. I loved smoking and did it for twenty-plus years. I have been through some REALLY AWFUL PERSONAL LIFE SHIT since I quit and it hasn't even been a problem, and have gotten drunk innumerable times without goin' "fuck it, I'm drunk, I gotta smoke!"

I just wanted to testify because it felt really great to actually feel, in response to the question "do you smoke?": "of course not"

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Friday, 15 May 2009 14:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

High fives, duder! High fucking fives. I haven't smoked since February and this breathing thing is a thing I can totally dig.

― test drives at ur own risk i cant go with you too many bees (Abbott), Friday, 15 May 2009 15:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

Abbott let me just tell you that this time next year you are gonna 1) barely remember that you used to smoke and 2) have one of these "fuck yeah, this is way better!" moments when you do remember

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Friday, 15 May 2009 16:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

High fucking fives!

― test drives at ur own risk i cant go with you too many bees (Abbott), Friday, 15 May 2009 19:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

i wonder if the next questions of the insurance man was: have you smoked in the past..

― Ludo, Friday, 15 May 2009 19:51 (4 years ago) Permalink

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okay when he "straightens" the frame: lol

― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

only stupid people are breeding otm

― she was giving it to two friends ...Aaay! (crüt), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:02 (5 months ago) Permalink

"2-a-day smoker" would inspire some "I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction"-style grouching from me when I'm quitting.

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:06 (5 months ago) Permalink

So relapsed hard after quitting for 3-4 weeks. During that time I allowed myself a cig once in a while during the occasional drink. But then Xmas parties and all that did the rest to bring me back into the fold. Urgh

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 24 December 2012 10:58 (4 months ago) Permalink

I have sworn that I would quit by my 30th birthday, but as it's four days away I don't feel I can do it. :(

― Gukbe, Monday, 24 December 2012 11:11 (4 months ago) Permalink

Just passed the 6-month mark with not a speck of tobacco. Actually feeling sort-of over it now. Hang in there, quitters!

― schwantz, Monday, 24 December 2012 22:32 (4 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks as of yesterday! And oops, I forgot to put on a new nicotine patch this morning but I'm actually doing ok?

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:23 (4 months ago) Permalink

w00t

― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 16:52 (4 months ago) Permalink

fuuuuuuck 2 years basically clean, then took it up over holiday season for a couple of weeks; quit yesterday, today is bad, back at work, ultratense, everything a bit near the surface. Stupid mistake, time to pay for it. STAY QUIT QUITTERS.

― woof, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 12:36 (4 months ago) Permalink

Everything fucking sucks right now and I really want one so bad. Tell me not to go get a pack.

― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 7 January 2013 00:59 (4 months ago) Permalink

don't go get a pack.

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

Thank you, Strongo.

― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:21 (4 months ago) Permalink

do as i say, not as i do.

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:21 (4 months ago) Permalink

already ready to be a parent with that kind of thinking.

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:21 (4 months ago) Permalink

go get a shot instead

― 乒乓, Monday, 7 January 2013 01:24 (4 months ago) Permalink

lol alcohol would just make me want one more

― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:26 (4 months ago) Permalink

maybe he meant heroin

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

tbf though i never stopped smoking even when i was doing enough drugs to feed a small rave

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:27 (4 months ago) Permalink

note to future children who might google this fact: do as i say, not as i do

― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:30 (4 months ago) Permalink

Have you ever been stuck on a bus or a plane sitting on the tarmac, and really wanted to get off, to be at your destination this second?

And yet, you didn't get off the bus. You didn't go running across the runway back to the parking lot. You sat right there and resigned yourself to knowing that the pangs would eventually pass.

The pangs of wanting a smoke aren't permanent. You're not going to want a cigarette every moment for the rest of your life. You will at some times, but just wait, and you'll forget about them, just like how you realize an hour later that your hiccups have stopped.

(Of course, you know that IRL, you can't get off the plane, that how slow it is, it's still the fastest way to get where you're going. This, while you can just go to the store and get a pack, no problem. Just, um, don't think like that.)

― pplains, Monday, 7 January 2013 01:33 (4 months ago) Permalink

No you're totally right. I've just been crying all day and I'm shaky and I don't even really want one but it seems like something to do that doesn't involve tears. I'm not going to get one.

― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 7 January 2013 01:37 (4 months ago) Permalink

good on you. you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

― c sharp major, Monday, 7 January 2013 01:40 (4 months ago) Permalink

they're never as good as you remember them being.

― c sharp major, Monday, 7 January 2013 01:40 (4 months ago) Permalink

my nofail smoking stoppage trick
a tin of skoal cherry and an empty bottle of arizona iced tea

― dylannn, Monday, 7 January 2013 07:47 (4 months ago) Permalink

First day back at work, been clean since new years day, this is the real test. Already feeling better wrt breathing and taste. I've never been a day time smoker, only when I get home from work, but then it'll be all night if I'm doing music and that's pretty much all I do if I'm not going out with friends.

Breathing already feels better, things already taste better. I've cleaned my studio so it's spotless and smells nice not going to taint it with horrible tobacco smoke. The last few days have been weird, been doing lots of music but can't sit down and relax- I'm doing 10 minutes then jumping up for a coffee (drinking shitloads of coffee actually), running about cleaning bedroom, washing up, can't seem to concentrate for long periods of time :-/

Last night was torture, anxiety about going back to work, wanted to smoke so bad, I didn't, which was good, but I was up all night, literally all night, didn't get a second of sleep :(

Is this what it's going to be like for a while? Insomnia and madness? My bad brain is already telling me the nanobots will be able to repair any damage I'm doing to myself... gahhhhh

― Crackle Box, Monday, 7 January 2013 13:57 (4 months ago) Permalink

Ack, sorry, like I said I didn't sleep last night my brain is a bit frazzled

― Crackle Box, Monday, 7 January 2013 13:57 (4 months ago) Permalink

tbh cigarettes excite rather than soothe so I wouldn't read too much in recent bouts of insomnia - during past attempts at quitting, I actually remember going to bed way earlier than usual but maybe that's just me.
Anyway - like you I've been clean since new years - pretty easy to abstain at work and at home but, as usual, going out for drinks is real torture. I catch myself thinking what is the point of going out for drinks if I can't smoke - not sure what it says about me and my attitude towards socialisation.

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 7 January 2013 14:45 (4 months ago) Permalink

UPDATE: I did not buy a pack.

― go to party leather (ENBB), Monday, 7 January 2013 15:22 (4 months ago) Permalink

good for you - pplains upthread is obv OTM - cravings pass and however imperious they seem they are usually forgooten after 5 mins - but it's difficult to stay lucid when they happen and to not just say fuck it

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 7 January 2013 15:33 (4 months ago) Permalink

i was going to tell you to get a pack

but i'm glad i didn't and you didn't

― mookieproof, Monday, 7 January 2013 15:37 (4 months ago) Permalink

while cleaning the other day i found a pack that my boyfriend had hidden

and he was out for the day, and i could have had one and no one would have known but me

but i didn't because i didn't actually want one

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 7 January 2013 20:04 (4 months ago) Permalink

― 乒乓, Monday, 7 January 2013 20:04 (4 months ago) Permalink

cravings pass and however imperious they seem they are usually forgooten after 5 mins
the first part of the sentence is otm, at the end though the time period can range from a minute to a week or more. but in general over time you get more used to cravings and you can handle them better. you ask yourself if it really makes sense to give in to a craving when you have resisted for more than 4 years. to stop smoking is a little like a zen meditation. the distracting thoughts come back all the time but they will also go away soon if you don't hang on to them. just let them go.

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 7 January 2013 22:16 (4 months ago) Permalink

haven't had a cigarette in about two months. stress is mounting and god do i want a smoke. think it'll tear up my lungs at this point, though... and being able to smell things is pretty nice imo

― Spectrum, Monday, 7 January 2013 22:18 (4 months ago) Permalink

Encouragement bump.

Going strong, feeling good.

― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:14 (4 months ago) Permalink

YAY!

I haven't smoked at all in about two weeks now.

― go to party leather (ENBB), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:17 (4 months ago) Permalink

yay! As per tradition, I quit on 1 January - yet somehow this time feels like it's for real

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:37 (4 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

still going strong, cravings are becoming rarer. feeling good.

― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 21 March 2013 22:47 (2 months ago) Permalink

haha i said almost the exact same thing 2 months ago

because its true

yay

― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 21 March 2013 22:48 (2 months ago) Permalink

Awesome. Me too. Still wanting tobacco now and then, but still haven't touched it.

― schwantz, Thursday, 21 March 2013 23:41 (2 months ago) Permalink

This is the 4th time I have stopped. I am currently nine weeks clean and on 15mg nicotine patches, 10 mg patches next week. Every time I stop smoking I end up in some fucking crisis that causes me to start again. This time I will see it through, again!

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 22 March 2013 02:10 (2 months ago) Permalink

how much did you guys smoke?

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 March 2013 02:22 (2 months ago) Permalink

I averaged about 20 to 30 a day.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Friday, 22 March 2013 02:54 (2 months ago) Permalink

I was under 10 per day, but for like 20 years.

― schwantz, Friday, 22 March 2013 04:10 (2 months ago) Permalink

3 months now - I think this is for realz this time. I used in the beginning the plastic nictonine inhalers, which at least gave me sth to do when my friends went outside the bar to smoke. I do crave a cig once in a whiel - generally after a long tedious effort or a busy day. No biggie to ride it out though

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 25 March 2013 10:30 (1 month ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

I have done a total detox now. As much as the patches helped it is a fucker coming off nicotine. I really felt tired and depressed for days and nearly give up. Worth doing it just to get your palate back and enjoy new pleasures from having mustard on your egg soldiers.

― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 14 April 2013 00:39 (1 month ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

― a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:08 (1 week ago) Permalink

― charli.xlsx (sic), Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:12 (1 week ago) Permalink

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:59 (1 week ago) Permalink

I started smoking again over a year ago. Dumb! Life will always have stressful events and cute boys who want to share a cigarette with you. You can't start smoking again every time one of those things happen! Come on. But I have had bad cases of bronchitis since January – two of them – I am so worried I will get COPD. My crispy/moist lungs are really begging me to quit. I am going to when the work season is over.

― I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it (Crabbits), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

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