Quitting smoking

It is!!! I've been doing some reading into it this morning and depression and lethargy are definitely withdrawal symptoms.

Did it say how long they last?

I think about a week or two. After that, it's all about not having cigarettes while drunk.

Oh, but just cutting down may not really ever get the sad out of your system. This is why I think gums and patches are BS.

I think I was already depressed and lethargic FROM smoking & boozing so I didn't rly notice that stage? I kinda skipped over it and then it seemed like all of a sudden I was feeling really good.

gums and patches are great tools for people who 100% want to quit, yet need to disrupt their smoking routine before dealing with the nicotine withdrawal. I used the patch to quit 16 months ago. Some people have expressed surprised that it worked for me, but I find that those people aren't truly ready to give it up yet. The patch can only do so much.

one thing i did was get myself a bag of dirt w33d and rolled doobs up to smoke a few times when i needed something jsut for the action of it.

― Aerosol, Wednesday, April 20, 2011 4:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

I'd just straight up want a cig if stoned, just like if I was drunk or high on anything else. It's a trigger.

been doing really well except for the 1-2 cigs per day i've been stealing from my bf. the fact that he smokes makes it easier for me to cheat. if i think about it as an opportunity to manifest my decision to quit more often maybe that will help. my runs the past few days have been so much easier and better, and i've already noticed a big improvement in general well-being. got stoned last night, which is usually a trigger for chain-smoking, but i only had two cigs. feels like an accomplishment, or at least indicative of a change.

anyway, sorry for blogging here, just typing this all out in an effort to gear up for the weekend.

congrats! How much were you smoking before you decided to quit?

thanks. a pack a day.

also helped that i ran out of money on monday and didn't get paid until today, and no bank i know of would let an overdraft ride that long!

; )

underrated earosmith bootlegs is truth bomb crazy here!

it is like nowhere near as hard as plenty of other stuff you've probably already done

^^^so OTM – I can barely do anything ever, failure is my freaky conjoined twin that I eventually just learned to bro down – but transitioning to not smoking was no biggie w/the help of that Carr book. If I can do this shit anyone can!

You guys are gonna love breathing, it is p fucking sweet.

One thing that was hard for me – was missing just this opportunity to step outside at random (was always an outside smoker). So I found one cool flower or bird nest or something I could just go stare at all Blaked out for a few mins at a time & do stretches. You aren't giving anything up when you stop smoking.

16 days

four days without smoking inside the apartment, except for out the kitchen window. i work from home most of the time, so this is significant...though not as significant as those of you who are quitting entirely

tbh I have secretly wanted to start again because I am thinking maybe it was the reason I was not-fat for four years.

That and poverty.

Oh man when I finally started working a day job again after over a year of unemployment, my body was craving the richest foods SO BAD. Being so hungry that you can't sleep and you can't get warm so you just cry is no way to lose weight.

11 days.

w00t

tbh I have secretly wanted to start again because I am thinking maybe it was the reason I was not-fat for four years

So otm it hurts. but I can't: otherwise I can't use my migraine pills anymore. :-(

Yeah on that front I ultimately decided destroying my body w/cigarettes to weigh less when I am a healthy weight right now would be a fucked-up capitulation to an intersection of many unhealthy ideas that I don't even believe in (or want to, anyway).

A slight tangent: Does anyone think e-cigs are a sign that the tobacco industry is preparing for possible prohibition? No tell-tale smoke emitted, a small, easily concealed device, and the nicotine is a liquid that can possibly be disguised as something else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm31xBjfMNY

We need to talk. - Mom

ENBB u still doing this?

haven't had a smoke since new years eve... until yesterday. what if i keep it to 2 a year

Honestly if you can keep it to 2 a year then I think that's fine. It's just that some people can't. I'm not going to kill myself if I wind up having a couple every couple months or whatever.

But, to answer Aerosol, yes I am still doing this. It's been a little over three weeks I think. So far so good. :)

rah!

(xp) time to join the running thread imo

woaaaaaaaaaaah slow down buddy - one run (very slow jog if I'm honest) does not a runner make

props to you !
i know it's not easy
i dont know if i'll ever be at a place where i could like have one smoke a year or something like that. i really like smoking tbh so i gotta just stay away

I remember being told that the body can repair the damage done by up to three cigarettes a day. I suspect that it's actually less than that, but, honestly, I don't see how a few a year can be a problem--at least, as long as you can keep it down to that few.

just cough it all out while running!

5 weeks, not recovering quite as quickly as i have in the past but not feeling any inclinations to go back which is good

Reading the Allen Carr book before bed every night. Should be done tomorrow, I think.

Is it working? The plan for me is to quit tomorrow, but I'll probably run out and have a couple just to escape the sound of God laughing.

i always *think* i want a cigarette when i'm anxious/stressed, then i buy a pack and i'm all "ayo, this is disgusting and now i have a headache." however, the e-cig might help in these situations.

i saw katherine heigl hawking one on letterman and it just looked so dang sexy.

esoj how u doing

4 months clean, occasional jones but no slipups..

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I put one in my mouth for laffs recently and just the smell of the filter about did made me gag. The pack may as well have played Beethoven's Fifth when I opened it.

I gotta stop editing my posts in mid-post.

big fan of the e-cig here. the trick is to actually spend the money on a good one rather than just get some shit at the gas station; I have one of these and it:

- holds a battery charge for a week
- holds a shitload of nicotine juice (you can also buy specially flavored juices - right now I'm smoking snickerdoodles)
- can be easily charged through a USB passthrough
- doesn't look anything like a cigarette - this is actually good since you can puff away on it in public & people assume you're doing something else
- doesn't make you reek of smoke, doesn't kill yr sense of taste, etc.

right now I'm smoking snickerdoodles

You are a girl.

i really, really need to quit.

really.

REALLY.