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Nicotine / smoking mega-thread *mega merged*

My attempts to quit about 3 weeks ago were unsuccessful. Fucking sucks, but I am a heavy ass smoker and perhaps I was asking too much of myself.


My mindset is still that I am in the process of quitting, I'm just more aware of what I now need to do. I found that smoking isn't just a habit, it is a series of habits, and the key is to break that series, one by one. So, before I attempted to quit, I was smoking two packs a day, and now I'm at a pack and a half. I'm not cutting down by counting cigarettes, I'm cutting down by looking at my daily routine and determining which cigarettes I am accustomed to having can be eliminated. Working pretty well so far, and the next time I attempt another cold-turkey I will have fewer habits to plow through.
 
I'm new here, but I've been reading healthy living for quite some time before I registered today, and now I can contribute. I smoked 2 packs a day for 10 years straight. That means 14,600 cigarettes per year, or around 146,000 cigarettes in my life. Since when I drank I smoked more, it is probably more like 160,000 smokes (or more?). Oh, and I'm talking menthol. I went cold turkey in July 2012, and haven't had any form of nicotine since. I have not used an e-cig, patch, gum, etc. Every time i tried NRT, I was smoking again within 1-2 months. I am 6 months free and I love it. The first 3 months were the worst hell I've ever experienced. The anxiety was so bad, especially at my job I wanted to shoot myself. 3 months later, I feel great! I still get the odd craving, but it is easily ignored. I really wanted to quit, and it took me about 3 years to actually make that decision. I just want to let recent quitters know it actually does get better. Just hang in there.
 
Cold turkey is the way to go, for me too!

Still smoke free. Feels good man.
 
I was a 1 pack a day smoker for 10 years. The day I heard my dad had prostate cancer, I crumpled up my pack and havent looked back. We have no cancer in our family whatsoever and he was a smoker for 25 years and had been quit for 10. It scared me.
 
today im going to go cold turkey from 10 rollies a day

im 90% convinced that this effort will be the one to break me free of the addiction

mindfulness is helping a LOT in this regard, i just keep reminding myself that the present determines my future, so i need to make smart choices in the present and to be present in the present in order for my future to be pretty
 
I made my own thread about this, but it might be better suited here

So, I'm getting out of control,
ive been smoking since the young age of 12, believe it or not, and im 18 now and i figure i need to stop while im ahead, not only am i already a cardiac hypochondriac, but i also am an avid user of stimulants, which doesn't help.

i also get paranoid that smoking + any stimulant will throw me either into a seizure or a heart attack,
and, my addiction has gotten so far that i empty cigarettes and use it in my pipe, which i have to believe isnt good for anyone.

so, any advice? how should i go about quitting, what are good strategys for it,
and has anyone ever took to smoking cigarette bach out of a pipe?
thanks in advance
 
I have been smoking electric for almost 2 years after smoking analogs for 10 years. Can highly recommend vaping to anyone as its the easiest way to quit smoking. U still get the nicotine and the same handling (habit) I also use a vaporizer for weed so im tabacco free and feel much much healthier.
 
Just 1 Cigarette? Please?

I have been cigarette free for almost 3 weeks now after smoking for 2 years. Ive been home alone for the past couple of days with no money and Im going out of my head with boredom. I know most people relapse after they have just one cigarette but I know I wont. I just need something to kill the time for today. After today my life will continue and I wont be stuck in the house anymore so I dont see myself going back


Bluelight can you allow me to have just one cigarette? Im dying
 
I caved... I had a few puffs but I tossed it in the toilet. I feel so dirty, fuck.

On a side note, my THC Break is over and I have a shipment coming. Pretty excited for that
 
^ they dont taste as good after not having one for a little while huh? when i went to a rehab, it was a chrisitan one unfortunately. they think god is the complete answer to your addiciton and dont get to the root of your problem.

we couldnt even smoke and when i would be able to sneak cigs they wouldnt taste as good. when i got home i started again and got over that part.
 
Don't do it! I'm at two weeks and counting. The smell of cigarettes is really quite repulsing now and makes me sneeze all the time. Plus I can run fast and long on the treadmill again :) The body is an amazing thing and will repair itself if you allow it to...
 
smoking tobacco is bad for your lungs,

i mostly vaporize cannabis using an Arizer V tower, and also smoke pure joints but recently ive been toking on baccy ones and im deffo coughing more often than normal . . . . .
 
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