Fucking cigarettes...

[Captain.Heroin]

Man I'm in the same boat as you here. Only been seriously smoking for about a year now, but I go through a pack and a half a day (I smoke a lot...) and I can't seem to quit either, it's a lot harder than I EVER thought it would be...

I've tried cold turkey, and honestly the withdrawals from them just isn't worth it.

I don't have the money for the patches or anything else to help me quit either... :S

Where do you get the money for cigarettes? A pack and a half per day isn't cheap.

If you can afford and succeed on quitting now, the amount of money you will save over the long haul is phenomenal.

 

[Warped Reality]

Where do you get the money for cigarettes? A pack and a half per day isn't cheap.

If you can afford and succeed on quitting now, the amount of money you will save over the long haul is phenomenal.

Tell me about it, especially in Canada! A fucking pack of Next Smokes (shit) are more than 10 dollars!

I'd love to quit smoking - it would actually help me save a lot of money, but around here, a package of patches is extremely expensive, about twice the amount of what I'll pay for cigarettes a month.

Sorry if I broke a rule for naming prices there, I tried my hardest not to give exact prices... (I said more than 10 dollars, idk if that's allowed or not, because they're legit more than 10 dollars - that's not the exact price, it was just an example because I've gone to places where you could buy a pack for about half of what I pay!)

 

[tommy34]

So I'm trying a real attempt now. I had my last one at 1pm and its now 6:30 pm. I am craving a smoke so bad and it hasn't even been that long. How long will these cravings last? 2 days or 2 weeks? I'm starting to think it's not even worth quitting. What will i use to cure my boredom and cover up the fact that life is shit.

 

[Stasis]

Did I mention that with a good e-cig you don't actually HAVE to quit smoking? You just have to convert. Like I said before, I gave an e-cig a try and used it everytime I had a nicotine craving for 48hours (as my friend instructed). After 48 hours I was allowed to smoke a regular cigarette. I took about two puffs and choked my ass off, completely bewildered at how I ever smoked them in the first place.

It's been three months and I still love to vape! Right now I'm hooked on a low nicotine e-liquid flavored Pineapple Punch, it's delicious!

But what I have learned through all of this, is two major things: Once you get pure nicotine inhaled in a water vapor format, and none of the other bad chemicals, you soon realize that you were chasing a very tiny dragon inside of those burning sticks. I never ever wake up the morning craving a hit off one of my e-cigs. I never have nic-fits anymore, but yet if I want to vape something because I'm out drinking or working hard in my office, the e-cig is a blessing.

The other thing I learned, is that the feeling that you MUST quit is a self-defeating prophecy. The chemicals in cigarettes are designed to cause and then relieve anxiety. The pressure to quit smoking creates anxiety, cured by a smoke, and then the anxiety caused by the lack of that smoke compiled with the anxiety of trying to quit, leads to another smoke! By using e-cigs, your only challenge is to CONVERT. Once you've converted, your nicotine consumption begins to decrease dramatically, and you find yourself wanting to taper down to lower and lower mg/ml nicotine concentrations. The trick is to find the right e-cig for you, and the right flavored juice that you enjoy much more than the taste of burning leaves. Accomplish those two things, and you will never go back to analog cigarettes. And if you'd like, continue vaping! And doing it in places you never thought you'd be able to 'smoke' in.

Like.... while skydiving! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqOj-8PSqr8

 

[tommy34]

Ahh they sound awesome. So if I smoke one of them it will be easier to quit and they are better than normal smokes? Cheers

 

[ColdNorth]

About the L-DOPA thing... That is what I call 'RISKY'. L-DOPA is used mainly for the treatment of Parkinson's (it slows the condition's rate of progression) and its side effects include possibly (?) irreversible dyskinesia (due to increases in peripheral dopamine levels) [1], although coadministration with carbidopa acts against such a thing from happening. Trust me, although it can be more 'effective' than L-tyrosine, the risks make its use rather unappealing... At least make sure it's being used with carbidopa (as it is usually so). Read more about L-DOPA before proceeding - for the sake of your health. There are risks.

Good point. I started looking into it more after I got the prescription and noticed that as well. Just went with how dopamine is made without thinking at first. Didn't collect it yet and I think I'm just gonna order the l-tyrosine from a health store along with 5-HTP for better post-roll days. There's plenty of time to research and decide yet.

I'm totally convinced by the e-cig description and will definitely try those ASAP. =)

 

[Marauder]

Smoked tobacco is my favorite drug. I've tried everything from ancient weed and heroin to newer synthetics and pharms and space age ahead-of-their-time research chemicals and I have to admit, tobacco is the most addicting thing I've ever tried. It's the only drug I always crave and the only habit I haven't been able to put down.

I'm rolling a spliffy now, not for the weed, but for the tobacco. I love rolling a cigarette, putting on some Pandora or StereoMood (the "smoking" station), laying back and pulling out the Zippo. The tobacco bush at the end of the ciggy burns and a familiar smell fills the room. Every drag lowers the volume of internal voices in my head. Earth stands still. The universe stands still. As if the Gods accidentally dropped the universe's temperature to 0 kelvin.

Curing the depression or anxiety that's making you smoke will help you quit cold turkey. Smoking may be a symptom. On Wellbutrin, tobacco was NASTY. I would take one puff and wonder why I'm smoking and put it out, feeling disgusted. This happened cold turkey a few days into using Wellbutrin (200mg 2x a day SR.) Don't try Chantix, it's scary.

I can contribute so much more to this thread but I'm busy at the moment and will forget later. PM me and I'll give you tips on quitting.

 

[Allein]

I quit using the lozenges, but these days they have the new nicotine inhalers and the mouth sprays here in the UK. I am told they are much more effective and whilst its true you are still taking in the nicotine at lest you aren't smoking that cigarette, so the breaking of the final addiction is easier. My father gave up after 50 years he was using the inhalers for 18 months but he got there in the end:-

I hope hte mods dont mind me postong a link so you can see the rpoduct I'm talking about:-

http://www.nicotineinhalers.co.uk/