Good bye cigarettes

[TearItDown]

I've been up and down and across the solar system with cigarettes. At my worst, I was smoking so much during a coke binge that I signed myself up for a smoking secession program because I thought I had such a serious problem. I started smoking when I was about 6 or 7. My brother's friend's mom smoked a lot and let us pick up cartons for her from the corner store. Of course we would pick up some cigars and smoke some of the cigs. We were kids, why not? Then when I was 8, we moved away and I didn't smoke the for the next ten years. Then I began bar tending. It wasn't that tough, but very stressful. Any discrepancies in money comes out of my pay. If I sold to an underage I would get fired. But I made good money, it was kinda cool. I learned over time that cigarettes can replace ANYTHING but nothing can replace the devil's plant.

The real devil's plant is tobacco. I've quit before, the last time I quit was from november to february. A solid 4 month block of time with no cigarettes. And now it's time again. This time for good. I'm done with cigarettes now and forever. I'm only on day two, but I fear the hardest is over. Or I hope. I'm still smoking the god's plant. Hopefully I can keep it like that. fuck tobacco. so thanks bluelight for letting me share this with you...I hope anyone reading this thinks of gross stale american spirits and bites the bullet...and quits for good!

 

[Legerity]

Good decision man. I've quit too many many times to count. No doubt you'll feel better without the cigs after the initial period of adjustment. Good luck!

 

[ilikeyou]

Exactly same here: day two, the initial period of adjustment in progress. It gets much easier on the third day and later on. I'm really, really looking forward to being a non-smoker again!

 

[whataboutheforests]

i quit today. Being broke is always a good time to quit. I couldn't buy a pack right now if i wanted to. Good luck, dude!

 

[TheLostBoys]

For the life of me I never could understand how people got hooked on cigarettes. I tried smoking when I was in Europe & did it for a good 3 months but finally got disgusted by the taste in my mouth, the smell of my clothing & what not. Your food tastes nasty, thank goodness I never got hooked on that shit, cant even get high off of it.

Glad to see you quit & I hope you can stay away from tobacco, its a nasty habit! Im sure others will say drugs are a nasty habit as well & yes they may be but at least you're getting high off them, anyway, good to see you quit!

 

[hurtin4certain]

For the life of me I never could understand how people got hooked on cigarettes. I tried smoking when I was in Europe & did it for a good 3 months but finally got disgusted by the taste in my mouth, the smell of my clothing & what not. Your food tastes nasty, thank goodness I never got hooked on that shit, cant even get high off of it.

Glad to see you quit & I hope you can stay away from tobacco, its a nasty habit! Im sure others will say drugs are a nasty habit as well & yes they may be but at least you're getting high off them, anyway, good to see you quit!

good input. the internet equivalent to laughing and pointing... ladies and gentleman and about cigs no less. only about 20% population smokes. one in every 5 people you see walking around out there.

I quit 28 days ago. hang in there. If u can, get the patch. it works wonders. I have been chewing gum when I want one and cravings subside. Week 2-3 are not that bad. I have been really wanting one lately. so hopefully that will subside also.

 

[ocean]

Quitting Smoking is so hard but CAN be done
Chew lots of minty gum, relax as best you can your first day- or keep yourself occupied!
Once that first day has been done, you are well on your way!
Just keep reminding yourself you have gotten over the hardest day and you don't want to go back!
Lots of luck!

 

[Bojangles69]

Wow wait you said you're quitting tobacco (devils plant) but still smoking gods plant (pot)?

Thats the main reason I didnt want to quit smoking is I thought I wouldn't be able to still smoke pot w/out fiending for a cigarette. Good luck if you can do this you're about to give me 100 times the amount of motivation I had before. I honestly didn't think a situation like that would be possible.

My cigarettes are so psychologically tied to both coffee and pot that it seems all 3 of them are inseperable to some degree. I love drinking coffee when I smoke either, and love smoking either when I drink coffee lol.

 

[hurtin4certain]

For the life of me I never could understand how people got hooked on cigarettes. I tried smoking when I was in Europe & did it for a good 3 months but finally got disgusted by the taste in my mouth, the smell of my clothing & what not. Your food tastes nasty, thank goodness I never got hooked on that shit, cant even get high off of it.

Glad to see you quit & I hope you can stay away from tobacco, its a nasty habit! Im sure others will say drugs are a nasty habit as well & yes they may be but at least you're getting high off them, anyway, good to see you quit!

Wow wait you said you're quitting tobacco (devils plant) but still smoking gods plant (pot)?

Thats the main reason I didnt want to quit smoking is I thought I wouldn't be able to still smoke pot w/out fiending for a cigarette. Good luck if you can do this you're about to give me 100 times the amount of motivation I had before. I honestly didn't think a situation like that would be possible.

My cigarettes are so psychologically tied to both coffee and pot that it seems all 3 of them are inseperable to some degree. I love drinking coffee when I smoke either, and love smoking either when I drink coffee lol.

i did just that. i used the pot smoking to make it easier to quit the cigs. Now ive been smoking slightly more pot....roll yourself somejoints and smoke em when u want a cig.

 

[TearItDown]

Wow wait you said you're quitting tobacco (devils plant) but still smoking gods plant (pot)?

Thats the main reason I didnt want to quit smoking is I thought I wouldn't be able to still smoke pot w/out fiending for a cigarette. Good luck if you can do this you're about to give me 100 times the amount of motivation I had before. I honestly didn't think a situation like that would be possible.

My cigarettes are so psychologically tied to both coffee and pot that it seems all 3 of them are inseperable to some degree. I love drinking coffee when I smoke either, and love smoking either when I drink coffee lol.

Hold in there, brother. I used to be a huge caffeine addict. I loved caffeine. I especially loved monster! I got cans free from work and would drink about 3-4+ a day. My caffeine addiction was so bad when I didn't have enough monster I would get headaches. I know a lot of people who started smoking pot before tobacco, and they have no urge for tobacco at all. Me and you are people who just enjoy smoking. It takes a lot of willpower but I've done this before in the past and this time I want to never smoke another cigarette. At least that's what I'm telling myself...and it's 90% true. I want to smoke one when I see someone smoking usually, something clicks in my head. It's telling me how relaxing the cigarette will be, but I will not smoke cigarettes. For my life, for the life of my children (in the future), for my family and friends.

 

[etnies]

i quit today. Being broke is always a good time to quit. I couldn't buy a pack right now if i wanted to. Good luck, dude!

haha, I'm in the same boat as you until tuesday.

I don't even like smoking, I probably only do it to kill time and because it's fun...damn, I smoked my last cigarette 12 hours ago.....I don't wanna smoke anymore and every time I waste $10 on a pack after I throw that newport out my car window I just get dissapointed in myself.....ugh, fuck this life.

Good luck 2 all!!

 

[TearItDown]

haha, I'm in the same boat as you until tuesday.

I don't even like smoking, I probably only do it to kill time and because it's fun...damn, I smoked my last cigarette 12 hours ago.....I don't wanna smoke anymore and every time I waste $10 on a pack after I throw that newport out my car window I just get dissapointed in myself.....ugh, fuck this life.

Good luck 2 all!!

I was in the same boat as you. Smoking cigs does help kill time!

 

[izzy66]

smoking cigarettes is the number 1 stupidest behavior i continue to engage in. i've quit cigarettes a few times for a year or longer. seems like eventually something will start scratchin in my brain and off i go to the corner store. i hate them because they remain the one thing i have not beaten.
sometimes i get so mad about $6/pack and the stink and lung cancer that i have to fire up a marlboro to chill out and that's a damn twisted sickness.
seriously though i have to quit permanently and when i go north in a few weeks that will be a good time to start.
-izzy

 

[etnies]

6$ a pack? You are lucky...in NY it's $10 a pack hahaha....yet I still buy

 

[TheLostBoys]

smoking cigarettes is the number 1 stupidest behavior i continue to engage in. i've quit cigarettes a few times for a year or longer. seems like eventually something will start scratchin in my brain and off i go to the corner store. i hate them because they remain the one thing i have not beaten.
sometimes i get so mad about $6/pack and the stink and lung cancer that i have to fire up a marlboro to chill out and that's a damn twisted sickness.
seriously though i have to quit permanently and when i go north in a few weeks that will be a good time to start.
-izzy

^^^^^

Exactly!!

 

[**hAyzzZZ**]

^^^ Only $10? Lol, I live in Australia and we get robbed of almost $18 a pack for something decent, not that cheap shit brand of ciggies they brought out.

but I will not smoke cigarettes. For my life, for the life of my children (in the future), for my family and friends.

^ That is the best reason to quit. I quit for those exact reasons, since May 5th (this year) and still haven't had one. Gl :D

 

[TheLostBoys]

Is smoking anyway connected with being hereditary at all? I was thinking about it last night & thought of it. I mean there are 5 people im my immediate family & not one of us smokes cigs. Not even one of my aunts or uncles smoke cigs either. I have about 20 cousins & only 1 of them smokes cigs.

Ive been around people smoking when I was growing up in the restaurant business, when everyone was aloud to smoke, even the workers in the restaurant & I suffered by breathing that shit in. Anyway, my point is can it be hereditary like alcoholism?

 

[anterrabae]

My mom used to smoke in the house all the time. My clothes and hair would reek. It was disgusting. I know she really wanted to quit but it was too much for her. Fortunately she was able to quit for good when she got in a horrific car accident. Her ankle bone literally popped out and her foot was hanging on by skin and some tissue...So she quit via morphine and, well not being able to. She was in the hospital for weeks.

She was bedridden at home for months after that. She's permanently crippled from it. Bastard who hit her couldn't wait to make a left turn and he was just fine. Car wasn't his, wasn't insured so my mother couldn't get monetary compensation. She was just two lights away from the turn to my house too.

Anyway, ramble much? I'm glad you're successful in your leaving cigarettes behind for good.It'll be all for the better and you'll save a fuckton of money. I tried to get addicted to cigarettes when I was 15, I worked behind the counter at a drugstore and would chain smoke while walking my now deceased beagle in the park/woods down the road. Did it for a month and never got cravings or anything. Thank the heavens! I've enough to tackle.

I have since smoked a cigarette socially, but haven't in years now. It used to be somewhat soothing but I absolutely hate the taste and smell. TLB, I don't think it's hereditary as my mother was a heavy smoker for 20+ years and couldn't quite without being forced (and morphine probably helped). Despite this, neither I or my older sister smoke. Habitual cigarette smoking is something I will never understand.

Whew, I always try to make my posts concise and yet I ramble on. At any rate, OP and those also doing the cold turkey, I wish you the very best of luck and success.

 

[TestOfSanity]

I smoked for 10years and quit 2 years ago. The price is probably the main reason, you can't even bum a smoke off a friend without feeling guilty. I switched to cheap ass dip/tobacco, to curb my urges. I used that shit for a few months, and when I got sick of it I stopped. Then I bought a load of wintogreen lifesavers, and never looked back. Although I do smoke the occasional cigarette, I have no urges to buy them. I no longer wake up feeling like a rock is on my chest.

 

[TearItDown]

Still going strong! Good thing I'm sick, I know it curbs my urges a lot-or not at all maybe? I think I am free from this demon. Going through a whole festival and being offered cigs, I have still not smoked one. the blunt I was chilling on the whole 15 hrs was definitely amazing, I know cigarettes weren't gonna make me trip or roll any harder!