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Staying Clean v. JaNEWary

very true. I've only been smoking for... damn almost 5 years now... so the side effects of being a smoker are still minimal. when I decide to quit, BL will be the first to know.
 
^ ya it does, i was thinking about this recently because i have been smoking a lot in recovery.... and i was like oh thats not so bad its only been like 7 months...

then i realized i was a smoker my whole heroin addiction and before that to... so I've been smoking for like 6 or 7 years lol....
 
DexterMeth said:
Oh no doubt. I only spent $25 on a bottle of nicotine liquid though in 2011, and was vaping daily.
There are a lot of other actives in cigs though, and combustion of vs. vaporization tends to produce different results, i.e. look at the differences with cannabis.

Money aside, I just like being able to breath when I exercise and all that.
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My mom got me hooked on an E-Cig for awhile. What dose of nicotine were you getting? The ones I got were 16mg. Because I can use it inside most places, I probably was using more nicotine from vaping vs actual cigarettes, but I noticed how much better I felt after even the first day without smoking a cigarette.

Unfortunately I lost both of mine. They were mid-grade batteries and not super expensive, but I haven't replaced them cause it's a lot more convenient to buy a pack of cigs up the street.

Anyway, I want to cut out nicotine altogether, but I am dreading it! I can't imagine not smoking, especially in sobriety. Thinking of using SNUS or a similar product to ween off because it's a lot cheaper than the gum or e-cig, but it's still gross. I don't wanna damage my teeth or gums (coming from someone who has previously been addicted to smoking crystal meth, oh how silly my logic can be), but my gosh I've only been a heavy smoker for 7 years, and I feel awful at the age of 23.
 
^The 72mg/ml bottles. I was vaping all day every day, but I haven't even touched any of my e-cigs for like a month. The snus might work for you. I'd think that'd be more addictive than e-cigs for me tbh. There's nothing to dread with it really. At least you're not smoking. Just treat it like it's not a big deal, and then eventually, when you don't have any nicotine around, it wont be a big deal, and what do you know?.. all of a sudden, it truly is no deal at all that you don't even have cigs.

SkagKush said:
^ ya it does, i was thinking about this recently because i have been smoking a lot in recovery.... and i was like oh thats not so bad its only been like 7 months...

then i realized i was a smoker my whole heroin addiction and before that to... so I've been smoking for like 6 or 7 years lol....
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Man, everyone always smokes so much on H. Like an absurd amount. It's so gross.
 
I went into rehab smoking 3 packs of Newport menthol 100s a day... I'm down to about a pack and a half now and I'm only 22 (3 weeks shy of 22 actually)
 
2013 starts as bad as 2012 ended for me... I didn't have a sober day since December 25th. At least I managed to abstain from opioids for some days, but right now I'm on heroin again. I know it's a dead end, but I always tell myself I can quit tomorrow, not today...

My life improved so much since I went to rehab in July 2011. I had straight eight months clean in August and felt great, and since then everything went downhill. Fuck!!!
 
and that is 98% of my motivation in quitting.. the thought of being crippled my whole life is enough to make me suicidal.
 
I treat sobriety as my new addiction.

It seems to be socially acceptable most everywhere, and there's only a crash & come down if I relapse.

:)

(Fuck no it's not easy, but this mentality is helpful for me)
 
^ ya sometimes reality is a head trip... i find it hard to believe the rest of my life is supposed to be waking up going to work then to bed....repeat
 
DexterMeth said:
Can you link me some info regarding this subject? I'm very interested in reading about it.

Going off that, I'm curious to know if smoking tobacco increases the time it takes to detox from a drug?
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probably decreases, as metabolic rate increases with nicotine usage so a drugs half life is shortened, lessening elimination time from the body thus speeding up the withdrawal process slightly.
 
well so far 2013 has been clean! in a 3/4 house away from my hometown and get 30 days on the 12th. been struggling the last few days as ive done this manymany times before, but i remember the past few months id look at these crafty names for sobriety months and laugh an envious laugh. so now i can have some gratitude for that. best of luck to yall
 
^ what else are you doing for your recovery? aside from the sober living.

meetings? steps? counselling? etc?
 
SkagKush said:
^ ya sometimes reality is a head trip... i find it hard to believe the rest of my life is supposed to be waking up going to work then to bed....repeat
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It isn't! Don't listen to the crap that tells you that. That is not living. Don't get confused by a transitional time and project it out forever. You can do so much more with your life once you have the addiction monkey off your back. That kind of thinking will take you right back to using. Stay strong, put meaning into whatever job you have for now, pursue interests without fear. Nurture your spirit as much as your body.<3
 
2013 started off really rough for me. Well, the 31st, 1st and 2nd were clean/sober (helluva run, I know :\ ) but on the 3rd I decide "Oh, well I'm just gonna go get a pint..."

Fast forward two days with no sleep, 50 drinks, and a stimulant relapse later... I'm back on day 2.

I had to go this far, though. Someone told me in July of last year, "You haven't hurt enough yet." I was 13 months clean at the time, and made it to 16, and of course I thought they were full of shit. But they were right!

Well, I've had enough agony. The existence I was living was worse than anything, including death.

BUT - thank God I have the freedom to change, to do better, and to thrive, to excel at all I do. And I will. :)

On a lighter note though, 9 days tobacco free, thank youuuuu ecig!!!
 
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