4th go at quitting smoking

[Rusty Shackleford]

So, i started hacking up treasures recently after a bit of a binge on smoking due to increased activity recently.

I cant even let smoke get behind my tongue now before it starts to bother me. so, after a day of not smoking, i dumped the rest of my tobacco in the toilet and i flushed it. :D

Im also broke so i cant go and get a pack either.


also, i bought a speed rope just for this occasion. I will now be attempting to jump rope for a few minutes a go multiple times a day. first time i did it today i almost died of coughing though lol.

but i just did it again and it feels great.


anyways. Im now replacing smoking with some sort of physical activity!!! yay me!!!

[RichardAWilson]

I hope you’re successful. I'm a smoker to and I've tried quitting.

[Dumb]

I don't mean this in a judgmental way, but I've always wondered about this...my grandfather started smoking in the 1940s, back when the medical warnings about smoking were but a faint whisper. Nowadays, when the health effects are well known, how does somebody get started smoking?

[RichardAWilson]

Well, 26% of the American population still smokes. My mother smoked and my friends were smokers. When I was in HS: I volunteered for Students Working Against Tobacco. I started smoking because I was curious and now I'm addicted. It's that simple.

[Dumb]

The concept of addiction is so frightening to me; I even stay away from the antidepressants I should probably be taking, I'm that afraid.

[Johnny Kerosene]

Well, 26% of the American population still smokes. My mother smoked and my friends were smokers. When I was in HS: I volunteered for Students Working Against Tobacco. I started smoking because I was curious and now I'm addicted. It's that simple.

You were in SWAT? At my high school all the people in it call it "Smoking Weed and Tobacco," and almost everyone in it does those things.

[Ocean Seal]

I don't mean this in a judgmental way, but I've always wondered about this...my grandfather started smoking in the 1940s, back when the medical warnings about smoking were but a faint whisper. Nowadays, when the health effects are well known, how does somebody get started smoking?
Its not that the health effects don't matter to people, its just that there are plenty of good reasons to think that you'll be able to quit smoking whenever you would like to; However, that is not generally the case. People generally just try something out a couple of times thinking that they won't get hooked, and then they start doing it a little bit more, and then eventually they can't get off of it. The idea is that people think; ahh I'll just smoke this one time to be cool or because I'm bored and then I'll just let go of it. One cigarette won't give me cancer. And so on
In any case Rusty I wish you the best in quitting smoking and hopefully ridding yourself of that habit. If you need an extra push just think of living longer and if you have anyone close to you think of them living longer.

[Dumb]

Think of it as giving the finger to those capitalist bastards running the tobacco companies.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Think of it as giving the finger to those capitalist bastards running the tobacco companies.
yes, because capitalists are so into tobacco and not anywhere else in our society :lol: thats the one thing i didnt really care for in arguments against smoking. "the evil tobacco companies" almost every industry in the capitalist world behaves in the same way. i dont know why there is such a focus on tobacco cappies.


anyways. when i was younger i HATED cigarettes. i harassed my mom about it a lot too. :crying: then i started smoking pot and then well, i was high and then i tried a cigarette. and bam.

[Dumb]

I know, I was really reaching there, to be honest. I'm sorry. =S

[Rusty Shackleford]

I know, I was really reaching there, to be honest. I'm sorry. =S
dont be sorry. im giving you a hard time lol.

[RichardAWilson]

LMAO!!! Yeah, I was in SWAT and you're right. Almost everybody in it smokes... I was also a volunteer for Teen Court (Prosecutor). That was back when I was a good ole' kid. (Before the Partying, Clubbing, Binge Drinking and Illegal Substances). Now all I do is smoke (cigarettes).

[Geiseric]

I think it's ironic that one of y friends *****es at me for eating fast food, but he's totally addicted to smoking! I tried cigarettes a couple times but never really stuck with it. it was just too nasty, i would always gag from the butane taste. I only smoke weed nowadays, and don't intend on quitting that any time this milennium.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I think it's ironic that one of y friends *****es at me for eating fast food, but he's totally addicted to smoking! I tried cigarettes a couple times but never really stuck with it. it was just too nasty, i would always gag from the butane taste. I only smoke weed nowadays, and don't intend on quitting that any time this milennium.
theres some sort of saying. "dont trust someone that has no vice"

:lol:

[Tim Finnegan]

You were in SWAT? At my high school all the people in it call it "Smoking Weed and Tobacco," and almost everyone in it does those things.
So it was basically the most pointless group ever, is what you're getting at? http://media.bigoo.ws/content/smile/miscellaneous/smile_280.gif

[RichardAWilson]

Well: It's state funded. (From the Tobacco Settlements) I don't think it's as effective as smoking cessation programs (which distribute NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy and offer group counseling.)

[Rusty Shackleford]

fuck me. now it feels like i have a slight head cold/light headed buzz.

[Rusty Shackleford]

So, im now using my jump rope in intervals of every hour or so. about the same rate that i would smoke.

i cant jump rope for very long though. but, ill keep trying :D

certainly more refreshing than jumping jacks.

[Leftsolidarity]

So, i started hacking up treasures recently after a bit of a binge on smoking due to increased activity recently.

I cant even let smoke get behind my tongue now before it starts to bother me. so, after a day of not smoking, i dumped the rest of my tobacco in the toilet and i flushed it. :D

Im also broke so i cant go and get a pack either.


also, i bought a speed rope just for this occasion. I will now be attempting to jump rope for a few minutes a go multiple times a day. first time i did it today i almost died of coughing though lol.

but i just did it again and it feels great.


anyways. Im now replacing smoking with some sort of physical activity!!! yay me!!!

I've successfully quit twice. Both times I went back to it like 6 months later because the first time I just wanted to prove to myself that I could and the second my parents forced me. Now I smoke every so often but never get huge cravings or anything. When I was forced to quit the way I did it was chew a piece of Big Red gum everytime I had a craving. After awhile your mouth REALLY starts to hurt but it sort of helps idk how to explain. You should try it because it is how I got through it.

[Leftsolidarity]

I don't mean this in a judgmental way, but I've always wondered about this...my grandfather started smoking in the 1940s, back when the medical warnings about smoking were but a faint whisper. Nowadays, when the health effects are well known, how does somebody get started smoking?

It sounds weird but I got hooked on my very first cigarette. Before that I thought smoking cigarettes was stupid. My friends smoked but I didn't care though. Then one time I was really high and my friends convinced me to try it and from then on I was a smoker. It's really easy to get into it but a lot harder to get out.

I still smoke even though I'm not addicted because I just enjoy it. I knows it bad for me but for some reason that doesn't really bother me. haha

[Royce Gracie Of Communism]

When i decided to get fit i stopped drinking smoking and eating bad and started excersizing all in the same day, lost around 3 to 4 stone and dropped shitloads of sizes in clothing.

Once you quit your fitness skyrockets dude. plus you probably stink like fuck.

[Ele'ill]

I quit on the 4th- it's been 20 days. I had dreams last night about smoking but my brain is starting to forget what it feels like.

[DiaMat86]

Try the vaporizers!

[Rusty Shackleford]

Try the vaporizers!
nah im not substituting with anything cigarette like, or nicotinous.

so far im on day 3. and todays a bit test. i get paid today, and im going to be goign places where cigarettes are sold. hmm. you know what, i just wont carry my lighter with me. yeah!

[Fopeos]

Good luck. I was the worst smoker i'd ever known. Usually had a cig lit before my feet touched the floor in the morning. Quit cold-turkey in 04. Still think of it as a momentous acheivement in my life (sad, i know). Aside from the health risks, think of the political side of tobacco. They are the worst kind of capitalists. Making tens of billions world-wide knowing full well that their product is both addictive and life degrading. Just stick to it. The cravings will get less frequent and less intense.

[Pretty Flaco]

Be healthy! :)
My dad, my uncle, and my brother have all quit. I lost an uncle and he smoked heavy, but there were a lot of other problems too (he drank, he was around some people that did meth, when he was younger he'd shoot up). He was a really smart guy, but he just got trapped, ya know. :(

[Ele'ill]

I drink still but I quit caffeine for the first 12-13 days while quitting. It gets easier- you start to appreciate food more and look forward to eating and not to smoking smoking smoking then eating a little then smoking after. If I get cravings while drinking it's alright because I'm usually depressed anyways and I enjoy the added fury of not being able to make my brain temporarily happy. Embrace those negative feelings it's what quitting feels like.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I drink still but I quit caffeine for the first 12-13 days while quitting. It gets easier- you start to appreciate food more and look forward to eating and not to smoking smoking smoking then eating a little then smoking after. If I get cravings while drinking it's alright because I'm usually depressed anyways and I enjoy the added fury of not being able to make my brain temporarily happy. Embrace those negative feelings it's what quitting feels like.
Probably one thing im goign to have a problem with is drinking and not smoking.

Recently, i discovered that getting drunk by 3:00 AM and rocking out in the moonlight with a cigarette in the back yard was the greatest thing i ever did. Seriously, head banging, air guitar, and smoking.

(yeah im getting cravings)


i guess not smoking would keep me drunker for longer though!

[Decolonize The Left]

Probably one thing im goign to have a problem with is drinking and not smoking.

Recently, i discovered that getting drunk by 3:00 AM and rocking out in the moonlight with a cigarette in the back yard was the greatest thing i ever did. Seriously, head banging, air guitar, and smoking.

(yeah im getting cravings)


i guess not smoking would keep me drunker for longer though!

I smoked for 7+ years and I haven't smoked since early December.

So you're 2+ days into quitting eh?
I'll give you some quick tips:

- Drink lots of water. Lots of it. Like, all the time. Your body can process one liter of water an hour and your liver needs this water to process out all the crap which you've been inhaling into your lungs.
- Exercise. I see you're already on this point so good for you. You will need aerobic exercise to help your lungs clear the tar and shit out of them, and the exercise (both aerobic and anaerobic) will help you feel better on the whole.
- Throw out everything you used to smoke. Lighters, ashtrays, cigs, all of it. Wash your clothes and bedsheets and everything.
- If you really, really, really, have to smoke, smoke some weed and watch some cartoons or something. It's fine to smoke pot while you're quitting cigs but don't make it a habit to smoke weed instead of a cigarette and definitely do not smoke spliffs. This still counts as a cigarette.

When you find yourself craving a smoke - do something. You mentioned jumping jacks and that's great. Pushups and situps are easy to do inside and can also be substituted. Go for a walk! Drink some orange juice or water or whatever and forget about going out for a smoke.

Remember that after the first 3-7 days the chemical addiction is gone, it's all psychological and habitual after this.

Good luck to you and to Mari3l too.

- August

[Ele'ill]

I dunno about the chemical addiction ending after 7 days. I've gotten some pretty bad random cravings that weren't out of boredom or otherwise 'physical habit'. My point here not being to argue, expect to still get cravings- they won't last as long and they won't be as bad as those first 3-7 days. Not smoking has changed my personality a bit as well. I'm wondering if it's a chemical thing in my brain- look forward to that as a boost. It can give you drive.

[¿Que?]

Ok, so I have that link in my sig. I'm still smoking, but I leave it to remind me of what I could be doing and the people I've let down by smoking. IDK, I promised a lot of people I would quit, and they're still nice to me, but I let them down. I wanted to quit for them, not for myself I guess.

In any case, please please please be a shining example for the rest of us. I think I'm going to try to quit again (I lost count honestly). I'm not buying another pack and I've just smoked my last one.

Good luck. I hope you make it.

[Ele'ill]

Ok, so I have that link in my sig. I'm still smoking, but I leave it to remind me of what I could be doing and the people I've let down by smoking. IDK, I promised a lot of people I would quit, and they're still nice to me, but I let them down. I wanted to quit for them, not for myself I guess.

In any case, please please please be a shining example for the rest of us. I think I'm going to try to quit again (I lost count honestly). I'm not buying another pack and I've just smoked my last one.

Good luck. I hope you make it.

Buy another pack, smoke one or two and then destroy the rest of the pack in the middle of a craving. Ride it out from there. Use sleep to your advantage as it's time away from the chemical addiction. Whatever hardships it brings, quit.

[¿Que?]

Buy another pack, smoke one or two and then destroy the rest of the pack in the middle of a craving. Ride it out from there. Use sleep to your advantage as it's time away from the chemical addiction. Whatever hardships it brings, quit.
Really? Buy another pack. That kind of advice is like music to my ears seriously. Although throwing them away in the middle of a craving is tantamount to blasphemy in my book. Seems like self-flagellating behavior. I want to control my cravings, not aggravate them, and it seems like throwing a pack away as I'm having a craving would so that. On the other hand, it may be the psychological manipulation, that going completely against my autopilot, may be just what I need. I might try this.

[Rusty Shackleford]

god damn this is boring. 4 days though so far.

[Principia Ethica]

Stick with it. . .you can do it! It's tough and I feel your pain. I'm about to quit . . .again. . .and just thinking about my quit day coming up has me smoking twice as much as i usually do.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Stick with it. . .you can do it! It's tough and I feel your pain. I'm about to quit . . .again. . .and just thinking about my quit day coming up has me smoking twice as much as i usually do.
i am able to stick with it. im trying to do a lot of aerobics so its helping. also, water :D

[Klaatu]

I quit smoking many years ago. Smoking is an addiction, but is also a habit. No debating of which it is; it is actually both.

So try to substitute another habit (hopefully not a bad one) to try and compensate. Convince yourself that this new habit is helping you quit.
A bit of psychological conditioning helps. A friend tried hypnosis, and it worked quite well for him. A lot of quitting is about mind-control. Mind-over-matter.

[Ele'ill]

Really? Buy another pack. That kind of advice is like music to my ears seriously. Although throwing them away in the middle of a craving is tantamount to blasphemy in my book. Seems like self-flagellating behavior. I want to control my cravings, not aggravate them, and it seems like throwing a pack away as I'm having a craving would so that. On the other hand, it may be the psychological manipulation, that going completely against my autopilot, may be just what I need. I might try this.

Of course the idea of quitting smoking right after smoking a cigarette sounds good because it isn't real at that point- if you quit right in the middle of a bad craving- destroying the pack etc... you're gonna know exactly what that first three days to a week will feel like and it honestly doesn't get much worse- getting through that one craving is the same as getting through three days.

[Rowan Duffy]

If I get cravings while drinking it's alright because I'm usually depressed anyways and I enjoy the added fury of not being able to make my brain temporarily happy. Embrace those negative feelings it's what quitting feels like.

Weird to hear someone say this. I call this the dark hole of rage. I do the same thing, though sometimes I lapse if I'm drinking with smokers.

[CommieTroll]

I don't mean this in a judgmental way, but I've always wondered about this...my grandfather started smoking in the 1940s, back when the medical warnings about smoking were but a faint whisper. Nowadays, when the health effects are well known, how does somebody get started smoking?

Speaking from personal experience its to look cool, it really is. I started high school and wanted to ''fit in'' and thought smoking was great, now I regret that mentality. I've tried quitting more times than I can count, if anyone still wants to smoke but really wants to stop a good way to do that is electric cigarettes

[Rusty Shackleford]

fuck i want to quit quitting.


im starting to act like a dick.

[Rusty Shackleford]

ah! crisis mode!

so, ive been drinking and i broke down and took a few puffs of a cigarette (like 5 puffs at most) that was left in my mom's ashtray. It was awesome for a few minutes afterward but now im thinking.

i really do like smoking. not necessarily tobacco, but the act itself.

is occasional smoking as life threatening as daily smoking? i mean, if i can get my hands of some cheap ass weak weed i might just smoke that instead of ciggies but theres also the problem of job applications and possible piss tests.

also, i do not intend to drop any of my exercising.

[Leftsolidarity]

ah! crisis mode!

so, ive been drinking and i broke down and took a few puffs of a cigarette (like 5 puffs at most) that was left in my mom's ashtray. It was awesome for a few minutes afterward but now im thinking.

i really do like smoking. not necessarily tobacco, but the act itself.

is occasional smoking as life threatening as daily smoking? i mean, if i can get my hands of some cheap ass weak weed i might just smoke that instead of ciggies but theres also the problem of job applications and possible piss tests.

also, i do not intend to drop any of my exercising.

Do that

[Tomhet]

Switch to weed man ahahaha..

[Klaatu]

Rusty, try to fixate this thought in your mind:

Failure is NOT an option

Repeat this as a mantra (morning, noon, and night)

Believe it. Live it

[Leftsolidarity]

If it helps at all I started to "quit" because of this thread. I'm probably not quitting entirely but I am actually limiting how much I smoke by more than just how much money I have. Smoking cigarettes is starting to gross me out too. Hopefully we both kick that shit to the curb someday.:thumbup1:

[Mettalian]

My brother said the same thing, that it wasn't the substance as much as the act that made him keep up the habit. I'm sure that you can accomplish your goal, comrade, and good for you for making a lifestyle change.

[Rusty Shackleford]

well, i have relapsed but i realized this right away.


cigarettes, even my favorite brand, taste like shit. even after 10 days.

my lungs hurt like hell and i have no real pleasure from smoking.

i do it only out of habit now.

and i can overcome it. i will overcome it.

it takes theses moments to realize how awful it is. even 10 days without smoking, once you smoke again, you realize why you want to quit.

[Rusty Shackleford]

also, DONT GIVE UP! even though i did for a bit, dont. its not worth it.

[t.shonku]

I used to smoke in my High School years and in my early years of University but now I have quit smoking , coz my girlfriend , sis, mum all of them manipulated me to do so. I used to smoke when I got stuck in some complicated sum a little puff made my brain open up, I used to finish of a pack of cigarettes before exam hehehe :laugh::laugh::laugh:, and it produced good result in exam, BUT SMOKING IS BAD! It's wise to give up this bad habbit.


Funny thing is that my Grandpa lived for 87yrs but he was a chain smoker , while my neibhour died of cancer but he never smoked


Anyways giving up smoking is a good thing ! :thumbup1:

[Lunatic Concept]

Meh I occasionally smoke joints (probably every fortnight or so) and generally dislike tobacco anyway so I dont see it as much of a problem

[RedSonRising]

Dude, best of luck to you.

Failing to quit this time should be the farthest thing from your mind. IF, however, you find an extremely difficult challenge in continuing to do so, I recommend you try getting hypnotized. Now, I've never believed in any of that stuff. I'm not a superstitious person, and I find commercialized psycho-babble services a waste of time. But my mother, who had smoked for over 30 years, tried giving it a go after I begged her for years to quit. Since then, she has not felt a single craving, nor has she picked up a single cigarette. I was baffled. Grateful, but baffled.

By no means am I encouraging an easy way out, you keep on chuggin the good ol' fashion way soldier; and you may believe what you wish, but as someone who sincerely wants willing quitters to quit for good and based on firsthand experience, I hope you take my word for it.

[miltonwasfried...man]

Good luck, keep with it. It will save your life and a lot of money.