I REALLY need a smoke

[Invader Zim]

So, I'm quitting smoking. I can't afford it, and I'm tired of having the lung capacity of an 8 year old boy, and becoming out of breath after even looking at a flight of steps. So, anyway, I got me one of those e-cigs. It is way harsh, tastes foul (a weird sickly sweet thing going on with it), but at least the fucker takes the edge off the worst of the craving. But I've forgotten the bloody thing, and now I'm at work and I desperately need a fag. I could go to the shops and get a 12.5g pouch, or a pack of 10 straights, but that would be it and my efforts thus far would be wasted. I mean, what the hell did I do with my hands before I started smoking?

Oh, and I'm putting on weight. And any money I thought I would save on bacci is going on dangerously vast amounts of coffee.

This quitting buisness is a fucking drag.

[Blake's Baby]

When I was giving up at work, I ate all the biscuits in the office for about 2 months, and swore a lot.

It gets easier, honestly. I gave up after 22 years, and it's now rare that I actually want one, though sometimes I do dream about them.

Good luck!

[ed miliband]

how many days has it been?

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

I feel your pain, I have my e cig with me today and it barely takes the edge off...plus I'm eating a lot more (snacking on chocolates and crisps and having a lot of crappy vending machine coffee).
Solidarity brother.

[Invader Zim]

how many days has it been?

Since I quit or since I last had a cheeky fag? Well, about 14 days with the former and about 2 with the latter.

[ed miliband]

makes me wonder what i've got myself into. any time i don't smoke for a few days i'm like 'hey, this is easy...', but sticking with that? oh god.

good luck anyway.

[Igor]

ecigs are the saddest thing. what's the point if i can't feel the tar jamming up all my places

[ed miliband]

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[Ele'ill]

So, I'm quitting smoking. I can't afford it, and I'm tired of having the lung capacity of an 8 year old boy, and becoming out of breath after even looking at a flight of steps. So, anyway, I got me one of those e-cigs. It is way harsh, tastes foul (a weird sickly sweet thing going on with it), but at least the fucker takes the edge off the worst of the craving. But I've forgotten the bloody thing, and now I'm at work and I desperately need a fag. I could go to the shops and get a 12.5g pouch, or a pack of 10 straights, but that would be it and my efforts thus far would be wasted. I mean, what the hell did I do with my hands before I started smoking?

Oh, and I'm putting on weight. And any money I thought I would save on bacci is going on dangerously vast amounts of coffee.

This quitting buisness is a fucking drag.

I've quit for two years before and I did it cold turkey while not drinking alcohol or taking in any caffeine. During those cravings I'd either try to take a nap or I'd go for a walk. I've heard and have had a bit of success with taking in deep breaths and holding them then drinking water. The money thing sucks at first cause if it's not going towards cigarettes the first week or so seems to be going double that cost towards food (or coffee or alcohol) but it doesn't last. Once you get over that initial three day span of time it gets a lot easier. Chewing regular gum helps me a lot. I always try to imagine being at work in whatever situation and not wanting the cigarettes anymore, that's what's going to happen if you quit, no more serious cravings.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I've quit for two years before and I did it cold turkey while not drinking alcohol or taking in any caffeine. During those cravings I'd either try to take a nap or I'd go for a walk. I've heard and have had a bit of success with taking in deep breaths and holding them then drinking water. The money thing sucks at first cause if it's not going towards cigarettes the first week or so seems to be going double that cost towards food (or coffee or alcohol) but it doesn't last. Once you get over that initial three day span of time it gets a lot easier. Chewing regular gum helps me a lot. I always try to imagine being at work in whatever situation and not wanting the cigarettes anymore, that's what's going to happen if you quit, no more serious cravings.
That ^^^^


Just dump the e-cig, dump everything, go cold turkey. 3 or 4 days and you'll feel fine.


Source: Did it three times. Haven't gone back after the third time yet, and it's been almost a year.


I found that during the worst cravings, if I got an icee or something it helped.

[ckaihatsu]

Never been a smoker, but, *wait* -- I'm still susceptible to stress, like anyone else....

I happened to try the following trick, and it's going to sound stupid and lame as hell, but it's worth a try anyway -- it only takes a visit to a website to try it out.... (See the explanation about the theory of it, too.)


'Knowledge worker' -- ? Use noise to cut down on distractions

http://www.revleft.com/vb/knowledge-worker-use-t174768/index.html


Also try antihistamines and pain medication -- you didn't hear it from me.


= )

[ckaihatsu]

Also, my solitaire game's never been better, thanks to anabolic steroids...!


x D

[fug]

I just lit one up. U jelly? U mad?

[Prometeo liberado]

Seems to me that your problem has to do more with not enough cardio and a lack of options, right? Listen, my buddy Antwerp is a the night boat coming back from Cuba and came up with a great idea during his stay at the Hotel Nacional. After countless e-mails back and forth explaining your situation he has offered his services. Wire me the wee sum of $5,000, American, and we will get started. This is no joke. The guy has performed miracles I say! He worked with a young actor named Bunchy Kilbits:
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4983597290097256&pid=1.7&w=221&h=155&c=7&rs=1
Straightened the kid up and, viola! Val Kilmer! Come to think of it you may be worse off than I thought. Antwerp is no Tony Robbins, and nicotine fiends are a despicable lot. They have brought down more people than on-line porn and unlicensed Saudi pilots combined. So lets settle on $10,000. I know your good for it.;)

[Rusty Shackleford]

so i got sick a few weeks ago and cut back quite a bit. then as always with 'cutting back' you get back into the full swing of things pretty quickly. then i got sick again but i didnt even cut back. im still sick actually. and im really worried that it might actually be the early signs of emphysema since im coughing pretty nasty shit up in the mornings. what doesnt help is that for 4 days straight over 10 hours in a row im working in an environment that is around 35 degrees farenheit and today i was working in a freezer for 6 hours on top of 4 hours in the cooler. then, i go outside and its hot as hell. thats how you get constantly sick in the summer. (not to mention smoking and turning 21 recently which seems to kill your immune system lol)


but, since that first round of being sick i stopped smoking while driving. which was the most unimaginable thing but now it is really easy not to do.

i found that not smoking at work is also easier than not smoking while socializing.

so, once i decide on when im going to give it a shot, im just going to stop taking cigarettes anywhere if i have any left. and after a few days of resisting the temptation to go back to the ones i have. ill destroy them. yes, im setting myself up to fail, but if i cannot overcome having the cigarettes myself, then what will keep me from just going and buying a pack or bumming a smoke off of a coworker or friend.

[fug]

What do you guys smoke btw? Camel consumer reporting in.

[Hit The North]

Yep, going cold turkey is the only way. Once you get the nicotine out of your system the cravings reduce dramatically and then you've just got the habit to control. When I gave up, being a regular down the pub (and this before the ban on smoking), I was surrounded by friends smoking. I compensated by eating loads of peanuts and put on about two stone in the same amount of months! I've dropped that weight since, however.

One tip: try herbal cigarettes as a substitute. They probably taste as bad as the e-cigarette, but they are nicotine free.

[ckaihatsu]

I just lit one up. U jelly? U mad?


Infuriated.


= )

[Quail]

One tip: try herbal cigarettes as a substitute. They probably taste as bad as the e-cigarette, but they are nicotine free.
Herbal tobacco is okay but I find it hard to roll with. It doesn't taste too bad though, so if you feel you need something to smoke out of habit, this might not be such a bad suggestion.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Herbal tobacco is okay but I find it hard to roll with. It doesn't taste too bad though, so if you feel you need something to smoke out of habit, this might not be such a bad suggestion.

I remember reading an article a while back (BBC i think) that said herbals, though not addictive because of lack of nicotine, can be as harmful as regular smokes (still release carbon monoxide, tar etc).

Though if it's used as an aid to just fill the habit gap for a bit I suppose it doesn't matter too much?

[fug]

Any plant that you burn and inhale is pretty much as harmful as tobacco.

[Quail]

I don't think anyone would really smoke herbal tobacco for a long time because it's not addictive, but it might be helpful to fill a gap until the OP can quit properly.

I use herbal tobacco in joints so I don't have to get pouches of actual tobacco which makes it harder for me to drunkenly decide to roll cigarettes.

[ckaihatsu]

If this wasn't a detached discussion board we wouldn't be talking about this subject so academically and medically -- we'd be *in the shit* and I'd strenuously argue, *to your face*, that your little habit of choice has more of a *social* function than anything else.

In the absence of any real, *concrete* measures of personal differentiation -- as through a meritocratic accumulation of wealth, for instance -- your habit allows you to be "busy" and *almost* justifiably aloof from your in-person presence and social interactions.

News flash: Now the same effect can be had by merely purchasing and using any of a number of personal handheld devices.

Discuss.


x D

[Invader Zim]

i found that not smoking at work is also easier than not smoking while socializing.

so, once i decide on when im going to give it a shot, im just going to stop taking cigarettes anywhere if i have any left. and after a few days of resisting the temptation to go back to the ones i have. ill destroy them. yes, im setting myself up to fail, but if i cannot overcome having the cigarettes myself, then what will keep me from just going and buying a pack or bumming a smoke off of a coworker or friend.

Yeah, that is why I have the e-cig. To be fair its been doing ok, I've cut down from about a fag every half an hour (at work), to about five in the entire past week.


If this wasn't a detached discussion board we wouldn't be talking about this subject so academically and medically -- we'd be *in the shit* and I'd strenuously argue, *to your face*, that your little habit of choice has more of a *social* function than anything else.

In the absence of any real, *concrete* measures of personal differentiation -- as through a meritocratic accumulation of wealth, for instance -- your habit allows you to be "busy" and *almost* justifiably aloof from your in-person presence and social interactions.

News flash: Now the same effect can be had by merely purchasing and using any of a number of personal handheld devices.

Discuss.

What?

[ckaihatsu]

What?


What what?

Did - I - *stutter* -- ?!


= )

[Invader Zim]

What what?

Did - I - *stutter* -- ?!


= )

Evidently I need some mind altering substances, a cassette tape of post-structuralist proverbs and an hour watching static. Then I might have expanded my mind enough to understand anything you write. Currently I'm just not there.

[Ele'ill]

Did you quit yet?

[ckaihatsu]

Evidently I need some mind altering substances, a cassette tape of post-structuralist proverbs and an hour watching static. Then I might have expanded my mind enough to understand anything you write. Currently I'm just not there.


Sounds like some good marketing materials for a political campaign -- wanna team up?


x D

[Invader Zim]

Did you quit yet?

Yes and no. I quit, then I started again. Then I quit again, and restarted. I am very good and quitting. But even better at quitting quitting.

For instance, i was buying a flatmate a birthday present, and got him one of those rolling machine things for the novelty. I also got him some fine tobacco. But when i was in the shop I had a moment of terrible weakness and got myself some 'light vanilla gold' (or whatever bullshit name they give to it).

That said, some real progress has been made. I am down from spending about £10-£15 a week on rolling fags to way less than a 12.5g pouch in the last week or so. I've probably had no more than 10 over the last 14 days.

But yeah, I'm a weak willed slave to the tobacco industry. And this flavored stuff is really smooth. So really it isn't my fault. It is their's. Basically, I absolve myself of any and all responsibility.

[Ele'ill]

I quit for two years once and started again just because. I wasn't even having a craving. But now that I'm trying to quit I'll go 24 hours without one, get through some terrible cravings, wake up with it being a crisp autumn morning and stop at the store on my way to work and get a extra large coffee and of course a pack of cigarettes. They don't even give me a buzz anymore or anything.

[Ele'ill]

I've now gone 20 hours without any nicotine.

[Invader Zim]

I've now gone 20 hours without any nicotine.

I've gone 20 minutes. :(

[Igor]

I've gone 20 minutes. :(

i'm using a nicotine product while posting

[Ele'ill]

Heading quickly towards 48 hours and 60 is within reach. I felt like shit today but am using the excuse of quitting cigarettes to take long naps. Tomorrow I'm going out drinking. Will it all fail?

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Heading quickly towards 48 hours and 60 is within reach. I felt like shit today but am using the excuse of quitting cigarettes to take long naps. Tomorrow I'm going out drinking. Will it all fail?
I'd avoid getting drunk until after the physical withdrawals are done, plus a week or two if you can. At least for me, when I was smoking I would chain smoke when drinking, and the first few times I drank after I quit I had baaaad cravings.


But congrats on 48 hours! 72 should be about when the physical withdrawals are gone, so you're almost there. U got dis.

[Ele'ill]

I goofed the hours up last time, I'm over 60 now and really drunk after pub and no cravings I didn't even think about smoking. I'm pretty drunk so I don't know if i said this before and refuse to check but back earlier during the first day of cravings every time I'd get a craving I would actually think about what I wanted and most of the time I was super thirsty too. I've had no caffeine and no sweet sugary shit it's only been water and my body is thrilled.

[Prometeo liberado]

I convinced my roommate to postpone quitting for another month. Not so much because I like having someone to smoke with, I felt I owed it to him. I'm a good roommate.;)