Smoking & quitting

[luv2fress]

First, let me say congrats to Jessica, I just read the thread about you quitting and its great.

Over the years I have done many things which are considered habitual, bad for you etc. From pot, weed, coke, gambling, to this hobby. I have always been able to control or quit all the above mentioned with little effort, the exception being tobacco. I have tried Zyban twice and actually felt it took the edge off but went back to smoking, years ago that little stupid machine that told you when you could smoke, cold turkey, changing brands to ones I hate, slowly trying to come off a day at a time, etc etc.

Yet cigarettes for some reason seem to have a strangle hold on me, just the thought of not having them freaks me out.

My question is simple, for those of you who did manage to stop, what was the method you used, or found most effective. What type of thoughts did you need to achieve to keep it going?

 

[Petzel]

Here's a tip from someone I know who went to Smoke Enders. It worked for me when I quit cold turkey. Take your cig buts and put them in a glass jar half filled with water. Let a good amount collect and then seal the jar with the lid. Shake it up. The water will turn brown and then leave it to ferment. Every time you want a cig, open the jar and take a whiff. The stench is nauseating and almost made me puke! Believe me.......it worked for me!

 

[afterhours]

Here's a tip from someone I know who went to Smoke Enders. It worked for me when I quit cold turkey. Take your cig buts and put them in a glass jar half filled with water. Let a good amount collect and then seal the jar with the lid. Shake it up. The water will turn brown and then leave it to ferment. Every time you want a cig, open the jar and take a whiff. The stench is nauseating and almost made me puke! Believe me.......it worked for me!

Also, if you run out of sigs you can dry these up and smoke them

 

[simon482]

 

[luv2fress]

Thanks appreciate the answers

 

[TROOPS]

This thread just made me light up. Having a smoke now looking cool.
Fuck all you non smoking preachers.

 

[Petzel]

This thread just made me light up. Having a smoke now looking cool.
Fuck all you non smoking preachers.

I wonder if you'd still think or say that when you're lying in a hospital bed after having a heart attack/stroke like I did?
Jerk!

 

[TROOPS]

I wonder if you'd still think or say that when you're lying in a hospital bed after having a heart attack/stroke like I did?
Jerk!

Sorry to hear that...but my post was a joke with an emoticon smiley face.

As for the jerk,

 

[Beaverlicker]

I was a smoker for 18 years, the last couple of years were getting out of hand almost two packs a day. My first attempt at quitting I did so cold turkey, well I'd rollup two small spliffs and had those after work every night. Did this for five months worked well but eventually gave in and bought smokes, smoked for a year after that.
My second attempt cold turkey, alot of gum, candy, sunflower seeds. Also I put myself out of the smoking atmospheres. No spliffs this time that just keep the temptation going. Use examples of people u know who have quit as roll models, think of all the health benefits, the more money you'll have to hobby.
Come May will be two years smoke free for me, no more panicing when u forgot your smokes somewhere, or freezing your ass off, alot of girls would never consider dating a smoker, know someone that has had lung cancer? many many benefits to quitting use these as non smoking fuel.
Good Luck

 

[MrMessi]

You can only resist temporarily. Many people quit and say its for good and the next time you see them, they are lighting it up.

 

[TROOPS]

Sorry, I shouldn't have called you a jerk. My apologies.

No worries
i thought it was a verb. cuz i jerk alot to porn.

 

[Sid1234]

The main thing that stops me from starting again is having to go through the process of quitting. I found it really hard and I do not want to do it again.
As I was quitting if I felt the urge I would run up some stairs or down the street the shit feeling in my lungs kept me from lighting up.
And I loooovvved to puff.
Good luck

 

[Ridgeman08]

Cold turkey.

Mind over matter.

Only way to go.

 

[Petzel]

Cold turkey.

Mind over matter.

Only way to go.

I agree. Last time I smoked was 2005.

 

[Ridgeman08]

I agree. Last time I smoked was 2005.

1993 for me...

 

[Smitty82]

I only lasted for 3 months before when I used the patch (I don't use it the way they say though, I just got the highest dose patch and used it for the first week to get through those major cravings at the start). Then it was all cold turkey after that, only problem was an event in my life that stressed me out beyond belief so I lit up again, 1.5 years later I'm still wanting to quit but it's so damn hard. The biggest thing that I found was you have to WANT to quit, like really really want to quit... and for me I had to pick out a couple of major points as to why I was quitting.

Biggest things for me were the money savings ($10 every day or two really adds up quickly... start a jar and put the money you'd spend on cig's into it for a month), and the smell that clings to you after having a cigarette. I work in the trades so at least half the people smoke and that stench is terrible. And the other major point I focused on were my lungs which were (still are) really feeling the effects of smoking... coughing up tar several times a day was getting to be disgusting.

 

[Petzel]

The patches didn't work for me, cuz then I'd just rip it off and go buy some smokes. Unfortunately when I quit I did put on a lot of weight.

 

[alwayswantto]

Cold turkey. 23 years now. What's really nice is I now have a nice cigar once or twice a month and no desire to ever go back to smoking cigs.

 

[luv2fress]

CAMEL

Can All Men Ever Live

or

Can Adam Make Eve Lay

backwards

Like Eve Makes Adam Cum

 

[versitile1]

Go to Chapters (or wherever you buy books) and ask for the "stop smoking book". I think it's called "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Alan Carr. Worked for me and 7 million+ others.