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Aafter posted:On day 2, all I can think about is smoking. My skins on fire and I hate everyone. This, so much this. SO much this. If I had a box full of small puppies and bunny rabbits, I would happily feed them to a wood chipper at this point
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 05:57 |
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Aafter posted:On day 2, all I can think about is smoking. My skins on fire and I hate everyone. I haven't smoked in over 2yrs but all i dream about is smoking, which helps even if i wake up feeling guilty and wanting a cigarette. Get used to it because it doesn't really go away. The government finally won, they taxed my vice so far that smoking costs more than my car payment even though i have actual health insurance that i pay for myself.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 06:03 |
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Toucan Sam posted:I haven't smoked in over 2yrs but all i dream about is smoking, which helps even if i wake up feeling guilty and wanting a cigarette. Get used to it because it doesn't really go away. The government finally won, they taxed my vice so far that smoking costs more than my car payment even though i have actual health insurance that i pay for myself. I wish humanity would figure out time travel so I could go back 6 years and beat the poo poo out of myself for ever starting
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 08:48 |
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Every time I have a smoke I get this weird pain in my right leg just below the knee. Is this a good indicator that I should stop smoking?
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 14:23 |
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No, keep smoking. I have an advice that helped me. Imagine the smoking craving as a battery powered smoke detector. It blinks once a minute, but every blink is weaker than the one before and as the battery dies it gets weaker and weaker and weaker. It may continue to blink for A LONG TIME but eventually it will be so weak it is imperceptible.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 14:44 |
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Last cigarette on Friday, January 27, 2012. I just finally got fed up, along with the prices on a pack of smokes up here (Jesus Christ how does anyone smoke at over $8.00/pack???) and having gotten pretty hardcore into bicycling just made me snap and realize I really was done. I stopped by Wal-Mart, grabbed some of those Nicorette mint lozenges and other than the first 3-5 days I've been doing ok. I got lots of unsweetened juice, a couple bags of blood oranges, some bananas and raw almonds and whenever I feel hungry grab those or broccoli/cauliflower and that's it. I still have cravings (duh) but at this point it's NOWHERE near as bad as it was last week.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 15:22 |
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What works best for you guys when it comes to the nicotine replacement? Patches/gum/lozenges? I am going to murder the entire world with a rusty spoon if I keep trying this cold turkey and I'd rather buy something than get fired for being a huge dick
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:What works best for you guys when it comes to the nicotine replacement? Patches/gum/lozenges? I am going to murder the entire world with a rusty spoon if I keep trying this cold turkey and I'd rather buy something than get fired for being a huge dick I think it's just a matter of finding what works for you. All nicotine replacement I tried (e-cigs, gum, snus) just made it harder for me to quit. Cold turkey is the only method I've tried that works. Gum and flavored toothpicks helped tremendously with the oral fixation. Good luck!
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 19:13 |
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:What works best for you guys when it comes to the nicotine replacement? Patches/gum/lozenges? I am going to murder the entire world with a rusty spoon if I keep trying this cold turkey and I'd rather buy something than get fired for being a huge dick Yeah, it really varies from person to person. Personally, I couldn't stand the replacement stuff. I tried patches for a few days - didn't work. Tried gum for a couple of weeks - didn't work. Tried the inhaler for a little while - didn't hold. Cold Turkey was really the only way I could do it. 3 days and the nicotine is out of your system then it just becomes a mental battle. Always remember that smoking is two addictions in one: nicotine (drug dependance) and in the mind (a mental thing/a general habit) that needs breaking. If you can at least get one of the two completely out of the way (in a matter of days) then it gives you a much better chance of kicking the habit altogether. At least in my eyes.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 20:20 |
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iostream.h posted:
I did the gum and the lozenges. Gum didn't work for poo poo, the lozenge sort of kind of worked, but I still slipped up quite a few times. Ended up getting an eCig, and thats working great for me so far on the step down program.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 20:37 |
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:What works best for you guys when it comes to the nicotine replacement? Patches/gum/lozenges? I am going to murder the entire world with a rusty spoon if I keep trying this cold turkey and I'd rather buy something than get fired for being a huge dick
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| # ? Feb 9, 2012 20:50 |
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GodIsInTheTrees posted:What works best for you guys when it comes to the nicotine replacement? Patches/gum/lozenges? I am going to murder the entire world with a rusty spoon if I keep trying this cold turkey and I'd rather buy something than get fired for being a huge dick Why not try a mouth or nasal spray? http://www.nicotinedirect.co.uk/
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kolider posted:Yeah, it really varies from person to person. Personally, I couldn't stand the replacement stuff. I tried patches for a few days - didn't work. Tried gum for a couple of weeks - didn't work. Tried the inhaler for a little while - didn't hold. Agree with this. I started smoking again after having quit for 6 years (divorce, gently caress you). Pack a day, plus, right now. I told my (new) wife that, when I quit, which will be soon, I need a weekend to detox and be left the gently caress alone. Want to go to Michael's, lunch, the grocery store, anything? No. gently caress you. I quit cold turkey last time and I felt like I had spiders in my blood for about two days. After that, it's all good. Smoke smells nasty. After one day. I had to not light up when I got into my car, ate, hosed, had a bad day at work. Habit. Not addiction. If you can make it two days, and you're me, you're golden. That's my experience, anyway. During the first two days, I'll punch your granny in the face for a drag. After that, it's all about changing habits. The chemical addiction seems to break pretty quickly.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 03:01 |
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24 hours without a smoke. I went all day without one yesterday, then smoked a half last night when I got off work. Now it's been a full 24 hours without one. I want to murder the entire eastern seaboard, and I've been eating everything in site. I'm eating like I'm pregnant, my girlfriend told me "Even if you get really fat I'll still love you." Thanks for the vote of confidence babe, apparently I'm eating so goddamn much that I'm just going to sail right into Fat Bastard territory and by pass all other stages. My dinner was a turkey wrap with double meat and double cheese, a family size bag of potato chips, a king size Almond Joy, and a bag of coconut M&Ms. And two gatorades, but they are the Lo-Cal ones so it's cool. The best part? I'm 6'3 and maybe 170 (for the next 15 minutes). I had a sandwich for a late night snack last night, woke up hungry 2 hours later and had another one. I've been skinny all my adult life, and I think i just found out why. loving cigarettes. I can deal with the pissed off bit, a little meditation and I can work through it, and my coworkers are supportive as hell so that's cool. I just don't want to gain weight. Going to buy a shitload of vegetables like carrots and celery tomorrow, and more gum. Dear god am I blowing through gum.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 05:33 |
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Start running or doing any type of aerobic exercise! You have a lot of anxious energy build up once you quit and no new routine to release it with, exercise helps you do exactly this while motivating you to stay smoke free. Also, getting hotter instead of fatter.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 05:58 |
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It's been over a month since I smoked my last cigarette. I thought after the first week was over that I was pretty much free and clear but I think I've come the closest to smoking in the last week. A couple days ago I was pretty inebriated and my friend was smoking and asked if I wanted one. I said no, and then fought with myself for about 10 seconds and then said, "Actually yes, give me one now please," and my friend refused to give me one. If he had given me one I would have smoked the gently caress out of it. I was really tempted to ask another friend of mine for a drag off her cigarette yesterday, but I didn't. How is it that I'm more tempted now than I was weeks ago?
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 09:43 |
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E: Nevermind  Going to pick up some Chantix and hopefully avoid the crazy w/d. In a month hopefully I'll be quit for good.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 20:30 |
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I took a ride on the Chantix wagon again to quit smoking. Yah, it makes you a bit of a zombie. Yah, i'm sure it dulls your brain from being able to be happy about anything. Yah, the dreams were amazingly vivid. No other side-effects. I had actually quit a couple years ago but then while in my zombied/unable to feel happy mood my wife cheated on me and so i caved and started smoking again. I feel like a bit of a cheater using chantix. I didn't get all RAAARGH!!! when quitting, it was just really loving annoying how often the idea came up that i wanted to smoke. It's been a month since i've smoked, and i still get the thoughts to smoke a bunch, but my mantra is "whatever, the craving will be gone in 5 min".
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 21:27 |
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I ended up getting into stupid fight with my wife and bought a pack of smokes. On the upside, they tasted terrible. Where can i get some cheap nicotine anything? As I recall its all terribly expensive.
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Aafter posted:I ended up getting into stupid fight with my wife and bought a pack of smokes. On the upside, they tasted terrible. Where can i get some cheap nicotine anything? As I recall its all terribly expensive. Any drug store? Most grocery stores with a pharmacy will have some nicorette behind a case.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 22:49 |
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To any of those needing a push in the right direction- I was a moderate to heavy smoker for 7 years. I quit January 4th, and I have never felt better. My cardio improves every day, my immune system has been stronger, and I have tons more money in the bank. Also, ecigs (disposable or rechargeable) are great to make that transition.
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Aafter posted:I ended up getting into stupid fight with my wife and bought a pack of smokes. On the upside, they tasted terrible. Where can i get some cheap nicotine anything? As I recall its all terribly expensive. I use snus for quitting. Camel makes tins that have 15 packets. Where I live they cost 3.07 after tax and you can get them at most gas stations.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 23:27 |
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Snus seems a little counterproductive. A friend of mine was telling me they had nicotine gum at the dollar store. Cheap but awful. Is nicorette all that expensive these days?
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Aafter posted:Snus seems a little counterproductive. A friend of mine was telling me they had nicotine gum at the dollar store. Cheap but awful. Is nicorette all that expensive these days? I would disagree. I smoked between 1 and 2 packs for the last 10 years and quit with SNUS this January 1st. I'm 41 days in without a smoke and I've gone through about 1.5 cans of Snus. People will probably think it's gross, but I'll use the snu for more than a few days for about 10 minutes at a time or so. I had an empty can from a pack I used when traveling on planes and I use the empty tin to keep em going. Haven't used one for a few days now, and If i do it's going to be one that probably has all the nicotine sucked out of it over 3 days.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 01:28 |
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Hm. Alright. Ill give it a shot.
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Aafter posted:I ended up getting into stupid fight with my wife and bought a pack of smokes. On the upside, they tasted terrible. Where can i get some cheap nicotine anything? As I recall its all terribly expensive. How's your health insurance? I called my doctor and he prescribed nicotine patches without me even needing to come in. With the prescription, I only had to pay my copay, which is evidently free for smoking cessation materials. Pretty sweet.
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KingEup posted:Why not try a mouth or nasal spray? This actually looks like a legit solution. I can't do nasal sprays due to weird sinus issues, but mouth I could definitely go for. Though at this point it feels like I've already passed the peak of hatred for the world and am getting better, so I'm leaning toward just toughing it out for another few weeks
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Look Under The Rock posted:How's your health insurance? I called my doctor and he prescribed nicotine patches without me even needing to come in. With the prescription, I only had to pay my copay, which is evidently free for smoking cessation materials. Pretty sweet. I have fantastic health insurance. I'll see into that, too. For now, I need the smoking to end. Aafter fucked around with this message at Feb 11, 2012 around 08:27 |
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Im 6 days clean after taking Welbutrin again. No panic, no withdrawl. It's a shame it doesn't help supress the triggers, but at least I answer them with oh, I quit rather than lighting up. This is my third time quitting like this, last two times I was 7 and 9 months before making dumb decisions. All it takes is 1 and I'm back to buying them at a pack and a half a day. If I can remember that, I should be able to keep this up.
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XK posted:I smoked 2 packs per day for 13 years. I spent a few months short of 13 years trying to quit smoking. After countless failed attempts, I quit cold-turkey 4.5 years ago, and haven't had one since. This. Absolutely. Last week was my two year non-smoker anniversary after 20 years of smoking and a million failed quit attempts. It was all about getting my head in the right place, pulling the trigger, and not looking back.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 14:37 |
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Snus for three days. Not a single cigarette. Found a flavor that (mostly) doesn't taste like poo poo.
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| # ? Feb 14, 2012 18:15 |
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Cold turkey. Day four. Someone please remind me why it's incredibly stupid to be like "oh okay no I'll ONLY smoke when I'm drinking, and I'll make sure to limit my drinking to once a week or so  " because I know it's dumb but my nicotine-craving-brain thinks it's the best idea in YEARS and that bottle is looking so inviting.
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Slipped up, went out heavy drinking Tuesday night for my brothers birthday and to celebrate my very recent engagement. The fiancee and I ended up bumming a poo poo ton of smokes off my brother as we were trashed and it seemed like a good idea. No cigarettes since then though, so thats good
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I quit being a pack-a-day smoker on January 1st because my wife decided to quit (piggybacking a New Year's resolution removes all notions of hypocrisy for thinking New Year's resolutions are retarded). Two weekends ago I had four smokes during a heavy drinking binge and I am now having a single cig a day at work. I know this is a horrible idea considering my past attempts at quitting and that I need to quit completely...but goddamn, if I don't just enjoy having that one. Urrgh.
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| # ? Feb 16, 2012 22:41 |
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InEscape posted:Cold turkey. Day four. That is the evil smoking man trying to manipulate you into feeding it nicotine. Tell him to shut up and that you're going to starve him to death for sabotaging your health and financial situation. This is going to be uncomfortable (for a short time) but it's the only way you'll learn to enjoy alcohol again - there's another good reason to kill the smoking man, he ruined your ability to enjoy it.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2012 02:55 |
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I've been lurking this thread for a year, but I finally up and quit January 21st, and i've only had one since then - a week later. I went the patch route, and it's actually been really helpful because it separated the nicotine craving from the craving to smoke so that I could fight the two addictions one at a time. Now I can tell when I'm craving nicotine, but I associate it with a patch rather than a cigarette. I step down to Step 3 on the patches on Saturday, and then I'm off nicotine on March 1. Wish me luck! Oh and I feel great, by the way. I never had any of the shortness of breath or hacking stuff up, but my energy level is a lot more consistent and my clothes don't smell!
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Aafter posted:Snus for three days. Not a single cigarette. Found a flavor that (mostly) doesn't taste like poo poo. The free snus with purchase of a pack of Marlboro is what got me back on them in the first place. InEscape posted:Cold turkey. Day four. You get trashed, smoke like hell. The next day you convince youself well I still have some left Ill just finish these off and then Im done til I drink again. The problem is, youll either find a reason to drink when you get low/run out to continue buying or youll find any number of reasons to NOT drink and still smoke. Quit or don't, special occasions just means the time you spend not smoking is miserable. nippythefish posted:I quit being a pack-a-day smoker on January 1st because my wife decided to quit (piggybacking a New Year's resolution removes all notions of hypocrisy for thinking New Year's resolutions are retarded). Two weekends ago I had four smokes during a heavy drinking binge and I am now having a single cig a day at work. I know this is a horrible idea considering my past attempts at quitting and that I need to quit completely...but goddamn, if I don't just enjoy having that one. Urrgh. For me, I know I can't bum one smoke. One is all it takes to make my lungs cry for more and bring the cravings back full force. The first time you try to rationalize a second smoke in a day, remember that what you should be doing is not smoking at all. My nose is already coming back and I can smell the stale smoke on everything in my room. I've already dropped the Welbutrin and things are normal for the most part. Just hope I can keep with it.
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I quit four months ago today. I tried smoking twice since when I was drunk but each time I was like "gently caress this" and tossed it in the gutter. Gum was what helped me quit. Best wishes, dudes... being able to smell stuff is pretty cool, although it came back gradually.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2012 03:24 |
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KingEup posted:it's the only way you'll learn to enjoy alcohol again - there's another good reason to kill the smoking man, he ruined your ability to enjoy it. I actually find it a lot harder to enjoy alcohol since I quit smoking -- drinking upsets my stomach and I'd chain smoke to settle it. Since I quit I've had four beers at the most when drinking, just the tiniest buzz. It's making me a little crazy.
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Look Under The Rock posted:I actually find it a lot harder to enjoy alcohol since I quit smoking Maybe it wasn't clear, but that was my point. It takes a while before you can enjoy it by itself again because the evil smoking man ruined it. KingEup fucked around with this message at Feb 17, 2012 around 04:20 |
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