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Squared posted:Seriously, everyone should read The Easy Way by Allen Carr. This should be a default reply to 90% of the posts in here. Even if you're a complete sceptic it will help with the hardest part of 'quitting', the brainwashed idea that you need to or like to smoke. You're just a nicotine addict. Did you like your first smoke and think oh this is loving great, I can't wait to cough my lungs up again?
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2012 22:34 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 17:31 |
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Sounds like the patch is just prolonging the physical withdrawal. Be a pro and go 3 days cold turkey, that's the physical addiction gone. Stay strong and remember nicotine only exists to gently caress you over.
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# ¿ May 12, 2012 03:57 |
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PaoFerro posted:Does anyone have any tips for this typical one-month mistake? ..... I stopped for a while to build up confidence, which in-turn made me let my guard down. It's quite simple, are you ready? Don't smoke. That's it. Just don't loving do it. There will always be an excuse if you allow it. A funeral, a party, a bad hair day, driving a car, sitting down, standing up. Don't smoke. e: it will get easier, a lot easier and you will eventually let your guard down (without smoking). It will take a while, though. jax fucked around with this message at 21:48 on May 22, 2012 |
# ¿ May 22, 2012 12:16 |
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Stick with it, it's annoying waking up hoping the urge to smoke as gone then realising it's still there. Just remember it gets easier as you go along and one day it will be gone. The fucker may randomly creep up on you again one day but it will be easy to ignore.
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# ¿ May 27, 2012 22:25 |
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If you still have severe physical withdrawal symptoms after 5 days you should see a doctor, it's likely to be something else.
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# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 15:13 |
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RentCavalier posted:
Keep trying man. You've got to really drill it into your head how loving stupid and pointless it is to smoke. Re-read this thread, read allen carrs book, make some notes and stick them all over the place if need be. You know what it's like getting over the physical addiction, once you've done that ask yourself if you really need that 'one' smoke and want to go through all that poo poo again. You can fight it or accept it's part of the process, whatever works. The feeling/anxiety that you need to smoke to feel normal and relaxed, yeah... it will gently caress right off eventually.
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# ¿ Jul 17, 2012 23:41 |
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I think there's also a bit (lot?) of a placebo effect going on with smoking and stress. Anything that let's you take a 'time out' and take deep breaths for a few minutes will likely relieve stress. I'm not sure that nicotine is the main factor.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2012 19:44 |
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Sounds a bit but yeah thats a thing, "delivery devices for nicotine". Fuckers. The Insider is a good watch.
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 12:29 |
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WarMonger posted:Just curious, what is everyone's favorite part about being an ex-smoker? Let's give the newbies something to look forward to. Apart from no longer paying exorbitant prices just to slowly kill myself... Not stinking like poo poo, my clothes not stinking like poo poo and my house not stinking like poo poo. gently caress. I was brought up in a household full of smoke and smoked to 30 and thought 'yeah it smells a bit but it's only smoke', after stopping I've noticed it's worse than poo poo, seriously it loving reeks. e: and nicotine (tar) stains, gently caress them too and all the lovely places they sneak their way into. jax fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Oct 3, 2012 |
# ¿ Oct 3, 2012 22:58 |
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It sounds like a really bad idea but I agree with you. Some people, myself included, don't get along with the whole never again thing. The problem of course is how easy it is to get addicted. I do think it's possible if you're really careful after that 'just one'.
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# ¿ Oct 26, 2012 17:51 |
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Ninpo posted:There's a huge logical fallacy in this post here. If you can't stop, you're still addicted. If you're convincing yourself with "just one" you're still addicted. I meant more like 1 a month or so. It is stupid but I just don't like the idea of never again.
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# ¿ Nov 8, 2012 20:04 |
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WonderfulWino posted:Been smoking for 30 years. Since I was 10. Just met a great woman and gonna give it up. It's only been 10 hours so far and im having serious fits. This is gonna be tough as nails. Good luck, it gets easier so stick with it.
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# ¿ Nov 27, 2012 01:33 |
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letgomyAgo posted:Think I might finally have given them the boot for good this time! You have. Any craving you get now will be easy to shrug off. Well done!
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# ¿ Dec 21, 2012 00:49 |
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If you have stopped all nicotine for more than one week then it's all in your head. Have one (don't buy a pack), it will either make you feel ill or do nothing at all. Then ask yourself if all the benefits of not smoking are worth any perceived benefits you might have of becoming a nicotine addict again.
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# ¿ Jan 7, 2013 01:20 |
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Yeah one week is a bit optimistic (and bad advice!), though that's the time it took for me to notice no effect. Probably not universal but most people I know noticed the same thing, that sense of relief and pleasure didn't happen once the nicotine left the system. Basically once you get to a certain time period you're not depriving yourself of something (physically) pleasurable, there's no addiction to feed.
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# ¿ Jan 7, 2013 03:17 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 17:31 |
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Sophonax posted:I just quit smoking last night. First time I've ever tried quitting, actually. And, doing it in a high stress situation! Woo! Stick it out for a few days, it gets easier. Remember nicotine is the cause not the cure!
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# ¿ Jun 22, 2013 20:09 |