Quiting cigarettes?
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, bugger i'd like a smoke but i've done 13 days so i'll not bother. I've saved £70 odd quid 
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I've probably 'stopped' 10 times or so, once for 2 years, never "quit" though.
I haven't bought a pack in almost 2 months, but I still smoke with some coworkers, friends and my brother in law when they offer.
Good luck.
Protip: Don't hang out with wasabi, you'll drink and smoke your ass off.
I haven't bought a pack in almost 2 months, but I still smoke with some coworkers, friends and my brother in law when they offer.
Good luck.
Protip: Don't hang out with wasabi, you'll drink and smoke your ass off.
IDCHAPPY
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man, 2 years is good going.... i kinda agree though its tough to imagine not ever smoking again
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man and after all those posts we made encouraging each other to quit.
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bokmeow
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There was an 80+ year old granny on our delegation to Israel/Palestine who had smoked since she was in boarding school or summat, I think it's just like drink or any other thing that one develops munchies for — my personal ones are Häagen Dazs and Vanilla Cream Sandwich cookies; as this article suggests, sugars might have nearly as addictive properties as cigarettes. Usually the hit of financial incentives will help put me off them for a while. I told the granny that if she wants to live to see peace in Israel/Palestine in the form of whatever compromise (two-state, one-state, federal), she should stop smoking, so I had her promise me she'd go on those nicotine patches or summat. It might be that one needs an incentive that divorces the act of smoking from the notion of quitting smoking, so it's not like, "I should quit smoking because it's harmful to my health," but rather, "Instead of smoking, I could be spending time engaged in a new project."
The_Chosen_One
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I'm on 4 months currently. It's by far much harder than I thought. It does get better obviously but I still think about it, I don't know if that will ever go away. Saves A LOT of money though, and I'm also amazed at how much more time a day I have for other stuff.
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Just realise its not 1996 anymore and you'll all be ok
what year is it?
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2010, Silly.
IsamuBlue
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I was a heavy smoker a few years ago. I used to smoke half a pack a day and then I woke up one morning feeling like shit and coughing my lungs out. I didn't smoke at all that day and felt ten times better, so I decided to quit smoking significantly. Now I only smoke when I'm with my dad (he's been a heavy smoker for years), or I'll only have one or two smokes when hanging out with friends that smoke. There' really is no easy solution to quit smoking cold turkey. It takes a lot of will power. I kinda had to ween myself off it. Now when I get a craving, I just chew a piece of gum, eat a piece of candy, grab a soda, or something like that. I know it's not the same, but it helps.
HeartlessNinny
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I hate to break it to you, but according to a lot of folks, half a pack a day isn't 'heavy smoking'.
Kudos for (mostly) quitting though.
The_Chosen_One
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Man I was gonna say the same thing. I was smoking over a pack a day (Camels) before quitting.
HeartlessNinny
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I've known a few crazy fuckers who smoked two (!) packs a day. Chain smoking... Who needs it.
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You can't half-ass your desire to give up an addiction.
You have to got all-out on it and possess an honest desire to change.
I was there with alcohol before.
I half-assed it plenty of times but didn't realize I was half-assing it at the time.
Once I finally gave it up for good I realized I was holding back on my previous attempts.
Generally treating your body well helps a lot too--that means eating right and exercising of course.
Now I don't do anything (not even caffeine...) and don't even have the desire to.
You have to got all-out on it and possess an honest desire to change.
I was there with alcohol before.
I half-assed it plenty of times but didn't realize I was half-assing it at the time.
Once I finally gave it up for good I realized I was holding back on my previous attempts.
Generally treating your body well helps a lot too--that means eating right and exercising of course.
Now I don't do anything (not even caffeine...) and don't even have the desire to.
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man, what. why. whyyyyyyyyy
IsamuBlue
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Smoked very casually when drinking and off and on in college, but never really got addicted. I'm not a very addictive personality and have high willpower.
Respect to anybody who can kick it though. That shit is more addictive than heroin if you get hooked.
They say to kick one habit you need to replace it with another.
Respect to anybody who can kick it though. That shit is more addictive than heroin if you get hooked.
They say to kick one habit you need to replace it with another.
