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anyone who succesfully quit smoking?

I quit cold turkey about 6 years ago. My paternal grandfather died before I was born from an enlarged heart due to smoking six packs of Pall Mall reds a day. His heart was the size of a football. His habit didn’t cause my dad to smoke, but made him much more susceptible to colds and other pulmonary infections. My younger brother smokes a lot. I didn’t smoke anywhere near as much as them, but I smoked American Spirit Gold or Turquoise. I was mainly a social smoker and started off smoking a pipe. Part of me wishes that I still had my pipes every now and then.
 
Trying to quit is a legal form of torture. As for vaping, no its really nothing like smoking. your lungs wont like it, you'll be hacking from the start, and you're pretty much constantly sucking on the thing to get any satisfaction. add to this the tendancy to leak, the foul liquid in your mouth as a result, and the mess it can make and its not good even before you factor in popcorn lung.

Quitting may make you live a little longer, but to use a James Bond Quote, "What's the point in living if you cant feel alive." Essentially I agree with that sentiment. better to die sooner doing things you enjoy than live longer suffering without things you like just to get a few more years.

That being said, nonetheless I wish you luck.
 
nekdoneco123 said:
i smoke 30-40 a day and decided to quit. bought my (hopefully) last pack of cigs today and some pills that promise to help suppress nicotine withdrawal effects over 25 days... after that i'm supposed to be free, at least the little pamphlet that came with the pills promises that. my plan is to take both the pack and the pills to work with me tomorrow and try to live off the pills and only reaching for a cig if it gets unbearable... i'm fairly weak-willed when it comes to smoking, last time i tried to quit (without any medication) i lasted maybe 10 hours before feeling like shit.

there are loads of random sites dabbling into this. usually just in form of general pointers (some pretty dumb ones like "not smoking might help you die later!") or it's just an advertisement for some "100%, foolproof, it'd be like you never smoked!" crap that usually costs a ton as well. what i'm looking for is some advice from someone who went through this too and ended up really free of the shit. did you just stop and endured the withdrawal without help? or you found something that actually works?
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I smoke aswell and I'd be interested if the pills you are talking about work, hit me up if you get results from it. And best of luck to you man (y)
 
I was a smoker for about 20 years, 2 packs a day for most of that time. As the old joke goes, "It's easy to quit smoking, I've done it thousands of times"

I feel it all comes down to motivation; when you've made up your mind to do it, you struggle through the withdrawls and you're free of it. It certainly wasn't easy and I had a couple of do-overs where, after nearly a year clean I'd fool myself into thinking I could have just one....
It's in the top list of hardest shit I've ever accomplished. I think it's hard for someone who hasn't had a chemical addiction to really relate to the subtle ways it fucks with you and undermines your resolve.

To help with the motivation, it was absolutely amazing the amount of money I suddenly had when I quit.
It took me having heart problems and realizing I could choose to live longer or keep smoking.
 
nekdoneco123 said:
the pills (defumoxan) seem to work at least a bit.. i have no problem not smoking at work at all and i'm not really getting much cravings. then again, it's only day 3 and there still might be lots of nicotine in my system. at home it gets worse, there's lot of things i just grew accustomed to have a smoke with (like waiting for tea to be ready) and i'll admit i did have a smoke. cutting down from 30-40 a day to 1 or 2 feels like at least some progress... i hope i'll get to 0 over the next couple of weeks
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Ah, so there you have identified a lifestyle issue. What are you going to do while waiting for tea to be ready? I can guarantee that just sitting there twiddling your thumbs will just make you want to start smoking again. However, one thing you could do instead would be to sweep the floor. You could wipe off the counters. You could load the dishwasher. You could pre-prepare ingredients for dinner, such as chopping up an onion and putting it into the refrigerator to use later. You could practice throwing hatchets at a poster or stolen campaign sign of a less-than-favored politician.

I swear by the replacement strategy. Have you noticed? :)
 
nekdoneco123 said:
i smoke 30-40 a day and decided to quit. bought my (hopefully) last pack of cigs today and some pills that promise to help suppress nicotine withdrawal effects over 25 days... after that i'm supposed to be free, at least the little pamphlet that came with the pills promises that. my plan is to take both the pack and the pills to work with me tomorrow and try to live off the pills and only reaching for a cig if it gets unbearable... i'm fairly weak-willed when it comes to smoking, last time i tried to quit (without any medication) i lasted maybe 10 hours before feeling like shit.

there are loads of random sites dabbling into this. usually just in form of general pointers (some pretty dumb ones like "not smoking might help you die later!") or it's just an advertisement for some "100%, foolproof, it'd be like you never smoked!" crap that usually costs a ton as well. what i'm looking for is some advice from someone who went through this too and ended up really free of the shit. did you just stop and endured the withdrawal without help? or you found something that actually works?
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My method is probably too late. Also, I only smoked for a short 5ish years. I went into smoking with the mentality of "I want a cigarette" and made a point of never saying "I need a cigarette" this along with never having smoked more than two packs a week. I was able to quit cold turkey. I tried a cigarette a year later and my lungs gave me the finger and I wasn't able to take a second drag.
 
UR20Z said:
And there you see the words of someone who, simply by speaking them, proves that they don't have the first clue about the realities involved in what they're speaking of.
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:sleep:

Wishmaster said:
I stopped smoking on 1.1.2013 after i smoked around 60 cigs per day. Didn't used any patches or ohter stuff just stopped smoking.
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Some people are just built different I guess.

MareButtUddrrLovrr said:
I quit cold-turkey in 2013 on the day I met my 2nd ex.
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The proof is in the pudding. Good on you brotha never go back. (y)
I'm sure my step mom will be following suit.
 
Octavian said:
We are anxiously awaiting an update on your progress @nekdoneco123. Hoping it's going well!
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i failed, miserably... two especially crappy days at work (and a work saturday on top) combined with my inability to do anything but have a smoke to calm down. i do smoke somewhat less tho, like 10 a day. most of it at work. gotta come up with what to do in case of stress for the next attempt or just burn through some off days to avoid stressing...
 
That's a shame, but at least you're smoking less now. 10 a day is a lot less than 30-40! Maybe focus on maintaining that, even if it means occasionally using gum or pills? Once that becomes the new normal it might make the next attempt easier.
 
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