As the topic title implies, curious to hear of ppl’s Experiences. How did you manage? How long had you smoked? How did you get through the withdrawal symptoms? Doing this in context of covid19 so remember there aren’t gyms I can access or friends I can hang out with. Thanx
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The advice you don’t want to hear: Just do it. Anytime you buy a pack you throw it into the garbage. Pour some water or milk on it so you can’t even fish it out later. Just don’t buy it.
It’s all about how you talk to yourself. Parenting yourself by saying, “No! No cigarettes for you. They’re bad” is usually not that effective. Changing your inner dialogue to, “I love you too much to let you ruin your health.” Helps a lot. It makes you address yourself as someone to be loved and as a human.
Decide to do this today. There are always these amazing goals and dreams, but starting tomorrow means they will always start tomorrow.
Edit: I quit smoking cold turkey using that inner dialogue change. Haven’t smoked in 4 years but still get cravings when I’m very stressed. But that’s why addressing that inner dialogue is so important.
i started cross-fit. made me quit in less than a month because I wanted to up my running game. but I suggest the book ‘the craving mind’
Seconding what Malta Monkey said. I smoked for 3+ years after moving to Michigan for some of my college. Put it into a time/cost perspective - on average you pay 7-14 bucks a pack depending on state. 10 or so minutes per cig X 20 a pack.
What could you be doing with that time and money?
Also, how many wealthy/happy people do you know who smoke regularly.
Quit now. Suffer the pain of discipline now or suffer the pain of regret (or failing health).
Winston Churchill was a heavy smoker lol
And he had multiple strokes and died from one.
https://www.stroke.org.uk/sites/default/files/smoking_and_the_risk_of_s…</a">"Smoking makes you twice as likely to die if you have a stroke, and the more you smoke, the greater your risk of stroke."
Maybe not the best example.
I've never bought a pack of cigarettes except for once in Moscow because I felt so obliged. At bars, I'll still bum a heater. If a friend's got a JUUL, maybe I'll take two drags for a head buzz. Every now and then (probably once every other month), I'll buy a cigar to gnaw on with a glass of whiskey. I'm totally comfortable with the level of risk I am taking on and have no plans to outright "quit" nicotine and if you're in a similar boat, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself.
Can you drink without any cigarette or juul?
You stop smoking, is this a trick question?
It's definitely not as easy as you think. I used to smoke marijuana cigars (blunts) and then I stopped. I moved to cigars for the nicotine head rush. It is not a battle to combat with a replacement but you replace the cravings. I don't smoke anymore. If you can't work out at the gym, get a set of weights and go running. Start eating healthy and get proper sleep after drinking a lot of water. Alcohol withdrawal cold turkey will kill you but cigarette smoking cold turkey won't. Also, in the long run, the last thing you need is a lung transplant and I am sure you want a nice healthy smile. :) Also girls, don't like being around guys like cigarettes. Slowly start implementing the process.
I smoked a pack a day for 4-5 years and quit cold turkey. You ween down to 1-2 cigs per day, then you stop entirely and you get withdrawals for 2-4 weeks and then it's over. You just stop smoking, what else is there?
Here's how I quit - I woke up super super hungover and reeked of cigarette smoke and vodka. The hangover + smell of smokey clothes was enough to turn me off of the damn things.
After that hangover just the smell of cig smoke alone became enough to make the hangover nausea come back. It was a great deterrent.
I've seen people successfully switch from smoking to JUUL/Vapes too. Throw hate if you want but it's way better than smoking. Even though you're still getting nicotine it's (probably?) better for your health, AND you wont be the smokey smelling guy in the office.
Granted, I do miss the camaraderie of smoke circles and have made some great friends during smoke breaks but it's not worth all the downsides.
I don't agree about smoking JUUL but it is a lot healthier than smoking cigarettes because all of those chemicals in tobacco. I would recommend quitting smoking everything as a whole.
This aged poorly but I knew this 6 years ago too. It's worse, cigs are way better for you cuz you don't inhale micrometals. Unironically started on vapes and switched to cigs and could breathe way better
Place a picture of someone you love on your last cigarette box and on your desk. Each time you're tempted to buy a pack, buy a share instead. Remind yourself that you do your job in part because of the possibility of living a fuller life with those whom you love, and that cigarettes will in high likelihood leave you with nothing.
This is very good and so simple
i know that this isn't for everybody, but shrooms 100% helped me quit. one time while i was tripping with a buddy, i just came to the realization how unnecessary of a drug nicotine was, and after i came down my nicotine cravings decreased 90% (not an exaggeration). look up the research that's been done by leading institutions (johns hopkins med, stanford med, etc) on the effects of psilocybin on breaking the chains of addiction. glad to see it and other alternative methods are becoming more and more mainstream - def helped in my case
Did you read the book called Easy way to stop smoking by Allen Carr? If not, read it!!! It does work and you will see that quitting nicotine is actually very easy
I quit by setting a definite date and removing every cigarette, lighter, and ashtray beforehand. The first week was rough, especially after meals and with coffee, but short walks, chewing gum, and keeping busy helped. I also avoided alcohol for a while since it made me bargain with myself. If cravings feel unmanageable, nicotine patches or gum are worth discussing with a doctor.
I used the Vaporesso Xros 6 briefly as a step-down aid, but kept the goal focused on quitting nicotine rather than replacing cigarettes indefinitely.
My body rejected cigs - couldn't smoke 'em anymore, but love the smell.
Quit cold turkey after a few years of smoking. First few days sucked, but cravings came in waves and passed pretty quickly. Threw out all my cigarettes and told myself there was no “just one”. Gum, water, and staying busy helped a lot. After a couple weeks, it got significantly easier.
Best I got for you is that my grandfather was a fairly heavy smoker (lived until his 90s but quality of life and health was very poor), my uncle used to be a heavy smoker too but he one day just quit cold turkey and never had one again. How he did that idk but he does claim he really just quit cold turkey. Finding a way. My father (the other son) was more distant from my grandfather and probably never smoked a cigarette in his life. Barely drinks unless it’s with other people at a celebratory event. Even then he can barely handle one drink or two at most.
But yea quitting cold turkey. Good for you. I personally find going slowly is best but for some people like my uncle and others, cold turkey is the best option. For others it’s like just one less cigarette a day or a month or whatever. The trend is your friend. Or maybe it’s moving to nicotine patches or replacing some of those cigarettes with a vape or just a slightly less harmful alternative. Every step in the right direction is good. That said, I can see why smoking occasionally or rarely isn’t so bad and can have medicinal benefits but general medical consensus for last 50 years seems to be how bad smoking is. It’s like the finance community’s consensus over the last 30 years is that Amazon and Microsoft are blue chip stocks to own. Elon is a money maker and such. Those in the medical community who have dedicated their lives to improving health find cigarettes to be very dangerous.
I hope you live a good healthy fun life and can enjoy the pleasures of this world for as long as possible. It seems like cigarettes in excess can really prevent someone from doing that.
Good luck fellow monkey :)
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