So I have been smoking for 5 years and now I think is the time to stop. Or try to. Its already been my 3rd day but I still get craving after eating or when drinking my morning coffee. But the worst of the craving is when I lose a close game of starcraft. You see, when I was a smoker I used to smoke a lot when playing starcraft. After a humilliating loss I'd smoke. After a crushing victory I'd smoke. Now, I cant bring myself to play because after the games I get this massive craving. Im also a huge rager wich doesnt help. I have punched a hole in my wall once. Anyway, I guess I should work on my state of mind when playing starcraft cause this I think is my greatest weakness. I am to emotionally involved with the game.And that brings out craving for me. I have tried to stop smoking before, I have made it a week. But after playing starcraft is when I relapsed last time. Sometime im so raged that I gotta go for a run outside. That didnt happen when I smoked. I just find it hard to quit smoking if you are a competitive starcraft player.
Anyone else had simillar experience ? What did you do to get through this situation ?
If you could get a chance to ask ret I think you might gain some insight. I know that he smoked and played starcraft and managed to quit smoking without quitting starcraft.
Only way to quit things like this is to really want it and decide you'll never smoke again. Lots of people quit for a few days thinking 'I really should quit, but I like smoking...' or 'I know it's bad for me.' That ends in failure. It has to be you not wanting to smoke anymore, not trying to do what you should do.
So after a hard day at work, or after a crappy game of StarCraft 2, that's when "I want to quit" is necessary, because "I really should quit" won't cut it in those situations
gl gl. Stop punching holes in your wall too, that's dumb.
Experiences... keep yourself busy, for example eat a carrot instead of smoking a cig. Other than that I can only say that the habitual part is at least as strong as the actual physiological addiction.
This guy just quit smoking a few days ago and made some videos along the way. Might help you through.
I actually used starcraft to help me quit smoking. I used to smoke after every big loss too, although I usually kept playing after major victories. What I did was, every time I had a craving after losing I just went to a replay and tried to note all of the things I did right and how I could improve. You know that craving and non-stop obsession about having a cigarette, you just need to try to distract yourself, like enzym said. I personally don't like carrots, but watching replays was my distraction. It was harder to quit during social situations but once you start distracting yourself and not indulging in your addiction, those skills could help you in later situations.
Try hard, bro! I wish you luck in getting healthier!
3 days is very good, try something like drinking 1 full glass of water everytime you get in ragemode, thats decent because it s healthy and will disturb you because of the toiletrunning ^^, and start eating bubblegum or apples, after some days cigarettes dont taste good anymore and then its easier
oh and forget this youtube-video lol, smoking has no pros =) you cant concentrate better after smoking, the point is that this is only the case if you re used to consume nicotine alot, i felt so much better after 9 years of smoking, in all ways, take the stress your body has while waiting for nicotine, if you are in a situation where you cant smoke for example, without this you re much more relaxed in all situations, and your body becomes more dioxgen
i found gaming helped me quit smoking. my hands are just too occupied with the mouse and keyboard to be able to smoke at the same time. just try to limit breaks and focus on it, it gets easy after a month or so when the nicotine gets out of your system.
8 year heavy smoker here. Have been quit 9 months. Try Chantix, works really well. It gets a lot easier after 2 months. Just gotta hang tight, its really worth it.
Just take a break from Starcraft. I think personally that your life is more important than Starcraft however addicting the game is. After you finally quit, then try up Starcraft again. If you get that craving sensation again, I think that it's either best to put Starcraft away, or keep trying to get that out of your mind.
I hope you the best of luck in the future with your smoking and Starcraft. GL HF GG.
One ex-smoker I knew said that his secret was to eat a lot of bananas. Every time he wanted to smoke, he ate a banana. He said it still sucked and his wife left him because he was "the grouchiest sunuvabitch in town" for about 6 months. But the bananas helped.
As others have said, often replacing habits with other, healthier habits is an idea that has worked for many. I suppose you can try drinking tea in it's stead - tea is a pretty good way to give a little boost while calming your senses at the same time (at least for me), which might help a little.
i agree with the op that playing sc and trying to quit is a recipe for disaster for the very reasons he's already stated.
however ... you have to consider the fact that you HAVE the smokes in the first place. your first goal should be first and foremost to stop buying the packs. so when you lose a game, you dont have any smokes to run to.
Holy shit it feels like I could've written your post. I could take a picture of my wall to prove it.
I've forced myself to not smoke if my last smoke was less than an hour ago. I would literally smoke after almost every game and in SC2 that is basically every 10 minutes. Your true test will probably be when you can lose a game of SC and not have the craving for a smoke.
If you are serious about it I would also consider using either patches or that chewing gum that helps you stop smoking. Good lucky anyway.
On January 10 2011 04:27 b0oyah wrote: So I have been smoking for 5 years and now I think is the time to stop. Or try to. Its already been my 3rd day but I still get craving after eating or when drinking my morning coffee. But the worst of the craving is when I lose a close game of starcraft. You see, when I was a smoker I used to smoke a lot when playing starcraft. After a humilliating loss I'd smoke. After a crushing victory I'd smoke. Now, I cant bring myself to play because after the games I get this massive craving. Im also a huge rager wich doesnt help. I have punched a hole in my wall once. Anyway, I guess I should work on my state of mind when playing starcraft cause this I think is my greatest weakness. I am to emotionally involved with the game.And that brings out craving for me. I have tried to stop smoking before, I have made it a week. But after playing starcraft is when I relapsed last time. Sometime im so raged that I gotta go for a run outside. That didnt happen when I smoked. I just find it hard to quit smoking if you are a competitive starcraft player.
Anyone else had simillar experience ? What did you do to get through this situation ?
same here, dont smoke though but for me its caffeine, whenever im doing something with my friends or working i can do without it. But when i play StarCraft, god i really need my caffeine or i get withdrawal symptoms (pounding headaches, jointpain and fatigue)
I'm currently doing something similar, though I'm in general less of a rager. Instead of smoking cigs all day (was smoking a pack/day for the last 4 months), I end the day with a shisha bowl. Sure, it's not technically "quitting" tobacco, but it's less bad than cigarettes, and IMO a good halfway step to finally be done with the addiction. Less expensive too
Dude, I've been doing this for so long, and wondering if anyone else has the same issue, I am not really smoking cig's though i'm smoking weed before and after each game ( if i have it ) , and then whenever I don't have it, I find it really hard to get myself to be motivated to play.
I've been feeling like I need to quit smoking weed for awhile now but it's very sad because I feel almost all the time that without the weed, I won't have motivation to play.
well I don't have any motivation to play right now so I don't... Not a big deal?
I quit smoking after 5 years actually ._.
I just asked myself if I am a guy that can make up my mind or not and I told myself that I fucking can. So I said this is it to myself and threw my cigs in the trash and never looked back.
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