Another reason it's difficult to quit for some people, I don't know if you'd fall into this category or not is ADD/ADHD. They've been finding recently that people with ADD/ADHD tend to self medicate with nicotine. If you do happen to fall into this category like I do, the tea helps, lots and lots and lots of green/white tea. That's two-fold, they've also found that there's an enzyme in green tea that can assist in repairing the lungs after quitting smoking, so it helps get rid of that hacking fit for the first couple weeks/month while your lungs re-adjust to having to stimulate themselves rather than having the external stimulus. I can't find the source articles at the moment, but I picked up the self medication bit from one of my audiologists that I work with, her kids psychologist recommended nicotine patches for the 8 year old to help calm his ADHD.

Fallen33

United States596 Posts

January 10 2011 00:06 GMT

#22

God hates a quitter, don't forget that.

Gein88

United States7 Posts

January 10 2011 00:08 GMT

#23

GGzerG, I do the exact same thing less because of a lack of motivation and more just to maintain a calm state of mind for the game. The motivation for me is always there because I want to constantly improve but my overwhelming fear of losing ladder games is what causes me to smoke before/after each game and that makes me feel like I do need to smoke to play ladder or even practice for ladder. I feel the loss of motivation to play other games that don't matter when I have nothing to smoke but getting better at sc2 always drives me to at least want to play more. Maybe you should enter some open tournaments or set a goal for yourself on ladder, I dunno something to get that spark going again (if you ever had it). Just a suggestion. Good luck to the OP on quitting

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

January 10 2011 02:21 GMT

#24

On January 10 2011 04:42 T.I.P. wrote:
i smoke weed coz it makes me really chilled so idc if i lose or not

This is so stupid, if you want to improve that is.

aztrorisk

United States896 Posts

January 10 2011 02:49 GMT

#25

Destroy all your cigarettes and make sure the only way you can get access to them is if you go to the store and buy new ones. Then play starcraft and when you lose and want a cigar, you don't have one. This way, it'll be easier for you to quit

Frigo

Hungary1023 Posts

January 10 2011 03:54 GMT

#26

Just stop buying cigarettes. When there is nothing to smoke, you can't smoke. And fuck the excuses.

As for Starcraft, it's just a game, try to remember that. Remain calm through the entire game, when you lose review the replay for mistakes instead of raging. No need to get upset about a loss, it doesn't worth it.

eNtitY~

United States1293 Posts

January 10 2011 04:45 GMT

#27

I see the same trend you have in my roommate except he has no desire to quit until it kills him.

palanq

United States761 Posts

January 10 2011 04:50 GMT

#28

doing pushups or going out for a run, like you mentioned, sounds like a good idea.
also maybe try to actively change your attitude toward the game. try to take a calm/analytic approach.

Inspectah

Germany28 Posts

January 10 2011 05:02 GMT

#29

I smoked for 6 years now and also recently tried to stop, but I failed

I found that the main reason keeping me from quitting is the fear of pleasant experiences in my life not being as pleasant in the future. This may sound ridiculous to non-smokers, but its the same with drug users as they dont know what to do with their everyday life because they dont get those kicks anymore.

Often times it relates to the combination of doing something you like while smoking and it becomes a habit. I always smoked while driving and after I ate anything, so at those times i craved the most for another cigarette.

Its important to know that and break those habits, making clear to yourself thats its not a real pleasure but rather an addiction causing this need of yours.

Do you want to be addicted to something that costs a lot, does nothing good for you but systematically destroys not only your body but also reigns over your everyday life?

Willes

Germany199 Posts

January 10 2011 09:10 GMT

#30

In the end tts all about a strong will to quit smoking. Bubblegum, apples and this little helpers all are useless if you dont really want to stop this.

At first, look into effects smoking produces with you and people around you, if you know alot about it, it comes to willstrength. GL

luckyseven

179 Posts

January 10 2011 19:30 GMT

#31

i quit smoking abruptly 6 days ago. it almost killed me. i went completely delirious, with terrible fever, feeling horribly ill, and a headache so bad i couldnt move. it was like having the flu, except i still went to work.

when i wake up in the morning now i have to take several neurofen+ (codeine/ibuprofen) to become functional. i have become very depressed and need to get antidepressants.

honestly ive barely thought about smoking at all because i've felt so fucking bad.

i have no rationalisation for quitting. i figure that if i rely on rationalisation then i can rationalise smoking as easily as i can rationalise not smoking.

instead i took mightyatom's and dd's advice: "just man up and fucking do it. dont think about it, just do it".

so my tips for someone quitting would be...

1. ease yourself slowly otherwise the shock of it will kill you
2. make sure you have at least 6 days off work
3. get a shitload of codeine

Inspectah

Germany28 Posts

January 10 2011 21:31 GMT

#32

On January 11 2011 04:30 luckyseven wrote:
so my tips for someone quitting would be...

1. ease yourself slowly otherwise the shock of it will kill you
2. make sure you have at least 6 days off work
3. get a shitload of codeine

Lol that scares the shit out of anybody who would try to quit.

Reminds me of Trainspotting:

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton:
"Relinquishing junk. Stage one, preparation. For this you will need one room which you will not leave. Soothing music. Tomato soup, ten tins of. Mushroom soup, eight tins of, for consumption cold. Ice cream, vanilla, one large tub of. Magnesia, milk of, one bottle. Paracetamol, mouthwash, vitamins. Mineral water, Lucozade, pornography. One mattress. One bucket for urine, one for feces and one for vomitus. One television and one bottle of Valium, which I've already procured from my mother, who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also a drug addict. And now I'm ready. All I need is one final hit to soothe the pain while the Valium takes effect."