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On October 28 2012 04:52 Psi0nic wrote:
I don't think that you should stop smoking all of a sudden. You should gradually diminish the amount of cigs you consume everyday so your body can gets used to having less nicotine in it.
For example: first week -> only half a pack everyda, second week -> only a couple of cigs everyday -> third week: stop completely.
At least that is what most non-smoking programs recommend.
Good luck man! Keep us posted
Bad advice. Whyquit.org goes over all this stuff. It the center is an article, "quitting by gradual withdrawal"
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My method of quiting smoking works like a charm (at least to me). You have to get a big hangover  On that day you don't smoke at all. It was always sufficient to me to not smoke for a day and the rest was easy (problems appear after 1/2 weeks)
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Good luck with this Ret! It ain't going to be easy but i'm sure you'll put through.
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what is your progress ? really interested on seeing how you've done
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Good luck man, its a damn tough obastacle to climb u started there...
Im thinking of the same, but still need to find the last motivationg factor to stop myself...
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Good for you Ret!
It is just so much nicer not to smoke.
This!
I read the book and I think it is great. Not just for cigarette additions, but for any addictions (even though it is focussed around smoking). My personal highlights:
- Your body will be rid of all addictions after 5-10 days. After that it is purely mental (your body is clean, except for your lungs this takes a bit longer  )
- Cold turkey is by far the best way to stop.
- It is not a sacrifice to stop. Therefore it is not a challenge not to smoke. It is a relief not having to smoke anymore. Not feeling guilty about it. Not worrying. Life is just so much better this way.
- There is no such thing as "just one cigarette" or "just one puff". Do not fall in this trap. It totally kills everything you have been working for. Think about how miserable it was to have to smoke and be addicted. Is one puff really worth going back to that?
GOOOOOOO RET!!
Hope you will be able to inspire more people!
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Desided to add my 2 Cents as well.
I quit smoking 3 years ago. It was a sunday and I told myself: "Last cigarette, dude, and you're free."
The explanation of the quitting is quite simple.
1.Next day I went to the gym and signed a 2 years contract. Means, whether I go there or not, they still get my money.
2. A good friend of mine is a cardiologist. He told me, that, if I go on smoking and attend to the gym at the same time, my heart will get 4 times the stress, as it grows exponentially. And I wanted to smoke before AND after the gym. (sic!)
3. Budget. I spent 40 Euro a week easy as 1 pack costs approx. 5 Euro in Gemany. So I got a bit greedy (-: .
4. I counted: smoking AND gym would cost me too much. So I gave up on the worst one.
Ergo:
- Ive saved up over 6k Euro - yes, SAVED, as I put every week 40 Euro aside as if I was smoking (just some € more and I buy myself a car without loans or credits);
- got healthier (earlier I got short breath after I went upstairs to the 2nd floor);
- lost 12 kg in 12 weeks and still hold my weight;
- neither my fingers, nor my clothes stink of smoke now (no detergent helped against and I tested everything);
- my teeth got more white without any chemical crap;
- I got self confident while talking to people again, without necessity of chewing gum because of SHITTY breath;
- ...... and so on, and so forth...
I cant think of any negative side of quitting smoking. Besides the things I have discribed above, I haven't been ill for these 3 years. The only negative I have on my mind: why the PHUK have I started smoking?! -.-
PS: oh, and btw, I quit smoking in an instant. No gradually deminish bla bla bla. Its BS. You say yourself: "you quit smoking right NOW. Period." No "ifs" and "buts".
And sorry about choice of word. English is not my native language.
GO RET!!! B)
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GL ret love you : )! gl with smoking it can be hard, but you can do it ; D
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Good job man! I hope you can do it, you are making the right choice!!
GL
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Awesome job Ret! It seems you have already inspired others to join in too. Way to use your celebrity and willpower for the forces of good!
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Ret, thank you so much for this post. You have really inspired me a lot and it couldn't have come at a better time. I also suffer from the banes of Junk food(pop/soda being my worst achilles heel) and smoke a fair amount of cigarettes. Not quite a pack a day like you but not exactly far off. Lately, I seem to be thinking about it more than ever. I wake up and just feel not quite right, and I start to remember a time when I was playing premiere league soccer and tell myself constantly I would love to get back to that state, and then never do anything about it. I can honestly say reading this has pushed me even further in the direction I'm aiming for.
I wish you the best of luck in your journey through quitting and know that I soon will join you. I really can't thank you enough for this post, your wording and just flat out blunt honestly left me saying the same things to myself and not being able to come up with a good excuse. It's time to quit this horrible habit once and for all. Cheers!
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I'm late to the party but still, gogo Ret! I should do the the same ^.^
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If you feel miserable some day because you'd like to smoke, i'd also like to recommend (as several people already did on this thread) Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking. This book helped me to stop after smoking one pack a day for fifteen years.
I had already tried to quit several times before reading the book, and my attempts all failed miserably. Because i thought i was making a sacrifice. Because i thought i was denying myself a pleasure. Because i thought it was sad that i'd never be able to enjoy a good cigarette after a meal. A good cigarette during a break at work. A good cigarette after sex.
The interesting point presented by Allen Carr, the one that helped me quit, is that these "good" cigarettes are only so enjoyable because they follow a time when you cannot smoke. Obviously, you can't smoke when you're eating, at work or having sex. So the truth is that these cigarettes don't taste better (they taste terrible, like every cigarette) or give real pleasure whatsoever, they're just relieving you from the frustration of not being able to smoke. They're just a fix for your craving of nicotine, a reinforcement of your addiction.
Conclusion : quitting smoking is not a sacrifice, because smoking is not a pleasure.
You're not going to deprive yourself of anything, you're just going to free yourself from a destructive, expensive and smelly drug addiction.
You do not need willpower, or substitutes like gum, or e-cigs, or patches.
You just need to know the truth : smoking is not a pleasure, it's a drug addiction.
Once you know this, being a non-smoker becomes way easier, because you don't have anything to miss or regret or wish secretly you could do anymore. You can just be happy to be free from this nasty drug.
Hope this helps you, it helped me a lot. Good luck !
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Def started doing so a couple days ago aswell.
Tired of being out of breath walking and all. Worst part imo is hacking the nasty shit up for a week or two after you quit (yay)
but congrats!
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what's the progress ?
still smoking free?
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On October 31 2012 11:19 kedA wrote:
If you feel miserable some day because you'd like to smoke, i'd also like to recommend (as several people already did on this thread) Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking. This book helped me to stop after smoking one pack a day for fifteen years.
I had already tried to quit several times before reading the book, and my attempts all failed miserably. Because i thought i was making a sacrifice. Because i thought i was denying myself a pleasure. Because i thought it was sad that i'd never be able to enjoy a good cigarette after a meal. A good cigarette during a break at work. A good cigarette after sex.
The interesting point presented by Allen Carr, the one that helped me quit, is that these "good" cigarettes are only so enjoyable because they follow a time when you cannot smoke. Obviously, you can't smoke when you're eating, at work or having sex. So the truth is that these cigarettes don't taste better (they taste terrible, like every cigarette) or give real pleasure whatsoever, they're just relieving you from the frustration of not being able to smoke. They're just a fix for your craving of nicotine, a reinforcement of your addiction.
Conclusion : quitting smoking is not a sacrifice, because smoking is not a pleasure.
You're not going to deprive yourself of anything, you're just going to free yourself from a destructive, expensive and smelly drug addiction.
You do not need willpower, or substitutes like gum, or e-cigs, or patches.
You just need to know the truth : smoking is not a pleasure, it's a drug addiction.
Once you know this, being a non-smoker becomes way easier, because you don't have anything to miss or regret or wish secretly you could do anymore. You can just be happy to be free from this nasty drug.
Hope this helps you, it helped me a lot. Good luck !
You say that, but for instance my brother would never quit because he really enjoys smoking as a social activity with his friends.
Just like alcohol, smoking is so popular because it's an activity as well as a drug, something that many people essentially base their social lives around. If you quit smoking, then in many cases you'd almost have to give up your friends.
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If you quit smoking, then in many cases you'd almost have to give up your friends.
I don't understand your logic.
I quit, and i didn't have to "give up my friends". I don't pick my friends based on whether they're smokers or not.
And if people don't wanna hang out with you because you don't smoke anymore, they're probably not very good friends.
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On November 01 2012 02:39 kedA wrote:Show nested quote +If you quit smoking, then in many cases you'd almost have to give up your friends. I don't understand your logic. I quit, and i didn't have to "give up my friends". I don't pick my friends based on whether they're smokers or not. And if people don't wanna hang out with you because you don't smoke anymore, they're probably not very good friends.
Yes that is a pretty silly notion. There is no inherent requirement to smoke in order to socialize with smokers. I go outside and chat all the time with friends who need a smoke even though I don't personally smoke. It may be harder to quit smoking while being around smokers.. but that is only really an issue with your own willpower.
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