EPTHowever, I started dipping in high school and pretty much chewed every day no exceptions for many years. Ive been clean for a week now.
God this sucks...
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JamesJohansen
United States213 Posts
However, I started dipping in high school and pretty much chewed every day no exceptions for many years. Ive been clean for a week now. God this sucks... | ||
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Morteth
United States59 Posts
A very well kept secret, Niacin or Vitamin B-3 is the same molecule as Nicotine, or Nicotinic Acid. Since Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes, maybe popping some Niacin pills daily can reduce your appetite for cigarettes. It actually worked for my father, who was a 3 pack a day smoker. Can't thank the internet enough for providing that information to me. | ||
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deafmetal
Sweden17 Posts
BTW is it ok if i ask everyone who is trying to quit smoking what there reasons are? I myself was in a "near death" experience where i realized that i need to do the best out of life and wanna live as long as possible, smoking does obviously not fit in there. | ||
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GreenStim
Mexico91 Posts
All of a sudden the day after the super ball i woke up and decided to quit it. (the reasons were the cough was getting worse every morning... i started hating the smell on the clothes and my room, the spending was getting higher and higher... among other reasons) The first 2 weeks were kinda tough but after that when i started feeling the benefits of quitting it was really easy... I gained some weight during the first month but its going back down as we speak (no need to be eating all the time instead of smoking) The advice i can give you is "one decision at a time"... If you decide to quit, don't fall for the "It's just one more" state of mind, because it will only hurt you and make things tougher. After all its only 2-3 weeks of pain and decision making. Good luck everyone | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
 stock up on some painkillers too! | ||
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lazydino
Canada331 Posts
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Triscuit
United States722 Posts
On June 01 2011 06:57 Morteth wrote: If you want to quit smoking, try using Niacin. A very well kept secret, Niacin or Vitamin B-3 is the same molecule as Nicotine, or Nicotinic Acid. Since Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes, maybe popping some Niacin pills daily can reduce your appetite for cigarettes. It actually worked for my father, who was a 3 pack a day smoker. Can't thank the internet enough for providing that information to me. That's actually not true. :/ Nicotine and nicotinic acid are not the same thing. Nicotinic acid was named niacin because people would make the mistake you did and think they were similar. From the Niacin wikipedia page: "When the biological significance of nicotinic acid was realized, it was thought appropriate to choose a name to dissociate it from nicotine, to avoid the perception that vitamins or niacin-rich food contains nicotine, or that cigarettes contain vitamins. The resulting name 'niacin' was derived from nicotinic acid + vitamin." EDIT: I'm not saying it couldn't possibly help stop smoking, just that part of your post isn't correct. | ||
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Clicker
United States1012 Posts
On June 01 2011 08:11 FFGenerations wrote: good luck clicker, get ready to call in sick on monday though since in my experience the first 2 days are nothing compared to the 3rd stock up on some painkillers too! ;/ My brand was on sale for some 2 for 7 dollars deal and she brought me two packs home.. I hadn't smoked that day and fucking broke immediately when she brought them in ;/ I'm going to try again soon. I suck. | ||
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KroplaBeskidu
1093 Posts
I've done it a few times before, longest streak so far 11 months. From my experience avoiding social situations where you might smoke is more important down the line, so months into the whole thing, that's where I always failed. First few weeks don't worry about it. If you end up smoking during your first week because you met a friend and had one too many really don't worry about it, just laugh about it, there's always next week. Just go at it stronger the next time. And they say it gets easier with each attempt. At the start, for me I found it's a good idea to have something to do instead of smoking to fill up the routine, so I usually chew gum. Sure it's not the same, most importantly it's not the same time out as a cigarette, but just chewing it with the mouth while doing other things must be good enough somehow because I've had good results with it before. And I don't mean nicotine gum or whatever, it's the same thing as killing your hangover with another drink, only thing that leads to is it will build up over time and you end up with an even stronger addiction. So just normal bubblegum for me, I probably look like a retard chewing it all the time but whatever (and also if I go outdoor to... chew bubblegum, I get big wtfs but whatever.) And it doesn't always work, you can't chew bubblegum while drinking coffee so I usually get some candies or that French sweet bread etc, just make sure you don't overdo it. Ideally there would be that e-cigarette, but with zero nicotine or any other crap, that you could smoke with a nice taste and smell, kinda like flavor cigs except with real taste of vanilla or fruit etc and not half vanilla half ashtray. And none of all that toxic shit so you're not getting cancer because of it. Just something to enjoy while having that time out. Coz I know that's what I'm really addicted to, I don't really need any chemicals, I just need that few minutes off and do something relaxing like inhale stuff. So I might look into e-cigs but I doubt there's much of a market for zero nicotine e-cigs is there? And anyway I wouldn't trust the people behind this business anymore than the cig business, which sounds really dumb since I've been smoking for years, but remember I'm quitting now right  and GL to everybody in Teamliquid who decides to quit. I'm reporting back here soon. | ||
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dbosworld
United States317 Posts
On May 31 2011 07:25 Razith wrote: Keep it up, quitting smoking isn't easily, especially when its become a part of your life. When smoking becomes such a routine that you easily smoke roughly a pack a day its no longer quitting smoking but rather a lifestyle change. It definitely has been a huge lifestyle change. I used to smoke indoors, I had to switch up my style of my room because it was so habitual that the placement of my room made me want to smoke more. | ||
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ToxNub
Canada805 Posts
I'm not smoking right now because I have double pneumonia. Probably got it from smoking too much. TBH, I don't find it that hard to quit for a few months at a time. Every now and then I'll do a test to see if I can still quit. Then I'll have some big event where I want to smoke (like I went to mexico so I bought a ton of cheap smokes) and I'll start again. I don't think it helps that people always think about making big lifechanging shit like "THIS IS THE LAST SMOKE I WILL EVER HAVE". Give yourself a break. Don't make decisions for yourself in the future like that and you'll have a lot easier time. Say "I'm not smoking for now. If later I change my mind, I'll smoke then.", and the whole process suddenly becomes a lot less scary and you feel much more in control. | ||
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KroplaBeskidu
1093 Posts
It's a week or so now, no problems so far. I get impatient and frustrated pretty easily but I know it will pass. And eating more than usual of course, can't help that. I had a dream on the second or third night that I was smoking and then I thought hey wasn't I supposed to quit... oh shit! And I woke up terrified that I forgot I didn't smoke anymore. But I just laughed at that when I woke up and went back to sleep. | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
I'm still smoking a pack a day but I came here to flirt with the idea of quitting. | ||
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ButterCake
Thailand192 Posts
maybe i should start quitting it at the start of july lol. | ||
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KroplaBeskidu
1093 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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FunkQue
United States165 Posts
I went camping for 3 days with family and had no smokes with me. It was hell! I could feel my head pulsing in sync with my brain. On the 4th day and I had no desire to smoke. I went out and bought a pack and immediately smoked 3 in a row and felt nothing. That was the last day I smoked :D In my case, it was the physical with-drawl that hit me the hardest. - Ecigs are simply a filler and will not help you quit smoking.... Period. The only difference is it's not as harmful as smoking tobacco, but your still getting your nicotine (unless your juice contains none). | ||
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Fattah
Egypt128 Posts
I still get the urge to smoke. I am trying real hard not to buy a pack but it is getting extremely difficult. Whenever I get the urge I think of the "challenge accepted" comic and refuse to budge. I sometimes get the thought of "what the hell I'm still young" "I can smoke and do exercise " "by the time I'm 50 they will have a cure for cancer" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ etc.. I think this is the most dangerous thing. Anyone else quitting these days? HELP! | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
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arthur
United Kingdom488 Posts
TBH its easy, I quit all the time. Last wednesday was the real test, normally when I quit, itll only last until I go around town, drinking with all the smokers... I didn't cave! Happy days. | ||
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