TL - Quit smoking team! - Page 5

On March 01 2010 14:29 Robinsa wrote:

I can only speak for myself but I wanna QUIT smoking, not replace it with something else. I don't see how I would be able to continue my life smoking pot 14 times a day for that matter either if I were to replace it.. ^^

On March 01 2010 14:30 CaucasianAsian wrote:
fuck i want to quit, but i just bought a carton.

On March 01 2010 17:55 kickinhead wrote:
I've quit after 2 years of smoking and I haven't touched a cigarette nor had any temptation to do so for over a year.

Although I'm constantly around ppl that smoke. And I didn't even quit because of my health or anything, 'cause I couldn't care less about that, but I just felt stupid that there was sth else controlling me other than myself. I've also quit drinking and smoking weed because of that.

It's really just about the mindset and determination. If you want to stop, you can, you just have to remind you that you want to stop and that you're the one that's controlling what you do/think/feel etc.

What your "opponent" is, are thoughts that make you change your opinion about the Goal to quit smoking, like:
- "Well, It's not THAT important to quit smoking"
OR
- "I never really wanted to quit anyways"

Also, you could maybe convince yourself, that not smoking interferes with another Goal:
- "I need to smoke because otherwise I can't concentrate and fail at my job"
OR
- "If I don't smoke, I can't go out with my friends anymore because they all smoke and I can't quit when everybody else smokes.... ikki ikki wääh wääh."

Sometimes you think you just HAVE TO SMOKE, but that's not the case - just do sth else and you'll notice that after a while, you're not thinking those things that much anymore, until you don't think about it at all.

Another important thing is, that you set specific goals, that you make plans for different scenarios that could be a problem etc.
For example:
- You know that your friends will be smoking and that this will tempt you to smoke as well. So, what are you gonna do in those Situations? Will you avoid them (not a good thing IMO, because sooner or later, you'll be confronted with sm1 that smokes near you) or will you distract yourself from the need to smoke with engaging in a interesting conversation or chewing a gum or sth like that.

It's mostly about breaking the habit and learning that in Situations you used to smoke, you don't have to smoke anymore. This is maybe the hardest part but just a matter of time and determination.

But I think, if sm1 wants to stop, he can, without nikotin-gum, some sort of bogus-hypnotherapy or avoiding any sort of temptation.

For me as a Psychology-Student, it mostly was about the experience. I didn't succomb the the feelings and thoughts of having to smoke a cigarette, because I knew that this stuff would happen and that there are strategies to deal with that, so I kinda looked at it from a distance, like an explorer that watches a devious wizard trying to make sm1 else do sth with cheap tricks. It really sometimes was amusing to see what "addiction" had in store for me next, to keep me smoking. ^^'

Oh and another thing: Forget about 12-stepping or anything. Every motivation-group that pretty much starts with saying: "admit that you don't have control over yourself" is extremely dangerous. Thats sth that is called "learned self-helplessness" in psychology and it leads to a very low success-rate in getting rid of the addiction and also it just replaces one addiction (drinking) with another addiction (going to these meetings for help, because you've learned in those meeting, that you're helpless if you try it alone).

So to conclude: Quitting smoking is all about YOU and YOU ALONE! I don't say you can't get advice from someone else or sth, but:

YOU ARE NOT DEPENDING ON OTHER PEOPLE OR OTHER DRUGS TO QUIT SMOKING!

On February 28 2010 18:00 nttea wrote:


swedish snus! alot healthier than smoking.

On March 01 2010 02:18 Piste wrote:
after 11 years I can't quit anymore. Well anyone can but I don't have enough motivation. :/
Gl to you tho.

On March 01 2010 21:55 Truenappa wrote:
I was able to stop smoking when I lived in Japan by putting a pack on a small table in the corner where I set up my futon every night. I had smoked (chain-smoking at times) for about 8 years. By putting it so close to me, I made it an issue of willpower. It was always there and I had to see it and remind myself that I wasn't doing this anymore. I did this when I was with company, when my wife was nearby, and when I was alone. Those were the hardest times to resist. In the end, by being able to resist and not smoke, when it would be so easy... when it was subtly in my face all the time, I became able to resist anytime anywhere.

I'm writing all this here because I'm hoping to inspire by example, and suggest a successful strategy.

On March 01 2010 22:24 Robinsa wrote:
Ok, I failed and had 2 cigarettes today. I had them in right after eachother so it was in one sitting so to speak. I've conciously avoided every trap possible today not to smoke and it worked until around 17.00 when I accidentally ran into a friend standing in a smoking area. I don't think theres much more to add than that I'll have to do better tomorrow! ^^

Anyone thought of a good way to communicate yet? Maybe someone of us could create a blog so we that we don't bump this thread every day. I don't know how to make blogs so I have to entrust it to someone else! ^^


I read this and the first thing that came to mind was: "OH, sounds great! Maybe I should go and buy a pack.. I guess it doesn't matter if I smoke one before I put it in the corner".... guess I'm not ready for that stuff yet !