I'm quitting smoking.

[Riddler]

wish me luck.

going cold turkey.


$hit aint gonna be comfortable for the next few weeks.

[LilBTheBasedGod]

smoking what? Cigarettes? get the f*ck off that shit.

Weed? WTF you thinking n*gga?

[Riddler]

smoking what? Cigarettes? get the f*ck off that shit.

Weed? WTF you thinking n*gga?


cigs... $hit is poison.

[LilBTheBasedGod]

cigs... $hit is poison.

You got that dollar sign right

Good luck man :cheers:

[Riddler]

I believe in you...I just know you're gonna fail!


I'm replying to this with a youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEaKk4rhIeo

[LilBTheBasedGod]

it has nothing to do with luck - good luck anyway


"I hope you have enough luck to conjure the strength and endurance to stop this bullshit"

sure it does :no:

[RidonKs]

I was walking to work the other day and I exhaled my cig smoke over my shoulder, directly into the face of a middle aged woman riding her bike. She started coughing and I got out a quick sorry, which she just laughed at. That was awkward.

G'luck on your mission. What's your history? Lifetime smoker? How much do you smoke?

I'm only smoking a pack per week - as dictated by a strict self-enforced rule of only buying on Saturdays - so I still feel like I can quit whenever I want. I did for about three weeks back in early December. I'm a young smoker though, so I'm still enjoying the pros much more than I'm weighing the cons. I'm sure there will be a gradual shift over my life and eventually I'll convince myself to give it up. The limits I set for myself are really helpful though, and stop me from absentmindedly going overboard.

[-playmaker-]

maybe this will help:

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=tobacco+company+conspiracy&aq=0v&aqi=g-v2g-o1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=e8de98ca5b405b41

[Captain Kirk]

Riddler trying to quit smoking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQM6sOsd5k

[NYCgimmeBron]

gw man , proud of you


i've been trying to cut down on weed ... which will entail me not smoking it for 2 months till march when my folks go to vietnam.. its hard.. but i got hit by a car 2 days ago.. so that has helped me.. seriously.. fkin get yourself a mad injury and you won't want to harm yourself with a cigg or a blunt for a little while.. worked for me..

[Abd El-Krim]

gw man , proud of you


i've been trying to cut down on weed ... which will entail me not smoking it for 2 months till march when my folks go to vietnam.. its hard.. but i got hit by a car 2 days ago.. so that has helped me.. seriously.. fkin get yourself a mad injury and you won't want to harm yourself with a cigg or a blunt for a little while.. worked for me..

:oldlol:

A j might help your concussion headaches. It cures migraines, you know.

[InspiredLebowski]

Stay away from anyone who smokes as much as possible. Most of the battle's keeping your mind off it, was for me anyway.

[InspiredLebowski]

why? You can't run away from your friend forever. You have to deal with it.
The thing is people restarted smoking after years.
I guy who worked with me (he is 50 years old and stopped at 30 years) told me that sometimes he still thinks of having a cigarette... after 20 years...I don't. I smoked from about 19-25, been 10ish months since I stopped, never think about it now.

[Abd El-Krim]

the cigarette with the coffee

Dude, I'm an ex-smoker drinking coffee right now. Bringing this up is just not cool.

[ShaqAttack3234]

Good luck, personally, I haven't thought about quitting. I smoke around 2 packs a day, and yes, I'm another person who enjoys coffee with cigarettes. Probably drink a dozen cups of coffee a day, and that may be a conservative estimate. :oldlol:

But quitting can be tough, I've seen it a lot with other people.

[step_back]

Best of luck, Making the choice to make an effort to give up is difficult in itself.

[SayTownRy]

good luck man.

i smoked my first cig when i was 14 and smoked pretty steadily from the ages of 16-24.

quitting cold turkey worked for me. i got really sick for about 2 weeks and just flat out didn't want one so that helped me jump start the process. i also started getting in shape as i quit. started mountain biking as much as i could and started to really embrace the fact that my breathing and stamina were improving on longer rides.

i'd really advise you to immerse yourself in physical activity as that's when you can reap tangible benefits and it just feels great. keeps giving you a better outlook on the whole quitting process.

the hardest part for me was going out to bars and just drinking in general. the smoking ban here doesn't go into effect for another year here, so almost every bar here is inundated with smoke. i had to learn to be around smoke and want a cig so bad, but not have one. then i had to learn to like this self-deprivation in an almost masochistic sense. you always feel like a million bucks when you wake up the next morning and know you made it through the night, completely wasted, and didn't have a smoke.

that said it's been 4 years and 4 months since i've had a cig and although the times i want a cig are fewer and farther between, i still get the itch and recent studies show that just one freaking cigarette can have detrimental effects on your dna.

[enayes]

+1 for the physical activity, if you can get focused on a healthy hobby it will be easier to take your mind away from the idea of smoking

[FatComputerNerd]

Good luck, I hope you make it.

I've been thinking of quitting myself lately. I did quit once before, a few years back. It was ultimately unsuccessful but I managed to stay off them for a good 10 months or so before buying a pack one day during a moment of weakness. That time I had initially used the patch (first month or so only, I didn't do the "steps") and it did help a lot.

Keep us posted on your success. Maybe it will help motivate me to give another go at it too. =)

[LongBeachLakers]

Glad that I don't smoke. I need my lungs for the sports and activities I enjoy doing.

It's a good feeling being in damn good shape too...

[gts]

one year before the world blows up and doomsday decides to quit smoking for his health?

[Stuckey]

tried quitting at least 3 times, i just love nicotine going through my body and it's an oral fixation too

ill quit some day.......... yeah

[IcanzIIravor]

one year before the world blows up and doomsday decides to quit smoking for his health?

:lol

This thought did come into my head as well.

[Stuckey]

how many times did it take you guys to quit smoking? and what method did u use?

[Abd El-Krim]

how many times did it take you guys to quit smoking? and what method did u use?

Before I actually stopped, I first cut down on the ritual smoking. No cig when first waking up, no cig after a meal, no cig before bed, etc. This got me down to probably 4-5 per day.

Around that point I told everybody I knew that I had quit, and was forced to smoke when nobody else was around. And I couldn't reek of smoke either. Anyway, eventually I was down to just one or two per day whenever I could sneak them at which point stopping was easy.

One other thing I did was always keep cigarettes in the house, for months after I quit. The strongest ingrained behavior for me was buying cigarettes when I didn't have any. If the thought occurred to me that I had no cigarettes, muscle memory kicked in and 20 minutes later I was 3 into a new pack. Crazy stuff.

[Stuckey]

i hear ya

i'm down to 2 cigarettes a day

only thing keeping me from smoking more is that it costs 10$ a pack here in canada for decent quality

havent found a great reason to quit yet, my friend even offered a bet if i could quit he'd pay me 1000 + vacation but i'd have to pay double if i failed

[-playmaker-]

Before I actually stopped, I first cut down on the ritual smoking. No cig when first waking up, no cig after a meal, no cig before bed, etc. This got me down to probably 4-5 per day.

Around that point I told everybody I knew that I had quit, and was forced to smoke when nobody else was around. And I couldn't reek of smoke either. Anyway, eventually I was down to just one or two per day whenever I could sneak them at which point stopping was easy.

One other thing I did was always keep cigarettes in the house, for months after I quit. The strongest ingrained behavior for me was buying cigarettes when I didn't have any. If the thought occurred to me that I had no cigarettes, muscle memory kicked in and 20 minutes later I was 3 into a new pack. Crazy stuff.
wow, that is really interesting right there...

I have quit now for a while, but I know what you are talking about...if you don't have any smokes, you are going to think about buying them all time...

[Mr. Grieves]

Good luck dude.

Your body will go through physical and mental withdrawl symptoms and it will be tough.

But mind over matter man. If you have the discipline, it will pass. Nothing hard ever lasts.

[1987_Lakers]

I was walking to work the other day and I exhaled my cig smoke over my shoulder, directly into the face of a middle aged woman riding her bike. She started coughing and I got out a quick sorry, which she just laughed at. That was awkward.

G'luck on your mission. What's your history? Lifetime smoker? How much do you smoke?

I'm only smoking a pack per week - as dictated by a strict self-enforced rule of only buying on Saturdays - so I still feel like I can quit whenever I want. I did for about three weeks back in early December. I'm a young smoker though, so I'm still enjoying the pros much more than I'm weighing the cons. I'm sure there will be a gradual shift over my life and eventually I'll convince myself to give it up. The limits I set for myself are really helpful though, and stop me from absentmindedly going overboard.

Haha. I do the same except I buy mine on Fridays.

[artificial]

I quit smoking a couple of months ago, and I'm doing pretty fine. Hope you do well.

For me quitting smoking was relatively easy. It was deciding to quit smoking which was hard for me. And I think that's it, to realize that quitting implies never smoking again, knowing that if you do, your pride will be forever hurt by admitting you are failing.

Honestly, once I was decided and actually quit, the only time I miss smoking badly is when I take a sh*t and at parties after getting drunk.

One thing that helped me is buying a water pipe (I casually got it before quitting). I realized I was uncapable of studying a night without smoking. The water pipe has stepped in, and my life without cigs has been good.


*should have added this: I have smoked for 11 years, been a heavy smoker for 6 years. I started by reducing the cigs before quitting, but before that I had been smoking a pac per two days.

[Nobler]

Im currently in the process of quitting myself, the e-cigarette has done wonders helping. Im smoking about half of what i did and only been in the process of it for about a week. Bought a starter kit from here :
http://www.awesomevapor.com/ pretty sweet so far.

[Legend of Josh]

one year before the world blows up and doomsday decides to quit smoking for his health?

LOL you're a dick sometimes.

Anyway Dooms, if I can beat pain killers - you can beat nicotine.

[Riddler]

Starting Now :D


I'm not going cold turkey either... got the nicotine gum and the nicotine patch (spent $60 on that $hit)

[Riddler]

$hit aint gonna be comfortable for the next few weeks.

[Lakerlove420]

damn it! I just spent like 10 minutes on a post (I'm not one for long posts but this is about a serious topic.) I was telling you about how I quit and blah blah the nicotine patch and blah blah. It was a f*cking great post with words of encouragement and everything. But I f*cking closed my browser and lost it all and not re-doing it. I refuse.. I haven't had coffee (or a smoke) and now I pissed. rant rant/

I was trying to tell you about quitnet.com It helps track stats for example I just logged on and my stats are:


474 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.

9487 cigarettes not smoked.

$2,612.50 and 2 months, 12 days, 11 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 10/29/2009 10:00:00 PM



I have over 15 months. And am very proud of myself and wish you good luck.
(man this post sucks compared to the other one.. with all the time I have spent crying over it I might have been able to re-create it but f*ck that.
I had so many other good points to share but f*ck that and F*CK YOU.
I'm going to get coffee..plus nobody probably even gives a sh*t..
I hate mornings. ..

[StateProperty]

My grandmom smoked from age 20-78. She used that chantix stuff and hasn't touched one for 2 years. Obviously smoking for damn near 60 years it's already done its damage but its good for everyone around her.

[Riddler]

damn it! I just spent like 10 minutes on a post (I'm not one for long posts but this is about a serious topic.) I was telling you about how I quit and blah blah the nicotine patch and blah blah. It was a f*cking great post with words of encouragement and everything. But I f*cking closed my browser and lost it all and not re-doing it. I refuse.. I haven't had coffee (or a smoke) and now I pissed. rant rant/

I was trying to tell you about quitnet.com It helps track stats for example I just logged on and my stats are:


474 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.

9487 cigarettes not smoked.

$2,612.50 and 2 months, 12 days, 11 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 10/29/2009 10:00:00 PM



I have over 15 months. And am very proud of myself and wish you good luck.
(man this post sucks compared to the other one.. with all the time I have spent crying over it I might have been able to re-create it but f*ck that.
I had so many other good points to share but f*ck that and F*CK YOU.
I'm going to get coffee..plus nobody probably even gives a sh*t..
I hate mornings. ..


Oh thank you so much for this... I'll do it too.

got 2 smokes left... bout to smoke them and that's that.



One of these cigarettes I've had for over two months... It's the cigarette I've been saving for a special occasion.

It's a Merit...

http://www.bigindiantobacco.com/images/products/Merit_default.jpg


the first cigarette I ever had...

[Riddler]

I was trying to tell you about quitnet.com



Now I got my profile set up... my quit time is in about 30 minutes.

[Kebab Stall]

I've recently started smoking. I hate cigarettes though, unless it's Marlboro lights. So I just buy some rolling tobacco and make them myself. The taste is so much better.

I'm probably on about 5-10 a day. Depends on how I feel.

[Riddler]

She used that chantix stuff


just saw a commercial for that...

Suicidal Thoughts as a possible side effect.




Nigg@ those people are gonna have Suicidal Thoughts anyway... THEY QUIT SMOKING!!!

[Lakerlove420]

Now I got my profile set up... my quit time is in about 30 minutes.

right on.. it's just cool to see how much $ you're saving and everything.
I actually opened up a separate savings "tobacco$" account. And I actually got addicted to saving money for a while. It was crazy. I never have had that before. Within 8 months I had several thousand (for real) and bought a truck.
If I was still smoking I would not have my truck. That's a fact. The more money I saw going into that account the more I wanted to put in. It really was a different feeling for me.

Quitnet has lots of support there. I've spent a little time in the chat rooms there and the people are supportive. There is also "expert chats" like quiting classes that you can partake in. I really mostly just liked the stats it provided.
You can set it to automatically e-mail you your stats everyday or every week or whatever..

I hope you quit dude..

[Riddler]

I Smoke my Merit to the butt like it's the last mother f*cker left. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oKP1-zzzs#t=00m13s)

[kaiiu]

Fvck a cigarette doe like. Budsmokers only, budsmokers only

[Riddler]

I actually opened up a separate savings "tobacco$" account. And I actually got addicted to saving money for a while. It was crazy. I never have had that before. Within 8 months I had several thousand (for real) and bought a truck.
If I was still smoking I would not have my truck. That's a fact. The more money I saw going into that account the more I wanted to put in. It really was a different feeling for me.


I'm gonna do that too.

thanks for the tip.

[Lakerlove420]

I'm gonna do that too.

thanks for the tip.

consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..

(DON'T SMOKE!)

[Riddler]

consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..

(DON'T SMOKE!)



yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.

[Riddler]

:banana:


just smoked my last cigarette... My quit time just started.

[JMT]

Good luck.

I smoked, very casually, while in college. Never did get a hook in me, which I'm thankful for.

BUT...and this is for all the smokers out there...I ended up with a rare genetic deficiency that resulted in a rapidly progressing form of emphysema.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Usually not detected until mid-life (I was in my 30's). http://alpha1.org/

I went from running hoops with guys half my age to on oxygen, 24/7, in the space of about 5 years.

You have no idea what it's like when your lungs are shutting down. Imagine the most out of breath you've ever been...the scary out of breath...and think about having that desperate need for air all the time. Slowly walking across a room. Bending over. Sitting.

I ended up having a double lung transplant after nearly dying, and am in great health now. My chest hurts ever day from where they sawed through my sternum and wired it back together. I have to take 30 pills a day to guard against rejection, which can h=appen at any time.

Oh, smokers? If you get that sick, they usually won't give you a transplant. Odds of you slipping back into smoking are too high. At best you'll get one lung, which isn't much of an improvement.

I spent my first 25-30 years of life basically ignoring advice given to me. Was pretty sure I knew everything anyway. But if you listen to only one thing in your life, listen to this.

Don't smoke. If you do, quit TODAY.

Good luck! Don't let anyone convince you it's too hard or not worth it. And whatever works for you is the right way to do it.

[JMT]

yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.

Healthy snacks at hand all the time. Carrots, celery, apples...whatever you can stomach...always around. It'll help guard against the really bad food choices.

[Lakerlove420]

yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.

I have gained some weight.. also I quit just before turning 30 so. .. the last year and a half I have changed a bit...
now in my 30's and I love food even more now. Things taste..
I have more taste going on... I like food. My taste buds are in full effect now that I quit smoking...


I should go for a jog

[Riddler]

consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..

(DON'T SMOKE!)

oh yea... And most importantly... I'll be having better sex.

[Lakerlove420]

Good luck.

I smoked, very casually, while in college. Never did get a hook in me, which I'm thankful for.

BUT...and this is for all the smokers out there...I ended up with a rare genetic deficiency that resulted in a rapidly progressing form of emphysema.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Usually not detected until mid-life (I was in my 30's). http://alpha1.org/

I went from running hoops with guys half my age to on oxygen, 24/7, in the space of about 5 years.

You have no idea what it's like when your lungs are shutting down. Imagine the most out of breath you've ever been...the scary out of breath...and think about having that desperate need for air all the time. Slowly walking across a room. Bending over. Sitting.

I ended up having a double lung transplant after nearly dying, and am in great health now. My chest hurts ever day from where they sawed through my sternum and wired it back together. I have to take 30 pills a day to guard against rejection, which can h=appen at any time.

Oh, smokers? If you get that sick, they usually won't give you a transplant. Odds of you slipping back into smoking are too high. At best you'll get one lung, which isn't much of an improvement.

I spent my first 25-30 years of life basically ignoring advice given to me. Was pretty sure I knew everything anyway. But if you listen to only one thing in your life, listen to this.

Don't smoke. If you do, quit TODAY.

Good luck! Don't let anyone convince you it's too hard or not worth it. And whatever works for you is the right way to do it.

Damn bro... I am so sorry to hear about your lungs and everything that you have been through..
I don't know what to say man... that is rough.

Any of you teenagers (or adults) that come into this thread better learn something from all of this conversation going on. Just quit fellas..
Hard days ahead...best quit today...... please think about it.

[Hawker]

Before I actually stopped, I first cut down on the ritual smoking. No cig when first waking up, no cig after a meal, no cig before bed, etc. This got me down to probably 4-5 per day.

Around that point I told everybody I knew that I had quit, and was forced to smoke when nobody else was around. And I couldn't reek of smoke either. Anyway, eventually I was down to just one or two per day whenever I could sneak them at which point stopping was easy.

One other thing I did was always keep cigarettes in the house, for months after I quit. The strongest ingrained behavior for me was buying cigarettes when I didn't have any. If the thought occurred to me that I had no cigarettes, muscle memory kicked in and 20 minutes later I was 3 into a new pack. Crazy stuff.

I think it's when people like you realize that smoking pretty much controls your life, you decide it's time to quit.

Schedules have to be planned around when you can take a break for a smoke. Plus smokers use cigarettes as an excuse not to work. Smokers=less efficient.

[Andrei89]

wish me luck.

going cold turkey.


$hit aint gonna be comfortable for the next few weeks.

And in 5 years you are going to get hit by a car and die....

**** that shit....just smoke, if your times comes it comes

[Stuckey]

ya i failed quitting for the 3rd attempt

but ill try again in summer, got some nicotine gum but that doesnt work at all

[DeuceWallaces]

Next up, quit posting.

[Javat_90]

^^Anybody more besides me feels mad and fustrated about a fukin ugly nerd like that talking trash to everybody?

[Lakerlove420]

Next up, quit posting.

good luck Deuce.. I know you can do it..

[DeuceWallaces]

^^Anybody more besides me feels mad and fustrated about a fukin ugly nerd like that talking trash to everybody?

Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.

[Javat_90]

Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.

Hey cutie, u want to hang out or something on saturday?

[BankShot]

Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.

If he does, he'll just hop onto one of the other ten alternate accounts he already has. :rolleyes:

[Javat_90]

If he does, he'll just hop onto one of the other ten alternate accounts he already has. :rolleyes:

Nah, actually, this is the only one I have. Thanks for the idea tho.

But its cute to watch a couple of nerds stick for each other. Like in highschool where all the bullied kids (bankshot, DW...etc) would finally gather together in a sole force and plan their revenge on society.

[BankShot]

Nah, actually, this is the only one I have. Thanks for the idea tho.

But its cute to watch a couple of nerds stick for each other. Like in highschool where all the bullied kids (bankshot, DW...etc) would finally gather together in a sole force and plan their revenge on society.

Its funny that your idea of "revenge on society" is f*cking with some over-defensive trolling alternate account on an internet message board.

Calling me a nerd and inferring that i was picked on in highschool??? Man now that really insults me to the core. :rolleyes:

Is there a a particular reason you are so butt-hurt.... or is this just how you are naturally?? :roll:

[Javat_90]

Its funny that your idea of "revenge on society" is f*cking with some over-defensive trolling alternate account on an internet message board.

Calling me a nerd and inferring that i was picked on in highschool??? Man now that really insults me to the core. :rolleyes:

You and I both know this is true, and that it really stricked to your heart.

So please, dont pretend to take it all smoothly. Or at least learn to lie and take some acting lessons.



On another side note, anybody noticed BankShot is like the easiest poster to rile-up in this boards? Only takes couple of words to get him started. :oldlol:

At least DW has a bit more of "i dont care what u say" attitude.

[BankShot]

You and I both know this is true, and that it really stricked to your heart.
So please, dont pretend to take it all smoothly. Or at least learn to lie and take some acting lessons
On another side note, anybody noticed BankShot is like the easiest poster to rile-up in this boards? Only takes couple of words to get him started. :oldlol:
At least DW has a bit more of "i dont care what u say" attitude.

1.) stricked??? :facepalm

2.) Again, its sad that you think "nerd" and inferring being unpopular in highschool is an insult. :rolleyes:

3.) It seems as though you are the one getting riled up. Why so butt-hurt??? :roll:

Now go ahead and run along, son.


:dancin :hammertime: :djparty :hammertime: :dancin

[Javat_90]

Of which failed poster of the past are you an alternate account of?


:roll: :roll: :roll:

[BankShot]

As for the original post.... after smoking for pretty much 8 years straight, i quit cold-turkey 41 days ago and haven't smoked a single cig. :rockon:

[BankShot]

Of which failed poster of the past are you an alternate account of?
:roll: :roll: :roll:

The more relevant question....

Javat: of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account??? :rolleyes:

[Javat_90]

The more relevant question....

Javat: of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account??? :rolleyes:


*I think you`re butt-hurt clap clap clap* :roll:

[JMT]

Damn bro... I am so sorry to hear about your lungs and everything that you have been through..
I don't know what to say man... that is rough.

Any of you teenagers (or adults) that come into this thread better learn something from all of this conversation going on. Just quit fellas..
Hard days ahead...best quit today...... please think about it.

Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now. Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer. It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.

[JMT]

As for the original post.... after smoking for pretty much 8 years straight, i quit cold-turkey 41 days ago and haven't smoked a single cig. :rockon:

:cheers: Way to go!

[BankShot]

*I think you`re butt-hurt clap clap clap* :roll:

Way to not only dodge the question asserting the extremity of your contempt, but also fail to correctly mock me. I have two questions for you, Javat:

Of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account?? :rolleyes:

Is there a particular reason you're so overwhelmingy butt-hurt, or is this just truly who you are?? :rolleyes:

[BankShot]

:cheers: Way to go!

Thanks.... aside from the obvious health benefits from not smoking, I've probably already saved upward of $200. :hammertime:

[New York Knicks]

Cold turkey isn't the way to go. I chain smoked from 14-24. Then I decided to quit slowly. Instead of 2 packs a day, I cut it down to 1 pack and then just replace the moments when I usually smoke with something else like coffee, a banana, an apple, or water. Cause part of the problem is habit, not just a chemical addiction. After a while I smoked less and less. Took around 6 months before I didn't smoke at all anymore. I also cut out drinking/going to the bar for a while cause I tended to smoke when I drank. So for about a year I didn't drink.

[Lakerlove420]

Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now. Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer. It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.

:eek: :eek:
:rockon: :rockon:

[BankShot]

Cold turkey isn't the way to go. I chain smoked from 14-24. Then I decided to quit slowly. Instead of 2 packs a day, I cut it down to 1 pack and then just replace the moments when I usually smoke with something else like coffee, a banana, an apple, or water. Cause part of the problem is habit, not just a chemical addiction. After a while I smoked less and less. Took around 6 months before I didn't smoke at all anymore. I also cut out drinking/going to the bar for a while cause I tended to smoke when I drank. So for about a year I didn't drink.

Different methods work for different people.

For me it was either cut it out completely, or nothing. I couldn't "quit slowly" and phase it out of my life.

[boozehound]

Different methods work for different people.

For me it was either cut it out completely, or nothing. I couldn't "quit slowly" and phase it out of my life.
yep, I also had great success going cold turkey. Haven touched a ciggie in 11 years at this point and have no desire to ever again.

[Hawker]

Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now. Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer. It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.

Damn dude. And I'm worried about swimming 300 meters in a pool in 2.5 weeks for my sprint triathlon. More motivation for me I guess.

[Riddler]

474 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.

9487 cigarettes not smoked.

$2,612.50 and 2 months, 12 days, 11 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 10/29/2009 10:00:00 PM





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First Night was horrible.... but it's starting to get better.

[Lakerlove420]

Nice!! good job Riddler
stay the course bro..

[JMT]

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First Night was horrible.... but it's starting to get better.

Fantastic! Stick with it. You will never regret it.

[-playmaker-]

pretty crazy how much it costs a person to smoke...

1 week = $50

$200 a month bill to smell like dog shit on the way to aquiring cancer...



anyone could use an extra $200 a month...that is half a payment on a new car...a nice car too...

[Jailblazers7]

The cost is the biggest reason I never became a smoker. Cancer doesn't scare me away but no way am I going to spend $50/week lol.

[boozehound]

pretty crazy how much it costs a person to smoke...

1 week = $50

$200 a month bill to smell like dog shit on the way to aquiring cancer...



anyone could use an extra $200 a month...that is half a payment on a new car...a nice car too...
yep its nuts. Hate coming home smelling like smoke (studies now show that even 3rd hand smoke -being exposed to a person's smokey clothes/hair - increases cancer risk) from a bar or show.

[boozehound]

oh and congrats dooms. You can dooo eeeeet!

[rufuspaul]

pretty crazy how much it costs a person to smoke...

1 week = $50

$200 a month bill to smell like dog shit on the way to aquiring cancer...



anyone could use an extra $200 a month...that is half a payment on a new car...a nice car too...

More reason to live in NC. Cancer is cheap here.:rockon:

[JustinJDW]

Glad that I don't smoke. I need my lungs for the sports and activities I enjoy doing.

It's a good feeling being in damn good shape too...This.

Never been a smoker. I don't think I could if I wanted too. Any time I ever do, its ok, but the taste. Ugh, my mouth taste like shit for the rest of the day, and I hate that. Maybe I was just smoking crappy cigs, but I can't bear that smoking taste in my mouth all day. I don't understand how people can smoke a pack or more in a day or whatever. Shit personally blows my mind indeed.

The most I ever smoked in a day was two cigs I think, and I don't think I will ever go over that for the rest of my life. :rockon:

[ihatetimthomas]

This.

Never been a smoker. I don't think I could if I wanted too. Any time I ever do, its ok, but the taste. Ugh, my mouth taste like shit for the rest of the day, and I hate that. Maybe I was just smoking crappy cigs, but I can't bear that smoking taste in my mouth all day. I don't understand how people can smoke a pack or more in a day or whatever. Shit personally blows my mind indeed.

The most I ever smoked in a day was two cigs I think, and I don't think I will ever go over that for the rest of my life. :rockon:

People dont smoke for the taste, they smoke because they are addicted to nicotine

[pete's montreux]

As much as I dislike you, I wish you good luck in your non-smoking endeavor.

[mrpuente]

People dont smoke for the taste, they smoke because they are addicted to nicotine
They have to get addicted to it at first. Youre not addicted after one puff. Im pretty sure people think it makes them look cool at first.

Anyways good, luck its all in the mind.

[Riddler]

In all my life... I can't remember being filled with so much HATE.

I f*cking HATE everybody right now.


F*CK ALL OF YOU!!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Za2k5wA3sk)

[Crystallas]

I quit a while ago.
I have been vaping for close to 2 years. I don't even vape all that much now, its much better tan smoking. If anyone decided to go that route, dont buy the crap at the mall, a blu, greensmoke or any of the heavily advertized crap... because it's crap.

[Riddler]

I quit a while ago.
I have been vaping for close to 2 years. I don't even vape all that much now, its much better tan smoking. If anyone decided to go that route, dont buy the crap at the mall, a blu, greensmoke or any of the heavily advertized crap... because it's crap.


which one did you go with?

[Crystallas]

which one did you go with?

Well, when I started I bought a 510 standard, and that was too weak. Thats when I just said hell with it and built my own box mod. Since then I have bought and built all kinds of models, partly because I became the expert in my circle(bought stuff to help friends and family).

If you're just starting, get an eGo or Riva kit. liberty-flights.com has the best price for a starter kit. Riva-lite is what they call it, and I believe the coupon code is "ECF". I am in no way affiliated or loyal to liberty flights, their juices aren't too great, but the starter kit prices rock.

I also recommend that you don't buy juices that taste like a cig. The PV(personal vaporizer, I hate the term ecig) is really nothing like a cigarette. It will quench every nicotine craving, and the oral fixation beautifully, but it's stupid to NOT ween yourself off the ashtray flavor while you're making your break for it.

[Stuckey]

down to 3 cigs a day but not quite there yet

dont feel that burning desire to quit just yet

[dunksby]

Have not smoked a cig for 19 months now. But I believe you relapsed since you posted about your alcohol problem a few days ago? Not prejudging you here, I still get the temptation to smoke when I'm drunk, I just tell myself that I'm drunk and my brain has gone retard that's why I want to smoke :lol

[Stuckey]

^
alcohol is not my drug of choice, I dont have a prob with alcohol whatsoever

I just lack the fire to really commit to quitting cigarettes

[ZeN]

ISH = FB to Riddler.

[Bosnian Sajo]

I was walking to work the other day and I exhaled my cig smoke over my shoulder, directly into the face of a middle aged woman riding her bike. She started coughing and I got out a quick sorry, which she just laughed at. That was awkward.

G'luck on your mission. What's your history? Lifetime smoker? How much do you smoke?

I'm only smoking a pack per week - as dictated by a strict self-enforced rule of only buying on Saturdays - so I still feel like I can quit whenever I want. I did for about three weeks back in early December. I'm a young smoker though, so I'm still enjoying the pros much more than I'm weighing the cons. I'm sure there will be a gradual shift over my life and eventually I'll convince myself to give it up. The limits I set for myself are really helpful though, and stop me from absentmindedly going overboard.


Exactly how I am, the way i limit myself even more is I only smoke when im driving, so usually ill only have 2-5 cigs a day.

[dunksby]

^
alcohol is not my drug of choice, I dont have a prob with alcohol whatsoever

I just lack the fire to really commit to quitting cigarettes
Sorry I was not clear, I was addressing the OP.

[Riddler]

In all my life... I can't remember being filled with so much HATE.

I f*cking HATE everybody right now.


F*CK ALL OF YOU!!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Za2k5wA3sk)


Wow... I'm gonna have to go through this feeling again.

[red1]

Quitting smoking is easy as f*ck if you do it the right way. Quitting cold turkey is impossibly hard but if you have the right mentality it is easier by a factor of 1milliontrillion. I quit this summer and havent even touched a single cig yet I drink and smoke up all the time

[red1]

dont even try to quit through any other method, you will never quit permanently unless you understand the psychology of nicotine addiction, this shit takes an afternoon to read and it saves you a lifetime of cig addiction. just google the title of the book and the word pdf and then download this shit



http://www.yoursourcetoday.com/sites/default/files/images/img_allen_carr_book.jpg

[DukeDelonte13]

dont even try to quit through any other method, you will never quit permanently unless you understand the psychology of nicotine addiction, this shit takes an afternoon to read and it saves you a lifetime of cig addiction. just google the title of the book and the word pdf and then download this shit



http://www.yoursourcetoday.com/sites/default/files/images/img_allen_carr_book.jpg



I smoked for 6 years. I've tried to quit a few times before but failed. I read the book because i was curious about it and heard good things. I became a non-smoker after reading that book. I recommend it to anybody who wants to quit.

Book pretty much explains why cold turkey is the best way to quit. using patches or gum or weaning just prolongs the agony. You won't stop having cravings until all the nicotine is out of your system. It takes three weeks for your body to completely flush it out. After that point quitting is a breeze. During that first 2 weeks or so I was a real ashole though.

[red1]

I smoked for 6 years. I've tried to quit a few times before but failed. I read the book because i was curious about it and heard good things. I became a non-smoker after reading that book. I recommend it to anybody who wants to quit.

Book pretty much explains why cold turkey is the best way to quit. using patches or gum or weaning just prolongs the agony. You won't stop having cravings until all the nicotine is out of your system. It takes three weeks for your body to completely flush it out. After that point quitting is a breeze. During that first 2 weeks or so I was a real ashole though.
I post that shit every time someone talks about smoking here because it actually works. Smoking is one of the dumbest things someone can do, a stupid habit that many of us fall into