How did you Quit smoking!!

No_thy_self · 2019-11-27T13:16:19+00:00

Put a rubber band on your wrist, when u feel the urge to smoke pop it, pop it good. This over time will tell the brain when it wants a smoke pain is involved. Replace a bad habit with a good one, instead of smoking do push ups. Good luck

Jety2011 · 2019-11-27T13:48:45+00:00

Quiting smoking is pretty easy IF the mental or physical suffering of smoking is worst then the expected suffering of quitting. At least that is the experience I made. It was quite easy for me once I was so extremly angry and depressed about myself not beeing able to stop that quiting smoking was the only possbility to cure the selfhatred because of failing to quit in the first place.

Smithtrades · 2019-11-27T13:59:30+00:00

Take Psilocybin

Jindal_MOZ · 2019-11-27T14:07:22+00:00

I smoked for over 10 years. Just as I was turning 30 I told myself "listen here dude, if you don't stop now you'll be the guy smoking throughout his 30s, quit before your 30th birthday and be done with it" - and thag was it. I did quit a couple of times before but I am done now. Off them over 2.5 years now.

For me it had to be cold-turkey. But everyone is different. Perhaps ecigs would help you.

2019-11-27T12:51:12+00:00

Switched to juul for about a year, then quit that cold turkey, which wasn’t bad at all.

crohrt · 2019-11-27T14:24:37+00:00

I was able to quit by not being around the people who smoked.

ironmanknowsjoe · 2019-11-27T15:00:28+00:00

I smoked for twenty years, started on the patch and haven’t smoked in 10 years. The occasional cigar is allowed but not habitual

Manidos · 2019-11-27T13:22:43+00:00

Buy e-cigs without any flavour (the less chemicals you inhale the better), but make sure the liquid contains nicotine. Then smoke both regular cigarettes and e-cigs (slowly decreasing the amount of smoked regular cigs). Then in the future when you have a proper motivation it will be easy to drop the nicotine habit altogether. That's how I did it.

Ridewithme38 · 2019-11-27T13:23:10+00:00

I've vaped for a long time. It works.

Jindal_MOZ · 2019-11-27T13:28:03+00:00

Figure out what your triggers are and avoid them.
Since it's an addictive drug, there are other ways than smoking to deal with the addictive drug. ie: Patch, gum, etc.
Let everybody know you're trying to quit and they can help.

I've never smoked, but I helped an ex stop smoking. At least for the several years she was with me. After the breakup, she started smoking again.

Ricky584 · 2019-11-27T13:31:35+00:00

I’m not a smoker but I’ve heard some people are addicted to the “habit” rather than the nicotine itself.

2019-11-27T14:12:30+00:00

Vape. You can transition to lower and lower nicotine content as you make your own juices. Research bottom loading RDAs...after a few hours you'll have yourself ordering a setup.

MiddleAgedMGTOW · 2019-11-27T14:39:23+00:00

I quit by never starting

ChemistKnight · 2019-11-27T15:47:37+00:00

Shoulda never started in the first place. I dont understand how anyone likes that putrid shit. It fucking stinks. "Hey, I should put this stinky shit in my mouth"...makes no sense.

NeoAnon · 2019-11-27T16:51:19+00:00

I stopped buying cigarettes. May not be the popular answer but that’s what I did. It’s not like they randomly appeared in my house. I had to go out and buy them. I thought about that decision and how it would be detrimental to the goal if I bought more. Eventually, I found myself think less and less about buying them.

no_me_acuerdo · 2019-11-27T17:36:21+00:00

Cold turkey.
There's no easy way to stop addictions so stop looking for one.
Your brain's reward system is unbalanced.

TheOnly1forNow · 2019-11-27T19:07:46+00:00

I took Champix and bought myself a good vape. I hate to say it, but I smoked for 20 years, and started pretty much just like you. I was maybe at a 1/2 pack a day by my mid 20s. In my 40s people started telling me I had a 'smokers cough'. I had not even noticed that I had begun to cough very, very frequently, even when I was not smoking. I got tested for COPD - negative! Whew! Got my lung capacity tested - normal! Woohoo! (Doc said "buddy, imagine what your lung capacity would have been if you took up jogging instead of smoking 20 years ago). Used a CPAP (breathing thing for night) - tests showed normal sleeping pattern. Another big relief ( I could go on a rant right now about the Canadian medical system and how there are many unscrupulous people operating in that sphere but I won't)

Champix was good for me, but you MUST stick to the program. The only time I had it rough was when I went off the pills for a couple days (on a trip - forgot them), then went back on them, which messed with my head a bit. Things were back to normal within a couple of days. I like vaping. I am sure I am still addicted to nicotine, but my cough is gone, so I am very happy about that. I started using the vape as a cigarette replacement, but that was not doing me any favours, I still felt like a slave. I weaned myself off of the vape to the point where I pretty much only vape at home in the evening while I relax and watch vids.

Quitting smoking is a very good thing for many reasons. The cough bothered me, mostly since I did not even realize I had developed one! I also felt like a slave to cigarettes, I'm no slave. Now that I have quit I feel a lot better for many reasons, and physically better is at or near the bottom. It's the feeling of Self Mastery that I like best.

Jaquzi · 2019-11-27T20:29:28+00:00

I just did it, didn't even think about how. It was from one to the next day where I said I'll just quit. Same was with weed, i just stopped like it was nothing. I even stopped drinking alcohol 1 year because I didn't want to. I think it's just a state of mind.

But this works only if you realy want to quit, it's like an abusive girlfriend, but the sex is amazing.

9928946u · 2019-11-27T21:17:24+00:00

Nicotine chewing gums helped me

thisisnotreal666 · 2019-11-27T21:41:39+00:00

Smoking addiction is mostly psychological, the physical dependency wears off in about 3 days, after that it's just a matter of breaking the habit and routine.

kruggerand · 2019-11-27T22:02:08+00:00

Yes smoking is an atrocious habit. My dad died of lung cancer after smoking for 30 years. I also know a lady from work who smoked heavily and who recently died and didn't even get to enjoy a retirement. And if you live in an urban area the smoke you inhale from your habit is just piled on top of all the crap you inhale into your lungs from polluted air.

xdrunkagainx · 2019-11-27T22:20:50+00:00

You have to just quit and avoid all triggers. The thing about smoking that people don't realize is the smoking industry made up that quitting is hard. Most people won't even attempt something if it's hard to do because they fear failure, first couple days you'll have withdrawals but after that it's mental.

Beeinkc9 · 2019-11-28T01:50:06+00:00

I started getting sick from it and realized I would die young if I did not quit so I did cold Turkey 1.5 years ago.

VagabondLonewolf · 2019-11-28T06:52:38+00:00

How to quit smoking book by allen carr

activesloth · 2019-11-28T07:18:01+00:00

Look at www.whyquit.com. it gives you a lot of info re smoking, and physical and mental approaches to quit.

Citadel_97E · 2019-11-30T00:27:34+00:00

I smoke when I was in the army. Both cigarettes and cigars. Like everyone else I dipped as well.

I still smoke a cigar on occasion, maybe twice a year.

For me it was a vanity thing. I’m actually a little vain in my day to do. I always wore my uniform a little tighter, I made sure my pants were bloused perfectly. There’s a scene in Good Morning Vietnam where the bar owner regards a French soldier with perfectly bloused boots. That was me.

I had a girl tell me I smelled terrible and that kissing me was a lot like kissing an ashtray.

Chunked everything in the bin and didn’t look back. I chewed a shit ton of pens all to hell, though.

Title	How did you Quit smoking!!
Author	Jindal_MOZ
Upvotes	11
Comments	38
Date	November 27, 2019 12:48 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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