So i drove my dog to the vet this morning and on the way I had a delicious Camel light. I then thought to myself, hmm this makes me feel like shit, maybe I should quit. This could be my chance. I had to quit smoking weed last saturday (sooooo -ev for me) so i can get a real job when I graduate in a month and a half. So now I'm thinkin, I might as well just ditch it all, including the cigs.

So on the way home I pulled into Rite-Aid and dropped 55 bones on some nicorette gum (highest nicotine content obv). I have smoked for about six years and smoke about ~pack a day. Huge personal triggers for my smoking habit are eating (obv have to do this), drinking (obv have to do this), and weed (quit). Well I'm a solid four hours into this and feel ok, for now lol.

So to all you current smokers, quitters, and debaters, what are my chances here. I'm thinkin I'm like an 80/20 dog right now. Oh and this is the first time I've ever even tried quitting. Go me?

I could never smoke because I'm too cheap to even consider buying something that cost 5 dollars everyday that basically serves no purpose but to gradually kill you.

you can quit if you get rid of all the friends that smoke. never go to a bar again. never have a drink again. cut off your fingers so that you cannot hold a cigarette. never leave your house. buy a can of skoal straight long cut. dump the old lady. kill urslelf.

if you do not do all of the above. you will not be able to stop smoking.

i quit for 5 days last week. boutta smoke a cig right now though.

oh yeah, i am weak and feable minded and i have no will power. if you do, then your chances may be better than mine. day 5 gonna get your ass though.

As a non-smoker who has witnessed attempts by countless people, I give you exactly 0% chance of success ont he first try. Let's go with 5% chance after a year or so of trying it again with a 1% chance of success. When you turn 40 you may have a chance, only very slight, like 2%.

Good luck.

 

Originally Posted by Burying_Luck

I also think alcohol is going to be the biggest problem. Not worried about sleep, I'm already really mean, and I'm a bony 155 lbs. so a couple extra pounds would actually be kinda cool.

Melatonin can help sleep........... Your desire for a cigarette when drinking will supercede anything you have promised yourself, that said....I mostly smoke when I drink.....and any reduction in cigs is probably a good thing. Maybe you could taper back instead of trying to kill the dragon with one arrow.

 

Originally Posted by RGallaway

MMMM weed

ughhhhhhhhhhhh lol

I quit about a year and a half ago. I smoked close to 2 packs a day. It wasn't easy. My advice? Quit cold turkey. Gum and patches are for people who want it to look or feel like they are quitting, but really won't. Cold turkey is the only way. It is fucking hard, you will be one irritable son of a bitch for a week or 3, but once you start hitting milestones (a day, a week, 3 weeks, a month, etc...) it gets easier.

If you are ready to quit you can do it and you can do it without gum or the patch.

GL.

You can do it man! GL!

Hey if I can give up heroin Im sure you can give up cigs man

you can do it

If you really want to quit I would avoid drinking for a few weeks. The hardest time not to smoke is when you drink. Avoid it until you are more comfortable with not smoking

lol come in here and ask for help then totally disregard the predominat advice given...

Weird

You know how many people are smoking while they read this? I'd say around 80%.

I smoked for 20 years. When I finally made up my mind to quit, it was hard as hell but I had my mind made up and I did it. As most ex-smokers will tell you, the one regret they have is not quitting sooner.

You can stay quit if that's what you truly want for yourself, and it definitely should be what you want for yourself because smoking is really, without doubt one of the most useless, expensive and nasty habits a human being can have.

Even worse, the long-term effects of smoking are often terminal, but at the very least can mean gum disease, tooth loss, your face wrinkling up making you look 20 years older than you actually are, emphysema, permanent damage to vocal chords, your throat, tongue, lungs, and on and on and on.

The one thing to keep in mind in the short term is that you will NEVER REGRET quitting smoking, but you're highly likely to someday HATE the fact that you didn't quit if you start back.

 

Originally Posted by 2Slick4u

I smoked for 20 years. When I finally made up my mind to quit, it was hard as hell but I had my mind made up and I did it. As most ex-smokers will tell you, the one regret they have is not quitting sooner.

You can stay quit if that's what you truly want for yourself, and it definitely should be what you want for yourself because smoking is really, without doubt one of the most useless, expensive and nasty habits a human being can have.

Even worse, the long-term effects of smoking are often terminal, but at the very least can mean gum disease, tooth loss, your face wrinkling up making you look 20 years older than you actually are, emphysema, permanent damage to vocal chords, your throat, tongue, lungs, and on and on and on.

The one thing to keep in mind in the short term is that you will NEVER REGRET quitting smoking, but you're highly likely to someday HATE the fact that you didn't quit if you start back.

This is fantastic advice, thanks for the post.

I want to quit with you. I've been wanting to quit for a long time, but just haven't found the motivation yet. I also had to stop smoking weed a few months ago and used that as an excuse to not quit smoking cigs right away. I don't even like cigs anymore to tell you the truth. They make me feel like shit, they taste disgusting, and I hate smelling like an ashtray.

Thanks for the post. I'm in.