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THE QUIT SMOKING THREAD

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uni-corn
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I have been smoking cig's for about 5 months now and i want to quit. I know that 5 months is not a lot of time, but it is not a healthy choice. Now this is where NS comes in...

MORAL SUPPORT!

Post your "I quit smoking" stories, or anything that could possibly help!

Thanks guys!
Here is to better health,


Victor Petrella
Mar 7 2008 8:12PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Mind over matter, you can do it. Find something else to do everytime you are craving a cig, you'll get over it in no time.
Mar 7 2008 8:16PM
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thelazyboy
Posts: 498 - Karma: 35
buy lollipops , it works.

I smoke , its been a little less than a year , but i dont actually feel like quitting. I limit myself to 3 smokes a day and its not too bad, i still have a cardio and everything. ill quit when i realize the addiction is starting to get out of hand
Mar 7 2008 8:19PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
buy like 10 pounds of gum right now
chew it
Mar 7 2008 8:20PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
I smoke like a chimney and have done for about 10 years...quitting is on the agenda.
Mar 7 2008 8:21PM
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MADmidwest
Posts: 1278 - Karma: 15
i quit smoking cigs and i've done it a few times. it's not about doing it for a week or even a month. Concentrate on just stopping for every day and just don't let yourself go because if you give yourself and inch you will take a mile. It's really not worth it and finally i quit after several tries. Just do it on your first though.
Mar 7 2008 8:21PM
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slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
i have smoked for a good 5 years bout half a pack a day... tried quitting a number of times... i realize that if i dont quit im going to die... but im soooooo addicted. i literally HATE smoking i curse it every time i light one up but if i dont do it i feel like im gonna have a panic attack...

it sucks balls.... fuck tobacco companies and peer pressure...
Mar 7 2008 8:23PM
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VT_FLO
Posts: 3806 - Karma: 147
get a girlfriend

if you smoke weed, smoke before you go to bed once in awhile if you cant sleep without a cig,
but dont overdue it, because depandancy happens like that

again with the lollipops
Mar 7 2008 8:27PM
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J-ray-may
Posts: 88 - Karma: 10
quiters never prosper
Mar 7 2008 8:47PM
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,014
no one likes a quitter
Mar 7 2008 9:39PM
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fujarome
Posts: 8630 - Karma: 1,561
thankfully i never smoked, so i never had to quit.

My dad on the other hand smoked for something like 6 years, then one day decided it was getting too expensive and didn't benefit him in any way....so he quit. That was it, he said he would, first try, he did it. Never smoked again.

It might be a lot more mind over matter, just take it 1 step, 1 day at a time.
Mar 7 2008 9:45PM
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OhioRiderSPK5
Posts: 968 - Karma: 24
just smoke blunts all day instead of cigs man
Mar 7 2008 9:50PM
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fujarome
Posts: 8630 - Karma: 1,561
oh. well, thanks for the corrections, i was just going on what my dad told me, and he apparently had no problem getting over it.


Mar 7 2008 9:50PM
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comeatmebro
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word that's how my dad was. he just decided to quit, and did. now he just "chews" on cigars, and will light one up once a month or so and has no problem with it.

i smoke every once in a while, like a couple packs a month but it is really only if they are available at a party or whatever...
Mar 7 2008 10:03PM
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Squirrel_Murphy
Posts: 2195 - Karma: 1,165
COLD TURKEY!!!   ITS ALL MIND POWER, QUIT BEING A PUSSY AND JUST FUCKIN DO IT.  FUCK MORAL SUPPORT, BE A MAN, SAY SOMETHING THEN FUCKIN DO IT.
Mar 7 2008 10:04PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
You uh... being sarcastic or are you just retarded, champ?

But yeah dude, it's hard as shit. Everyone who says take it one day at a time is spot on. I recommend taking any credit/debit cards you have and leaving them in the care of a trusted friend, they make it too easy to cave in to impulse buys. Don't carry money on you unless it's spoken for or unless you have to. Every time you want one, think "Do I actually need a cigarette right now? Or is it just the withdrawal?" Get toothpicks, lollipops, anything to distract you from cravings. I also recommend hanging out pretty much exclusively with nonsmokers for at least the first week, seeing other people smoke blows so much haha. I also wouldn't drink (lower inhibitions + cigarettes and alcohol is yum yum)... worked for me until I got a job that requires me to do absolutely nothing except stare at piles of cigarette packs/cartons for six hours a night, and I'd been smoking half a pack a day for over a year when I started.
Mar 7 2008 10:21PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
*and I'd been smoking half a pack a day for over a year when I started trying to quit.
Mar 7 2008 10:22PM
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Squirrel_Murphy
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no, im not being sarcastic.
Mar 7 2008 10:26PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
my dad just quit cold turkey, he chewed ALOT of gum
Mar 7 2008 10:27PM
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snwbrdmilf
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This is totally true. Social smoking is the hardest to break away from.
Mar 7 2008 10:34PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
I'm off for a smoke.
Mar 7 2008 10:36PM
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Alkyy
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i quit straight up over winter break then started getting back into parties every once and a while at school.  When i would be out and one of my friends was lighting up and offered me one it was so hard to turn down.  Evenutally i gave in and now i smoke every once and a while.  If you dont have a pack its not that bad.  If you give in and by a pack just think of the money you spent...5 bucks to kill your self its just stupid man.  Such a stupid thing i told my self I NEVER would smoke a cig because i watched my grandma die a painfull death from cancer but what do you know, theres half a pack of marlb reds sittin right next to me right now.


Good luck man, its how much you really want it and how much you can turn down the free offeres the first few weeks of quitting
Mar 7 2008 10:44PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
A pack of cigarettes costs between $12-$14 where I live. at AU$13, Thats roughtly US$12.16.

A pack every day:

$12.16 x 365 = US$7721.16...

At least if you are knowingly killing yourself, why not go broke in the process...
Fuck it's stupid/i'm stupid.
Mar 7 2008 11:03PM
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zaser
Posts: 675 - Karma: 37
the one thing i can tell you if you want to quit is:

<b>THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE MORE</b>

if you can have that attitude you'll be fine.
Mar 7 2008 11:25PM
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uni-corn
Posts: 13846 - Karma: 651
Thanks guys.... I have low will power and give in mostly all the time.

And to the person who said hang out with non smokers, i already do. My 3 best friends dont smoke, and i dont honestly think they even know i do. I hide it very well.

And i have come to the conclusion that it is 95% an oral fixation. I need something to do. When i was quiting one time, i filled a whole Pringles can of sunflower seed shells that i spit. All in one day.

Thanks for the support though.

And there is one plus side....

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Mar 8 2008 12:52AM
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zesty_buddy
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my friends do alot. it bugs the shit outta me. we are only 15 as well. i really dont see the point in it and i have never smoked a cig and never hope to.
Mar 8 2008 2:57AM
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Silence
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good. it really isn't cool (contrary to popular belief)
Mar 8 2008 3:02AM
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XtRemE11
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thats why i dont smoke cigs, weed, do any drugs or drink. cause like a couple years after people start, they realise how shitty they feel and they wanna quit. its cool when people ask me if i wanna smoke weed or something and i say i dont smoke, they always say something like "man i wish i didnt smoke"

anyway one of my friends just told us to make lots of fun of him "he was a HUGE stoner, so we made him feel like a piece of shit and after like 1 month, he was done. so maybe try that.
Mar 8 2008 3:12AM
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rockymountainmilitia
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this is how i quit. although i wouldt say i quit. im down from a half pack a day to a smoke every few days to a week or so. STOP buying smokes. Dont go out partying for two weeks. When you do ease back intot it. When you feel like you need a smoke, leave. Im still on my way out of smoking. It's been 5 years from me. However in the last 3 months I haven't bought a pack. Ive stopped accepting smokes from friends and I feel way better. I now have the odd smoke every couple weeks, but it really is difficult for the first few weeks then it gets easier. at least for me. but 2 things you gotta do. 1. quit buying smokes. 2. quit drinking for 2 or 3 weeks. i.e. no getting wasted. only a few beers a night and not around smokers.
Mar 8 2008 5:34AM
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MrPantyDropper
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fuck that will-power bullshit. not one has this thing called "will power"...

start sweating right now..no you cant? ok...how about you move that pencil in front of you with your mind..ok. you dont have will power. it doesnt exist.

if you want to stop smoking you will.

i stopped because i wanted to be able to haul ass up a bootpack at 10,000 feet, my girlfriends grandfather is in the hospital dying, it destroys my lungs, i dont like coughing up black shit at the dinner table, i dont like lieing to people about it, i dont want it to affect my family in any negative way.

stop being such a pussy and just do it..and im not trying to be an asshole. im just being real...coming from a coke addiction where i had cold sweats everynight for a month afterwards and getting 3 hours of sleep everynight..then smoking cigs and constantly going through all of the above..think about how the consequences outweigh the benefits...thats all i really have to say.
Mar 8 2008 10:32AM
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readiculous
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28

I smoked for 6 years and was at a 1.5 packs a day. I quit cold turkey and it fucking sucked, but was totally worth it.
Last year I ran a marathon. You just have to want it. Give yourself a reason to quit, not just "because its bad."

Mar 8 2008 10:52AM
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VT_FLO
Posts: 3806 - Karma: 147

the only thing that makes it "cool" is the fact that they're so bad for you, and you feel like a badass smoking, which fades once you get addicted

Mar 8 2008 11:35AM
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DaewonS
Posts: 717 - Karma: 104
im used to smoke but then i "quit" and would just smoke at parties. now, im playing lacrosse and so im not smoking at all, parties included.

any tips or anything that can help me gain a better lung capacity?
Mar 8 2008 12:15PM
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uni-corn
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Ya, that is what i need. I just need to fucking man up and do it.
Mar 8 2008 12:19PM
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KeithB.
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Get a girlfriend that doesn't smoke and is a health fanatic. She will nag you into stopping. Girlfriends exist to nag you into quitting shit, they love it.
Mar 8 2008 4:57PM
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doritos
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Hahahaha... This is actually the single most effective way to quit smoking, I can't believe such a powerful tool wasn't mentioned earlier.
Mar 8 2008 5:35PM
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ax_murderer
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baha but you did.....
Mar 8 2008 6:01PM
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ax_murderer
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i quit a while ago cold turkey and now ive been buying like a pack biweekly just for some times. imabout to quit buds when i get back from springbreak hopefully
Mar 8 2008 6:02PM
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FUUUCK
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Keep reminding yourself that theres ammonia in that shit.
Mar 8 2008 8:55PM
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killaherbs
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its only 1 more man it won't hurt i KN OW you want it hmmmmmm
Mar 8 2008 9:07PM
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killaherbs
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im lighting 1 up right now

sooo delicous
Mar 8 2008 9:18PM
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swTroyanchick
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ufff smoking is a hassle..started 2 summmers ago coz i got injured !!! longest non smoking break i took was 6 weeks and it was fine i started out of boredom or hanging out with friends who smoked !! i used to smoke a pack a day.. now i m down to max 3 ciggies a day !! weekends i dont smoke.. worst is to not smoke a ciggie after a good meal !!! argh but i really do wanna quit so i try to keep it down
Mar 9 2008 7:14AM
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evan25
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if its the oral fixation thing then there are two things which really help, one is sunflower seeds i compulsively eat these because i have such a bad oral fixation, and the second is maybe try dipping to ween yourself off.
Mar 9 2008 1:22PM
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uni-corn
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It makes me sick
Mar 9 2008 1:25PM
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VT_FLO
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dip has More nicotine
Mar 9 2008 6:31PM
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unchyll
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Well first thing is first, making a quit smoking thread is only gonna make you think about smoking even more. If you truly want to quit just stop hanging out with people that smoke for 2 days, after the first 2 days its actualy not that hard. It just shows how much you really wanna quit
Mar 9 2008 8:29PM
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durkin.
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haha that makes a lot of sense/sounds easy
Mar 9 2008 9:14PM
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RICK_ROSS
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quitting if for quitters
Mar 9 2008 11:55PM
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Benedetto.
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i really recommend patches. they work amazingly. the first time i tried, i went about a week and a half then got really drunk and fucked myself over. however, last week, i tried again to quit out of no where, and its been so easy. patches help so much. i hate chewing gum and don't recommend it. and last night, before the party, i just bought a 5 pack of philly chocalte cigarello's. it was all good, didn't inhale.

btw i smoked a pack of newports a day and my twin brother and my best friends still smoke. but i was motivated because of the navy and working out.

its too hard to go cold turkey, you need baby steps if anything
Mar 10 2008 12:10AM
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doublexl
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i wanna get addicted just so i can quit that shit cold turkey and laugh at everyone who cant.
Mar 10 2008 12:24AM
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thecounty
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haha i said the exact same thing, it doesnt work that way, i dare you to try and then get back to me with the results.
Mar 10 2008 12:26AM
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