Quitting Cigs.

[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by OLS

There is only one way to quit, and surprisingly it is good for most of what ails you in the long run.
Don't mistake me for a fundamentalist or even a practicing Christian anymore. But think
back on all the things that make you smoke. If you smoke only when you drink, stop going to bars.
If you smoke when your kids stress you out, shoot em and end all that. If you smoke after a meal,
stop eating.

That all sounds fine, but in the real world, you can't get away with number two and three. But the
plain and simple fact is, tricks don't work, gum doesn't work, hypnosis doesn't work. You have to
remove from your life the triggering mechanisms. If that means going to a pipe for an occasional
non-inhaling nicotine fix or some Cohiba Minis, then get some. But for me it was weed. I could not
smoke weed and NOT smoke a cigarette after. As much as it is killing me I had to quit smoking the
weed I dearly love. No cigarettes for me now. I DID go to having a pipe on my ride home from work.
But you have to watch that. based on what I can feel, there is a risk of tongue cancer. But my
lungs are free of smoke, and if you can smoke cigs, you can handle the strong pipe tobacco. Talk
about a nic kick. I have some that makes me feel like I had a big ol bong hit. You GOT TO give up
the things that make you think of cigs or you cannot succeed.

And remember, once you quit, that buying a pack just to get you over a bad day is NOT good.
YOU KNOW WITHOUT SAYING IT, the cig is going to taste like crap, then you have 19 left to
deal with. That is the big hurdle. Find a way over it without that pack.

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

[D_A]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

I did it cold turkey as well. Giving up eating, beer, coffee, driving, walking, sitting, standing, riding, breathing, etc wasn't really feasible. It was a *****, but it is so worth it. Hang in there people, the longer you can hold out the easier it gets. Good luck.

[eber]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

I quit cold turkey as well almost 2 years ago and I have not relapsed once, in my opinion you have to be quitting for YOU and not because anyone else wants you too. I did not change anything else about my daily activities or the people who I hung out with, many of which smoked.

[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by Kreth

So, I haven't really had any serious cravings for a cigarette since the first couple of weeks. I get minor cravings if I see someone smoking on TV, but not serious enough to want to have one. And if I'm actually around smokers, it's like car exhaust to me. I have been smoking small cigars if I have to be in the car longer than 10-15 minutes (one of my triggers).
Anyway, about a week ago, I had a dream where I was going absolutely nuts for a cigarette: turning the apartment upside-down looking for left-overs, trying to bum one. For some strange reason, it never occurred to me in the dream to just go buy a pack. When I woke up, no cravings...
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Originally Posted by D_A

I did it cold turkey as well. Giving up eating, beer, coffee, driving, walking, sitting, standing, riding, breathing, etc wasn't really feasible. It was a *****, but it is so worth it. Hang in there people, the longer you can hold out the easier it gets. Good luck.

Originally Posted by eber

I quit cold turkey as well almost 2 years ago and I have not relapsed once, in my opinion you have to be quitting for YOU and not because anyone else wants you too. I did not change anything else about my daily activities or the people who I hung out with, many of which smoked.

I rest my case your honor

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

I rest my case your honor

I think it depends on the person. Some people can just not smoke, like flipping a switch. For me, I just got tired of hacking up nasty sh!t, the colds that just hung on for days because my lungs were so worthless, getting winded walking up a few flights of stairs (doesn't help being a fat bastage, either)... I have no plans to run a marathon anytime soon, but I can already feel the improvement in my lung function, food (and cigars!) taste so much better, and I'm not wasting money on something that I don't enjoy.
OTOH, I know people who just could not do it without gum, or patches, or something like Chantix.
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