Need to quit smoking!

[chayton]

Hey has anyone quit smoking? If so, please let me know how you did it - did you use a patch or a pill or a crutch of any kind? I just found out that I need to have some pretty extensive surgery and the doctor wants me to quit smoking first. I've been smoking about a pack a day for like 30 years. urk.

My family doctor gave me a prescription for something called Champix but I haven't gotten it yet - it's fairly expensive (though not as expensive as cigarettes here in Canada) - has anyone tried that?

Any tips or advice? I have about a month....

 

[skiny]

Quitting smoking is easy. I do it 3 times a week.

 

[just play]

IMO, I would not take a pill to quit smoking...ALL pills have side effects (and I know this for sure, trust me) the patch I heard sometimes works but if you smoke while you have it on you can have a heart attack (there is a small chance)

Do you HAVE to quit? What happens if you don't?

If you HAVE to...just do it cold turkey, it's been done, I know about a dozen of people who have done it, just set your mind to it and do it.

Oh, I heard little tips like eat a M&M (or any kind of candy your prefer) everytime you crave a cig, or chew gum constantly. Or even when you get a craving, go do something, like wash a dish or go outside for 5 minutes and that particular craving will pass.

 

[silcnlayc]

I smoked cigarettes since I was 8 years old...I quit in 2000 . I smoked a pack to a pack and a half a day...sometimes two..

I used Welbutrin prescription and the plastic coffee stirrers

I tried 3 times in 2 months...Welbutrin gave me some serious headaches the first two times...but when I couldn't breathe good one night...I tried the third time and I stuck to it ..it took 7 days before I could quit taking the pills..I carried the stirrers for the mouth habit...

Evy time I thought of smoking..I would start chewing on a straw...you can carry them in your pocket, or anywhere and you can get them from anywhere they sell coffee if you run out...

It is the best thing I ever did for myself...I didn't stop carrying them until about 4 months later...just in case I had a panic attack and needed a smoke..which I never did...it was a security blanket knowing I had them and I could smoke them...but didn't..

I finally tossed the stale things away!

Good Luck!

.

 

[suzecat]

I thought about trying the electronic cigarette advertised here

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The buzz about Chantix is that it causes suicidal thoughts . I quit a few years ago with the patch though when I stopped using it, the nicotine cravings returned (duh).

 

[jas2587]

on Nov 23rd 2007 I decided to quit smoking so I asked my Dr for Chantix this was before they decided to come public that if you have a mental illness do not use this product
my quit date was decided for Dec 1st they allow you to smoke the 1st week of taking the pill then on the 2nd week they say no smoking ok im cool not smoking at all by the 3rd week I decide I got to have just 1 ciggy I light up I get that feeeling of all the oxygen leaving my brain i sorta get dizzy next thing I know I am in the bathroom getting violently sick

I decide well hell I am not gonna smoke again an I am not gonna take a pill again but then the weird stuff started happening I was telling people that I want this ring to go to that person an that car to go to this 1 I was giving away my possessions verbally thinkin I was gonna die I talked on the phone to a few online people an was telling them that when I passed to tell my kids where this was an that was

I did not go to a Dr during all these weird out thoughts as I didn't realize I was having them until my daughter had brought it to my attention by then the meds was out of my system an I guess I woke up but as i look back i really believe if i had continued taking Chantix I would not be here today

six months after I had my experience with Chantix they came out with the medical warning on it about if you think you have a mental illness do not take funny all the paperwork I have on it no where does it say this

I do not smoke to this day
but if you do take Chantix
make sure your Loved one's know that you are on it an that they watch over you


Good Luck

Cindy

an I still have 9 weeks of that damn pill tooo

 

[lauram]

Tough one chayton as it seems with everything going on for you this would not be the best time to give the smokes up. I can go 8 9 months and then soon as life hits them that low blow. Off i go smoking again. Keeping your hands busy is the hardest for me i never crave a smoke. Try knitting needle point where you keep busy all the time. Soft candies. Chopped fruit is always good dry it out in the oven. And when that craving hits treat yourself with a drop of icecream with the fruit. If this was spring walking your pet is good but to cold to be out there every 15 minutes. I had a friend not long ago use buckleys cough syrup to stop smoking. Gawd i would throw up. He hated the taste so each time wanted that cig to the point ready to lite up. He had a sip. Took his breath away mind off it and least to say last thing he wanted was a smoke after that.
good luck not easy hun

 

[chayton]

Good info on the pills, in my current state of mind it's probably not a great idea. I'd be a little concerned about taking anything that will make me feel lousier than I already do.

I've got some nicorette gum that I've tried before but it really doesn't seem to do much for me. I don't think it's the nicotine that I'm addicted to, it's more of the hand/mouth habit. Of course I've never quit for long enough to get withdrawals so who knows. Maybe a substitute ciggie would be the best thing. Coffee stirrers, that's a good idea. I'm gonna go check the electronic cig, I've never heard of that before. Thanks everyone.

 

[chayton]

I had a friend not long ago use buckleys cough syrup to stop smoking. Gawd i would throw up. He hated the taste so each time wanted that cig to the point ready to lite up. He had a sip. Took his breath away mind off it and least to say last thing he wanted was a smoke after that.

actually that would work - at home aversion therapy. If you really want a smoke, first you have to eat a live cockroach or a rat dropping.

***DISCLAIMER***
I apologize to the makers of Buckley's for comparing their wonderful product to roaches and rat poo. But man, that stuff tastes horrible.

 

[lauram]

Tastes awful, Hell I was choking as i typed the word in there. Best yet their own commercials states just that. Tastes awful but it works. I bet after a sip of that no way can you have that cig LOL

 

[Jasminebed]

Chayton, there is a nicorette inhaler as well as the gum. I've had my best successes using that in combination with Wellbutrin (Zyban).

I actually managed to quit smoking during my first hospitalization, and stayed quit until I was so badly bungled that I was told the horror I was going through might be lifelong. Lousy excuse, but the stress and being in pain all the time and housebound drove me back.

Time for another go at it. I've always found it easier in the winter, it's so damn miserable to go outside for a smoke.

I need to go back on the Wellbutrin anyway at this time of year for my SAD, so as good as time as any.

The most common side effects for Wellbutrin are vivid dreams (which happens to a lot of people who quit smoking with or without aids) and loss of appetite. It can cause insomnia, but for most people the dreams and insomnia settle after a couple of weeks. Also, the insomnia is minimized by taking the drug early in the day.

 

[chayton]

Jazzy - I've been looking for the inhalers but none of the drugstores I've been to lately have them or else they're sold out.

 

[NASHVEGAS]

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"Definition of Dopamine
By Terry Martin, About.com Guide".....

"A hormone and neurotransmitter in the brain that produces feelings of happiness and well-being. Research has shown that nicotine increases the level of dopamine in the brain, accounting for the pleasurable effect the smoker experiences when lighting up."

This may help you and accounts for a lot of the withdrawal issues posted in this thread. In simple terms, quitting smoking is chemically similar to quitting cocaine. One is illegal and people may spend thousands of dollars for rehab. The other is legal and there might as well be rehab.

I have read studies that the numbers at least those that tend to not be influenced by possible conflicts of interest whereby 5% of people are able to quit cocaine (w/o relapse) thru rehab. The same figure applies to those who quit w/o rehab. help. So!!

 

[vegetagirl2008]

I haven't smoked in 21 years and how I did it. I went cold turkey just threw away my cigarettes and never looked back. I didn't need a patch or a pill to help me stop. Chew gum and don't eat junk food or you have another addiction. Eat sugarless candy it helps.

 

[BingoT]

Chantix is a great drug but it does strange things to some people and I mean strange but if you can get it on Insurance and pay $5.00 to $10.00 for it go for it because the cost for it goes from $300 to $400.
If you feel crappy as your taking it STOP that's all.
You have nothing to lose.
I know many people that used it and it works.
Good Luck to you Chayton
Put your Health First we only live once.
~T~

 

[zebedy]

This thread reminded me of a sketch i watched years ago, funny and so true

 

[chayton]

This thread reminded me of a sketch i watched years ago, funny and so true

lol, yeah I love that rationalizing...

 

[SlotMonster]

I would suggest you to read Allen Carr's book "Easy way to Stop smoking". 90% of those why read this book stopped smoking forever! Try this!

 

[Jasminebed]

Threads that go bump int he night

This not the most recent thread about quitting smoking, biut is was the easiest to find.

Many of us have either conquered this addiction, or strive to conquer it.

I turn 56 on Friday, and I have mostly been a smoker more than 40 years. I impacts my health, and not just recently.

Better late than never. I have some supports planned for me, and it is funny that this thread from 2009 slotmaster recommends Allen's Carr's book, I plan to finish reading it this weekend. A friend of mine quit cold turkey with it, her son quit but has gone back, and her daughter I have a PDF of this available if anyone else would like it. Just pm me.

Sometimes you need to make your own luck, and there is no better place for me to start than by quitting smoking.

My daughter just turned 30, and I would rather she did not have to bury me before her sons are teenagers.

She's got enough on her plate.

If anyone would care to link to one of the more recent threads, I'm jiggy with that.

I do know that those with support are more successful at quitting. My fellow CMs are available 24/7. Not each and everyone one of you, but I can come here and talk, and I am pretty sure with the next 48 hours some else will talk back.I did see a quit smoking counsellor this week, and I got some nictonine replacement and I set my date for the day after my birthday. I had considered setting on my birthday, but no. I however will run out of smokes either on the 20th or 21st, and that was the plan last weekend when I only bought one carton (a week's worth) instead of two. We go biweekly.

I will bumpty bump this again very soon. A few words of encouragement are really helpful.

We are really lucky we get two new years a year... the calendar new year, and our own birth anniversary. Always a good time for change, or at least to revisit that was the year that was.

I do plan on using an e-cig on my path to redemption. Plus, I do have some pharmaceutical help. Less than 10% of my cigarettes give me pleasure, and it's been that way for a lonnnnng time.

I did not totally agree with my friend when he said the basis of ALL addiction was you were addicted to more, but nictotine is a greedy sumabitch.

Allen Carr's book points this out pretty vividly to people that so not yet know that. I have not yet finished reading it, and I think I delayed finishing it to some degree over the past few months, because I was not yet willing to leave that bad relationship.

Thank you in advance for those of you share your struggles and triumphs here.

I need this for my life, and it is not easy. I ask for a whole lot all the time, but from many people so it gets spread out some. I don't ask very much here at CM, or at least not recently.


It takes a lot of time to post, and post thoughtful and considered replys. But a WTG or a thanks whatever choice is there in this thread will help to not think I am talking to dead air.

Writing things out is very therapeutic.

I have joined barely over a handful of forums over the years, it was a conversation on my porch today.

I should and may join a quit smoking forum, but I already know and trust you folks (well, many of you).

Thanks again for indulging my working it out process.

 

[incrediblestuff]

Presenting: "words of encouragement"

Persevere, goal, health, live, prosper, breathe, kids, overcome, hippopotamus.


But seriously: very good that you are going to try, and surely succeed!
Keep us posted, I've seen a lot of people who'm i had hardly given credit to, successfully stop, and now they're happier and healthier for it

You are really a great gal, and we need you around as long as possible, so hope this works out for you
Good luck, i'll be rootin and tootin for ya!

 

[SlotMonster]

I quit smoking after reading Allen Carr's book "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" 8 years ago.
You can buy it in paper or download e-book for free.
With money saved I can probably buy a car (not new, but in good condition)

 

[Mousey]

This not the most recent thread about quitting smoking, biut is was the easiest to find.

Many of us have either conquered this addiction, or strive to conquer it.

I turn 56 on Friday, and I have mostly been a smoker more than 40 years. I impacts my health, and not just recently.

A friend has told me that personally feeling the 'need' and the 'want to' to quit is the great key to actually quitting.... not the nasty anti smoking commercials we're seeing in the states, not the doc saying 'every disease known to god and man is caused by smoking', not your friend saying 'yes, your car/house/clothes smell like an ashtray'.

I sincerely wish you all the strength of will you need to quit. And always remember that if you go nutso one day and smoke a cig, don't give up! Enjoy that one (if you've been quit for a week or two they'll probably taste nasty anyway) then give the pack away or flush them or if you have a cat, open the pack and break up the ciggies into the kitty poop you've scooped for the trash - then go right back to NOT smoking.

Make it a point to change your little 'this is when I really enjoy a cig' moments.... with morning coffee in the kitchen? drink hot tea in the den instead. After eating? Go rinse with a really strong mouthwash... that nasty orange flavor Listerine might work. LOL (I'm going by what my friend who has quit has told me.)

I need to quit, not just for my health, but for financial reasons. I mean dang... if I could squirrel away the money I spend on cigs it would mean a significant boost to my budget. I'll be watching for tips. I'll be where you are one day, and I need to make it sooner rather than later.

We're here for you and I'll offer a huge hug of encouragement to start you off. You go girl!!

 

[Gemma A]

I been smoking the e cigs they work great . Have cut down loads seen having them .Hopefully I give it up very soon down to 3 rollups a day now not bad

 

[Dinahnana]

I quit smoking over a year ago with help from e-cigs. I have had a couple of slip ups but none in the last six months. Now if I can only find a way to quit e-cigs I'd be sorted.

 

[Adriana B]

Not easy

I quit cold turkey 25 years ago and never looked back. The hardest part was the cig and coffee and the evenings with the wine. After a week you'll feel great. After two weeks, you'll be tempted to start again. Don't! I think the fact that I was pregnant gave me enough incentive to stay off the cigs. And, then after the 9 months I figured if I lived without them that long, I can live without them forever. Good luck to you. One of the hardest things Ive ever done indeed. Those patches never took my cravings away by the way.

 

[Alfran]

i've quit a few times over the decade..... cold turkey.... usually last for months to over a year, then it slowly creeps back. my last was 31 dec 2014... have to fight it

 

[Gemma A]

I quit smoking over a year ago with help from e-cigs. I have had a couple of slip ups but none in the last six months. Now if I can only find a way to quit e-cigs I'd be sorted.

Lol yes me too

 

[pmutts]

Not a single puff . . . EVER!

i've quit a few times over the decade..... cold turkey.... usually last for months to over a year, then it slowly creeps back. my last was 31 dec 2014... have to fight it

I was a pack a day smoker from age 16 - 37. I quit for 4 years the first time.

It helps to have a quit buddy. In my case--the first time it was my mother. She quit cold turkey with no cessation aids and never took another puff for the rest of her life.

I knew I would need something to help me--and not the patch. I had my doctor write for Nicotrol Nasal Spray. I knew I was seriously addicted to nicotine and when I got a craving I would need an instant "hit" of that poison. That spray burned and it was so nasty. I would get a mild but brief headache immediately after using it. I only used it when I absolutely had to. I was off the spray within 3 months.

Then I met my significant other who was a smoker. It started with a puff and within a couple of weeks I bought a pack.

We quit together a couple of times once for nearly a year and once for about 4 months. I used the lozenges each of those times. Both times I took the first puff or bought a pack I was in a casino--go figure.

The first advice I would give anyone who is considering quitting is don't do it unless you are 100% fully committed to it. If you are not you will fail. You must quit for yourself and because you want to quit--not because a doctor told you to or your spouse is nagging you.

Everyone is different but personally I do not know of anyone who has truly benefited from Shantex or Zyban (Wellbutrin). I recommend the lozenges but you must read the directions and use them correctly. The same is true for the gum. The gum is not chewed like regular gum and the lozenge is not sucked on like a piece of candy. I do not recommend using them with nearly the frequency the pharmaceutical companies recommend. Use only when you absolutely must and wean yourself from them within 30 - 90 days max.

We quit again in March of last year so over 14 months now and I am determined to make certain this is the last time I will quit. There are times when I get cravings--often associated with gambling--losing to be specific. I know if I break down and smoke it will only make me a much bigger loser.

I go through all the reasons I want to be tobacco free. There are just so many! Of course there are the health issues and the expense. These are a given. For me though--it's deeper than that. As a smoker you are a SLAVE to your nasty expensive habit. I think about all the times I had to drive to the store at midnight because God forbid I didn't have a cigarette right out of bed with my coffee in the morning. I think about the hellish frustration of having a pack, especially while driving, but not having a damn light! I think about being in a movie theater anxious for the movie to be over so I can be a slave to my addiction. I think about being on a long flight and the irritation I must endure because I am a slave to my addiction. I think about all the times I spent my break at work--rushing to get on the elevator and get to the tiny designated smoking area outside the building in freezing cold or poring down rain just to be a slave to my addiction. And what about that first burn hole on the upholstery of your new sofa or worse, your car seat! I think about clothing I ruined over the years with tiny burn holes. These things get me through it.

I realized a long time ago that I really don't even particularly enjoy smoking and the only reason I did it was to feed a Nicotine and psychological addiction. This is obviously to my advantage because it is much easier to give up something you don't really enjoy than something you do.

Like so many of my posts, this is much longer than I intended it to be. I hope it gets read and very much hope that I have offered some advice that will help someone. It is such a difficult addiction to kick but you can do it if you are committed.

This is an old thread that Chayton started way back in 2009. Chayton is still very active on the site. I want to know how it went for you. Did you use anything to help you and are you currently tobacco free. I want to know how it has gone for you since November of 2009.

 

[Jasminebed]

You guys are the best.

I too wonder how Chayton is currently doing. It has been a relatively short time since the e-cig was available in Canada, and laws are rolling in province by province. Some cities have banned vape shops!

One of the more recent threads, she was using an e-cig, and so was her fella.

I do have nicorette lozenges, and I put the e-cig on the charger today. I will charge my back-up one tomorrow.

I like the suggestion of a strong mouthwash. I'll pick up a bottle today.

None of the cigarettes I have smoked today have given me pleasure. It is no longer a vice I enjoy.

I will look a little longer for a more recent thread.

 

[luckysox]

Hey has anyone quit smoking? If so, please let me know how you did it - did you use a patch or a pill or a crutch of any kind? I just found out that I need to have some pretty extensive surgery and the doctor wants me to quit smoking first. I've been smoking about a pack a day for like 30 years. urk.

My family doctor gave me a prescription for something called Champix but I haven't gotten it yet - it's fairly expensive (though not as expensive as cigarettes here in Canada) - has anyone tried that?

Any tips or advice? I have about a month....

Hey chayton!

I have smoked for many years and decided to stop once I realise that it was 2014 and I was smarter than poisoning myself every day. The way that I did it is that I stopped buying cigarettes. I would ask a friend of a colleague at work who were happy to supply me when needed but I quickly felt bad asking over and over again.
That made me ask less and skip the smokes more often.

When I went out to a bar, I would smoke as usual because a beer in the hand without the cigarette was strange. Since I smoked so much less at this point, I would get massive hangovers on the weekends from smoking two packs of cigarettes on a night out.

Then next step was to put out half of the cigarette every time, that got expensive quick and it just felt like a waste.

Basically, I stopped gradually by lowering my intake to the point where I could last for days and a week without nicotine. After that, it was only silly habit that kicked in and the cigarettes did not taste good, it was awful.

For me, the quitting process was long and slow, but a consent decision. Jesus, if you are sick and doctor says to stop smoking, google the effects of the tobacco and they should help you right away. If you do not like somebody stealing your money, then I am sure you should not like somebody stealing your days. Use the gum but don't overuse the gum because they can be strong and get you hooked on nicotine even more. Both the gum and the patch are strong, try the nicorete spray. I have tried the electrical cigarette too, it worked but it started getting my eyesight blurry on a daily basis so I dropped it.

Best of luck to you. If you really really want a smoke, PM me your phone number and I will call you to talk you out of it.

 

[fun4all]

luckysox you are one of the good guys!

E-cigs are good but beware of the nicotine overdose on them guys, did it to myself one time. Horrible feeling and it was only a very minor one.

 

[rena35]

I quit smoking for 3 weeks. This might sound weird but my blood pressure shot way up. I started back that day. I wish you the best of luck.

 

[luckysox]

I quit smoking for 3 weeks. This might sound weird but my blood pressure shot way up. I started back that day. I wish you the best of luck.

When you smoke, the nicotine and the other poison becomes the normal ingredient in your body. Your body adapts to function with these toxins. Once you stop smoking, the body is missing something it got used to so it reacts to a withdrawal - in your case high blood pressure, maybe simply from anxiety and missing the nicotine + toxins.

I am sure that there are other ways to manage high blood pressure; healthier ways!

 

[Googobucs]

My daughter just turned 30, and I would rather she did not have to bury me before her sons are teenagers.

She's got enough on her plate.

Having a goal and reason to quit is what worked for me. I went from 3 packs a day to 0 with no drugs or patches........ whenever I wanted a smoke, I just reminded myself of why I was quitting and that was enough for me to be my deterrent.

it's a noble and worthwhile goal to quit for your daughter. Use the passion to reach that goal to help you succeed.

 

[chayton]

Ok first off, I started this thread back when I wasn't really trying to quit smoking for good - just because I had a pretty heavy surgery coming up. I had to quit for a week or so and then during the time I was in the hospital they offered me patches but I didn't bother. Then when I was recuperating I was in enough pain and sick from drugs that I didn't feel like smoking anyhow. But then of course after a couple of months as soon as I could sit up I started smoking again.

So then fast forward to last year in May, Ray and I both decided that since we were buying this house, one of our expenses had to go. Since he was smoking maybe 5 packs a week and I was smoking a pack (plus) a day, we figured that we were spending appx $600/month on cigarettes! Which really was about what the mortgage payment was - stupid when you think about it. So we went out and bought some ecigs. The first ones we bought weren't good, we made the mistake of trying to find something that actually looked like a cigarette - or at least that shape and size. They burned out quickly and weren't very satisfying as far as feeling like a cigarette replacement.

Then we went to a slightly more expensive (and less traditional cig) model and that's when things started getting better. Of course I still had a pack of cigarettes around for emergencies, but at the same time I decided that IF I was going to smoke a real cigarette I had to go outside. I quit smoking in the house and that made a huge difference - now the thought of smoking inside is kinda sickening. Especially after washing all the nicotine from years past off the walls!

Anyhow as it stands now, Ray has quit real cigarettes completely for over a year. Considering he'd tried everything to quit before, it's a big deal. :notworthy I'm still smoking but it's way back - instead of a pack a day, it's a pack of 20 in about a week for me. Some weeks a bit more, and I have to admit that when I feel stressed out that I spend more time outside smoking. But the time is coming that I'll quit smoking real cigs too and actually - believe it or not - it will be the government that helps me do it. I smoke menthol cigarettes and they're going to be banned in Canada in September of this year.

So my advice to you Jazzy is this: First off, good on you for deciding to quit - deciding to do it and admitting that you don't enjoy it anyhow is a great first step. Second, I'd definitely stay away from any of the prescription medications, the side effects can be just awful. Third...the e-cigs are a great way to do it, they seem to work for a lot of people when a lot of other things don't. I can send you links to some places where you can buy cigs and e-juice online from Canada if you don't have anything locally. You can ease into it if you're still experimenting with ecigs, but some people try vaping and chuck their real cigarettes out the first day.

One more thing that I personally find helpful - set yourself up a place - like outside on a balcony or outside your back door that will be your smoking area. Decide to quit smoking everywhere else, and if you feel like you REALLY need a real cigarette, you have to go to that place to smoke it. And you don't want it to be too comfortable - just a place to stand and an ashtray. And this is the important bit, you can't do anything else while you're having that cigarette. No visiting with friends, no talking on the phone, no reading a book, no cup of coffee or glass of wine. If you put yourself in the mindset that you have to STOP everything else that you're doing to go have that cigarette, it breaks the association of having a cigarette as part of something that you enjoy. When you're smoking that cigarette that's the ONLY thing you can do. You'll find that you'll get bored and won't want a full cigarette if smoking is all you're doing.

Anyhow I wish you the best of luck with it and even though I'm not a poster-child for quitting (since I haven't actually quit yet) I've gone down the same road and I know how hard it is. The important thing is that you're doing it for yourself. Good going girl!

 

[gagamel]

Stopped smoking 103 days ago with e-cigs and I feel a lot healthier now. I smoked 2 packs a day.

Yesterday I bought a rowing machine to work on my cardio from the money I safed .

It was a lot of work to quit but I feel a little bit proud and a lot more healthier.

 

[Mnx42]

I quit smoking a few years back as I generally felt unwell. I found it really easy as I had made my mind up fully that that was it for me and cigarettes. Best thing I have ever done. You really have to want/need to do it in my opinion. That's all that's holding you back. Good luck to anyone who decides to give it a go.

 

[secret2]

I quit smoking almost 2 years ago. And the way I did it was by using e-cigs.

I thought that if the e-cig feels and operates like a real cigarette, i.e the 'draw' and the real feel of 'smoke' when puffing, then why would I use a real cigarette?

But, I am cutting back on the e-cig, too.

Congrats! and good luck.

 

[Flyingslotsman]

Quit for 2 years and 3 months

Like this thread!

I have stopped smoking now for 2 years and 3 months through the use of vaping! But I've become obsessed with vaping now, but I don't mind at all I love it. I started on the small ego type batteries but have come a long way since then. I'm now on a variable wattage battery (itaste v3.0) and sub ohming at 6mg, I started at 24mg, so have come a long way, although the money saved isn't massive due to continual purchases of new toys, I'm still proud to say I don't smoke cigarettes. There's lots of sites I use, which I'll list and some good flavours in case anyone is interested:

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- vast choice of premium iuquids

Liquids I like:
mr good vape - karma cream
hedons bite
relentless - jungle fever

These are my top 3 flavours but I also mix my own stuff up which is actually pretty simple

VAPE ON!

 

[Jasminebed]

Thanks lucky sox, chayton's thread was from 2009. I did find (with a little help from she who can't resist sneaking a peak in from time to time ) find this thread https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/61413?t=61413. I had forgotten who the OP was.

The one I was trying to find was this one from Webcaz. https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/66048/

I will take the time to re-reread that one also.

Since I talked at you last, I also asked a real life buddy to be my quit buddy. He quit for a few months vaping, bought me one because he'd like to keep me around a little longer also. While I only lasted about a week, and there were a few cheats in that week, it showed me I could do it. He also relapsed and has been moaning for the past month about how he needs to quit again, so I asked if he could make it now to try again, in order to help me out.

It also showed me I cannot limit myself if they are available to me. Nicotine is quite possibly not the only quality in cigarettes that is addictive.

I had to laugh though, lucky,

The way that I did it is that I stopped buying cigarettes.

. You would think that would be a given, but I know what you mean. Around here it joked that there are two stages to quitting... Yours and Other People's.

Another tool in my box is that I am spending every last available cent on gambling and alcohol so I have zero money for the rest of the month.

I'm not sure what I will do if I win! Tomorrow's day includes a trip by bus with two of my best girlfriends to Casino Rama. If the amount is relatively small, but too much to blow back, I will have no problem spending it all Saturday.

If it it is the 43 Million Lotto Max, I cannot collect it until Monday anyway. I will check myself into some swanky rehab centre. I am sure that there must be one that treats nicotine addiction. I can also have the time to research and decide how I am going to give most of it away.

I have tried almost everything out there at one point or another, except laser, acupuncture and Champix. I am a mental health consumer, and Champix is way too scary for me to even try.

For the first time in a number of years, I am having to take medication for depression again. But for me, that medication in Wellbutrin, aka Zyban. It's a good fit for me as an antidepressant and for my SAD, and somewhat helps with my ADHD. So a bit of a plus that it is also used to help quit smoking.

Now I am off to pack my casino bag for the bus. I will put my workbook for quitting smoking in it to read on the bus.

I think they are banning flavours for the e-liquid too. Laws seem to vary from province to province, I am glad Ontario has not banned them, but their use is limited to places you can smoke, which is basically your home and in the middle of a field (not a park though).

 

[syntynyt]

after 11 years of smoking i succeeded to leave them behind about 3 weeks ago. last years i was through marlboro red, benson&hedges red and winchester til the last moment, nothing satisfying the hardness i needed so i had to smoke more frequently surpassing 1 pack per day with 3-4 more cigs. since we've been accepted in EU in 2007 the price for cigs simply exploded and continued to get pricey each month. financially became a disaster so i thoguht lets try to give them up.

however, i didn't planned to do. i brought food, some stuff i needed in house and i was with the rest of the money at beach forgetting to leave em at home. now these short pants didnt had zippers so i lost them all while crossing Danube river with ferryboat, by mistake, by pick pocketing or somewhere on the beach. didn't had to use the money since a friend brought the drinks so realised too late. after swearing all the way back since was an important sum for me, i realized i didnt brought the cigs. so i borrowed several from friends to pass the harsh day. however, i decided to not borrow money since i brought food and everything i needed, minus cigs. this is how i succeeded, staying at home with no money and no cigs. first two days was hell. the following two i coughed my lungs out.. i was very very close to give up to this plan. i sucked candies til i damaged that flesh from roof of the month

these are te changes: new and different tastes, different smells. now smelling smoke is not pleasant. i became non smoker and was unreal, like learning how to walk again(and this happens to me too after riding for around 2 hours with my bycycle with no pauses, and when all finish my feet forget how to walk for few seconds lmao). i still have the apetite if i watch others. i can't talk about cigs, see them or anything as the dark passenger is right there provoking me so this thread was the exception, now i need one cig lol.

 

[swampwitch]

Up until the middle of February I smoked 2 packs a day of menthol light 120s. Yes, 2. I admit it. I tried quitting a few times, but by day two I would be ready to climb a tower with a high powered rifle. So to save the lives of others I'd go back. Tried the e-cigs a couple of times. Couldn't stand the feel or the taste. So back I'd go.
In the meantime a couple of years ago my son decided to try the vaping thing. To me it looked heavy and silly. But in over two years he hasn't had one cigarette. He's become one of those guys who buys the latest rig and any e-juice that taste like breakfast cereal. The e-juice he buys is 3mg nicotine. Even with all the rigs and having to buy new coils etc and e-juice, he has saved a ton of money.
So one day last February he shows up here with a brand new Eleaf with a Nautilus Mini tank, a pack of extra coils, a bottle of menthol 6mg nic, and a bottle of something called Bloo Moo 6mg nic. He starts a whole lecture, he loves me, I'm his only living parent, he'd kinda like to have me around, blah blah blah. OK, he got to me. I tried it. Haven't had a cig since February and have no desire to. Not one iota of desire. No one has been harmed. I love my little Eleaf. I love saving so much money. I love that when I cough it's because I'm sick and not because I'm awake. I'm down to 3mg nic and sometimes 0.
I really believe that a lot my addiction had to do with doing something with my hands. Vaping lets me control my nicotine intake and gives my hands something to do. And it's fun trying the different flavors. I'm done with cigarettes. However, I'm proud that I haven't become one of those cigarette quitters who come down hard on smokers. I didn't really want to quit. I liked, no loved, smoking. But truly for me vaping is so much more fun. Thank goodness.