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Kaleun Cook · 07-17-11, 09:42 AM

I joined this earlier but didn't want to post before I had managed some time without smoking - it's now day 40.

I used to be quite a passionate smoker with maybe 30-40 filters or hand-rolled per day for about 15 years. I finally quit due to health issues that were either caused entirely or were at least heavily exacerbated by smoking.

First I just tried to reduce the number of cigarettes per day. That didn't work well though, I would soon start to light the next one quicker than I had planned.

Then someday I tried not to smoke at all cold turkey. That at first didn't seem to work either: After some hours I smoked again. BUT: I had managed not to smoke for just enough time to really feel the cigarette "kick in": After the first drag I immediately felt this kind of dizziness take over my brain, a bit later my warm hands felt as cold as they used to when I was smoking regularly. As a heavy smoker I never felt these effects - so I realized that I must have kept my brain in that dizzy state constantly for it not to notice such changes when smoking. This "revelation" really helped me to overcome the tough first days.

Beside that, sports helped me, too. I don't like jogging that much, I went cycling instead, at least 20 kilometers a day.

07-17-11, 09:42 AM	#503
Kaleun Cook Chief Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ger Posts: 313 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I joined this earlier but didn't want to post before I had managed some time without smoking - it's now day 40. I used to be quite a passionate smoker with maybe 30-40 filters or hand-rolled per day for about 15 years. I finally quit due to health issues that were either caused entirely or were at least heavily exacerbated by smoking. First I just tried to reduce the number of cigarettes per day. That didn't work well though, I would soon start to light the next one quicker than I had planned. Then someday I tried not to smoke at all cold turkey. That at first didn't seem to work either: After some hours I smoked again. BUT: I had managed not to smoke for just enough time to really feel the cigarette "kick in": After the first drag I immediately felt this kind of dizziness take over my brain, a bit later my warm hands felt as cold as they used to when I was smoking regularly. As a heavy smoker I never felt these effects - so I realized that I must have kept my brain in that dizzy state constantly for it not to notice such changes when smoking. This "revelation" really helped me to overcome the tough first days. Beside that, sports helped me, too. I don't like jogging that much, I went cycling instead, at least 20 kilometers a day.