Quitting smoking (HONEST!!) - Page 2

rubenandthejets · 05-07-09, 08:45 AM

Sleep, water, chocolate and sleep.
Take an 18 hour plane trip.
Rub all your cigarette butts in earwax.

porphy · 05-07-09, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Aye, runing is a good thing, but it is even better to smoke a cigarette after a har run

I am probably not helping.

Anyway, good luck with this Dowly, I have tried and failed a few times allready. The insomnia is just a bit too much for me to handle.

Didn't know that. Never smoked myself, so it's a bit hard to understand how you want to smoke after a good run. But I guess any kind of reward is likely, myself I love a cup of strong coffee after running and shower... Anyhow, coffee is cheap and running do you good. I just stay with the cheap and good drugs in life...

Freiwillige · 05-07-09, 10:37 AM

Give yourself an absolute quit date at least two weeks out to mentally prepare. Reduce your smoking slowly in those two weeks and when you hit that date quit. Find hobbies to keep your mind occupied. Chew gum or carry a pen to chew on for the period after quiting. Mentally prepare yourself for the struggle in the first 48 hours, after that its mostly mental addiction. 7 days and your looking good. 30 days and your mostly in the clear. Never forgett the struggle you had to get clean. My past mistakes are always underestimating the power of nicotine and thinking that just one at a bar wont kill me, It triggers your brains addiction pathways and your hooked again quick!

Good luck you will need it! Oh and finally if you fail, dont give up get back at it!

Fish · 05-18-09, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Good luck you will need it! Oh and finally if you fail, dont give up get back at it!

Right, you probable will lapse back, but just start over again. I did it three times then I was free.
That was in 1964

, first time I learned about the bad side of smoking tabacco.

HunterICX · 05-07-09, 10:45 AM

I've quiet smoking since September 2007,

the first 2 weeks are thought, but here's what I did.

I smoked my last cigarette at night, I broke the rest of the package in tiny bits threw them away, and started the next day quiting.

the first days I just had a bottle of water, whenever I felt like smoking I just took the ''smoking break'' but instead of a cigarrete I just drank water.

(replacing the cigarette by candy or Nico-patches is just replacing the habbit not breaking it, also slowly quiting aint gonna help a bit 1 cig a day is already too much its the ''one more cant hurt can it'' thing.)

you will notice quikly that the Nicotine aint the bad guy, its the habbit

Wake-up cig, the after breakfast cig, after coffee cig etc etc.

whenever you crave for a cigarette just kept thinking of the negative things of smoking, it helped for me.
because if you REALLY care about yourself, you can QUIT smoking.

HunterICX

Jimbuna · 05-07-09, 11:15 AM

Get a tin....a big tin the size of a bucket.

Weld a lid onto the top.....you reckon your a welder, so that bit should be easy....even for you.

Now cut a slot in the middle of the lid....just big enough to take a Euro coin.

Every time you have a fag, put a Euro into the bucket.

Pretty soon that bucket will be full....send it to me.

In no time at all you'll be too skint to be able to buy a packet of fags.

On the positive side....I'll be quite wealthy and promise to spend 10% of yer cash on SNUS and send it to you as a goodwill gesture. :rotfl:

vienna · 02-01-12, 02:22 PM

Gave up a two pack a day habit many years ago, cold turkey. I came to realise that smoking is quite literally a habit. Think about the times you "automatically" smoke: get a cup of coffee, light a cigarette; start to talk on the phone, light a cigarette; finish a meal, light a cigarette; have a drink, light a cigarette, and so on. By becoming more aware of the interactions caused by habit, it is easier to break the cycles. It is sort of like asking yourself "Why am I really doing this?" and realising there is no real good or logical reason. I hope this helps...

Jimbuna · 02-01-12, 04:28 PM

Good habit to kick

Wolferz · 03-05-14, 02:38 PM

Stay busy. It's the habit of going through the motions of smoking that is the hardest to break.
I quit for ten weeks while going through basic training. After the first week it wasn't so bad as long as I didn't smell someone else puffing. The drills and instructors weren't allowed to smoke in our vicinity. But, once I hit A-school and got off post...

My habit was still extremely curtailed but I just couldn't stop altogether. Nicotine is more addictive than heroin. I wish you luck.

You could always try some of those smokeless cigarettes. They make them with gradually decreasing charges of nicotine and they taste like crap so they might improve your odds for success.

There was a television program some years back where a man hired a smoking cessation company to help him quit. The company had goombahs watching him constantly. When he got caught lighting up they took his wife and tortured her. When he got caught a second time they started removing fingers from his wife. He finally succeeded in quitting. But then came the inevitable weight gain, so they helped him with that too.

Peto · 05-07-09, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

So, I got rid of my other 'addiction', coffee last week and figured this would be a good time to get rid of smoking aswell. I'm going to go cold turkey straight on, as I know I'd just keep on smoking if I'd try to lessen slowly.

Any tips? What helps to get over the worst? Anything to avoid that makes me want to have a cig?

HEEEEEEELP!!!

How about this one. A honest contest. I'm on my last can of tobacco right now (I've been making my own cigs with Top for years). I've proclaimed that this is my last can for about 2 weeks now. When it's done--I'm done smoking.

So--this contest requires us taking each other at his word but--I bet I can quit smoking easier than you can

!!! Maybe a little friendly competition will help both of us. H*ll--lets get AVG to sticky the "Quitting Smoking Simmers" and we'll see if others will join the competition!

Good Luck! To both of us (and whoever else picks up this heavy gauntlet).

AVGWarhawk · 05-07-09, 07:47 PM

You are making me nervous....I need a smoke

I did purchase the book McBeck recommended. Let see what that is about.

Peto · 05-07-09, 08:11 PM

Well--I quit once for 7 years so am confident I can do it again. But the book might be a good idea and I might check that out. The thing that made it easiest for me to quit for 7 years was the group of people I knew who kept telling me I wouldn't be able to. Had to prove them wrong

.

I started smoking again while on a 4 month backpack walk-about of Europe. Everyone I met offered me a cigarette and I finally caved in. That was years ago.

Hey AVG!!! Quit chewing that snuss like it's bubblegum!!!

Jimbuna · 05-08-09, 06:49 AM

In a week or two I'll be sending those skinheads round 'to take blood'....to test the nicotine levels, obviously

stabiz · 05-08-09, 06:53 AM

Quitter!

SUBMAN1 · 05-07-09, 08:19 PM

Hey man, I quit about 8 years ago. Combo that worked for me was that gum for when you have a craving (which you can transfer over to normal gum later on) and full on cigars. With the cigars, your body starts to get used to smoking one a day (equal to about 50 cigs in nicotine so it works well) and then you will be able to simply cut out those cigars over time.

I still smoke the occasional Arturo Fuente every 6 months to a year, but I tell you, cigars made it easy to quit, especially after failing a few times prior to taking this strategic method.

-S

05-07-09, 08:45 AM	#1
rubenandthejets 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 279 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Sleep, water, chocolate and sleep. Take an 18 hour plane trip. Rub all your cigarette butts in earwax. __________________ HMAS Sydney III "Thorough and Ready"

05-07-09, 10:45 AM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I've quiet smoking since September 2007, the first 2 weeks are thought, but here's what I did. I smoked my last cigarette at night, I broke the rest of the package in tiny bits threw them away, and started the next day quiting. the first days I just had a bottle of water, whenever I felt like smoking I just took the ''smoking break'' but instead of a cigarrete I just drank water. (replacing the cigarette by candy or Nico-patches is just replacing the habbit not breaking it, also slowly quiting aint gonna help a bit 1 cig a day is already too much its the ''one more cant hurt can it'' thing.) you will notice quikly that the Nicotine aint the bad guy, its the habbit Wake-up cig, the after breakfast cig, after coffee cig etc etc. whenever you crave for a cigarette just kept thinking of the negative things of smoking, it helped for me. because if you REALLY care about yourself, you can QUIT smoking. HunterICX __________________

05-07-09, 11:15 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,544 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Get a tin....a big tin the size of a bucket. Weld a lid onto the top.....you reckon your a welder, so that bit should be easy....even for you. Now cut a slot in the middle of the lid....just big enough to take a Euro coin. Every time you have a fag, put a Euro into the bucket. Pretty soon that bucket will be full....send it to me. In no time at all you'll be too skint to be able to buy a packet of fags. On the positive side....I'll be quite wealthy and promise to spend 10% of yer cash on SNUS and send it to you as a goodwill gesture. :rotfl: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-01-12, 02:22 PM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Gave up a two pack a day habit many years ago, cold turkey. I came to realise that smoking is quite literally a habit. Think about the times you "automatically" smoke: get a cup of coffee, light a cigarette; start to talk on the phone, light a cigarette; finish a meal, light a cigarette; have a drink, light a cigarette, and so on. By becoming more aware of the interactions caused by habit, it is easier to break the cycles. It is sort of like asking yourself "Why am I really doing this?" and realising there is no real good or logical reason. I hope this helps... Last edited by vienna; 02-01-12 at 04:36 PM.

02-01-12, 04:28 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,544 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Good habit to kick __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-07-09, 10:37 AM	#3
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Give yourself an absolute quit date at least two weeks out to mentally prepare. Reduce your smoking slowly in those two weeks and when you hit that date quit. Find hobbies to keep your mind occupied. Chew gum or carry a pen to chew on for the period after quiting. Mentally prepare yourself for the struggle in the first 48 hours, after that its mostly mental addiction. 7 days and your looking good. 30 days and your mostly in the clear. Never forgett the struggle you had to get clean. My past mistakes are always underestimating the power of nicotine and thinking that just one at a bar wont kill me, It triggers your brains addiction pathways and your hooked again quick! Good luck you will need it! Oh and finally if you fail, dont give up get back at it!

03-05-14, 02:38 PM	#9
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Stay busy. It's the habit of going through the motions of smoking that is the hardest to break. I quit for ten weeks while going through basic training. After the first week it wasn't so bad as long as I didn't smell someone else puffing. The drills and instructors weren't allowed to smoke in our vicinity. But, once I hit A-school and got off post... My habit was still extremely curtailed but I just couldn't stop altogether. Nicotine is more addictive than heroin. I wish you luck. You could always try some of those smokeless cigarettes. They make them with gradually decreasing charges of nicotine and they taste like crap so they might improve your odds for success. There was a television program some years back where a man hired a smoking cessation company to help him quit. The company had goombahs watching him constantly. When he got caught lighting up they took his wife and tortured her. When he got caught a second time they started removing fingers from his wife. He finally succeeded in quitting. But then came the inevitable weight gain, so they helped him with that too. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

05-07-09, 07:47 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	You are making me nervous....I need a smoke I did purchase the book McBeck recommended. Let see what that is about. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-07-09, 08:11 PM	#12
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Well--I quit once for 7 years so am confident I can do it again. But the book might be a good idea and I might check that out. The thing that made it easiest for me to quit for 7 years was the group of people I knew who kept telling me I wouldn't be able to. Had to prove them wrong . I started smoking again while on a 4 month backpack walk-about of Europe. Everyone I met offered me a cigarette and I finally caved in. That was years ago. Hey AVG!!! Quit chewing that snuss like it's bubblegum!!! __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.

05-08-09, 06:49 AM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,544 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In a week or two I'll be sending those skinheads round 'to take blood'....to test the nicotine levels, obviously __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-08-09, 06:53 AM	#14
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Quitter! __________________

05-07-09, 08:19 PM	#15
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey man, I quit about 8 years ago. Combo that worked for me was that gum for when you have a craving (which you can transfer over to normal gum later on) and full on cigars. With the cigars, your body starts to get used to smoking one a day (equal to about 50 cigs in nicotine so it works well) and then you will be able to simply cut out those cigars over time. I still smoke the occasional Arturo Fuente every 6 months to a year, but I tell you, cigars made it easy to quit, especially after failing a few times prior to taking this strategic method. -S __________________