Quit smoking

[CookMySock]

try bananas... Whatever feels best.

Yeah bananas are great.

Tobacco is not addictive. Just don't smoke, it's not that hard.

Uh yeah it is. Harder than giving up wanking.

Try to get off the topic too.. Do something really interesting - bike or car project or something.

Steve

[XP@]

Another tip... set your self a goal something like "If i'm good until ... then I will..."
Make it something that you really can look forward to doing so that if you are feeling crabby you can think about it and it will make you happy. Kind of like the carrot and the donkey

I used the 2006 Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge as my carrot (as well as eating lots of carrots). I did the GC (it was my 4th) and i did it again this year partially because I am still not smoking.

[SMOKEU]

Uh yeah it is.
Steve

I've smoked cigarettes for 5 years and I've never been addicted to them.

[The Stranger:Me]

Anyone here given up the ciggs,
Im just over 2 weeks and have few q's to ask! cheers

I've never been a quitter and I'm not about to start now.

[tate35]

yaha 6 months now. I was a 20 a day easy...if I was drinking could easily do 2 packs. Only way I managed to quit was going to a hypnotist....it worked!!!

I still have the odd craving but by the time I think more indepth about it - it's gone. I believe if I can give up anyone can.

Personally I have days now that I still can't believe I don't smoke...but it's hugely rewarding not being ruled by that cig.

Good luck....and only you can do it and know when it's the right time

[Rodney007]

congrats mate inspirational, just shy of a month i think now

I've never been a quitter and I'm not about to start now.

feel sorry for yah mate.....just get some patches and give it ago,! and have fun dreaming at the same time! only costs 3 bucks for like 8 weeks worth if you call quitline... ask for gum as well! or else its close to 90 bucks, bro lifes better without it aye!

[Insanity_rules]

cheers guys , really appreciate that and il keep my head up!
and eat some carrots

Good work for kickin it. Now to improve your mood I think you should take the money you've saved and get a hooker. Just a suggestion.

[Disco Dan]

Anyone here given up the ciggs,
Im just over 2 weeks and have few q's to ask! cheers

After 2 minutes the addictive chemical nicotine is gone
After 3 days your free of any chemicals

Anything longer than that is purely psychological.

Dont make the mistake of cutting down or using gum or patches - your simply drawing out the agony of the addictive chemical.



I did not quit anything - I stopped smoking. Quite different, I was not giving anything up. I stopped smoking almost a year ago now - no cravings, no withdrawals. I just stopped. I had been a smoker for 8 years.

If after 3 days your feeling anything other than fantastic I suggest you read Allen Carrs - Easy Way to Stop Smoking.

Edited for copyright reasons.

[Maha]

I got a copy of that book here also, its missing chapters 4-9 because I ran out of Zig-Zags at our last party.

[Rodney007]

After 2 minutes the addictive chemical nicotine is gone
After 3 days your free of any chemicals

Anything longer than that is purely psychological.

of course, It even takes a certain kind of personality / mind set to start smoking, I remeber my first smoke made me sick , I had a headache and threw up, god knows why I kept going,

the thing is it becomes a habbit! like clicking my knuckles,,,, wheres the addictive chemical in that? it gives such little pleasure yet It seems near impossible to shake it!,

I used patches, to shake the habbit of lighting up, and to give my lungs a break from all the toxins inside the smoke. before i stoped completely,

I was lucky and had only minor cravings, but get the random emotion mood swings... :-( but after reading heaps about how its quite normal (for some not all) due to chemical balances and withdrawls.. made me feel alot better knowing what the cause was..and that others were going through the same!

[Disco Dan]

of course, It even takes a certain kind of personality / mind set to start smoking, I remeber my first smoke made me sick , I had a headache and threw up, god knows why I kept going,

the thing is it becomes a habbit! like clicking my knuckles,,,, wheres the addictive chemical in that? it gives such little pleasure yet It seems near impossible to shake it!,

I used patches, to shake the habbit of lighting up, and to give my lungs a break from all the toxins inside the smoke...

It takes approximately a month to break a 'habit' - there has been some quite famous studies done on how the brain works regarding habits.

Long story short - if you make a mental effort not to click your knuckles for a month you will no longer do it. Think of it as the time it takes your brain to re-wire itself.

[Rodney007]

but i like clicking!

[alley cat]

Quit 9mnths ago. Found out i was preggas so it was an easy decision. But of all my nasty habbits it was ciggs i missed the most. Got very stroppy for a while, and after a stressful day of screaming baby i could go straight back to them. But i wont, they were hard to leave behind and i dont want to do it again.
Big ups for quiting. One day at a time, and treat yourself with every milestone you reach. And try not to commit a murder.lol

[ready4whatever]

I never really got hooked, same as another 1 or 2 of my mates. we could smoke 2 packs a day for a week in the holidays and could stop the next day with no cravings, when another friend would be craving hard out. This was when i was in 3rd form, i'll tell you what makes you stop and thats your mum busting you sitting in your wardrobe rolling

Just remember that you'll live longer, and be happier

[ready4whatever]

I remeber my first smoke made me sick , I had a headache and threw up, god knows why I kept going,

Mate i remember having a mean headache at the start. once we were smoking at the back of the field and a teacher was coming so the boys ran, i was feeling so damn sick i just laid down in the garden lol. it was kentucky bourbon, i think its a bit stronger? cracks me up thinking back at school.