Mario_Hugo
Lisa Edelstein's dad touched my private parts. True fact.
Please advise me. I'm currently incapable of going ciggy-free.
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Best way to quit smoking?
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IAmtheFMan
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Pay somebody to kick you in the balls everytime you light up.
yeah, smoke less and less. personally i dont think cold turkey works. first time i quit cold turkey because my GF couldnt stand it. so i had a good motivator. then eventually we broke up, and i relapsed back cause all my friends are smokers, so it was just natural.
after a while, i decided i'd quit and stopped buying packs. and just bummed from my friends, and the prices kept getting higher, so they bought less and less. and i bummed less and less, to the point where i stopped.
now if someone offers me one at a party, i take it, and rarely buy a pack. i could smoke or not, at this point it makes no difference. depends on the situation i guess.
after a while, i decided i'd quit and stopped buying packs. and just bummed from my friends, and the prices kept getting higher, so they bought less and less. and i bummed less and less, to the point where i stopped.
now if someone offers me one at a party, i take it, and rarely buy a pack. i could smoke or not, at this point it makes no difference. depends on the situation i guess.
Mermandala
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IAmtheFMan said:
and never quit. ever.
Mario_Hugo
Lisa Edelstein's dad touched my private parts. True fact.
I dunno, I've been thinking about it. Cancer runs in my family (though not from smoking). So many people in my family smoked for like thirty years and then quit. I've been smoking for a year or so and I don't feel particularly healthy but I just keep on smoking. It's tough because I live in a high pressure schooling society and a cigarette is a perfect break, you know? My girl wants me to quit because she wants me to be healthy, not because of smell or anything. Anyway, it's just somethign I've been thinking about for awhile. Thanks.
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I look at it like a lifestyle change, its something you have to start small, keep at it, and realize it's a big accomplishment. Think of it like starting a workout program, or going to college, or finding new friends. You're going to be doing this for the rest of your life so start slow and strong, and realize an infrequent smoke will not destory you if you remain committed.
Also realize this is something you once did everyday and held a little ritual before starting. So you better find some new activity to fill up all the time you once used smoking. Pack your schedule so tight you don't have time to smoke. You've probably made smoking a big part of your life, it's not just the physical addiction.
I've heard of a drug which you take after staying off the stuff for like a month and it helps.
Excercise will be your new stress reducer.
Also realize this is something you once did everyday and held a little ritual before starting. So you better find some new activity to fill up all the time you once used smoking. Pack your schedule so tight you don't have time to smoke. You've probably made smoking a big part of your life, it's not just the physical addiction.
I've heard of a drug which you take after staying off the stuff for like a month and it helps.
Excercise will be your new stress reducer.
Mario_Hugo
Lisa Edelstein's dad touched my private parts. True fact.
Yeah, but I've got to quit with this half a pack a day habit before it gets ridiculously out of hand.
The only way to stop smoking is to really want to quit. I smoked heavily for five years, and tried to stop several times. The thing was that I wasn't motivated enough to quit, so I started again each time. If you really want to quit. And I mean REALLY want. Then it is just a test of your strength and capability to stick to a decision. It took me a year to get back to being somewhat a normal person, but it was the best spent year ever. I am now free, and I know I will never ever start to smoke again. Be aware though. If you are really addicted to nicotine, you will never ever get rid of the lust for it. That is something I think most people that start to smoke don't know. They think they can quit, and get it out of their system, but as far as I know it is not possible. This is only for for those with quite a heavy dose of nicotine per day though.
Mermandala
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I had a friend who chewed on cinnamon toothpicks in lieu of smokes. Miyamoto switched to candy but said he got fat, so that ain't healthy. I knew another guy who would just put a cig in his mouth and light the lighter in the air because he was too attached to the tactile quality - paper feel, dried tobacco smell, metallic lighter *click*. After the "used" cigarettes got too moist he'd buy a new pack. He quit after about two months I think.
Mario_Hugo
Lisa Edelstein's dad touched my private parts. True fact.
yeah, it's definitely a tactile thing for me. I'm gonna get those cinnamon sticks though--I've seen them at whole foods and that seems like a good choice..
Mermandala
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go for it, worked for him. now he enjoys tea tree oil toothpicks as well, i chewed on one of those but it was way too caustic - like drinking tiny drops of cheap perfume.
Realize that it makes you stink, and it will eventually make you uglier (nasty teeth). And to some people, it makes you look pretty stupid, too. I'd say cancer and earlier death as reasons, but no one cares about those now. So basically, quit because of peer pressure. That's probably why you started. This faceless internet poster will think better of you for it. Oh, and it makes your mom wish she aborted you (and your grandma wish she aborted her). And Hitler is trying to use cigarette ashes to come back to life.
Think of how one day you'll do one of those charity walks for somethingorother, and all these fat and old people and children will be passing you because you can't breathe and do normal things. And then they'll get annoyed at you because you're coughing all over the place with a nasty smoker's cough. But I guess you could just use a wheelchair, and the fat, old people and children could push you. That would be fun.
You'll contribute greatly to the iron lung manufacturing community and all the communities associated with slowing down your smoke-related death. People could prosper from your habit. And I guess smoking won't matter if you're hit by a bus and killed tomorrow. Of course, if the driver was a smoker, that whole event might be just enough to send him or her into a fatal asthma attack, sending the entire bus of school children to their imminent demise. But what you don't know won't hurt you. Plus, if street crossing is difficult for you, maybe the world is better off. In conclusion, quit smoking. Or don't.
Actually, I heard the latest way to quit smoking is to take up alcoholism. Maybe you should try that. At best, you get a little chubby, at worst your life becomes unlivable... a neverending spiral of chemical dependency. But you meet lots of people in AA (what does smoking do for your social life?) and don't forget the support of the booze industry and small time liquor stores. There are so many dependencies out there. How do you know smoking is the one for you? Snorting crack has rather harsh downsides, but the highs look pretty good (instant celebrity) and seem relatively cheap. I mean it's nothing exotic like opium, but I don't know my drugs. Consult your local dealer for more information.
Hey, some people harshly abuse caffeine. It's a drug, just a small time one. It causes your body to think it's being fed adrenaline, so it's always on full blast. It's rather similar to speed, but cheap as can be. Maybe those children passing you in that walkathon are just hopped up on caffeine. It's readily available to the most innocent of minors. Just don't stop taking it, or your body will pretty much make you wish it weren't your's. You sleep way less on caffeine, and not nearly as deep, so you'll always be able to answer the phone in the middle of the night or listen to your cats groom themselves.
Anyway, don't let smoking limit your dependent existence. Control is for scum that hate drug support industries and love terrorists and school buses.
Think of how one day you'll do one of those charity walks for somethingorother, and all these fat and old people and children will be passing you because you can't breathe and do normal things. And then they'll get annoyed at you because you're coughing all over the place with a nasty smoker's cough. But I guess you could just use a wheelchair, and the fat, old people and children could push you. That would be fun.
You'll contribute greatly to the iron lung manufacturing community and all the communities associated with slowing down your smoke-related death. People could prosper from your habit. And I guess smoking won't matter if you're hit by a bus and killed tomorrow. Of course, if the driver was a smoker, that whole event might be just enough to send him or her into a fatal asthma attack, sending the entire bus of school children to their imminent demise. But what you don't know won't hurt you. Plus, if street crossing is difficult for you, maybe the world is better off. In conclusion, quit smoking. Or don't.
Actually, I heard the latest way to quit smoking is to take up alcoholism. Maybe you should try that. At best, you get a little chubby, at worst your life becomes unlivable... a neverending spiral of chemical dependency. But you meet lots of people in AA (what does smoking do for your social life?) and don't forget the support of the booze industry and small time liquor stores. There are so many dependencies out there. How do you know smoking is the one for you? Snorting crack has rather harsh downsides, but the highs look pretty good (instant celebrity) and seem relatively cheap. I mean it's nothing exotic like opium, but I don't know my drugs. Consult your local dealer for more information.
Hey, some people harshly abuse caffeine. It's a drug, just a small time one. It causes your body to think it's being fed adrenaline, so it's always on full blast. It's rather similar to speed, but cheap as can be. Maybe those children passing you in that walkathon are just hopped up on caffeine. It's readily available to the most innocent of minors. Just don't stop taking it, or your body will pretty much make you wish it weren't your's. You sleep way less on caffeine, and not nearly as deep, so you'll always be able to answer the phone in the middle of the night or listen to your cats groom themselves.
Anyway, don't let smoking limit your dependent existence. Control is for scum that hate drug support industries and love terrorists and school buses.
Man, you too? i started actually smoking about a year ago myself. Before that, i'd just bum an occasional two when i was at a club with friends, because it just felt really good when you're really drunk. i started smoking after moving and having a completely negative culture shock, coping with my dad's death (see below), not being able to find a job, etc. It was really depressing. Now, some things are somewhat better, but i still smoke. Hell, i smoked last night, and i left work early because i had a fever.Mario_Hugo said:
What's ironic is that my dad died from oral cancer, due greatly to smoking. My mom doesn't like my smoking, but thankfully, she doesn't nag me about it. i tried quitting about six months ago, just by slowly smoking less, and i stopped... for a week. The first time i lit up after that felt so good, it was fucking orgasmic. Sad...
It doesn't help that i live in a city where tobacco used to be the number one crop. EVERYONE smokes, and they're unapologetic about it. Hell, i used to work with a girl that thought smoking was the best thing ever. i gave her a pack of menthols someone had given me and she said they were good for colds.
You need will power. I've been smoking on and off for ~20 years sometimes with my longest gap between cigarettes being 6 years.
These days I smoke only when drinking beer, and that's 2 or 3 cigarettes over the course of an evening. Moving to a country where smokers seems to be the social norm makes it a bit harder to get over compared to the UK where you're treated like a leper.
The best way I found to quit outright is with patches, but only for a couple of days. One patch the first day, take it off before going to bed. The following day, cut a patch in half and use that. Keep doing the same, until you're using a sliver of a patch and then stop using them.
These days I smoke only when drinking beer, and that's 2 or 3 cigarettes over the course of an evening. Moving to a country where smokers seems to be the social norm makes it a bit harder to get over compared to the UK where you're treated like a leper.
The best way I found to quit outright is with patches, but only for a couple of days. One patch the first day, take it off before going to bed. The following day, cut a patch in half and use that. Keep doing the same, until you're using a sliver of a patch and then stop using them.
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