I Quit Smoking

I yelled at my family and stuffed my face with Doritos for a year; I chewed a meep load of gum as well. I don't know if it helps any, but I had my teeth cleaned the first day of quitting. Good Luck!

Oh meep dude, you CAN do it.

I have 20 years under my belt, I won't tell you how many packs per day, that's just crazy.

meeping bite your lip and ride it out. I wish smokes were like weed, I get a sack and don't even touch it for two weeks. I can say, with all knowledge and honesty, that the lungs get worse and the ability to stop gets weaker every day,week,month,year.

You should keep this journal updated. LinkSwarm support group ? (I know, in my dreams)

Find your replacement now. You need something to do instead of take a drag. The physical hurdle is passed after a few days. But the mental habit is what makes it so hard.

Ideas;

Pretzel Sticks (works well) Lifesavers (Mint kind) Jolly Ranchers Cigars

And every time you think "I'll go snag one and that's it" remember how we'll all think you're a meep when you write that you meeped out...

Good luck buddy

switch to nicorette. You might stay addicted to the nicotine, but at least it wont meepup your lungs.

But it can still give you gum-cancer. And that's just as meeped

I am in no position to give advise, other than to say I am still smoking after nearly thirty years, and judging from my condition quiting is probably a pretty good idea. Maybe I will follow your example, when I catch my snap.

Let us know how it goes.

Nobody likes a quitter.

Jon "I know that I haven't smoked enough to curse my lungs forever"

That's a rather dumb statement, don't you think? I'm not sure, but I don't think that their is a cut-off date on when your body decides that it wants to get cancer, heart problems, high blood pressure and a bunch of other diseases attributed to smoking.

I've also figured out after a decade of pot smoking that it caused just as much lung issues (shortness of breath) as cigarettes did. I quit toking 3 years ago, solely because of martial arts training and testing. I couldn't meeping breath, especially when smoking meep weed.

I don't agree with giving up smokes and taking up cigars, because you'll probably end up addicted and inhaling the smoke, which is horrible for your lungs and makes you smell like a 70 year-old sailor.

I found that not quitting was much easier.

God luck.

dent - meeping kidding about cigars ;)

Oh, and as for weed, yeah, it hurts too. Just not as many carcinagins.

And as for "no big damage yet", I know that lungs do 'heal' a little after you quit. It's not magic or meep, but if there are no lesions or abscesses or lumps yet, now is the time to quit. Because once you get those, THEN you're already meeped pretty good.

At least I think that is what meep-meep was talking about

personally, when i gave up, i just went straight cold turkey, get a few days of chemical withdrawal, then a while of psychological withdrawal and trying to get out of the habit (i had a pavlovian type need, everytime i drive, i still want a ciggarette)

i tried cutting down from 2 packs a day to 1 or half a pack, but it just drew out the process, just get some meep and do it the quick and painful way.

oh yeah, i also had a meep good reason, i just found out the little woman is pregnant.

based upon the community response, the solution is clear - get your girlfriend pregnant, yell at her, and chew skoal. your lungs will thank you. in the future, consider changing your name to jawless_jon.

meep you for the underscore. It's Jawlessjon or he can't join the club.

Oh, and my name is Mike by the way ;)

So, it's been a few days now. I keep tinking 'time to get smokes' then quickly realize I'm not smoking, or I'll think about reaching in my pocket for a box that isn't there. I even had a dream the other night that I made it most of the way through a pack before I caught myself with a 'wtf?!' moment. I bought a ten pack of trident sugarless whitening gum that was on sale as something to help with whatever oral fixation I still might have [insert joke here]. I haven't had an attitude or anything like that, but I have been getting antsy from time to time. Overall, I give these relics of my past two weeks tops (hopefully), and I'm feeling pretty good about it. Thanks for the advice (and non-advice) and I will keep this updated as I see fit. I also encourage anyone else who has been thinking of quitting to join me in doing so, I liked Ghostie's support group idea - so why not?

When I quit, the first step was to take a week where I was NOT allowed to smoke in the "habit" moments, such as while driving, after eating, after meep, etc. After that it was easy. Any "withdrawls" are bullmeep. Go through opiate withdrawl and get back to me.

Anyways, get rid of those habit moments and it's really easy after that. But you'll pick it up again.

100% right about the habit moments.

The addiction is next to nothing. I've had worse feelings coming off of caffeine or that one time I ate like 10 slim jims for dinner and almost died

Interesting. I quit smoking about 8 weeks ago. I smoked for over 10 years. A pack a day 'cept the times I was trying to quit. Im using the patch right now and strongly suggest it over anyother nicotine replacement therapy if you plan on using one. The gum and the lozenges still give you that 'reward' when you feel stressed or after you eat etc. The patch gives you a continuous dose so you can go about your business without having to 'dose' yourself.

Cold turkey sucks. The physical 'withdrawl' ends in a few days, but the psychological habit is what keeps yo meep going back. I had to change some of my routine, like tea in the morning instead of coffee for awhile or chewing gum in the car or punching peoples meeping faces the meep off. All help.

Good luck swamps.

I chime in too.

I've never quit, but I really never started either...

anyhow when I feel like cutting it the meep out, I change habits.

Habits are what traps you and really the routine needs changing. And if you are on a health kick--instead of a smoke do some exercise.

Gyms can be full of hot women in spandex tights [or fat ones, ugly ones or meep men, or ugly fat meep men dressed as women in spandex tights...] anyhow, get out of your rut and change your routine and do something health giving.

if you normally take routine breaks, keep them, instead go outside and walk around or take a walking tour. Avoid the cig smoker spots and you are golden!

Jon, meepbox, how's the quitting going?

I quit last week, and have been on the patch since. These things freakin' suck. It's making me really sick to my stomach, anxious and my dreams are intense which causes me to wake up with mega-sweats. But, it curbs the appetite for smoke, so I guess I should just deal with it.

there's some a drug that i heard about on a local morning show. apparently it works really well and makes your dreams more vivid. damned if i know what it's called though; think it's play off of 'cessation'.

In the past month I've had 5 cigs, and each one tastes progressively worse to me for some reason. We'll see how long I can go with 0.

I haven't quit yet (because I'm a loooooser), but I've had several people swear by Wellbutrin. They prescribe it to you, and you keep smoking while you're taking it, and you are not allowed to stop until your set quit date. All five people I know who have gone this route said that by two or three days before their quit dates, they were desperate to stop. One even called his doctor back and begged. 'Please can I stop now?' 'No', said the evil doctor, 'You have to keep smoking until Friday.'

The thing is, it really has been shown to work well, but no one, litterally no one has any idea how it works. They only know that it changes your brain chemistry somehow. A little disturbing that. Also, there is a risk of seizure which increases dramatically with alcohol... so I dunno 'bout that either.

Still...

so fuking wrong on the name; chantix.

I read somewhere about psilocybin therapy. I wouldn't mind that.

Wellbutrin is an antidepressant. I does not have serotonin though. I took it for dpression and it caused wicked insomnia. I have a friend that quit cigs using it and swore by it.

I quit about 17 years ago with a 4-week hypnosis program. No withdrawal, it was worth EVERY PENNY I paid ($220 back then). Anyone I know who tried a single session hypnosis thing went back to smoking quickly. The 4-week program used the stopping of "habit momments" combined with the set quit date.

Good luck guys. Don't make me call you a candy-meep.

Still quit since last post.

Denthole! The 21mg patch meeped me up too, heart palpatations and nausea! Good to hear I wasnt just a puss. As for the wellbutrin/zyban, I took that when I quit last time for about 3 months, helped me alot. But then I got sober and started smoking again, go figure.

Today I hit my 2-week mark with not smoking. I've been doing pretty good as far as cravings, but here and there I can still feel the anxiety when I find myself patting my pockets for a pack of smokes. This seems to only happen when driving or directly after a meal.

I'm back on the patch, but taking the 7mg now, because I enjoy not dying.

Quitnet says: Mike, you have NOT smoked 203 cigarettes in 2 weeks and saved $48.51, Congrats!

Sweet.

Does quitnet factor in the money you spent on those puss....patches?

No ma'am, because Quitnet bought them for me. They supply 8 weeks of it in the state of CO.

I did the ghey quitnet thing too... Stats: Time Smoke-Free: 87 days, 21 hours, 12 minutes and 53 seconds Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1670 Lifetime Saved: 12 days, 18 hours Money Saved: $334.40

Booya.

I quit real easy. I just stopped. A month later I had a craving, so I smoked a cigarette, and then I quit again. I have not smoked since.

Good luck, you're either going to do it, or not. It's all based on your personality and how much you smoke. I wasn't a heavy smoker.

Fifty- two days smoke free, meepes. Just replace nicotine with food. Next new years resolution is to lose weight.

meeping impressive, all of you who quit.

!4 days smoke free, 3 year pot free, 9 years coke free, and like a half hour masturbation free.

If you are winded after only 4 years it is not the cigs, you are just in bad shape.

Smoke a joint everytime you want a cig, in a few days you won't even know what a cig is.

Ride your bike every time you have the urge to lite up.

If you smoke, smoke a brand you hate...really really hate.

Put all your meeps in a jar and smell them every time you want another one.

Put a rubber band around your wrist and pop it hard so it hurts every time you think of smoking.

Become a junkie and spend all your money on smack so you can't buy a pack.

Stop slowly, smoke only 10 a day and only the ones that mean something (1st smoke of day, after a meal, ride to work, meep) then each week take one out of the mix 10, 9, 8, 7, in ten weeks you will only smoke one a day. I think one a day is good for you..it kills germs that live in your lungs.

Indians smoked for spiritual reasons: Tobacco is a curse put on the white man for deeds we did. Live at Peace with the world and you can quit right now,forever.

^^Srsly, WTF is that meepgotry?

I'm with you nigers, and I feel your pain (sort of).

We quit yesterday at noon. After having smoked 1.5 to 2 packs a day for 23 years, I'm using the patch, and so far it hasn't been too bad. A couple of weak cravings aside, I'm enjoying being a non-smoker.

I feel a bit guilty that this is going relatively easily for me; my girlfriend smoked for only 10 years, and only a pack a day max, and she started going bugmeep after only a couple of hours.

I just hope we can hang on; if we don't make it this time, it isn't going to get any easier next time.

Good luck to those of you who are quitting/recently quit. And better luck to those of you who still light up :>

Time Smoke-Free: 9 days, 21 hours, 49 minutes and 16 seconds Cigarettes NOT smoked: 297 Lifetime Saved: 2 days, 6 hours Money Saved: $52.50

Still rockin in the free world, meepes.

Good luck guitarjohn. I went to a hypnotherapist to quit. No withdrawls and it's been 3 years now. On a side note, your lungs don't get better after you quit. Your body adjust to the capicity your lungs are able to produce.

Patches and gum are another thing to get hooked on.

Time Smoke-Free: 34 days, 12 hours, 37 minutes and 33 seconds Cigarettes NOT smoked: 483 Lifetime Saved: 3 days, 16 hours Money Saved: $117.81

Congrats Clavis - how's hellweek?

Congrats Clavis - how's hellweek?

Congrats yerself, Missuh Dent.

It's been only semi-hellish. The cravings go away within like 15 seconds. I don't even really have to preoccupy myself to fight them anymore. We've washed nearly everything in the house to get rid of the smoke smell. After the dudes clean the carpets tomorrow, the place will be pretty well de-funkafied. Neither of us have committed homicide, so all is well, I guess.

How are you coping without tobacco?

Thread is oddly timed. I just quit last night. Me and the LBP had been planning to quit this Wednesday, on the plane to Puerto Rico, but I ran out of smokes last night, have a head cold and a throat that was already sore before I smoked a meepload of cigarettes this weekend like a total meephead, and I didn't feel like buying another couple packs just to stop, so I gave up my last one this morning unsmoked.

Had a couple of vague urges, pattern-based -- either while typing out great vitriolic posts on the Internet or just post-lunch -- but so far quitting is kind of the way it always has been; a non-event.

Get gum or something. patches work great. The first day is not so bad, the 2nd and 3rd days, are the worst. The urge to kill all the meeping morons will be stronger than the urge to smoke.