Quited smoking is a pain in the ass :0icon_pis

[Jesusbrah]

Quitted smoking 4 days ago, cold turkey. Im grumpy, slightly paranoid and angry.

Reason for quitting is for saving cash. Used like $5-700 a month on this shit.

Anyone else going/have gone through this? Any help to ease the "pain"?

[EquilibriumZ]

I know it's super hard to quit that's why i never started it. I quit alcohol though, last time i drank was 3 years ago.

But one effective way is to multiply that 750$ by 12. Imagine you spend all that money on gear and food now . Better?

[Jesusbrah]

I know it's super hard to quit that's why i never started it. I quit alcohol though, last time i drank was 3 years ago.

But one effective way is to multiply that 750$ by 12. Imagine you spend all that money on gear and food now . Better?

Ahh, im gonna have wet dreams tonight!

[austinite]

quitted?

[Jesusbrah]

quitted?

Im Norwegian, give me a break

[austinite]

Im Norwegian, give me a break

Unnskyld. Det var en spøk.

[Jesusbrah]

Unnskyld. Det var en spøk.

How...?

Im guessing google translate

[bsh]

U stopped! U haven't quit... It's a rough road I know! Just breath deep and keep occupied with something other than having a smoke... After a meal or in the car was the two biggest for me! Plain and simple u have to get new habits, better habits, healthy habits... Hope this helps

[Hoggage_54]

[bsh]

Hahaha

[< <Samson> >]

Shit

Quitting smoking is pvssy shit


I quit 100% before, then started smoking again - but, on my terms. Most I smoke is maybe a handful of smokes a month - if that

Can't even remember the last time I bought a pack


It just smells like shit - I rarely smoke, mostly when I get fvcked up


But, compared to shaking some habits - smoking is not even close to the same level

[lovbyts]

You guys are a bunch or quitters.

I use to smoke, sort of. It started as a weekend thing and then a few a week until it was a little over a pack a week so I stopped almost 5 years ago.

Even at that little bit it still wasnt easy but that nust made me more determined. I dont like anything having a hold on me.

[< <Samson> >]

I dont like anything having a hold on me.

Me neither

Juice don't count right?!

[bsh]

It's only the 3rd most addictive substance in the world....

[< <Samson> >]

It's only the 3rd most addictive substance in the world....

What's one & 2?


I justified cost of smoking to myself for a while. You can order smokes from Ru or the like for like 30% of the U.S. Cost. Or I got em from Mexico -

[bsh]

JC I jus realized how much $ ur talking about... I was a pac a day! That's 7.50$ a day, how much were u smoking? 2 pac a day????

[bsh]

Heroine and crack...

[bsh]

Personally I would say caffeine... Coffees the most used substance in the world...

[Hazard]

If I'm not mistaken.... Crystal is te most addictive substance. Followed by H....

[< <Samson> >]

If I'm not mistaken.... Crystal is te most addictive substance. Followed by H....

I agree - either or can be interchanged, depending on the personality it attached itself to

The first attacks the CNS in ways nothing else can. The 2nd works on a diff mechanism, yet is close to as addictive as the 1st.


Breaking addiction from just about anything requires cognitive changes in our day to day life - it requires you to stay on your toes not to turn back. It's easier to just go back and start back up, than not. It's work - every day, for a long time.

[Hazard]

I stand corrected.....

Oxys, nicotine, H, C, Crystal, Alcohol - in that order based on a few sites.

[bsh]

Whatever, it's up there with the top five! Not splitting hairs... I know I've had a personal relationships with nic for most of my life and it's a MFRR

[bsh]

And for the record I've I be had experience w/ all the above mentioned

[lovbyts]

It's only the 3rd most addictive substance in the world....

#1 would be women.
#2 would be money

Yup juice doesn't count. LoL. Actually I've never fled an addiction towards it. I have a hard time remembering to use it.

[lovbyts]

Personally I would say caffeine... Coffees the most used substance in the world...

Used but not addictive. He'll I drank coffee for years and just quit for no real reason and didnt have any for months and the worse I hade was a caffeine headache for a day or two.

[bsh]

I couldn't survive w/o coffee.... Nic is the 2nd on my list... Hahaha, junkie if u will, I don't care... It's all good

[bsh]

I'm somewhat new to performance enhancing so jury is still out... But I do like!

[Honkey_Kong]

Quitted smoking 4 days ago, cold turkey. Im grumpy, slightly paranoid and angry.

Reason for quitting is for saving cash. Used like $5-700 a month on this shit.

Anyone else going/have gone through this? Any help to ease the "pain"?

The most important thing to do in breaking the habit is replace the act of smoking with something else. I used regular chewing gum for this. Get the kind with the strongest flavours. I preferred Cinnaburst and Big Red for it.

But yeah, don't get caught up in the nicotine gums or any of the other gimmicks. If you want to quit you just need will-power and some regular gum. After the first few weeks, you'll be in the clear. In April or May, I'll have quit for 10 years

[DOSA]

I love smoking, really love it. I smoke one pack a day.
That being said I have been trying to quit for some time. Nothing but bad things come from it, the older I get the more it sets in, this shit is going to kill me.

I can make it thru the day just fine, its the driving that gets me. I chain smoke in car, I have cut back to 3-4 cigs on way to work which is 20 min drive but man that is my vice. Im actually thinking of working from home to avoid driving for a bit.

stay strong man, dont start again, keep on going. good luck

[Marc114]

I smoked 2.5 packs a day for 20 years. Quitting was the best thing I ever did. When I was younger it really didn't bother me , as I got older I started to really feel the effects of smoking. Tried cold turkey and wanted to murder somebody by the second day..lol. The nicotine gum worked for me, really took the edge off ,then I just started chewing regular gum. It's rough at first , but the longer you don't smoke the easier it gets. It's been 5 years now and don't even think about it anymore , in fact, the smell of it now is pretty disgusting to me.

[thisAngelBites]

When I was reading Miles Davis' autobiography I was surprised to see he mentioned that he found quitting heroin was waaay easier than cigarettes.

[bsh]

When I was reading Miles Davis' autobiography I was surprised to see he mentioned that he found quitting heroin was waaay easier than cigarettes.

hahaha, that's a great book!

[thisAngelBites]

hahaha, that's a great book!

Miles was quite a cat. One of his grandsons is a friend from uni days, and oh, the stories he would tell. The brilliant ones are so often crazy.

[bsh]

Miles was quite a cat. One of his grandsons is a friend from uni days, and oh, the stories he would tell. The brilliant ones are so often crazy.

haha, yes they are! I'd love to have on of his black chic paintings... That would be epic! I played with a few guys that had a past with miles and a lot of others back in the early 90's They were all great guys and yes I would sit and listen to stories for hours on end

[< <Samson> >]

When I was reading Miles Davis' autobiography I was surprised to see he mentioned that he found quitting heroin was waaay easier than cigarettes.

I have heard that personally from recovering addicts


IMO - it's all in our head - If I can't control myself who will do it for me?


Coming off the shit that have been really opened my eyes to real will power & self control


Just very hard for us to find sometimes

We find ways to lie & justify things to ourselves in so many ways - I been there, done damn near all - twice

[thisAngelBites]

I have heard that personally from recovering addicts


IMO - it's all in our head - If I can't control myself who will do it for me?


Coming off the shit that have been really opened my eyes to real will power & self control


Just very hard for us to find sometimes

We find ways to lie & justify things to ourselves in so many ways - I been there, done damn near all - twice

It literally IS in our heads. Nicotine binds to receptors in our brain, and causes a complicated series of both desensitising the receptors and the activation of many more receptors where the end result is that we become so dependent on nicotine that the brain perceives it as necessary to life, just like drinking, eating and sex. We might not technically need cigarettes, but convincing our brains otherwise is not so easy. Try ignoring your brain's wish for water when you are thirsty - soon you can't think of anything else.

I think I remember reading that cold turkey is the best way to quit, and that in like 72 hours, the nicotine is completely gone, although it can take like 3 weeks for your brain receptors to normalise. I smoked for awhile in my twenties and one day when I started a second pack in one day, I decided enough was enough, and threw them in the glove box and stopped.

I hope you are hanging in there - I think four days in you have passed the worst of it.

[< <Samson> >]

I think four days in you have passed the worst of it.

Four days - LoL


It's life long, to me at least for sure - It's like seriously two parts of your brain talking to one another. The "I need it" to the noooo - it's bad for me & I shouldn't do it

The CNS is a tough competitor that's for sure - Self control is one tough mother fvcker

[clarky.]

Smart move it's a vulgar bad habit. You will see this in the long run.

[tcw]

Pick your Poison. -----I don't know ANYONE WHO'S NOT ADDICTED to something. (i'm talking co-workers, Lawyers, Drs, CPA's, etc)

Lets see....let me audit my friends (in my mind).

Ok we got:
-Fanatical Religious Belief Systems (you tell them their crazy, they will throw down the gauntlet).
-Drugs (Marijuana, Steroids, Coke, Pain Meds, Psych Meds, Nicotine)
-Food
-P##sy
-Porn
-Working out
-Movies
-Books and more books
-the Internet
-etc

....the Multi-Nats have got us by the Balls!


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[EquilibriumZ]

Liars, you are all addicted to anabolic steroids. You even created a forum for it.