Quited smoking is a pain in the ass :0icon_pis

[< <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.

[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.

[< <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

[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

[Jesusbrah]

You could try dipping once a day. The nicotine buzz is a lot stonger so you'll save a lot of cash plus it wont interfere with your workouts as you're not messing up your lungs, just your gums I know this wont get you off nicotine but it could make it easier to get off it.

Mmmm, sexy

[bsh]

Wow... That's crazy! Looks like a bad case of meth-mouth!

[RaginCajun]

You could try dipping once a day. The nicotine buzz is a lot stonger so you'll save a lot of cash plus it wont interfere with your workouts as you're not messing up your lungs, just your gums I know this wont get you off nicotine but it could make it easier to get off it.

My dad quit both smoking and dipping. He said dipping was harder to quit than smoking

[wmaousley]

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"?

I have quit smoking 3 times. What has worked for me is to first stop smoking in common places of everyday life like your car, house, office, bar, club, after a meal, with morning coffee etc and find a new place to smoke. Practicing this will help disassociate yourself and these common places with "smoking areas". For me I never smoked in my car or home because of my wife and daughter.

Staying busy and chewing gum sometimes nicotine gum also helped me get past the mental barriers we face when quitting.

Cold turkey is the way to go and remember that a cigarette craving is all mental. Once you push through the mental barrier which takes me about 3 days its all down hill from there.

Best of luck to you, and I hope you are able to stop smoking.

[j3374]

I've been addicted to alcohol and cigarettes.

I had to give up drinking before I could successfully stop smoking. One always lead to the other.

Smoking took me so long, and so many attempts before I could successfully refrain. I ended up joining a NicA 12-step group. Sounds cheesy, but when/if you are serious enough that you'll try anything to overcome dependency, you'll do whatever it takes. I used other methods also, such as megadoses of vitamin C, sleeping 12+ hours a day, exercise, drinking a gallon of water a day (something I do regularly now), and nicotine gum. I tried anything that might help, since I have an addictive personality when it comes to tobacco and alcohol.

I have many generations of alcoholics and smokers/dippers in my family. It was a part of our family culture as much as it was an individual problem. It's important to understand, also, that there is a physical and a psychological aspect to addictions. We're supposed to be over the physical part of the addiction in a few days, once the drug is out of our systems. The psychological part of our addiction can last for weeks, months and years- as long as the brain craves the dopamine that gets released when our fix is met. This is the brain chemical that makes otherwise non-physical addictions habit forming: shopping, porn, gambling, pot, steroids, sex, ect. As long as our brain makes the association between an addiction and pleasure, it will continue craving the fix.

[jesse4466]

My wife's sisters sits on our balcony smoking hookah all day . I've been joining her sometimes last few days and starting to catch myself.. Don't want to get addicted to nicotine. I used to dip and smoke. Haven't been addicted for 6 years and never smoke or dip anymore.. Just have to careful. Doesn't take much.