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ive smoked about 20 cigarettes a day for a good 5 years and am quitting cold turkey. without gum or patched. its maybe a new year new me thing, but recently a friend of me quit, one i never thought would and its pretty inspiring. taxes on smokes are also getting higher as of this year and it also is now banned at and around school areas. i waited till the holidays break of two weeks was over and now the time has come. using an app that keeps me informed how much i saved and how many cigs i havent smoked should motivate me. i wonder how bad the nicotine withdrawal is gonna be though

share ur experience if u ever quit or wish me luck or both or none

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ive quit for 45 minutes now and saved 0,05. lmao go me

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all the smokers i known said not to do cold turkey. i wish you luck of course but it seems hard to do cold turkey.

I quit like 3 or 4 years ago. Counting the money is a good inspiration but go ahead and spend that money too, on a new game or something to distract you from the savings. The best thing you can to is be too broke/lazy to go buy some. And if you can legitimately distract yourself, cravings won't last more than single digit minutes.

Oh and the poster above said two weeks, but especially the first three days. Its practivally over after that. But also keep in mind any slip ups will reset that completely, cold turkey is the best way. Hardest maybe, but quickest, otherwise you're just prolonging your cravings.

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Good luck mate

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thanks for the luck and thanks for the tips and esp thank u for no joke posts. i hope my mind is strong enough to not give in

the reward idea is good, i thought of that too. if i can keep this up till the 20th im gonna buy myself the ring fit game for switch. feels like a healthy trade off

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you prob won't but gl anyway

well the first day was a success.

it went relatively easy though im starting to feel more uncomfortable by the minute. i was very motivated to finish shit today though. felt the need to have everything done before going to bed. its been the first time since ages im going to bed and fall asleep at this time (23:30)

it feels like forever but its only been 18 hours since my last one. when i wake up tommorow it will be 24. update follows


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My grandmother who smoked a pack a day for about 40 years was able to quit cold turkey at the age of 55. If she can do it after that, anyone can. Believe in yourself.

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ProfessorKukui posted...

To keep you on the clean path

https://youtu.be/ZXsQAXx_ao0

me commanding myself to go to sleep

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i didnt sleep well yesterday either (hell i made this topic 5:30am). only three hours after that. and maybe 30 mins so far this night. insomnia?

Senta posted...

My grandmother who smoked a pack a day for about 40 years was able to quit cold turkey at the age of 55. If she can do it after that, anyone can. Believe in yourself.

very impressive. did she had a reason to quit?


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you've got this, i believe in you

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going through insomnia myself since october. slowly getting better. but it was scary as shit. there was a couple nights in a row where i didn't get any sleep at all. laid there for 7 hours and then next thing i know the alarm was going off and it was time to get up. weird part is i felt no different. you'd think someone with no sleep would feel groggy but i was still alert, performing at work, driving, etc with no issues. no idea what caused it.

how nice

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I'm glad for you tc, but be careful. If you notice anything weird with your skin, consider getting nicotine gum after all.

I knew a guy who quit cold turkey, and his skin just fuckin, cracked wide open. His hands and face, real deep in there, like he was a statue during an earthquake. Not trying to scare you or anything, just pay attention to any weird symptoms.

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Good luck
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I quit for 3 years, after smoking 20. Been smoking last 3 months again due to work stress. I plan to quit again after I'm done traveling.

I quit cold turkey.

Few things to keep in mind.

Quitting is all about will power.

After the first week, you'll start smelling things you never did before. You will think you're own body smells even if you take 4 showers in a day. (Literally had to have my wife smell me cause I thought I stunk, but she said I didnt)

Cigarette smoke is disgusting, (you will now pity yourself and feel bad for letting other people who dont smoke smell it)

You're poop cycle will be all kinds of fucked up.

Sleep? Lol

After a month it does get better.

gamestunner posted...

I quit for 3 years, after smoking 20. Been smoking last 3 months again due to work stress. I plan to quit again after I'm done traveling.

I quit cold turkey.

Few things to keep in mind.

Quitting is all about will power.

After the first week, you'll start smelling things you never did before. You will think you're own body smells even if you take 4 showers in a day. (Literally had to have my wife smell me cause I thought I stunk, but she said I didnt)

Cigarette smoke is disgusting, (you will now pity yourself and feel bad for letting other people who dont smoke smell it)

You're poop cycle will be all kinds of fucked up.

Sleep? Lol

After a month it does get better.

SauI_Goodman posted...

going through insomnia myself since october. slowly getting better. but it was scary as shit. there was a couple nights in a row where i didn't get any sleep at all. laid there for 7 hours and then next thing i know the alarm was going off and it was time to get up. weird part is i felt no different. you'd think someone with no sleep would feel groggy but i was still alert, performing at work, driving, etc with no issues. no idea what caused it.

it sounds horrible. when i dont sleep at night i crash somewhere during the day. i planned not doing it today and yet im still awake.

Guide posted...

I'm glad for you tc, but be careful. If you notice anything weird with your skin, consider getting nicotine gum after all.

I knew a guy who quit cold turkey, and his skin just fuckin, cracked wide open. His hands and face, real deep in there, like he was a statue during an earthquake. Not trying to scare you or anything, just pay attention to any weird symptoms.

oof, that prolly was a big scare for him. it now happens that my skin has been fucked up since fall for the first time in my life. i wonder how worse it can get. isnt it supposed to get better though? my app says so

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I quit a year ago. So glad about that. Saves a ton of money and better for my health. I did relapse with one cig 2 months ago but not any since

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i did smell my smoking roommate already.. its gonna get much more intense with the days



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I had to quit with chantix even then I was smoking through it

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

I quit a year ago. So glad about that. Saves a ton of money and better for my health. I did relapse with one cig 2 months ago but not any since

good! u can be proud of urself
did u struggle much?

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NeoBowser posted...

good! u can be proud of urself
did u struggle much?

Not really. Had a few dreams of smoking but not much else

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36 hours in. i left school today cuz i got so naseous out of the blue. didnt wanna barf there. im also not telling people i quit so if i fail people dont come for me

anyways this is motivating


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try to quit at a non stressed time.
and now im in control over myself i try to have as much as a healthy lifestyle possible. it motivates me that im giving my body what it deserves

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did you try touching your wife's boobs? that reduces my stress. i also don't smoke.

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That "nicotine in your blood" statistic on that app is very important. Once that is 100% you're not physically addicted anymore, that's why slipping up completely resets your 3~14 days of quitting. After that its just breaking a mental habit.

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i thought it was supposed to be 72 hours though.

anyways woke up, 52 hours in. had a full night of sleep and my mood is switching between good, numb and pissed every other sentence. im going to the gym tocay

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keep it up

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tbh the hardest part is going the first week without. Once you can go 2 or 3 weeks then you pretty much have quit

Whenever I quit i always get a cold/flu like thing happen to me lol.

this is such a motivational app. i expected the withdrawal to be much worse

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