Current Events > Quitting cigs is brute guys

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It's been 2 or 3 days now, i forget already. I wanna say tuesday was my last cig. Just super tired and run down since then. The boredom hits harder now too. Got jitters here and there, like i'm all antsy

Definitely feeling the irritability today. wasn't feeling it so much prior

also getting some gnarly heartburn idk if it's related. i'm not "craving" a cig as far as i can tell at least.

it's just annoying because cigs were like fast-forward buttons for me. like "oh shit need to kill 5-10 min better smoke"

I would say switch to something like American Spirits. I've also cut down a ton on my smoking, to the point where I don't even really enjoy it - I used to smoke like two or three per leg of my commute and now when I have to drive to work I just have 3/4 of one.

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it really starts to suck once the physical withdrawal really kicks in after 72h and then stays sucky for a few weeks while you break the mental addiction / habit aspect.

i found the patch helped me quit every time i attempted and was what i did for my final, successful attempt.

in the meantime, find something else to do for 5-10 minutes. get a game on your mobile that you can play a round or two of. check CE. anything but spending money on your own eventual suffering and death.

something that really helped keep me off tobacco was realizing that the part of quitting that is the worst (first few days / week) is the part i repeat the most with every attempt. so after i got over the worst part, whenever i'd have a craving again i'd just tell myself "you don't wanna deal with the withdrawal again and reset yourself back to day 1". i view each day i have under my belt as progress that will be erased if i relapsed.

i also made a point to tell everyone i knew i was quitting to help hold me accountable. having to look people in the eye and say "yes, i failed AGAIN" was a good motivator for me.

YOU GOT THIS BRO

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Hexenherz posted...

I would say switch to something like American Spirits. I've also cut down a ton on my smoking, to the point where I don't even really enjoy it - I used to smoke like two or three per leg of my commute and now when I have to drive to work I just have 3/4 of one.

This is actually due to your recommendation of Spirits. They burn longer than the slow heat death of the universe and especially the menthol ones are strong. It's a gambit, quitting using them can work, but they hit like a truck if you're used to lights.

I feel you TC. I shot myself in the foot. For a little over a year I vaped but all the stores, prices and availability of that equipment went to hell for covid in my city. Switched to American Spirits and trying to quit. Been smoking cigs for like two months now and I know I gotta stop.

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you can do it. the first couple weeks are the hardest then its just a matter of retraining your habits
i was at 2 packs a week and ive been cig free for over 4 years now
YOU CAN DO IT

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I have never smoked. But I wish you the best of luck. You got this.

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I traded smoking for vaping a couple years ago and havn't looked back

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oh and the longer you are addicted the harder it is to quit. every month you put off quitting is one more month the addiction grows stronger. get it over with and quit sooner rather than later, unless you just plan on paying $7/day to slowly kill yourself for the rest of your life.

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American spirits were my go-to if my first choice of parly hundos was out. I'm quitting nicotine altogether too, so patch no es bueno

Just gonna have to suck it up for however many months it takes to get over

CommunismFTW posted...

This is actually due to your recommendation of Spirits. They burn longer than the slow heat death of the universe and especially the menthol ones are strong. It's a gambit, quitting using them can work, but they hit like a truck if you're used to lights.

I feel you TC. I shot myself in the foot. For a little over a year I vaped but all the stores, prices and availability of that equipment went to hell for covid in my city. Switched to American Spirits and trying to quit. Been smoking cigs for like two months now and I know I gotta stop.

Lol, well I mean I used to smoke 2 or 3 American Spirits per leg.

@OP - Quitting cold turkey is statistically the better method, but the success rate is still not that great. I do wish you luck. THere's actually a public service run by the government where you can sign up for tips and encouraging texts periodically, and you can text a number for words of encouragement when you're feeling a craving if you're interested in something like that.

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Yeah it is definitely rough the first two to three weeks, I had to indulge in another vice just to make it through. I bought a new video game right before I quit as well as a bag of weed and that seemed to help a lot.

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If I buy weed I'll wanna smoke a cig so bad lol. I think I just need to learn how to not be bored so often

Socrawheeze posted...

I'm quitting nicotine altogether too, so patch no es bueno

nothing wrong with using it to help, imo. the way it approaches quitting in 3 stages is nice. by the time you've worn the 3rd step for 2-3 weeks you barely notice when its finally off.

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

nothing wrong with using it to help, imo. the way it approaches quitting in 3 stages is nice. by the time you've worn the 3rd step for 2-3 weeks you barely notice when its finally off.

A medication I intend to take reacts poorly with nicotine

I'm glad you're going for it. I don't like seeing good people have disproportionately awful effects from what would seem to be small shit. What do you think helps the most? My aunt only quit because it threatened to kill her via some sort of congenitally-assisted gum infection.

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Socrawheeze posted...

It's been 2 or 3 days now, i forget already. I wanna say tuesday was my last cig. Just super tired and run down since then. The boredom hits harder now too. Got jitters here and there, like i'm all antsy

Definitely feeling the irritability today. wasn't feeling it so much prior

also getting some gnarly heartburn idk if it's related. i'm not "craving" a cig as far as i can tell at least.

it's just annoying because cigs were like fast-forward buttons for me. like "oh shit need to kill 5-10 min better smoke"

You can do it. I believe in you.

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so whats the feeling, like you're dying if you can't have one?

no disrespect, I never understood it


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What helped me was chewing gum. Every time I had the urge to smoke a cig, I would chew some gum instead. Mustve been going through like 3 packs of gum a day at one point lol

Thanks guys

Joeydollaz posted...

so whats the feeling, like you're dying if you can't have one?

no disrespect, I never understood it

Honestly if I didn't just quit cigs but had these symptoms I'd assume I have covid

Fatigue, body aches, headaches, mouth and throat dryness are big ones. Lack of focus is hitting me pretty hard as well. Little trouble sleeping too

Quit smoking and drinking at the same time. Think i used chantix for a few days.

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I've read from a dentist mag that consistently chewing Trident will change the chemistry of your mouth for the better. I bought Trident in bulk and got sick of it eventually, though. I think I'd like flavorless gum.

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EnvoyOfTheLight posted...

I've read from a dentist mag that consistently chewing Trident will change the chemistry of your mouth for the better. I bought Trident in bulk and got sick of it eventually, though. I think I'd like flavorless gum.

There's this great flavorless gum I used to chew often. It's called juicy fruit

Joeydollaz posted...

so whats the feeling, like you're dying if you can't have one?

no disrespect, I never understood it

First few days is the worst craving you've had in your life, all day, where you really need to buckle down and be disciplined.

Then come the flu symptoms, sometimes severe. Then the lethargy, almost desensitized personality, then you're back to "normal" after at most a full 30 days without smoking.

It's a long, arduous process.

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Joeydollaz posted...

so whats the feeling, like you're dying if you can't have one?

no disrespect, I never understood it

In my experience quitting at random times...

After a couple of days I start to feel this sort of dull buzzing sensation in my head and I have a harder time concentrating. That happens for a couple of days. Get some irritability.

For a longer period of time I have a harder time staying awake on the road. But that could just be because I don't usually sleep enough and the stimulant was helping me stay awake in general >_>.

If you're talking about cravings in general, then I basically don't think about it until... I do. Like I'll just randomly think "A cigarette sounds good right about now." And then that's all I can think about for several minutes until I either smoke or let the craving pass. Sometimes I go and make myself smoke before a meeting or something because I don't know if I'll have a craving during the meeting and I'd rather avoid it.

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CommunismFTW posted...

First few days is the worst craving you've had in your life, all day, where you really need to buckle down and be disciplined.

Then come the flu symptoms, sometimes severe. Then the lethargy, almost desensitized personality, then you're back to "normal" after at most a full 30 days without smoking.

It's a long, arduous process.

Yeah that personality one is really true. Literally everyone I've interacted with over the past couple days has noticed somethings up. Also I usually never shut the fuck up at work but I've barely said ten sentences between yesterday and today

Damn I've quit before (lol) but never really had that bad of withdrawals. Maybe I'd get a little moody but that's it. Good luck dude.
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I had panic attacks when I quit. I cant describe them but when I was going through withdrawal and had the urge to smoke, I would get this rush through my body and it felt like I couldnt breathe. Like my body was convinced i needed a cigarette to breathe. I also got bad chest pains... quitting was no joke.

pogo_rabid posted...

I traded smoking for vaping a couple years ago and havn't looked back

Been three years for me, if you watch the nic content its pretty easy to start cutting down too.

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It sucks.
It's tough, and it's gonna get worse before it gets better, but after a couple of weeks, it will get better.

It's good that you're doing this TC! Just keep at it, positive results will come.

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this whole self improvement thing is a total rip

I've quit cold turkey twice. Only smoke now when I'm smashed. It's not that fucking hard.

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nice

Remove any visual reminders of smoking like ash trays, lighters, etc from your residence

Avoid smoker friends/family for a week or so

Establish the parts of the day you smoke most, then learn to live thru those times without smoking. For me, it was when first waking up in the am, while driving, after eating, after sex, and when drinking.

You really got to want it. Youll never quit if you dont genuinely want too


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I'm not getting cravings so I'm fine the symptoms are just shitty

Joeydollaz posted...

so whats the feeling, like you're dying if you can't have one?

no disrespect, I never understood it

your mind becomes preoccupied with the thought of having a cigarette / nicotine and you just crave it. you start feeling irritable or get a headache and your mind goes "this horrible feeling i'm experiencing right now will go away immediately if i just have <insert addiction here>". it's especially bad in situations where your habit kicks in, like how i would always have a smoke first thing after getting in the car, or immediately after finishing a meal.

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Dont start.

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Okay yeah I'll admit it's tough when I get in the car. That was instant smoke town. Now idk what to do with myself. How tf am I supposed to sing and rock out to my tunes without a cig lol

My back hurts so fucking bad

It was pretty rough for me but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alive today if I didn't quit. Health-wise quitting smoking is the best thing you can do.

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Socrawheeze posted...

My back hurts so fucking bad

could be your lungs working out some dark nasty loogies for you to cough up


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It's my lower back

Hot shower time this better help

Alteres posted...

Been three years for me, if you watch the nic content its pretty easy to start cutting down too.

Same, I actually went down the line and got down to 0mg and now just huff for the sole purpose of that I enjoy the act of and vaping/smoking

Its hard though - when I quit cold turkey the best I found to do is get a bong and rip it until my lungs would cry ( ;_;).. do a bunch of tricks and nose inhales until you trick your brain into thinking oh here it is

You can still sort of smoke/vape at 0 nicotine too.. itll satisfy you to the point eventually itll be weird sucking on a tiny stick for smoke


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you guys wanna know what the worst possible thing i coulda done was? get drunk. which i did. man i could just walk to the gas station rn and suck sweet tar

i wont. but i could.

don't lick the asphalt either

i don't think that's a thing but idk

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i have never heard of "lick asphalt" as a euphemism for smoking but i'll consider incorporating it into my repertoire

Get COVID and you won't want to smoke as a concern for your long-term health.

Not joking.

wow really great advice man

euughghhghh

what to do instead of smoking

wait this isnt google

Ive had a couple cigarettes a month habit for about 3 years. So, one or two on the weekend with coffee to get a random nicotine buzz.

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I went cold turkey from a 10-20 cigs a day for 17 years and there were zero physical withdrawals

Maybe it is because of how many times I've quit opiates and gone through the withdrawals from that

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