Smoke Enders

[snyprrr]

it's 2 in the morning. i'm smokin till i pass out and destroying the rest....again.  At least i don't have any money.

boy, this sucks. it used to be easier, but then i picked up that ONE, and poof...of to the races.

but i HAVE to stop.

[mahler10th]

 

[Dr. Dread]

Cinnamon sticks.

[DavidRoss]

it's 2 in the morning. i'm smokin till i pass out and destroying the rest....again.  At least i don't have any money.

boy, this sucks. it used to be easier, but then i picked up that ONE, and poof...of to the races.

but i HAVE to stop.

You cannot have even one.  I quit smoking and then started again several times over the course of a dozen years until I finally understood the nature of addiction.  It does not end just because you haven't ingested nicotine lately.  All it takes is one cigarette and the insane psycho-pharmacological compulsion starts to control your life again. 

[Père Malfait]

You cannot have even one.  I quit smoking and then started again several times over the course of a dozen years until I finally understood the nature of addiction.  It does not end just because you haven't ingested nicotine lately.  All it takes is one cigarette and the insane psycho-pharmacological compulsion starts to control your life again. 

Amen, brother! I smoked 3 packs a day (including cloves) for years. After several attempts to quit by gradually tapering down, I finally had to quit cold turkey - it was the only way I could do it.  And man was it hard. But I got through it.

Snyprrr, best of luck! Hopefully, you're young enough for quitting to make a difference. Unfortunately, I didn't quit until I was 35, which was too late - I now have emphysema and pulmonary hypertension at age 44.    Let my experience be a cautionary tale for all you young folks out there who smoke - quit now!!! You'll be glad you did.

[DFO]

If you really want to stop smoking, there's an absolutely sure method, show by Stephen King. Just read the short story "Quitters Inc."

[mahler10th]

Isn't snyprrr talking about a more herbal form of smoking??

[DavidRoss]

Isn't snyprrr talking about a more herbal form of smoking??

Tobacco's about as herbal as it gets, but if he's talking about pot the same principles apply...only I doubt THC is nearly as physiologically addictive as nicotine (is anything?  even heroin?), however even a couple of hits will screw up his judgment worse than a carton of fags so the net result is no better.

[bwv 1080]

nicotine gum and cinnamon sticks did it for me about 18 years ago

the benefit of nicotine gum is that you can separate the smoking habit from the nicotine addiction and tackle them one at a time

I smoke an occasional cigar (2-4 per year) but thats it

[mahler10th]

nicotine gum and cinnamon sticks did it for me about 18 years ago
the benefit of nicotine gum is that you can separate the smoking habit from the nicotine addiction and tackle them one at a time
I smoke an occasional cigar (2-4 per year) but thats it

But no accomplished safety, as there is enough nicotine in a cigar to kill a horse.

[Dr. Dread]

nicotine gum and cinnamon sticks did it for me about 18 years ago

the benefit of nicotine gum is that you can separate the smoking habit from the nicotine addiction and tackle them one at a time

I smoke an occasional cigar (2-4 per year) but thats it

Yep. And the cinnamon stick is for oral fixation.

[Dr. Dread]

I chewed on licorice root twigs like a dog. 

I'm not sure what those look like, but with cinnamon sticks, you can pretend you're Clint Eastwood in one of those spaghetti Westerns. 

[Dr. Dread]

They look like this:

I would snap those cinnamin sticks in half pretty quick, they were like the Fruit Stripe gum of chewing sticks. With a licorice root stick, I could go all day long.

Oh, I didn't chew on them. Just stuck them between my lips.

[Dr. Dread]

Gotcha. I was one of those nervous, 2 pack a day smokers, so the licorice worked great.

Did you chew on your cigarettes? 

[ChamberNut]

Did you chew on your cigarettes? 

Nice avatar, Dave!  A great Canadian symbol!  Well, Minnesota is practically in Canada anyways. 

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On the subject of quitting smoking, I quit on August 1, 2001.  Hadn't planned on quitting, I just woke up from an afternoon nap and decided there and then that it was it!  I'm quitting.  So, I grabbed the carton of cigs I had in the freezer, went down and gave it to a colleague from work, then headed down to Walmart and grabbed some Nicorette gum, a bunch of candy snacks, and chocolate bars.  And that was it! 

[Dr. Dread]

A great Canadian Minnesotan symbol!

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Thread duty:
On the subject of quitting smoking, I quit on August 1, 2001.  Hadn't planned on quitting, I just woke up from an afternoon nap and decided there and then that it was it!  I'm quitting.  So, I grabbed the carton of cigs I had in the freezer, went down and gave it to a colleague from work, then headed down to Walmart and grabbed some Nicorette gum, a bunch of candy snacks, and chocolate bars.  And that was it! 

Yeah, that happened to me. I tried countless times to quit, then one day, out of the blue, I had the willpower to do it.

[ChamberNut]

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Yeah, that happened to me. I tried countless times to quit, then one day, out of the blue, I had the willpower to do it.

Only the first day after quitting did I have physical withdrawal symptoms (headache, dizziness).  That's where the Nicorette gum helped me.  After that first day though, no physical withdrawal.  I only used the gum for about 3 months.  The rest of it was just about trying to develop different routines and habits.  And, I know I'm in the minority here....but I actually enjoyed going outside and drinking coffee besides someone who was smoking. 

[Dr. Dread]

Only the first day after quitting did I have physical withdrawal symptoms (headache, dizziness).  That's where the Nicorette gum helped me.  After that first day though, no physical withdrawal.  I only used the gum for about 3 months.  The rest of it was just about trying to develop different routines and habits.  And, I know I'm in the minority here....but I actually enjoyed going outside and drinking coffee besides someone who was smoking. 

I went from craving cigarettes to craving them only when I had a drink to not craving them at all, and now I can't stand them.

[ChamberNut]

A few times a year, I'll enjoy a cigar or cigarillo outside with some friends who are only occasional smokers.  But never a cigarette.

[Dr. Dread]

This was my poison.