Quitting smoking...

[Sammy Dead-O]

Has anyone else taken this on? I started on Nicorette (the gum) a few days ago, and I know I'm supposed to look for support and all that, so I was wondering if anyone out there had any tips or tricks for me.

Thanks.

 

[Spiderman]

Keep it up!

 

[Rando]

I've half heartedly tried a few times...but it never lasts long.

Frankly, I'm not ashamed of any of my vices, and I'd rather die young knowing that I lived how I damned well pleased then die old and having lived a quiet, safe life.

But, more power to ya, man.

 

[Mikeymike]

I successfully quit smoking every week. Haven't tried Nicorette/the patch/etc. yet, but I'm getting there. I don't know if its true or urban legend, but supposedly if you breakdown and have a cig while on the patch you pretty much lose control of your bowels. Not pretty, so don't go out drinking with your buddies while on the patch.

I will say this, I quit for a 4 month period and gained 15 lbs.

 

[Azreal the Soulmaster]

Thats an urban legend, although if you smoke with a patch on alot it can cause a heart attack or stroke.

 

[Darkstar]

Try and get incarcerated. Do something horrible tho, like eat a baby or something. That way youll get put in a facillity where the only way to get cigs is from the fat guy who smuggles them in via his... well you know. Maybey then you wont be tempted to smoke, or least hope you wont be.

 

[terzarima]

Come on, that's why they have shrink-wrap ^_^

Keep it up.

Smoking not good for me. I get a whiff of second hand and I start to cough up lungs.

 

[Sammy Dead-O]

Hmm. Worse for the bowels: Prison or smoking while on the patch?

Thanks for responding, people. And Rando: I've thought of it the same way at times, but that view is getting outweighed for me these days. And along the lines of that attitude, I'm tired of being a slave to it.

And finally...15 pounds? I can only hope. Any CPAer who's met me will tell you that 15 more can only be good for me. (I'm about 6'4", 135.) Let's hope some of that falls my way.

 

[theorgg]

Even if it's NOT because of the 2,000+ chemicals that the government hasn't banned being strown through the air via the smoke(just because of tradition), you need to quit at LEAST a year to get some wheight on you!

I overlooked you at the Torment and Judgement PRs! That's pretty darn skinny!

 

[Ura]

Flavored toothpicks.

Helped me tons when I quit 6 years ago. They give your hands and mouth something to do when they would normally have a smoke in them. If you get the really strong "hot" flavoured ones you'll get so sick of the taste in your mouth you'll basically train yourself that stick shaped things in mouth = gross.

Good luck man.

 

[Apollo]

We've been trying to help my good friend's mom quit for some time now, but she hasn't been successful. The only time she's been able to go absolutely cig-free is when I'm at her house, cause she knows how much I hate the stench and she feels bad.

Right now, though, she's in the hospital for an extended stay cause she's getting her hip replaced. Smoking is banned at the hospital, so we're hoping she'll be able to kick it entirely while she's there. So there's your trick: mess up your body enough that you can enjoy a couple weeks in the hospital, and you'll have no choice!

Seriously, though, good luck.

 

[TomB]

After smoking for about 25 years. It was rough, and, to tell the truth, wasn't really ready to quit yet, but from my observations it seems like no one is really ready to quit until they're diagnosed with cancer, or heart disease, and by then it's too late for quitting to really help.

I wanted to avoid that...

So I quit. I used the patch, and on the 1st day I tried to smoke a cigarette while wearing it. Big mistake. About halfway through my heart started beating REALLY fast, and I got REALLY nauseous, so I put it out REALLY fast!

After that, when I really needed a hit I took one or 2 drags off of a butt in my ashtray, and that was all...

I used to buy my smokes in the hard packs (boxes), and I always kept them in my breast pocket, so I was in the habit of reaching in there whenever I wanted one. When I quit I replaced the cigarette pack in my pocket with a box of Altoids, and whenever I would reach in there for a smoke I'd find the box of Altoids, so I'd suck on a mint instead. They were good and strong, and they seemed to help dampen the craving.

After a while they made my teeth a bit grungey though, so if you decide to try them remember to brush frequently...

I also seemed to have picked up quite a persistent gum chewing habit since then, which is better than the smokes, I guess. The wife really hates it though, especially since the kids are always stealing my gum and leaving it in unwanted places.... I've also gained around 10 pounds, though that's probably due more to not smoking away my breaktimes at work.

Now, I actually eat stuff while I'm there...

Good luck!

 

[Ransac]

Try Nicotrel.

That's where if you ever try to smoke a cigarette, a big, muscled guy named Nick O'Trel(I think that's the name they gave him) beats the living crap out of you.

Just don't let you wife/girlfriend near him.





Ransac, cpa trash man

 

[Purple_jester]

If you believe you can do it, you WILL do it. Trust and faith in yourself. You're a human being, and it's an aweful shame that a legalized drug in the form of dried leaves and rolled up papaer can control your life.

While I know that some people will say they'd rather die young and happy, I feel the need to remind them that it's very difficult to die happy when you're lying in a hospital bed, lungs filled with fluid or cancerous cells, gasping and wheezing for breath as you spend the next few months dying slowly of asphyxiation...

Nobody wants to die like that.

 

[Spiderman]

Wow, I didn't know so many CPA-ers were smokers.

Normally I'd say do whatcha want to also, but the smell also irritates me... and since even second-hand smoke is bad, that makes it worse. I'm not going to tell you to stop or preach; that's your choice though

 

[arhar]

I quit smoking two years ago, cold turkey. It was really frickin' rough at first, but somehow I survived, that means everybody else can do that too.

 

[Apollo]

Frankly, I'm not ashamed of any of my vices, and I'd rather die young knowing that I lived how I damned well pleased then die old and having lived a quiet, safe life.

Nothing against you personally, Rando, but in response to the "I can kill myself if I want to, I'm not hurting anyone else" attitude. I read somewhere that for every pack a smoker smokes, something like $3.00 of taxpayer money will pay for hospital bills for them through Medicaid and the like. So, while you're living how you damn well please and killing yourself, I'm paying out the nose for you 20 years from now. And I have to stand around you and smell it in the meantime...