Two and a half weeks so far. So long as I have the e-cigarette, it's bearable.Cigarette withdrawal is a son of a bitch. The fits of having a hair trigger temper are the worst.

I just realized it's been six months for me. I got a vaporizer that I used for about a month after I quit real cigarettes and it was pretty easy. I think it was helpful to break up the "having a smoke" routine and the nicotine addiction into two separate steps.

MrFood wrote:[...]Cold sticks around for about two weeks, and is the worst I've had since I was a little kid. Had to take a couple of days off work even, develops into sinus infections, banging headaches etc. lasting for days and days.All this time, no cigarettes. No desire for cigarettes at all.Cold shifts, finally.Desire to smoke ¦. gone. Just gone. No kidding, I've not since even considered that a smoke would be a good idea. For a while after I got better the smell of smoke brought on strong memories of the headaches I had while ill to the point I could feel pain and I found the smell utterly nauseating. This has passed mostly.So ¦ did my mind associate the illness with the smoking? Did something akin to hypnosis happen here? I can't stress enough how thoroughly and instantly the desire to smoke left me. I'd been considering quitting smoking, but hadn't had the gumption to come up with a plan or schedule - then this happened. Curious, no? I've heard of similar things happening with food; where someone gets ill and can no longer eat the last type of food they had before becoming sick, regardless of whether the food had anything to do with it, but I've never heard of this happening with cigarettes.You?I realize this is an old post, but hadn't seen it and wanted to chime in:This cold-sickness-going-on-too-long is exactly how I quit. I quit that way five or six times, each for months or years, culminating in the last stretch, the longest, which has lasted eight-plus years.So yeah - getting sick like that is a great jumping-off point and a stark and rare example of turning a clear negative into a lasting positive. Woohoo!-r

I stopped after having one too many this past memorial day weekend. Haven't had the desire to go back at all. I was not a heavy smoker but pretty casual and then bouts of heavy smoking. I've quit for months before but this feels like a clean break. Being able to breathe clearly is a sigh of relief. OH AND I gained like 10-15 pounds after quitting, so that was fun. Now I have to start going on runs and doing sit ups (at some point).

I told my wife I'd be smoking in France while I was there because 1) I'd be alone with my thoughts a LOT, and 2), everyone there smokes so why shouldn't I? Mature, I know. I hadn't smoked before this for ten years. I smoked Gauloises and Fleur de Pays rolling tobacco in France. Having a hard time stopping since discovering back in America Nat Sherman MCD Golds, which taste wonderful, really nice cigarettes. But today, really, it's over. No more smoking.

Day one starts tomorrow. No booze or weed, either. God save us all.

Day one. No cigs, booze, or weed. Pulled the ol' sleep trick to get 8 hours ahead. Smashed the remaining two cigarettes I had.Woke up...oh! Time for a ....oh.Showered...oh! Time for a....oh.Coffee....oh! Time for a ....oh.Going to a show tonight. Let's just get all of these trigger tests out of the way in one day.Murder. Murder. Murder.

MURDER MURDER MURDER MURDER.

December will be seven years for me.Don't think about it much except when I see this thread bumped. Looking back I shoulda been done with it sooner.Best wishes to all - hang in there. It gets better, then it gets easy, then you don't even think about it.

went three or four days before smoking a couple cigs at a show tonight, hated it. longest recent stretch before that was 3 or 4 days in september. new job helps (i handle food, can't/won't smoke beforehand) so i was chain smoking after work the first few months. have been using an ecig for a minute and it is a lifesaver. going to get a proper rig and cyberpunk it up for a while then taper the nicotine dosage and quit. tired of using stupid stressors as an excuse to smoke