What you tryin' to stop?

3 days without a cigarette.

Nicotine patch and lozenges for 2 more weeks.

It's over, 2 cancers, gotta stop being dumb about it.

BUT
You'll take my hot black coffee from my cold dead hands.

PASTA wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 10:03 pm What you tryin' to stop?

3 days without a cigarette.

Nicotine patch and lozenges for 2 more weeks.

It's over, 2 cancers, gotta stop being dumb about it.

BUT
You'll take my hot black coffee from my cold dead hands.

Cigarettes. Quit date this Friday. I wasn't going to tell anyone but I'll leave it here in hopes the guilt will help.

I hit my 10 year anniversary of quitting smoking on April 29 (2021). This place helped push me over the edge to do it.
This was after smoking since I was 13. If you're ready to quit, you can do it. PMA!
You'll be over the physiological withdrawal symptoms after a week at the most, probably more like 2-3 days.
I'm now at the point where the smell of cigarettes is mildly annoying, not nostalgic.

I quit cigarettes on 26th November of last year. I’m a vaper now. Genuinely haven’t missed smoking at all, which really surprises me! I suppose all I’ve done is change the medium in which my addiction is delivered, but (a) I don’t stink of smoke anymore and (b) fuck ME vaping is so much cheaper than smoking.

Last month I hit ten years without drinking.

This past weekend I had some folks for the first get together since forever, my wife was out of town, and and a beers were left over after the party. I thought about it longer than I comfortable with (but I abstained.)

I'm glad a thread like this is back, and not in the crap / not crap forum, which really shouldn't be a question.

the finger genius wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 1:46 pm I thought about it longer than I comfortable with (but I abstained.)

I'm glad a thread like this is back, and not in the crap / not crap forum, which really shouldn't be a question.

I don't think aspects of that "think about it" will ever be gone. It's a thing that you didn't pick up.

Today, day 5 no smoking, is easily the roughest yet. Lozenges and Patch aside. I'm already finding breathing clearer. But, wooooo, those cravings and withdrawals are
big today. Especially when I'm cooking.

Five and a half years without a cigarette. What did the trick was taking buproprion (generic Wellbutrin), 50mg a day. The medication has been known to give "brain fog", but at the dosage I used, I didn't experience it. It made cigarettes taste like crap and kept my weight down while I was getting used to not smoking. The one side effect I did experience was the increased libido. Your mileage may vary, of course.

Six months without alcohol. I was drinking too much during lockdown, so I quit. Honestly, I don't miss it much. I mostly miss the vague idea of being able to have an occasional drink, but that's not enough to get me to start imbibing again.

I started smoking at 16, quit the first time at 32. Started again at 40, for another 4, so that's 20 in total.
I've been smoke free since 4/1/2002. Quit with my boyfriend, that was the push I needed, because sneaking a cigarette would be hard to hide. I think I used nicotine patches this last time, probably Nicorette gum the first time.

You'll have to change up some of your routines, especially the ones that revolve around other parts of your day.

Now the smell of cigarettes is gross to me, although I still remember that hole-filling feeling of having a cig. I'm glad the smell grosses me out now.
You can do it!

I quit smoking over a decade ago, other than a few ill-advised drunken indulgences.

While I think it was a little easier for me than many of my friends, it was still tough. To this day when I get stressed, or eat a huge meal I crave a cigarette. I don't think it will ever go away 100%. It's not a torturous thing, just a little nag in the back of the mind from time to time.

9 days without a cigarette.

An old friend told me I'd never quit, "It's a part of you man, you'll always be a smoker."

Nah, dude, fuck that. I'm done.