You can cold turkey the gum. Or stay addicted addicted to nicotine. It takes about 5 days for most of the nicotine to be metabolized from the last dose.
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as an ex smoker over 40 a day for 40 years the addiction will never go away you have to be strong sometimes when im asleep i dream i've been smoking when i wake im so angry with my self then i realise it was a dream so i feel better the point is the addict never leaves you
I quit smoking after 29 years. I did Chantix for 3 months then I had to stop because my dreams got really weird and truthfully a little scary. The Chantix made the cigarette have a very bad taste.
I also was chewing on cinnamon tooth picks like a rabid beaver for about three years. I commute for an hour one way to work each day. The toothpicks helped immensely with that long drive.
https://www.amazon.com/Cinnamon-Tre...n+toothpicks&qid=1563222200&s=gateway&sr=8-23
Good Luck. I wish you success.
I also was chewing on cinnamon tooth picks like a rabid beaver for about three years. I commute for an hour one way to work each day. The toothpicks helped immensely with that long drive.
https://www.amazon.com/Cinnamon-Tre...n+toothpicks&qid=1563222200&s=gateway&sr=8-23
Good Luck. I wish you success.
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I started 16 and now I'm 42. I'm thinking if it would be a good idea to go and check for COPD. I don't have any of the associated classic symptoms but I am not sure if the amount of shortness of breath I feel when I walk up the stairs for example is normal for my age.
well done
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my advice is to stop smoking NOW its hard but it's worth it
I stopped smoking on the 7th of June because you bumped this thread, I really thank you and the OP. I was trying to quit the last 10 years believe it or not but it turned out Talkbass is my Chantix.
I'm almost 60 years old and I smoked heavily, at least a pack a day, from around age 20 to 25. Smoking was common in the bars back then, and smoking cigarettes and drinking beers while we played was just the way it was. All my bandmates smoked and so did many of my friends. I quit cold turkey and went close to 30 years without smoking after getting married and raising my two sons.
I started smoking 3-4 years ago but did the cold turkey method once again. Its been about 6 months since my last cigarette.
But I have to say that I liked smoking and the nicotine is … um … addictive. There is nothing like a cigarette first thing in the morning with a cup of strong coffee after a late night out playing and drinking... I would continue if it wouldn't kill me.
I started smoking 3-4 years ago but did the cold turkey method once again. Its been about 6 months since my last cigarette.
But I have to say that I liked smoking and the nicotine is … um … addictive. There is nothing like a cigarette first thing in the morning with a cup of strong coffee after a late night out playing and drinking... I would continue if it wouldn't kill me.
this is so true. your post say's everything about smoking the additive'ness
Read Allen Carr. Everyone is differently addicted in their own headspace. The common denominator is nicotine. Allen figured it out.
20+ years, 2pk a day. I was on the Olympic Smoking Team. Here’s how I did it: Got a meter - you’ll see how much $ you’re saving and how many cigarettes you’re not smoking. I’m sure there’s an app nowadays. Stocked up on gum. Used the patch and tapered off over several months. Drank a ton of water. Exercised and was thankful for every easy breath. And I realized that every single cigarette I smoked would make it harder to resist the next one. Peace brother you can do this.
I quit a few years ago after smoking pretty steadily for 40 years. The hacking and wheezing finally got to me.
For the first 20 to 25 years I smoked about a pack a day. Then I switched to a pipe. Cigarettes smell and taste awful, but a pipe was magnificent! That made quitting harder because, I never liked smoking cigarettes, but I looooved smoking a pipe. And a pipe gave you a million more rituals to perform and accessories to use - packing the pipe and tamping out the ashes, going to tobacco shops and buying samples of aromatic tobaccos and buying and using humidors, pouches, lighters, stands, pipe tools, pipe cleaners. I used to buy the tobacco in bulk: RPL6 from Lane tobacco -5 lbs would last me about 4 months. “I love the smell of your cigarettes!” Said no one ever! But I used to get women coming up and telling me that my pipe tobacco smelled wonderful! It always reminded them of their father, or grandfather more often. It was great.
But I couldn’t draw a proper breath, so I chucked everything and bought a pack of nicotine gum. It took about a week of jitters and only a couple of pieces of the gum before I could go for a whole day without craving and probably another month before I’d forget to think about smoking every day.
I’ll let you know when I stop missing it.
For the first 20 to 25 years I smoked about a pack a day. Then I switched to a pipe. Cigarettes smell and taste awful, but a pipe was magnificent! That made quitting harder because, I never liked smoking cigarettes, but I looooved smoking a pipe. And a pipe gave you a million more rituals to perform and accessories to use - packing the pipe and tamping out the ashes, going to tobacco shops and buying samples of aromatic tobaccos and buying and using humidors, pouches, lighters, stands, pipe tools, pipe cleaners. I used to buy the tobacco in bulk: RPL6 from Lane tobacco -5 lbs would last me about 4 months. “I love the smell of your cigarettes!” Said no one ever! But I used to get women coming up and telling me that my pipe tobacco smelled wonderful! It always reminded them of their father, or grandfather more often. It was great.
But I couldn’t draw a proper breath, so I chucked everything and bought a pack of nicotine gum. It took about a week of jitters and only a couple of pieces of the gum before I could go for a whole day without craving and probably another month before I’d forget to think about smoking every day.
I’ll let you know when I stop missing it.
After 20 years I decided to quit during a relationship breakup because I figured I was already miserable. So I accepted that I was going to feel terrible for a couple of weeks while I stopped cold turkey and, since I was already feeling sad anyway, I wouldn't be missing out. It worked. Haven't had a smoke for 6 years. I should add that I also used a patch for the first few days and that helped. One day, about a week in, I just forgot to put it on and decided that if I didn't remember to put it on I should just get off the nicotine completely.
Yeah, I was rather miserable for a couple of weeks and I still miss them but what's a couple of cranky sleepless weeks in comparison to the rest of my life?
Yeah, I was rather miserable for a couple of weeks and I still miss them but what's a couple of cranky sleepless weeks in comparison to the rest of my life?
i don't think we will ever miss it i know people who have stopped for decades and they tell me they still miss smoking. it does get easy over time though
