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So I've decided to quit smoking...
- Thread starter ErebusBass
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Just accept that it's going to be really crappy for a little while, but after that, it'll be all over.
Just make it through the day. And when you get up the next day, decide that you're going to make it through that day as well.
Just make it through the day. And when you get up the next day, decide that you're going to make it through that day as well.
The actual physical craving for nicotine lasts about 72 hours.
The mental side of the addiction can last a lifetime.
I think the worst thing you can do in the process is to keep anticipating when all that is going to go away and when you will be free at last, free at last.
If you go into it thinking that it will eventually get better but that a part of you will always feel that tug that you will just have to accept as a new part of your life, it's a lot easier to tolerate.
For many including myself, it is as true an addiction as any other drug. You don't recover, you cope.
Good luck, be strong, take the money you save and put it in a jar, buy yourself a new bass once a year.
The mental side of the addiction can last a lifetime.
I think the worst thing you can do in the process is to keep anticipating when all that is going to go away and when you will be free at last, free at last.
If you go into it thinking that it will eventually get better but that a part of you will always feel that tug that you will just have to accept as a new part of your life, it's a lot easier to tolerate.
For many including myself, it is as true an addiction as any other drug. You don't recover, you cope.
Good luck, be strong, take the money you save and put it in a jar, buy yourself a new bass once a year.
Keep at it. Best of luck to you. Remember the overall picture and not just the day. You are going to slip up, but the big picture is you quit. It took my wife about 3 months before she had completely quit and about a year until she was a non-ex-smoker. I am told the first week is the hardest, but I have never smoked (anything) so I only have my opinion and what others have told me about.
I'm smoking again. I made it a few days and then (again) got in a stressful situation and caved.
Gonna give it another shot in a few days.
Right now we're sort of in the mindset of "progress, not perfection."
I quit, three years ago, after smoking for 25 years. I smoked nearly two packs a day of Marlboro "reds". What did it for me? It took the patches and the inhalers. I would wear the patches and when the craving got really bad I'd use the inhaler, as well. That, and I truly wanted to quit. I was disgusted with it.
I still want a cigarette every now and again.
I still want a cigarette every now and again.
That's where I'm at. At least that's what I've been telling myself. Gonna give it a shot again after this weekend. I've got a show. Drinking and having a good time smoking is always gonna be a recipe for caving for me. Gotta be strong...
I've still been fighting the good fight in case anyone was wondering, but I'm not exactly winning.
I've made five or six attempts in the past few weeks and I'll make it a day or two or three but I always fall back.
I've been thinking about cutting down by a few smokes a day until i get to nihl (eventually), but past experience has shown me that is less than effective.
If anyone has any more suggestions I'm all ears.
I've made five or six attempts in the past few weeks and I'll make it a day or two or three but I always fall back.
I've been thinking about cutting down by a few smokes a day until i get to nihl (eventually), but past experience has shown me that is less than effective.
If anyone has any more suggestions I'm all ears.
i smoke.....how about looking at your bank account and think of how much you can save each year. that's what i plan on doing ha.
Hey, so, while I was banned from Talkbass, I quit!
I'm entering into day five right now, and its actually been pretty easy. My goal is to make it three weeks and one day, because that'll be longer than I've ever quit before. At that point, well, we'll see. FWIW, I've quit cold turkey.
I'm entering into day five right now, and its actually been pretty easy. My goal is to make it three weeks and one day, because that'll be longer than I've ever quit before. At that point, well, we'll see. FWIW, I've quit cold turkey.
was a long time heavy smoker for years
wanted to quit, made the decision to quit
quit
let me say i didn't " try " to quit
it's not " hard " to quit, but it is easy to make excuses
i just came to the realization that I am in control of what i do with my time, money & health, & smoking just didn't fit in anymore
simply refuse to buy them anymore
simply refuse to bum them from anyone
period
if you do those two simple things, you will never smoke again
wanted to quit, made the decision to quit
quit
let me say i didn't " try " to quit
it's not " hard " to quit, but it is easy to make excuses
i just came to the realization that I am in control of what i do with my time, money & health, & smoking just didn't fit in anymore
simply refuse to buy them anymore
simply refuse to bum them from anyone
period
if you do those two simple things, you will never smoke again
I have to say, that's pretty much accurate from my experience. DAY 8 smoke free, Woo!
This does pretty much sum it up for me as well. I think it takes a great deal of maturity to do this. Some people have it some people don't. I never had a hard time quitting, and being unemployed at the moment,...I'm grateful to not have that expense, and to worry about how I'm going to get my next pack of smokes.
Way to go DOS!!!
Take a needle. Every time you go to smoke a cig, take the needle and stick it all the way through said cig so it makes two holes (do this is a spot where your mouth or fingers won't cover it). Every cigarette after that one, add another poke (so your first cig will have 2 holes, your second will have 4 holes, your third will have 6 holes, etc. etc.)
As you add more and more holes, you'll be accomplishing two things at once. First, you'll be slowly weening yourself off your addiction. You'll be getting less and less out of each cigarette at a gradual pace, making the cravings less and less severe (theoretically, anyways). Second, it will make smoking really obnoxious, because every subsequent cigarette will become more and more time/labor intensive to the point where the thought of preparing another cigarette is just too much effort, and by the time you get the cigarette ready, the craving will already be gone.
No idea if that will actually work, or if I'm just talking out of my ass, but I saw that method on a website somewhere a few years back and thought it sounded reasonable.
As you add more and more holes, you'll be accomplishing two things at once. First, you'll be slowly weening yourself off your addiction. You'll be getting less and less out of each cigarette at a gradual pace, making the cravings less and less severe (theoretically, anyways). Second, it will make smoking really obnoxious, because every subsequent cigarette will become more and more time/labor intensive to the point where the thought of preparing another cigarette is just too much effort, and by the time you get the cigarette ready, the craving will already be gone.
No idea if that will actually work, or if I'm just talking out of my ass, but I saw that method on a website somewhere a few years back and thought it sounded reasonable.
I smoked for 13 years (about a pack a day) and quit just under 3 months ago. I have been using nicotine patches. Its been really easy actually. The patches take all the cravings away and have really worked for me. I have been using a 24hr patch, so im well covered. I tried once before on a 16hr patch and failed after a few days.
Im pretty much over it now.
Im pretty much over it now.
Smoked for over 30 years. I quit smoking more than 2 years ago. I used Chantix prescibed to me by my doctor. It worked for me, it may work for you as well.
The other thing I did was to spend my cigarette money on something else that I really wanted. I bought a new car. After that, I didn't have the money to buy cigarettes. When I got stressed, I drove my new car and listened to CDs!
I've been out of work over a year and the car is gone now, but the cigarettes are still gone as well and won't be coming back.
The other thing I did was to spend my cigarette money on something else that I really wanted. I bought a new car. After that, I didn't have the money to buy cigarettes. When I got stressed, I drove my new car and listened to CDs!
I've been out of work over a year and the car is gone now, but the cigarettes are still gone as well and won't be coming back.
So after a slip up during a gig I've gone nearly six weeks without a smoke.
Now it's interesting because I still get the occasional craving for a cigarette but when I'm actually around cigarette smoke I actually find it repulsive. Weird.
Now it's interesting because I still get the occasional craving for a cigarette but when I'm actually around cigarette smoke I actually find it repulsive. Weird.
