My New Years Resolution - I'm going to quit smoking

[TLO]

A little background information;

I've been smoking for about a year. I smoke about a pack a day, maybe a little less. I've noticed that since I've started smoking, I get sick easier, I have a hell of a lot less cash laying around, not to mention I hate smelling like smoke, (all my shit smelling like smoke, etc).

I don't want to do the e-vape thing. But quitting cold turkey scares me a little.

Any advice for me? Words of encouragment? I'm all ears, and would appreciate some postive support.

Thanks,
Big Smoke

[Smed1065]

Stopped January 29th this year 7 weeks so far? Good after 30 years of smoking.

1 thing at a time.

[eDave]

Woke up and binge smoked 4 cigs. Slapped myself then popped a pouch. Mornings are the worst.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

A little background information;

I've been smoking for about a year.

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[Quesadilla Joe]

Originally Posted by eDave

Woke up and binge smoked 4 cigs. Slapped myself then popped a pouch. Mornings are the worst.

Eventually you're going to have to give up nicotine or you'll never be able to quit.

Check out that book that Black Bob recommended. You can occasionally find the audio version of it on youtube but it gets taken down a few days after it goes up, or you can just spend 7 bucks and get it on Itunes.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Eventually you're going to have to give up nicotine or you'll never be able to quit.

Check out that book that Black Bob recommended. You can occasionally find the audio version of it on youtube but it gets taken down a few days after it goes up, or you can just spend 7 bucks and get it on Itunes.

I've got to make small methodical steps. First is to get the smoke out of me. I've had a lingering chest pain for the last week that concerns me.

[crayzkirk]

I quit 25 years ago, cold turkey and never looked back. Some say that humans are rational beings; I say humans are rationalizing beings. We make up any sort of excuse to avoid something uncomfortable and if we do end up "failing", then that's used as an excuse to simply "give up". For me, the mindset was important. "Trying" simply is another way of saying "I'm allowing myself to fail". If you make it most of the day and happen to smoke one, how it that a failure if you used to smoke twenty? Sounds like a success to be built on, not a reason (excuse) to tear yourself down and go back to the pack a day habit.

As others have said, after the initial three days the nicotine cravings will subside. When breaking a bad habit, finding something to replace it with is the most difficult. One thing that I always remembered was that if I tell myself that I'm going to wait an hour, minute, second before I have that smoke then I give myself a chance to find something else to do and the urge goes away. It's simply not possible to concentrate on something in an attempt to not think about it!

Bad habits are hard to break and good habits are hard to make. You can do it, heck I remember how hard it was to initially START smoking.

[bevischief]

Who else Vapes? Not going to read this entire thread.

[Over Yonder]

Originally Posted by bevischief

Who else Vapes? Not going to read this entire thread.

That's me. Quit smoking cigs the day after thanksgiving last year (2016, so not that long ago). Took a day off work to go to Columbia and get set up with the unit and juice. Wasn't part of the plan, but they had black Friday specials going on so I got set up cheap

I was a 2+ pack/day smoker. Had been smoking for 23-25 yrs. Started out on 6 nicotine and am currently on 3 nicotine.

I want to know from other ex-smokers, how long does it take before cigs don't smell good anymore. The vaping keeps me from smoking just fine, but I was always told once you quit smoking cigs, they will start to stink to you. It's been this many months and still to this day, few things smell as beautiful as a freshly lit cig.

[dmahurin]

Originally Posted by Over Yonder

That's me. Quit smoking cigs the day after thanksgiving last year (2016, so not that long ago). Took a day off work to go to Columbia and get set up with the unit and juice. Wasn't part of the plan, but they had black Friday specials going on so I got set up cheap

I was a 2+ pack/day smoker. Had been smoking for 23-25 yrs. Started out on 6 nicotine and am currently on 3 nicotine.

I want to know from other ex-smokers, how long does it take before cigs don't smell good anymore. The vaping keeps me from smoking just fine, but I was always told once you quit smoking cigs, they will start to stink to you. It's been this many months and still to this day, few things smell as beautiful as a freshly lit cig.

Took me almost a year. No i can pick it out a mile away and hate it

[dmahurin]

Bumping an old ass post here, but it will be 9 years for me on news years this year. Still haven't looked back, I hate the smell of them now. It's to the point I've almost forgotten I even smoked to begin with. This thread helped a bit with being accountable to myself and others. Anyone else from here still at it or has anyone gone back to smoking?

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by dmahurin

Bumping an old ass post here, but it will be 9 years for me on news years this year. Still haven't looked back, I hate the smell of them now. It's to the point I've almost forgotten I even smoked to begin with. This thread helped a bit with being accountable to myself and others. Anyone else from here still at it or has anyone gone back to smoking?

My last cig will be 3 years next week. I occasionally crave them, but have never really been tempted since I quit. Funny thing, I have frequent dreams in which I am smoking and trying to hide it.

[Abba-Dabba]

Thank you Chantix! 13 years and counting.

[scho63]

Wonder how the OP is doing in prison?

[Cosmos]

Quit 02/03/2004 after 30 years of either cigarettes or the occasional joint.

Chantix knocked down the cravings, Chantix side effects helped me quit ahead of target because they were intense…so I ended up motivated enough to quit both.

Have not touched a cig, not once since.

I’ll smoke weed once in a blue moon, since I don’t drink these days.

Good luck to those resolutions

[Shoes]

Originally Posted by eDave

Woke up and binge smoked 4 cigs. Slapped myself then popped a pouch. Mornings are the worst.

Who knew eDave was so impulsive?