How'd you quit?

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Oddly enough, it's because of pain that I'm trying to quit smoking, I've been fighting severe pain in my neck and shoulders for almost a year now. Last spring a spine specialist told me I have no excuse for complaining about the pain as long as I smoke, and I scoffed at it because it seems doctors like to blame everything on smoking. Nevertheless, I finally decided to give it a go since nothing else is helping, and sure enough I'm only one day in and I do seem to be feeling some relief. We'll see if that continues...

Expect for things to get worse again before they get better. Quitting smoking can get pretty painful as your nerve endings come back awake and your cilia regrow. It made no sense to me at the time, but I remember getting sick all of the time, having a sore throat, coughing up tons of stuff, draining sinuses, being short of breath, and basically feeling like a had an upper-respiratory and a sinus infection for a few weeks when I quit. Then you'll start to feel much better.