Have any of you tried to give up smoking? Has it worked for you?

I try so hard to reduce my smoking, but the more i try, the more i smoke, and it is no fun anymore

Cold turkey about 7 years ago.


Have no desire to go back to it.

Imago said:

What do you mean cold turkey?

I was never a heavy smoker, but I found those last 4-5 a day really difficult. If I was denied these few smokes, I wanted to put my fist through a wall with very little provocation.

I was able to quit with a perscription. There is Chantrix now, but I used Zyban. Zyban is exactly the same as Welbutrin, a mild anti-depressant. Welbutrin comes in a generic, though, so get your doctor to prescribe Welbutrin if not Chantrix.

The Welbutrin will play with your mood for about a week, then it'll level out and you won't notice it any difference at all. Except that quitting smoking will be way easy. The thought of having a cigarette made me sick.

See your doctor.

Xagain said:

Good advice, thanks! My only fear is that i might lose weigth, and hence my self reflextion, as they say in sociological terms, might deterioate, and that is exactly what i feel i cant handle these days.
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OzlemUcucu said:

its a technique which people often adopt to ween themselves off of addicyive substances, such as heroin and, in your case, cigerettes

Its a very simple procedure. next time u fancy a smoke, help yourself to a slice of cold turkey instead. you'll be off the cancer sticks in no time.

OzlemUcucu said:

It means just stop smoking!

Did you see the other thread about this?

NDRU said:

No i didnt!! How are u btw? What is your opinion about my specific friend, in the other thread?

OzlemUcucu said:

I'm good! How are you?

I'll tell you over there what I think

NDRU said:

Thanks i am ok, except few things that really piss me off these days...

Ive not a packet of fags for about 7 or 8 weeks now. If not more.

JDInteractive said:

Damn! Quiting cigarettes is WAY easier than giving up fags.

OzlemUcucu said:

PANDURITO said:

Fags and cigarettes, isnt it the same thing?

OzlemUcucu said:

Not to the rest of the world

Wrong quote!


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PANDURITO said:

Pando, i only smoke cigarettes and i dont do any other shit, so my Q was about quitting with fags.

Capito?

Just peed in my pants!

Quick! Somebody tell her how to quit painlessly

PANDURITO said:

Every time you want a cigarette, just get high.

Xagain said:

I did that the 2nd to last time I quit, and it worked for three years!

NDRU said:

I cant take those things...i dont even drink any beer except wine.

OzlemUcucu said:

I don't smoke anything anymore, but I used to smoke lots of pot, and I used it to quit cigarettes once.

But when I quit pot, I went back to cigarettes.

NDRU said:

Those things confused me lately. I was reasearching on methadonic things, i.e. substitute for some heavy drugs for a project and i just couldnt find my way in, nor my way out. I dropped it.

I quit not so long ago.

My advice is simply: be a tough guy for three weeks, freak out, be impossible, people will try to break you, cry and scream but be proud and don't touch 1 single smoke!

After 3 weeks re-evaluate the issue and decide your next step.

No substitutes,
Mention it, but no talking about it.
All people are capable of amazing things, but nothing comes without a price.
Don't entertain childish thoughts such as not being as strong as others.
Do it for yourself.

This is how I did it. It was difficult at times.

All the best 2 u

Didn't someone start this thread already? Like today?

ex-smoker right here.. Newports were getting too damn expensive..

I work out and the working out w/smoking deal.. wasnt working ... i had to give up the cigs .. i stopped and I dont look back.. I feel better too..

I have never smoked, so take this for what it's worth, but I think volunteering at a cancer hospital - where you will watch people die from smoking - would go a long way towards helping one quit.

And yes, I have volunteered at a cancer hospital.

RodeoSchro said:

What do you think of blood donor?

OzlemUcucu said:

One of the best things one can do, IMHO. I wish I did it more often.