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Posted: Jun 24 2009 12:31 am

Anyone here quit or know some one who has. I could really use some tips as to how to quit. Like Patches, Gum, Hypnosis, etc. I've tried quiting cold turke now about 6 times and I always find my way back. It's not only frustrating but this girl I'm seeing doesn't know I smoke and I would like to quit before I have to explain the strange aroma coming from my car.

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

I don't get addicted to nicotine, myself. From all my knowledge and friends, though, frequent masturbation seems to help coming down off most things. Also, set lower goals. It's better for you to quit slowly then to try and quit quickly and fail.

Oh, I forgot to say, good luck, man.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 12:54 am

Just switch to cigars, they have a more regal aura. Or a pipe. Corncob.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 01:05 am

Douche McCallister wrote:

Anyone here quit or know some one who has. I could really use some tips as to how to quit. Like Patches, Gum, Hypnosis, etc. I've tried quiting cold turke now about 6 times and I always find my way back. It's not only frustrating but this girl I'm seeing doesn't know I smoke and I would like to quit before I have to explain the strange aroma coming from my car.

It is funny you bring this up, but I am going through the same thing right now. The gum has worked fairly well so far, but it has only been two and a half weeks though. I do smoke sometimes, but I went from a pack a day to a pack a week since I made the decision. I think that is pretty good considering the circumstances. I am absolutely refusing to smoke at work or in my car, and I think if I can retrain my brain not to associate cigarettes with those places I can at least go 10 hours or more a day without smoking. Once that happens I will try to reduce the pack a week to zero a week. I am not rushing it though.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 01:39 am

So you are backing the gum rout? I smoke about a pack every two days. I just smoked my last cigarette of the pack I bought monday. I have a date tomorrow and I am going to refrain from buying a pack tomorrow (today) as long as I'm around her I don't have a desire to smoke, yet it's to early to ask her to be around me all the time. Laughing

I'll probably take a look into the gum though. I smoke mostly at work or when I'm driving. So if I can cut those out I may stand a chance.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 02:00 am

The gum is effective for the physical addiction. The psychological addiction is the harder area to combat though. That is why I am taking baby steps. I allow the first cigarette of the day, one immediately after work, and one at a time of my choosing. Other than that I pop the gum and drink coffee through a straw to simulate smoking. So far so good, but this isn't my first attempt at quitting so I am not going to celebrate just yet.

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jun 24 2009 02:03 am

Chew on gum or toothpicks, suck on suckers, keep your mouth busy to kick that oral fixation. If need be chew on some nicotine gum. I don't smoke much and haven't had a nic fit for a very long time, but I really need to quit too.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 02:16 am

I used to always have a toothpick in my mouth, much love to Scott Hall. I try to chew regualr gum but it doesn't help. I think when my license gets revoked for those two months that may help with quitting as well. I'm pretty sure my insurance plan covers smoking aids, so I may want to look into that.

It's funny because when I worked in retail people always smelled like asshole from smoking and now I'm one of those assholes.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 05:41 am

The patch is okay, but doesn't do anything for the oral fixation, plus if you leave them on while you sleep you WILL have the most FUCKED UP dreams/nightmares of your life, that and they can irritate the skin.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 05:58 am

Find the people that James Woods hired in Cat's Eye to help him quit.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 09:14 am

Douche McCallister wrote:

So you are backing the gum rout? I smoke about a pack every two days. I just smoked my last cigarette of the pack I bought monday. I have a date tomorrow and I am going to refrain from buying a pack tomorrow (today) as long as I'm around her I don't have a desire to smoke, yet it's to early to ask her to be around me all the time. Laughing

I'll probably take a look into the gum though. I smoke mostly at work or when I'm driving. So if I can cut those out I may stand a chance.

I seem to be smoking at the same rate as you, so I understand it's going to be extremely difficult to kick it. I think you already have a head start though, because pussy is a great motivator for quitting smoking. I had quit for 2 years with the patch and by the end of the quitting stage I was craving the patch more than an actual cigarette. The patch worked for me, until I got a new job where everyone smokes and I got sucked back in...starting smoking again after 2 years was probably the dumbest thing I have ever done in my life.

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Douche McCallister wrote:

It's not only frustrating but this girl I'm seeing doesn't know I smoke and I would like to quit before I have to explain the strange aroma coming from my car.

Douche,

You really need to make this about you. If you want to quit smoking because of your own reasons then you will. If you are doing it because you think it will help you get in some girl's pants, it will only be temporarily lived and will be agonizing.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 10:28 am

This isn't too helpful, but I've had a nail-biting habit my entire life and it's incredibly difficult to kick. I'm trying and seem to make a little more progress with each attempt (meaning I keep my nails longer each time before biting them again.)

My sympathies to you in trying to break a bad habit.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

My mom quit in a sense by using electronic cigarettes. They use nicotine juice with various flavors and idealy you can use a lower and lower dose until you have none.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 11:18 am

GPFontaine wrote:

Douche McCallister wrote:

It's not only frustrating but this girl I'm seeing doesn't know I smoke and I would like to quit before I have to explain the strange aroma coming from my car.

Douche,

You really need to make this about you. If you want to quit smoking because of your own reasons then you will. If you are doing it because you think it will help you get in some girl's pants, it will only be temporarily lived and will be agonizing.

It is about me, I don't want to smoke but everytime I try to quit I break down and by a pack. I noticed that when I am with this girl smoking doesn't even cross my mind. I know she hates smoking and I've hidden it so far but she motivates me in a non direct sort of way.

On a side note I think it's more of an oral fixation than an actual physical addiction. But then again that might just be denial because I have smoked for 8 years. I went a week when I was visiting family in South Dakota without any kind breakdown or anything. When I got back I bought a pack almost immeadiately though.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 02:03 pm

My uncle's currently trying, he's using one of those nicotine gums, and so far according to my aunt he's been doing good.

Sorry if this isn't helpful, but my knowledge of quitting smoking is rather low and only from other people's experience with trying to quit.

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Jun 24 2009 02:15 pm

Heh, I was just thinking "call up quitplan" but their ads piss me off so maybe you won't want to do that.... but they are there as well if you want to try that.

Joined: Mar 13 2009 Location: Arlington Posts: 467

You're fucked. JK.

I smoked for 11 years and have been smoke free for almost 2 years now. Forget the gum or patches. If you're serious about quitting, you have to change your lifestyle. Think about it. That first morning smoke, after lunch/dinner, driving in you car, with a beer(or whatever). All of these things are associated with you smoking. Gum is no replacement for sitting in the sun on a nice day have chain smoking. That's retarded.

In my case, I had to stop hanging out with friends for a while that all smoke. I stopped going out to the bars. It was tough for about 6 months(the first 2 weeks are easy). Theres a point where you realize that this is it, you're never going to have another smoke and that's where I think a lot of people can't make that sacrifice, and go back to the "only when I'm drinking" stage.

Now I can atleast have a few beers and not crave it anymore, but I can't get shitfaced because then I'll lose all control and try to smoke a pack in 3 hours.

Good luck. It's not easy. If you've been smoking for a while, go see your dentist or doctor and have them show you what this shit is doing to you. I'm only 29, so I didn't feel like it was affecting me, but after looking at some of the pictures they showed me of my body/teeth, it made the decsion to quit a lot easier. There is no way I'm going to look like some toothless hobo with a baseball glove for a face.

The good thing: you will have a lot more money. I would by a pack every other day or 3 days, so I didn't think I would save that much. Wrong. Between the cigarettes, drinking and stupid stuff I would do while drunk, I was spendning $75-100/week on crap.

Oh, having a smart phone really helps. My girlfriend is always late, and it pisses me off to no end. I would usually have a smoke, but I just fuck around on my phone...and that passes the time. It keeps your hands busy when they would be flicking the ash off a cigarette.

I can totally relate to that freaky ghost in "Ghost" that smashes the vending machine in the subway. The poor bastard is dead and he's still craving a drag.

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Douche McCallister wrote:

GPFontaine wrote:

Douche McCallister wrote:

It's not only frustrating but this girl I'm seeing doesn't know I smoke and I would like to quit before I have to explain the strange aroma coming from my car.

Douche,

You really need to make this about you. If you want to quit smoking because of your own reasons then you will. If you are doing it because you think it will help you get in some girl's pants, it will only be temporarily lived and will be agonizing.

It is about me, I don't want to smoke but everytime I try to quit I break down and by a pack. I noticed that when I am with this girl smoking doesn't even cross my mind. I know she hates smoking and I've hidden it so far but she motivates me in a non direct sort of way.

On a side note I think it's more of an oral fixation than an actual physical addiction. But then again that might just be denial because I have smoked for 8 years. I went a week when I was visiting family in South Dakota without any kind breakdown or anything. When I got back I bought a pack almost immeadiately though.

If you want to quit then you need to resolve to doing just that. You have to mentally agree with yourself that smoking isn't good or bad, but rather just not an option. At no point is buying cigarettes an available choice to you because smoking them is not something you can do.

Any other thoughts about it are your addiction trying to sneak back and win.

It really is about willpower. Personally I think you have it in you to quit, but don't bother unless you are mentally sure it is what you want.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 06:10 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Find the people that James Woods hired in Cat's Eye to help him quit.

I thought I was the only one on earth who had seen that movie Shocked

. And that only because I'm a diehard Jimmy Woods fan.

God that was terrifying. Scarier than anything else King ever wrote, imho.

Back on topic, Douche, I applaud your choice to quit. I wish I could give some personal advice, but the only smoking I do is a pipe every once in a great while, and I don't have any sort of cravings for it at all. As for addiction in general...the fast food thing is something I'm still trying to kick. Confused

If it helps, I know my dad quit with the help of nicotine gum.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 06:31 pm

SoldierHawk wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote:

Find the people that James Woods hired in Cat's Eye to help him quit.

I thought I was the only one on earth who had seen that movie Shocked

. And that only because I'm a diehard Jimmy Woods fan.

I am OBSESSED with horror anthologies: Cat's Eye, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie, both Creepshow movies, both Trilogy of Terror 2 movies, Tales From The Hood, Twlight Zone: The Movie, Tales From The Crypt (1972), Heavy Metal, Nighthmares, The Vault of Horror...

I was always pissed that Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift" was its own movie. There was no need for that. They should have cut it down to a 30 minute story and made a Night Shift movie instead, because there were so many good stories in Night Shift.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 06:36 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I am OBSESSED with horror anthologies: Cat's Eye, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie, both Creepshow movies, both Trilogy of Terror 2 movies, Tales From The Hood, Twlight Zone: The Movie, Tales From The Crypt (1972), Heavy Metal, Nighthmares, The Vault of Horror...

I was always pissed that Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift" was its own movie. There was no need for that. They should have cut it down to a 30 minute story and made a Night Shift movie instead, because there were so many good stories in Night Shift.

The more I get to know you, Syd, the more I want to have your children.*

The Night Shift idea is brilliant. It always seemed weird to me that Graveyard Shift was its own movie too; it would have been far scarier if they had just told the story instead of having to add excess filler.

There are SO MANY Night Shift stories I would kill to see adapted as short movies, chief among them "The Boogeyman" (possibly my favorirte King short story, and the one that mentally scarred me the most. I still refuse to allow open closet doors anywhere in my house unless I am actively removing or replacing an item from them), and "I Am the Doorway" (can you imagine the visuals?)

*offer not valid in CA, or whatever state/province/country I happen to be currently located in.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 11:17 pm

Drink lots of water. It helps de-tox your system, and if I have a craving but can't smoke for some reason, a glass of water always seems to dull the edge.

Posted: Jun 24 2009 11:22 pm

NereidKnives wrote:

Drink lots of water. It helps de-tox your system, and if I have a craving but can't smoke for some reason, a glass of water always seems to dull the edge.

Strangely enough this does in fact, work.

2011 SNES Champ Joined: Dec 04 2006 Posts: 1929

The only person I know who stopped smoking is my dad, and that was before I was born (he decided to stop smoking when my mother was pregnant actually).
I think it took three tries. The first lasted 2 weeks, the second 6 months and the third 20 years up to now.
I don't know how he quit though, but I don't think he used gums or patches (did they even exist at the time?).

On a side note, people doing smoking prevention or whatever often said there are about 1000 toxic products in a cigarette.
Is that true? And if it is, what's the point? Doesn't that make production costs become incredibly high?