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 Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 15:25 Post subject: How do I quit smoking |
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I've lost a lot of weight due to smoking (try it you fatties it works), i've always been quite bulky and naturally fit but smoking has only made me thinner and thinner. how do I quit smoking? anyone tried anything other than the usual?
it's hurting my pockets too now that I'm broke and I almost punched most of my friends who ask me for a cigarette. seriously if you want me to rip your face off ask me for a smoke.
Now I wanna quit all together and go back to exercise, I can't exercise now because smoking will reduce all my efforts to 0.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 15:30 Post subject: |
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Go see the doc and get a prescription for champix =) It's the goddamn WONDER drug for quitting smoking. I know five people who've taken champix and they quit smoking within two weeks.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 15:36 Post subject: |
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Thanks, but I'll save that as a last resort. I'm going through monetary problems and a doc bill is the last thing I need right now, I could probably just get that pill without prescription. I know pharmacist lady.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 15:47 Post subject: |
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Yeah, should let you gain weight again too 
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Rofl_Mao
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 16:23 Post subject: |
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Haha -- you can't. That's the system. The government sells cigarettes with extra tax. Once you start smoking you will turn into an addict. You will need to buy cigarettes very regularly from that point on. Because if you don't you'll go nuts. So that's how governments worldwide get a looot of extra money.
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Rofl_Mao
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 16:32 Post subject: |
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OK, in theory you CAN stop smoking. The difficult part is that the addiction is for life. You won't be needing cigarettes anymore once you have successfully quit, but that doesn't change that a small part of your brain is altered after the first few cigarettes. If you manage to stop smoking for 10 years, and then try to smoke 1 more cigarette just for fun... Bam, your smoking addiction is completely back instantly. So that's a very dirty system. Even criminal in my opinion.
A lot of people around me have stopped smoking successfully for a very long time. Without any help. How did they do it? By really hating smoking, because of what it has done to their social lives and families. If you are truly convinced smoking is ruining your entire life, then you have the power to quit for good. So why do so many smokers fail quitting? I think they do not have that kind of insane motivation.
| Lopin18 wrote: | | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired. |
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 16:33 Post subject: |
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| BearishSun wrote: | | Rofl_Mao wrote: | | Haha -- you can't. That's the system. The government sells cigarettes with extra tax. Once you start smoking you will turn into an addict. You will need to buy cigarettes very regularly from that point on. Because if you don't you'll go nuts. So that's how governments worldwide get a looot of extra money. |
They add extra tax so they would discourage people from smoking. Sure they make plenty of cash from it too.
And yes you can quit smoking, and no you wont go nuts  |
From what I've heard smoking is one of the most difficult addictions to get rid of. Quitting hard drugs may even be easier.
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zipfero
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 16:36 Post subject: |
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dont buy more smokes
8 out of 10 dentists prefer zipfero to competing brands(fraich3 and Mutantius)!
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 17:10 Post subject: |
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| BearishSun wrote: | I've been smoking only during weekends when I go out for the last 5 years...I never feel the need to smoke when I'm at home. Doesn't feel very addictive to me  |
You have been smoking for 5 years and you say you are not addicted. Well I dare you to try and quit for a month!
| Lopin18 wrote: | | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired. |
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 17:15 Post subject: |
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I had "quit" for more than that. When in college sometimes I wouldn't go out drinking for month or two. And at one point I'm quite sure I even went out for a few months and didn't smoke because I didn't want to bother going early to the store to buy a pack and clubs generally don't sell them.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 17:29 Post subject: |
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One of the biggest incentives is that you actually get to save a little money by not buying and smoking cigarettes.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 17:41 Post subject: |
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Not a solution, but an interesting read about why smokers are skinny:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/why-smokers-are-skinny.html?ref=hp
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 22:51 Post subject: |
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| BearishSun wrote: | | I had "quit" for more than that. When in college sometimes I wouldn't go out drinking for month or two. And at one point I'm quite sure I even went out for a few months and didn't smoke because I didn't want to bother going early to the store to buy a pack and clubs generally don't sell them. |
That's what I call "pause smoking", not quitting. Quitting means not smoking ever again in my opinion. Drinking isn't addictive like smoking by the way. As long as you drink in moderation. I don't drink at all by the way... I think booze tastes like sewage water. On the other hand I do enjoy vegetarian food. The human mind works in strange ways 
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I would really prefer being fat over being a smoker. Yes fatties are ugly but I think smokers look a lot more like typical drug addicts. The physical appearance gives away the addiction. When I see smokers I often notice the deterioration of their skin, teeth, breath, breathing, hands, hair, voice and scent. And generally I think smokers age much more quickly. I don't want to do that to myself.
| Lopin18 wrote: | | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired. |
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| human_steel wrote: | | One of the biggest incentives is that you actually get to save a little money by not buying and smoking cigarettes. |
Dude you save a shitload of money. I don't know how people manage to pay for their smoking addiction. Especially in poor countries.
I've read something about Indonesia, where nearly everyone is said to be a cigarette addict. Not smoking is considered unhealthy. The average Indonesian earns about €1,50 a day. While 1 pack of smokes will cost them €1! So they just live like the typical addicts: waste almost all of your money on your addiction. Desperate people can buy a single cigarette on nearly every street corner if they are low on cash. Buying a single cigarette...
And the government gets filthy rich while the people get sick.
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 23:25 Post subject: |
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I suggest going cold turkey. Its the only way i have ever quit. And don't be a dumb ass and think, hey ive gone six months, whats the harm in having one. Now i have to try quitting again.
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fraich3
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Jun 2011 23:46 Post subject: |
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Isn't it psychological or something like that ? That after 3-5 days your body doesn't need it anymore. Can't remember, some guy told me about it, but it was drunk so might not have listened to its entirety.
Anyways, I would suggest cold turkey as well. Wanna get rid of it, the hard ways are usually the best ways in my opinion.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Jun 2011 00:37 Post subject: |
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I've stopped smoking from the ending of november last year. I was diagnosed with bronchitis in that month. I kept smoking even if i was sick.
I wanted to quit for a long time. I knew it wasn't worth smoking as it doesn't give you shit, it only takes your money and your health, but you know how cigars impact your brain...
I've smoked 5 maybe 6 years, smoking a pack and half a day in the last year or two.
As i arrived home on the last friday of that november i said to myself that from monday i shall not smoke no more. I had a couple of packs left in the house ( 4/5 maybe ). Sunday night there were no more cigars for me to smoke.
It was Monday 00:00 and the challenge began!
I don't know what it was that made me stop and what it is that makes me not wanting to smoke anymore. I am now 7 months free from smoking.
What you need to have foremost is WillPower!
Try to do this things as i have done them too:
Give yourself a date, that date to be the day that you stop smoking.
Stay away from smokers, at least until you're not feeling the need anymore to smoke.
Meditate. I don't know if this is suitable for you ( lol ) but it helps. Use binaureal beats/brainwave/hemi-sync. It will calm you down.
Don't worry about a thing related to cigars. ( losing friends/good mood/etc. )
Chew gum, eat chips fill your time, don't waste you time thinking about them.
Do research about what the cigars contain and the damage that it does to you.
I said to myself that i will never smoke again cigars that the companies put on the market.They are bad and it isn't worth it.
If you want to smoke, with the money that you wasted on the cigarettes you could take a vacation and smoke some good weed. Now that's worth it.
I haven't taken my vacation 
Maybe i left something behind, i don't remember anything else that could have helped me...
Sorry for the possible mistakes in spelling and for the long text.
Hope it helps you or others.
Good Luck, Master of The Fire.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Jun 2011 12:18 Post subject: |
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I recently quit after 11 years of smoking.
4 months and counting atm, it wasn't hard at all. All you need is a strong will to quit, no medication or anything else helps.
What i would not recommend at all is to smoke lesser and lesser, it just wont work.
Either you quit in an instant or you continue, there is no in between.
The body only takes 3 days for the nicotine to get rid of, the rest is mental strength.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Jun 2011 12:23 Post subject: |
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Amputate lungs.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Jun 2011 20:50 Post subject: |
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lol just stop and dont do it. Thats what i did 3 weeks ago and i have no problems whatsoever. Also i quit 2 years ago for 1.5 years also just stopped.
I really dont have a prob with it, just naggy the first week.
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Rofl_Mao
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Jun 2011 21:17 Post subject: |
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| Nalo wrote: | | Take action now. Throw the cigs you have left away rather than finishing the pack first. Do eet! |
Better yet: don't start smoking. It won't make you look cool. Can someone tell me when being an addict was considered cool?
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