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Cadillac Forums: So I'm trying to quit the habit....
I am still smoking a bit. I usually just smoke when I drink and on the weekends. I should be able to quit soon.
I dont really get mean when im not smoking but I sure do enjoy having a smoke on occasion!
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Good luck man. A good friend of mine smoked about two packs a day and drank heavily every day. One day he decided to quit both. Set a date when he'd allow himself to start drinking again, ten months later. He made it, irritability and all. That was two years ago. Because of girl issues he recently started smoking again...
Damn it, now I want a cigarette!!! I'm also trying to stop, I've only been smoking for a few years, but I smoke just as much, about a half pack/full pack a day. Sometimes Camels, mostly Winstons. The biggest mistake I made was, when I ran out, I decided I would just go cold turkey and not buy anymore...... the last two days have been a deeper hell that you can imagine if you've never been here. There's a lot of other dramatic shit going on right now, so it really isn't a good time for me.. but it's a nasty habit and I should stop.... shit, I'm going to the store, be back later lol.
You CAN do this. Today is day 250 since I quit my 40 year Marlboro habit, a good pack a day more when drinking. I guarantee you it is worth the pain. Over the years I tried every gadget and gizmo, patch gum, pills but cold turkey was the way I finally did it. In the 250 days I cheated 3 times, all drunk but that was it. In NJ you can't smoke anywhere and at work we have to hike out to the middle of the parking lot. I got sick of freezing my ass off and at 6 bucks a pack the money was pissing me off too. It always made me laugh, for our cars nothing is too good, the best oil and fuel and wax and nothing but the best went in to the car while we slowly poison our selves smoking. It may take a good 6 months but you will feel great. Hang in, don't let a little tobacco kick your ass.
I smoked for more years than your age, 42 years,I tried on my own but couldn't do it,I then took a subscription drug called zaiban,it worked great for me,it isn't a nicotine replacement drug,it works on your head,and suppresses
the mental (rather than physical) craving for nicotine.on a scale of 1 to 10 my craving during taking subscription was a 0.5.
even so .I quit 8 years ago and even today when I smell ciggy smoke,it smells good.
When I quit I was at a Navy replacement barracks in Pearl Harbor waiting for the ship that was my new assignment to return to port. I was bored out of my skull so I quit smoking and sat around and thought about it for something to do. I analyzed all the aspects, urges, and desires and decided that there wasn't anything there that was going to be good for me. It was a piece of cake.
Damn it, now I want a cigarette!!! I'm also trying to stop, I've only been smoking for a few years, but I smoke just as much, about a half pack/full pack a day. Sometimes Camels, mostly Winstons. The biggest mistake I made was, when I ran out, I decided I would just go cold turkey and not buy anymore...... the last two days have been a deeper hell that you can imagine if you've never been here. There's a lot of other dramatic shit going on right now, so it really isn't a good time for me.. but it's a nasty habit and I should stop.... shit, I'm going to the store, be back later lol.
But really, I feel your pain.
If you've only been doing so for a few years then get out now! When I actually stop and think that it's been twenty years since I first started.. I'm almost ashamed... as well as disgusted by the thought of what my lungs must look like! My problem was always making excuses... "oh I'll quit once I finish college... oh I'll quit by the time I'm 25... 30... oh I'm healthy and do everything else right - I've got plenty more time... I just enjoy it too much... there are few true pleasures I take in life, I might as well this... everyone has a vice, this is mine... yada yada yada..."
Like I mentioned... the men in my family all ended up with heart conditions. Probably the biggest eye opener was my Dad's quintuple by-pass a few years ago.. he was lucky, they caught it all before he actually had a heart attack, but it was enough. It was three years ago last month that it happened and I realized I still hadn't done anything about it... that along with the impending birthday and the twenty-year realization is what finally gave me that final push. This is the first time I've ever tried quitting and from everything I'm going through I'll be damned if it's not also my last.
No cold turkey.. no patches... no gum... just some common sense and some will power. Still haven't done more than two a day and for me that's fan-fricken-tastic.
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Originally Posted by malcolm
You CAN do this. Today is day 250 since I quit my 40 year Marlboro habit, a good pack a day more when drinking. I guarantee you it is worth the pain. Over the years I tried every gadget and gizmo, patch gum, pills but cold turkey was the way I finally did it. In the 250 days I cheated 3 times, all drunk but that was it. In NJ you can't smoke anywhere and at work we have to hike out to the middle of the parking lot. I got sick of freezing my ass off and at 6 bucks a pack the money was pissing me off too. It always made me laugh, for our cars nothing is too good, the best oil and fuel and wax and nothing but the best went in to the car while we slowly poison our selves smoking. It may take a good 6 months but you will feel great. Hang in, don't let a little tobacco kick your ass.
It's funny.. I thought once they instituted that smoking ban that I'd probably end up quitting... boy was I wrong, I just ended up not going out as much... either that or subsequently freezing/sweating my ass off. The money really gets me too... it just amazes me how much it all adds up to... rough estimates say that I've spent somewhere along the lines of $33,000 over the course of my habit. Once you actually take a step back and look at things all of the numbers become really disconcerting...
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Originally Posted by creeker
I smoked for more years than your age, 42 years,I tried on my own but couldn't do it,I then took a subscription drug called zaiban,it worked great for me,it isn't a nicotine replacement drug,it works on your head,and suppresses
the mental (rather than physical) craving for nicotine.on a scale of 1 to 10 my craving during taking subscription was a 0.5.
even so .I quit 8 years ago and even today when I smell ciggy smoke,it smells good.
Oh I more than realize there are those who went even longer than I and were able to eventually kick it. I really don't want to go the drug route, nor the patch nor gum since all of those are even more expensive than the cigs. I figure if I were already experiencing and quitting because of health reasons then those would be preferred and viable options... but since that's not the case I figure I'm just going to set a regimen and hopefully stick by it.
Mainly I'm just going to listen to and trust my body... I think I've already given it the biggest shock it's going to handle, that is going from the half-pack/pack a day down to the two a day over a weeks time. I've been down to the two a day for this entire week and I haven't once had more than that. I'm definitely feeling the effects from such a cutback. I figure once my body has primarily adjusted to this regimen then I'll cut back even further and do the same with that.
Once I finally kick this I think I'm going to nix the coffee next. I don't really drink that much any more, the occasional scotch every now and then, so I'm not really worried about the temptation there... but the coffee - that's a totally different story. When I wake up in the morning, there's nothing I enjoy more than a nice hot coffee and a good Camel. Those two things are so intertwined that I think I'll have to end up kicking the bean as well... the temptation will just be too great and I'm also afraid that it just won't be the same.
However... I think with the cigs gone it won't be no where near as hard to kick the coffee... I'm primarily a tea-totaler by nature anyway and the coffee anymore is just an extension of the morning cigarette ritual so it really shouldn't be that bad.
Although speaking of tea... I must say that it's helped a lot. I drink a lot of tea as it is... green iced tea and my evening earl grey and/or darjeeling... but I'll tell you what... I've been going "gangbusters" on the green tea. I've been downing almost a gallon a day where as before a gallon would last me a good two days. It's really been helping.
Regardless of using it to help with smoking cessation... As a side note... green tea (tea in general, but especially green tea) is a miraculous substance. Anyone who has yet to start drinking it really needs to. I just might post a dedicated thread about it to go into more detail. Either way.. give it a shot, you'll be better off for it.
