Quitting cigarettes sucks...

[paulbag]

But...if I succeed...the money I save could translate to a new USA Jackson each year...I'm asking for members help here to stay strong and give up an evil habit I started as a young teen. I'm pounding Heinekens and watching my Patriots try to bury Houston...really want a Marlboro right about now
HELP!

[markb]

No the withdrawal sucks. The quitting is good.

I quit 14 years ago or so. Once you will the addiction away (thats what it is - you pit your will against a chemical and psychological dependency - thats part of the appeal of quitting - to kick the crap out of something that has a hold on you - bending things to your will is always a plus) , which is a nice little accomplishment, only then can you really see how truly stupid it was to ever start.

Unfortunately, you have elevated risk for the rest of your life for the big nasties - you know what they are - but the sooner you quit the better your long term odds.

I've never missed it since. The plusses are countless when you quit - energy level, taste, smell, sleep, circulation, breathing, immune system.... you name it.

Keep it up.

[RacerX]

Good luck!

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+quit+smoking&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[watson503]

I really need to quit bad, myself. I've been smoking 26 years now for the most part, quit for a few years several times but need to once and for all. I have done the math too and get pissed at myself thinking how much I am wasting and what I could be spending my money on. Just push through it bro and don't give in, the first few days are the worst and after that it is just a matter of staying strong.

As for the Texans/Patriots - I am from Houston...and I am glad the Texans lost, maybe now these local fans will come to their senses and realize this is Houston we are talking about.

[LouSiffer]

Try putting a rubber band on your wrist. Everytime you get that urge, flip the rubber band so it stings your wrist. -Lou

[atomic charvel guy]

i have no fingers on my right hand, they've all transformed into marlboros

[Devotee]

I'm a smoker too but recently decided to cut down a lot. I'm not intent on quitting completely, just to reduce my habit substantially. Here's an ad that might help you stay motivated, good luck!

[levantin]

Think of it this way, you can really taste that Heineken now. That is something you've been missing for however many years it has been. Exercise is not a chore, even playing and singing gets much easier.

Stay strong, everytime you feel like having a square go pour a glass of water. Even better, call a friend, write a post here. Everyone will tell you are doing the right thing. If necessary, have some nicotine gum on hand. It's better than having a smoke, as you are breaking the physical habit associated with the release.

This craving will only take a few days to get over.

[atomic charvel guy]

or, go buy one of those e-cigarette thingies, you still get to feel the ripping sensation on your throat
but it's only vapor and you get plenty of nicotine. save money too. they make cigarettes taste horrible.

[paulbag]

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the help and support I can get!

[Andy Fellini]

After reading this I might try to quit myself. It definitely is a chain around the neck. Good luck to you my friend!

[ginsambo]

What a fat fuck.

I was over there at Christmas, I spent my two week holiday in fucking bed everyday, thanks to your flu, a high fever and a sinus infection which was created more pain than five teeth absesses, given to me by your kids (My nephews) blowing raspberries in my face whilst I had jetlag.

So I gave up for three days straight. I usually smoke 20 a day. All your cigarettes are rough anyway. I smoke Camel Filter Reds when I'm over there.

Surprisingly didn't have a problem with giving up, but soon started again, because, what else in life is there and I enjoy it.

So my conclusion is that smoking is more habit and psychosomatic than physically addictive, seriously.

And frankly, although I love the USA, especially the space, I'm glad to be back in the UK where I wake up in the mornings in winter and it's a maximum of 50F indoors when I wake up and 70% humidity and outside it always 90%+ humidity and around 32-41F. I soon got better within a few days, where as, trapped in your air con heater blower vent houses with the temp set at 73F it was absolute fucking hell, and even outside, although the temp was the same as here, around or just above freezing or higher, the humidity was way down around 40-50%. Now I work outside, all day, everyday doing physical work and my flat is cold, dark and damp, as soon as I get over there and relax I get sicker than I have ever been. I am never ill over here. I get back to work over here after loosing 28 lbs with a fever for days going from 175 to 147 and loosing precious muscle mass (You loose muscle mass before fat and I didn't have any fat on me to start with anyway) the first day, with a northerly gale up my ass and freezing wet sleet going down my backside, I do my back in. Fucking A.

I think the key to giving up smoking really, is that other normal age related health problems start cropping up, like pissing calcium and doing your back in etc. and you just can't be fucking arsed doing your body over some more with the other issues that inevitably raise their ugly head. It just becomes, on reflection, a stupid thing to do when it catches up with you physically. Also it is easier to concentrate when you don't have that I must rush out for a cigarette in a minute thing always on your mind.

That said, I still smoke and enjoy it, but it was easier to give up the physical side of the addiction than I thought it would be.

I reccommend taking your annual holiday and staying in bed for two weeks.

And seriously with your winters and your heating systems I feel sorry for your guitars! You people are cruel

BTW a 20 a day habit in the UK is gonna cost you $4200 US dollars a year, in Australia you can double that, that ad is out of date with the Ozzie tax on fags. Fucking amazing isn't it? Smokers are single handedly supporting the Health Service and housing benefit and Welfare for immigrants, yet we are fucking demonised. I'd fucking love everyone in the UK to give up, just to stick two fucking fingers up to the government. Fucking idiots.

I'II leave you with an analogy that some old women once said to me, she said smoking is like an apple, it looks all shiny and ripe from the outside, but on the inside it's rotten. It's the same with smoking. You gotta watch yourself. But only gove up for you and never complain about cigarette smoke once you've given up. Also, if you give up, do something else that is environmentally destructive to prove to and piss off the self righteous types that are full of it, that you absolutely will not to be assimilated into their self righteous, banal waste of space 9-5 lives.

And, omce you have given up, if you find you are spending all your weekends shopping for furniture or at Lowes, then you must kill yourself. It is the ex smokers code.

And NEVER, EVER, complain about how smokers smell, especially to their faces. It is plain rude. You realise how foul you purer than pure, baby milk vegetable health freak, sweaty fast food fuckers stink to me? Leaking foul odours like bloated roadkill in the sun, but I never say a word.

And once you've given up you'll probably get diagnosed with motor neuron disease or unrelated prostrate cancer and be given less than a year to live.

So fuck it!

The only reason I see to give up is to put that money aside into a savings pot for yourself and fuck the government. And use that money to deal crack or something to make yourself some more money.

Fucked if I am ever paying for an airfare to go to the USA in winter ever again. Give me 90% humidity and temperatures in the 90's, otherwise what is the point.

These modern flu strains are designed to take out the young and the most healthy, the only thing it seems that can save you is obesity. At least I didn't get red eye. Fucking nation of ill.

Give up smoking, it costs too much money and it is stupid. I'm an idiot. Just work harder, set yourself financial or acheivement goals, occupy your mind and stop being a pussy and give up. It is psychosomatic. Go buy a full auto rifle whilst you still can or something else constructive.

And how the hell you can stomach Marlboro I will never know. They are the foulest cigarettes known to mankind.

Give up you pussy. Do it NOW!

[paulbag]

I'm speechless! Fucking 'ell

[LaoWai]

I quit 15 years ago, just started again a couple of months ago.. I feel much better now **cough**.

[LaoWai]

the money I save could translate to a new USA Jackson each year..

Ok I quit again..
First two weeks are the hardest, after that it's easier to dig in..