Quit Diary

[Asfsd4214]

i don't have experience with cigs, but the first week is the hardest without weed! after that it goes pretty smoothly, at least for me. good luck, keep it up!

It's not dissimilar at all.

I'm trying to quit too, I went to a doctor and requested a prescription for nicotine patch's (you don't 'have' to have a prescription here, it's just government subsidized if you do) a couple weeks ago.

Why nicotine patches aren't subsidies OTC is beyond me. How can it be more expensive to get help quitting than to continue smoking?

[Gretchen]

How can it be more expensive to get help quitting than to continue smoking?
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It's almost like the government is involved.
I have been nicotine free for six months now and like everyone else it took more than one time to quit. I have figured out how to use the the hard candy nicotine substitutes and be successful. It took me three times to figure this out and it does not cost as much. The process is almost like going cold turkey except for the fact that you can take the edge off and not have to go into a full blown nicotine withdrawl. So here's what I did, I bought the 2mg hard candy not the 4mg it's just to strong to use if you really want to quit. Now here is where you are going to save your money and not dump a fortune on this damm substitutes, only take the candy to take the edge off. Do not follow the instructions of the product because you will just get hooked on them and before you know it your smoking again. Try to go as long as you can before you eat the candy and if you can keep them down to four or five a day you are doing great and after two weeks you have to stop using the candy and go cold turkey frome there. It sucks but it really works.

[Amazon D]

Damn i would quit the ciggs and smoke the herb.. ciggs are way worse..

[Asfsd4214]

How can it be more expensive to get help quitting than to continue smoking?

It's almost like the government is involved.
I have been nicotine free for six months now and like everyone else it took more than one time to quit. I have figured out how to use the the hard candy nicotine substitutes and be successful. It took me three times to figure this out and it does not cost as much. The process is almost like going cold turkey except for the fact that you can take the edge off and not have to go into a full blown nicotine withdrawl. So here's what I did, I bought the 2mg hard candy not the 4mg it's just to strong to use if you really want to quit. Now here is where you are going to save your money and not dump a fortune on this damm substitutes, only take the candy to take the edge off. Do not follow the instructions of the product because you will just get hooked on them and before you know it your smoking again. Try to go as long as you can before you eat the candy and if you can keep them down to four or five a day you are doing great and after two weeks you have to stop using the candy and go cold turkey frome there. It sucks but it really works.

Clever. I tried a similar thing with nicotine gum. I wasn't doing too well with them, or with the 14mg/24hr patch's. When I went to the doctor she prescribed me the full strength 21mg/hr patch's. Normally the pack recommends to start with 14mg/24hr if you smoke less than 20 a day, which was what I was doing. But I had little success with 14mg/24hr. I actually found the full strength patch's worked extremely well, been without a smoke for a few weeks now and I've moved to the 14mg/24hr without any serious cravings.

It makes me wonder if the patch's work better if you start with full strength regardless of how much you smoke.

With a script (in Australia) they're only 34$ for 28 patch's, $5.50 if you have a healthcare/concession card. Really cheap by comparison.

[MacKenzie]

LOL smoking weed isn't that bad as long as it's just a once in awhile thing.

I used to smoke tobacco and weed on a daily basis, when i decided to transition I quit smoking cigarettes with the help of patches (full strength) and limited smoking weed to going out on weekends and occasions when i'm really stressed.  😛