Hey GB

I want to echo Liz's post and pat you on the back for making 4 days.  Good for YOU!   That's a temporary success and heck yes, keep on trying and you can do it.  Stats inform us that most smokers want to quit.  There is a pharmacologic explanation for feeling "relaxed" after we reawaken those noisy receptors sites in our brain.  Please don't let that "ah yes"  feeling of taking a hit fool ya.  Contrary to the rush of answering the addictive call, the tiniest to the mightiest blood vessels in your body immediately start to constrict, nourishing blood flow is reduced.   There are simply no benefits to smoking.  Let the urge go steadily quieter and consider a million better ways to find that relaxed state of mind and body you can create once you're free.

It is so good to finally give up the internal arguments of should I or shouldn't I buy a pack?  No packing around lighters or matches, no smelly breath or clothes and no knocking on your self esteem about it.  Kick em to the curb dude!

Quote from: ghostbees on January 25, 2017, 12:12:16 PM
I've always thought vaping was a little obnoxious due to the amount of smoke it produces. I mean, that's just me but whatever works for you!
I've got an e cigarette but the problem is smoking is well, really hard to give up.

Most mods come with buttons to adjust them so they give out less vapor, also smaller mods that are closer to what a cigarette gives out. But hey, if it's not your thing you'll find something that works.

Quote from: Jane Emily on January 25, 2017, 04:59:54 PM
You know what you have to do with that pack of cigarettes?   Right?

I finished the packet
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I know this might not be a nice response but once you are told your throat and larynx will have to be removed due to cancer from smoking, I gave up straight away.

Maybe use that as motivation. Next time you have any slight pain in your throat is it the sign?

My symptoms were a slight cough and a hoarse voice for 4 weeks or so. I was told that if the cancer had started to metastasise I would just have gone to palliative care to wait for the end.

Scary! Yes. And true.

Your call another pack but ........ are you coughing?

Quote from: ghostbees on January 26, 2017, 04:52:01 AM
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Hopefully no more cigarettes [emoji108]


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Wonderful.  It all starts with that first step.

The one time that I successfully quit for a long time, I bought little hard candies and gum to keep my mouth occupied, it helped out a lot.  Good luck with your endeavor.

I've just started quitting by using lozenges. So far I haven't had a cigarette in a week and a half.
They help with the urges and I've cut back on them as well. Hopefully in a month I'll have gotten off them as well.
Good luck
I smoked 2 packs a day or more and dread seeing my doctor because of it but this is working so I'm hopeful

Quote from: StevieC9 on January 26, 2017, 01:19:31 PM
I've just started quitting by using lozenges. So far I haven't had a cigarette in a week and a half.
They help with the urges and I've cut back on them as well. Hopefully in a month I'll have gotten off them as well.
Good luck
I smoked 2 packs a day or more and dread seeing my doctor because of it but this is working so I'm hopeful

You got it going Stevie, way to roll out your own future freedom!  Keep it up girl!

Quote from: Jane Emily on January 25, 2017, 04:59:54 PM
You know what you have to do with that pack of cigarettes?   Right?

Quote from: Cindy on January 26, 2017, 06:40:22 AM
I know this might not be a nice response but once you are told your throat and larynx will have to be removed due to cancer from smoking, I gave up straight away.

Maybe use that as motivation. Next time you have any slight pain in your throat is it the sign?

My symptoms were a slight cough and a hoarse voice for 4 weeks or so. I was told that if the cancer had started to metastasise I would just have gone to palliative care to wait for the end.

Scary! Yes. And true.

Your call another pack but ........ are you coughing?

It's not nice but it's the truth.
One resident in another carehome, died and he was on oxygen. If anything it's sad how cigarettes can ruin people's lives and health.
Thanks, cindy!
I finally had enough and broke up all the remaining cigarettes, now using e-cigarettes. I was scared to come off of them because I used it to cope with voices. (it made me so calm) But, then I remembered I've coped with voices without smoking.
Goddamn it I'm way too young to die from smoking!!!

Quote from: zamber74 on January 26, 2017, 12:49:51 PM
The one time that I successfully quit for a long time, I bought little hard candies and gum to keep my mouth occupied, it helped out a lot.  Good luck with your endeavor.

I might try this. I think I miss the routine of it and 'sides more way to eat more sweets
Thank you!
Cigarettes are no more. Binned and destroyed.

Quote from: JMJW on January 26, 2017, 01:55:18 PM

I laughed way too hard at this.
Wouldn't it be counterproductive
Elrond: *heavy wheezy* I've made a mistake...
*middle earth is surrounded by smoke*

Quote from: Tessa James on January 25, 2017, 05:17:21 PM
Hey GB

I want to echo Liz's post and pat you on the back for making 4 days.  Good for YOU!   That's a temporary success and heck yes, keep on trying and you can do it.  Stats inform us that most smokers want to quit.  There is a pharmacologic explanation for feeling "relaxed" after we reawaken those noisy receptors sites in our brain.  Please don't let that "ah yes"  feeling of taking a hit fool ya.  Contrary to the rush of answering the addictive call, the tiniest to the mightiest blood vessels in your body immediately start to constrict, nourishing blood flow is reduced.   There are simply no benefits to smoking.  Let the urge go steadily quieter and consider a million better ways to find that relaxed state of mind and body you can create once you're free.

It is so good to finally give up the internal arguments of should I or shouldn't I buy a pack?  No packing around lighters or matches, no smelly breath or clothes and no knocking on your self esteem about it.  Kick em to the curb dude!

Hey Tessa!
Ah, thank you!
you're right smoking has no benefits yet here were are puffing away like chimleys lmao. I suspected the 'relaxed' feeling was due to something bad. The good news is I'm getting tired of smoking, it's lost it's edge.
Maybe replacing it with some activity would work?
Thinking meditation or drawing or reading, I like it a lot.

Quote from: StevieC9 on January 26, 2017, 01:19:31 PM
I've just started quitting by using lozenges. So far I haven't had a cigarette in a week and a half.
They help with the urges and I've cut back on them as well. Hopefully in a month I'll have gotten off them as well.
Good luck
I smoked 2 packs a day or more and dread seeing my doctor because of it but this is working so I'm hopeful

Do the lozenges taste nice?
At the moment I've got an e-cigarette. Thank god I didn't lose it lmao.

Quote from: ghostbees on January 26, 2017, 04:07:26 PM
Do the lozenges taste nice?
At the moment I've got an e-cigarette. Thank god I didn't lose it lmao.

They are minty and not horrible. I'm not really a candy person so I figured this is something I can get rid of easier.
Had the occasional craving the other day and a bad one this morning, but nothing that was too hard to deal with.
Every little bit helps if you want it too

Quote from: Tessa James on January 26, 2017, 01:38:07 PM
You got it going Stevie, way to roll out your own future freedom!  Keep it up girl!

Thank you hun. This might actually be the last time I have to quit