so... after ~10 years of a pack a day. I finally quit smoking on December 1st. Never gone longer than 3 days until now. i know its a bit early for the claim, but i haven't even had a slight urge since day 2.
i took welbutrin for 3 weeks before i quit and im still taking it for about another month. definitely couldn't have quit without it. i've been eating insane amounts of food and i have way more energy than i ever had.
i can't even remember myself as a non-smoker. i definitely feel cleaner. and the smell of cigarettes on other people makes me nauseous now... smells way different than when you smoke yourself.
just wanted to tell someone.
i took welbutrin for 3 weeks before i quit and im still taking it for about another month. definitely couldn't have quit without it. i've been eating insane amounts of food and i have way more energy than i ever had.
i can't even remember myself as a non-smoker. i definitely feel cleaner. and the smell of cigarettes on other people makes me nauseous now... smells way different than when you smoke yourself.
just wanted to tell someone.
sounds pretty awesome. hope it continues to work out.
i'm quitting by the 18th. however, i don't know what "quitting" means for me. i haven't decided if it allows for a cigarette with a glass of wine or not.
i'm quitting by the 18th. however, i don't know what "quitting" means for me. i haven't decided if it allows for a cigarette with a glass of wine or not.
cool! good luck dude.
actually lucas.. i forgot to mention that another huge factor in me quitting was the fact that you cant drink on the medicine im taking. and not in a sense like xanex or vicodin, where you get a little more fucked up and its fine. i drank on this stuff and went in to depression for 2 days over thanks giving. it sucked bad. so thats kept me from drinking, which in turn helped a ton with not smoking. before, soon as a drop of alcohol touched my lip i would start choke-slamming people for a cigarette. :)
:D
grats, you will thank yourself later in life.
i learned how to roll a decent cigarette this weekend
I don't think this is an apporpriate thread for that, nestor. :)
hahaha
i know, but i'm really ocd about creating new threads :P
Fair enough.
I roll my own. Occasionally I'll smoke a pre-made cigarette, if I'm in a hurry and on the bike, but mostly I just roll Bali Halfzware Shag in Rizla+ Silver papers. Bali + Rizla ftw.
I roll my own. Occasionally I'll smoke a pre-made cigarette, if I'm in a hurry and on the bike, but mostly I just roll Bali Halfzware Shag in Rizla+ Silver papers. Bali + Rizla ftw.
I quit smoking last October ... It was easier than I thought it would be ... Relatively painless ...
i wouldn't consider myself a cigarette smoker, i don't even inhale - i'm an occasional cigar & pipe smoker.
My dad came home from work one day and goes man fuck smoking. 25 years of smoking and just one day he quit. Everyone thought he coughed up blood. I don't know what happened. I asked him once and he said it was the cigarette tax in Texas that was killing him. Who knows? Either way Maple, if you relapse we're not gonna say shit. It's tough beating an addiction. But from the sounds of it, that is mighty impressive that you did it.
I do enjoy the occasional cigarette, but then again, my philosophy is, if you are going to smoke, smoke something WORTH smoking ... You know what I mean.
I do enjoy the occasional cigarette, but then again, my philosophy is, if you are going to smoke, smoke something WORTH smoking ... You know what I mean.
texas has a cigarette tax? :(
Yeah, it's pretty impressive. It's nearly $5 a pack (after taxes).
in norway it's more like $15 a pack
Lucas, it's basically a "sin" tax. Funny how lottery tickets aren't "sinful"
Or booze .
i had the tastiest cigarette yesterday - tor oriental. belgian cigarettes, fantastic vanilla/caramel/cornflower room notes.
I am spending too much money on cigarettes. I go through a pack in like 3 days. thing is, I have no motivation to quit beside saving money. I think I'm going to try to ration myself down to a pack a week.
3 cigarettes per day starting tomorrow morning. 21/week, one more than a pack.
I'm totally surprised you're a real-deal smoker now.
...Is your avatar a monkey in a suit?
...Is your avatar a monkey in a suit?
I went from paying under $5 a pack to more than $7 a pack, damn guvment.
my avatar is a cool sticker of a guy in space that's on my fridge. my roommate forgets where he got it, but I really like it. my facebook profile picture is a full version.
I pay like 8.50/pack in massachusetts. the government does not like smoking here.
I haven't cut down to 3 a day.
I pay like 8.50/pack in massachusetts. the government does not like smoking here.
I haven't cut down to 3 a day.
there's actually a current unpassed bill somewhere at the state level that involves banning smoking in all multi-family residences, including on your porch or something. it's not like up for a vote in the state senate or anything right now, I think it's just in some committee. but still, gives you an idea. a guy who frequented the library when I worked there was really active in anti-anti-smoking stuff and used to come into the library to send emails to editors of periodicals. I had a conversation with him on my break once and he talked about how anti-smoking propaganda has stigmatized smokers and also impacted lower-income people disproportionately.
"everyone hates smokers" --bsdlite
I've cut back from my pack and a half a day habit to maybe half a pack a day. I hate being broke.
cigs of choice?
lately, i've been buying marlboro reds or 27s.
lately, i've been buying marlboro reds or 27s.
I usually roll my own (Bali Shag Golden Shag), but my stand-by cigs are Camel Filters ... Marlboro Smooths once in a blue moon, though.
> "everyone hates smokers" --bsdlite
<insert picture of me smiling, giving thumbs up>
<insert picture of me smiling, giving thumbs up>
I have never smoked. But I do not turn down a shotgun from a pretty girl.
a shotgun? what that
Shotgunning with a pretty girl is pretty much the best smoking activity ever.
Do explain.
camel filters
Man you guys complaining about your cigarette prices, come to Canada, $13 for a 25 pack and $11 for a 20 pack. Rolling your own is like $18 for 25g. Its wicked expensive.
two of my temporary housemates like doing that with pot smoke. :(
i know phi, that weed shotgun just makes me laugh
http://www.youtube.com/v/se7lljRDNjk
http://www.youtube.com/v/se7lljRDNjk
i bought two cartons of marlboro cigs in idaho at a welcomed price of $42.66 each.
Went from a pack and a half a day to zero. Not even a drag in over a week!
phi_...how the shit? that's amazing.
LARZ I am glaring at you for that post.
LARZ I am glaring at you for that post.
Slap bet. It's a surprisingly good motivator.
you didn't get a single slap? huh.
Nope!
I think I quit this.
that's coincidental--i just edited a couple wikipedia articles regarding the risks of smoking.
I'm conflicted. it's actually been pretty easy to quit. granted it's only been four days. I don't feel irritable or like I crave a cigarette. but I kind of want one because I still enjoy smoking. I wonder if I'm capable of smoking like one cigarette every few days. I think if I have a pack I won't have that discipline though. maybe the solution is rolling my own? or just saying fuck it and not smoking at all, which is probably the best idea.
i love smoking too. i restrict myself to pipes (i own two), and probably smoke only a few times a year (generally in the summer). no inhalation.
Two of my friends just quit and my roommate is now one day into trying, which makes me wonder...is this a pre-new-years-resolution thing, or do you all just hate standing outdoors when it's cold?
I actually prefer smoking when it's cold. smoking when it's hot outside is the worst.
my quitting is because of a couple things. I was thinking about doing it as a new year's resolution anyway (even though I never do resolutions), and then my mom found out I'd been smoking for a while and was bummed out. then I thought about it and there really isn't any good justification for it, so no more!
my quitting is because of a couple things. I was thinking about doing it as a new year's resolution anyway (even though I never do resolutions), and then my mom found out I'd been smoking for a while and was bummed out. then I thought about it and there really isn't any good justification for it, so no more!
I quit smoking on a late Saturday evening, I was out of cigs, it was raining, and didn't want to go outside to fetch some from the store.
I figured that was as good as a time as any to quit.
I figured that was as good as a time as any to quit.
good job, boys!
Apparently, health insurance through my work provides free "tobacco cessation" drug coverage. Have any of you who have health insurance and want to quit smoking looked into this?? Am I just out of the quit smoking loop or is this as great and unusual as it seems?
meaning you can get nicotine gum for free or something?
Home Depot offers that as well. Friend of mine had to quit because of early signs of COPD and THD gave him free patches and gum for as long as he needed.
I recently challenged myself to no coffee and no cigarettes for 30 days. It was really great. I rediscovered my love for tea and random walks. I've obviously began smoking again, I might start rolling my own. We have a really awesome tobacconist in town and getting custom blended tobacco is really nice.
As a person who drinks approx 2/3 a cup of coffee a year... Orange Juice is the SHIT in the morning. Hit it hard.
> meaning you can get nicotine gum for free or something?
Yeah, I guess! Maybe patches like phi_ mentioned...maybe even that chantix-type drug for all I know. It's just so awesome! :D
Yeah, I guess! Maybe patches like phi_ mentioned...maybe even that chantix-type drug for all I know. It's just so awesome! :D
chantix is a pretty creepy drug
Yeah, but the few people I know that used it quit without problem... One began smoking again, but it was about a year later.
oh, i was just being a smart-ass to "chantix ... it's just so awesome!"
Fair enough.
I wasn't saying chantix is awesome.
...but I think it might be
> I wasn't saying chantix is awesome.
i thought you were saying that the free tobacco cessation program is awesome.
again, i was taking words out of context and being a smart ass.
i thought you were saying that the free tobacco cessation program is awesome.
again, i was taking words out of context and being a smart ass.
not smoking, but tobacco related
i don't get snus
i don't get snus
Me neither.
Me neither, but my friends seem to do so.
yeah, a colleague of mine who studied in sweden let me try some.
larz made me try some.
*sigh*
*sigh*
to be fair, it didn't make me sick like cigs tend to.
larz has snus?
i had american-style snus
it came free with cigarettes for a long time
it came free with cigarettes for a long time
Hunger pains, GONE. Woo!
haha
Wait didn't you quit a while ago, phi_?
My roommate is on hour 20. Sort of a miracle for him...to give you some idea, this was our balcony the other day: http://www.clanbbw.com/publicimg/data/images/cigs.jpg and these are just the cigs he smokes when he's at home (after 8 pm)
My roommate is on hour 20. Sort of a miracle for him...to give you some idea, this was our balcony the other day: http://www.clanbbw.com/publicimg/data/images/cigs.jpg and these are just the cigs he smokes when he's at home (after 8 pm)
that looks about right.
> Wait didn't you quit a while ago, phi_?
I think I've well established that willpower isn't one of my strong points. ;)
I think I've well established that willpower isn't one of my strong points. ;)
But didn't you think "fuck, if I start again I will just have to go through quitting all over again"?
I feel like that would be decent incentive to avoid, but I guess not? Maybe quitting isn't really as bad as I imagine it to be...
I feel like that would be decent incentive to avoid, but I guess not? Maybe quitting isn't really as bad as I imagine it to be...
I've quit a job where quitting was not only enjoyable... it was... liberating. In fact, I am pretty sure my boss was freaked out by how happy i was to be quitting.
Well I think that's pretty standard when you quit a job. :P But I'm talking about physiological and/or mental addiction
I cannot see the addiction to smoking, I couldn't feel anything except burn in my mouth or something occassionally.
how long did you smoke?
By the way, since when are you such a pothead Brian?
where did you get that idea?
You repeatedly talking about weed :)
Don't remember seeing you do that before ..
Don't remember seeing you do that before ..
He's been posting about it fairly regularly for as long as I can remember, but I still wouldn't call him a "pothead". That's a term with some negative implications, and I don't think any of them apply to asemi.
...where does Weasley live?
take me to your dealer
Dang I was looking for another post and found this. I barely remember writing this one. I did not quit this time. But I did finally quit a couple years later. It's been over a year now. Last July is when I quit. Love it!
nice work. I need to quit. smoking a pack every couple of days now.
Yea you do. Smoke weed instead. jaja :)
"Just stop"
If I were a cigarette smoker, I'd be chaining Tor Orientals.
huh.
Does anyone know how much a cube (5packs?) of Nat Sherman Classics Cost? I live in Canada, they do not exist here.
Nevermind, found the solution the answer is 32.66 canadian.
4 days without a cigarette. :o
\o/
4 years and counting by the way. If I can do it, then so can you!
I've just been really sick. I totally smoked a cigarette today.
wtf I thought you had some slapbet quitting method with someone and never got slapped...and I was proud of you...this was not you? :(
That worked for several months. Then I was at a party ... I thought we've gone over this?
maybe, I don't remember. well ummmm.......slapbet round 2?!
haha, maybe.
glögg-flavoured snus - tis the season.
my 26th birthday present to myself is to quit smoking. send good vibes.
what's the plan?
Good luck, good sir.
I have no plan. I should probably have a plan.
I quit smoking on a whim with no plan what-so-over. basically it went like this: "Fuck, I'm out of smokes and it's cold and raining outside ... Ahhh, fuck it, I'll just quit".
I caved already. I need a new job.
I'm going to start carrying weed cigarettes.
Just carry a dug out our something?
dugouts are pretty sweet. I have a one-hitter but no dugout.
That article was great, Nestor! I've picked up smoking occasionally. I've been against smoking most of my life, but the social aspects of it are pretty massive. It has been a great experience for me so far, and I don't really feel addicted. I smoke maybe 1 every day to 2 days, and they are all hand rolled, which is pretty much the standard in NZ.
yeah, just keep it below a couple cigarettes per day, in the good european tradition.
most (all?) negative health effects are dose-dependent, so smoking a bit won't harm too much.
but, it's a very slippery slope. only heroin is more addictive than nicotine. tread with caution.
most (all?) negative health effects are dose-dependent, so smoking a bit won't harm too much.
but, it's a very slippery slope. only heroin is more addictive than nicotine. tread with caution.
lucas: Holy shit I was gonna call bullshit! Well shame on me!
http://www.rave.ca/en/image/full/283009/
Wowza ...
http://www.rave.ca/en/image/full/283009/
Wowza ...
hey, i cited my source. i was referring to "physical dependence."
Hey havent been around it a while. Once again I forgot I even started this thread. then saw that I posted last year. haha man my memory is terrible. BUT I'm still not smoking. 2 years just passed in July!
Good luck dudes. Now if I could quit drinking....
Good luck dudes. Now if I could quit drinking....