Very good information. Thanks
Very good Dill!
30 per day is what I used to say when people asked me how many I smoked in a day. Of course I lied, both to them and to myself, I was rarely below 40..
Smoked for almost 50 years and quit cold turkey. Shit simple to stop smoking if you are 100% motivated. Difficult if you don't really want to stop which I didn't want the other 20 times I "tried" quit smoking.
I agree with all that
This should be it now. I did my record- 6 months last year and I 've given up that many times now that I know when the cravings and hard times will come, which for me is Day 1, then day 3, then it comes back with a vengeance in week 2 which i battled on Tuesday, then 3 weeks 3 months and then 6 months.
Hard to understand how someone could get to six months and then relapse.
^ for sure, especially hardened drinkers with bags of powder
As I said in a much earlier post apropos Chitty's abortive attempt, once you have passed the three month waypoint and the brain's receptors are accustomed to a nicotine-free regime you have pretty much cracked the addiction. Returning to the smoking habit is simply a triumph of self-delusion over intelligence - you convince yourself you need it, it will be satisfying and it will not be a problem.
For me, the experience in quitting was so traumatic that I vowed never to repeat it again and I doubt I shall ever light one up again.
However, I still have the odd moment when the Thai's penchant for idiocy drives me beyond reason but so far I have resisted.
It happened quite often, during my first 6 months without smoking, that I found my hand in the left shirt pocket trying to fish up the nonexistent cig pack.
I also found my self walking out onto the balcony , sitting down on the bench, and then realizing that I could as well walk in again since I didn't smoke anymore.
Great is the power of habit.
Its been about 12 days for me now. Still havent had any. Still on the nicotene gum but down to the 2mg tabs. When there finished i will likely be missing them as well. Cant get them in Laos so unless i need to pop over to thailand its gonna be cold turkey for them fuckers to.
You are only feeding an addiction that in truth takes three days to cleanse physically from your body. After that, it takes three weeks for the mental cravings to subside. Once that is over you are effectively clean but still prone to trigger event cravings that can ambush you at anytime but this recedes after two months.
Take it as it comes and concentrate on the benefits that come with quitting the poisonous habit that was slowly killing you.
The gum is worthless, it is just an illusion you are quitting and for pussies. Stop all nicotine consumption now. And remember, only 3% of cold turkey quitters succeed.
10 a day for 25 years.
Day 2 for me!
£120 per month and a niggling cough are my reasons for stopping.
I am now officially a non smoker
For several months when dining out, I would get twitchy and restless and on occasions actually found myself about to go outside for a fag.
Having a good curry followed by the chocolate mint cream and a cup of coffee still reminds me of one of the best cigarettes you can smoke.....
It's odd really, but that addiction was like having a good friend who was always there when you needed them.
I've decided to go down the route of cutting down to five a day.
Had a cig after a long day, this cold turkey has got me clucking.
My father carked it at age 62 1/2 after having cut down to 1 or 2 a day, having smoked or over 40 years.
I'm now 63 and when I go for a daily walk, I run up the hills.
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