That URL has more info about smoking and quitting.
Remember, it’s not your fault.
My urge to quit smoking is overwhelmed by the urge to p*ss off the nanny-staters.
I did it for a few years as a teenager, but quit when I was 17. I’ve never missed it.
That “relaxation” after a cigarette a is the result of nicotine relieving the “tension” caused by withdrawal symptoms from nicotine in the first place. I was smoking as I read that one day and had what alcoholics call a “moment of clarity...” Of course that was it all along. What a sucker I was to ruin my blow thousands of dollars and health and almost ruin my health-a gift from God. I finally got off 20 years of smoking but it was incredibly difficult. I needed to taper off for 6 months and got down to a single cigarette at 11 pm. That was exceptionally tough to give up that last one.
I’m convinced that you just have to purge ALL nicotine out of your system, hold tight for 6-10 months while your brain’s entire dendritic network rewires and reboots and then live a life where you exercise your lungs with exercise and fresh air every day.
Chantix. It’s working for me!!
With a couple more months of this drug, I may even quit burying democrat bodies under my house.
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Just remember the worst cravings ony last 5 minutes. Primarily because you’re never more than 5 minutes from a convenience store.
I’ve quit 2x’s! The 1st time in Feb ‘87. Started up again in ‘93. Quit again in Oct. ‘05. Haven’t smoked since but think about it every day. Quit both times on my own. It takes about 2 weeks to get it out of the system. It’s mostly about breaking the habit at key times...like after a meal, with a cocktail etc.
I asked someone if they smoked after sex.
They said: “I don’t know, never looked.” :-)
I’ve quit smoking cold turkey just this past week. Am tempted to smoke a cig when somebody lights one in company but have resisted the impulse so far.
I still think success depends on how much you want to quit. I was determined...this time! When I've tried to quit in the past, I didn't want to quit as much.
Hey, my doctor told me that you can't do much harm if you start smoking again when you're 75. I can't wait until I'm 75! LOL
Chantix, Chantix, Chantix. Amazing stuff.
Really, REALLY works.
The first time was in 1970 and I'd been smoking about a pack a day for five years. Was very difficult but was sucessful with willpower alone. Actually carried with me a pack of cigarettes in my pocket but did not light them. Only used it as something to do with my hands when I had the urge to smoke. After a few weeks the pack was gone, mostly to someone bumming a smoke.
Starting smoking again 3 year later, at first only one weekend a month on National Guard weekends while playing poker and drinking beer in the evenings. For a while I thought I could only smoke once a month but after about 6 months was back to smoking all the time again.
Quit again in 1981 and this time quiting was much easier. I realized the difficult time in quiting only lasted about 3 days, after that it was all down hill.
Started again after a divorce a few years later and this time only smoked for about a year and quiting was even easier than the last time, the three day rough period still applied.
It's now been over 25 years since I've smoked. Maybe have an occasional urge to light up but it is very minor.
I call BS on the entire article based on this one comment.
I will tell you from experience, stopping smoking is a WALK IN THE PARK compared to trying to get the cocaine monkey off your back.
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