F****** Trying to quit somking!!!! Is a B****!!

Daxx, i used this inhaler type of thing.. you put little nicotine cartridges in and you smoke it like a cig.. it's a method of weening yourself off, and it burns like hell which makes you not want to do it (but considering it is your only way to get the nicotine that you crave you obviously still want it).. I got it free from my doctor, and it worked..

I have the most problems when i am drinking.. the majority of my friends smoke so it's hard not to just ask for one and enjoy the hell out of it.. But i've been playing in this hockey league and there is no possible way to smoke at all and still be in good enough shape to play so that has been my motivation to not even think about it, but still everytime i'm around someone who smokes it pops into my mind..

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Daxx, i used this inhaler type of thing.. you put little nicotine cartridges in and you smoke it like a cig.. it's a method of weening yourself off, and it burns like hell which makes you not want to do it (but considering it is your only way to get the nicotine that you crave you obviously still want it).. I got it free from my doctor, and it worked..

I have the most problems when i am drinking.. the majority of my friends smoke so it's hard not to just ask for one and enjoy the hell out of it.. But i've been playing in this hockey league and there is no possible way to smoke at all and still be in good enough shape to play so that has been my motivation to not even think about it, but still everytime i'm around someone who smokes it pops into my mind..

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CC#45 mate...I heard of the inhaler but gave no thought to it....Kind of like the gum..I tried those and they suck....they just tase like old cig butts....I will ask the doctor about the inhaler...If it helps with the craving why not

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I tried to play the 30 minute game for you, but Saddo's is a much harder habit to break for me, so........................ :tease-new: na na nana na :tease-new: I'm going to go smoke a cigarette right now for you, and then quit for 30 minutes, just out of respect for you :banana:




:rasta: JK bro' ;D CC back to ya'.

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I asked for that :(....I actually tried that methid a few times and tried to smoke only at certain times...every 2 hrs...every 3hrs...I failed

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Trying every couple of hours is harder. I'm serious, try the 10 or 15 minute thing; and though it forces you to think about it more often, it is shorter times to deal with. But that was just me. Go look at some pics of guys with camcorders strapped to their throat after throat cancer and that may be motivation enough :-\

Quitting smoking is a bitch, I finally quit 2 years ago after several unsucessful attempts. I still smoked for a while when I drank, but I gave that up. I think. I also smoked for about 3 weeks after my mom passed away, but it was easy to stop. The final time I tried quitting smoking it was actually a lot easier for me, but I only quit after I hacked up a nickle-sized gob of half-congealed blood which was pretty good motivation. The first week is the toughest, I started chewing the gum after a few days (tastes like an ashtray smells), but it gets a lot easier over time. When I'm sober I find smoking disgusting now, but I always want one when I drink.
Good luck Daxx

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I still smoke, a few each day, but it is not really a problem to quit for me. I just make a game out of it and tell myself I can go 10 minutes without a cigarette. Then after 10 minutes, I tell myself I can go 30 minutes without smoking one. And I just keep going back and forth doing that, and if I can make it a full day I'm good to go. I'll usually quit for a year and then pick it back up for some reason, but never been a real heavy, 2 pack a day type. Not having a smoke after eating is the hardest for me though, and that's when that 10 minute game I play is real difficult.

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Well I am glad it such an easy game for you...Here is a game SHUT UP FOR 10 MINUTES AND IF YOU GET THE URGE TO POST AGAIN TRY NOT TO FOR ANOTHER 30!!!!!!! >:mad

















You know I am just messin with ya mate...CC

And CC's to all for sharing...At least I know I am not the only one who has a hard time at it

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HaHa...


In 10 maybe 15 years it will be prohibited anyway...
CC back...

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Not a chance, it makes too much money and eliminating the income from them coupled with the higher life span of your average person and there would be huge economic backlash.

I never started because i never saw what was so great about it. Everyone i know that did quit did so cold turkey.

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Quitting smoking is a bitch, I finally quit 2 years ago after several unsucessful attempts. I still smoked for a while when I drank, but I gave that up. I think. I also smoked for about 3 weeks after my mom passed away, but it was easy to stop. The final time I tried quitting smoking it was actually a lot easier for me, but I only quit after I hacked up a nickle-sized gob of half-congealed blood which was pretty good motivation. The first week is the toughest, I started chewing the gum after a few days (tastes like an ashtray smells), but it gets a lot easier over time. When I'm sober I find smoking disgusting now, but I always want one when I drink.
Good luck Daxx

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Thanks CC

Have you tried the plastic nicotine inhalers????

I tried to quit smoking countless times over a year or 2 before I managed to finally quit.. I tried the patches a lot of times but went through boxes and boxes of them over the time with no real success. They also make you feel sick if you have one that has to much nicotine for your body...

I finally was able to quit, somehow easily, when I found the nicotine inhalers..

They are like small plastic cigarettes (not quite the same shape) that you put a small nicotine cartridge in and inhale them a bit like a cigarette... These are because because you have them like a normal cigarette at the normal times.. I used to always have 2 or 3 smokes on the way to work in the car, you just puff on these plastic things instead.. After food and all that.
The bonus is you can be at work or inside your house and smoke them where you may not be able to smoke normal ones..
If I hadn't tried those, I would probably still be struggling... They were easly 40 times better than gum or patches..
I used them for about a month and a half, and I slipped up a couple of times in the first week, but as long as I still had them, I persisted and by a month I was using them a lot less.. Around the 2 month I would honestly totally forget about them, and only after something triggered a craving maybe once a day, i'd have a puff...

The important thing is to always have these products around while your quiting so even if you have a smoke, you can still turn around an hour later and have an alternative thing their instead of a cigarette.. After about a week you generally don't want a cigarette and only want the thing thats helping you stop.. Well, I had that case with the inhalers.. Nothing else helped much though.

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Daxx, i used this inhaler type of thing.. you put little nicotine cartridges in and you smoke it like a cig.. it's a method of weening yourself off, and it burns like hell which makes you not want to do it (but considering it is your only way to get the nicotine that you crave you obviously still want it).. I got it free from my doctor, and it worked..

I have the most problems when i am drinking.. the majority of my friends smoke so it's hard not to just ask for one and enjoy the hell out of it.. But i've been playing in this hockey league and there is no possible way to smoke at all and still be in good enough shape to play so that has been my motivation to not even think about it, but still everytime i'm around someone who smokes it pops into my mind..

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Sorry, I didn't read that you had already posted suggesting these so CC if karma will allow...

I definetly second the suggestion though! They sat along side the patches for 2 years and I never even thought of them, but I honeslty believe they are anyones best chance...

One of my friend's dads smoked very heavily for 35 years and you would not seeing him EVER without a smoke in his mouth (unless he had lost them).... He was only able to quit after he found the inhalers... He had one hanging out of his mouth almost surgically attached for a few months,,, but no one believed he would EVER quit...

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Originally Posted by RP33

Daxx, i used this inhaler type of thing.. you put little nicotine cartridges in and you smoke it like a cig.. it's a method of weening yourself off, and it burns like hell which makes you not want to do it (but considering it is your only way to get the nicotine that you crave you obviously still want it).. I got it free from my doctor, and it worked..

I have the most problems when i am drinking.. the majority of my friends smoke so it's hard not to just ask for one and enjoy the hell out of it.. But i've been playing in this hockey league and there is no possible way to smoke at all and still be in good enough shape to play so that has been my motivation to not even think about it, but still everytime i'm around someone who smokes it pops into my mind..

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Sorry, I didn't read that you had already posted suggesting these so CC if karma will allow...

I definetly second the suggestion though! They sat along side the patches for 2 years and I never even thought of them, but I honeslty believe they are anyones best chance...

One of my friend's dads smoked very heavily for 35 years and you would not seeing him EVER without a smoke in his mouth (unless he had lost them).... He was only able to quit after he found the inhalers... He had one hanging out of his mouth almost surgically attached for a few months,,, but no one believed he would EVER quit...

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haha, cc back both daxx/dizaster..

I read what i consider the best description of why it's so hard to quit smoking.. something like "after you smoke you rewire your reward system" and i think 'rewire' is the best word because as soon as you start smoking and you experience how great it is, you can never go back to the way you were before that.. It's real tough knowing that inhaling from a cig will make you feel so much better.. regardless of what method you use to stop, it really comes down to will power.. you have to not want to smoke.

to be honest my main motivation is just the fact that it's so common as you age to all of a sudden have a life threatening disease related to cancer, and cig's only increase that chance by a LOT.. Look at athletes who are in great shape who have cancer, they have th best chance at winning the battle due to their health.. so i am hoping to be as healthy as possible to lessen my chances of getting such a disease, and god forbid if i do, then i'll be able to defend against it the best possible.

Thanks for the CC..

That's so true about cancer.. It's the one thing that you can see around you and hear 100's of stories..
And you know the risks and occassionally think, could it happen to me, but it feels like a distant thing. And you may never get it..
But if that day ever comes where you have a test at the doctor and they say "you have cancer", i'm sure every moment of the rest of your life will be spent looking back and wishing you could take back every smoke you had... But it's just impossible to see it that way before hand which is a part of the problem as well..

Alright Daxx, not sure if your interested in this type of thing or believe in it, but I uploaded a hypnosis MP3 track that goes for about 25 minutes and helps you quit smoking.

It takes so much mental power and persistance to try to quit, but this just helps take some pressure off. Just wack some headphones on hopefully if you have some, and lay back and relax..

I have a feeling this also helped me a lot with quiting.. I certainly felt a lot more confident after listening to it even once...


Plus it held up my computer for 70 minutes while it uploaded so you better damn well give it a try! ;)

It's with rapidshare and it should be small enough (37mb) to let you download it without a membership..
If you have problems though just let me know and i'll see if another website can host it for free.

http://rapidshare.com/files/81376253...liant.mp3.html

So anyway, give it a go and feel free to leave feedback if you think it helps or doesn't help..

I don't smoke...and never have. :)

But I eat a HELL of a lot of chocolate. :lickish:

I quit cold turkey for new years and did well the first 6 days. But I when I went out my last night will power collapsed after the first half-dozen or so drinks. Thought I would have "just one" and ended up smoking damn near a whole pack. The real crux for me is going to be when I am at a bar or any social gathering with alcohol involved.

It seems like a completely different game when alcohol is involved. The urge to smoke almost becomes overwhelming and it takes very strong will power, suffering, and teeth-grinding (in my case!) to try and fight through that.

I read it is a good idea to give up drinking for the first 30 days when trying to quit smoking. It seems that I might have to try something like this, because often times even if I do quit those one or two nights a week when I go out start the cycle all over again. Sounds like it would be a hell of a month :-\

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Alright Daxx, not sure if your interested in this type of thing or believe in it, but I uploaded a hypnosis MP3 track that goes for about 25 minutes and helps you quit smoking.

It takes so much mental power and persistance to try to quit, but this just helps take some pressure off. Just wack some headphones on hopefully if you have some, and lay back and relax..

I have a feeling this also helped me a lot with quiting.. I certainly felt a lot more confident after listening to it even once...


Plus it held up my computer for 70 minutes while it uploaded so you better damn well give it a try! ;)

It's with rapidshare and it should be small enough (37mb) to let you download it without a membership..
If you have problems though just let me know and i'll see if another website can host it for free.

http://rapidshare.com/files/81376253...liant.mp3.html

So anyway, give it a go and feel free to leave feedback if you think it helps or doesn't help..

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Hell I will try anything once....WQhats the worst that could happen?...It doesnt work? I will be no worse off then I am now right....CC in 24

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I quit cold turkey for new years and did well the first 6 days. But I when I went out my last night will power collapsed after the first half-dozen or so drinks. Thought I would have "just one" and ended up smoking damn near a whole pack. The real crux for me is going to be when I am at a bar or any social gathering with alcohol involved.

It seems like a completely different game when alcohol is involved. The urge to smoke almost becomes overwhelming and it takes very strong will power, suffering, and teeth-grinding (in my case!) to try and fight through that.

I read it is a good idea to give up drinking for the first 30 days when trying to quit smoking. It seems that I might have to try something like this, because often times even if I do quit those one or two nights a week when I go out start the cycle all over again. Sounds like it would be a hell of a month :-\

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Thats beat man...AFTER 6 YRS too....I don't really drink too much so that is not as problem for me...Coffee is my downfall :(

Hey Daxx I feel your pain,I smoked for 21 years I quit in 99 and sometimes when I drink the urge comes back and I have gave in a few times.The only way to quit is to keep trying anyway good luck.