I quit smoking!

**magical mike** · 01-30-2009 08:14 PM

Actually, I am doing it now

Because I got caught yesterday, and I hate it when i am in trouble! I am doing it slowly. I am now at 1 cigg a day!
Tomorrow, none at all! I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!
I QUIT SMOKING!
Yes!
Please post any good ideas to help me along this process..

**Robot_Butler** · 01-30-2009 08:30 PM

Congratulations. That's the best thing you can do for your long term health (besides wearing your seat belt in the car).

**Catbus** · 01-30-2009 09:17 PM

I've recently been working myself down. I'm down to around 3ish a day, and I switched to American Spirits because they always advertise that they're "non-addictive." The blueberry blend is nice though.

**magical mike** · 01-30-2009 09:18 PM

Yeah, well this is kinda hard lol. I said I wouldn't so I will not smoke.
I have never heard of American Spirits.

**Bearsy** · 01-30-2009 09:26 PM

I quit in mid November.

I had my first cigarette since then on Monday.

Oh, man. That was amaazzzziinggg.
I was feeling good.

But that's my last one for a long while. I like to treat myself once in a while.

**Catbus** · 01-30-2009 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by magical mike

Yeah, well this is kinda hard lol. I said I wouldn't so I will not smoke.
I have never heard of American Spirits.

They have a variety of nice flavors. Oh, one good thing to do is to buy some nicorette gum. You may need an 18 year old friend to do it for you, but it helps. It is a bit pricey though.

**magical mike** · 01-30-2009 09:39 PM

Yeah its pricey!! lol.
I think I need to extend my weening period a little lol.
I think that if I just ween myself off of it, I wont even notice a difference right?
oh an I looked up online, that those american spritis cost like 30$ a pack?

**eppy** · 01-30-2009 10:14 PM

Good job

My mom smokes and I hate it.

**Catbus** · 01-31-2009 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by magical mike

oh an I looked up online, that those american spritis cost like 30$ a pack?

No way, the most I've ever payed for one was $7 out of a vending machine at a music hall. Maybe it was a carton?

**Carôusoul** · 01-31-2009 12:39 AM

Start again.

And then stop.

Just to prove to yourself you have the willpower.

**magical mike** · 01-31-2009 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

Start again.

And then stop.

Just to prove to yourself you have the willpower.

I dont get it

**Black_Eagle** · 01-31-2009 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by Carôusoul

Start again.

And then stop.

Just to prove to yourself you have the willpower.

Respect+ for this hilarious and clever saying.

If you want to stop smoking, you have to actually stop or you'll still have cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

**Original Poster** · 01-31-2009 02:20 AM

Yeah, it's true, one excuse for a cig leads to another.

**GestaltAlteration** · 01-31-2009 02:42 AM

I rarely smoked cigs (a few in my life).

I chew nicotine gum 4mg not to quit but because it makes me feel good.

No health side effects either. I don't get why more people just don't do the gum. $30 for 170 pieces. That can last a long time.

**slash112** · 01-31-2009 02:48 AM

awsome, nice job.

my dad smokes a lot, he wants to give up, but he rathers not to. my mum smoked ages ago then she gave up, and by the way, chewing gum helped her a lot, you should try that. oh and by the way, sh went back and now she smokes again, but she says she doesnt want to want to quit (yea i did mean to put want to twice)

**DuB** · 01-31-2009 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by GestaltAlteration

No health side effects either. I don't get why more people just don't do the gum.

Certainly nicotine gum/patches are better for you than smoking tobacco, but nicotine itself does pose its own milder set of health risks, which include cancer, atherosclerosis, and long term desensitization of acetylcholine receptors.

**GestaltAlteration** · 01-31-2009 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by DuB

Certainly nicotine gum/patches are better for you than smoking tobacco, but nicotine itself does pose its own milder set of health risks, which include cancer, atherosclerosis, and long term desensitization of acetylcholine receptors.

Fascinating.

Thanks for the heads up.

**Sandform** · 01-31-2009 04:29 AM

Quiting is for losers, I believe. Oh well. GL quiting.

**dylanshmai** · 01-31-2009 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Sandform

Quiting is for losers, I believe. Oh well. GL quiting.

I would have to agree, the kids these days don't understand: you are either a smoker, or you aren't, nothing wrong with smoking other than you may die younger, but who the hell wants to live forever anyways?! ...its an understanding you get comfortable with when you're a smoker. It builds character.

**Marvo** · 01-31-2009 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Congratulations. That's the best thing you can do for your long term health (besides wearing your seat belt in the car).

Not wearing a seatbelt is probably the best way of hindering a potential heart attack 30 or 40 years later.

**Kushna Mufeed** · 01-31-2009 09:58 PM

No.

You haven't quit smoking.

You may be quitting, but you haven't quit yet.

I'd say you have to be quitting for a year before you've properly quit.

**slash112** · 01-31-2009 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by dylanshmai

I would have to agree, the kids these days don't understand: you are either a smoker, or you aren't, nothing wrong with smoking other than you may die younger, but who the hell wants to live forever anyways?! ...its an understanding you get comfortable with when you're a smoker. It builds character.

of course, a short life would have things over and done with quickly, but it would give you a painful last 10-30 years of your life, whereas if you dont smoke, you may live longer, which you seem to think is a bad thing, but it wouldnt be a painful life.

one benifit of my dad smoking was, he used to have ahsma, but when he started smoking it went away, but it could have just been a coinsedence. but even if smoking was the cause of it, that one small good thing definetaly doesnt matdch all the bad things it has done to him, he has an ulcer because of it, he has a terrible cough, a cough kind of like a normal one, exept worse, and life long. and he has bad heartburn from the smallest things (im pretty sure that was caused by smoking, but im not 100% sure on that one) and thenn there is the obvious cost problem, which is really bad at this point, because he owns a buisness which is fucking up, so he is getting in a lot of debt, and the cost of fags is adding to it.

so, i se NO FUCKING REASON why smoking is a good thing.

**dylanshmai** · 01-31-2009 10:56 PM

Well, it does have an effect mentally which I would call existential, some people like it, some don't, and it takes the edge of dying, and you grow a little wiser.

Its not, good, but its not bad. Dying to me is a beautiful thing, and a tragic thing, but its not good or bad.