[lukylovespaintballin]

Ok so I have probably the most stupid story. I'm 16 live in MA but I smoke daily. Once or twice. But today three. I want to quit smoking but I'm not sure if I'm addicted. Don't tell me to google up how to stop smoking because they are all bullshit. Any help or tips are gladly accepted

This post has been edited by lukylovespaintballin: 11 March 2013 - 04:23 PM

[bigx]

Let me bunker the shit out of you every time you think of lighting one up.

Easiest way to stop smoking is never to start. However its a lot of will power that beats it. Might want to look into a patch or gum.

Im not even going to get into the whole your dumb for starting its bad for your health thing.

Although for the record, I can not think of a single person I know who is a habitual smoker who does not regret the decision.

[Tick]

Try to cut it down one at a time.

Start one week with your normal, next 2 weeks with 1 less, and so on and so forth. Also, I find with a lot of my smoker friends, it's not necessarily the need of nicotine, but rather just having something in their mouth. They always have hard candies or gum, toothpicks, mints, etc that they use when they have a craving for a cig.



Or just realize you're not gonna live past 40 and if you do don't think about retiring, you're gonna be spending all of your time and money in the hospital.

[TacticlTwinkie]

It takes an awful lot of will power to quit. It's not easy. Look into that nicotine gum stuff to help you get your fix when you get the urge.

[Rotozip2]

I have honestly never smoked in my life solely because I have watched my dad slowly be torn apart all my life by that shit.

In my opinion its not worth it, you are killing yourself slowly just for a chemical release in the brain that lasts 45 min? Smoking is rather ironic really, you pay to smoke you get sick from smoking and then you have to pay out the ass to get better. Lose lose either way.

I have no idea on how to tell you to quit, but I can tell you it will be worth it not only for your family, your future children, everyone who loves you, but for yourself.

[TK-421]

One part that helps is to realize that you're not only addicted to the nicotine, but you're also addicted to having something in your mouth, and you're addicted to the movement of bringing something up to your mouth to take a drag from, and then lowering it back down. Find something else to occupy your mouth with, instead of a cig. Gum helps, and it can be any gum, it doesn't have to be nicotine gum. Just pop a piece when you get a craving.

But there isn't an easy way to quit. Why do you think some drug addicts will go to rehab three or four times? There's nothing easy about quitting an addiction to a drug.

[maximumslinky]

TK-421, on 12 March 2013 - 10:39 AM, said:

One part that helps is to realize that you're not only addicted to the nicotine, but you're also addicted to having something in your mouth, and you're addicted to the movement of bringing something up to your mouth to take a drag from, and then lowering it back down. Find something else to occupy your mouth with, instead of a cig. Gum helps, and it can be any gum, it doesn't have to be nicotine gum. Just pop a piece when you get a craving.

But there isn't an easy way to quit. Why do you think some drug addicts will go to rehab three or four times? There's nothing easy about quitting an addiction to a drug.

this is no shit. when i stopped chewing one of the biggest things that i missed was something being in my lip. when i would get a craving i would chew a piece of gum for a few minutes then i would push the gum down into my lip where my copenhagen usually sat. its been a year and i still do it to this day.

[fatalll]

3 cigs or packs? 3 cigs just cold turkey it. I was similar at one point

[canscom]

There is NO easy way to quit Ive known tons of people who smoke Ive yet to see someone quit on the first try

[TechPB-Mike]

I've had a couple friends, this is NOT an easy habit

Some of the things they did, was to try to "replace" the smoking habit, with other things

Playing with putty, keeping things in your hands to manipulate and feel, always holding a pencil or a pen, just trying to confuse your brain that you are holding something in your hand.

Another thing is always chewing gum, chewing carrots, something to help get over that oral fixation of having something in your mouth


Basically trying to get something to replace the feeling of holding a cigarette in your hand, and something to replace the feeling of having a cigarette in your mouth.


The internet could also be a great resource for this. If you have to try 100 different things, and it takes 6 months to quit the habit, at least you quit!!! Don't get discouraged

[CptKaveman]

I just quit smoking and chewing after 7 years.. It's all about willpower.. Just realize that you don't want to smell bad, have terrible lung capacity , and possibly ( 45% chance ) get cancer.... I did it cold turkey myself because I figured the faster I got the nicotine out of my system the better.