Posted 10.12.2012 @ 2.22AM
I stopped but did it cold turkey without any help.
Was an absolute bastard to be around for a few weeks.
I kicked it for about six years and then.............
No, it never goes away completely :(
Posted 10.12.2012 @ 2.27AM
My old man went cold turkey at around 50 after a lifetime of smoking, hasn't gone back for 20 years.
Posted 10.12.2012 @ 9.45AM (Edited 10.12.2012 @ 9.46AM)
I did hypnosis. Not sure if I was actually hypnotised but I think just the positive reinforcement of someone telling you for a couple of hours what a great decision you're making was enough to get me off my 20-year, 20-a-day habit. And it was a breeze. Rather than feeling like I was in a prison with my ciggies just out of reach, it felt like I was on holiday. Brilliant.
Don't believe all the shit about how you need drugs and gum and the terrors of withdrawal and all that. The nicotine is gone in about 48 hours, the rest is social conditioning. The thing to remember is there are a lot of people out to make a lot of money by telling everyone how terribly difficult it is to give up smoking, who have a huge stake in making it actually as hard as possible.
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Posted 10.12.2012 @ 10.28AM
I've been on the electronic ciggies for almost 4 months now and havnt touched a real smoke.
I still get to enjoy smoking but without the health risks and bad odours.
Posted 10.12.2012 @ 11.01AM
I think cigarettes prove that Freud was right about a lot of things.
;o)
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Posted 10.12.2012 @ 11.44AM (Edited 10.12.2012 @ 11.44AM)
I spent some time in a cancer ward this year. There was a lot of people with different types of cancer and I would say the lung cancer patients were one of worst in terms dealing with the treatments. Their body is already dealing with so much crap it can't respond to the chemo well and they spend the days suffering. Pretty sad that they mostly brought it on themselves.
Even sadder that outside the windows of the oncology section there were smokers lighting up every single day.
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Posted 10.12.2012 @ 11.57AM
An interesting interview with Dr Karl. A few mins in he talks about how in 1/3 of people, smoking creates extra nicotine receptors in the brain making it increasingly harder to quit the addiction.
Nicotine alone isnt really such a bad drug, its comparable to caffeine in terms of health effects.
Posted 10.12.2012 @ 1.20PM
::Nicotine alone isnt really such a bad drug, its comparable to caffeine in terms of health effects.::
How do you justify that statement? I haven't heard of caffeine causing cancer.
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Posted 10.12.2012 @ 1.47AM
currently on some pills called quomen for giving up smoking...
18 days on the pills and 8 days off smoking after 18 years of smoking 10-20 a day
so far so good...a few cravings and wonder if i will ever not think about having a ciggy but early days..!
anyone else used these or similar drugs to help quit? did they work?