Utopia Talk / Politics / quitting smoking OT

williamthebastard Member	Fri Mar 15 06:54:26 2 weeks without nicotine after using it for 30-ish years and I've hardly even noticed it. How much of the addiction stuff is just telling yourself it's so hard to quit?
murder Member	Fri Mar 15 09:24:00 How much did you smoke? My mom quit, but she was only a casual smoker. My dad was a multi-pack a day smoker. Sometimes he'd light a cigarette only to realize he already had one lit on the ash tray. He eventually quit after ~ 40 years of smoking. But he needed to use the patches and the nasty ass nicotine gum.
williamthebastard Member	Fri Mar 15 10:39:04 mainly used swedish snus (not that weakass Copenhagen candy shit) which is supposed to be more addictive than cigarettes, but since thats been hard to find in France, apart from the strong-as-hell arab version which tastes great but rots your teeth, Ive been smoking about 10 a day and 1 - 2 weed/tobacco joints in the evening.
obaminated Member	Fri Mar 15 11:03:15 Used to smoke 2 packs a week. Quit cold turkey. Honestly wasn't hard. Just find other things to do.
patom Member	Fri Mar 15 12:12:30 I smoked non-filter Camels for 42 years. Started when I was 10 and was hooked hard by the age of 13. Tried quitting many times over the years but never lasted more than an hour. The culmination came when I lent my truck to my youngest who had just moved to N. Carolina and I had his car. When I drove down to swap back, I left Calais Me. with a full carton of Camels. 19 hrs. later I arrived at my destination and smoked the last butt of pack #9. I was lighting one of the other much of the way. My mind was telling me this is nuts but at the same time I didn't have the willpower to stop. I forget how many cartons I smoke in the 2 weeks I was away. But the whole time I was cursing myself. I got home on a Sunday and had to go to work Monday morning. When I got up to work at about 2 AM. I took off the zippo lighter that I kept in a pouch on my belt. Took the last pack of Camels and left them on the kitchen counter. At the time I was doing 2 trips a day to Saint John NB hauling gas and fuel oil. 73 miles. I discovered that I smoked 4 cigs in each direction. It was like driving through a wall when I got to the point where I lit up. Don't know how I did it but that was the end of smoking for me. No drugs or patch or anything else except stubbornness. Each year it has grown easier and it's been probably 15 since I had a sudden urge to smoke one. I'm positive I would be dead by now if I hadn't quit. Back then I had a stubborn smokers cough.
murder Member	Fri Mar 15 12:22:27 I think it may depend on why you smoke. I think some people have a harder time quitting because they are self-medicating to control anxiety. Which is why they lose their minds when the nicotine gets cut off ... and why chain smokers chain smoke.
Pillz Member	Thu Mar 21 21:15:12 Why quit though...? Although I'm considering moving to straight grabba/weed&grabba over cigarettes.
Habebe Member	Fri Mar 22 01:47:49 Good for you, I've quit for years, every now and then I still smoke though. Maybe a few days a year
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