quit smoking cigs.. - Page 2

Sunstar · 01-21-08, 02:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hippie3

wifey and i are on our last pack,
when it's gone
i'll buy no more.

Thats great to hear you two.

And with lil hippy jr coming that will give you more money and better air for him or her

CoyoteMesc · 01-21-08, 14:35

I smoked my last cigarette and drank my last RedBull 2 1/2 hours ago. With the money that Merm and I will save from cigarettes and Redbulls we could buy a car

j/k

I drink 3-4 of those a day also, sometimes more. Those and cigarettes add up to some nice change.

rocketman · 01-21-08, 14:37

You guys can do it. Keep it up.

It is easier if you 2 work together in my opinion. Giving and getting real time support is important.

Keep it up!

Stock up on hard candy and blow pops. Chew gum til your jaws hurt.

Hippie3 · 01-21-08, 14:44

have more sex.

CoyoteMesc · 01-21-08, 14:48

Ill take the candy, Merm can have the blow pop and the sex will fit right in ....GOt IT

Sunstar · 01-21-08, 15:23

Thats awesome CM and thats a great way to look at it.
It definitly seems like I have more energy and need to sleep less now for some reason. Maybe the oxygen in the blood.. i dunno
When I woke today I felt hyper in a way ...overly speedy
and I also noticed my mouth didnt taste like someone took a dump in it.

So as we go onto day 3 goodluck and hold stong everyone

pareil · 01-21-08, 15:58

CM that's outstanding!
You two are going to feel so much better, I have a contact high already.

Mermaidia · 01-21-08, 18:13

I find myself needing less sleep too. Tossed and turned quite a bit last night.
I'm glad that CM is joining me. Definitely helps.
He just said he's gonna take a trip to the candy store ASAP.

sandman · 01-22-08, 22:15

I quit about 5 days ago myself! Got sick with a cold or something and couldnt smoke for a few days and now Im trying to keep it that way. SO far so good cold turkey. I was smoking a full pack a day for about 5 years now. This isnt my first time to quit but its time to put away stupid things...

Keep the faith gals n guys!

Sunstar · 01-23-08, 11:55

Well it's like the 4th or 5th day since we started this. I havnt had an urge all day. Its kinda wierd its like I forgot about em.
I just hope it stays this easy

rocketman · 01-23-08, 11:58

Awesome you guys are still hanging!

Godflesh · 01-23-08, 13:40

Great Idea! I am hoppin on this ride! I quit for two months, with the help of Chantix, after smokin for 20+ years. Relapse! I am now back up to a pack a day and on the first week of Chantix again. Time to break this shit for good!

WE WILL NOT LET A PIECE OF PAPER, SOME COTTON, AND A LITTLE TOBACCO BEAT US!!

nepenthes_ak · 01-24-08, 00:51

Get Candy straw's (twizlers), and a buy a box of bendy straws or something. My friend who quit said the feeling of smoking something helps with cravings.

I enjoy the smell of smokers... but when I grew up I never was around smokers really. Kind of weird.

Ive been telling my self to slow down...but of course I haven't.

Keep it up i know its hard, I remember when I was 14 we moved and, well it was basically a cross country trip, no way to get cigarettes. I was 14 and smoking quite a bit for my age, and well I went through withdrawal. Started smoking again at 17, slowly made my way up to 2 packs a week.

I know how hard it is to quit. Sending good vibes,

seymorebunz · 01-24-08, 15:28

Wow....you guys are doing great. Great thread Merm!

I still smoke a couple a day......especially when I drink. But there are days that I don't smoke at all, mostly when I have my kids. They've never seen me smoke.

I need to quit i'm sure completely, but I justify not doing so because I don't smoke that much....imo. Anyone else struggling with this scenerio??

orchid · 01-24-08, 15:42

i see the results of smoking all the time and none of them are good. your daughter loves you enough to tell you the harm you were doing yourself. that alone tells you something about the daughter you've raised! congrats. they are expensive, they smell and taste horrible. they kill you and after all that you don't even get high. there is no return on that investment! lol good luck quitting.

March13th · 01-24-08, 15:46

good luck. You're a better man than I.

Sunstar · 02-17-08, 17:23

So how is everyone doing? Im still lholding stong and havnt smoked one since that night. I feel alot healthier and have alot more energy.
Plus im saving money.
I hope more people make the decision to stop also.

tex · 02-17-08, 19:54

Great job Star!! I havent had one since Thanksgiving. Really dont have any cravings at all since those first 2 weeks, but I havent had a drink or any pills since then either.

For all the ones who have quit. Just keep up the will power!!

ShroomShaman · 02-17-08, 20:39

I haven't had a cigarette since January 8th. Has been a struggle for the first few weeks but it isn't really that bad now that I have my mind made up to not smoke any more.

rocketman · 02-17-08, 23:52

Congrats Sun. It takes a lot of personal strength and self discipline to do what you have done. You will be a better person in all aspects of your life from going through the pain. No longer being a slave to an industry that is nothing short of evil is something in itself to be proud of.

kocos · 02-18-08, 06:59

U guys are great! kEEP it up it really isnt as hard as they say it is. I managed to quit from one day to the other and now its almost been 2 years since my last cig. Feels great too!

TastyBeverage · 02-19-08, 12:45

Hope you guys are still on the wagon! I tried to quit for probably 4-5 years with limited success before i managed to stick with it, and i only smoked maybe 5 a day. The car was the hardest place for me, so i tried to keep a pack of gum there so that i could at least have a similar ritual of get in, fasten seatbelt, unwrap something to put in mouth. Lollipops are better, because they give you something to do with your hand as well.

I quit 'for good' a couple of years ago. I do however, allow myself to smoke when i'm at Burning Man because 1) i'm on vacation 2)Burning Man is definitely the place to do things you don't do at home and 3)In many ways it's like a giant bar... pretty hard not to smoke if you're a smoker, ex or otherwise. I may have to stop doing that as well though, since last year i came back and got pneumonia for 2 weeks.

MycoChondria · 02-19-08, 23:15

I hope all who posted here are having success in their attempts to quit the cigs...

...Don't believe anyone who says you can't quit cold turkey...it's simply not true as a generalization...it can and does happen! Took several attempts but I got there 7 years ago.

I lost my dad to lung cancer recently and hope no one goes through that...it's just not worth it. Don't ignore the red flags!

KTBotanicals · 02-20-08, 02:47

I am amazed at the sense of community on this board!! I commend anyone trying to quit as I myself have been a smoker since college... some time ago. I am willing to donate Lobelia inflata to anyone wishing to try and kick the habit with some herbal help. Lobelia acts upon the nicotinic receptors in the brain and is said to allieviate cravings nicely since it clogs up the nicotine receptors. Anyhow, I am just throwing that out there and its up to you to research the dose and effects etc.. Email me (KTBotanicals@aol.com) with your address and a note and I will mail you a week's supply, don't worry about shipping I will take care of it. Its the first week thats miserable... for me anyway. I would wake up in a panic in the middle of the night for no apparent reason except for a severe craving for a cig. Anyhow, when I was trying to quit lobelia helped me out quite a bit.

Another plant that helped me out quite a bit was ephedra. Synthetic ephedrine will do as well (get it from a grocery store "Primatine"). Anyhow, I noticed that when I took ephedra, cigarettes made me feel extremely weak and sick at my stomach. Almost like that feelnig you get when you swallow chewing tobacco juice. I suppose my theory for this is that ephedrine is a very strong stimulant, as is nicotine... the combination of the two makes one feel kinda overdosed. This was effective as well since it makes the brain associate a cigarette with a severe sick feeling therefore breaking the psychological dependence aspect of addicition. Ephedra also speeds up your metabolism quite a bit, and helps your body break down the nicotine that is floating around in you causing the cravings. If you raise your metabolism and ge tthe nicotine out faster, you have a higher chance of getting through the withdrawals. This is of course, just my opinion.

tobynutz · 02-20-08, 04:52

damn im stoned

good luck guys lol

PsychoDrogue · 02-20-08, 10:33

I jumped on the quitting wagon as well. i had a lot of life changing events pile up on me in January and it all climaxed on the 1st of this month. I haven't bought or touched a cig since. Only aide so far has been music. Never felt the need to use any kinda supplement or craving killer. Hasn't been what i'd call easy though.

hope everyone else is sticking with it. good luck

koldjgdaro · 02-21-08, 06:25

Fighting with nicotine addiction is the easiest part. I can quit for a few days and feel bad for a day or two, but the problem is the habit. Every smoker enjoys cigarretes. That's the problem with them. It's like saying no to sex or shrooms ;]. But of course it pays off in our health. I got the smoker habit from joints actually. After I begun smoking joints I loved that feeling of holding the light between my fingers and sucking the smoke so much that I started smoking. It's so pleasant!

Now I smoke only ocassionally. But still a nice joint is far better than a cigarette and I really try not to smoke anything else :P. Anyway - it's Camel time! ;]

Wish you all good luck!

Crust · 02-21-08, 23:46

I hope all you quitters are still going strong, stick with it!

And if you slipped, don't give up, you can do it!!!

Sunstar · 02-21-08, 23:54

Thats a really nice offer KT

. I am over it now and no longer think of it at all. I am glad I made the choice to stop.
Thanks for all the support and kind words everyone

. It definitly made it easier for me

alleyboy · 02-22-08, 00:03

me and the missus quit a thirty year habbit about 4 months ago with welbutrin

it helps but it was stil difficult

but successfull

it can be done

mister · 02-22-08, 00:30

Just wanted to show my support for all those that are going to quit in this thread.

I've never had nicotine except in spliffs and blunts so I don't know the full extent that it is addicting, but I know it's one of the most, if not THE most addicting substance on this planet.

I wish my parents had the strength that you folks have,
I can't stand to see them slowly killing themselves,
and for what? NOTHING.

I'm proud of all of you

coastalite · 02-22-08, 04:45

i used to smoke... and i quit cold turkey no prob.

and i've heard that cigarettes are harder to kick than heroin.

i truly believe that it's mind over matter. if you TRULY want to quit, then you can quit. use your mind. your mind can get you through it. that's how i was able to quit. if you put your mind to it, you truly can accomplish your goals. don't give up!

cigarettes = suicide

yukonweedman · 02-22-08, 05:22

I quit cold trukey myself 12 years ago ...I can remember the first two weeks was tuff but I pulled through.....

Sunstar · 03-07-08, 08:06

Wow it almost been two months since we started.
SO much better off now. I dont even think of them at all.
I hoe everyone is thinking of making the same choice

eyeslikedonuts · 03-07-08, 08:55

My humble regards to all those who are quitting cigs.

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01-21-08, 14:35	#52 (permalink)
CoyoteMesc KEY MASTER Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,502	I smoked my last cigarette and drank my last RedBull 2 1/2 hours ago. With the money that Merm and I will save from cigarettes and Redbulls we could buy a car j/k I drink 3-4 of those a day also, sometimes more. Those and cigarettes add up to some nice change. __________________

01-21-08, 14:37	#53 (permalink)
rocketman GATE KEEPER Join Date: Feb 1973 Posts: 3,225	You guys can do it. Keep it up. It is easier if you 2 work together in my opinion. Giving and getting real time support is important. Keep it up! Stock up on hard candy and blow pops. Chew gum til your jaws hurt. __________________ robbing a man of his cherished delusions does not make you any wealthier, it just makes him poorer. H3

01-21-08, 14:44	#54 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,133	have more sex. __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

01-21-08, 14:48	#55 (permalink)
CoyoteMesc KEY MASTER Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,502	Ill take the candy, Merm can have the blow pop and the sex will fit right in ....GOt IT __________________

01-21-08, 15:23	#56 (permalink)
Sunstar Gazer of the innerself Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,105	Thats awesome CM and thats a great way to look at it. It definitly seems like I have more energy and need to sleep less now for some reason. Maybe the oxygen in the blood.. i dunno When I woke today I felt hyper in a way ...overly speedy and I also noticed my mouth didnt taste like someone took a dump in it. So as we go onto day 3 goodluck and hold stong everyone __________________ I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, how I love to watch them roll ~John Lennon~

01-21-08, 15:58	#57 (permalink)
pareil happy just to be here Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 270	CM that's outstanding! You two are going to feel so much better, I have a contact high already. __________________ the word is not the thing

01-21-08, 18:13	#58 (permalink)
Mermaidia Sober Sister Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,014	I find myself needing less sleep too. Tossed and turned quite a bit last night. I'm glad that CM is joining me. Definitely helps. He just said he's gonna take a trip to the candy store ASAP. __________________ When you dream, dream big.

01-22-08, 22:15	#59 (permalink)
sandman Seasoned Pork Join Date: Apr 1972 Posts: 1,519	I quit about 5 days ago myself! Got sick with a cold or something and couldnt smoke for a few days and now Im trying to keep it that way. SO far so good cold turkey. I was smoking a full pack a day for about 5 years now. This isnt my first time to quit but its time to put away stupid things... Keep the faith gals n guys! __________________ Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes

01-23-08, 11:55	#60 (permalink)
Sunstar Gazer of the innerself Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,105	Well it's like the 4th or 5th day since we started this. I havnt had an urge all day. Its kinda wierd its like I forgot about em. I just hope it stays this easy __________________ I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, how I love to watch them roll ~John Lennon~

01-23-08, 11:58	#61 (permalink)
rocketman GATE KEEPER Join Date: Feb 1973 Posts: 3,225	Awesome you guys are still hanging! __________________ robbing a man of his cherished delusions does not make you any wealthier, it just makes him poorer. H3

01-23-08, 13:40	#62 (permalink)
Godflesh Mycotopiate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 604	Great Idea! I am hoppin on this ride! I quit for two months, with the help of Chantix, after smokin for 20+ years. Relapse! I am now back up to a pack a day and on the first week of Chantix again. Time to break this shit for good! WE WILL NOT LET A PIECE OF PAPER, SOME COTTON, AND A LITTLE TOBACCO BEAT US!! __________________ Eye am Why am Eye

01-24-08, 00:51	#63 (permalink)
nepenthes_ak quadraplegic squrille Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 488	Get Candy straw's (twizlers), and a buy a box of bendy straws or something. My friend who quit said the feeling of smoking something helps with cravings. I enjoy the smell of smokers... but when I grew up I never was around smokers really. Kind of weird. Ive been telling my self to slow down...but of course I haven't. Keep it up i know its hard, I remember when I was 14 we moved and, well it was basically a cross country trip, no way to get cigarettes. I was 14 and smoking quite a bit for my age, and well I went through withdrawal. Started smoking again at 17, slowly made my way up to 2 packs a week. I know how hard it is to quit. Sending good vibes, __________________ Let rest originality for sake of passing it around.

01-24-08, 15:42	#65 (permalink)
orchid 93/93 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 395	i see the results of smoking all the time and none of them are good. your daughter loves you enough to tell you the harm you were doing yourself. that alone tells you something about the daughter you've raised! congrats. they are expensive, they smell and taste horrible. they kill you and after all that you don't even get high. there is no return on that investment! lol good luck quitting.

01-24-08, 15:46	#66 (permalink)
March13th baller Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 95	good luck. You're a better man than I.

02-17-08, 17:23	#67 (permalink)
Sunstar Gazer of the innerself Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,105	So how is everyone doing? Im still lholding stong and havnt smoked one since that night. I feel alot healthier and have alot more energy. Plus im saving money. I hope more people make the decision to stop also. __________________ I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, how I love to watch them roll ~John Lennon~

02-17-08, 19:54	#68 (permalink)
tex Stoned Crazy $tex's Avatar$ Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 146	Great job Star!! I havent had one since Thanksgiving. Really dont have any cravings at all since those first 2 weeks, but I havent had a drink or any pills since then either. For all the ones who have quit. Just keep up the will power!!

02-17-08, 20:39	#69 (permalink)
ShroomShaman Chat Restricted Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 15	I haven't had a cigarette since January 8th. Has been a struggle for the first few weeks but it isn't really that bad now that I have my mind made up to not smoke any more.

02-17-08, 23:52	#70 (permalink)
rocketman GATE KEEPER Join Date: Feb 1973 Posts: 3,225	Congrats Sun. It takes a lot of personal strength and self discipline to do what you have done. You will be a better person in all aspects of your life from going through the pain. No longer being a slave to an industry that is nothing short of evil is something in itself to be proud of. __________________ robbing a man of his cherished delusions does not make you any wealthier, it just makes him poorer. H3

02-18-08, 06:59	#71 (permalink)
kocos Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 849	U guys are great! kEEP it up it really isnt as hard as they say it is. I managed to quit from one day to the other and now its almost been 2 years since my last cig. Feels great too!

02-19-08, 12:45	#72 (permalink)
TastyBeverage Fending off Dingos Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 963	This thread is great! Hope you guys are still on the wagon! I tried to quit for probably 4-5 years with limited success before i managed to stick with it, and i only smoked maybe 5 a day. The car was the hardest place for me, so i tried to keep a pack of gum there so that i could at least have a similar ritual of get in, fasten seatbelt, unwrap something to put in mouth. Lollipops are better, because they give you something to do with your hand as well. I quit 'for good' a couple of years ago. I do however, allow myself to smoke when i'm at Burning Man because 1) i'm on vacation 2)Burning Man is definitely the place to do things you don't do at home and 3)In many ways it's like a giant bar... pretty hard not to smoke if you're a smoker, ex or otherwise. I may have to stop doing that as well though, since last year i came back and got pneumonia for 2 weeks.

02-19-08, 23:15	#73 (permalink)
MycoChondria Mediocre Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,185	I hope all who posted here are having success in their attempts to quit the cigs... ...Don't believe anyone who says you can't quit cold turkey...it's simply not true as a generalization...it can and does happen! Took several attempts but I got there 7 years ago. I lost my dad to lung cancer recently and hope no one goes through that...it's just not worth it. Don't ignore the red flags! __________________ *"May the scales of Karmic equilibrium tip in your favor"*

02-20-08, 02:47	#74 (permalink)
KTBotanicals Mycotopia Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 93	I am amazed at the sense of community on this board!! I commend anyone trying to quit as I myself have been a smoker since college... some time ago. I am willing to donate Lobelia inflata to anyone wishing to try and kick the habit with some herbal help. Lobelia acts upon the nicotinic receptors in the brain and is said to allieviate cravings nicely since it clogs up the nicotine receptors. Anyhow, I am just throwing that out there and its up to you to research the dose and effects etc.. Email me (KTBotanicals@aol.com) with your address and a note and I will mail you a week's supply, don't worry about shipping I will take care of it. Its the first week thats miserable... for me anyway. I would wake up in a panic in the middle of the night for no apparent reason except for a severe craving for a cig. Anyhow, when I was trying to quit lobelia helped me out quite a bit. Another plant that helped me out quite a bit was ephedra. Synthetic ephedrine will do as well (get it from a grocery store "Primatine"). Anyhow, I noticed that when I took ephedra, cigarettes made me feel extremely weak and sick at my stomach. Almost like that feelnig you get when you swallow chewing tobacco juice. I suppose my theory for this is that ephedrine is a very strong stimulant, as is nicotine... the combination of the two makes one feel kinda overdosed. This was effective as well since it makes the brain associate a cigarette with a severe sick feeling therefore breaking the psychological dependence aspect of addicition. Ephedra also speeds up your metabolism quite a bit, and helps your body break down the nicotine that is floating around in you causing the cravings. If you raise your metabolism and ge tthe nicotine out faster, you have a higher chance of getting through the withdrawals. This is of course, just my opinion. __________________ KTBotanicals.Com 6,000 Ethnobotanical Products!

02-20-08, 04:52	#75 (permalink)
tobynutz Mycotopiate Join Date: Dec 1972 Posts: 1,066	damn im stoned good luck guys lol __________________ look, somebody puked in the fridge. aint that great, its where the beer lives

02-20-08, 10:33	#76 (permalink)
PsychoDrogue Mycotopiate Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 973	I jumped on the quitting wagon as well. i had a lot of life changing events pile up on me in January and it all climaxed on the 1st of this month. I haven't bought or touched a cig since. Only aide so far has been music. Never felt the need to use any kinda supplement or craving killer. Hasn't been what i'd call easy though. hope everyone else is sticking with it. good luck

02-21-08, 06:25	#77 (permalink)
koldjgdaro Psychonaut Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 532	Fighting with nicotine addiction is the easiest part. I can quit for a few days and feel bad for a day or two, but the problem is the habit. Every smoker enjoys cigarretes. That's the problem with them. It's like saying no to sex or shrooms ;]. But of course it pays off in our health. I got the smoker habit from joints actually. After I begun smoking joints I loved that feeling of holding the light between my fingers and sucking the smoke so much that I started smoking. It's so pleasant! Now I smoke only ocassionally. But still a nice joint is far better than a cigarette and I really try not to smoke anything else :P. Anyway - it's Camel time! ;] Wish you all good luck! __________________ To fathom Hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic

02-21-08, 23:46	#78 (permalink)
Crust Void Lurker Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 108	I hope all you quitters are still going strong, stick with it! And if you slipped, don't give up, you can do it!!! __________________ ...This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.

02-21-08, 23:54	#79 (permalink)
Sunstar Gazer of the innerself Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,105	Thats a really nice offer KT . I am over it now and no longer think of it at all. I am glad I made the choice to stop. Thanks for all the support and kind words everyone. It definitly made it easier for me __________________ I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, how I love to watch them roll ~John Lennon~

02-22-08, 00:03	#80 (permalink)
alleyboy Mycophiliac Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	me and the missus quit a thirty year habbit about 4 months ago with welbutrin it helps but it was stil difficult but successfull it can be done

02-22-08, 00:30	#81 (permalink)
mister Dragon Slayer/Savior Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 184	Just wanted to show my support for all those that are going to quit in this thread. I've never had nicotine except in spliffs and blunts so I don't know the full extent that it is addicting, but I know it's one of the most, if not THE most addicting substance on this planet. I wish my parents had the strength that you folks have, I can't stand to see them slowly killing themselves, and for what? NOTHING. I'm proud of all of you __________________ Birds fly out of a top hat slow To join the brilliance of wilderness and soar through the Congo Edan- Beauty

02-22-08, 04:45	#82 (permalink)
coastalite Son of a Beach Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 292	i used to smoke... and i quit cold turkey no prob. and i've heard that cigarettes are harder to kick than heroin. i truly believe that it's mind over matter. if you TRULY want to quit, then you can quit. use your mind. your mind can get you through it. that's how i was able to quit. if you put your mind to it, you truly can accomplish your goals. don't give up! cigarettes = suicide __________________ "The waaaaaaaaiting is the hardest part!" ~Tom Petty

02-22-08, 05:22	#83 (permalink)
yukonweedman Chat Restricted Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16	I quit cold trukey myself 12 years ago ...I can remember the first two weeks was tuff but I pulled through.....

03-07-08, 08:06	#84 (permalink)
Sunstar Gazer of the innerself Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,105	Wow it almost been two months since we started. SO much better off now. I dont even think of them at all. I hoe everyone is thinking of making the same choice __________________ I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, how I love to watch them roll ~John Lennon~

03-07-08, 08:55	#85 (permalink)
eyeslikedonuts always glazed Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 96	My humble regards to all those who are quitting cigs.