I Tried to Quit Smoking, well, at least, cut down Options

[fameONE]

I stay in shape by going to the gym religiously, running in this arid weather, and playing basketball, but I smoke a pack and a half a day. A couple weeks ago, I decided to cut back on smoking to just under a pack a day. I didn't feel any better. In fact, I felt worse. For the first time, I started developing a smoker's cough. It freaked me out so I tried to quit cold turkey. Shortly after, I caught the flu and I was miserable.

Now I'm back to smoking a pack a day and I feel great. What the hell is going on?

[datass]

try to smoke one less cigarette a day. research about quitting smoking. i forgot, its the nicotine that makes you want more right? maybe those stickers will help.

[batman]

Well, quitting an addiction isn't supposed to be easy. You're probably going through nicotine withdrawal which includes symptoms similar to a cold (bc your lungs are starting to clear out). Read this: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/withdrawal1.htm

[AyeVickaye]

Uggghs cancer sticks? I bet you'd hella quit if they raised to prices for $50 a pack. Try them pills tv always be advertsing...maybe they'll work

[fameONE]

After I posted this, I got my hands on the patch.

Fck the patch. I started having some wild dreams that were reminiscent of an acid trip. No fun.

If I quit completely, then so be it. I actually like smoking but I don't want to smoke as much as I do because I know it's bad for me.

[applejaxkz]

Every time my girlfriend says she's going to quit, she really just cuts down. And then picks back up a few weeks to a month later. She did quit for a month and a half though. One strategy she used was to change cigarettes to a brand that she absolutely hated. So she wouldn't totally enjoy it.

To me, a cigarette is a cigarette. Good luck though.

[batman]

I actually like smoking but I don't want to smoke as much as I do because I know it's bad for me.

I actually quite like smoking, too. It's relaxing and it gives you a light buzz.

I only smoke once every 2-3 weeks or so, though, so I don't consider myself a smoker. It is bad for you, so I do think you should cut down. Smoking is such an expensive way to destroy your body.

[applejaxkz]

Smoking is such an expensive way to destroy your body.

Oh so true. It's disgusting how much my girlfriend spends on cigarettes, even when she buys cheap ones.

[*paperplane*]

I'm so glad that I don't particularly like smoking.

[fameONE]

I bought a pack of gum and I don't have an extra pack of smokes on me today. It's a step in the right direction.

[batman]

Oh so true. It's disgusting how much my girlfriend spends on cigarettes, even when she buys cheap ones.

yeah.

it's $8-10/pack in NYC

[Tomates]

everytime you get a craving chew a piece of gum or eat a mint.
Or try patches.

[fameONE]

everytime you get a craving chew a piece of gum or eat a mint.
Or try patches.

I won't do the patch ever again. If you only knew the kind of dreams I had.

[manic]

I would get out of any mindset you have that the cigarettes keep you from feeling sick. For smokers, and especially those with acute bronchitis, the winter is prone to bring about sicknesses that we are more susceptible to.

[karmakiller]

^ I don't he'll have a problem with the winter.

My brothers have this crazy talent of quitting cold turkey and not having any problems besides sounding like they're coughing up a lung for a few days. It goes away and they handle the cravings pretty easily. It's good thing that you don't love smoking, otherwise it'd be a lot harder to fight cravings.

[*cakedout*]

only real way to quit, is to go cold turkey, first few weeks may seem like hell though

[fire]

Mmmmmmm lung cancer.

[Joss-eh-lime]

i know someone that quit, but while quitting they gained so much weight and stupid stuff like that.


gawsh smoking is disgust.

[fameONE]

I would get out of any mindset you have that the cigarettes keep you from feeling sick. For smokers, and especially those with acute bronchitis, the winter is prone to bring about sicknesses that we are more susceptible to.

I'm pretty dependent on smoking to get me through my day.

^ I don't he'll have a problem with the winter.

My brothers have this crazy talent of quitting cold turkey and not having any problems besides sounding like they're coughing up a lung for a few days. It goes away and they handle the cravings pretty easily. It's good thing that you don't love smoking, otherwise it'd be a lot harder to fight cravings.

I don't have a problem with the winter, either. I'd rather smoke when it's cold out, though. I can't explain it, but it just feels better. My problem is, and I've stated this before, is that I enjoy it.

only real way to quit, is to go cold turkey, first few weeks may seem like hell though

I'm working on it.

Mmmmmmm lung cancer.

Mmmmmm, addiction.

i know someone that quit, but while quitting they gained so much weight and stupid stuff like that.


gawsh smoking is disgust.

Your responses suck.

[Joss-eh-lime]

^i just dont have enough life experience to give valubale responses... eh. i'll get there.

[fameONE]

^i just dont have enough life experience to give valubale responses... eh. i'll get there.

[ChaoticHeartCras...]

I have smoked a crap load in my life and I have yet to be addicted. I haven't touched one in 2 years and don't plan on it.

Think of the pregnant woman who have to inhale inconsiderate people's smoke.

[brooklyneast05]

click to enlarge

melissa and da cb 's

me and my santa hat, javonn and his alcohol bottle, kc and his soulja boy fitted hat, brandon smokin his newports and jairus and his fancy jeans.
let's draw more, i did mine here

^i see you smokin up there my , you better stop that

[Simba]

Fck the patch. I started having some wild dreams that were reminiscent of an acid trip. No fun.

lmao why does that sound good to me?


*buys some patches*

[carolannexbh]

Well my parents both tried to quit. My dad was successful and my mom was for a while but went back to it. My dad would eat a handful of sunflower seeds anytime he had an urge to have a cigarette. My mom used Chantix, and it did work, but I'm pretty sure she stopped using it. You could always pinch yourself really hard anytime you have an urge Thats what my friend did. Really wierd, but it worked along with the sunflower seeds.