Questions about smoking cessation

[Smurfy]

Well Im not quitting today or anything, but I am doing some online research about what options i have as far as smoking cessation methods go. and I have a whole bunch of questions so Im curious if anyone here has successfully quit and for how long? Or maybe do you know someone close to you who has quit? If so, would you be willing to talk to me on either AIM or Yahoo messenger so i can ask my slew of questions LOL Post up if you can help me. thanks

 

[Paulo]

My stepfather quit smoking about ten years ago. He just quit. stopped. cold turkey. He's like that though, he quit drinking recently and just totally stopped. He is an all or nothing kind of person, so I imagine that's why he didn't try to taper off.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

smurfy is busy now. i'm spanking her. she's in heaven.

 

[Robert Jan]

I recommend dont pretend its hard method

 

[Smurfy]

smurfy is busy now. i'm spanking her. she's in heaven.

 

[c-sharp minor]

I smoked for a few years when I was younger.

I quit when I was 25, after smoking for around 5-7 years. I went right from smoking nothing to a pack a day habit.

Quit cold turkey, and it never bothered me a bit.

 

[CFZB]

Re: Questions about

i went through a smoking cessation class while in the army about 4 years ago...it did work ..all though alot if it was just kinda support type stuff ..having other people around who are doing the same thing or have all ready done it...depending on what type of class they just tell you to pick a quit date, usualy 2 weeks away or so ..with us it was on the date of the "great american smoke out" ..(whatever day that was)..then you make up a emergency "kit" with hard candy ,water bottle, gum ,carrot sticks ,ect...for when you feel like you want one and they allso made wellbutrin available..they called it zyban ..i took it ...i think it helped..i started it 2 weeks before my quit date ..but i forget how long they recomend to be on it...we used music relaxation techniques ...closing your eyes and going to your "happy place..lol....it all worked but i think most of the stuff was self evident you know...for me it was free by the army..i dont know what the cost is out of pocket.... either way ...good luck ...its realy not that hard ..its just ,staying quit thats hard you know? good luck

 

[Smurfy]

awesome. thanks perfectworld amnd congrats on your success. I am going to go the route of Zyban> i was prescribed once before however i never went through with it i probably wasnt ready. I hope i'm nearing being ready now. Im doing online searches for suggestions and tips to make it easier. Lots of websites out there regarding smoking cessation.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

Shit, now I'm going to be outside all by myself for smoke breaks

 

[CFZB]

Shit, now I'm going to be outside all by myself for smoke breaks

...no worries ,i started back up again a year after i quit ...im stupid and weak goddamit!! weak!!

 

[Buddy_Christ]

no way man. i'll still join you for the breaks. they're good for you.

i did that on my last job when i quit smoking, i'd go out occasionally with the smokers just for the fresh air. that and i thought i was being overproductive and needed to stop for a bit. the fat fuck that i guess was in charge was outside during one of my "smoke breaks" once and said "how come you're out here if you don't smoke anymore?" i told him i was more than entitled to my breaks just like everyone else, whether i smoked or not.

shortly thereafter i stopped eating my lunch while working and would go sit in my car for 20 minutes. that really pissed him off, but he couldn't say shit about it. we had another non-smoker that would take 1/2 hour in his car for lunch, his only break during a 10 hour day. when management tried to give him shit over it, he fired right back about the 15 10minute breaks smokers took all day long and they shut up pretty quick.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

bump this biatch.... zyban sounds like the ticket... anti-depressant, good appetite supressant, and can kick the smoking habit. I'm all in.

 

[Dougly]

I recommend dont pretend its hard method

How long ago did you quit?

 

[Code]

You have found people to date as a smoker??!!!!

Most girls don't like kissing guys who smoke.

Eh, just goes to show there's a sucker born every minute.

 

[SoreArms]

I smoked for a few years when I was younger.

I quit when I was 25, after smoking for around 5-7 years. I went right from smoking nothing to a pack a day habit.

Quit cold turkey, and it never bothered me a bit.

basically the same story as mine

The hardest part was getting past the "automatics" like get in you car, smoke a cig. Eat, smoke a cig. Have sex, smoke a cig. Take a shit, smoke a cig. etc....... Once you get past 2 or 3 weeks, it gets a lot easier.

 

[Zebo]

I smoked for years. It took several tries before I quit. I tried the gum, Zyban, patches, etc. Gum hurts your jaw. Zyban fucks with your brain worse than nicotine. The patches irritated my baby soft skin....

The Nicotrol Inhaler is what finally did it.

I recommend it.......

Good luck.

 

[d3track]

smurfy, every time you wanna light up, think of your son
second hand smoke, you want to give him that?
you want him to smoke just liek mommy?
you want him to get stuck with bills if you get lung cancer?

that should help you deter from lighting up

 

[Smurfy]

thanks for bumping this. Need to keep this on my mind.

Zyban/Wellbutrin - my doc told me he'd code is in such a way that the insurance would pay yahoooo.

Im thinking that I may need a supplemental like the patch or the inhaler. Not sure.

 

[Delinquent]

bump this biatch.... zyban sounds like the ticket... anti-depressant, good appetite supressant, and can kick the smoking habit. I'm all in.

I've been on wellbutrin for months now and I haven't had the slightest urge to quit smoking

 

[jerseyart]

I quit for years, because my gf at the time didn't smoke. The only thing that helped me was first changing to a crappy brand, then cold turkey from there. It's tough as hell, and I still light up at a club/bar depending on who I'm with

 

[Code]

I was on Wellbutrin to help me focus. Works great.

Doc had to list it for ADHD or sumpin I guess cuz insurance doesn't like paying for smoking cessation, which is ironic.

thanks for bumping this. Need to keep this on my mind.

Zyban/Wellbutrin - my doc told me he'd code is in such a way that the insurance would pay yahoooo.

Im thinking that I may need a supplemental like the patch or the inhaler. Not sure.

 

[Smurfy]

I was on Wellbutrin to help me focus. Works great.

Doc had to list it for ADHD or sumpin I guess cuz insurance doesn't like paying for smoking cessation, which is ironic.

Yeah, tell me about it. The Zyban costs something like $300-$400 for 3 month , not covered by insurance. However, If i get lung cancer, they will cover my chemo? weird. I thought insurance was supposed to be about preventative care as well. oh well. The doc said that they could code it as depression or something like that. Works for me.

 

[Code]

Yeah, the government pays for my treatment and stuff but won't cover the cost of medicine to treat side-effects of treatment. I'll never understand this.

Wellbutrin worked wicked good on my focus!

My doctor's philosophy rocks:
We live in such an artificially enhanced world, you need to enhance yourself to compete. So as long as I can outline symptoms, he'll write a script.

Yeah, tell me about it. The Zyban costs something like $300-$400 for 3 month , not covered by insurance. However, If i get lung cancer, they will cover my chemo? weird. I thought insurance was supposed to be about preventative care as well. oh well. The doc said that they could code it as depression or something like that. Works for me.

 

[john937]

The way I quit was to gradually delay my first cig a little more each day and get used to that lower level.
If you smoke before breakfast, then wait till after breakfast. Get used to that for a couple of days/weeks and
then delay till you get to the office. Then delay till morning break. then delay till lunch. Delay till mid-afternoon break.
That's was the hardest part for me. I got comfortable delaying my first cigarette till after I got home at 6 pm,
but I REALLY wanted that ONE cigarette. I was at that level for over a year.

 

[chewyxrage]

The way I quit was to gradually delay my first cig a little more each day and get used to that lower level.
If you smoke before breakfast, then wait till after breakfast. Get used to that for a couple of days/weeks and
then delay till you get to the office. Then delay till morning break. then delay till lunch. Delay till mid-afternoon break.
That's was the hardest part for me. I got comfortable delaying my first cigarette till after I got home at 6 pm,
but I REALLY wanted that ONE cigarette. I was at that level for over a year.

yeah I tried that too. I worked up to not smoking from monday untill friday night. but knowing that I was going to have cigs on friday and saturday night was what got me through the week. weird.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

i need someone to forcefully remove cigs from my possession. that'll help.

 

[Tweakle]

I smoked for maybe 8 years, quitting wasnt hard at all.. the habit is hard to break but as far as chemical addiction goes it's way over-played. So rather than using any props/aids imo its most effective just to break the smoking behaviour pattern and dont smoke the damn things.. people say that they're affected by those around them but my ex smoked 2 packs a day and I wasnt tempted to start again. So willpower it is then

have to admit that I still have the occasional one every couple of months when I tie one on.

 

[Gambino]

Well Im not quitting today or anything, but I am doing some online research about what options i have as far as smoking cessation methods go. and I have a whole bunch of questions so Im curious if anyone here has successfully quit and for how long? Or maybe do you know someone close to you who has quit? If so, would you be willing to talk to me on either AIM or Yahoo messenger so i can ask my slew of questions LOL Post up if you can help me. thanks

buy a dugout and feel it with mid-grade weed...this will take the edge off and still allow you to smoke something...I would rather be stoned than smoke a nasty cigarette...

 

[chewyxrage]

buy a dugout and feel it with mid-grade weed...this will take the edge off and still allow you to smoke something...I would rather be stoned than smoke a nasty cigarette...

I tried that. I would just buy shwag (instead of the nugget) and smoke it instead.

just ended up high all the time, wasen't really a good solution

 

[Moderate_THIS]

wellbutrin bors, did you get any noticeable anorectic effects from it?

 

[bulldog3434]

just quit, stop cold turkey and never buy another pack again.
smoking is freakin disgusting. i will never understand why anybody would ever smoke. the smell of a smoker as well as the smoke from the cigs are just whack

 

[Delinquent]

just quit, stop cold turkey and never buy another pack again.
smoking is freakin disgusting. i will never understand why anybody would ever smoke. the smell of a smoker as well as the smoke from the cigs are just whack

Spoken like a true ignoramus. Most of you people say to just quit and never touch it again or the ones who did just quit and never looked back most likely do not have an addictive personality. This means that you have no idea of the definition of addiction until you have felt it.

 

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Hey Smurfy, have you thought about trying welbutrin. It's ant ocd drug that is often used to help stop smoking.

 

[Robert Jan]

How long ago did you quit?

I didn't. but my mother and my sister both quit cold turkey succesfully and both said people make too much of a fuss of it. They did both chew lots of gum in this period.

Mothers aren't meant to chew gum. It's tacky.

 

[the nature boy]

I quit for years, because my gf at the time didn't smoke. The only thing that helped me was first changing to a crappy brand, then cold turkey from there. It's tough as hell, and I still light up at a club/bar depending on who I'm with

I can't do that. I either don't smoke, or I smoke all the time. Right now I'm smoking all the time.

However I will quit AGAIN this weekend.

For some reason I'll quit for a year or so then I'll go back for some stupid self-made reason and I'll smoke for a month or two. It's a disgusting habit. And whenever I start back up again I realize the IDEA of smoking is much better than the REALITY of smoking. When I grab a smoke during work and I see all these people in thier 50's I just shake my head, because I don't want to wind up like those people.

Do it cold turkey, it's all mental. You just have to pick a date and smoke till you're almost sick then quit. You can do it.

 

[Devastation]

i quit cold trukey this past easter, 3 mos ago?. i only want a smoke when i go to the club. i don't drink, so that helps to. smelling smoke makes me really want one. otherwise it doesn't even cross my mind about smoking

 

[Smurfy]

i need someone to forcefully remove cigs from my possession. that'll help.

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