Have you ever given up smoking tobacco?

rks0 · Post by **rks0** » Fri 14th Nov 2008 10:59 pm

Two and a half days since my last cigarette.
Have gone 'cold turkey' method, with just the odd Nicotinell gum. So far, so good.
Getting the odd intense craving, and seem to be experiencing a bit of a constant background niggling, but nothing that has made me crawl walls yet.
Out for a meal, and a large amount of beverages tomorrow, so that may prove challenging, but I've got it beat.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 12:17 am

Yep for about 5 years now, I just woke up one morning and decided not to smoke ciggies ever again and I haven't done so far, I do however have the odd cigar (maybe 10 a year tops).

Good luck with the battle, as everyone says it does get easier.

Bhang Buddie · Post by **Bhang Buddie** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 01:41 am

About '95 (I think), it's been so long now I don't count any more and smoking hash or grass is soooooooooo much sweeter, the taste soooooo much tastier and the high sooooooooo much 'higher' for it. As Boner and everyone says, it does get a whole lot easier. Good luck, it's worth it.

Oh yes, you take the money you would have spent on baccy and buy a couple of grams instead

bom Shiva

rks0 · Post by **rks0** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 08:29 am

Bhang Buddie wrote:About '95 (I think), it's been so long now I don't count any more and smoking hash or grass is soooooooooo much sweeter, the taste soooooo much tastier and the high sooooooooo much 'higher' for it. As Boner and everyone says, it does get a whole lot easier. Good luck, it's worth it.

Oh yes, you take the money you would have spent on baccy and buy a couple of grams instead bom Shiva

Well now there's a damn good incentive if ever I need anymore!
Nice one BB, Om Namah Shivaya

Bhang Buddie · Post by **Bhang Buddie** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 08:40 am

rks0 wrote:...........Om Namah Shivaya

Bom Shiva

Jai Shiva ki jai

stoke the chillum and fire it up bro

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 02:38 pm

Am going on my 7th week after 50 years of smoking unfiltered Pall Malls

rks0 · Post by **rks0** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 03:10 pm

Avashya BB!
Killed anyone yet Twitch? How are you coping?

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Sat 15th Nov 2008 03:30 pm

Currently using the nicotine chewing gum quiting method.

It wasnt to i tried these that i thought anything could taste worse than cig.Im also outraged at the blackened lungs pictue on packs of baccy these days, im thinking of protesting against it, or at least to make them put a pictue of a booze ravaged liver on all booze bottles.

Fair is fair and all that.

NirvanaEJ · Post by **NirvanaEJ** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 04:16 pm

im quit from cigarettes for about 6 years now, i was a pack a day guy for like 5 years before that. ill still bum the occassional ciggy and i buy a pack when i go on a vacation but that totals about 25 cigarettes a year. i know some people are not able to smoke just one or smoke a pack over 2-3 days and then not touch one again for months and months, but its something ive discovered works quite nicely for me. i really enjoy a wake n bake followed by a coffee and a cigarette, its a great combo first thing in the morning.

murphyscafe · Post by **murphyscafe** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 07:46 pm

no ciggies since i had a motorbike crash and ended up in hospital for 3 months! was bout 2 1/2 yrs ago now, never missed them, think my brain got reset, coz the first splif when i came out was like my first again!

Maccobicco · Post by **Maccobicco** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 08:42 pm

I smoked for 10 years about 15 - 30 cigarettes a day. 8 years ago I quit from one day to the other. Now I could not imagine anymore to smoke. It was extremely hard the first 6 months, and then the first two years I wanted to smoke again from time to time. But now I am clean.

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sat 15th Nov 2008 09:11 pm

I smoke about 20 a day, less than that if I'm at home and have shrub to burn (although, ironically, more as it's not filtered), but without shrubs 20 a day, easy. Tried giving up a couple years ago - lasted half a day. Ended up in the pub with some friends, that's not the place for quitters to go...

On a related note, I hate people who, when you ask them if they'd like one, say "no, I've quit" when they gave up that morning.... Noooooo - you're QUITTING, you haven't fucking quit yer sonny jim

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Sun 16th Nov 2008 12:59 am

Very true Neldo, will be quitting for the rest of my life.

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sun 16th Nov 2008 01:41 am

Yeah, Twitch... My uncle has been off them for about 25 years, still wants one when somebody lights up. It's a horrible, nasty substance.

rks0 · Post by **rks0** » Sun 16th Nov 2008 10:53 am

Neldo wrote:..............On a related note, I hate people who, when you ask them if they'd like one, say "no, I've quit" when they gave up that morning.... Noooooo - you're QUITTING, you haven't fucking quit yer sonny jim

I agree. Thanks for the responses guys. I used to be a pack a day upto Wednesday, and nothing since........so far. At the moment, if someone was to ask me if I was a smoker, I'd still have to say yes. 93 hours so far, not that I'm counting.