Bouda 0 #1 April 28, 2005 what did you do to fight to urge and don't give me that cold turkey shit either!!!! Look what i made at work today mom!! Put it on the fridge http://www.bouda.moonfruit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #2 April 28, 2005 Nicorette. Works really well, even if it's expired. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #3 April 28, 2005 Uh, well, I did do the cold turkey thing. I used the support of my friends - since I was mostly a social smoker, they were usually around when the urge hit. When I was alone, I just made sure I didn't have a pack in the house, and kept reminding myself how far I'd gotten and how it would all be for nothing if I had even 1 lousy ciggie. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bouda 0 #4 April 28, 2005 thanks i have noticed that i am addicted to everlasting gobstoppers now damn you tobacco companies Look what i made at work today mom!! Put it on the fridge http://www.bouda.moonfruit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #5 April 28, 2005 the line at the gas station was too long one day... so i quit:) haven't looked back and its been over 7 months! fighting the urge? eat, or suck on hard candy:) good luck. you will be better for quitting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dunesurfer 0 #6 April 28, 2005 I first switched to snuff (Skoal). Dipping gave me the nicotine fix while allowing me to break the ritual of the cigarette: lighting, that first puff, crushing it out. The Skoal was far easier to quit than cigarettes after that point..... at least in my experience PS. This is easier to pull off if you work outside Edited to add this was long before gum was availible, at least otc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idlewild70 0 #7 April 28, 2005 a buddy of mine used the gum and was really sick at the time, so it hurt to smoke anyway. that makes it easier to quit.-Fish Blue skies, Soft landings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #8 April 28, 2005 i started smoking crack. that got me off the nicotine real quick.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frenchy68 0 #9 April 28, 2005 Quiting smoking is easy. I do it every week. "For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #10 April 28, 2005 I gave my wife a cast iron skillet to throw at me when she found out I was smoking. I worked great, I haven't had a cigarette in over 2 years. Unfortunately she didn't follow through when she flung it at me once, and ended up dislocating her shoulder. She's still recovering from shoulder surgery. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #11 April 28, 2005 I'm gonna give you the 'cold turkey' shit because, that is how I did it! I'd 'post-pone' cigarrettes, divert my thoughts, stay busy. I tried the patch and found myself smoking while wearing it. Tried the gum and about puked. It was tough, I was irritable and out of sorts but, I kicked it. That was 8-yrs. ago. It is not easy but, you can do it! Good luck to ya'! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SLIDER 0 #12 April 28, 2005 Cold turkey .................just make it happen cigarette free for 10 years - its worth it every day _________________________________"there's a fine line between hobby and mental illness" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
banjobill 0 #13 April 28, 2005 what did you do to fight to urge and don't give me that cold turkey shit either!!!! ------------------------------------ I started smoking a pipe and puffed my way around the golf course beating the shit out of the golf ball every morning to keep from hitting humans. The gum helped in the final stages of my withdrawals.....with a capital P and that rhymes with T and that spells TROUBLE!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
towjumpr 0 #14 April 28, 2005 I found that changing my routine helped in the begining after that it was sheer will power. Quit at a time when your not doing things that you would associate smoking with I.E. driving, talking on the phone, break time at work, ect... I went on vacation for 2 weeks when i quit 2 years ago and it made it alot easier. But what works for me might not work for someone else. Good Luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dan_iv 0 #15 April 28, 2005 My dad told me when I was a kid.... "There are NO quitters in our family" i'll be down the same journey as you at some point, possibly when they put me in a pine box, here are my opinions about some of the methods... patch = itches like a MOFO possibly allergic reaction, and if you leave it on at night you'll be having some funky dreams! But it works well! gum = tastes like shit, and makes the saliva run rampant in your mouth, (i'd rather have some redman). works ok. Zyban/Welbutran[sp?] = makes cigs taste like shit but your not suppose to have any while taking it, well... i tried and I know why your not suppose to, it will totally F(*& your stomach over and it's quite painful. Didn't work for me much. bottom line = you have to truly WANT to quit.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #16 April 28, 2005 dude i really just stoped cold turky but i made sure to stay away from drinking the first week. When i drink i want to smoke. sorryI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #17 April 28, 2005 Quotegive me that cold turkey shit either dead serious... cold turkey The biggest help was willpower and being aware of what I wsa going thru. Everytime I had the urge, I would remind myself that the urges were normal to be expected , and something I would have to live with if I wanted to be an ex-smoker. It'll be 4 years next week. Oh, and the field trip to the Exporatorium with a bunch of 4th grades didn't hurt either ;) The nicotine withdrawal buzz was definitely uhmmm.. interesting ;)I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #18 April 28, 2005 I admitted to myself and everyone around me when I wanted a cigarette - it's like facing a demon head-on. "Yes, I want a cigarette. Wanting a cigarette is OK. Smoking one is not." At first, they didn't get it. "No! No! You can't! Don't do it!!" But then when I explained why I was saying it out loud, it made more sense... and after a while, I stopped saying it. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #19 April 28, 2005 Zyban.Keith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moonglo 0 #20 April 28, 2005 Got my tongue pierced made it so i couldn't smoke w/o doing the listerine rinse (eww!) and gave me something to play with More than 3 years since the last time i quit!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #21 April 28, 2005 after that massive, good time called Halloween at Atlanta. Id smoked almost 2 packs in one night, my head hurt, I had a 12 hour drive in front of me in my nice new car, so I said screw it. Ive been quit since Nov 1, 2004. but mostly I dont have cravings anymore. the smell of smoke is beginning to annoy me too..Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #22 April 29, 2005 Quotewhat did you do to fight to urge and don't give me that cold turkey shit either!!!! Well 1st I STOPPED buying them, then all my mates got the shits with me getting smokes off them then, amazingly with no smokes to smoke I Stopped I smoked about 30 a day then stoppedYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aerohaga 0 #23 April 29, 2005 I just cut down 1 cig at a time-one an hour, one every 2 hours...etc. Took about 2 months, but haven't had a smoke in 20 years.For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, But the sight of the stars makes me dream. -Vincent Van Gogh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #24 April 29, 2005 Quotewhat did you do to fight to urge and don't give me that cold turkey shit either!!!! Sorry, but that's how I did it...May 3rd is 22 years butt free for me. Good luck and hang in there for 10 more seconds when you want a smoke...and then 10 more seconds....etc.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #25 April 29, 2005 Ditto to a bunch of the posters here. 2+ packs a day to cold turkey. I just decided I didn't like being a slave, and broke free. I'm coming up fast on 2 years too. It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
