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Is there anyone who is a passed smoker although had a hard time quiting! I really dont want to / cant afford to smoke. Yet I continue anywayz due to the stupid addiction of it :( I know that there are INFINITE different wayz to try and quit smoking. But I dont really want to go through the trial and error method & having to fail on many different attemptz. blAh! If anyone could give me some good advice that would be much appreciated ... thankz :)

[M!SKA]

Do you actually want to quit?
Because its pretty much all a mental thing. If you have the will power to quit, you'll be able to battle the cravings.

[neoh]

I stopped smoking years ago.
brb, smoke break.

[Goat]

I quit back in January, but am smokin again.
Michelles right, just gotta put your mind to it. If you don't really want to quit smoking it'll never happen.
If you're smoking a pack a day, ween yourself down to half a pack or less. Then just go cold turkey. Every time you have a smoke *ie:day 4* you're pretty much back at day one.
Remember: it's a behaviour modification program; habit. If you usually have a smoke and coffee first thing in the morning, don't. etc etc
best of luck

[M!SKA]

Yeah I used to smoke pretty much ever day. Not heavily, but like one or two daily.
Then I decided that I should probably quit, but I didn't actually want to because smokes and booze just go so well together!
So now its weekends only.

[Goat]

1 or 2 daily?

that's not smoking woman!

:P

[M!SKA]

I said not heavily! hahaha
I'm a social smoker. So I'd have 1 or 2 during the week by myself, but if I was out with friends it could be half a pack easily. Being a weekday hermit has totally solved that problem! lol

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ Exactly... that's how I smoke pot. I only smoked cigs for 2 weeks then stopped... smoked for 3 months and stopped... *shrugs*

[Jen-E-03]

I haven't stopped smoking quite yet....but i limit it only to weekends...maybe soon i'll limit it only to one nite a week then i'll try n not do it at all. It's hard tho ESPECIALLY at parties n places where others are smoking. Goodluck!

[MistressSpankME]

This is the no-bullshit way of quitting. It supposidly takes 5 days for your body to become free of addiction, but your mind is the hard part.

save up your butts for about a week, put the ashes into a glass of water and drink it. Your mind, and probably your body will reject the idea of smoking ever again (that is if you associate the glass of crap with the cigarrets you smoke).

disgusting i know, but if you've already tried everything, or really aren't trying enough this is the easiest way to do it. I was about to do it myself, but i went away to a Meditation retreat in merrit for 10 days and haven't smoked since. Cravings cause bad Sankharas!

[Goat]

Originally Posted by MistressSpankME

This is the no-bullshit way of quitting. It supposidly takes 5 days for your body to become free of addiction, but your mind is the hard part.

sounds like a negative association thing, like kicking a dog when it shits in the house. This method, i find, has more negative attributes then good.

It takes approx 3 weeks to build/break a habbit.
I don't know about you, but it's day 6-9 without a smoke that hurt the most.

[MistressSpankME]

^You make a good point, but abusing a dog and making yourself want to vomit everytime you light a smoke probably has different emotional effects :P At least you stop smoking right?

I can't vouch for how this method works, never done it myself but all i know is that everyone i know that has tried never smoked again.

As for me, I wasn't exactly physically addicted. I only smoked when stressed out, or if I was out with people who smoke. And yes everyone smokes so luckily at that time I usually only saw my b/f who wasn't a smoker. When I was on the retreat I didn't even think about a cigarrette... or pot really for that matter. The meditation techniques and the reasons behind them were a good kick in the ass for me. They spoke alot about cravings and aversion and what that can do to well.. ultimately your karma and in turn your mental and emotional being. Long story short alot of people just drop habits after discovring this technique so it might be something for people to look into. And it doesn't only help addictions to material things either.

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"This is the no-bullshit way of quitting. It supposidly takes 5 days for your body to become free of addiction, but your mind is the hard part.

save up your butts for about a week, put the ashes into a glass of water and drink it. Your mind, and probably your body will reject the idea of smoking ever again (that is if you associate the glass of crap with the cigarrets you smoke).

disgusting i know, but if you've already tried everything, or really aren't trying enough this is the easiest way to do it. I was about to do it myself, but i went away to a Meditation retreat in merrit for 10 days and haven't smoked since. Cravings cause bad Sankharas!"

Thank you everyone for giving me suggestions on how to quit. It is most defintily appreciated on my behalf. ummM the above quoted suggestion soundz kind of disgusting but it makez sence! mEh I mine as well give anything a shot :)

"Do you actually want to quit?
Because its pretty much all a mental thing. If you have the will power to quit, you'll be able to battle the cravings."

^ VERY TRUE miska VERY TRUE ^ lol! Yes I actually do want to quit. Some of the time I just get fucking disgusted with smoking ... spark a but and it tastes like shit etc. Then I follow up by not smoking for a while. Although a week or soO later im bak at it. hmmM ! ? ! What could it be ! ? ! Possibly the party environment that im around constantly. * sigh * I plan to persue this to the end. hahaA Once again *** thank you all :)

[kAyB]

haha yah smoking is hard to quit even tho i had my tonsils out last week i like have a smoke still im craving one right now.. damnit

[trance_bunny]

good luck to you... i don't think i can quit yet.. even though i'm always broke.. damn addiction

[trance4life]

any addiction is hard to beat...

[joce]

you know it's all in your head. mind over matter, if you want to quit badly enough you will. it's just a case of making the final descision and not giving in when you really want to.

[Josie]

^^ i must agree here with this one.

[*Geminiz*]

I quit about 1 1/2 months ago and its STILL hard not to have that drag here and there, but somehow I stop myself.

[DoctorDeezNuts]

I use to smoke lots, but i quit and havent had a smoke in a long time. Hell i cant even remember the last time i smoked a ciggerete. The way i quit is simple. I went to jail, got thrown in YDC (youth detention center) for almost 6 months, and you cant smoke in youth jails. when i got out i lit a smoke eand almost coughed my lungs out. So if you want to quit , commit a serious crime and get locked up., unless you are over 18 then you go to adult jail, which you are surronded by smokers who want to ravege your asshole

[Prissypants]

Hmm...I quit about 7 years ago and this is how I did it...

I used to be in track before I started smoking. I could run 15K at a fast pace without it being too hard. Then I started smoking. One day I decided to go running again. Well I ran my 15K at the same pace I used to and I almost died!!! Once you feel as though you can't breath because of something you will most likely never do that thing again...

SOOOO...A good way to quit is go for a 5K (if you never used to run before) or 15K (if you used to be a runner) run and go HARD and don't stop even if you feel as though you are going to drop! Believe me, you'll never wanna smoke again!

[Clayton.]

Take up another addiction to get your mind off smokeing.

[neoh]

I quit at IMF.
Threw my pack away and haven't smoked since.

My friend was just diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he's 20 years old and has been smoking for 3 years, about half a pack a day. Nobody else in his family smokes, either.

I have a cough that wont go away.
I dont crave them anymore. If I do get a feeling where I wouldent mind one, I have to think "I'm not invincible."

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^ * Thank you Neoh ... * ^ :)

[neoh]

for what?