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I personally quit in march. I tried the gum all three pieces of it and it tasted so fucking bad that I gave up on that idea right away. I already knew I could not have wellbutrin due to bad reaction before from taking it for a different reason.

I honestly just decided it was time. Unlike many I became a smoker for I guess all the wrong reasons. I also did not start until after my 20's. Well I did try a cigarette once as a kid and threw up. However when I was running my hobby store and California was in the process of passing the anti smoking laws, up until that point my store was smoke free by choice. The moment CA passed the law I began to smoke and put out ashtrays in my store. Ya I have an issue that I have since learned to control. I began with camel non wide non filters and then eased into Marlboro reds (they sent me better stuff and coupons, another weakness). I was roughly a half to 3/4th a pack a day smoker on average but yes I did pull a few two to three pack days.

I would smoke when I woke up, smoke before I went to sleep, sometimes wake up to smoke, smoke before meals, after meals, and always when I was in a vehicle.

Every so often I would get a hair up my ass and switch to smoking swisher sweets (yes I inhaled) or even cloves. Then return back to my Marlboro reds.

I never have had an issue with smokers and to this day I still do not. I will not become some anti smoking socialist fanatic.

Ok when I decided to quit first of all I wanted to and I think that is a big key. Second a doctor told me I would heal faster if I would quit but he then said even telling me that is pointless cause the second I leave his office I will light up again and that I did not have it in me to quit. I went out and bought some mints, some other assorted hard candies, some nicotine gum (read above, try patches if you must), and then made a whole bunch of jerky. Jerky, gum, and hard candy were my go to items. The first week was pretty rough but nowhere near as bad as kicking steroids or demerol. After that yes I would want a cigarette every so often but that feeling would pass in about five minutes if you just rode it out and even less if you chewed some jerky or sucked a candy.

I also did not remove myself from smokers as all the handbooks seem to demand. I accepted that there will be smokers around me, that the world need not bend to my desire to be smoke free, and that my will power should be enough to prevent me from lighting up. Hell my wife still smokes but she knows and has even personally agreed that she will stop for herself come the end of the year and she is weening herself off of them now. She chooses to only smoke outside now, she is down from a pack a day to about 5-10 cigarettes a day as well.

Now if a big time desire hits me or I just must smoke I roll up a joint and will smoke part of that. Instantly my desire for cigarettes is killed and my moodiness is also corrected. Typically though I do not smoke joints and use a vaporizer, but this is a anti smoking measure.

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Mistah Charlie

1) you probably smoke because you are mildly bipolar. Most people with untreated mental illness self medicate.
2) nicotine is the most addictive narcotic in the world today. it is much easier to quit booze or heroin.
3) there is a new drug on the market, chantix, to help you stop. it works. it is expensive, but not as expensive as smoking.

smoking will shorten your life if you don't quit. Also smokers have fewer friends, get less sex, and less quality sex, have less stamina, drink more, perform more pooly at work, and waste a lot of time and money.

good luck!

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baddog

just smoke a bowl when you want a cigarette . . . that is how I quit

Silent_Thunder

Thanks everyone for replies.
I didn't smoke after making this thread (ok, one cig after a big party ).

But, i got addicted to Nicorette gum. The good thing is, i don't give a single thought about cigarettes if i got Nicorette laying around.

Bottom line:
Quitting smoking is relatively easy. Quitting nicotine is hard.

cezam

i had exactly the same experience... i'm back to smoking now

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viencarl

good for you buddy at least we die as we want to die hahaha lol

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enerual

congratulate me guys i quit smoking a couple of years ago and it feels so damn great!

lazycash

So that's really how you want to die?