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How to quit smoking?

Ed Gein said:
cold turkey

Suffer the pain(you deserve it). It is truly a matter of discipline, like any addiction. Tell yourself you REFUSE TO GIVE IN to your urges, make a commitment to be true to yourself and you will be amazed at the results. It's triumph to quit.

I was a heavy smoker for 20 years, then one decided that was it. I was not prepared for the withdrawal symptoms of detox, and i had pretty much every negative side effect that has been recorded. The nightmares and night sweats lasted for well over a month, it was horrible. But...those awful experiences were enough to have me swear to never start again.
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That is a great point and sort of an example of an exponential function. It is exactly the same for me. The withdrawl was terrible, but now that I have come so far, even though I often have intense cravings, the thought of having to start over immediately strikes those cravings down.

Even the other night when I was out drinking with friends, I had a few times when I almost caved in and had one until I thought about how crappy the next morning would be.
 
Stop smoking by not putting a cigarette into your mouth...
 
whysoserious said:
That is a great point and sort of an example of an exponential function. It is exactly the same for me. The withdrawl was terrible, but now that I have come so far, even though I often have intense cravings, the thought of having to start over immediately strikes those cravings down.

Even the other night when I was out drinking with friends, I had a few times when I almost caved in and had one until I thought about how crappy the next morning would be.
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I didn't have a true withdrawal. I just wanted a cigarette like crazy. Really tuff not to cave.
 
I was smart enough to take my father's advice and not smoke. Course, not sure I would have smoked anyway, but...
 
At British prices, a twenty-pack a day habit will cost you more than $40,000 over the next twenty years assuming no price rise.

If you don't mind free advice from a socialistic NHS.... (you can't send off for the free nicotine patches!) ;)

Stop smoking - Live Well - NHS Choices
 
Manc Skipper said:
At British prices, a twenty-pack a day habit will cost you more than $40,000 over the next twenty years assuming no price rise.

If you don't mind free advice from a socialistic NHS.... (you can't send off for the free nicotine patches!) ;)

Stop smoking - Live Well - NHS Choices
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what I love here in the US is to see some "poor" person bitching because they can't afford health insurance but they can afford to smoke two packs of smokes a day. my late uncle and his wife both smoked a couple of packs a day, they spent around $600 per month on smokes, but they couldn't afford health insurance.
 
whysoserious said:
Amazingly, some people can do that. Well, anyone can do that, but some people can do it easily. Lucky bastards.
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I have come to understand that it is not so much the "things" (cocaine, cigarettes) that are addictive,
but rather it is a person that has an addictive personality that is the issue. No offense intended at all...
 
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