I need a cigarette ...

[gratus fermentatio]

Four years ago I quit a 23 year pack a day habit cold turkey; no drugs, gum or patches. It sucked rhinocerous ass & I was jonesing hard. I found that eating a grapefruit (peel 'em & eat 'em like an orange) helped, so did those strawberry hard candies with the jelly in the center. For the frustration & rage that came with not smoking, I played violent videogames, it's rather satisfying when you slash, hack & shoot monsters & such. The 1 thought that kept me from smoking was this: If I start again now, I'll NEVER be able to get this far again. It wasn't easy, but I did it; and so can you. Good luck to you, GF.
EDIT: You know, if cigarrettes were shaped like dicks, most men would never have started smoking in the 1st place.

 

[DeathBrewer]

i always that that if i WAS gay, i would want a guy with a little cigarette-sized pecker. ya know, really small...that finishes really fast. sorry, was that off-topic?

 

[superfluent]

This very well might be true, but I look at it like this. Smoking is two part thing, getting nicotine, and the "act" of smoking.

Yes. As an authorized "mental training coach" I'd like to add: Apart from nicotine beeing bad ass adictive it's a *huge* mental challenge to stop this kind of habit depending on your mindset.

The human mind acts and reacts largely to mental "images" and a big problem is that the mind sucks at understanding negations like the word "not".

As an examle, try *not* to think about the statue of liberty. No, really, don't think about the statue of liberty. OK, for the last time; get the image of the the statue of liberty out of your mind...NOW!

Lesson learned: In order to "not" do something (avoid it) the consious must constantly keep it "in mind". Since the mind acts on mental images "in mind" it is extremely tempting for the mind to give in to smoking if that's what you're focusing on not doing...

So, the trick is to reframe the negation into a "postive", like reframing "do not fall asleep" (which will evidently bring up a mental image of you falling asleep and your uncontious will act on that image) to "stay awake!".

With smoking it is pretty dificult to state a positive...however, if you can mentally reframe you wanting to stop smoking into a positive state like going from "i don't want to smoke" to "I want to get healthy" or "I want to save money" or "I want to look good with perky smooth skin on my face" or "I want my breath to smell good at all times" you'll be much more likely in succeeding.

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[DeathBrewer]

i enjoy smoking cigarettes. i cut WAAAAY back because of the health issue. it's also easier to cut back because it's not widely accepted in my area.

just like i enjoy the act of smoking a spliff. i hate bongs. ya know, for tobacco

 

[CiscoKid]

I had a 1/2 to 1 pack a day habit for 17 years. Quit cold turkey in October. No gums, no pills, no patches. My MD did give me an Rx for Chantix, but I decided to try first without it. It sucked big-time. I'm finally to the point where I don't crave cigarettes and the smell of secondhand smoke is repulsing, not an invitation to join in. That said, I keep having these dreams where I catch myself smoking a cigarette. Crazy stuff, the human mind.