How did you quit smoking?

I quit with the help of vaping. Get some good liquid from indigo vapor. The duke is my favorite juice.
 
I quit by realizing that I was in control even though sometimes I felt out of control. There is some really good catharsis down the line. It is also helpful to permit relapse as part of a maintenance schedule. Cold turkey seldom works. You will quit and go back and quit again but eventually you win win the battle. Don't try to hide it from yourself. One more cig isn't a failure, it is a step in the process that you have willfully engaged in and that you will complete.
 
I started the habit going into college fresh out of high school and still smoking. I've tried chantix and absolutely WILL NOT ever try it again. A week into it, I woke up in the middle of the night, completely drenched in cold sweat from a drug-induced nightmare. Keeping with the knife theme here, I was being repeatedly stabbed in the chest with a rather large bowie from my (at the time) girlfriend who was straddling me :rolleyes:

I still haven't quit, but I'm down to about 1/2 pack a day. I frequently get headaches when I don't have any nicotine, so I'm thinking of trying out vaping to wean myself off and kick it.
 
If you truly WANT to quit you can do it. If it is bad enough that you can't stand the smell of it it should be easy. I quit myself quite some time ago, 17 yr. ago. I, myself have found it to be as much a chemical addiction as a physical addiction. Find something to keep your mind and fingers occupied and it will make it easier.

Cutting back and switching to "lights" didn't work for me.
 
I started chewing tobacco when I was 11. I switched to smoking when I was 13. From that point on I was unable to quit until my wife was pregnant, and I wanted to make sure that I would raise my daughter as a non-smoker.

Over the years I have had ups and downs with the amount that I smoked. I'd been a three pack a day guy at points, but for about 10 years it was two packs a day. I'd tried cold turkey. I'd tried lozenges, gum, chew. I was finally able to stop smoking cigarettes regularly by switching to pipes and cigars, but the pipe habit ended up being even more addictive for me than the cigarettes.

The only thing that ever worked for me was vaping. I switched to vaping in November of 2013. I'm still vaping, but I am finally down to a very low nicotine level. I was actually able to go for almost a week recently with no nicotine, but I am still not quite ready to make that final leap. But I'm getting there.

The switch to vaping was not easy for me, but unlike everything else I tried, it was actually doable. I made it away from cigarettes, and my beloved pipes. It took months before cigarettes stopped smelling good to me, and months more for me to stop craving real tobacco, but for the first time since I was 13 I finally feel free of cigarettes.

Vaping isn't perfect, and it is new, and the science isn't really in on long term risks, but I'm pretty sure it's better than smoking. And for me it is the only thing that has worked.
 
Been considering vaping for awhile. Tried the cheap Blu etc. Hated em. But someone gave me a couple high end kits. All i have to do is get juice. I put em on the back burner till this thread, which prompted me to learn that they arent even the same thing. I might give it a go.
 
What worked for me was going cold turkey and exercise. In particular running. On the first day just run as far and as fast as you can. Even if that is 1 minute or its only a fast walk, and your lungs are on fire, it helped keep me motivated. Good luck man, its a tough nut to crack
 
I smoked for 23 years and recently quit smoking tobacco with Vaping. I was tired of smelling like smoke and because of my grandkids. I tried it on a whim and to my surprise I took to it. I started about 1.5 years ago with the cig-alikes and quickly moved on to MOD devices that were way more satisfying. I started with a high nicotine level 24mg ejuice(equal to Marlboro reds) and now I am down to a 6mg nic. I would say vaping is not for everyone but if you want to try it start with a high nic like I did and work your way down. Also the cig-alikes turn more people off of vaping than help, if your serious about getting away from tobacco get your butt to a real Vape shop and get set up with a decent rechargeable vaping device, with at least one spare device. I see more people that when their battery run out grab a tobacco cig real quick.
 
i tried the patch. i tried zyban. both were effective to a point, but in the end i started back up. then i tried champex. it worked very well, but i had to stop using it. i was going a little cuckoo with the mood swings. i kept at it though, and only bummed a smoke when i really needed one, instead of buying a pack. i'd go two to three weeks between smokes. finally i went long enough that they'd make me sick. feeling cold and shaky and pukey is a great deterrent.

my wife giving birth to our daughter was a great motivator. my step daughters have me and their dad to look out for them. my girl doesn't have a plan B.

it's hard. remember that you'll slip now and again. accept it and keep trying. you can do it.
 
I just ordered a 18650 mechanical mod and a couple Kanger Pro tanks.
 
Charlie Mike said:
I just ordered a 18650 mechanical mod and a couple Kanger Pro tanks.
Click to expand...

Charlie get the kanger "subtank" it's a way better tank with an adjustable airflow. And how long have you been vaping? I could send you a few rebuild able kayfun clones I have laying around that I am not useing anymore. You would have to learn how to rebuild them though. I learned mostly by YouTube.
 
I'm not into getting knee deep in ANOTHER hobby, but thanks for the offer.
 
It is very easy to quit ~~ once your Dr. say's you have Cancer ~~ believe me "you" will quit ~~ I quit 8 years ago and
have never thought of going back as it also cost me $200 a month and that money is now spent on Knives ect. !! Or put what you are spending now in the Bank and see what you can come up with to buy next year with the money you saved from 3/28/15 ! It will put you in shock -- plus your health will be better and you will be around longer for your Wife & Kids.!**
Just an idea.*
 
Although everyone is a potential addict, there is a genetic predisposition to addiction. Alcoholics and cocaine addicts often express the A1 allele of the dopamine receptor gene DRD2 and lack the serotonin receptor gene Htr1b. That is one form of predisposition, and there are others. You can kick with a predisposition, but it is harder for you than it is for others. Much harder. People who don't share your problem tend not to understand that will power won't do it. You need help. You need to change the way you live. You may need to make new friends and learn a new way to earn a living.

The rest of this is for the rest of us. The most disciplined person I have known was a Russian intellectual. She liked to drink and smoke after dinner, and for desert she would have one drink (vodka or gin) and one cigarette (American-style, filtered). I can do that with liquor but not with cigarettes. Nicotine goes into your body fat and it stays there for a long time — eight years. It's like a chemical predisposition. I'm a happy-go-lucky undisciplined slob and it's too much for me. You could guess from this that I'm not a fan of the patch and the pill. Do what you must to survive while you change the way you live. But you won't start getting well until you stop using.

You may need different motivation. When my father died, I saw how helpless my mother had become and I stopped. I wouldn't do it for myself, but I did it for her. Let's hope no one has to die to get you motivated. Involve yourself in a sport that gets you winded, like handball or basketball. If you're too clumsy for sports or anti-social, then go work out and do it every day. If you're a lifter, do an hour of aerobics first. Make it a habit and an important part of your life.

Before I quit, I had a lot of dumb ideas that didn't work. One day, the corner grocery had a sale on #10 cans of whole jalapeños. People eat jalapeños where I live, but most don't need a 7 pound can: these were older than old and marked down to $1. A little voice whispered "eat a pepper when you want a cigarette" and I bought one. When I finished that can I was still smoking, but I could drink a 5 oz. bottle of Tabasco sauce.
 
Last edited:
dr_fosg8 said:
If you truly WANT to quit you can do it. If it is bad enough that you can't stand the smell of it it should be easy. I quit myself quite some time ago, 17 yr. ago. I, myself have found it to be as much a chemical addiction as a physical addiction. Find something to keep your mind and fingers occupied and it will make it easier.

Cutting back and switching to "lights" didn't work for me.
Click to expand...

Exactly this. I had a pack and a half a day habit for 15 years. Tried to quit (half heartedly) several times. Finally MADE UP MY MIND that it was NOT going to control my life anymore (my grandfather died of emphysema due to smoking his whole life - he basically suffocated to death) and that it was NOT going to kill me, not to mention the fact that it was getting very expensive. And, I quit while working in a smoking environment. Haven't had another one since and that's been 30 years ago.

You must make a firm decision to quit and hold yourself to it. That's the only way.
 
Everybody who has loved me the most in my life ... smoked ... and are dead. My mum, my dad, my brother, my husband, my favourite uncles and aunts and cousins and friends. Cancer. My two children smoke.

Think about it.

Susan
 
Last edited:
I'm sure different things work for different types of people, but for me, I just quit one day. Quitting had been in the back of my mind for a few years, but for some reason that day day I told myself I was no longer a smoker. "I AM NOT A PERSON WHO SMOKES." The key was that change in self-identification and without it I probably would have restarted. The idea of cutting down gradually doesn't work for me. There's no commitment. I either do something or I don't. The first 72 hours were pretty intense as my body craved the chemicals, but it got easier fast and my body rewarded me by feeing better. Good luck!!
 
Just fight for your own life ... and if that is not sufficient, fight for those who will lose you ... what will your kids do without you?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top