Goodbye to smoking :(

Originally posted by Seitse
Thanks, I treasure the support 🙂

I hope my weakness for worldly pleasures is defeated by my will to
have a fulfilling life free of that delicious nicotine.

Exercise: Check.
Water: Check.
Focus: Check.

This morning woke up at 7.00 am and went to swim 2 kilometers
and then a 20 minute sauna session at 85 C. I felt like a champ,
but when I was out ...[text shortened]... reet the desire to smoke was too strong
to believe it.

I chewed 3 nicorettes in a row.

🙁

Good luck! And it helps remembering whenever you are tempted to smoke what it feels like to not smoke. That clean feeling inside. Its better than the temporary 6 minutes of pleasure followed by the crummy feeling the rest of the day.

Originally posted by monster truck
Hang tough! It's a lifelong battle for many folks. I've quit 3 times myself.😞

Exercise has helped the most each time. Doesn't have to be overly strenuous, just consistent. Removing yourself from the situations where you used to always smoke can help also.

Good luck, don't get down on yourself for any momentary relapses, you are moving in the right direction.

Thanks, mate! 🙂

Originally posted by Dies Irae
Good luck! And it helps remembering whenever you are tempted to smoke what it feels like to not smoke. That clean feeling inside. Its better than the temporary 6 minutes of pleasure followed by the crummy feeling the rest of the day.

Danke!

😀

What can I do to stop my trembling hands and my desire to kill
everybody around me? Should I start drinking heavily?

start?


kill. everyone. now!


(good job, and don't start again even if you 'accidentally' smoke one or two at times.)

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/recoveringfromarelapse/You_Slipped_and_Smoked_Just_One_Recovery_from_a_Smoking_Relapse.htm

Originally posted by Seitse
Which brings me to the question for everybody.

WHat's the difference between chewing gum and patches?

I am no expert, but I assume that chewing gum would be slightly better because it keeps your mouth active (can't really smoke while chewing gum). My ex used to smoke while using the patches. 😠

Originally posted by HandyAndy
You are not merely giving something up.. you are adding new habits: holding your head up, breathing deeply, tasting food for the first time, feeling positive about the world around you. Don't just quit smoking.. add independence to your daily agenda. If you really want to escape from cigarettes, the cell door is open!

I'm holding my head up, taking a drag, breathing deeply, exhaling, tasting food the way it always tastes, delicious, flicking off some ash, and feeling negative about the world around me because I don't subscribe to your ridiculous nonsense. What's next? Are you going to tell me that I can't smell?

Originally posted by lausey
I am no expert, but I assume that chewing gum would be slightly better because it keeps your mouth active (can't really smoke while chewing gum). My ex used to smoke while using the patches. 😠

You can't really chew that "chewing" gum. The first time I tried the gum was a hasty decision to pop into my smoke-hungry mouth just before a meeting. As I gleefully chomped, the rancid taste burned my throat, and I got the prepuke warm spit thing. Not to mention what I imagine to be the onset of a heart attack.
I vote for the patch.

Originally posted by hopscotch
What's next? Are you going to tell me that I can't smell?

He'll tell you that if you could smell, you'd experience the smoky reek others around you are sneering at.

Originally posted by wormwood
start?


kill. everyone. now!


(good job, and don't start again even if you 'accidentally' smoke one or two at times.)

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/recoveringfromarelapse/You_Slipped_and_Smoked_Just_One_Recovery_from_a_Smoking_Relapse.htm

Er... well... that was a way to put it, hehe

Great link! Thanks!

I have to understand that I am an addict and I need help.

No more relapses! 😠

Originally posted by SJ247
You can't really chew that "chewing" gum. The first time I tried the gum was a hasty decision to pop into my smoke-hungry mouth just before a meeting. As I gleefully chomped, the rancid taste burned my throat, and I got the prepuke warm spit thing. Not to mention what I imagine to be the onset of a heart attack.
I vote for the patch.

You have a point there. The gum, after many consecutive chews,
gives me a terrible feeling in the throat and I feel like vomiting
immediately.

On the bright side, it keeps my mouth busy and that's fine.

Originally posted by SJ247
He'll tell you that if you could smell, you'd experience the smoky reek others around you are sneering at.

I can smell my smoky cologne perfectly well. It's great. I couldn't give a damn what anyone thought.

Another good thing about smoking is in one of the societal ten commandments:

Thou shalt not smoke near childrens!

Puff the magic dragon
Lived by the sea

Originally posted by Seitse
You have a point there. The gum, after many consecutive chews,
gives me a terrible feeling in the throat and I feel like vomiting
immediately.

On the bright side, it keeps my mouth busy and that's fine.

Don't use gum! Not good. I won't go into gory details here, but don't use gum.

Originally posted by English Tal
Don't use gum! Not good. I won't go into gory details here, but don't use gum.

No, no, mate! Don't go! I want to gore as well!

(seriously) I need an argument to tell my brain 🙁

Originally posted by Seitse
No, no, mate! Don't go! I want to gore as well!

Buy one of those plastic Viking helmets and rush someone next lunch hour...

Originally posted by SJ247
You can't really chew that "chewing" gum. The first time I tried the gum was a hasty decision to pop into my smoke-hungry mouth just before a meeting. As I gleefully chomped, the rancid taste burned my throat, and I got the prepuke warm spit thing. Not to mention what I imagine to be the onset of a heart attack.
I vote for the patch.

Ewwww....doesn't sound pleasant.