E-cigs

[jakobeast]

who said anything about fantasizing? Ton's and PMXC's moms are both licking my balls as we speak.

Odd, cause both Ton and PMXC are licking my balls right now.

 

[KMChechASS69r]

Don't know you guys well enough to start crackin' on yer mamas but I agree with TSD, quitting cold torkey was the easy way that I have attempted to quit and it has stuck for going on 20 years now.

 

[CLWolf81]

I like the taste of a regular smoke. But the lingering smell bothers me. It's like I just want to smoke it, then have it go away. Kinda like after I bang PMXC's mom.

Thats the problem with trying to quit. The secondhand smoke lingers.



The best way for me to deal with it is to avoid it altogether. And as much as I would be a hypocrite to tell someone it was wrong to smoke, I would normally ask that the person who does smoke do it away from me. If they don't care, I just leave and go somewhere else.



It makes me somewhat happy that state law forbids smoking in bars....

Don't know you guys well enough to start crackin' on yer mamas but I agree with TSD, quitting cold torkey was the easy way that I have attempted to quit and it has stuck for going on 20 years now.

Its not the easy way... not with temptation lurking around every corner and workspace. Its a great approach, as I myself did it, but I can assure you that it is never easy. Stress from work always forces me to reconsider it, but remembering how much I lost health-wise is unforgettable.



Everyone takes it differently out there.

 

[jakobeast]

Maybe I am different, but I just quit smoking one day. Never had another craving or a stressful moment where I wanted one. I hadn't been smoking for ages, mind you. Maybe 7 years or so. I just got bored with it. I was a pack a day guy for the longest time. Then one day I realized my job was kinda dictating when I could smoke. I'd wake up and have one, One before work, one at the designated break times at work(3), One at home, one after dinner, one before bed. I went from a pack a day to a pack in 4 days. I finished of that pack and said I am done. Maybe I wasn't addicted to the nicotine. I dunno, when I was smoking I would get the cravings for sure.



I still have dreams where I smoke though. Haven't lit up in 12 or so years. I wake up and I think "did I just smoke?" That is a bit strnge to me.

 

[Shantz My Pants]

I too still get the smoking dreams and I'm coming up on 3 years.



I did the "laser acupuncture". I don't believe much in alternative medicine but I have to say, it worked. You have to follow some guide lines (no caffeine for 7 days, 8 bottles of water to flush your system, no red meat, have to stay active) but overall it did the trick. I didn't follow the guide lines the first day (had a bottle of water and slept while eating red meat for dinner) so the next morning I was in full craving mode, but after I did the acupuncture again and followed the guide lines, I didn't have any symptoms of physical withdrawal.



It was pricey ($300ish) but was worth every penny.



If you do quit cold turkey, I advise the drinking plenty of water to flush the system of the toxins and to break the old habits. I chewed sunflower seeds when driving for a solid 2 months as the spitting individual seeds into my hands and tossing them out the window was the same fixation as taking a drag and ashing.

 

[TSD]

Thats the problem with trying to quit. The secondhand smoke lingers.



The best way for me to deal with it is to avoid it altogether. And as much as I would be a hypocrite to tell someone it was wrong to smoke, I would normally ask that the person who does smoke do it away from me. If they don't care, I just leave and go somewhere else.



It makes me somewhat happy that state law forbids smoking in bars....







Its not the easy way... not with temptation lurking around every corner and workspace. Its a great approach, as I myself did it, but I can assure you that it is never easy. Stress from work always forces me to reconsider it, but remembering how much I lost health-wise is unforgettable.



Everyone takes it differently out there.

I don't think he meant it was "easy", but technically speaking dedicating yourself to getting through the nicotine physical withdrawl cold turkey, I think you are more likely to succeed, I think moreso because you remember how much that first few days sucked total ass, and never want to repeat it.

 

[MassHavoc]

If you quit cold turkey I'd suggest a not trying to do it by substituting an alternative. Unless it's drinking water like Trev said. What i mean by that is, some people would chew a stick of gum instead when it was time to have a cigarette, some ate a carrot stick, some people did something else. While it's good in theory and healthy in the short term, the problem with quitting is as behavioral as it is addictive. So while at first you'll drink a glass of water instead of the cigarette, that will be fine, but the behavior will be the same and it will be easier to relapse back without breaking it. So remember, it's as important to change your patterns and behaviors when trying to quick. Change up your schedule as much as possible. If you leave for work at the same time every day, try to car pool with someone who doesn't smoke. If you have one at lunch break, try to bring your lunch so you don't leave the building. if you have one on the ride home, try to stop at the gym instead or something like that. If you change the patterns of the things you associate with cigarettes and urges, you'll have an easier chance of breaking the habit.



I believe they say you only have to do something the same way 20 times in a row to make it a habit. That might just be for seatbelts though, haha.

 

[Ton]

Just thought I would let everyone know, after I purchased the starter kit (and finished it within a week), I haven't had any nicotine since. No smoke, no vapor, no nothing.



I will say, the e-cig was a catalyst in kicking the habit. After finishing it, I felt like smoking a regular cigarette would have felt "dirty"... so I didn't buy anymore packs... then considered buying another kit to keep using the vapor, but honestly, my cravings weren't as bad so I thought I would try and roll through the "3-day window of withdrawals" and it worked pretty well! Nicotine free and it feels pretty good... sometimes I get a craving but also remember how dirty it made my lungs feel (I don't think I realized how dirty it really feels until switching to vapor) so I pass on the smokes. If someone offered me a vapor cigarette I might do that, I don't think the craving is as intense, but you just don't "bum" vapor cigarettes so it won't matter lol.

 

[jakobeast]

Congrats woppy. Now maybe you will be able to have enough energy to stop a puck or two.

 

[Ton]

Congrats woppy. Now maybe you will be able to have enough energy to stop a puck or two.

Definitely!

 

[Tater]

Congrats Ton, but do not even have one more vapor cig. You'll start getting cravings and then if something really stressful happens......

 

[Shantz My Pants]

I agree with Tater. Don't even think about using anything that resembles a cig.



I get cravings every now and then, but I know if I have one drag I'll get right back into the habit. Just isn't worth it.





Now the heroin, that's a different story...

 

[TSD]

I agree with Tater. Don't even think about using anything that resembles a cig.



I get cravings every now and then, but I know if I have one drag I'll get right back into the habit. Just isn't worth it.





Now the heroin, that's a different story...

Stop calling it a habit for one thing, it makes it sound so benign. Call it what it is, sucking cancer causing carcinogens into your lungs you are addicted to. A habit is biting your finger nails, smoking is an addiction.

 

[MassHavoc]

Well... it is a habit... it's just a deadly one.

 

[Shantz My Pants]

Stop calling it a habit for one thing, it makes it sound so benign. Call it what it is, sucking cancer causing carcinogens into your lungs you are addicted to. A habit is biting your finger nails, smoking is an addiction.

Addiction..Habit... whatever. I'll fall back into my habits of my addiction by smoking when driving and when I'm bored.