I wasn't sure what other category to post this in but since nicotine qualifies as a drug (and a very addictive drug at that) I decided just to post this here. Alright. So I'm 23 years old and I've been smoking since I was around 13-14. I never smoked a lot until I turned around 16 and I still smoke less than a pack a day now at 23. I've decided to quit smoking for many reasons, mainly my health of course. And I really need some tips and advice and even some support. I'm supposed to be cutting back but I'm smoking right at this very moment. Can anyone help me out? Suggestions? Advice? Anything? Thanks.
if you allow yourself one, its easy to allow yourself many. at some point it just makes sence to start buying tobbacco again.
Well I was thinking of cutting myself down to a few a day until monday which is when I estimate I will run out, then go cold turkey? But I'm terrified of the idea of going without nicotine. I'm SO dependent on it.
You could try a nicotine gum or patch to help with cravings, Cold turket is a hard way to go, I only know one person who that worked for. Good luck, nicotine is one of the more addictive things out there, but your lungs will thank you.
It's do or die, gotta quit. Like that other dude said, you give yourself one, you'll give yourself a lot more. You weren't born dependent, but you made yourself dependent. Time to backtrack a little bit. It'll be rough at first, but it passes. My mom quit chain smoking after 12 years and supposedly hasn't touched one in 5 years. It's possible.
"War cannot be avoided. It can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy." -- Machiavelli The only way to do it is to embrace the craving. Don't let yourself think that you have to get rid of that craving, because the only way to really do that is to smoke. That craving is just the feeling of you not smoking anymore. Embrace it. It will save your life.
I quit after smoking for a few years. I did it in quite a demonstrative manner. I wanted to prove something to myself, so I bought a pack of Camel filterless, and smoked them till I was green and puking. Then, the last pack I bought, I did a little quitting ritual, crushed the pack in my fist, and threw it out without smoking a single one. But I didn't stop smoking altogether. I still smoked weed, until I suddenly joined a cult, where there was no smoking allowed. That kind of social imprisonment may have saved me from a life of smoking. Now, I still take a few hits now and then, when one of the band members lights up. Last night, for instance.
