Thread: Quitting nicotine, wanting to want to ....

Jimmy,
E-Cigs are a better choice than tobacco. You can enjoy nicotene and most of the sensation of smoking without the carcinogens, carbon monoxide etc. These gals are great to deal with Cignot your Midwest Electronic Cigarette store. and ship fast and stand behind their products. The Joy 510 is considered by most vapers is highly regarded. A starter kits is about 35 or 40 dollars.

Lots of info on mods for carts making refilling much more economical than buying prefilled carts, Highly recommended. The Lipton Pyramid tea bag you can either make or buy the carts already modified from Cignot. They sell Juices too.

Nicotene is bad IMHO if you have high blood pressure, but some find it medicinal if used in moderation.

Tons of current information here E-Cigarette Forum
Good luck. I have several in my family that are vapers and happily no longer smoke.
Mike

Quitting smoking was the hardest thing that I ever did in my life. I figured if I could quit smoking, that I could do just about anything.

I came to realize that what I was succuming to was the big lie. Every time I quit I would come to a crisis, and would convince myself that I deserved just one cigarette because of what was going on around me, that what was happening to me was from out there. The world was pressing me into it, forcing me to have a cigarette.... It is easy to give in to the lie, the self pity, the monumental self importance. Just one.

The easiest person to lie to is you. You always believe yourself.

Jimmy, Like you, I too was once a SEVERE nicotine addict. I smoked, chewed, dipped, snorted, did it all. Sometimes smoked while dipping while wearing a patch. I tried all of the afore mentioned methods for quitting. The problem is they are all nicotine substitutes. Finally my doctor prescribed Chantix for me.

It works by blocking the nicotine from reaching the receptors in your brain. You take the drug for about 8 weeks. You just keep on smoking and dipping just like normal. All the while you are being withdrawn from nicotine addiction and don't even realize it.

After about 5 or 6 weeks I told myself "tomorrow I won't put a dip in my mouth". Got up the next morning, didn't dip, NEVER HAD EVEN THE SMALLEST SIGN OF WITHDRAWL, because I was already withdrawn and didn't even know it. Seriously, no B.S. Had to chew flacored toothpicks for about a year until my oral fixations disappeared.

It might be worth a try. We want to keep you around for many more years.

Bob @ OCD Razors

Hey Jimmy. A friend of mine gave up chain smoking cigarettes, must be 12 months ago. He went to a hypnotist & has not had a craving since. The odd thing is he tried hypnotism before & it didn't work. Go figure.
Maybe as you say you have to "want to"
I think even if you don't inhale your pipe smoke you're effectively a passive smoker so it 'may' have a cumulative effect. Mind you I had an uncle who smoked unfiltered Craven A till 87 years of age when he died. I guess I have a foot in both camps about smoking's effect but with all the negative hype you really need a positive belief system to stay a healthy smoker.

Good luck to you in this struggle. You really caught my eye with that phrase "want to want to but don't want to"

I smoked camel filters and camel nons combined with the random six months of copenhagen here and there for about 17 years. I used a prescription called Chantix that basically blocks your nerves from perceiving the nicotine rush. You still smoke for 2 weeks after you start it and then you no longer crave it by the end of the 2nd week. The actual habit and not the addiction itself takes a longer time to fade and never completely goes away.

I haven't had a smoke since 31 December 07 and though I gained 20 lbs I feel much better. If you have a good insurance plan that might cover Chantix, I highly recommend. Beside myself, I know at least 10 of my friends who it worked for; and unfortunately two that it didn't.

My Dad quit smoking 15 years ago. He somoked for 20 years or so. He tried to reduce the number of cigarettes he smoked, but with no effect. He wasn't the heaviest smoker I've ever seen, but nor was he the lightest... One night he had such a violent cough attack that he simply threw the pack of cigarettes away and quit cold-turkey. I remember that he was cranky for some time but, ultimately, he began enjoying some stuff more and more. Food tasted better, things smelled better (or worse...) and he started breathing better. He is not the most resolure of guys, but that is something he managed to do very well. He never picked up any other habit like cigars or pipes or drinking... well... he picked up golfing!
My brother and I grew up seeing our father smoke. When we went into our teens we ended up taking up smoking. I started smoking when I was 16 or 17 and my brother as well. My brother tried quiting cigarettes several times, but always falls back into them... He tried cold-turkey, progressive reduction, gum and many other things. He still smokes and can't kick the habit. I guess he will, sometime, but he says "It isn't time just yet..." (He's 28)
When I started smoking, I also bought a pipe. No good reason - I just liket looking at pipes on the shop window and decided to buy a cheap pipe one day... Took me 5 years of effort and trial and error to finaly figure out how to smoke the pipe. And I distintly remember that, during one of my first pipe puffs I said to the buddies that were with me then that "when I turn 25 I'll just smoke the pipe!". Over a year ago, after several tries that eventualy failed because of self-consciousness, I decided to quit cigarettes alltogether and just smoke the pipe. I was starting to get nothing out of cigarettes and, consequently, smoking more and more everyday. I said "that's enough" and there and then, I was off cigarettes. Of course, I still had the pipe to smoke - but that's another story. When I started smoking the pipe exclusively I smoked a lot (not as much as you though, Jimmy) - maybe 5 to 7 bowls per day. Now that I'm working and commuting on my bike, I started to feel the effects of not smoking cigarettes. And the result is that the first pipe of the day - and that's only half a bowl of a small pipe - is smoked just before noon. The first "real pipe" is after lunch.
Now... as all of you very well know, my posts are always mindless narrative rambles that go nowhere. And this is no exception.
But the point is: if you feel you must quit, do it - if you think that your pipe collection will stop you from quiting, sell it (keep your special ones, but sell the rest or give them away...). People say that quiting smoking is difficult - and indeed it is. But the first step is resolution. Once the decision is takes, there's no turning back.
And as you know, you'll find all the support you'll ever need on these boards.

(Good luck, Jimmy! And thanks for all that you have given us through years of SRP!)

You're not alone Jimmy. I struggle daily with ciggys. Want to quit, want to end the torment of withdraw- ad infinitum. I'm mad at myself for making the whole goddamn thing than larger than life. Good Luck Pal.

jimmy I'm having so much trouble quiting cigs im using nicoretts atm and im allwayz having cravings especially today when i went to the shop
but this time im going to be fair dinkim about it

on the positive side shaving cream and aftershave smell so much better

Good on ya Jimmy, I'm currently struggling along that rocky road myself, I always will be. I've kicked the habit and the cravings...But some days...Some days, it can be so very, very hard. You see something, or catch a whiff of a fragrant tobacco and it's like someone ripping your heart out, the desire is so strong. Hang in there mate, it ain't easy, but if you can kick the grog then I know you've got the strength to kick the 'baccy too.


Mick

Originally Posted by boballman

Jimmy, Like you, I too was once a SEVERE nicotine addict. I smoked, chewed, dipped, snorted, did it all. Sometimes smoked while dipping while wearing a patch. I tried all of the afore mentioned methods for quitting. The problem is they are all nicotine substitutes. Finally my doctor prescribed Chantix for me.

Yes, that sounds like the stuff my mate is taking, or was. He's on his 4th week smoke free now, apparently, and he's doing very well. Starting to feel the benefits.