Decided to quit smoking...whose with me?!? Tips WELCOME!!
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Havent read all of the pages yet so I hope this isnt redundant.
Cinnamon toothpaste! Everytime you 'want' a smoke, brush your teeth with cinnamon toothpaste. And use it in the morning and before bed.
Grapefruit juice. Drink lots of it. Something about it helps flush the nicotine out of yoru body faster and helps with the withdrawl.
Ex-dh tried it and it helped.
Good luck to all of you who are working on quitting or decreasing. My nicotine sobriety date is August 2000.
Cinnamon toothpaste! Everytime you 'want' a smoke, brush your teeth with cinnamon toothpaste. And use it in the morning and before bed.
Grapefruit juice. Drink lots of it. Something about it helps flush the nicotine out of yoru body faster and helps with the withdrawl.
Ex-dh tried it and it helped.
Good luck to all of you who are working on quitting or decreasing. My nicotine sobriety date is August 2000.
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Glad the e-cigs worked for you!
I REALLY need to give them another try...after spending all that money!
I went 4 days without smoking and then went back.
I'm so sick of trying to quit and then essentially "quitting" on myself! I'm thinking after my current pack I'll do it...dang cigarettes!
I think the problem the most people have is the amount of vapor and throat hit of these e-cigs. So, if you're a beginner, try a dse-510. They're known to give a great amount of both. If you like more throat hit and vapor, then you have to move up, but it won't look like a cigarette, where a 510 does. The 510 is 3.7 volts and the battery lasts about 2 hours. With the other, it's called a "mod", the voltage is 5-6 volts, and you get all the vapor and throat hit you want. Mods also use the rechargeable batteries with a charger. After your initial investment, the vapor liquid runs anywhere from 5-10 bucks for 10 mls, cheaper if you buy bigger bottles. I like vaporcountry.com because he has good liquid for $4.99. So you figure you'll go thru about 2-3 ml a day, so that's about $2.00 a day. Most of the dealers mail and you get your stuff in about 2-5 days.
When I started, I smoked the real cigarettes that I couldn't give up as well, like first in the morning, a few at night. About 10 a day. After 10 days, I felt it was rediculous to keep smoking and I made the transition to all ecigs.
Glad the e-cigs worked for you!
I'm so sick of trying to quit and then essentially "quitting" on myself! I'm thinking after my current pack I'll do it...dang cigarettes!
I think the problem the most people have is the amount of vapor and throat hit of these e-cigs. So, if you're a beginner, try a dse-510. They're known to give a great amount of both. If you like more throat hit and vapor, then you have to move up, but it won't look like a cigarette, where a 510 does. The 510 is 3.7 volts and the battery lasts about 2 hours. With the other, it's called a "mod", the voltage is 5-6 volts, and you get all the vapor and throat hit you want. Mods also use the rechargeable batteries with a charger. After your initial investment, the vapor liquid runs anywhere from 5-10 bucks for 10 mls, cheaper if you buy bigger bottles. I like vaporcountry.com because he has good liquid for $4.99. So you figure you'll go thru about 2-3 ml a day, so that's about $2.00 a day. Most of the dealers mail and you get your stuff in about 2-5 days.
When I started, I smoked the real cigarettes that I couldn't give up as well, like first in the morning, a few at night. About 10 a day. After 10 days, I felt it was rediculous to keep smoking and I made the transition to all ecigs.
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WTG, keep up the good work. Just tell the cat and your hunny that it will get better. Best of luck
Cindi lost her electric about 5:30 this morning, lets hope she gets it back soon. She does have a heater so she's sittin tight.
WTG, keep up the good work. Just tell the cat and your hunny that it will get better. Best of luck
Cindi lost her electric about 5:30 this morning, lets hope she gets it back soon. She does have a heater so she's sittin tight.
I would suggest you wean yourself off it etc....
I hope my does too
I hope my does too
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Do you normally have a heart rate above 90? Maybe you're one of those rare birds who self medicates to get back to "normal". Maybe one visit with an endocrinologist would end your woes? I wonder if your Dr friend would be willing to check you out?
Could be you're onto something waaaay easier than nicotine addiction
...and I always wonder where does the money come from to get cigarettes when people can't afford a doctor(or house payment, or food...)? Is it satan? Throwing little bags of money through the window to keep buying you things that hurt? That's true evil.
Probably disguised as a Silkie.
WHOA How did you know about the Silkie?!?!?!
ETA: And to answer your question, I afford it the same way others afford things when they don't have money. People buy a lot of things when they can't afford it such as alcohol, a night on the slots, chickens, craft supplies, COFFEE...whatever their habit of choice, let's not start bashing people's decisions, that isn't very helpful...just saying. Not everyone has addictions, but they are real, and some folks just can NOT break them. It doesn't make them less financially responsible. Try eating nothing but the foods you hate for a year. It's about the equivalent IMO. This is going to be hard, I don't really need people being judgemental. I AM seeking help. And yes ny heartrate is normally that high...dunno why, just always has been high even before I smoked, but more so when smoking. When I quit for a week it still stayed around 80. Not sure but I thought 60-70 was more normal range? Anybody know?
OMG no, no no! I didn't mean anything judgemental or bashing! I must've typed that wrong. I do mean you well, and I am frustrated with the whole "trying like heck and failing" thing that goes on with cigarettes, alcohol, whatever. For me its cheese (please nobody bash this it's cost me thousands of dollars and much illness) and I'm starting to understand why our ancestors made myths and religious stories about demons, gods, etc, because maybe some of this life is just unexplainable. An alcoholic told me, "alcohol should be illegal because it takes perfectly fine people and ruins them", the same can be said about cigarettes (and cheese?) . Years ago I even thought up reviving old fashioned "smoking rooms" where the walls were cozy wood panelling, the comfy couches leather, the air filtered, just so poor smokers could actually get enjoyment out of the @#%! addiction?! I mean, why suffer more? Couldn't we just respect the humanity of it all and make the BEST of it? But no smoker I knew ever thought that was a good idea.
So please know I really am rootin' for you. I'll go out and rub my lucky Silkie for your good luck.
Oh I just thought of something. Being overtired and in pain often leads to poor judgement. For me, I go driving through for cheeseburgers after 10pm, after that dang 3rd 14 hour shift in a row! Maybe try to get extra sleep and use tylenol to start quitting. I just read a study last week that says tylenol is very effective against psychological pain (deprivation, social isolation, depression). I'll try it if you will. But I'll still rub my lucky Silkie for you.
Do you normally have a heart rate above 90? Maybe you're one of those rare birds who self medicates to get back to "normal". Maybe one visit with an endocrinologist would end your woes? I wonder if your Dr friend would be willing to check you out?
Could be you're onto something waaaay easier than nicotine addiction
...and I always wonder where does the money come from to get cigarettes when people can't afford a doctor(or house payment, or food...)? Is it satan? Throwing little bags of money through the window to keep buying you things that hurt? That's true evil.
WHOA How did you know about the Silkie?!?!?!
ETA: And to answer your question, I afford it the same way others afford things when they don't have money. People buy a lot of things when they can't afford it such as alcohol, a night on the slots, chickens, craft supplies, COFFEE...whatever their habit of choice, let's not start bashing people's decisions, that isn't very helpful...just saying. Not everyone has addictions, but they are real, and some folks just can NOT break them. It doesn't make them less financially responsible. Try eating nothing but the foods you hate for a year. It's about the equivalent IMO. This is going to be hard, I don't really need people being judgemental. I AM seeking help. And yes ny heartrate is normally that high...dunno why, just always has been high even before I smoked, but more so when smoking. When I quit for a week it still stayed around 80. Not sure but I thought 60-70 was more normal range? Anybody know?
Oh I just thought of something. Being overtired and in pain often leads to poor judgement. For me, I go driving through for cheeseburgers after 10pm, after that dang 3rd 14 hour shift in a row! Maybe try to get extra sleep and use tylenol to start quitting. I just read a study last week that says tylenol is very effective against psychological pain (deprivation, social isolation, depression). I'll try it if you will. But I'll still rub my lucky Silkie for you.
I quit this year and smoked for a while. It is hard but the results are better than continuing to smoke! I do breathe better and took up better activities like hiking and running. When I wanted one I would concentrate on the pros of quiting, health benefits etc. It is hard to do but after you quit its great or it was for me! I had a hard time quiting because people smoked around me but once I got over the cravings and what not I was okay with being around people who do smoke. Actually I cannot even stand the smell of cigarettes now! It is just something you have to do and stick by with your decision. It is cheaper not to smoke too! LOL
I quit smoking way back in '93 but I just wanted to stop in and say good luck y'all and I hope you make it this time. The thing that worked for me was to never say never. I never once threw all the cigarettes away. It was a "let's see if I can go a day without cigarettes" and the next day I'd remind myself that I'd done it one day, how bad could a second day be? I'll admit the second through seventh days were tough but after that it was like "got a week under my belt I'm not gonna ruin it now." I'm real competitive even with myself that way. I also avoided those things where cigarettes were absolutely necessary, like bars (that was back when went occasionally), talking on the phone and driving. Finally threw out the cigarettes on my one year anniversary, February 7, 1994. Anyway, good luck, I'll light a candle for you.
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Wow, you deserve alot of praise. Anyone who quits smoking deserves to be real proud of themselves. It can be real hard.
One of the things that got me going was finding out what the government is doing. The sale of electronic cigarettes rocketed starting last year. The FDA tried to ban them, but lost the first case recently.
What gets me is that every anti smoking group out there including the FDA had decided that the e-cig is untested, therefore dangerous (tobacco is not?). They recommend ways to stop smoking with aids that have poor track records, or make you sick or kill you . If a product comes around that is safer than some smoking reduction aids, and 100% safer than smoking tobacco, they actually publish heresay, not fact, to get you to not use it. WHY?
-The Government makes over 34 BILLION dollars a year off of poor addicted smokers. Now, do you really think they want you to quit? Smokers are their cash cow.
-The AMA makes tons of money off of 440, 000 people who die from smoking related illnesses each year. I'm sure they're sick for a long time and keep those docs and hospitals busy. If we all quit smoking, they would lose tons of money. Not to mention pharmacuitical companies.
-If everyone quit smoking, more people would live longer and that would require more social security checks needed for more years. May go bankrupt.
-So the government says they want you to quit smoking. But based on 34+ Billion dollars a year, do you really think they mean it?
Wow, you deserve alot of praise. Anyone who quits smoking deserves to be real proud of themselves. It can be real hard.
One of the things that got me going was finding out what the government is doing. The sale of electronic cigarettes rocketed starting last year. The FDA tried to ban them, but lost the first case recently.
What gets me is that every anti smoking group out there including the FDA had decided that the e-cig is untested, therefore dangerous (tobacco is not?). They recommend ways to stop smoking with aids that have poor track records, or make you sick or kill you . If a product comes around that is safer than some smoking reduction aids, and 100% safer than smoking tobacco, they actually publish heresay, not fact, to get you to not use it. WHY?
-The Government makes over 34 BILLION dollars a year off of poor addicted smokers. Now, do you really think they want you to quit? Smokers are their cash cow.
-The AMA makes tons of money off of 440, 000 people who die from smoking related illnesses each year. I'm sure they're sick for a long time and keep those docs and hospitals busy. If we all quit smoking, they would lose tons of money. Not to mention pharmacuitical companies.
-If everyone quit smoking, more people would live longer and that would require more social security checks needed for more years. May go bankrupt.
-So the government says they want you to quit smoking. But based on 34+ Billion dollars a year, do you really think they mean it?
Ugh, today has not been as easy as the other 2...but its almost over.
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