Originally by: Kybers

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Don't do em, dude! It just diminishes ur sense of achievement- someone said earlier here about keeping up the "I will give up" 'muscle'- worked for me. V Best of Luck- I cried like a baby when I won.

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Originally by: DJ Xod

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Edited by: DJ Xod on 05/05/2006 21:54:32
Smoked almost 2 packs a day for 14 years. Got sick one thanksgiving for 2 weeks straight and decided that i'd had enough and dropped it right there and then. That was a year and a half ago.

I will admit to socially smoking on two occassions since then, but that didn't trigger me into starting up again. I do crave it at times, but I don't think I am capable of ever starting up again.

I had tried several times before this, but the longest run I had was 6 months. The worst part about it was more about habit and things I associated on a daily basis with smoking. Unless you truly have it in your mind that you want to quit, you're probably going to fail.

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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu

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Edited by: Istvaan Shogaatsu on 05/05/2006 21:58:02
On my pack of Rothmans it reads:

Warning

CIGARETTES ARE
HIGHLY ADDICTIVE

Studies have shown
that tobacco can
be harder to quit
than ****** or *******.

You know, they're right.

edit: stupid word censor. The first word is smack, the second word is colombian nose candy.

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Originally by: Uggster

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Edited by: Uggster on 06/05/2006 02:38:28
Keep at it Brother, I stopped after smoking for about 14-15 years and the differnace is huge.
I can do things like get up in the morning without having to hack huge black gobbets of phlem from my lungs.
Also I can feel smug when other people try to quit and cant (and thats a great feeling it must be said)
Another winner is not having all the crap like****s and lighter with you all the time and forgetting them and buying more and running out and giving them away and all that crap.

I also smoked dope for about 10 years too and quit that along with the****s, the money I now save is massive, and I mean massive, over 200 euro a month minimun.

But remember that your not giving up anything, your healing a wound that you have allowed to stay open and get infected.

Edit : The **** word is the English slang for cigs that starts with a fa and ends with a gs

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Originally by: Womble God

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Hallo again Brother Benthor. Having quit very recently myself (1 month to the day almost) I thought I would pass on a tip. Keep a bottle of orange squash (cordial not fresh) handy at all times, especially for the mornings and buy yourself some throat pastilles.

Im not sure what causes the dryness but the OJ and cough sweets really helped me. No more waking up feeling like the sahara desert re-located to your mouth. Keep up the healing

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Originally by: Tyto

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Ok, so how are you doing with this BB? Still going strong?

T

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Originally by: Jim McGregor

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Most people are in write-mode only in these forums

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Cherry popped! ~kieron

Originally by: croxis

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For those geeks like me who like to know whats going on:

Nerves use electrical signals to fire a signal along to the next cell, however there is a gap between nerve cells (called a synapse) which the electric pulse can't cross. What nerve cells do when a pulse reaches the end of the line the nerve cell releases chemicals known as neurotransmitters. On the surface of the other nerve cell are receptor proteins. When enough neurotransmitters attach to enough receptor proteins the next cell fires, and so on. One of these neurotransmitters that makes us feel good is dopamine.

Nicotine is chemically similar enough to dopamine where these receptor proteins can't tell the difference, and nicotine binds to them. So with the first few cigarettes the brain reacts as if it is flooded with dopamine, which is why many people feel a rush with their first few cigs. However the brain wants to have normal function and will begin reducing its own dopamine production until normal function is restored. This process happens very fast, about 24-96 hours. Take away the nicotine intake and the brain tries to find other sources: Dopamine is produced by eating, working out, sex, drinking, and other things like that.

Dopamine naturally decays in the brain, otherwise it would build up and we would die in a violent orgasm as babies playing with their feet. An unknown chemical (or combination of chemicals) lengthens the decay rate, so more dopamine stayed around longer (the brains also normalizes for this). This is why people smoke after eating, drinking, and sex because it increases the duration and intensity of the feeling.

Here is the sucky part. It dakes the brain only 1-3 days to reduce dopamine production for increased nicotine intake. It takes an average of four weeks to normalize back. Its hard. Its tough, but it is doable and it does get easier after the first couple of weeks. And like someone above said, most people 'quit' 4-5 times before they smoke their last one for good. Wish you luck

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Originally by: Brother Benthor

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Edited by: Brother Benthor on 06/05/2006 23:31:16

ok i smoked for 6 years (1 pack per day) and yesterday i decided to quit just like that... I havent touch a cigarrete for 20 hours now, and im always hungry :S no idea why... any advices from past quitters are welcome :D

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Originally by: Brother Benthor

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Edited by: Brother Benthor on 09/05/2006 22:23:54
Sorry totally forgot this thread with what has been going on in EVE ... really important stuff

NO I HAVEN'T SMOKED for 7 days now :D

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Originally by: Jim McGregor

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Most people are in write-mode only in these forums

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Cherry popped! ~kieron

Originally by: d'hofren

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go go BB.

At seven days I would say you have *****ed it. From now on it's just coping with any relapses. Well done.

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