Well I am down to my last pack of cigarettes again.

[AirOpsMgr]

One suggestion: If you smoke several packs a day, it might be less stressful to first cut back before going cold turkey. Obviously, cold turkey is best, but depending on your lifestyle & stress, you might want to wean yourself down to a pack a day first. Once you lower the nicotine levels, it will be easier to quit cold turkey without that nagging craving.

Just my 0.02

 

[Bypass]

One suggestion: If you smoke several packs a day, it might be less stressful to first cut back before going cold turkey. Obviously, cold turkey is best, but depending on your lifestyle & stress, you might want to wean yourself down to a pack a day first. Once you lower the nicotine levels, it will be easier to quit cold turkey without that nagging craving.

Just my 0.02

Yeah bro, I have tried that method and I am down to a pack a day right now from the three to four packs I was smoking from way back when I was deployed. I am at the point where I finally have to say fuck it I'm done and see it through. Sound advice though brother.

 

[AirOpsMgr]

Yeah bro, I have tried that method and I am down to a pack a day right now from the three to four packs I was smoking from way back when I was deployed. I am at the point where I finally have to say fuck it I'm done and see it through. Sound advice though brother.

Gotcha, yeah, a pack a day will be much easier to quit than several a day!

 

[Mac11FA]

Substitutes for smoking are just that. There are over 200 chemicals in cigarette tobacco and some of them can be as addicting as nicotine. I tried the gum, the patch and cold turkey. I eventually cut down 1 cig a week less until i was down to none. I do vape from time to time although the nicotine content is next to nothing. I, too, lost my grandfather from smoking and his wife passed due to second hand smoke. It is a very tough battle and I still fight with it every day. You can do it!

 

[Bypass]

Substitutes for smoking are just that. There are over 200 chemicals in cigarette tobacco and some of them can be as addicting as nicotine. I tried the gum, the patch and cold turkey. I eventually cut down 1 cig a week less until i was down to none. I do vape from time to time although the nicotine content is next to nothing. I, too, lost my grandfather from smoking and his wife passed due to second hand smoke. It is a very tough battle and I still fight with it every day. You can do it!

Thanks man, day 1 is over now two more days until the nicotene is out of my system. The cravings should start to go away after 3 days or so I am told.

 

[Red Dawn]

Nicotine is the hardest thing I've ever had to quit. I kept a can of Skoal in 1 pocket and a Camel Lt in the other. Now I keep a Vapor in my pocket. It works for me.

Stay strong @Bypass I believe if you win the mental part of it for a week it'll get easier. After a month you'll start to see signs : food taste better and smells are a lot stronger even more energy.

Good Luck

 

[Bypass]

Nicotine is the hardest thing I've ever had to quit. I kept a can of Skoal in 1 pocket and a Camel Lt in the other. Now I keep a Vapor in my pocket. It works for me.

Stay strong @Bypass I believe if you win the mental part of it for a week it'll get easier. After a month you'll start to see signs : food taste better and smells are a lot stronger even more energy.

Good Luck

Thanks bro. Looking forward to breathing better.

 

[Bypass]

Still haven't smoked yet and the cravings are getting less and less. Couple more days and I should be out of the woods.

 

[Dinky Dau]

You have the Faith Brother!! You will do it!

 

[Red Dawn]

You can do this. Stay strong. Congrats BTW too on a couple days. 1 day at a time for now.

 

[Jacob Villers]

Keep with it man. Everyday without one is a victory.

 

[Mac11FA]

I have just gone the majority of the weekend without a cigarette. Since I have been back on night shift I kinda jumped up to a pack a day the last week or so. I was doing well, just had a lot of extra stress!

 

[HawtTimesGlobal]

Best of luck Bypass, it took me many attempts before I quit.

 

[Bypass]

I just went and bought a carton of cigarettes and smoked one and it tasted like shit and gave me a slight headache. I think I am almost through with it. I want the 52 dollars back I spent on the carton now LOL. I could have bought ammo. This carton may go in the freezer to await TEOTWAWKI.

 

[dial1911]

I just went and bought a carton of cigarettes and smoked one and it tasted like shit and gave me a slight headache. I think I am almost through with it. I want the 52 dollars back I spent on the carton now LOL. I could have bought ammo. This carton may go in the freezer to await TEOTWAWKI.

Good- I'm really glad to read that post.

And since I said I should throw my name into this hat, I haven't bought any more. Had a pack and a half then, now down to about 3/4 of a pack.

 

[Bypass]

Good- I'm really glad to read that post.

And since I said I should throw my name into this hat, I haven't bought any more. Had a pack and a half then, now down to about 3/4 of a pack.

Right on man. Yeah the further along I get and the more time away from smoking the more I lose my taste for them.

 

[BackWoods]

The only time I still want a cigarette is on about my 3rd beer lol