Just quit

[Smack]

day 2, hardly slept last night, kept waking up, hope today is easier >_<

 

[Life's Good]

day 2, hardly slept last night, kept waking up, hope today is easier >_<

I’ll make a bold statement & say you are closer to the freedom you’re craving. Hang in there.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Patches? Nicotine gum?

 

[Smack]

cold turkey

 

[Willie Ray]

cold turkey

Stick with it,your body will thank you down the track.
Just don't give in and tell yourself "oh I'll just have one."
A couple more days and you got this.

 

[Smack]

day 3, slept better. I'm gonna make it

 

[Willie Ray]

day 3, slept better. I'm gonna make it

you bet...good for you.

 

[Smack]

1 week now

I feel and sleep better already

 

[Willie Ray]

1 week now

I feel and sleep better already

holy crap!!
well done,you're over the hardest part...
giddyup!

 

[Smack]

holy crap!!
well done,you're over the hardest part...
giddyup!

thanks for the support

when you said giddyup, I thought of my favourite .gif lol

 

[Willie Ray]

thanks for the support

when you said giddyup, I thought of my favourite .gif lol

you're welcome...
would that gif be Kramer?

 

[Smack]

you're welcome...
would that gif be Kramer?

definitely not

it's X rated

 

[Life's Good]

1 week now

I feel and sleep better already

Great news. It will only get better. Stay strong through NYE & you won’t look back.

 

[Smack]

Great news. It will only get better. Stay strong through NYE & you won’t look back.

thank you for the support, friend

 

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[The Charlatan]

cold turkey

Best way to go. I tried gum and patches and only wound up making myself sick because I would smoke on top of it.

 

[Smack]

Best way to go. I tried gum and patches and only wound up making myself sick because I would smoke on top of it.

2 weeks now

I did patches the first time I quit, I used them for long distance flights too so it was manageable. It worked and I was off for years, but the patches gave me nightmares. Didn't want to go through that shit again while on HRT, god knows wtf will happen.

 

[TheFrog]

2 weeks now

I did patches the first time I quit, I used them for long distance flights too so it was manageable. It worked and I was off for years, but the patches gave me nightmares. Didn't want to go through that shit again while on HRT, god knows wtf will happen.

I found the chewy good, but you do get addicted to them. Still, your lungs aren't getting hammered. I went onto the lozenges eventually and it wasn't that hard to have less and less over time. Eventually I'd break them into quarters. It's been 15 years now.

I tried gum and patches and only wound up making myself sick because I would smoke on top of it.

There is still some willpower involved. Neither the gum, patches or lozenges give the immediate hit of smoking, but this is the easiest part of it to overcome I found. It takes a minute or two instead of a second or two. If you want to smoke even with nicotine being supplied from elsewhere, I don't think cold turkey is going to work for you.