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Forgot My Name Posted at 12:20 pm on July 1, 2009
cigarettes that is. Can anyone help me? What are some good ways to stop the cravings for them?

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Audioblood Posted at 12:14 pm on July 3, 2009
I never got started on cigarettes. A choice I'm apparently better-off for. At the same time, I've gotten a little (but not much) shit about smoking weed but not cigarettes, and I know a lot of people who love to smoke menthols when they're high. I tried menthols when high a few times, and while it did intensify my high, I don't consider that little perk worth it. Weed is habit-forming. Cigs are addictive. Menthols, especially. I don't have the time or money to be addicted to anything. And now with these new tobacco taxes? Please. It's gone from 75 cents for a cigarillo to 1$ in like a month. A box of cigarillos is now ~$5, and I usually get a quart/oz at a time, making my total spending $30 for however long I want to make that last (usually like a week, how I get paid). Where-as the price of cigarettes is now equally outrageous, it would have been ~$35 if I smoked, and from what I've witnessed my friends doing, I'd be done with the cigs long before the cigarillos. And then the cravings would probably cause me to go spend another $5. So that's $10 I could easily have off of a quarter for the next week. I will definitely take the quarter over cigs.
MotoMojo Posted at 10:22 am on July 3, 2009
Tell me about it. I smoked a bit when I first begin probation, but my PO knew (she checked levels from my urine, somehow), and she threatened to send me to jail for 6 months if I didn't tell her the truth about the last time I smoked, and now I'm tested weekly.
Forgot My Name Posted at 9:05 pm on July 2, 2009
Quote: from MotoMojo at 12:42 pm on July 2, 2009

I've smoked a pack a day for 3 years, and I've quit 3 times to no avail. However, I've had to quit smoking pot for probation, and since then, I haven't had cravings for cigarettes at all. I think it may have something to do with changing other habitual aspects of your life. Either way, it's been 4 days and I've actually lit a cigarette for this chick that was in the pool without craving one. They taste suckass now.  

The virtue is, try to change more than just the one aspect in your life (smoking), and the thing that I've fallen back on if I DO feel like smoking one is just thinking about how weak I am when I smoke. I'll beg someone for a smoke if I'm drunk. Also, I tell myself that if I don't quit now, I'll never quit. Drinking cessation while you're getting cravings helps a LOT, too, if you drink.



That sucks, I can't quit smoking weed. It's the only thing that keeps me sane.
MotoMojo Posted at 9:42 am on July 2, 2009
I've smoked a pack a day for 3 years, and I've quit 3 times to no avail. However, I've had to quit smoking pot for probation, and since then, I haven't had cravings for cigarettes at all. I think it may have something to do with changing other habitual aspects of your life. Either way, it's been 4 days and I've actually lit a cigarette for this chick that was in the pool without craving one. They taste suckass now.

The virtue is, try to change more than just the one aspect in your life (smoking), and the thing that I've fallen back on if I DO feel like smoking one is just thinking about how weak I am when I smoke. I'll beg someone for a smoke if I'm drunk. Also, I tell myself that if I don't quit now, I'll never quit. Drinking cessation while you're getting cravings helps a LOT, too, if you drink.

plavish Posted at 3:20 am on July 2, 2009
i was put on nicotine patches while i was in a hospital ward recently. they definitely help the physical craving. and you should try lozenges, chewing gum, perhaps an inhaler to simulate the action.
Acustico23 Posted at 1:51 am on July 2, 2009
Quote: from Forgot My Name at 1:50 am on July 2, 2009

Quote: from NakedSun at 3:41 am on July 2, 2009

You'r eofficially going to? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I'm so happy!

Yeah, I'll be happy when I don't get anymore cravings. lol


See you in half a year.

I'm quitting again too. Today is day two. The longest I've gone is 3 weeks in the last year and a half. It sucks dude, I hope for your sake you don't get the relentless insomnia I get (which explains why its 3 am and I'm still up, I probably won't sleep till a couple hours after the sun comes up).

Whatever you do take it day by day and have the goal in mind. I was 3 weeks without one and all it took was one day and one pack to be right back on the pack a day habit. Just check yourself. I went cold turkey, you should too, tough it out.

Forgot My Name Posted at 12:50 am on July 2, 2009
Quote: from NakedSun at 3:41 am on July 2, 2009

You'r eofficially going to? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I'm so happy!

Yeah, I'll be happy when I don't get anymore cravings. lol
NakedSun Posted at 12:41 am on July 2, 2009
You'r eofficially going to? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I'm so happy!
Forgot My Name Posted at 8:46 pm on July 1, 2009
Quote: from Vana at 3:22 pm on July 1, 2009

Quote: from Forgot My Name at 2:21 pm on July 1, 2009

Quote: from Vana at 3:21 pm on July 1, 2009

eat a twinkie
 
 So I get fat?

you wont want to smoke anymore



Yeah, I will. I'd be like, what the fuck, I'm worse off now. lol
MushroomSatsujin Posted at 12:37 pm on July 1, 2009
Quote: from Lallypop at 12:22 pm on July 1, 2009

good for you!! :) Cigs are bad. im glad you stopped.
Yeah, to bad its not easy
Eidolon Posted at 12:35 pm on July 1, 2009
Give all your spares to me :)
Remove temptation
rivedi Posted at 12:24 pm on July 1, 2009
gum. tons and tons of gum. sugarless.
MushroomSatsujin Posted at 12:23 pm on July 1, 2009
Quote: from JadeyKhaos at 12:21 pm on July 1, 2009

You can get electronic cigarettes :D
That are like $70

Get the gum.

Vana Posted at 12:22 pm on July 1, 2009
Quote: from Forgot My Name at 2:21 pm on July 1, 2009

Quote: from Vana at 3:21 pm on July 1, 2009

eat a twinkie

So I get fat?

you wont want to smoke anymore  

Lally Posted at 12:22 pm on July 1, 2009
Go to a drugstore and there are some nicotine gum to help cut the edge off the cravings. There are also nicotine patches.
by the way:

good for you!! :) Cigs are bad. im glad you stopped.

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