How did you STOP smoking?

The Voice said:
Tried Allan Carr - self hypnosis doesn't work for me. Tried Champix - felt like a completely different person while on it, and not in a good way. Also, nausea, so I stopped. Tried going CT - but I couldn't stand the haze it left my brain in. Vaping may be my only option.
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Champix made me a vile person with terrible dreams of killing people. But I didn't even finish the one month packet I was given. The doctor said I should do it for 3 months and I just stopped. I guess actually wanting to stop helped
 
Akasha said:
Champix made me a vile person with terrible dreams of killing people. But I didn't even finish the one month packet I was given. The doctor said I should do it for 3 months and I just stopped. I guess actually wanting to stop helped
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Yeah Champix dreams were ****ed up. Luckily I only did it for 2 weeks.
 
When the ciggy is at its last I take it, kill the part htats still burning by pushing it into the ashtray.
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for all it is different, for me it was cold turkey, with a strict regiment of Mountain biking and jogging, try a daily exercise to get rid of the stress and craving. Started the exercise before quitting and every time after the cycling or jogging I found the cigarette discussing
 
I've managed to switch the smokes for vaping.. that was a lot easier than I expected. Planning on stopping that ad well in the not too distant future.
 
faniedry said:
it's all in the mind... if you want to stop, stop.

if you know you have to, but don't really want to.... you will fail.
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Yep

Been cig free since my last post, just over a year now.

It is such a pleasure not having to worry about where the box of cigarettes and lighter are and that they get crushed in my pocket, a pleasure not having to go out of my way to get cigarettes from the nearest shop and, a pleasure not having to go outside late at night or early hours of the mornings ( especially in winter) to have a cigarette.

The money motivation really doesn't work for me but it is a nice thought for how much I'm not wasting on cigarettes
Mostly I just take delight in my money not getting wasted in taxes to this **** government.
 
I am really struggling with stopping. Managed to stop for 7 months and I found myself smoking again, so angry with myself right now
 
Made a deal with my wife - she would stop biting her nails and i would quit smoking.
Finished the packet I had and never touched/smoked another cigarette since.
That was 20 years ago :-)
 
hungrymamba said:
I am really struggling with stopping. Managed to stop for 7 months and I found myself smoking again, so angry with myself right now
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Get some mild anti-depressants to take the craving away then ween yourself off of the anti-depressants.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I've managed to switch the smokes for vaping.. that was a lot easier than I expected. Planning on stopping that ad well in the not too distant future.
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Read the latest research on hazards of vaping..not as "healthy" and risk free as was once thought.
 
hungrymamba said:
I am really struggling with stopping. Managed to stop for 7 months and I found myself smoking again, so angry with myself right now
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Stop again. You've done it before. Beating yourself up about it doesn't accomplish anything.
 
CamiKaze said:
Get some mild anti-depressants to take the craving away then ween yourself off of the anti-depressants.
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Supplementing a drug for another drug is generally never a good idea. Not sure why this method is ever advocated.
 
MirageF1 said:
Read the latest research on hazards of vaping..not as "healthy" and risk free as was once thought.
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Agreed I never understood how they think inhaling water vapor onto their lungs as being healthier, edema anyone.
 
semaphore said:
Agreed I never understood how they think inhaling water vapor onto their lungs as being healthier, edema anyone.
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I guess it might be argued that compared to the 3000 poisons and toxins in cigarettes it is relatively healthy :)
 
MirageF1 said:
Read the latest research on hazards of vaping..not as "healthy" and risk free as was once thought.
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Oh I'm under no illusion that its Healthy... but its healthier than smoking, and as a stepping stone towards being completely free of nicotene its working for me.
 
semaphore said:
Supplementing a drug for another drug is generally never a good idea. Not sure why this method is ever advocated.
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I knew I would get a negative comment on my suggestion but it has helped me.
A mild anti-depressant for 3 months, then getting back off is not a train smash.
 
I guess I was lucky reading all these comments that its so hard to stop. I woke up one morning and was seriously put off by the taste and smell of the cigarette I was smoking, so much so that I couldn't finish it, and then just didn't light one up for the rest of the day, 2 weeks later I realized I was still carrying the same box of smokes and my zippo everywhere I went but didn't smoke at all. Chucked away the smokes and the zippo I put somewhere in my room. That was that.

I do occasionally but very seldom smoke a cigarette when there has been waaaaaay too much alcohol involved, but it takes more and more to get me to that point. Most of the times I don't smoke anything when I go out for a night or drink alot. The times that I do, I regret it so much its insane, but I never start smoking constantly again, which is a win in my book
 
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