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Originally Posted by m0rpheus
I used the Nicorette Inhaler when I quit...then past Day 3 and know that it starts to get easier after that.
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I have an Aunt who got lung cancer and she made the decision to quit after smoking for like, 86 years or some shit. Her issue was also the hand-to-mouth deal. She got a hold of some fake cigarettes. It's just a plastic cigarette, basically. She sent me one, swearing if she didn't have that, she'd still be smoking. I'll definitely try it out. I actually think I'm going to need it especially while I'm killing time on the internetz. I sometimes chain smoke when doing this. I feel 'weird' if I'm not smoking and on the computer at home.
Wow, I'm actually ashamed to admit this lol.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by kramus
Excuse the long post, but . . .
...don't have a coffee.
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Now that's just silly talk right there!
I know this is something I might have to give up for a little while. Or at least moderate. Coffee is just supposed to go with cigarettes in the morning lol. My routine - get up, feed dog, fix coffee, let dog out, wait for coffee with mug in hand, pour coffee, sit in front of computer and light up. Maybe instead of spending those couple hours online before taking a shower and what not, I'll shower first thing. Then walk the dog or something. I have no clue. I am worried though.
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Things I noticed - I had greasy sweat that I wanted to shower off 2 or 3 times a day for the first few days. Also I started to break wind almost continuously for a couple of days. So I would be sweating and greasy and windy and my chest was gurgling and my hands were on a mission to pick up a smoke all the time. I spent a lot of time thinking about not having a cigarette. Sometimes I was making the choice to not smoke every 30 seconds for hours on end.
Thing is, that passes. Time passes. Eventually you notice you don't smell. Your car and your house don't smell. You have more free cash in your pocket for the little things. You stop budgeting time for smokes, for buying and smoking and cleaning up and messing around with them. No worries about how long till the next smoke break, or will you run out before the next smoke run, or will the fellow beside you bum yet another one of your cigarettes. Smokes become something other people deal with.
Good luck
edit to add: Carry tissues. Carry them for about 4 months. It is amazing how long the lungs hang on to the crap you suck into them. I was coughing up tar stained muck for a long time after I quit. Big wads of gross, clotted, foamy, grey-brown goo. Having a tissue handy to catch and clean up and dispose of your excreta is a social plus for you and those around you. Sorry to be so explicit, but it is a consideration I felt ought to be shared.
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Greasy sweat huh? :/ I heard about the phlegm thing. Not looking forward to the whole detox part at all.
I have issues with addiction period. And funnily enough, cigarettes were with me through all of it lol. Now I'm giving them up. But shit, if so many other people can do it, why can't I? Most of my friends have actually quit smoking so that'll be a plus.
And I look forward to being smoke-free. No more midnight trips to the gas station. No more smelling like an ashtray (I hate it when I can actually smell it on myself.) Cleaner house, etc.
Thanks for the post. I appreciate it!
