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Hey, Blisstree reader! Check out our new three-part series of personal essays about smoking by Bill, Blisstree commenter and former smoker.
On July 19, 2006, I published a post called What happens to Your Body if You Stop Smoking Right Now? It received 1/4 million hits within 24 hours, and a handful of comments. Since that date it has gained a life of its own, as it accumulates millions of views as well as pages and pages of responses from readers. With people either detailing their own successes/failures to put down the puff, or offering advice for those of us wanting to do the same, the comments section has turned into an impromptu support group, and forum for, discussing nicotine addiction.
My friend initiates me, and after that I happening Cute Facebook Status smoking ganja as well. This was just 3 years ago, and I apologize for it approximately every day.
I started smoking in my first year of high school. My friend introduced me, and then I started smoking ganj as well. This was only 7 years ago, and I regret it almost everyday. I have quit before, and I felt so much better and was a lot happier. On monday I talk to my doctor to get the patch, because right this minute my dad is in the hospital with heart failure and a portion of his pancreas removed. I am convinced that this is from 40 years of smoking, for his sake when he gets home (and I know he will,) I will be an ex-smoker, and so will he.
if you are clean after 72 hours why would anyone go through the nrt for weeks
I had a lot of trouble quitting smoking myself. But then I found this Blu Cigs Coupon Code and got a blu cigs smokeless cigarette and it really helped me quit. Good Luck to you guys!
Can you site you information please? Where did you get this from?
I am clean for 6 days and I have never felt better. I have more energy and can taste/smell all the wonderful things in this world. Day 3 and 4 were the hardest and in order to curb the withdrawal I purchased a pack of the Nicotine Lozenges. These really helped me.
If I can do it, you can do it people. Stop smoking now before you regret it later!
Hi well I am on my 4th day of not smoking. I find it easier than I thought I would as I smoked for over 21 years at 12/14 per day. I use 10 mg dose of the 16 hour patches and just keep busy. I also find when I get a bad craving such as walking to and from work or after a meal I chew regular gum foe a short while.
Cravings dont last very long so they are just small challenges.
I reckon now that I am 37 years old its about time I stopped smoking as I really do value my life.
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Not indeed but it sounds unexcitable though
OMG – Day 4 is the hardest. I have two daughters and they are trying to help me by not buying me cigs (12 bucks) and making me feel guilty. It is a mind trip. I know I do not need them, and at this point, I just miss the habit. My head hurts, my shoulder hurts and I am actually starting to smell things again. I will be successful because I want to stop. But It is not an easy task. GOD Bless all of you who have quit. Stay on the path. It will serve you well.
There is 1 person I failed to mention. My fiance Angie. with her strength and confidence in me, I feel she contributed to a big part of it. She made me want to care for myself more. and in doing so I am taking charge of my life back. This is the cleanest my body has ever been Since I was 18 years old. Oh yes, I failed to mention… I was addicted to caffeine too. Good luck to all and their loved ones. I think I’ve turned this nicotine addiction into a posting my story addiction
My story (summed up): 21 years of smoking, Feb 24, 2011-trip to ER for highblood pressure. EYE OPENER!!!. Started bp meds and a AWESOME drug, Chantix, the next day. i thought i had to quit cold turkey but upon “reading thedirections” as us guys seldom do. It said its ok to smoke for a week and then pick a quit date. I got as far in as 8 days with the therapy and just forgot to get my smokes off of the table in the house while i was getting into my car. that was it? that was my fight? I couldnt believe it!!! I was venturing out into the world for an unknown amount of time and didnt have a single cigarette around me! I confess, I did have a urge or two just because of habits. So after returning home tht evening, I took the remaining 6 little killers and DESTROYED THEM! I ran thru the house and dumped all the ashtrays. looked aroud for any lingering “BUTTS” and then immediately took the trash out. and 50 hours and 45 minutes latter, I am doing just fine! My sons are VERY happy that their Dad quit smoking. Thanks be to God and Chantix.
That is wonderful. Wishing I could.
Shame on the scumbags who are trying to advertise smokeless cigarettes in this of all places. If you want some real help overcoming the chemical addiction to nicotine, see a doctor and get nicotine patches. Don’t just switch to a different kind of cigarette.
Quitting smoking isn’t easy and many people fail over and over but using smokeless cigarettes can be very helpful but they aren’t the full solution you still need willpower.
The key is the decision.
It starts with your mind. When you really, truly embrace the thought, “I don’t need cigarettes to enjoy life”, that you really start the walk.
For me it was LSD. I realized for the first time: I am separate from my body. my body protects me. Thus, if I want to survive I need to protect my body. Without my body, reality doesn’t exist. Reality not existing is scary. Thus, protect your body. Quit smoking.
And then it was done. I smoked every day for a year until 4 weeks ago. And since I haven’t had a single craving.
Starts with a choice.
All the people I ever loved were non-smokers and died of various cancers and heart diseases and I’ve noticed that everytime you get a story on the news about someone reaching their 100th birthday, they just happen to be smokers….no way I’m gonna quit coz I ain’t a quitter ! And anyway I’d hate to live a life of not smoking no matter how long it is coz it’ll be a miserable one….once a smoker, always a smoker…you can say you’ve given up but in reality you just stop yourself from doing that one thing that you know will make everything else allright and bearable !!!
It’s easy. It’s not nice, or painless, but it’s easy. Almost as easy as starting again:/
Haven’t smoked for 5 days, already. Came on kinda sudden, got a bad case of flu and I’m feeling too awful to even think about smoking.
Maybe, by the end of this, I won’t be a smoker anymore.
And that’s after 2.5 years of smoking at least 30 cigarettes a day (with spikes of up to 4 packs a day, on really stressful days).
I can’t quit smoking… i’ve tried
Muahaharr I’ve been smoking since 8th grade and I’ve never had cravings or withdrawal symptoms. Not once! I’m in college now and barely smoke more than 5 or 6 ciggs a week and I haven’t bought my own pack in I don’t know how long. I also used to smoke at least half a pack a day when I first started. Just goes to show it’s really all about will power, I can stop whenever I want and I never crave or feel terrible physically afterward, or maybe I’m just different.
You don’t think you’re addicted? Why do you smoke?
“I can stop whenever I want.” That’s the little devil on your shoulder talking. You, like me, won the genetic lottery as far as nicotine addiction goes–I have a cigar roughly once a month. If I’m under a lot of stress I’ll have one or two cigarettes that week, and then no more. But I routinely go for weeks and months with nothing.
We are the lucky ones, that’s all. And 5 or 6 a week? That’s once a day. That’s as often as I have espresso, and I count myself quite addicted to that.
I seriously don’t think you can compare 20years of AT LEAST a pack a day to you’re few years with a half a pack a day. And maybe you are just different, maybe even special. I’ve been smoking since before 8th grade, and now I’m 34. So over 20 years compared to 5 or 6? Plus you haven’t even had to deal with the realities of life yet. Try quitting after you’ve been a grown up for a while and had some real problems to deal with. Anyways your comments are offensive to me. Oh, and by the way, if you still smoke 5 or 6 a week, you haven’t quit, therefore you wouldn’t have any of the cravings or withdrawals. Duh. “I can stop whenever I want” Right dude. Then do it. And stop coming on here saying how easy it is. Will power. Jeez. Really?! AHHHHHH!!!
I’m a runner and i smoke. I have tried a lot of times to quite smoking but it has not been very effective. I will get the shivers and chills. I know by quitting smoking will help me a lot with my running and allowing me to have more stamina to participate in triathlons. Anyone can recommend any quick quit smoking plan?
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Don’t quit. Quitting is stressful. Smoking helps relieve stress. It’s a negative feedback loop. Cut down. See how long you can go without smoking a cigarette. i’m up to almost 37 years and counting. Smoking dreams are rare now. If you can make it to tomorrow, then tomorrow you can make it to the next day. Repeat.
I quit 2 days before Father’s day 2010. I had been smoking for about 30 years. The last couple of years I was cutting back and cutting back. I hated having to go outside in the winter or the rain in the summer. My daughter said she cried herself to sleep every night , because she was afraid that I would die before she graduated from high school. I went to a soccer practice and heard a parent tell one of the coaches about a couple that he knew who were lifelong smokers. The wife had 3-4 months left thanks to lung cancer and the husband had lost his lower jaw to cancer. That was a life changing moment. I announced to the surrounding family that I was quitting that night. I bought the patch, and never made it to step 2. I just found that I didn’t need the second stage patches.
How bad is smoking?
We went to a show at the Stratford Festival in Ontario and the couple in front of us went outside for a smoke break. I was astounded at how bad the smell emanating from them was. When I quietly complained to me wife, she only said “Now you know how it was for me when you were smoking.”
I haven’t smoked since I quit. Do I feel tempted at times? I would be lying if I said no. Sometimes I think that a single puff is all that want, and then I think that puff would probably make me violently ill. They say that nicotine rewires your brain so that you only get pleasure from having a smoke, but I must admit I quite enjoy my glass of wine since I quit smoking.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!