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One year without a smoke :D Only had to quit once
12 years ago
I'm proud of myself :3 Haven't smoked in a year to the day! I replaced the cravings entirely so it wasn't long before I didn't want to smoke anymore.
A few things were in my favor.
One, I planned on smoking before I smoked. Came up with a plan, bought packs just to give smokes to people and ask them about smoking months before I ever tried one. So, I knew exactly what I was getting into, and I never hated smoking or myself for doing it.
Second, I decided that I would only quit when it felt totally right, and I would only quit once. I decided this at the start of my 3 years as a smoker.
Third, I live in Minnesota. It's like the aftermath of a blizzard outside right now, and it's colder than the 7th circle of hell. Smoking outside is not fun.
Fourth, I had a good 'felt right' moment. Kmart was closing and selling nicotine gum for loose change. It was my niece's birthday and the day after 'smoking day'. Kmart iQuit.
Why did I start smoking? To take a break from the computer. I got so glued to the damn thing that I needed to give my body a reason to drag itself away from the screen, and it worked wonders. I adopted a diet that got me exercising and losing weight :) I would feel the urge to smoke, and then the urge to exercise so I wouldn't want to smoke. Now I'm fat but I won't have lung cancer :P
Herbal Cigarettes: Crappy tasting, expensive, didn't fix crave.
Hookah Shisha: Worked for a month w/nicotine gum. Annoying to set up each time, waste of time/money for quick fixes.
Nicotine Gum: I don't know why this should work. Tastes stupid and makes me feel nautious, but I bought so damn much of it. Anyone want a year supply of it? I'll ship.
Electric Cigarettes: This is what did it, and I'm still smoking it regularly. I used a "performance" one that looks like a .50cal bullet, but it wore down and got gross to smoke.
I ended up buying a cheap $25 USB rechargable ecig from Super America and used that for 8 months and still do. I don't buy their cartridges, I crack open the one they gave me and put in nicotine liquid I buy online (it tastes like Christmas). I buy a new battery/cartridge occationally when it gets wore down. I spend about $50/3 months on the cig and liquid, I smoke it everywhere including at work and it completely satisfies me :3 I plan on smoking this for many years.
I suggest trying a disposable $9 one if you want to quit :) if you already did, then you'll probably fall in love right away.
If you want to keep smoking then please switch to 'pipe tobacco' and tubes. You will save a metric shit ton of money if you can look past the 'high class' taste of packs-of-cancer and the 15 seconds to make a tubed-cig. Watch a movie, make 200 for $15. Don't sell them to kids but you could.
A few things were in my favor.
One, I planned on smoking before I smoked. Came up with a plan, bought packs just to give smokes to people and ask them about smoking months before I ever tried one. So, I knew exactly what I was getting into, and I never hated smoking or myself for doing it.
Second, I decided that I would only quit when it felt totally right, and I would only quit once. I decided this at the start of my 3 years as a smoker.
Third, I live in Minnesota. It's like the aftermath of a blizzard outside right now, and it's colder than the 7th circle of hell. Smoking outside is not fun.
Fourth, I had a good 'felt right' moment. Kmart was closing and selling nicotine gum for loose change. It was my niece's birthday and the day after 'smoking day'. Kmart iQuit.
Why did I start smoking? To take a break from the computer. I got so glued to the damn thing that I needed to give my body a reason to drag itself away from the screen, and it worked wonders. I adopted a diet that got me exercising and losing weight :) I would feel the urge to smoke, and then the urge to exercise so I wouldn't want to smoke. Now I'm fat but I won't have lung cancer :P
Herbal Cigarettes: Crappy tasting, expensive, didn't fix crave.
Hookah Shisha: Worked for a month w/nicotine gum. Annoying to set up each time, waste of time/money for quick fixes.
Nicotine Gum: I don't know why this should work. Tastes stupid and makes me feel nautious, but I bought so damn much of it. Anyone want a year supply of it? I'll ship.
Electric Cigarettes: This is what did it, and I'm still smoking it regularly. I used a "performance" one that looks like a .50cal bullet, but it wore down and got gross to smoke.
I ended up buying a cheap $25 USB rechargable ecig from Super America and used that for 8 months and still do. I don't buy their cartridges, I crack open the one they gave me and put in nicotine liquid I buy online (it tastes like Christmas). I buy a new battery/cartridge occationally when it gets wore down. I spend about $50/3 months on the cig and liquid, I smoke it everywhere including at work and it completely satisfies me :3 I plan on smoking this for many years.
I suggest trying a disposable $9 one if you want to quit :) if you already did, then you'll probably fall in love right away.
If you want to keep smoking then please switch to 'pipe tobacco' and tubes. You will save a metric shit ton of money if you can look past the 'high class' taste of packs-of-cancer and the 15 seconds to make a tubed-cig. Watch a movie, make 200 for $15. Don't sell them to kids but you could.
icewhisper
~icewhisper
Fantastic! A big congrats to you and your future health! :)
dracond
~dracond
Congrats Handsome
