Quitting Smoking For The Cause.

[Justinfrom1776]

I've been a smoker for about 10 years, I smoke about a pack a day. While brainstorming on how I could do more for the campaign I came up with a simple idea that will help me and the Doc.

At nearly 6 bucks a pack, I spend about $180.00/mo on cigs or $2160 annually. I've wanted to quit for a long time and this will be an extra incentive. I will donate my savings to the campaign. Who's coming with me?

[V3n]

+1 rep - You're helping RP and yourself at the same time! KUDOS!!

[specsaregood]

At nearly 6 bucks a pack, I spend about $180.00/mo on cigs or $2160 annually. I've wanted to quit for a long time and this will be an extra incentive. I will donate my savings to the campaign. Who's coming with me?

I hopped aboard that train the last campaign; still riding in the engine car. Welcome aboard!

[Slutter McGee]

Cant do it. sorry.

Slutter McGee

[phillies]

it's a win win! good idea

[Bruno]

Winner winner chicken dinner ( a dinner that you can actually taste once you quit smoking! :) )

+ rep and all the best to you on a great personal decision, my friend! I haven't touched a smoke for six years now and don't miss it a bit. I am in better shape at 42 than I was at 25.

[trey4sports]

we had a thread on this a couple months back, several people quit because of it, myself included.

+rep to ya

I chewed for roughly 4 years so you're addiction is stronger, but the thing that helped me most was a nicotine patch stepdown system. The first couple days were difficult because of the cravings but after a while the most difficult thing about quitting is replacing habits. In my case chewing while driving, having a dip after coffee, having a dip after a beer, etc etc was the most difficult. You will have to replace you instinctive habit of reaching for a cigarette when doing ______ .

[Son of Detroit]

+ rep. Good luck man!

[tfurrh]

Killthecan.org is a good forum for anyone that is looking to quit dipping or smoking. You might even be able to spread some Ron Paul love over there. Very good guys.

[cucucachu0000]

You could do this with all drugs and vices. If you gamble a lot you can cut back and give half of what u save to paul. To much porn????? Stop buying so much and give the proceeds to Dr. paul!

[Justinfrom1776]

Thanks for all the support, I'm 1 day in and 6 bucks richer so far.. It's hard to describe the craving, feels like there is an anvil on my chest! Chewing lots of gum for now.

[Son of Detroit]

You could do this with all drugs and vices. If you gamble a lot you can cut back and give half of what u save to paul. To much porn????? Stop buying so much and give the proceeds to Dr. paul!

Lol who buys porn anymore?

[belian78]

Awesome to hear, and Congrats on making that decision. I'm currently finishing up my 2nd week of being a non smoker after smoking for 15 years, so I feel your pain.

This worked for me, and I'll swear by it. Google search 'The Easy Way To Quit Smoking' by Allen Carr, you can find a pdf download. That book is how I was able to quit cold turkey after 15 years with no slip ups.

I wish you all the luck in the world!

[BuddyRey]

I'm a non-smoker (of cigarettes anyway) but this is a great idea! Good luck, and I hope you find some likeminded folks to join you!

[cucucachu0000]

Lol who buys porn anymore?
shit im always a step behind

[Slutter McGee]

Thanks for all the support, I'm 1 day in and 6 bucks richer so far.. It's hard to describe the craving, feels like there is an anvil on my chest! Chewing lots of gum for now.

I quit for a girl once. 6 months. Don't relapse. Exercise helps. Straws help with the oral fixation. The first week is the worst. Cold Turkey?

Slutter McGee

[dannno]

I'm sorta lucky I guess.. I enjoy a cig from time to time, but my body can't handle more than 2 or 3 in a day and I can go weeks without thinking about smoking one. I usually get cravings when I'm buzzing hard on alcohol and almost never crave them when I'm sober (and of course by sober I mean stoned).

[Nickwanz]

Congrats dude! The patch worked for me, I bought the cheaper generic ones. They worked fine for me. Just grab the step 2 and 3 ones even when you don't need them yet cuz you will be in step 2 or 3 and need the next box and then you can't find em anywhere! It will be a year in sept for me, I smoked a pack and a half a day from 16 to 26 and quit the first time I tried.

You can do it!

[Corpsman4Liberty]

I wish I could muster up the self restraint to quit smoking. :/

It's my one vice in life, I don't drink and sometimes I feel like I'm gonna have a panic attack when reading hayek and seeing what we're up against, which makes me want to smoke even more.

Congrats though!!

[belian78]

I wish I could muster up the self restraint to quit smoking. :/

It's my one vice in life, I don't drink and sometimes I feel like I'm gonna have a panic attack when reading hayek and seeing what we're up against, which makes me want to smoke even more.

Congrats though!!

It's all mental conditioning that you have to break through. There was a time before you smoked that you were able to deal with stress, right? It's just now you're conditioned to think that a smoke will calm your nerves, when actually the opposite is true.

There is always a low level need for nicotine in your body and brain, so when anything even approaching stressful happens it triggers your body and minds cravings. So when you smoke, you give your body an infusion of nicotine, and the craving subsides a bit. This is the feeling of relaxing with a smoke, nothing more. So really, smoking causes you to be more stressed than you actually would normally be.

Believe me, I can't even believe the things that used to stress me before. A sound, q sound would be enough to annoy me and send me outside for a smoke. Now I just laugh at myself looking back on it.

[Agorism]

I have a cigar once or twice a decade usually at ceremonies of sort.

Tis enough for me.

[robertwerden]

I quit smoking with the electronic cigarette about 2 years ago.

[pacelli]

Thanks for all the support, I'm 1 day in and 6 bucks richer so far.. It's hard to describe the craving, feels like there is an anvil on my chest! Chewing lots of gum for now.

Yep, I know that feeling. Been smoke-free for just about 5 months now. The cravings are still being felt, but the "anvil on your chest" feeling (as well as the 'teeth chattering/sensitivity' and the 'brain trying to poke a physical cigarette out of my forehead') feelings-- those all go away after the first couple weeks. But its tough. You'll deal with lung secretions (i.e. lungs repairing themselves, by giving you a nasty ass cough). That goes away after 14 days since your last smoke.

It isn't worth it to go back. I'd like to third or fourth Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" PDF. Its free, just google it. 1 month's worth of Chantix + Allen Carr's book + the support of my wife helped me quit. But each day there's at least a craving or two. The thing is that the cravings last much shorter than the amount of time it would take to actually find a cigarette and light it up.

Right now I'm on my first vacation in my entire life where I haven't smoked. It is amazing the cravings I've been laughing at. Honestly, the hardest craving now is seeing people on vacation actually enjoying themselves and appearing more relaxed while they are smoking cigarettes. And vacationing in Europe, everybody smokes. The great part is that I have no desire to actually smoke a cigarette, just cravings to return to a time where I found smoking enjoyable. But looking back, I hated dealing with the cough, and I hated dealing with the burning throat. Not to mention the irritability factor.. God, smoking cigarettes was a form of prison-- at least for me.

I'd encourage you to consider continuing your abstinence. Ron Paul's moneybomb is tomorrow, If you can make it through tomorrow, that's 1 less trip to the store, 1 less pack of smokes, and 20mg less tar on your lungs.

[specsaregood]

I'd encourage you to consider continuing your abstinence. Ron Paul's moneybomb is tomorrow, If you can make it through tomorrow, that's 1 less trip to the store, 1 less pack of smokes, and 20mg less tar on your lungs.

Also, let's not forget, let's *not* forget, dude... its less taxes for the beast! Screw em and their sin taxes.

[pacelli]

Also, let's not forget, let's *not* forget, dude...you its less taxes for the beast! Screw em and their sin taxes.

Yep. And even better, I don't have to listen to the fuckin' Eagles, either.

[V4Vendetta]

I'm in - I have 4 left out of this pack - I will make it my last 4. Been wanting to quit for a long time.
Any suggestions for helping the addiction graving?? Chew a straw?? toothpick?

[pacelli]

I'm in - I have 4 left out of this pack - I will make it my last 4. Been wanting to quit for a long time.
Any suggestions for helping the addiction graving?? Chew a straw?? toothpick?

Lots of water to flush out the toxins from your body, and, ready allen carr's book. And gum (I highly recommend Spry, it has no toxic aspartame or high fructose corn syrup). Also take plenty of vitamins (I recommend Purity Products all-in-1 gold pack).

Every time you want a smoke, go outside for a walk / jog / pushups. Involve your family and friends in your decision to quit. Just stop. Realize that it was hard work to start smoking, you smoked several before you were actually doing full inhales, and realize it will take several days before your lungs are working again.

One thing I forgot to mention is that your lung secretions will start approx. 48-72 hours after your last cigarette, and will stop approx 2 weeks after your last cigarette. You absolutely have to make it 3 days once you stop in order to see the bad shit come out.

One mental game that helped me quit was telling myself, "ok, I think I'm not going to QUIT, I think I'm just going to STOP for awhile". Awhile turned into 5 months, so far. No desire to lose that 5 months to a bullshit cigarette.

[bunklocoempire]

I'm in - I have 4 left out of this pack - I will make it my last 4. Been wanting to quit for a long time.
Any suggestions for helping the addiction graving?? Chew a straw?? toothpick?


Gum. Sunflower seeds, I like 'em, they've got flavored ones these days.

Walks and zoning out on the x-box/similar helped me.

When possible, beer, lots and lots of beer.:)


Originally Posted by pacelli- One mental game that helped me quit was telling myself, "ok, I think I'm not going to QUIT, I think I'm just going to STOP for awhile". Awhile turned into 5 months, so far. No desire to lose that 5 months to a bullshit cigarette.
^^^ This helped me as well^^^

Everyday it'll get easier, stick with it. I was a little weird for a few days but also noticed lung capacity improvement at the same time. Pretty cool!

I kicked it on my 2nd attempt about 10 months ago after 27 years of puffin' weezin' and nicotine stains. I was an excellent smoker.;)

You can do it!

Bunkloco

[specsaregood]

^^^ This helped me as well^^^


I kept yelling at myself, calling myself an effing p*ssy. The people at the supermarket thought I was nuts, the upside being people got out of line in front of me.

[Bruno]

Not thinking of it as quitting helped me. It is a choice every morning to begin smoking that day. I thought it as never choosing again to smoke.

And I agree exercise is very helpful. Chances are as a smoker you probably don't bike or jog much. Pick up that habit or another healthy one instead.

Smoking relaxes because it relieves the stress the addiction causes. That goes away and you feel relaxed again without a smoke.

Best wishes to all!

[belian78]

I'm in - I have 4 left out of this pack - I will make it my last 4. Been wanting to quit for a long time.
Any suggestions for helping the addiction graving?? Chew a straw?? toothpick?

This is what I would suggest, but it would include buying just one more pack of smokes.

*Disclaimer: While I smoked my last pack I was reading that book, The Easy Way to Quit Smoking*
While smoking that pack, everytime you smoke one be conscious of the entire act. The taste, the feel of it going into your lungs, the way it makes you smell.. Everytime, take long, deep drags of of them and really feel what you are putting in your lungs. Really experience what it is you are doing to yourself, and ask yourself everytime, 'do I truly enjoy this, or am I just satisfying my addiction to nicotene?'.

If you are truly ready to be done smoking, by the time you are finished with that pack you will be forcing yourself to finish a cigarette, I had to. Then just realize that the cravings you feel in the first couple days is just that evil addiction being cleansed from your body. Think about that last pack and how you realized that you were just satisfying your addiction, and that once it's broken, you'll finally be free of that nasty ass cigarette.

After about 3 days the physical cravings go away, from there it's just breaking the mental conditioning of 'I usually smoke when I do...', remind yourself.. "hey, I don't ever have to cheapen this experience by sucking on one of those nasty things ever again". You'll find yourself very pleased when you do.

[trey4sports]

This is what I would suggest, but it would include buying just one more pack of smokes.

*Disclaimer: While I smoked my last pack I was reading that book, The Easy Way to Quit Smoking*
While smoking that pack, everytime you smoke one be conscious of the entire act. The taste, the feel of it going into your lungs, the way it makes you smell.. Everytime, take long, deep drags of of them and really feel what you are putting in your lungs. Really experience what it is you are doing to yourself, and ask yourself everytime, 'do I truly enjoy this, or am I just satisfying my addiction to nicotene?'.

If you are truly ready to be done smoking, by the time you are finished with that pack you will be forcing yourself to finish a cigarette, I had to. Then just realize that the cravings you feel in the first couple days is just that evil addiction being cleansed from your body. Think about that last pack and how you realized that you were just satisfying your addiction, and that once it's broken, you'll finally be free of that nasty ass cigarette.

After about 3 days the physical cravings go away, from there it's just breaking the mental conditioning of 'I usually smoke when I do...', remind yourself.. "hey, I don't ever have to cheapen this experience by sucking on one of those nasty things ever again". You'll find yourself very pleased when you do.



sounds like you were employing some NLP tactics.

[belian78]

Not exactly sure what NLP tactics are, but all I know is it worked for me. LOL

[V4Vendetta]

:) very good suggestions guys - I think I will take Belian78's advice. I just ordered Allen Carr's "Easyway to Stop Smoking" Hopefully that's the book you're talking about.
I'll try that, and see if it works, if not, then I'll just try sheer willpower, gum, & sunflower seeds.
Either way I'll start reading the book here shortly.
:-) thx for the advice guys.

[belian78]

Awesome to hear, again good luck! Just remember, the most important thing is to truly want to quit.

[specsaregood]

bump, how is it going for the new non smokers in our group?
i hope all is well.

[Xenophage]

I'll stop smoking if the BATF is eliminated. That's a solemn pledge.