Need A Damn Smoke!

[Calintz]

So I recently have been trying to quit smoking. I got the patch, and started at step 2. The problem with the patch is that it makes your arm sore (like you just got a needle in it) and gives you more Nicotine then your body is used to, the result is that you can become very, very sick. (I found out the hard way). So now I am trying to slowly give up on the patch, and smokes at once. Basically trying it "Cold Turkey". I'm telling you right now, it's difficult, I feel easily frustrated, and shaky, etc. Not a nice feeling. Any idea's of how to help quitting without using the patch or nicotine gum, etc?

[Ericho]

Play the game "Stamper's Quest For Fags". See if you can get the final 100-point medal. That'll drive you crazy enough.

[MudkipsPiano]

Throw cats. Hear them squeal. Now THAT'S addicting.

[Calintz]

At 9/13/09 05:13 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Throw cats. Hear them squeal. Now THAT'S addicting.

No, that wont do. I need something more!

[ZagmenO]

Do something to get your mind off them, or try something else, like something healthy maybe.

[ForkStorm]

Shut up.

[simon]

i've got an easier idea, buy some fucking cigarettes and smoke them, who cares about smoking?

[DragonFyre9]

I started smoking cigarettes a lot when I was 13 I decided when I turned 16 that I would quit, I haven't smoked since. After a week I didn't even want to smoke anymore. I wasn't really addicted though, I think that if anyone tries hard enough they can quit. If you get sick without the nicotine just live through it and you'll be better off after you've kicked the habit.

[Elder]

This should waste a cloupla hours of your day.
Long term? Play more videogames, such as TF2. Weeks of gameplay there.

[UnknownFear]

In some ways, I kind of want to take up smoking, but in other way I don't. I tried my first cigar the other day, Old Port Rum & whine and it was actually pretty good. I have bad lungs and know it's bad, but I guess I'm iffy on the whole thing.

[aquaticmole]

Just don't buy them.

[yurgenburgen]

There are some pills you can get which basically take away the urge to smoke. I know two people who have succesfully quit using them, and these are people who have smoked most of their lives and are now in their forties.

I am not sure what they are called but you could ask at a pharmacy or something. The people I know tell me that whenever they smell tobacco smoke, it makes them repulsed by it. I suppose it's like the Ludovico's Technique for smoking.

[EpicFail]

I need cigarettes too man, I feel ya.

[SessileNomad]

At 9/13/09 05:14 PM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/13/09 05:13 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Throw cats. Hear them squeal. Now THAT'S addicting.

No, that wont do. I need something more!

just stay on the BBS all day, you'll make it

[Jack]

You're going through the worst of it at the moment - just kept in there and you'll succeed.

Now go chew some gum or something.

[Eclipse914]

Smoke some weed.

[knightsofthecircle]

I hear cocaine is a nice substitute.

[Nucco]

I recently quit smoking. It has been a month as of yesterday and it hasn't been easy.

I've smoked for about five years and have been trying to quit for just over a year. Couldn't do it. The longest I went before now was four days.

My tactic? Set a goal. It helps tremendously. I decided I needed to save up for a down payment for a mortgage. I couldn't do it because I was smoking a pack a day at $12 a pack. You just need to convince yourself that something else is more important than a cigarette. It's still hard, I still get cravings (although not nearly as intense as the first few days), and I am still quite irritable - especially at work. If you get a craving just think of your goal and how hard your willing to work to get it.

It's possible, you just have to set your mind to it. Cigarettes are as addicting as you make them be.

[Toiletpaper]

At 9/13/09 05:14 PM, Calintz wrote: No, that wont do. I need something more!

Ok fine, pick them up by the tail and swing them around like a lasso if you REALLY want to.

Wear some armor though.

[DumbassDude]

At 9/13/09 05:14 PM, Calintz wrote:

At 9/13/09 05:13 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Throw cats. Hear them squeal. Now THAT'S addicting.

No, that wont do. I need something more!

Take up weed.

[PossiblePancakes]

Mmmmmm, cigarettes...does my sig make your cravings worse?

[iamgrimreaper]

Just throw all that away! Throw away the patches, the cigs, tell whoever runs the shop you buy them from to not ever give them to you! ever!

[JKMonkey]

Chew some gum, I do that whenever I need a smoke and dont have any on me and it usually does the trick.

[DumbassDude]

At 9/13/09 06:10 PM, PossiblePancakes wrote: Mmmmmm, cigarettes...does my sig make your cravings worse?

It looks more like shit being launched out of a toilet paper tube.

[Uchumaru08]

Shaddup! cigaretts or "fags" are bad for you. Chew gum or something.

[schoolmike]

Be quiet!

[TakeTheBait]

Willpower! Do other shit that you enjoy (play video games, watch interesting movies) try not to be around other people smoking.

[Sh0T-D0wN]

At 9/13/09 05:11 PM, Calintz wrote: Basically trying it "Cold Turkey". I'm telling you right now, it's difficult, I feel easily frustrated, and shaky, etc. Not a nice feeling.

The best way to avoid this type of situation...

.... Is to never get into it.

[M-Y]

Apparently giving up smoking is one of the hardest things to accomplish in life

[xWilson]

Trap yourself in a small room with just water, and food. Stay in there for about a month then i think you wont feel the need to smoke again.