E-Cigs the way to go. Not only did I stop smoking after 1 week on an e-cig, but I also sold my e-cig site for 1K after 13 months. 3 articles about the experience covered the cost of supplies and then some.
Anyone tried quitting smoking..
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I know where you're coming from... Cloudy head, irritability and it always sucks me back in two years after quitting! You just can't allow yourself to allow the idea of smoking into your life -- regardless of anything.
Nicoteen gum (especially Thrive) tastes good and gives you a rush. It's just another expensive addiction though.
Nicoteen gum (especially Thrive) tastes good and gives you a rush. It's just another expensive addiction though.
I have friend who is a smoker since he is 15 years. At the age of 20 he try to quit smoking but then every time he saw a cigarette he cannot he cannot insist to smoke again. 10 years later he died.. COD? lung cancer 
I keep trying. I gave up trying to quit smoking 99 times. but I quit 100 times. That's all that counts in the end. I haven't smoked in about a dozen years now. But I never had the concentration issues other than craving.
the concentration issues may be coincidental. maybe it's a.d.d. or certain types of depression (even though you don't "feel depress").
the concentration issues may be coincidental. maybe it's a.d.d. or certain types of depression (even though you don't "feel depress").
I couldn't quit until my 5 year old daughter said "quit daddy or you will die" I have been off the cigs since that day 13 years ago cold turkey. Its not the patches or pills or any of that shit, it has to come from the heart from a loved one, its a lot easier to go cold turkey. Awaiting the bashing of WF for being a puss!!
i quit smoking due to a close fnd of mine died due to cancer(smoking). the last words of his to me were quit smoking. don't loose your happy movements with your family.
I think what they mean is even though it's not in your body, it's still in your mind. From the day you quit, there has always been a portion of your thoughts (eventually pushed back into your subconscious) dedicated to getting more nicotine into your body. If it's keeping you preoccupied thinking of ways to get nicotine without smoking cigarettes, then you need to deal with whatever is triggering you to think that way. If you stay preoccupied with it long enough, it will cause your body to react adversely as well.
I quit Aug. 1st-
The first 3 days I felt like I was on drugs. My thoughts were muddy and my body felt exhausted.
3 days later I'm feeling better than ever and I never want another cigarette again.
The first 3 days I felt like I was on drugs. My thoughts were muddy and my body felt exhausted.
3 days later I'm feeling better than ever and I never want another cigarette again.
It's been two years since I quit smoking. In all honesty quitting smoking was harder than quitting drinking/drugging. The way I did it was just told myself I would be done after a certain day and I could smoke as much as I wanted until then. After that I didn't do any nicotine gum, but did take some leftover chantix I had from the last time I quit. I only had about 6 days worth but it was enough to get me over the initial cravings. days 2,3,6,7,9, and 11 are the worst. I still crave a cigarette every now and then but I know I can't have just one so I don't start. I'll tell you, life is 100000 times better without it and my thinking is much improved. I recommend it. But yea you have the cold sweats, dry mouth, hurt to think, felt like your body was pulsating...but it gets better.
Eat low-carb. Take this for what it's worth, but I can attest to some if not all of these claims on going low-carb, especially the one about improved mental concentration.
ecig helped me out a lot, been 2 month...and that's long for me.
starting to cut that down to, not a good plan to keep using nicotine dropped ecigs, a bit more nicotine in the drops but minus the 6000 other chemicals. So better either way
Slowly decreasing the drop amount and soon will be 100% free.
starting to cut that down to, not a good plan to keep using nicotine dropped ecigs, a bit more nicotine in the drops but minus the 6000 other chemicals. So better either way
Slowly decreasing the drop amount and soon will be 100% free.
Fuck, this thread is making me crave. I'm going for the regular breaks/only smoke on special occasions/when out with friends.
Have you tried a patch btw, OP? That way you get the physical addiction of the nicotine cut back, but without bringing out the psychological addiction with the chewing (which as someone above said, could lead to dip if you ever go back, which imo, is worse. Also, if you're really craving the psychological bit, you could do I've been doing for the past few days, keeping a pack of cocktail sticks by your desk and chewing them. (It's been over a month since I last smoked, but it's my 18th in a fortnight, so I'll be allowed to buy cigs legally, so been craving them a bit in the build-up to that)
Have you tried a patch btw, OP? That way you get the physical addiction of the nicotine cut back, but without bringing out the psychological addiction with the chewing (which as someone above said, could lead to dip if you ever go back, which imo, is worse. Also, if you're really craving the psychological bit, you could do I've been doing for the past few days, keeping a pack of cocktail sticks by your desk and chewing them. (It's been over a month since I last smoked, but it's my 18th in a fortnight, so I'll be allowed to buy cigs legally, so been craving them a bit in the build-up to that)
I think the OP THINKS that he will have higher cognitive function by having nicotine in his system. I shouldn't have to get into why it's completely wrong, and in fact the complete opposite will happen if he were to start smoking again.
Sorry bro, but you are imagining things.
Sorry bro, but you are imagining things.
Brief summary? I mean, personally, I can't see why it wouldn't, it's a stimulant.. People drink coffee to work better, people take adderall to work better...
Among other things, it (most stimulants including caffeine and nicotine) constricts blood vessels, meaning less circulation to the brain.
Another side effect of quitting, lasts for weeks to months an increase in O2 levels in the blood. This may seem like a good thing, but if your body has been going for years on lower O2 levels, the sudden increase will literally fuck with your brain.
Yes there are short term effects that might increase brain function for a very short period, but after that it's downhill, especially for long-time smokers.
Any perceived benefit of smoking should be outweighed by the fact that you're going to die early, the time you waste smoking (2-3 hours per pack, so for some people that can per day), and that there are better ways of increasing brain function, like changing what you eat.