I'm starting to really miss cigarettes
I didn't smoke for two weeks, then bought a pack of 10 on saturday as I knew there'd be smokers at the bash. Haven't bought any since then and am back on the patches now.

Give me some reasons why I'm better off without the thing that's been constant in my life for the last 15 years.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:04, 33 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I quit smoking a couple of months ago
I'd still sell my first born for a cigarette on a daily basis.

Anyone want to buy a slightly used 9 year old?
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:09, Reply)

Used?
In what way? I don't want something that's been.... sullied.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:11, Reply)

Patches = Waste of £
You either want to quit...or you will fail. Surrogates don't help.

So ave yourself the arseache, and spend pacth money on smokes until you actually decide its time to quit.

Then, and only then, get hypnotherapy to help with the social stuff (read: PUB) that would be difficult to handle in the early weeks.

What do I know? Been off the tabs for 7 yrs (smoked 40 rollies a day) and never ONCE missed them.

Enjoy your life - don't do what you THINK you should do, do what you WANT to do.

Sorry if this seems preachy, had 5 pints and wanting to help, probabl;y in a clumsy way.

:)
(Apathyman Prepare to be underwhelmed..., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:51, Reply)

I tried hypnotherapy and it didn't work as I'm not susceptible
:(
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:10, Reply)

My mum

( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:40, Reply)

Oh come on
it's not a difficult joke to get.

It's YOUR mum.

*shakes head*
(Bazongaloid, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:50, Reply)

If you leave the patches on at night,
you get really amazing and intense dreams.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 13:11, Reply)

Because:
they make you smell vile.
they make you look yellow.
they make you unfit.
they make you poor.
they make you much less kissable.

I quit six months ago... I still crave the little bastards... When I smoked I didn't think I smelt that bad. But now, when smokers come near me it makes me want to retch. I can't believe I expected the Fella (non-smoker) to enjoy snogging me. Bleurgh.

And now I've started enjoying the fact that I can keep up with the people I go walking with and don't have to stop halfway up a hill for a fag.

The Fellas mum put it best. She had an epiphany, looked at the fag she was smoking and said "hang on. Doing this... makes me want to do this. It's a no brainer". Stopped there and then and never looked back.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:53, Reply)

They already smell fucking awful to me, and yet I still want one

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:11, Reply)

me too
I did the same... no smokes till last friday for 3 weeks. i had about 15 (I was trollied) And now i'd happily kill for one. Thig is, i've got a friend coming to visit tomorrow, and she smokes like a chimney. Think i'd be better off admitting defeat for the weekend, or trying to power through the boozing with no fags?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 21:54, Reply)

How about saying to her that you've had one setback already, so you'd appreciate if she doesn't smoke around you
and definitely no smoking in the house?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:12, Reply)

no such luck
I live in a house full of fairly heavy smokers, its just normally I shut myself off in the dining room, hence avoiding the worst of it. My biggest issue is not smoking whilst drinking...
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:14, Reply)

You will look younger for longer. This might be a shallow reason but it's true.
Everyone thinks my younger sister is in fact older than me. We may only be 4 years apart but those 4 years can make a big difference if you smoke.


Oh! and you wont smell like a week old ashtray which is always nice.
( girlinthehole, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:02, Reply)

I already get asked ID for the damn things anyway, so that's not too much of a problem
the rapid yellowing of my hair when it should be white blonde is a bit disconcerting though
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:12, Reply)

I'll add a comment in a bit.
I'm just popping out for a fag.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:00, Reply)

I say this to far too many people. Sounding like like a broken mp3
These are how I gave up. Still get my nicotine but no longer feel the need to smoke. Dead cheap too. I'll send you a pack if you want to try them.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 22:59, Reply)

what do you do with it?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:11, Reply)

Slip it under your top lip
It then releases the nicotine in to your bloodstream. Similar to the patches, but it works a lot faster and keeps your mouth busy so you don't feel like putting a cigarette in it.

Edit - doing a little research, they contain less nicotine. It does get in you a lot faster though.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:13, Reply)

Sounds horrible and likely to give you mouth cancer to be honest. Thanks but i'll pass
I'm not an oral fixator anyway, its the holding bit I miss
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:16, Reply)

Holding?
*unzips*
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:18, Reply)

Oh shush you
I tried the nicorette gums and the odd tab things that you put in your mouth against your gums. I don't know if I have very sensitive gums, but they started to burn and I got mouth ulcers from it. Not nice
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:24, Reply)

Aww becky
You know I don't mean it :)

I shall buy you a drink at Tightly's bash. And then blow smoke in your face.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:27, Reply)

If you do then you'll be on the receiving end of a hearty slap
and not from my lustrous boobs.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:28, Reply)

Yes, I read about those earlier
Heh.

I shall behave myself, really. You know me; a paragon of decorum and good manners.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:36, Reply)

INTERNET FIBS

( thealternativefact, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:40, Reply)

Fair enough
Oddly enough it doesn't appeal to many...
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:19, Reply)

Cigarettes
Pros:
You get cancer and die.
You smell like a tramp has pissed in your mouth.
Teeth and fingers get that special "tramp's bum" tint.

Cons:
Nope, can't think of any.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 23:19, Reply)

All four of my Grahdparents smoked
All four of the died of cancer.

My grandmothers both died before I was born.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 4 Jun 2009, 6:57, Reply)

Cigarettes or superannuation
no point investing in both.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 8:09, Reply)

Stop smoking.
You have a better chance of being old and lonely. With cats.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 4 Jun 2009, 8:31, Reply)

^This.
Then you can be just like me : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 8:58, Reply)

Actually, you will have a better
chance of being old and happy because you won't feel like shit all the time due to the chronic effetcs of smoking.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 13:13, Reply)

It's not just that you will live longer if you quit,
but you will feel better, a lot better. If you could smoke and then have no ill effects but to die a couple of years sooner, that would be fine with me. However, that is not what really happens. It’s a quality of life decision. Instead of just dying sooner, you get a lot of nasty chronic effects from being more susceptible to colds, flu, etc, to not being able to be active, to emphysema, etc. You can’t smoke in most buildings anymore so you have to go outside to smoke. You stink and look older (doesn’t matter to you now, but wait until you are 35 and look 45).

All of that said, I used to love to smoke and it probably took me 10 years to really quit. As to the patches, if you leave them on at night, you get really intense and amazing dreams. This is because the nicotine does something like increasing the synapse firing in your brain and also causing the release of a bunch of other chemicals, (sorry I don’t know exactly what it is but I’m a geologist, not a doctor).

Good Luck.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 13:11, Reply)