How and Why I Quit Smoking 50 A Day For Over 35 Years

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

Good for you. I quit 6 years ago after over 30 years of smoking and it was the best choice I ever made in my life.

[@rqjgaming]

How many cigarettes u smoke a day?

[@scottpringle5486]

1 a day lol

[@scottpringle5486]

Who me gamingkid

[@frankr649]

How many cigarettes u smoke a day?

[@Jhonnyfrs]

There are many components to giving up drinking including eg motivation and help from family. One resource I found that successfully combines these is the Sebs Magic Tactic (see the website SebsMagicTactic.com) definately the most incredible idea that I've seen. Check out the site and incredible testimonials.

[@alanwalsh8056]

You have to want to quit, it's all in the mind, you can do it. Belive in yourself

[@Loudes012]

Trying to have good dental hygiene made me quit. If dental work was not done, with the necessary advice that smoking should be avoided, would have never quit.

[@andredupreez841]

Thank you Doug for publishing this video. I quit cold turkey and is 30 days clean after 44 years averaging 20 a day, like you said more than once: "if I can do it, then anyone can do it".

[@EinSofQuester]

What does cold turkey have to do with quitting smoking? I don't care if you kicked your turkey habit. This is about smoking.

[@va3ux]

@@EinSofQuester You're kidding, right ?

[@EinSofQuester]

@@va3ux I am completely serious that it is imperative to quit smoking. Eating cold turkey is a benign activity

[@Emily_Entropy]

Congratulations, Doug! I've felt so much better since I quit. I hope your health improves too!

[@jackwebb5917]

I was meant to watch your video today. I’ve been smoking for 39 years on and off (mostly on!). I’m 57 now. I’m facing spine surgery (fusion) in 3 weeks and smoking severely will greatly endanger a proper fusion. I was very inspired by you and your story, because you were a smoker and KNOW how difficult it is to quit. By this weekend I will do the same and stop cigarettes but weaning myself off nicotine with all the options you presented. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and being so real! Wish me luck!

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Hi Jack, I’m pleased the video has helped you out. And if I can do it anyone can and the patches etc really do help a lot. And I do hope,you surgery goes well, so good luck with that. Please let me know how it goes and how it goes with the quitting. Cheers Doug

[@AnimaLibera]

Giving up smoking is the single best thing you can do for your health - and your pocketbook. I kicked the habit 36 years ago. It was tough but failure was not an option. The withdrawal symptoms were pretty bad for about a week and I couldn't sleep at night, but after that it was smooth sailing. I'm still an addict and I know that one cigarette would be enough to get me started all over again but it's not something I have to worry about because I find cigarette smoke pretty disgusting now.

[@djholliday4413]

Thanks for this video. I will be 40 in 6 mos. I have been smoking since the age of 16. I want to quit. I'm having numerous side effects. I am finding the strength. I'm going to take the leap. I appreciate your complete honesty about the addiction & quitting process.

[@ModernGoddess81]

How’s it going on your non smoking journey?

[@Ellieangel777]

Did you quit? How are ya?

[@wcm5150]

We are all proud and happy for you Doug. Great video too. Hopefully your story will help change some minds.

[@PaulOrtiz]

Thanks for sharing Doug. Your channel has been a huge help to me in setting up my iPad studio and enhancing my desktop setup. Best of health to you!

[@sureiguess1]

One of the most real discussions on cigarettes I've seen. Not just a bunch of facts spit at me and statistics hat just go in one ear and out the other. A real person with his own personal experience. Good video.

[@martinadoherdoherty6073]

I agree. Great video. I smoked for 50 years and I'm blessed because I'm in good heath. For the last 10 years I battled to get off the cigs. I started using the niocrette spray and I gave up 24th Sept 2021. I am still addicted to the spray. I gave up the cigs but not the spray. Anybody have any suggestions?

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@martinadoherdoherty6073 First of all, congrats for making it this far! Our friend in this video here mentioned a drug where it blocks the nicotine receptors in your brain. He said that it didn’t work for him, but I found it to be absolutely amazing and is what helped me quit on both successful attempts… The original the name of it is Chantix, but in certain countries it is labeled as Champix. They also made generic versions of it. The medicine works by not only blocking the nicotine receptors in your brain, but also block the dopamine reward system from giving you gratification when you get take in any nicotine. It also will usually cause nausea from nicotine too. All these things add up to you reducing your nicotine habit to the point that you just don’t crave it anymore. You don’t even need to set a quit date with it (which I find to be too stressful in and of itself!), because you will just wake up one day within a month’s time and not feel like doing it anymore. It’s a miracle how that medicine works, tbh. You will still be tempted every once in a while with a craving of course, just because it has become a coping mechanism when stressed out, and ingrained behavior associated with routines etc, but when the nicotine isn’t in your system anymore after 2-3 days (and barely was the day you quit), it is just a temporary mind over matter moment that will pass in a few minutes time.

[@TheMasterpulha]

Great story, I stopped this January first. Using gum to calm down the withdrawal symptoms, and it's working. Videos like this help me stay on track with quitting. Thanks!

[@littlebeebs1]

Thanks Doug . I am a pretty heavy smoker myself. I have smoked since I was 15 years old and I am 45 now. 3/4 of my life. I have quit in the past and stayed quit for up to two years or so. I felt really good when I would quit. There would always be something silly. That made me start back. Like drinking. Every time I would drink I would crave cigarettes so bad that I would cave and start back. I haven’t been a heavy drinker in a good eight years, but now I am so hooked on cigarettes from being on them for so long that it’s just so much harder to put down. I feel like cigarettes are that one final addiction that I have been too stubborn to let go of. But reminding me that nicotine is a drug and I can get that drug through other avenues is inspiring. I’ve always use the packaging when I quit. But maybe I will add a vape or inhaler that. I plan to try soon because I’m tired of feeling like crap. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@joyceelmer131]

I quit 31 years ago. No more Bronchitis. 76 now. Was 1 pack/day. No more breathing problems.

[@lavishdeluna6099]

This is a fascinating video and a very valuable, personal insight. Thank you for opening up and putting yourself out there, and it's not only inspiring that you were ABLE to quit but also that you had the gumption to go through the trouble. That's something that people overlook, I think; there's the major accomplishment and major life-change that everybody sees, but there's also the minute-to-minute and daily troubles of seeing people, dealing with prescriptions, and generally taking care of yourself, and that shit ain't easy to go out and do. Your content has been an inspiration to me for years, so I'd be sorry to see your music and videos get stopped-up due to health issues: my personal and selfish thank-you for taking care of yourself where you can!

[@MicahW444]

After 10 years of smoking between 4-7 cigarettes a day I quit smoking. I’m 26 in my second week. Today was the hardest day of cravings yet, but I held strong, this video helped a lot. I hope you’re doing well today.

[@ChrisJones-wd2wf]

Good self control to smoke 4-7 a day

[@Kazsquatch]

@@ChrisJones-wd2wf for real

[@tricktaylor]

I was smoking a pack a day for like 15 years and got down to about 7 a day and felt awesome about myself. Then i was soon back up to 16 after a couple years. 18 days off the cigarettes. Wearing a nicotine patch.

[@djdoolittle1315]

Very well done! I eventually weened myself off the e-cig too. You deserve to be proud man, it's the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Thanks 💚✌️🎵

[@ModernGoddess81]

Are you still smoke free?

[@zaynrathore1609]

Men you’ve just spoken my heart out. I will come back to thank you soon for motivating

[@ShaneRyanMusic]

Off the cigs a week now, I'm nearly 50. My main motivation is my children, but also the most precious thing most of us have is our breath. Lucky enough where I live the air a relatively pure and clean and I'd pick that over a cigarette any day. Everybody's case is different, so good luck to all... 😊

[@polarpaul]

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Addiction can be a very tough nut to crack and sometimes the most difficult aspect is avoiding its impact on us or putting ourselves down for not being able to quit in addition to the very real physical and emotional impact it has. Hope this helps others trying to move on.

[@left0verture]

Well done Doug. Not an easy thing to do - props for getting clean!

[@katherinekizito7559]

Conratulations! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Love your Scouse pragmatism and honesty!

[@stefanluginger3682]

I am 33 years. That’s my first day of quitting.

[@James-fr9sq]

You still not smoking?

[@amirularief5606]

you still not smoking?

[@FORCEMORR1S]

I'm 36 today is day one

[@warzoneboii2693]

Thankyou for this. Ive started in the patches today, and looking for some motivational info. I like the way you describe your journey, and the difference it made to you. Keep up the positive spirit.

[@lescar2582]

Love your Roger Dean poster! -- Great video. Stay strong and \m/. I'm right with you...

[@kathprice7417]

Thank you so much I have to quit smoking, the hospital told me my lungs are really bad, I have looked for help to quit and you are the only person that has talked my language, thanks for your help.

[@JewessChrstnMystic]

How old are you and how long have you smoked?

[@ridernthasun]

Thank you I have smoked for over 30yrs and trying to quit with a vape and it helps but I have to quit due to severe lung problems and listening to you was really a help and kudos to you for stopping!

[@elizabethsmith6375]

Thank you for being real. You have given me hope . I will visit my doctor.

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Best of luck!

[@NSBRO-nu4dh]

Great video Doug. You didn't lecture or shame once which is what anyone needs who is struggling to quit. I see heavy drug addicts on the streets and I realize my smoking is equally addictive, so I am a hypocrite in some regard when I turn away from them. On / off smoking for the past 27 years I smoke about 1/2 pack to full pack / day, depending on stress levels or life circumstance. I convinced myself years ago to quit, but dated a nurse who smoked about the same amount. Every time I would go to visit her on a night shift break, I would smoke with her and even a few Doctors at their secret meeting point outside the hospital. One Doctor rationalized, by saying the we are far more at risk by breathing the carbon monoxide produced by vehicle and industrial pollution. Thank you...well done! 👍

[@Redpiercemond1]

Good job Doug, I've been there and done that, just like you I was a major nicotine junkie until I quit with the help of nicotine replacement therapy, believe it even gets better after a few years pass by. Very proud that you managed to jump off the merry-go-round. Many thanks for all the very inspiring videos you post, keep up the good work.

[@stephenbeauman6290]

Good show! I'm proud of you! Don't give up.

[@maggiesmith5395]

Smoking is an addiction.Anyone who understands addiction knows that you need to replace the addiction with something in it's place to be successful. I also vape, because I understand I am addicted to nicotine. I just switched the way I got my drug. I went from 18mg, and slowly lowered it until now I am at 3mg of nicotine. The biggest hurdle is the habit of when you smoke. Thank you for your video.

[@rickdb8480]

Maggie Smith untrue, my mum smoked for 30 years, a huge smoker, she just one day decided to quit cold turkey, didn’t replace it with a thing, she doesn’t do any drug or anything like that, she’s always been straight edged seperate from the nicotine, it’s been 16 years and she can’t even stand the smell of smokes. There are millions more just like my mum, you do not need to replace it with anything, at all!

[@petermachiela5441]

Wat works for some doesn't work for everyone, what ever helps for you

[@kidnicky7489]

You're wrong

[@alanwalsh8056]

It's all in the mind, belive in yourself, you will do it

[@johncronin5311]

Not ttue

[@JakobHaq]

Congratulations Doug! =D

[@babanraut1586]

I've been researching into giving up smoking and found a fantastic resource at Avyan Smoke Tactics (check it out on google)

[@lusandagcaza517]

I've been researching into giving up smoking and found a great website at Quit Smoking Crusher (google it if you're interested)

[@joseantoniovidalmelzi1091]

2 days? That's a Miracle, Doug! Cabbage is good! And walking your dog! God Bless!

[@jeanniestephens483]

I really enjoyed your down to earth talk. THANK YOU!

[@joeboygsxr]

Good man Doug, great to see that you are feeling better after quitting even if your on all the meds. Both you and Tim Webb have quit and are vaping now

[@mCKENIC]

Congrats Doug mate! Brave post sir, keep at it. Im 3 years on the e-cig myself (started smoking at 12, 42 this year) - more power to you!

[@hayleylauren5340]

I gave up smoking while on champix. It works. But a warning to people who suffer depression, it made my depression and suicidal thoughts alot worse at the time and took me 4 months to recover. So just be aware of potential side effects and have plans in place if u get them.

[@roisinwelch4852]

Well done Doug! Great video! Enjoyed listening to you` And thanks for sharing your story so honestly. All the best!

[@samwhither9457]

I quit today. And i'm already a non smoker. I've tried to quit twice in the past and succeeded both Times to quit smoking for over a year. This time however i KNOW it's for good. I'm done with the filthy habit

[@2msvalkyrie529]

👍. That's the Spirit ! You ARE a non smoker .!! Keep repeating that and all that it means . I say that as a one time 30 a day guy. It IS all in the mind.!!

[@charmainethorneycroft2872]

Well done mate you have given my partner the incentive to quit hes 61 year old copd take care x

[@mattalexzweig]

Such an honest video. Thank you.

[@iamwhodis]

Im 43. I smoked, and now I vape and use snus at the same time. I need to quit nicotine completely to see if my blood pressure will go down. Your story wasn't exactly what I needed but thank you for your story and your determination is good to hear about. Look into a keto diet..it can cure.your diabetes and can help with auto immune problems

[@chrisnoon8566]

agreed...You should look at Keto diet Doug

[@mrdhungel6684]

It is nice to hear your story but you haven't got rid of your nicotine addiction at all. As long as you take nicotine in any other form, it is going to cause hypertension, hamper your sugar metabolism as well as may even kill you by creating a clot in your arteries and vein. The best way to quit any addiction is to go cold turkey. It will feel horrible for few days but after that your body will recover that. Few days of misery is still better than lying in hospital bed waiting for death. Imagine that. I have smoked for 29 years. I just quit cold turkey. One thing that kept me going : i took this craving for nicotine as a curse from one of my haters, and i felt pleasure killing their curse out of my body. I have been smoke free for 5 yrs. Never ever again. Thank god , got out of that nightmare. Man just don't even vape. Just quit. Don't take nicotine in any form

[@zorajay7116]

Acerace ae .. You have inspired me. I've been in recovery for 28 years but I was still addicted to nicotine. I kept saying " my great uncles and aunts smoked and chewed tobacco up to their 90s. I'm not going to quit" One month ago I went to my Dr about my increase problem with arthritis. it wasn't arthritis. It's vascular disease. I'm a vegan without a major disease and because of smoking I have vascular disease. My Dr talked to me for an hour. She prescribed Chantix but I got off 1 week ago because I wanted to go cold turkey. last November WE lost one of the most beautiful spiritual women in narcotics anonymous from trading cigarettes for e cigarettes. she had a double lung transplant because the e cigarettes caused scaring on both lungs. by God's grace we had her 2 more years. She was only 60 years old. I think of her legacy and her spirit and think I know she would be cheering me on and fussing if I had a craving. I'm feeling better. still have cravings but I know they will pass. thank you so much for your comments💚

[@mrdhungel6684]

My pleasure :)

[@BuddhaofBlackpool]

Acerace ae you're right.

[@FringeWizard2]

I'm unable to get addicted to anything but watching through these vids to help someone with an addiction to smoking end it. It's kind of hard for me to figure out what to tell him when I myself simply just don't do whatever and that's it, I've never been able to form an addiction to anything. My will power however is insane, I can endure anything even to point of passing out or being near death, I can fast and I can exercise so intensely and do so many other things I get right to the limits. I don't really know how to help someone other than say "just don't do it" so I am trying to think of something better to say. To me any kind of thing that is stopped by simply not doing something is tremendously easy. To eat you have to put in the effort to prepare food and lift it up to your mouth and eat it. To drink you have to do something. To smoke you got to light a cigarette and put it to your mouth. Simply... doing nothing is way easier. As for the suffering and pain I am completely detached from my own emotions and feelings and thoughts, not identified with them. I never was raised to be comfortable and avoid pain either. I don't know. I wish I could help others with addictions better but it's really easy for me to just stop, even if it makes me terribly sick for days or weeks, I don't think even once to start doing something that makes me that sick when I stop again.

[@Dave-rm1mb]

Yeah it sounds like an obvious thing to say but if you genuinely want to quit, you will. 90% of the addiction is psychological. It's not all that hard if you genuinely want to quit. It's only hard if you're still in that mindset where you enjoy smoking. The E-Cigg was helpful in that it showed me that I didn't need it. I bought an E-Cigg but stopped using it after a few days and my brother was the same. It was that which made me realise that it was all in the mind and that I'd simply had enough after two decades of smoking.

[@ElSmusso]

So this is the friendly face of the Maestro voice of "thesoundtestroom" :) wish you well from Norway, Doug. I follow all your videos. You help many with your work. I quit smoking for 10 weeks in 2014, but blew it after the X-ray of my lungs were fine :)

[@jamesd6996]

Great video, thank you! I quit vaping 28 days ago. I smoked for 15 years and vaped for 5. Let me tell you vaping is also bad for you. Yeah it's less harm than cigarettes but don't be fooled. My withdrawal was bad. I had massive panic attacks. Massive. They are subsiding now but Im having lots of other symptoms while my body adjusts to being nicotine free. I regret so much that I started at the age of 15, I was a child. It is what it is. I'm 37 now and Im quitting cuz yeah it began making me feel sick. I also lost my teeth.

[@ColTravis]

You sound like me and listening to your story gives me hope that I can do it too!

[@jaynoggle]

Congrats Doug! Very powerful story. Although I'm not a smoker myself, I've followed the sound test room for a couple years and for what ever reason could not avoid watching this video. Fyi, I appreciate what all you do with the tutorials. I also learned something else tonight... We are the same age! Lol

[@dawntreader815]

I needed to hear this thank you for your honesty.

[@heeeeeresrossy]

I'm 45. I was diagnosed with Type1 diabetes at age 22. From the age of 15 I had smoked...not even a diabetes diagnoses put me off. In fact, my attitude was - "I've got years until diabetes & smoking catches up with me" never actually thinking it would catch up so quick. But for the past couple years I have been feeling more & more breathless & tired day by day. I've lost 3 teeth in that time too which is without a doubt a mixture of poor diabetes control & smoking. So last week I just thought - "Enough is enough" and decided now was the time to finally knock that filthy habit on the head once & for all before something serious happens to me. Cold turkey is the only way...just as long as I avoid alcohol for a few weeks, lol.

[@NaturalandpuresoapNPS]

Did you have autoimmune before you took the stop smoking drug? I didn't but within a fortnight of taking it I had an autoimmune reaction that is still with me today, this was 16 years ago. Taking Zyban was the worst decision I ever made. (See the patient information leaflet - new and updated after the trial none of us knew we were on).

[@greenhoodie]

With the diabetes look into the more low carb/ketogenic diet to get that sorted. You're heading in a good direction, keep it going 👍 good work.

[@martinadoherdoherty6073]

thanks for sharing. I have smoked for 50 years and I stopped by using nrt. Well done to you and I'm sorry you have so many illness I am very lucky I'm 64 and the only illness I have through smoking is cold. you are an inspiration to many

[@grahamkelly8662]

Right now, I vape and I smoke weed mixed with tobacco and I so badly wish I could quit all of them. I’m watching some quitting smoking vids , to try and get some motivation. I just absolutely hate feeling like I need to constantly vape or smoke. It’s been 20 odd years now and I’m so sick of it.

[@danielle7729]

the vape messed up my lungs worse than 10 years of smoking. I never coughed after vaping like i did with cigarettes and i thought that meant it was better. NO. after i vaped for about 2 years, i developed a horrendous, lung rattling cough. I am using nicotine gum now. I still have the awful cough and have to do lung exercises multiple times a day to get the mucous to come up. I just turned 33

[@Bone74838]

Sounds like popcorn lung. If you havent, get it checked out.

[@Keithbarber]

I tried chain smoking but could never get the metal to light

[@scottpringle5486]

2 a day u will be fine

[@Keithbarber]

@@scottpringle5486 only zero is the safe limit

[@Keithbarber]

A year or more later neither of you 2 got the joke

[@jasonclarke7422]

@@Keithbarber😂 that joke was totally waisted on at least two people.

[@Keithbarber]

@@jasonclarke7422 I know that 🤣

[@misharial-ebrahim7239]

proper nice bloke....well done mate...proud of you!!!!!

[@zelmaeverson1628]

Hi just watched your video. I think you are awsome. Well done. I’m on my 2 week smoke free. I’m from Namibia 🇳🇦

[@lizzymarquez4430]

Thanks for posting this video, it will help me and others quit

[@annenorth8553]

I did exactly the same as you, I DECIDED to do it for real, and started taking the patches and lozenges because I wanted to, rather than using them because I felt forced to do it. I also use a vape with 0% nicotine, which gives me the hand to mouth habit, and getting a throat hit....

[@ByteMe2Day]

Good job! Very inspiring. Keep up the good work and keep making videos. You have a fan in the states that's rooting for you. You have to stick around since I subscribed to your channel. Who else is going to review music apps as thorough as you?

[@ericameiring7388]

Well done to You!

[@iqosuser2754]

Well done you a champion 🏆 the most fascinating video on you tube. I downloaded to play it over and over for inspiration..God bless btw I'm 69 smoked for 55 years. So yeah thanks again Ben Cape Town. 👍

[@prashanjitghosh5861]

So honestly u speak love you brother... u my inspiration for quitting.... just my 1 week into quitting.

[@quintoonartt]

Thank you for sharing, u are a beacon of hope and defintley made an impact on my life

[@schmodizzle4465]

What a nice guy , really genuine 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@peterc9153]

Some similarities with myself. I am on the 7th day of my cold turkey quit from an approx. 25-30/day habit. I am 56. Worst of the withdrawals is over. I did have pneumonia with an infected lung that is why I decided to quit in the first place. Beginning to feel a lot better now. Coincidentally my 87 year old mother has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. As her full-time carer I am now getting to grips with that - injections twice a day, blood testing, diet etc.

[@stanfluellen2689]

Thanks for sharing your story. I found it very helpful.

[@Dave-rm1mb]

Nice to hear a story from a real ex-smoker and not some millennial telling us how they got over a severe habit because they've smoked for a few years. I was a moderate smoker during my late teens/20's/30's. I'd smoke around 15 cigarettes a day and then changed to rolling tobacco in my 30's and would smoke around 20 roll ups per day. I quit last year after having smoked for about 20 years in total (I'm 37 now). By brother had quit the year before and that's what really gave me the motivation tbh. I went through the usual cycle that many smokers do where they say they will quit but never do. I came to realise that I just enjoyed smoking and this is why I couldn't quit. Sure, nicotine is physically addictive but it doesn't have that much of a hold on you. 90% of the battle is simply the will to want to quit and this is where allot of smokers are not honest with themselves when they try quitting, including myself years ago. It seems like an obvious thing to say but it's the key and it;s something that is overlooked. You have to get to that place where you've genuinely had enough of smoking and it;s the same for any drug albeit it the withdraw is worse with some than it is with others ofc. What happened to me was that I decided one day that enough was enough. At 37 I was starting to actually notice some of the effects of smoking such as bad blood circulation not to mention the cost of cigarettes is getting out of control so I decided I'd just had enough of it. I bought some nicotine patches and an E cigg. On the second day the patch fell off and I thought I'd leave it off until the next day. It was then when I realised that I didn't need the patch. I continued with the E cigg for a few days although I soon found that I didn't need that either. I find that the E cigg has helped allot of people get from the stage of feeling they need a cigg to the stage where they realise they don't really need it at all and that most of it is in their mind.

[@abrahamlincoln6619]

I hope you quit both but I just wanted to mention, I just paid $10.38 for a pack of American spirit's. That should be enough motivation to not smoke right there.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

100 %. You've GOT to be at the point when you are sick of smoking . When you can really visualise yourself as a non smoker . ! If you're not at that point then it's not going to work !!

[@staceyvictoria8647]

You are a millennial 😂 im also 37, born in 86. I started smoking at 13 🤦‍♀️

[@staceyvictoria8647]

​@@KieranDuncanyou're Gen Z

[@abrahamlincoln6619]

I'm to the point in my addiction where there isn't enough time in the day to smoke as much as I want to. I can smoke 3 in a row and still want another, it's becoming pointless. I hope I can just fully realize it and quit already. I've been talking about quitting since I started again 4 years ago.

[@TannisHenriksen]

How are you doing.. You're telling my story and I've got to quit

[@tetasnuttyworld6203]

​@@TannisHenriksensame here

[@scottferguson2702]

I have smoked for 44 years and I tried cold turkey.I was climbing the walls.I went back to smoking.Smoking addiction is a phsical addiction.Anyone that tells me otherwise is full of Shyte!

[@dreamzofhorses]

Yes it is a strong physical and mental addiction. Worst of Physical withdrawal last 3-4 days, then it lessens greatly then gone. but mental is harder. That’s the part you need a plan. When your brain says have a cig, drink water or sip candy or find out what’s really bothering you at the moment. Identify triggers like being around people who smoke or stress and avoid, counter act and be prepared. Maybe you can’t go out with those friends for a while. Maybe start another habit something to do with your hands - make jewelry or knitting or whatever you want to learn. I went to the dollar movies a lot the first couple weeks. For me I had no problem sitting through movies without a thought of a cig. I could focus on the movie. Point is different things work for different people. Now that my health is compromised (turning 60 this year) what I want vs what I need are the deciding factors. Hope you try again and again and are eventually successful if quitting is what you want or need to do.

[@neversleeps1]

I'm a mental health nurse who did smoke, quite a lot. I got off the rolls with vapes. Our service has just become totally smoke free, now I work on a ward that's locked and 16 out of 18 of the guys smoke, it's been a nightmare, those that have no leave now try anything to get a smoke.. It's like a prison now.. We push all the NRT stuff and it's not worked for much of our lads... I'm rambling... But this vid really is so relevant right now, especially with the "is it the smoking that worsened this?'! Great vid.. If I can show this in a NHS establishment please let me know. I do watch your vids because I'm a fellow tech musician and run therapeutic music groups in R and R :)

[@sammielou3451]

Great video, matey! I'm gutted that you have so many illnesses. You've definitely inspired me to pick up my vape more

[@pbasswil]

Doug, I can't even imagine the satisfaction you must feel, for taking control of that aspect of your life. So happy for your massive triumph! (And it _is_ massive.) I know your other health issues are a helluva row to hoe, but at least you're giving your body a fighting chance! Rooting for you; all the best.

[@lynnohrel1318]

What does your doctor say about vaping.

[@Dave-rm1mb]

As for your teeth, allot of that probably was the cigarettes mate. My teeth are bad although I used to drink allot of sweet coffee and I know that had a huge effect. Smoking put a hole in my upper palette. My dentist was amused when he found it and was always telling me to try and quit smoking. It's not noticeable as it's right in the back of my mouth and it took him over a year before he found it but it's there. I only notice it when I sleep sometimes. Sometimes, when my head is tilted up and due to gravity, a tiny bit of mucus will fall from my nose through the hole into my mouth. It's only a tiny bit so I don't end up spitting but it's not a nice feeling. It's like prepping to spit but it's involuntarily. Smoking has allot of effects on your health in general. Other factors come into play such as diet/lifestyle but smoking certainly adds to it.

[@adelinekeys6582]

I had a bad emotional shock once. My reaction was to start smoking as a crutch. I smoked 20 a day. A few months later I developed gum disease. I didn't stop smoking but I did reduce them. I had several visits to the dental hygienist. After much treatment cleaning the gum disease receded. It didn't come back.

[@ranupratap1]

Standing Salute to you Man.. You are role model .... Thanks for being hopes for others

[@adelinekeys6582]

God bless you. I found this video very interesting. You are such a natural down to earth person. Maybe all ex smokers are? I gave up 9 days ago but had 1 roll up in that time! I've developed heart palpitations which may be related to smoking? This is my motivation for stopping. I really hope your health improves. Thanks a million. You are a good man.

[@gretch8771]

Really encouraging! This is gonna work for me, fingers crossed 🤞

[@xpressmusikkk]

Did u quit?

[@gretch8771]

Babar Ali yep I did

[@xpressmusikkk]

Good job! I also did... Last week. Feeling much better.

[@datmoroccanguy8530]

@@gretch8771 how and any tips

[@tricktaylor]

Ive been wearing a patch and have managed to get 18 days for the first time in 21 years, 20/day. I dont want tto vape im hoping to wean myself of the patches after a couple more months. Im 40 amd whatever damage has been done so far is minimal compared to others, thank god. I have an auto immune disorder that is said to be certainly be made worse by smoking so that's a huge inspiration to keep going. I'm tired a lot during the day. And super anxious... I dont want to vape just because i dont want to be worried about carrying that around and spending money on it. But if im losing it when i take the patch off and feel like im about to crack thats the next option. I suggest to anyone reading this, sleep hypnosis. It really helped me breal the cycle and start to build the motivation needed to get this far. Minds in unison here on youtube is what i use. It just rainfall all night with subliminal messages laced underneath getting blasted into your subconscious where much of this addiction lives. I wanted to quit but after a few nights of this i took the steps to do so. Only 18 days in but i still listen to it every night. Fingers crossed this will be the one and only time i quit smoking.

[@rickp3753]

How's it going for you now? I just stopped on Halloween.

[@stusmoker3910]

Well done for quitting man, I would quit for health reasons but love smoking and being a smoker too much. All my family smoke, my partner smokes 40-60 a day too and he will never quit. I like how as couple both always spark up together, I like how it looks and the smell in our home, car and on our clothes and breath too. If I am with someone that sparks up or smell it I crave so bad I always spark up. Accepted that will die younger but cant imagine not being a smoker.

[@JewessChrstnMystic]

Gross

[@ladyvirgo013]

Thanks for this encouraging message 🙌

[@scimatarpictures]

Found this inspiring, thanks very much!!

[@TheSoundTestRoom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@TheSoundTestRoom Mate, I know why you were able to quit on the day you quit. Because October 8 is a _VERY_ special day, as that is my birthday. 😁🥳😂 Also, your wife has my nickname (Jo being short for my full name). Haha. On a serious note, I hope you are still keeping up the success! I am on my second big attempt atm… I just made it through my first week. I’m sure you are well aware of this, but the fact is that we really can _NEVER_ have “just one” ever again. Thinking I could do that after 2 years is what caused me to relapse after being two years smoke-free on my first big attempt. I smoked about half as much as you did every day for 25 years, whilst having been a chronic asthmatic since the age of seven to boot (I even almost died from asthma one time a few years ago, and it is a bloody miracle that I survived). My lungs are screaming at me - this _HAS_ to be the end of this dumb habit! P.S. I just got to the part of your video where you said that you vape, and admitted that the jury is still out on the health effects of vaping. I will tell you two things about that… First of all, my ex quit cigarettes with vaping nicotine (although I think you said that you vape without nicotine), and he is vaping _CONSTANTLY_ every day… _WAY_ more than he ever smoked cigs. Every time I would come over, his entire place was filled with the fog from it, and every surface in his place became sticky and covered with a film of shmutz from it. Secondly, I don’t know why, but when I tried to quit in the past by following his vaping footsteps, it actually gave me *MORE* asthma than my cigarettes did! And his vaping would also give me asthma from second hand inhalation. When I was smoke-free for those two years, I hardly ever got asthma. Who actually knows if valing really is better than cigarettes like folks hope - vapers are essentially guinea pigs right now, and it is going to be awhile until we know what the long term effects are, if any (also, I shouldn’t have to remind you that the boomer generation was actually told that cigarettes were healthy for them, even by doctors). I would not be surprised at all if something similar is going on where people are being told that vaping is healthier than cigarettes, when in actuality it isn’t by much in the long term, if it all.

[@TheNotBadNorthernLad]

21 almost 22 and been smoking for only 4 years. Roughly smoking about 6-10 a day but I'm giving them up. I've got the worst to come but I'd rather do it early. Not quitting the green though 😂✌️

[@niall441]

Its the Tar that kills you not the Nic.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Good point !!

[@ubs16]

50 cigs a day? for 35 years? holy shit bro. ur lucky ur even alive.

[@scottpringle5486]

Yeah 2 a day me

[@bethg8808]

Thank you so much for making this video

[@andrewhayman9160]

Cheers. Your honesty is brave and a great inspiration. I will get these products too. Wish me luck!

[@sergiu_alin]

im very dissapointed of this video i want my 12:30 of life back, ive stopped smoking, started vaping because i want to do something with my hands, you can eat sunflower man... im letarally craving for one and im continuosly watching videos to keep me motivated, and then comes this guy who actually started vaping after quiting.. this is not quiting! this is cheating! give me my view and time back man!

[@underground461]

Hahahaha you saved my time dude !!

[@leightonmitchell2564]

Quitting smoking isn't a sport. Anything that reduces the harm to your body is a net positive. Also, freebase nicotine is a lot easier to step down.

[@crunchybacon2915]

I'm 18 been smoking daily for 5 years tried to stop bout a year ago but just ended up doing coke for stimulation, I need a job or something but with the money I'll get myself in trouble, quitting is a predicament that runs deeper than the addiction.

[@hudaa8969]

Get a CBD vape look into it. Best of luck to you

[@edymoss3466]

Thanks for the video. It’s good motivation and it’s honest I’m still smoking. And I’m still struggling with the idea of quitting, although I know I have to So it’s very reassuring to listen to an honest bloke about his journey on quitting smoking It’s giving me lotta food for thought and yeah, my Inhalo and Inhalo therapist also told me that my lung capacity for my age is way below. The average for my age. So once again, thanks for sharing your experience, it means a lot to guys who are trying to quit, and to guys like myself 👍👍🇨🇦👍

[@NSBRO-nu4dh]

I am still struggling to quit to this very day and have cut down. I own it and blame me only.

[@DistractedDaisy]

I have one questions.. if you smoke 50 cigarettes per day- when do you breathe?

[@sorsofia]

while you're smoking

[@thung22]

Smoking is a form of breathing.

[@huroners]

well, in between.... im pretty much smoke around 40-50 pcs a day for last 15 years. and last month i decide to quit smoking, and it works.

[@sabyasachisen5351]

HE BREATHES IN NICOTINE SO HIS ENTIRE BODY HAS BEEN PARTIALLY AFFECTED, I THINK.

[@datmoroccanguy8530]

😂😂😂😂

[@jackiesicilian5720]

Are those products available in the United States by prescription? Only know of nicotine patches, but not spray and inhaler.

[@monychahal3416]

Great video

[@retajansevanvuuren5173]

My dock also gave me the pills, it would have worked if I were able the get the full course because the second course is on back order for over a year now. It did help me thou to smoke only one packet at work, but at home I smoke one pack after the other. The Nicorette stuff doesn't work for me at all. He then suggests I vape to go on to lower nicotine levels, but I don't like the vape and it gives me heartburn. Haven't tried the patches yet.

[@Gruxx42]

Congratulations for quitting smoking. I'm currently trying to quit vaping with nicotine and switch to nicotine free vaping. I feel like your advice of using nicotine replacement therapy for quitting smoking could work for switching to nicotine free vaping. I bought some 4mg Amazon brand nicotine gum which is going to arrive today and I'm going to try to use that whenever I feel like I need a nicotine vape. This is the only quitting video I've seen that doesn't tell people that they have to use the cold turkey method which for me doesn't work. Great job for quitting smoking and excellent video.

[@Lee-my1zo]

Love the Beatles background 👍

[@mourningwarbler]

Smoking does promote gum disease... Both my parents had that tooth scraping beneath the gum line surgery when they were smokers. So did my brother-in-law; for him the pylori bacteria went to his heart and then they said he needed a heart transplant... which he didn't have, but he died an excruciating death trying to self-medicate with liquor. :(

[@adelinekeys6582]

That's so dam sad. I had that scraping treatment done too. It worked excellently.

[@aasazaheer8891]

I smoke 2 cigs a day one in morning 1 at night...want to quit but seems to b very difficult..its been 5 years now

[@petermachiela5441]

2 a day, that golden

[@kidnicky7489]

It's only difficult because you think it's difficult. Have a knowing that it is easy, and it will be.

[@momoheartsbotdf]

You look so much like my dad, especially when you took out your teeth! My dad has severe Alzheimer's now but he smoked all of his life and he quit with the nicotine patch. I just wish he gave up all drugs sooner, maybe he would still be okay

[@amandag7777]

Thank you. Two weeks and still wanting ):