Why Quitting Cigarettes is So Diifficult

Taken from JRE #1751 w/Brian Simpson:
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[@upnorthof60]

Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Now I can say I’ve been smoke free for five years and two months after a nasty 23 year addiction. Best decision I have ever made 💯 Update- 7 years smoke free today 10/23/23. Still going strong 💪.

[@babyfood9537]

Nice bro. 4 years 3 months free here.

[@avonturyr]

Yes. Cant agree with you more. Quit 3 years ago. Best decision ever. Greets from the Hague. Peace.

[@TWrecks09]

What was your secret?

[@igunashiodesu]

Any pointers?

[@-_-naab-_-]

@@andrewthompson7478 you just boring man

[@jaysmith6013]

10 year cigarette addiction for me, half pack a day, multiple failed attempts quitting. Wife and I had some difficulty conceiving our first child and the fertility specialist recommended to lay off cigarettes to improve sperm quality along with other treatments. Quit that day 10 years ago and never looked back, have several happy beautiful babies now, just needed the right motivation to finally give it up for good

[@shivampatel298]

So do you still smoke here and there ?

[@JinnYoungKim]

I only smoke low tar ciggies due to extreme stress. I do all the activities.

[@jaysmith6013]

@@shivampatel298 Not me personally. The day I gave it up was my absolute last cigarette. I had occasional cravings for a cigarette, which became less frequent with time, but I just told myself no and the craving would pass. I just didn’t want to do anything, even 1 single cigarette, to cause me to become a full on smoker again

[@brandeng1000]

7 kids! You shoulda stayed smoking.

[@kalyanvadlamani7607]

@@brandeng1000 He said several

[@carpediem7654]

This quote from my therapist helped me quit. "it's hard to quit now, it'll be hard to quit in 5 years. So why not just quit now?"

[@parkerstroh6586]

It’ll be harder to quit in 5 years even

[@willieyork6999]

​@@parkerstroh6586 he just said that Bro.

[@vonstarxo]

@@willieyork6999 he said harder

[@anitaknight3915]

One quote that is great is you either choose pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

[@carpediem7654]

@@anitaknight3915 nice

[@CristiandlfDeval]

I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.

[@Ronkaja]

Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

[@SusanaGomez-mp8sk]

YES sure of Dr.benfungi. Did straight shrooms in few days. Left me like a blank slate after words, no more addictions, pains, ptsd and depression. Shit saved my life, all thanks to Dr.benfungi

[@VanRyan-bv7du]

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

[@LuisaSweden-rf3ke]

wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@EthanEdward-wx7ut]

I was horrifically depressed since childhood. It was relentless. I assumed it would ultimately end me somehow. About twelve years ago I randomly accepted the offer from a friend of a few doses of mushrooms. I did them two consecutive nights alone. First night was pretty mild. The second night? Wow. I saw my depression from every angle, realized much. Next day: depression totally gone. Never came back, never coming back. It's like it's a forest far away I can remember, and could probably find again with enough effort, but it has zero impact on anything in my life or mind. They honestly saved my life and improved it immensely. I never did them again, either. I wish there was a good, organized way to administer them to people who would benefit from them.

[@primetimedurkheim2717]

"The best ways to quit drugs is with better drugs." - Basically Joe Rogan

[@RaVisions]

It’s true. The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was an lsd advocate

[@NoticerOfficial]

The funny thing is every Addictionologist would agree

[@fleezuschrist4712]

Last time I checked that is how they make people leave the door alone

[@vanessadisco6643]

Yeah.. kind of like pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical company. Personally, I trust what the Earth provides over what human beings have cooked up in their labs.

[@syzionaurifex5383]

Never has Joe ever said anything like that. Put down the pipe druggo

[@ms3ben]

I smoked about a pack a day for about 8 years and decided to quit cold turkey during a bad cold. Smoking was negatively affecting my workouts and my grandfather had died from lung cancer due to smoking. The first 3 days were the hardest. It took about 10 years to truly be over it. Now cigarettes/smell repulses me.

[@TheAnime_Hub365]

Congrats brother

[@pullingthestrings5233]

My grandpa also died from lung cancer. But you also know what, my grandma died young and she didn't smoke. So it don't matter because this life ain't promised tomorrow.

[@user-nv5em1db6k]

10 years… wtf

[@nbisho01]

Ill smoke to that, cheers mate

[@bobwoods1302]

You're smart to quit early on. The addiction only get s stronger. When I quit after smoking for 33 years I loved smoking more than ever.

[@delonking301]

It really just depends on the person. Everyone is very different of course. It just took me being scared straight with breathing problems. I’m only 23 but I smoked everyday since I was 16 and I quit cold turkey. Literally the day after I quit the smell would make me sick and instantly turn me off. It’s all in the mind for some people and for me it was. I didn’t even realize the mind was that powerful.

[@bnadem.panormal]

Here's what worked for me: make a solid list of reasons why you want to quite, then refer to it whenever you feel weak while quiting. Keep this in your head "remember your motivation!!"

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

I was one of the luckier ones. Quitting for me was much easier than most stories I’ve heard, but my motivation was hyper-charged. I was a smoker for 20+ years. 7 years ago, I was at the hospital with my father in ICU due (in part) to smoking. I went outside to have a cigarette to try and calm my nerves and looked at the pack with a picture on it of a cancer patient hospitalized, which looked quite like my father did only a few hundred feet away from the designated smoking section. That image made me throw the pack in the garbage at that moment and I never looked back. My father made it out of ICU, miraculously; however, as soon as he got out, he went back to drinking and smoking. I’ve stayed cigarette (and booze) free.

[@joseimpact]

💓

[@--LZ---]

Hell yea brother... I started smoking in the army and now kind of going on/off for a few months but i definitely gotta quit, this shit is legitimately cancer. It's fun to smoke but it's just not worth it. Joints on the other hand...

[@daisy23s]

I am happy for you!💕

[@jebaleverest1715]

👏👏👏💪💪💪👍

[@iy3165]

Wow Tom.. Your story inspired me. I've been smoker for 15 years, and I've just stopped... I feel so inspired and able to do this since you could do it. I think I will addict myself to cooking and video games... Probably an occasional cigar that's it.

[@pkz420]

I quit cold-turkey, and it was far easier than I thought. But there is a 'trick' to it. You have to genuinely *want* to quit. If you are quitting because someone is pushing you to, or because you know it is a good thing to do, then it will be very hard. When I quit, I kept a fresh new pack with me. I knew if I had to keep away from cigarettes to quit, then it was only a matter of time until I failed. But if I could have them close by, and not light one, then I was really winning. It's been about 6 years, and I sill have that pack, unopened. If you really want it, it's not so hard. It's hard because most of the time we don't really want to quit. I was told the smoke would start to smell bad, but it doesn't. I still enjoy standing near smokers and catch a bit second-hand. But I've never had any strong temptation to light one.

[@Shovelman220]

It's really wild how you're mind will argue with what you want to do. Really shows the strength and pride will power can bring you.

[@WaKeUpTIs]

Crazy you still enjoy the smell. I hate it now, and it hasn’t even been a year

[@CoveringFish]

Damn man that’s hardcore

[@pkz420]

@@WaKeUpTIs It is odd, isn't it? Everyone I spoken with eventually stops liking the smell. The amount of time varies, but they all did, except me. I still smoke in my dreams, so I wonder if that has something to do with it. As an unexpected bonus for quitting, it triggers lucid dreams for me. When I am dreaming and I inhale smoke, it causes me to remember that I quit long ago, which makes me realize I am in a dream. It's strange, but very cool.

[@tzughfd9175]

I also love the smell even after 2 years, wierd

[@daveodanger]

I’m relatively young compared to other people that have shared they’re story. I am almost 5 years smoke free. And honestly I’ve gone cold turkey about 4-5 times and that was with no help, nothing to replace it. But every time I did go cold turkey it actually made my smoking worsen. I used to lightly smoke 3-4 a day and after my cold turkeys I went from 3-4 to 32-40 a day! It affected everything I could do, it affected my relationship and made me miserable. I discovered vaping back in 2013 and been trying it on and off then five years ago I went for it full throttle and I have not looked back. Vaping has honestly saved me from smoking. Despite the negative press vaping has gotten, you do your research and find all the facts and lay them in front of you (metaphorically), vaping doesn’t even touch the dangers as smoking does. Just make sure you stay away from anything that contain vitamin E acetate. And help the environment and don’t buy that disposable crap. I hope this helps anyone that wants to looking into vaping as a option as it’s honestly saved me.

[@HPsawus]

Vaping was such a seamless transition for me. You use the same muscle memory to inhale so it triggers the same sensation, in a way that nicotine patches or gum can’t

[@josephmontoya574]

Im 20 and I started smoking at 16 I was never addicted fully more like small episodes of addiction but since I have grown spiritually it has been pretty simple to control, if you want to quit try and identify the emotions that make you automatically smoke and try breathing exercises to decrease whatever feeling you got going

[@interconnectedmysticalflyi130]

Excellent.

[@tawumpas]

Deep breaths help me cope with my alcoholic moments, 7 seconds inhale & 8 seconds out. And I do need to become active again!!

[@clkgtr12]

you will realise how addicted you are when you try to quit

[@foedeer]

Agree, i think meditation or any form of mindfulness will help better understand what is motivating the need to smoke. Reading Alan Carr's book can also help on top of this.

[@mulliano420]

@@tawumpas get after it dude! Only thing that’s helping me stop dope

[@WarrenRCG]

I ended a 30 year cigarette smoking addiction just over 4 years ago, in 2017. The following winter I could shovel snow for an hour and half without a break. It's really amazing how fast your body can heal itself if you let it.

[@rogerfurlong1535]

Thats awesome. Both my parents quit after smoking for almost 40 years, and are doing great. I was trying again when all this pandemic shit went down, did not work out haha

[@cannabis_media1]

hell yea bro

[@marchuitt]

I did for 20 years till... last week. Switched to vapes last week and haven't smoked a cig since (and I was 2 packs a day).

[@DanHammonds]

I remember when I quit smoking I decided to get into the gym and transform my body and health and it literally felt like I'd reversed the ageing process. I did the same with alcohol 2 years ago and felt even better.

[@suncaseen489]

Man The return of taste of food is something I love the most! I couldn't believe I've lost it. It's truly something special!!

[@ReynaSingh]

Good luck to anyone trying to quit. You can do it!

[@masonmurphy4978]

Good vibesh

[@illuddivinus3309]

Daily smoking sucks. However NOTHING beats a good nicotine cig hit on a fun weekend.

[@metallicat1973]

I quit at 30 in 2003 after 16 years I used weights on lunch breaks and ate Halls vitamin C drops like candy been using them ever since been sick maybe 4 times since then I did gain alot of weight I ate more after quitting but I lost it all Now but yeah if I can anyone can

[@StanHowse]

@@illuddivinus3309 Crack & Jack witch week, would beg to differ.

[@adamsafin6819]

I read it you can't do it i have problems

[@noahodum9737]

I quit smoking to help prepare myself for the Marines. I hadn't touched a cigarette for almost a year before basic, and was a few months longer than year post basic. I got into the habit at the smoke pit with my buddies, and it mutated into a crippling dip addiction since we couldn't smoke at night in the field, and only in frustratingly far designated areas on base. I was one of those guys that left dip bottles everywhere like this guys buddy, but I don't think anyone ever drank one by accident. For me, the only thing that's ever worked to help me quit was vaping. Cold turkey was horrific with withdrawals, the gums all tasted so bad and made my mouth numb, the patches left bruises, and vaping really helped me isolate the addiction from the carcinogens in cigarettes and dip down to just the nicotine, which is incredibly helpful for me with focus, clarity, and productivity. If I don't have nicotine, I find myself easily agitated, unfocused, and foggy, especially in the morning. Nowadays though, I've cut the nicotine consumption in half so I'm not attatched to my vape and need it to do everything.

[@motorhead099]

That’s funny because a lot of people I know including my dad starting smoking when they joined lmao, because everyone did it. But congrats on gettin off the little fuckers, all nicotine is bad but a little death stick with 7000 chemicals in each one is alot worse then a vape or dip.

[@SeraphimxSins]

The agitation is a trick the nic plays on your brain to make you need it. My parents fell for that trick over and over and over again.

[@draco7841]

@@SeraphimxSinsit truly is all in your head

[@thepope9648]

The best way to quit for me was just arguing with it and trying to defeat it like it was an actual fight. I would talk to the nicotine like it was a person. When I would get a craving, I would say, "is that seriously the best you can do? you're weaker than I thought." after 2 days I was reduced to one small craving, and I just laughed at the nicotine, mocking it at how weak it was. I've never had one craving since then. Nicotine is like a school bully. seems really tough, but once you fight back, it cowers away rather quickly.

[@aniket19931993]

Wow good advice..will try it

[@shadowthetwisted]

its not the nicotine though. its the hundreds of additives they put into cigs that make them so wildly addictive. nicotine its self is not more harmful than caffeine.

[@chrisfoster3772]

Some people don't get addicted to cigarettes, I don't think you were really addicted. I used nicotine pouches to quit smoking. My life was a depressed and anxious hell for 3 or 4 months. It was absolutely terrible. I didn't even quit nicotine and I was still so fucked up from quitting cigarettes.

[@zacharylane2003]

I’ve been trying to do that but nicotine is winning the fight in the end.

[@shadowthetwisted]

@@zacharylane2003 no, its not, nicotine is not the problem. why do you think you can use patches, gum, or any other nicotine based stop aid, and still have withdrawals.

[@shannonlove9969]

I quit cold turkey after smoking for over 20 years. It was weird, I just had an “epiphany” one day & I knew it was time to quit, I can’t explain it. I had a full pack left so I went ahead & finished that pack & after the last cigarette I threw my lighter away. That was nearly 4 years ago & I haven’t looked back. I still get an occasional craving but it passes very quickly. Trust me, if I can quit, anybody can quit.

[@fierroboy1]

I quit cold turkey and managed to last for 1 year and 4 months. It was hard and i was angry every single day. I kept reading these articles about how you wouldn't feel urges after so many months but I felt the urge all day every single day. I started again when a sibling of mine went through depression and had suicidal tendencies. I know that doesn't make it ok to smoke but I was mentally fucked for a long time and I just gave in. I eventually got married and came to a compromise with my wife where I can vapr instead of smoke. It still affects me. Just not as bad and now I have a high stress job where I could lose my shit if I don't get my fix . It's hard. There's other factors involved but I wish I would've never gotten involved in nicotine. I think that alot of addiction issues stem from metal health and past trauma but from what I've seen we are at leat a thousand years from tackling any sort of mental health issues. Definatley an uphill and expensive as fuck fight. Probably more expensive than all wars combined and that's why it will always be an issue.

[@kylep4223]

Almost 4 years for me now... but every once in awhile just smelling one is good enough for me hahaha

[@shannonlove9969]

@@kylep4223 yeah I still enjoy the smell oddly enough.

[@shannonlove9969]

@@fierroboy1 I’ve heard that if you set a date to quit it makes it easier. Smoke all you want until like, Feb. 3 or something then plan on putting them down on that day.

[@sterling7178]

Same. I quit in 2014. I tried to smoke one at a party 3 years ago and couldn't finish it. Zero temptation now.

[@sufferedlearnedchanged]

I am a recovering heroin addict and former cigarette smoker. Sober and cigarette free since 02/02/2020. Quitting cigarettes was incredibly hard. I don't get cravings for heroin anymore but I still get cravings for cigarettes sometimes. It is a crazy addiction. The nicotine patch and nicotine gum helped me quit. Good luck quitting. Smoking destroys your body.

[@Shrnirpledorp]

🧢

[@kanyeeast1662]

@@Shrnirpledorp yeah i highly doubt a former heroin addict names his youtube account jimmy neutron lol

[@Boorasha]

@@kanyeeast1662 boyyyythe world is gonna scare the shit outta you

[@Shrnirpledorp]

@@kanyeeast1662 too much 🧢 this comment section is full of junkies even though yt is mostly kids

[@krystalriley10]

@@Shrnirpledorp You would be surprised what people go through - and overcome. Open your mind.

[@FlikkieFloekieFlakkie]

It was funny for me to see and realise how easy it was to quit smoking weed in comparison to cigarettes. The first week after I stopped using weed I felt a bit wacky especially during the nights laying in bed all like soaked from the sweat but those effects wear off quite quickly after. To stop smoking cigarettes it was quite a hell but so glad that I have done it! It is a mental game and a physical one at the same time. Willpower is the key. No more excuses, try to find excuses to NOT smoke and replace it with different satisfying rituals/habits to distract and it will give you a good feeling. I am not going to lie tho.. when sitting at a terrace holding that beer and watching other people smoke a cig around me and taking in that smell is such a trigger that makes me not want to drink beer at all anymore so therefore I also quit the occasional joy of alcohol consumption at all.

[@bs8825]

Alcohol is the demon I can't quit.

[@rel8m868]

go to rehab before its too late, I believe in you.

[@Al_Straik]

Brother, I wish you all the strength in the world, you are going to make it.

[@trigremlin]

@@rel8m868 Not everyone is a millionaire 😑

[@scissorsck]

@@trigremlin you don’t need to be a millionaire nor rich to attend rehab

[@danielfahimislam3166]

Ah, the most disgusting drug of them all. Alcohol was my first addiction, but it was so easy to leave once I tried other drugs and realized how alcohol is literal trash. Doesn't even feel good. Not saying try other drugs, i'm saying throw this shit in the bin, it's not fun, doesn't feel good at all and you're just drinking for other reasons you should figure out what are with a psychiatrist or rehab.

[@JB-dn9kd]

I feel blessed after reading the struggle of some of you guys , I smoked a pack for 10 years straight everyday and woke up one day and got lazy to go get a new pack and I haven’t gone since it’s been 6 years now without smoking , proud of everyone wanting to stop smoking you got this . 💯

[@JB-qy1gx]

Good job JB. Maybe one day I'll quit.. maybe.

[@ZZZ-Hip-Hop]

Do you now have a problem with laziness?

[@JB-dn9kd]

@@ZZZ-Hip-HopI don’t :)

[@stevem.o.1185]

The first time I quit smoking, that lasted the longest (a few years), it was just after my 21st birthday, and I just stayed black out drunk for a week, so I couldn't drive to the gas station. After a while I realized that I hadn't smoked in a long time (at least that I could remember), and just decided not to go back to it.

[@strangebrew1988]

That's partially how I quit , I just let myself run out of smokes and decided to not buy more.

[@pootoilet3758]

Smoked for 4 years and eventually my body just had enough. I had tried quitting a few times before that but failed each time. You have to really want to quit for it to work, for me I got to a point where the idea of smoking just one would give me a headache and I just didn’t even want to smoke anymore. So when it came to it quitting was actually really easy for me

[@Moto_Medics]

Smoked basically for 15 years, Rogue gum and then moving to a similar trident gum from the dollar store helped loads but the biggest thing I found was deciding 1000% that I was through, not a single aspect of desire could remain and that was the hardest part was moving past that block it’s hard to explain but it was more mental than physical craving…

[@MCCABEWORLD]

Smoking cigars and cigarettes 🚬 while looking at lung cancer pictures is very bizarre Joe.. 😂

[@noTH9IK]

Cigar smoke doesn't get into your lungs. You just keep it in mouth. So I guess it's better for your lungs than cigarette

[@JacobC479]

Yeah you're not *supposed* to inhale cigars but people do.

[@prototype3162]

@@JacobC479 idk how they do tho because i tried and that s some heavy shit for the lungs and throat. (i smoke for 6 years cigs and weed)

[@tommygunn1119]

Your videos are dope bro 👌🏼

[@Jesusluvz]

@@JacobC479 never got how people do inhale though. I’ve only done it once and I swear it was like a shot of pure toxins into my lungs with the worst gruff throat feeling ever. I’ve been smoking cigs for at least a decade too. Shits awful

[@pj3p488]

I was a 2 carton a week smoker and read an article in a science magazine. It said, 3 days to get over the physical addiction. After that it was all mental. I did 3 days cold turkey, the 3rd day sucked massive. The fourth day I woke knowing I had won. That was 40 years ago. Never went back and never wanted to.

[@arI-Yabs]

I started living a healthier lifestyle and smoking started to feel awful. After that shift it was very easy to quit. It actually felt so much better to not smoke. (I also told my relatives and friends to tell me to stop if I ever craved one)

[@TrippyWheelz]

I smoked 2 packs a day for 10 years until the day the dentist sent me to a specialist because they thought i had a tumor in my jaw. I quit the second I left the dentist. turned out to be nothing but a bad tooth. I couldn't see myself quitting but once you hear something like that, it gets real. been off the smokes since November 2021. if anyone out there is dealing with that struggle, you can do it. its not at all easy and not a day goes by that I don't smell someone smoking and want one but just gotta get away from it. the gum really helped me. I hope maybe this helps someone finally kick the habit. don't make someone rich while you die.

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

2 packs a day for 10 years!? Tumour or no tumour it’s a wonder your still breathing

[@markarmstrong5096]

I started at 16 smoked for 10yrs. At 26 i tried working out and running couple times a week, .... Lets just say i couldnt make it around the block. Eventually i cut the cigarettes way down i went from a pack a day to a pack a week. Then after a year of that got it down to 1 pack a month. And now im going on 32 and this year total i only smoked 4 packs this whole year. I can honestly say im not addicted anymore, and only really feel the urge to smoke every 3 or 4 months. Ill never completely quit but i have been able to learn how to control it. Good luck to everyone. Learn to control the cigarettes dont let them control you.

[@jayshawnelder8017]

That’s dope brother I can relate. Never had a addictive personality but I noticed my nicotine usage increases when I’m anxious. I vape which is bad from what I’ve heard constantly from the media but i don’t think I’ll completely quit. I condemn people for their vices but once you start to feel out of control it’s time to make some changes.

[@rondleberik5337]

I'd still recommend quitting it completely. I had two friends who were "occasional smokers", mainly on parties etc but they both smoke a pack a day now after years of occasional smoking thinking they had it under control. One of them slowly slipped into it because her new boyfriend smokes and the other had someone close to them pass away and he tried smoking the stress away. I'm not someone who thinks you should never do anything that's unhealthy, I think you should live a little but smoking is a sneaky one even when you think you have it under control. Hope it makes sense, I don't speak much English.

[@frankgrizzle1313]

You might as well quit 100%

[@danielsteel9757]

I'm down to 2 a day and I feel that!

[@nickoliver3523]

Cut that shit out bro you’re lying to yourself. Go look at them lungs again

[@Eddie53172]

When Joe pulls the fear-factor card, you know he’s being real.

[@thephilosopher7173]

Well fear is not a factor for him.

[@mykslash]

while smoking a cigar !

[@YunggKhalifaa]

🤣

[@datt5698]

"Joe Rogan.... I'm gonna tell you something.... I smoke rocks"

[@nicicpredrag]

You will stop when doctor say...you have 2 years to live more

[@natalierose4273]

Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is what I used to quit this time. I'm 29, and I had been smoking about 8-9 years. I had cut down in most recent years to about 4 per day or less. I bought that book and didn't open it for several months. It's not going to hurt to buy it, and keep it around in case some random day you decide to look at it. Quitting isn't "easy." I'm a little over 2 months smoke free now. It's been 70 days. I bought a six pack of beer yesterday and decided to try to relax but it made things so much worse! I got through 1 and a half before I couldn't stop thinking about smoking and was making a plan to drive or walk to the gas station for a pack. And I just thought about all the time I spent quitting and resentful that I was resolved not to smoke, because I really wanted to. I poured out the rest of my second beer and took a jog in the dark while crying on and off. I've never taken mushrooms or willingly took any drugs except alcohol and weed. And caffeine. I drink coffee in the morning now and don't think I could give that up. I think if mushrooms actually worked I'd be willing to try but I currently live in a different state than home and don't have any friends I trust to use mushrooms around safely. That book is basically full of helpful facts you know are in the back of your mind, as a smoker, but you conveniently don't listen to them. And reading that book just forces you to remember and that's what I needed. I also need my hormonal IUD removed because I think that's also causing depression and irritability and I want to know for sure if the lack of smoking is truly what's bothering me right now, so if I eliminate one possible cause of the mental pain, I can deal with quitting easier. I quit back some time in 2016 or 17 for about 6 months and I don't remember it being this hard. Last time I used lozenges, quit for 5 or 6 months and then started smoking again when I was drinking with a friend, and felt fine but I smoked part of his cigarette and basically soon afterwards bought my own pack. I used to smoke at my job at break time out by my car, but my coworkers who still smoke do so near where I'm working and they can't seem to wait until break time, so that's difficult because I love the smell, and I just want to get away from it. The book tells you not to drastically change your lifestyle when quitting, unless your lifestyle is very negative. Like I liked to take smoke breaks and drink while practicing guitar, and now I do it anyways but it's difficult because I associate that activity with smoking and drinking, but if I keep doing it it can become fun again I think. It currently just feels like work.

[@Kal-EL_Volta]

Learning how dopamine works, your prefontal cortex, and how the pleasure rewards system works really helps. It also helps to get to know yourself and understnad that childhood experience also affects our inclination towards addiction.

[@jamesball5743]

Childhood baloney

[@paphet]

Respect to those still struggling to quit. I woke up one day and decided to quit, coincidentally my lung collapsed 3 months after going cold turkey. Had 2 small holes in my left lung. Doctors say it had nothing to do with cigarettes, diagnosis was spontaneous pneumothorax. Idk what to believe but I’m good now.

[@jamesdesormeaux1074]

Quitting that few months before may have saved your life. If your lungs hadn't had that time to heal imagine how it would have went.

[@paphet]

@@jamesdesormeaux1074 yes sir, one of the most painful experience’s in my life.

[@manuhameed5470]

@Austin Batton yeah sorry guys I was just pretending to have a nicotine addiction who knew

[@syria7981]

Spontaneous pneumothorax is usually caused by being under weight

[@JohnSmith-fk7cq]

@@paphet just had a spontaneous pneumothorax myself three weeks ago, it was AWFUL! Needless to say have been cig free now three weeks using patches ... hope your doing good

[@hisholiness4537]

I honestly expected it to be harder after being a regular smoker for 7 years, but turns out the appeal in it for me was the peace and quite I had while smoking. Having the mentality that "okay, this is my smoke break. And I will not have it be anything other than relaxing." really made me just enjoy those 5 mins more than I should've.

[@akarshsharma1266]

SAME !!!!

[@FM-dm8xj]

then after that 5 mins u feel killing yourself right? do not think smoking is enjoying, because it is not.

[@akarshsharma1266]

@@FM-dm8xj You might be projecting

[@FM-dm8xj]

@@akarshsharma1266 I guess, smoking=bad is obvious tho, should i break it down easier for you to understand?

[@akarshsharma1266]

@@FM-dm8xj Yeah thats pretty obvious. Whats your point though ?

[@kerbygator]

My first cigarette was in 1972, when they were 39 cents a pack in some stores, and my last one was in May of 2014. I was sick with the flu and my lungs were full of fluid and I couldn't smoke if I wanted to, so i took advantage of that and beat the habit....I had dreams of smoking for a few years, I missed them so much. lol

[@jdub-uz3ql]

I remember seeing these black lung pictures when i was a kid and i thought there's no way i'll ever start smoking. Fast forward to senior year in HS, I started smoking and have tried to quit numerous times, but i always go back to it. I really hate it, especially after watching this video and seeing those black lungs again.

[@barrywhite1770]

I remember the thought that helped me quit. It was this: “You think quitting is hard, imagine getting lung cancer.” Yeah that’s going to be hard.

[@indigochild3700]

Some people may never get lung cancer tho. There are women over 100 years old that are still smoking. Definitely depends on your genes and lifestyle choices. Not saying smoke is okay Just saying scaring someone with lung cancer isn't enough anymore People literally don't care what happens when theyre addicted

[@dyschromotopia]

@@indigochild3700 😄

[@dyschromotopia]

@@indigochild3700 Lung cancer is almost exclusively caused by smoking.....joe is wrong though when he says people with lung cancer end their days struggling to breath, more often than not, the metastases kill them. of course, copd, coad, emphysema is different.......an irreversible amount of damage to the lungs means the sufferer struggles for breath for the rest of their lives, often requiring continuous o2 therapy.

[@dyschromotopia]

@Matt C Tobacco is big business, generating massive profits for the corporations that dictate govt. policy......in 2020, revenue from tobacco taxes amounted to 12.8billion dollars in the U.S & 9.7 bn pounds in the U.K.....so what if it causes cancer, healthcare is big business too.

[@JinnYoungKim]

@@dyschromotopia Some non smokers can die from lung cancer. So we have to exercise a lot. I've quitted Marlboro Reds and Camel for 4 months. I only smoke low tar due to extreme stress and a short relaxation. Yeah I know COPD so I'm thinking about switching to Pipes which aren't supposed to be inhaled. Also Mao smoked 2~3 packs a day and lived to 81 or 83. I know cigarettes are the problems but...

[@Riclmnopp]

I told myself I would quit smoking when cigerrates get to $3.00 a pack. They are $10.00 a pack now and I'm still smoking.

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

$10?!?! You’re insane!!! They’re only $8.75 here!!!

[@Botmfeeder02]

If your happy the way you are who gives a shit, I’ve seen guys who smoked cigarettes for 60 years still going strong

[@rojdancam1676]

i’m on an off marlboro reds and they’re £13 here lol

[@yamahakid450f]

In Yukon territory in Canada its $15 a pack, I've even seen them for $20 for players filtered. Same with good chew

[@jonnymalone480]

£12 a pack here in Northern Ireland, 50g of tobbacco £13+.

[@_hunterwaterston]

The quitting process looks different for everyone. I smoke on and off, when it’s on it’ll only be like 2 a day, maybe 3 or 4 if I go out with friends. But there was a point I was smoking regularly about half a pack a day and I ended up semi-quitting from there. I pretty much only have a pack on-hand if I’m dealing with a really stressful time. I hope to eventually not want it at all, but I’m lucky enough to have the control to limit myself the way I have

[@chrisknight6109]

Aye joe I don't comment much but ur a big influence in my work out regiment, an gave me a better way to look at quiting smoking 5 months no cigarettes from 2 packs a day thanks man ur a great idle bro for me an my kiddos (work hard play hard )

[@fullmindstorm]

After 8 years of smoking, I had forgotten how good it felt to breath and actually have energy to do things, im 3 months without smoking and its a life changer. Im back in college and Im exercising again. I love it.

[@jimshorts5970]

I’ve never tried to breath.

[@jrjr1295]

@@jimshorts5970 alcoholism is a better alternative

[@CeeDoubleU]

@@jrjr1295 wine is a good trade up. Worked for me

[@ambbie2710]

I smoked cigarettes for 10 years, 8 of them I chain smoked. Every break at work smoke. Every time I commute somewhere I smoke. Need to take a second at a social event smoke. It became the only thing that calmed me down because I also used it as a break. I saw my stepdad around year 8 of my smoking get lung cancer from his smoking. He passed in the house I was in from it over a span of a year. I smoked for a year or two more after idk why. But I also was growing a mental hate for it over that time because of what it took from someone I loved. Eventually I stopped seeing smoking as a "break" and started to view it as a chore and work. Finally one day I just stopped because I was tired from the draining energy it took from me. And it was like i finally defeated something mentally but I felt free. Now I don't care at all for it, addiction is gone completely and I have never felt better. Keep quitting to whomever is trying! I tried a million times before I truly GREW the mental change and then I quit for good. Remember the key word is grow. You have to grow more of the dislike energy for smoking then the like for it. And it's not easy but it will work!

[@LoveJasmine348]

Love this post

[@Lemoncare]

Thank you

[@405adam]

I smoked from 15 - 34. I quit for 3 years but then I started again at 37 and smoked until I was 39. I’m now 41, currently smoke free. I still get urges every now and then. They never really go away, although it does get much easier. I don’t think about cigarettes but maybe once every couple of weeks.

[@damianperovic9804]

I’m lucky that I snapped out of the addiction after a month and a half after I realized it was killing my motivation to study and made me smell worse and physically a lot weaker (I come from a background of high level hockey and student athlete life for 5+ years). I now only smoke when I get drunk which is rarely ever and if I have cravings (like I did today) I just think to myself “if I went and smoked right now and gave in to bad habits, what other bad habits will I let myself get into. How many times is “one last time” going to come around”. Anyways that’s how I deal with it. I’m trying to become a better person so I have a lot of motivation to not do it as well

[@CasualDandyAkaSqwrty]

When I had to quit, the turning point was just like Brian's book: It was my realizing that excuses were what I had to dispel. Excuses attached to rituals, like waking up in the morning or mealtime rituals. Excuses attached to recurring moments, such as getting in a car or stepping outside. It's hard, but worth it.

[@alecs6492]

I’m coming up on 5 years tobacco free. My friends all say that it seemed like I just quit cold Turkey. Honestly it was a one year process. I weened myself off them, smoking les and less. I knew when I was ready when cigarettes started to smell bad to me. Then I was done, just stopped, but it really took about a year to get to that point.

[@gymfamily]

Smoked for 6-7 years and quitting was the hardest shit of my life but I managed it. It convinced me that if I can quit smoking I can truly accomplish anything in my life. I would stop smoking cigarettes, then would relapse because I would be with my friends who smoke, or it was an easy escape to just be alone while fueling my nicotine cravings and fiddling behavior. I then moved to vaping and even though I got to 0mg, quitting vaping I felt was even harder than quitting cigarettes. It was so easy to vape anywhere and I could not do anything for more than 45 minutes without taking a hit. The three things I needed checked off before successfully quitting was: 1. I truly needed to want to quit 2. Accept you are addicted. People are so sensitive to admitting this shit it’s why you can’t stop. 3. Accept you need to make changes to your life to continue being free of nicotine. You’ll be an addict for the rest of your life.

[@kdawson8981]

I was a pack a day smoker for 20yrs. I quit cold turkey. I was heading to RN school. It was SO HARD. I lost my mind for 3 days. But I am so happy I quit.

[@kittywhompus]

Out of the half dozen friends I've had over the years that have quit and failed to quit, the ones that went Cold turkey were all successful. The ones that tried to step down, gum, vape, patches, all of those friends have failed and still smoke. Cold turkey seems to be the best way since choosing to not fall into the addiction is pure will power.

[@shawnberthiaume7056]

It's the only way! 👍

[@tpammt8276]

Yep. on January 2nd, 2020, I finished the last cig in my pack and made the snap decision that i was done. I stuck with it, no slips or alternatives, til October 31st 2020. Used a friends vape at a halloween outing and have slowly descended back into normal vape use and now back to buying cigarettes as of 2 weeks ago. Gonna quit cold turkey on new year again, hopefully for good.

[@TheMastermind729]

Maybe people who are strong enough to attempt cold turkey are the only ones that can actually do it

[@Owen-wh7of]

So true, I chew gum , dip, and vape, and smoke cigarettes cuz al of the latter methods of consumption started out as attempts to quit smoking and now I just do it all . My grandpa quit from going cold turkey . So true what you said .

[@BartBasquiato]

You know what's up & I hate the people that say I'm this amount of years sober like congrats want me to clap for you?

[@hiyg]

I quit cold turkey. It was one of the most difficult but best decision I made.

[@SpaceboundJoker]

congrats bro, I'm kicking the habit of alcohol right now

[@stockontruthchannel2631]

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[@stockontruthchannel2631]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZq5ZKOiiappkJo Take a look at what Elon musk said about tbis yesterday

[@jrizzledrizzle4697]

Started smoking when I was 10 years old and quit at 41. Im 41 still. Hope I can keep it going. Those lung pictures freak me out.

[@RP-tq9me]

I quit vaping about a year ago and I FEEL NOTICEABLY GREAT physically and mentally!! If you’re trying to quit you can do it! Tell yourself you can!!

[@treeeyn5721]

I quit vaping as well after doing it for 6 years and I feel the same I’ve quit for about 2 years now. Best decision I’ve ever made to stop.

[@treeeyn5721]

If you’re on the journey of quitting YOU CAN STOP if I can do it anyone can.

[@SAMMYP33PU5]

The thing that gave me the power to quit was a quote " every single time you wake up in the morning, you wake up at a non-smoker, once you smoke a cigarette, the cycle starts over, just don't let the cycle start over, you have the power to stop it." Good luck guys, I'm going on 2 years nicotine free

[@danielsinclair9918]

I was smoking almost 2 packs a day. The hardest part of quiting for me was going cold turkey and replacing the habit. If I was on break at work, it almost felt like I didn't have a break because I didn't smoke. After meals amd in the morning where hard too. My best advice is too keep busy, stay occupied and try not to get bored.

[@eddycervantea7882]

Yes

[@ChicanoOne760]

Just use a patch

[@metalcake2288]

Enjoy boredom. Getting bored is healthy.

[@nickbradbury1144]

dude after meals for me is the biggest one!!! nothing i want more than a nice rolled cigarette after a massive feed

[@Asto508]

Yes, you really have to reprogram your brain around these habits and that takes time, multiple years. I quit 10 years ago on my third try after 12 years of heavy smoking and only after 3 years the craving finally stopped completely for me. It was freaking hard but it was a great decision. If you can push yourself through this, you can push yourself through anything in life.

[@woodyboot9355]

4:45 lmao his reaction after hearing that and then looks down at cigarette

[@janzkee]

my dad was a smoker for as long as i can remember. I started up too and here i am at 21, we had a night out and went off the rails and the days after that he quit cause he was too hungover😂 but its been about a year since he last smoked a cigarette and i find that the funniest way to quit

[@alfiesolomon3531]

Still trying to stop...hardest drug i've ever come accross in terms of addiction and i have tried a LOT. I've quit everything with ease but not cigarette. Best i have ever done was 7 months cold turkey. I'm reading people who made it 5 years, 10 years i am amazed, Congrats to you. Best advice to people who don't smoke : don't even try

[@BG-fe3ip]

Try vaping and build off the nicotine amount gradually, been off nicotine for about 2 years now with ease. Still vape though sometines but 0 nicotine, give it a try!

[@alfiesolomon3531]

@@BG-fe3ip I read something similar elsewhere. Going to buy a dry herb vape tomorrow. Cheers & thanks for the idea

[@BG-fe3ip]

@@alfiesolomon3531 great! I use a vape with E juice though and not a dry herb because ive never heard of that 😄

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

try the patch

[@emmanuelchah7812]

Please read The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr. It will help!

[@inthelight4671]

I personally stayed away from smoking, but my dad and my grandpa (mum's side) both used to be heavy smokers ever since their early 20's. They are both incredible individuals that managed to completely stop smoking the very first time they were determined to do so. My grandpa quit 16 years ago at the age of 60, after seeing the conditions of someone with lung cancer that was older than him in the hospital and the absolutely miserable condition that person was in. He was geniunely shocked and afraid that he will turn out like him (keeping in mind my grandpa was in the army for 20years). That person showed such level of suffering that the mere image of looking like that 10years down the down if he didn't quit, gave my grandpa the determination. He managed to quit after a week of dense snack eating with no external help, no counselling, no nothing. The man had such bloody guts he munched on some chips just called it quits after gathering his resolve. I had respect for him before but after hearing that, I was could be not prouder to have a such grandfather. My dad also quit 2 years ago. I was in a different city for university and only found out when I came back during semester break. He was suffering from frequent wake ups from coughs at night and it was starting to become serious. At one point he got so pissed off so that he just decided to quit. Then he came up with a quick and easy plan. He will smoke less and less over a month and would only keep that reduced quantity of cigarettes on him. Since he smoked pretty consistently like 2 after every meal, it was easier to predict. It was a bit hard at first, but with both the annoyance of bad sleep and wanting to save face in front of my grandpa (the legend) who was visiting us at that time, he successful quit after the month. Now my dads sleep is a lot better and he no longer coughs at night. Honestly I thought getting help would have made it easier, but the older males in the family clearly had balls of steel and once they are determined nothing can stop them. Neither seeked any professional help and was once and permanently successful. Through the warnings of my dad, I stayed away from even trying smoke and drugs, so luckily I won't have to pull the same guts my dad and grandpa did years down the line.

[@shelbyhaiketic4212]

But are u really “in the light “?

[@MudukTV]

You don’t quit cigarettes, you resist it rest of your life.

[@emphieishere]

I remember how i quit cold turkey 2 years ago and never regretted about it ever since.

[@mrjeromy]

“Can I smoke a cigarette in here” …that’s how this JRE clip started. Had me thinking how many times I’ve asked that question when I was inside someone’s else’s car, or my own, for respect to the passenger. My Mom brought up this exact topic earlier today. So, as we’re smoking the last 2 cigarettes in the pack…she tells me “if there are no cigarettes in the house she would stop smoking.” Given the fact I smoked and I always had cigs, i felt I was a huge part in her addiction playing out. She then tells me “this should be our last cigs in this house, we should quit today.” I think to myself that I could just live a lie and just smoke when I’m not with her, for her best interest of course. But I’m really thinking that this can be the best thing that can ever happen to us. To “QUIT” is something that we can have together, a beautiful bond that we had from smoking together could turn on to something special quitting together. She decided, so in turn I decided. Today is Christmas Eve 2021, this is the last day we we’ll be having cigarettes to smoke. It’ll be a tough road, and it definitely isn’t the first attempt. But this one, THIS ONE FEELS DIFFERENT. May god bless us in this journey, and may god bless you all who’s trying to kick this horrible addiction. 🙏 And to all reading this, have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄and have a Happy New Year! 💫✨

[@jw1312]

You smoked today right ?

[@reke9592]

Honestly, it’s tough but you’ll get it done. Sounds like a good story to keep to tie your future success to. Remember when you get a craving for the first 3 days to drink some fruit juice. Helps a lot because your blood sugar will drop.

[@luckyjones9124]

You can do it bruh so do it for your Mom

[@11energize]

Good luck brother, stay strong

[@bajenbilly]

Yeah fuck it, I’m quitting today as well. I’m gonna talk to my mother about it too and see if she’ll quit with me. Good luck my man and happy new years!

[@ZakH644]

The best advice I heard when I was quitting smoking ( I smoked nearly 2 packs a day, so a bad addiction.) is treat yourself like an drug addict, it’s not a “habit”. You have to think of it like a heroin addiction.

[@grannybemx6729]

Quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. I quit heroin 6 years ago but I still smoke.

[@reginaldbowls7180]

Pretty much. Heroin is less insidious than nicotine in my experience!

[@reginaldbowls7180]

@@grannybemx6729 it’s true! I don’t understand why 12step/AA people still can smoke… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That’s why psychedelics and introspection are the route that worked for me. And practising moderation. Basically now every-time I partake in an escape it’s a game of moderation. Once you know the rules it’s easy to win.

[@alan6685]

26 years as a smoker here. I do break down from time to time and burn one down. But I've been quiting for a few years now. It is getting easier. After being smoke free for about a year now- and just recovering from COVID.. my left lung is still is so much pain. I can't imagine how much worse it would of been if I still smoked as much as I did full time. So thankful I quit. Although I understand after smoking for more years than not- I e changed my DNA and I'm a smoker for ever. It will be a constant battle.

[@charliervr]

I've been a casual smoker for the past 8 years. I've never developed a habit of smoking, one pack usually lasts for around 2-3 weeks. I can also got for about a month or so without smoking. I really hope I never have to quit, the pleasure of smoking my Camel's with a cup of coffee during a sunny Sunday morning is immense.

[@banginzaza]

That's why a lot of smoke. Those moments and others. Lol

[@csantana1]

i dont wanna be the one to tell you, but everytime you smoke you are on actual physical withdrawal for 72 hours after that, so you are constantly in withdrawal if you are a habitual but very reserved smoker, this is probably the worst state to be in mentally and will severely negatively impact your life over time, i suggest reserving those moments where you do smoke to the utmost minimum, im not saying u have to quit forever and fully, but you should severely limit the amount of occasions on a YEARLY, not monthly basis That is if you want to experience life without withdrawals, there is some unique pleasure in being addicted

[@daha9546]

Thanks for all your stories about quitting! It really helps!

[@mazda_miata_]

My grandfather and my childhood neighbor both died of lung cancer due to smoking. My grandfather was in his mid 40’s and my neighbor in her mid 50’s. I got sober and quit adderall and alcohol (for the most part) not long ago and that shit was hard as hell I still struggle with it, but I don’t need cigarettes as another battle

[@lewisburton1852]

I started vaping not too long ago because I never wanted to pick up a cigarette habit and I casually picked it up since it was promoted as a "healthier alternative to cigarettes" but now I can't put it down, trying to kick it before it gets worse and new studies come out of the dire effects of vaping since there is still isn't much data yet. Wish me luck!

[@kubakrarroub4673]

Lol same

[@Adam-hp5hj]

Vaping pushed me to quit nicotine. Smoked for 10 years, switched to vaping slowly over a few months, then just did that for about a year. General chest pain and numbness I've never experienced smoking built up over the time I vaped. Eventually quit that and finally started exercising like I've wanted to since I was a teenager. Nicotine always held me back.

[@TwizzElishus]

Vaping is bad for you, but it's 10x safer than smoking.

[@Perfectt852]

I'm going on 2 years without a cigarette started at 17 and I'm 31 now. My now ex wife left for her bf she met online and I kept our 3 kids but even tho it was a stressful time my gf I met later on was alot more supportive and helped me stay motivated to the goal.. She also quit smoking cigarettes so we helped each other cross that bridge.

[@tomoneill4593]

Something I learned was nicotine stimulates the liver which releases some blood sugar, providing that lift. But, that's only the first cigarette of the day. The liver reacts to the second one, but only releases about 10% of the blood sugar as from that first one. After that the over stimulated liver doesn't respond again until it’s had a chance to fully clear out the nicotine, and that takes many hours. We poor mortals light up over and over again in a subconscious search for that blood sugar lift, but it doesn’t come. I quit cold turkey back in April 1979. Just decided one night I didn't need the little crutches and tossed the remainders of my last pack in the trash. Sucked on hard candy, gained weight, but soon brought that under control again with healthier eating habits and brisk walking. Food tasted so good all over again and I went on to train my palate for wine tasting. Today my sniffer is very sensitive, particularly to the smell of smoke on someone's clothing.

[@Sange4499]

It smells like shit doesn't it? Ive been on and off years each end at a time, ive picked up a vape with a low nicotine dosage and cigarette smokes smell worse to me now, and im using the vape less everyday

[@theoutsider675]

@@Sange4499 That's so strange... When you smoke regularly, you smell it and you crave it more. It makes you wanna light up, too. Am I alone in feeling this way?

[@iamhere314]

holy shit where have you read that information about the liver blood sugar? The only place I‘ve read that is in Aajonus Vonderplanitz‘s book so I‘m quite amazed others know too. Also congrats on quitting

[@AlanTheBest97]

Marijuana helped me quit cigarretes a lot. The feeling you get when you are high, your whole body gets very sensitive and I noticed how my breathing was just that little more difficult. So I started only smoking marijuana from that point on. It was still smoking but when I got that nicotine craving I got high instead which is pleasurable by itself and I like it a lot, it helps me to focus on my activities. Eventualy the nicotine cravings stopped compleately. After that I quit smoking marijuana too and now only do edibles when I want to get high on something for any reason. Smoking anything is really the dumbest way to consume any kind of substânce, highly ineficient and terrible for your health. It was a very gradual process for me, it took almost a year of reducing the amount of cigarretes, than going for the mj and then quitting the mj. I was an addict for 9 years and Im free for almost 4 years now.

[@brockstory3076]

That's amazing man I'm proud of you.👍👍

[@ricoco7891]

Applaud u sir 🙏

[@EdgeToFortnite]

I’m a weed addict lol, glad I don’t like cigs, but I feel like I NEED to stop smoking/inhaling it at the very least

[@AlanTheBest97]

@@EdgeToFortnite definitely not good for your health too, you should try more edibles, nowadays there are many óptions, its just a matter of finding what is right for you. You should try something weaker than you normaly would think you could handle. Usually edibles have a delayed hit, and they hit me so much harder. But Iam sure there is something just right for you to stop smoking or vaping.

[@Jacob-ug5hy]

@@AlanTheBest97 unfortunately if you work the next morning edibles are not as effective as you probably won’t wake up in time

[@mreshadow]

I'm 41, smoking since 16 (minus a year and a half) now getting over covid and I had to stop else I'd choke on the smoke. I have a patch on and can barely hit a vape without coughing. I'm close to crying because the depression is just so much without cigarettes. Its just so hard

[@markus4925]

Same. How is it going?

[@divadoge5584]

Its not just nicotine in cigarettes, its also MAOI's that are naturally found in tobacco, it kinda acts like an antidepressant but not good enough to be an actual antidepressant. Thats why sometimes vapes dont work

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

Put either the J&J, Moderna, or Pfizer dose in all cigarettes and I bet everyone quits!!!

[@XXusernameunknownXX]

You gotta do it. Hardest thing I've done, but worth it. Take it One day, one week, one month at a time. And it's ok to slip up, just don't give up.

[@mopar_keys]

Today’s day one for me but I’m already bout to fuck up!! How long did it take for the cravings to go away??? Everyone’s different

[@AbdulKhan-hj2fd]

I think its very doable. I'm 100% no longer addicted but in some gatherings i let myself just have the occasional cheat day.

[@stockontruthchannel2631]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHeYeJ6fna58bc0 What the media don't like you to see

[@dgbsnobgrass]

Been 7 years since I’ve had a smoke. Still have cravings from time to time. I always say I’m still a smoker but just choose not too. Sure hope I never start it up again but it’s always gonna be in my mind I think.

[@yuhyuhjankins6817]

@@dgbsnobgrass keep going brother!! I’m on my first week hope to say 7 years one day 🙏🏽

[@petergreene9312]

I got one left and im debating if i should snap it or smoke it in the morning

[@husslewestbrook4813]

is there any way to clear some of that up, or is there no going back once it turns dark ? 5:48

[@Koperowsky]

I was smoking for several years, quit just because I wanted, I was ready for it mentally. I spent time with myself before I went sleep and with my thoughts whenever I was thinking about smoking I had ready thoughts from that night and hunger dissapeared. Never used any plasters, no help no talk with anybody. Everything is in your mind, depends how strong psyche you have in my opinion.

[@garazaadsf6921]

I smoked for a year when i first started college. the addiction grew to the point where i would smoke a whole ass pack an hour before my exam. stopped and failed once the second time i stopped i relapsed many times when i was drunk the third time i stopped i never smoked since and never plan to again

[@km0764]

For sure

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

Everything is not in your mind. We also have a body.

[@mhlengimbokazi4106]

@@EarthtonesCymbals yes but your hands or feet will never tell you what to do.

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

That is a fact but the mind/body relationship cannot be denied. That's all I'm saying.

[@whitenoise509]

My class in 6th grade got to visit a forensics lab for a field trip. We got to hold a healthy lung, and a smoker's lung. Having the actual thing in your hand to see and feel the difference is definitely impactful. It didn't stop me from smoking for over a decade, but it was interesting.

[@Hxllysis]

Very impactful

[@Th3lionKingzz]

I’ve never touched cigarettes, I smoked joints with a little bit of tobacco inside it for 10 years. When I started to notice my breath getting shorter, my heartbeat going faster sometimes, my throat being full of slime, my tongue being yellow, I decided to look for tobacco alternatives.. I talked to a 90 year man in Amsterdam who told me he only rolls camomile with his weed and nothing else. I decided to give it a try, threw my last pack of tobacco in the trash. The benefits of doing this are just unbelievable, my lungs feel so much better. My teeth are not as yellow, my tongue has gone completely clean. The taste is 100x beter.. so happy that I ran in to that guy. He literally saved me years and years of not taking care of myself. I’m not saying smoking weed is the healthiest thing in the world, but at least I’m not smoking something that has been taxed and produced in a factory. ( it’s so much cheaper to smoke camomile as well )

[@EBiz-tv9jq]

My experience as a heavy smoker 1. Before you quit TAPPER down quantity. I.e. use any methods you see fit to simply smoke less and less every week. I found that my limit was about 4x/day, if I smoked less, I felt bad. But after smoking 4 cigs a day for a month, I also felt that smoking more had adverse effects. 2. Try to smoke in inconvenient places. I often smoked in two locations - at home on balcony and at work on the roof. I slowly shifted to walking to a river some 200 meters from home and smoking there when at home + not smoking when I am out in bars + trying to not have cigs on me at work, so if I wanted to smoke, I went to a shop which was pretty far away. This allows breaking the psychological associations easier. I still smoked a ton when I had major stress, but those were odd occasions. I also often smoked after dinner, which I stopped. Rule of thumb: Be inconsistent with bad things, and consistent with good things. 3. When you feel like quitting, take a vacation. After you quit I have experienced 1) extreme sleepiness 2) brain fog 3) jolts of dopamine 4) insane craving of sugar (due to insulin in the body expecting smoke) 5) irritation. I'd say you can safely save 2 weeks of vacation solely to quit. Yes, sounds like a waste, but it is worth it. Avoid stress at all costs. Try to have limited tasks done every day and sleep on it. I also have experienced insomnia (this is worst, as it messes with your work and relationships and thoughts). Melatonin and just constant chilling is the best aid. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety. I have experienced extreme anxiety - but when you know it will go away it is not as crazy, When you experience it first time in life, it is a bit scary. People with OCD and ADHD will experience this worse. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety. Dont do xanax or other stuff, it is not worth it. symptoms 5. Find WHY you want to quit. For me it was that I wanted being better in gym more than smoking. Smoking interferred with my eating, and gave me headaches often. Once I quit my headaches were gone and I felt amazingly better under stress. Other factors were - I hate stench from smoke, both clothes and oral. I think my gf was much happier once I stopped stinking up the house and kissing became much more tasteful. (btw guys, smoking makes your semen disgustingly bitter as well). Smoking felt good initially, but once it became a habit it felt like I have no rush from it. I simply HAD to smoke to feel normal. I thought it was very stupid waste of my health. I felt much stronger physically + my sense of smell increased tenfold (if you are a lifelong smoker, you probably can't even properly smell the subtle way your wife or husband smell). Once you quit you realize how idiotically people who hang out and smoke look. Like why tf are you standing there and becoming more stinky and disgusting. There is nothing cool about smoking. You are not a teenager who rebels. You are an adult with an addiction.

[@clairesmithe]

If you quit and are vegan then the smells can be really disturbing. Smoking helps mask the smell of the city. 🤣

[@ihussain1011]

I cut off sugar first and then lowered the carbs intake simultaneously started intermittent fasting which vastly helped me to stop smoking.

[@JasonMacKenzie]

I tried to quit countless times. I finally read Quit Smoking the Easy Way. He basically demolishes all the crazy mind games you play with yourself. He tells you to smoke while you’re reading the book. At the end of the book I threw my smokes out and said to myself, “Man that was fucked up that I was addicted to smoking.” I never smoked again. That was about 6 years ago. It was incredibly easy after so many times of seeming impossible

[@charlesvictorrose]

I also quit using that book. It's even in KZbin.... That book is amazing!

[@krupke525]

I quit three years ago. I puked so much on my last one. Mind games shouldn’t be underestimated.

[@alexandergedeon409]

Same. March 23, 2008 I ended a pack a day habit that lasted for 10 years. I feel like my life started that day.

[@DeanValleyMusic]

Best book I ever read cost me 11 dollars. 4 months free who knows how much I’ve saved on cigs and vapes and who knows how much in medical bills.

[@ryanm4031]

That book got me off them too

[@zoramralte]

talk about the dangers of smoking while smoking...i like that

[@detnemt9571]

"The easy way to stop smoking" is a great self help book that I've used to quit twice, I tried quitting cold turkey quite a few times but yeah.. that was no bueno

[@J.D.Mc.]

I quit smoking 14 years ago. The key is to inform yourself, Know what your getting into and tough it out. The most addictive thing about smoking is actually the oxygen. Every drag you take you fully empty your lungs and take a deep breath. You seriously oxygenate your blood. So know that your going to have headaches and body aches for 7 to 10 days.(ibprofin is your best friend) from there coughing up crap will happen for a month or 2. The physical habits is almost like a fidget, so i grabbed sugar free candies and popped one when i wanted to smoke. Its gonna take at least 30 days to break that habit and form a new one. Here's what i did. Knowing that the oxygenation of my blood was the most relaxing thing about smoking, when i felt the urge to smoke i would take 3 deliberate deep breaths. Like a drag of a cigarette. Inhale, hold, release. After 3 of those, occasionally more, i could feel the tension in my body relax and the urge subsidied. I forced myself to do this everytime i wanted to smoke. 14 years later i STILL do it. My son even asked me why i take 3 deliberate breathes when im stressed. I was shocked to be honest because it became such a normal habit of mine i didn't realize i was doing it. But i explained to him i had a bad habit once and kicked it to be a better example for him and formed a healthier habit instead. To which he was actually proud. I regret nothing. I honestly cant stand the smell of smokers anymore. 🤣 For those thinking of kicking the habit, you can do it. Just know you in for a ride but im sure you've been through worse. You can do it! 💪🏼😎👍🏻

[@ccsmooth560]

I quit smoking & chewing many times, sometimes for years. I was in prison each time I quit. I couldn't do it on the streets. It was so difficult I felt I had to be confined in a straitjacket, locked in a cell, the key melted down and me foaming at the mouth the whole time. I've been tobacco free over 20 yrs now. No need to go back to the joint.

[@lsdfun]

The longest I've been able to quit was 2 years but the cravings always pull me back in eventually, going on 6 months no cigs right no but the urge to buy cigarettes is so strong, the first time i quit was because of LSD, quitting cold turkey is the way to go though if you really wanna stop.

[@V1LL1N]

I smoked for 22 years and then finally became a non-smoker when I decided I didnt want die and that each cigarette was choosing death over life...and it didnt hurt that something sent a super sexy dude to randomly lecture me while he was smnoking weed outside and told me how he quit smoking cigarettes and I tried it and it worked, and I intentonally did it during the most stressful time in my life so that I could never use the excuse of stress to start again. 4 years ago this month, I became a non smoker. People trying to quit - dont forget how proud of yourself you could choose to feel when you beat one of the most powerful addictions in our experience...everyone MUST read the book by Alan Carr - it's pure TRUTH and arms you with the mental atrillery needed to combat "the nicotine monster". If I can do it, so can you!

[@TWrecks09]

I got the book, about half way thru it and trying to get off them.

[@SkateTutorials93]

Did you use weed to stop smoking cigarettes? That works for me lol

[@sylezjusz]

Props to Carr's book. Found about it a decade ago in some random thread on Reddit and thought it's a silly concept to quit with a book. But it worked, it was stress-free, and the problem completely disappeared from my life. The only side-effect is that you'll likely become an evangelist for the guy's method and recommend it to people you know or don't.

[@Duskville]

death is beautiful choose cigarettes

[@robertclarkguitar]

I have that PDF and read it 25 percent. I need to finish it and read again. I sit there and agree the whole time reading it. Like I already know. But I get back to smoking. I cannot say it doesn't work since I Did NOT yet read the whole thing. So thanks for reminding me. I have probably gone too far as I've damage already. However pack a day for many years from 87 til now.

[@aaronfulton4497]

This podcast goes great with a pack of darts Learning so much crushing back to back smokes

[@Texaslife98]

I never was that big on smoking actual cigarettes.. but the vaping craze got me HOOKED. I’m telling you this addiction has been the hardest to quit and I’ve quit hard drugs before. It’s been 4 months since I last vaped and I’m still as angry as the exact day I quit. Constantly angry, so depressed, anxious, can’t sleep, it feels like you’re being tortured.

[@Apophis392]

I once got a sinus infection where it was physically gross to try to smoke. I was very surprised after a few days that I didn’t seem to be withdrawing after smoking cigs every day for 3 years, so I decided to see how long I could go without. That was 4 years ago and I haven’t touched cigarettes since. I eventually got into vaping after that, but I quit all forms of nicotine 2 years ago.

[@asongucollins5917]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHeYeJ6fna58bc0 they don't like you to see this ..Unbelievablee

[@DreadedLad88]

I don't know what these other nonsense comments are down here, but congratulations on quitting nicotine... It's an unfortunately tough hurdle to jump.

[@jtlpwilliem]

Same here, got a cold and made them taste nasty af for two weeks and decided to keep it going hahaha

[@DarkPassenger]

I stopped smoking because I always got sinus infections. It just got to the point where I hated every cigarette I smoked and quit cold turkey. It was tough at first, but got much easier. I haven't taken a single puff since the day I quit and it's been great.

[@Apophis392]

@Dinglett it does. Why do you say “but I thought”?

[@austiniscoolduh]

I’ve quit multiple times, with no problems. But the issue is, I always come back to it eventually, just because of the situation I’m in where I’m around a lot of smokers (rehab)

[@kylekyle2868]

"I've quit multiple times" I feel you man

[@bub305]

Using drugs in rehab, nice.

[@austiniscoolduh]

@@bub305 cigs are practically encouraged in rehab

[@magicsdolbear19]

As someone who has never smoked in my life and who doesnt drink much if there are anyone who has battled with your addiction and defeated it. Can you tell me the battles you went though and how you feel afterwards I'd love to hear your story.

[@MattDemon-it4bl]

So my story's a little different from the others, it's long so let me give you an advice. Never touch a cigarette, but it's good to drink occasionally.

[@edumizzy2141]

Never smoke

[@FromDark2Light-]

I quit smoking 1 day ago, and started chewing Redman. "Save your lungs, pack your gums" I also quit drinking 5 years ago by the grace of god and the men and women of AA. It is all hard to stop, but once you get to age 40 you should start to consider what that stuff does to your health. I want to live! Next comes weight loss and muscle gain. You really can do anything if you put your mind to it, it's all in the mind. And you have to be able to be strong mentally. You can train yourself to do this. You can train yourself to do anything. You need to have discipline, self-love and health awareness. You have to fight for your life to overcome these addictions. You fight to climb that hill and once your over the hump , it cake work from their on. Good luck.

[@wavy.m3]

"save your lungs, get lip cancer"

[@r.v.b.]

Stay alive and stay healthy my man

[@FromDark2Light-]

@R Will do, and thank you!

[@FromDark2Light-]

@Joey believe it or not the percentage of people that get mouth cancer from tobacco is under 2% of people that chew and they cannot prove that it was from smokeless tobacco. Dr. Rodu who is a world-renowned mouth cancer doctor says that smokeless tobacco can save your life if you are a smoker. And also talks about how when he worked in a mouth cancer clinic that he could not believe that after many years he was not seeing any patients that chewed tobacco. So he wrote a book on it and also does a bunch of interviews and stuff on youtube. Also, the FDA has taken smokeless tobacco off the list of the top 100 leading causes of cancer. Smoking is #1 and Obesity is #2.

[@thepope9648]

@@FromDark2Light- the gum doesn't do shit. it's just weaker nicotine, which makes you crave a cig even harder. give up all nicotine. it's the only way

[@offgridcarnivore]

A good friend of mine who was dieing from smoking scared the smoke right outta me on his death bed. His family asked me why I was even there said he is sleeping and can't talk even when he is awake. I came to his bed side and he rose from his bed grasping my arm very tightly and with great difficulty screamed at me "quit fucking smoking" he shuddered closed his eyes and slowly fell back in bed. He never said anything else. I never ever even had one craving. Threw my crumpled pack out the window on the drive outta there. He was like 84. I miss him..

[@tomasnouza2642]

Fucking 84

[@ave0828]

I was about 15 when I started but thankfully I quit around 22 years old. Didn't even smoke long IMO but it still took about 30 days to get over the thought of a cigarette. I feel for those who are trying to quit after 20+ yrs..

[@Keviekev115]

Hardest part about quitting smoking is how easy and accessible they are. You know how they make you feel immediately and you can still function, so it’s hard to justify why quitting in the moment

[@miljanvideo]

9 year addiction... quit cold turkey after a flu, one day I couldnt smoke and from that day I quit.

[@Ryan-Horgan]

All you smokers out there trying to quit, keep going even when you fall off the wagon. Allow yourself a mistake here and there. This is a war to be won not a battle. Don't give up completely if you cave in the first time. Good luck all, the struggle is real

[@thickpickles2325]

Took me 2+ years of trying until I finally kicked the habit

[@voodoodr]

Words of light Ryan. Thank you!

[@SouthoftheHill]

I beat my addiction through cold turkey, as well as getting married. I didn't want to enter into my marriage with this habit. Mind you, only time I smoke is through social drinking situations, and still it's seldom.

[@michelle5254]

Yes! 👏🏼 Each cigarette is a choice.

[@MysticWolf1223]

Great words

[@JDarko5o]

my mother has been sober from any addictive substances now for about 22 years. she says she would kill to smoke a cigarette. anytime she smells the smoke or sees someone smoking she is incredibly envious. the urge might never go away. props to my mom for fighting it.

[@Bhearu]

@@hi-dl4kw You can frame it that way but like it or not smoking feels lovely, the problem is its a rly nice time that destroys your body over a long period of doing it, if it didn't feel nice people wouldn't do it lol

[@peterdevreter]

6:20 is the reason I quit after 23 years. Was sick and I couldn't walk the stairs anymore without running out of air. It was like a switch in my head flipped and I was like "hell no!". First two weeks were hard but now (three months in) I don't think about it. Biggest downside right now is total lack of energy. Upside is that I save almost 300 euro's a month.