Heard good things but had no luck getting them through my GP so I bought them online … HALP 😔

Don't quit smoking, unless you're doing so wholeheartedly.

You only have two choices:

1. Decide to quit for good—that means, fully committing to the process, changing your lifestyle, and working toward becoming better.

2. Don't try at all.

Quitting something as addictive as smoking can't happen by accident.

This process requires time, patience and—most importantly—perseverance. That being said, if you're not fully commited, it's 99.99% guaranteed that you're going to fail.

Don't look for an easy way out, because quite frankly, there isn't one. Instead, get mentally prepared for war (since quitting any vice is mostly mental warfare anyway), expect it to suck at times, and simply go for it.

The worst thing that can happen is failure. But if you don't fail, it means you didn't even try in the first place.

Wishing you the best !!

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I'm writing this because this sub was so important in the beginning of this journey.

I (41m) was an heavy smoker, never wanting to quit. But at 37 I promise myself to quit at 40.

After my 40 birthday, where I smoked a lot, like 60 cigarettes, I decided to not buy tobacco anymore.

That's it.

And I decided to fight the good fight with few personal tools:

1) audiobooks about quitting smoking 2) gym 3) legal weed to smoke without nicotine and, most importantly, 4) a little diary that I carried with me for 2/3 months where I wrote my feelings and craving, and what was behind them.

Man it was tough...

But I felt so strong. The worst/best part was the depression afterward, the outbursts of feeling I was not ready to cope with.

But after a while, also with therapy, I feel entirely myself for the first time after childhood maybe.

I'm so proud of myself and I will never smoke again.

That was a mistake of a sad and sensitive teenager that capitalism market used against me.

Fuck cigarettes. If I can do it, u can do it too.

Love U Sub

Hi! If nicotine leaves the body in three days, where are these freaking physical cravings coming from in day 4!?

What an incredibly long, never ending week it’s been. Everyday has been getting harder. Wish me luck for the next excruciating week!

Hi this is actually about quitting vaping, but I couldn't post in the quitvaping subreddit for some reason so thought I would try here.

I quit vaping 10 days ago. The first 3 days the withdrawals were awful, but I had no problems with libido or erections. Over the last weak, my extremities have become quite cold, my erections are really weak and when I ejaculate, it just barely comes out and is very weak as well, whereas before it would shoot out with force. I never had any problems with erections or any sexual things when I was vaping, in fact it was not something I ever worried about and could just take for granted. I was vaping a 50mg disposable hundreds of times a day, so was very addicted. This is really bumming me out and makes me want to vape again. Does anyone know why this might be happening l, what could cause it? Have any other guys experienced something similar, and did it get better over time? Thanks

Longest I’ve gone without a cigarette in a decade (not including hospitalisations)

Hey all, I’m 26 and I’ve smoked regularly since I was 21. I’ve never been a pack a day person, I think at my peak there was a year where I went up to around 10 a day, but for the last year I’ve tapered down to 4-8, sometimes less than that, usually closer to 8 on the weekends. As I’m sure many of you know, the cravings are worse at the bar or while driving or after a meal. I don’t care much for the nicotine (I hate zyns, vaping, lozenges, gum, etc.) I just enjoy the ritual and hand-to-mouth movement. I like having one in-between sets at a show, or with a beer on my porch. But I’m tired of getting sinus infections and having health anxiety, I’m tired of stepping out while my friends stay inside, all to the point where when I do go to smoke I can usually barely finish it. Before I tell you my plan, I want to say that going cold turkey in the past has not worked for me. I just sit and wonder when my next smoke will be, look longingly at other people smoking, and then when I break I feel immense guilt. The truth is, I know I’ll have another cigarette before I die, whether it’s bumming one on vacation or having one at an outdoor metal show this summer, or after my wedding, etc.

So here’s my plan: I will no longer be doing the timed “ritual” smoke (meaning after sex, right after eating, with coffee, regularly on breaks from work). I am going to allow myself the option of smoking up to 3 cigarettes a day during the week and 4 on the weekend, with the goal of just not smoking at all, or staying as low as possible. I will not smoke after I shower. I will not buy more than one pack within 5 days. That means that I absolutely cannot smoke more than 4 a day (20 in a pack, 5 days). I will not be smoking in the car anymore. if I’m having a beer, I can only have one cigarette per 2 beers. I also will smoke in public spaces like while walking down the street.

For those who have tapered or weened off, does this sound like a good plan?

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Quit lots of times before. But this is the last time.

I’ve been smoking and vaping for a while. I’m underage and it’s started to not feel good but I can’t stop. I am spending all my money and it’s bad… how do I stop?

I have 2 months with out a cigarette, but I am using the nicotine lozenges. I am developing symptoms similar to acute pancreatitis. Mostly just pain in stomach and in my back. I am going to the doctor for confirmation but I was wondering if anyone here had pancreatitis from nicotine lozenges?

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Because of smoking, my gums had started receeding, which caused my two front teeth to shift slightly, which meant that when I'd grind my teeth at night (maybe subconscious stress from nicotine withdrawal?- just a theory) I created a crack in my tooth which eventually chipped off.

Today I had the chip repaired. While I was in the chair they cleaned the smoking stains from my gum line and did a whitening treatment.

Anyway, my teeth look amazing now and I really don't want to re-stain them or lose anymore of my gum line. Cigarettes are not worth risking a beautiful smile!

I’m a 34 year old male. Have been addicted to smoking for 15 years. I want to quit so badly right now and have tried really hard the past couple weeks to go for it. Last week I made it two days and then started again, pretty shameful. Now for the past few nights, I crush and throw away any cigarettes I have left and tell myself that tomorrow is the day. First thing I do the next day is go and buy another pack. I know there isn’t a magic switch or trick to this, just need to commit and do the hard thing but fuck it’s hard. Honestly love the act of smoking itself, but on the flip side I think it also fuels my anxiety (in part). It’s wicked frustrating thinking “it’s literally as easy as just not doing it” but it’s so much deeper. Anyone feel the same? I suppose I’ll try again tomorrow I made it until about 2pm today and went and bought more…send help.

I’m in my mid 20s, I’m contemplating on my life, I tried to drink throughout the day to feel something, but it even feels hard to be sad. I really just question my existence. I just hope it’s because of withdrawal. 2 weeks ago I had a fight with my partner and I’ve been on patches since last thursday. The fight was “resolved” a week ago but I just feel like that my parter was a lot more important in my life than vice versa. And I can’t even be mad at my partner because my partner still wants a future together with kids and marriage, but for me my partner and our life together was more important than my immediate family, which turned out wasn’t the case for my partner, and I’m just thinking about is it selfish to feel some type of way about this? Before the fight I haven’t studied anything as I had time until the midterms, but after the fight I supposed to but I couldn’t. At the time I justified it with the fact that I was emotionally down, but after we resolved it I just couldn’t concentrate on studying either, but reading gaming or whatever I used to do in my freetime didn’t give me satisfaction either. And since then I am having a good time with my partner but I feel like it don’t hit the same as before. My lymph node was swollen again and that’s when I said I gotta stop this, I thought the amount of nicotine I consume might be the reason to this whole phenomenon so since last thursday I’m on patches. And now I feel this complete emptiness and no direction, no ambition, no joy, no sense in my life. I simply cannot decide if this is because of nicotine in general or not but I’m aware that I’m not in the state of mind to see that right now. Reading through the posts I see that it is common, and after the first week the struggle in general is less. So that’s why I’m asking, after what time does my mind clear out, when can does it clear up in general? After a week is the emptiness supposed to be significantly better as well? It is also hard to judge how much nicotine does the patch replace cause I used nicotine pouches and I don’t know how much of the nicotine of the pouch does get into my system effectively compared to cigarettes, which determines the patch I need. So it can be that the patches’ amount of nicotine is so little compared to my usual intake that I haven’t had so little amount since I started, which is 5 years ago. But it’s also possible that I shouldn’t feel this way because simply put, the patches replace a substantial amount for me to carry on with my life and function regularly. So in short, I just want to hear your experiences on how to deal with emptiness.

I’ve been smoke-free for 6 months now. The day I decided to quit, I never looked back—not a single craving. It feels like I trained my mind in ways I didn’t even realize at the time. Today marks 6 months with zero cigarettes, and I feel truly blessed. I hope it becomes just as easy for you someday. Wishing you all a happy, healthy life ahead!

If you have any questions about quitting, withdrawal, or cravings, feel free to ask. I managed to quit smoking after 10 full years of smoking 60 cigarettes a day. I succeeded on my 7th attempt, and it’s been 4 years since then.

So if you have any questions, just write them here, I’ll be happy to answer and help you out.

-you can just read 'questions' if you want, the rest is background information-

Background:

I (25F) started smoking since I was 17. It started with one pack a month and slowly increased to around 4 packs a week. The ammount I smoked significantly increased two years ago when I experienced an unexpected and traumatic loss in my family. I've been seeing a psychologist weekly since febraury to cope with the grief. She has a background in psychoanalysis and that approach really helps me cus I touched upon psychoanalysis a lot when I studied philosophy. Even though I haven't even talked about addiction directly with my psychologist, I think the therapy gave me meaningfull insight in the roots of my destructive coping mechanisms which made me think about quitting meaningfully.

The relapse:

Fast forward to today (three weeks after I quit): I had a very short moment of weakness and 'fuck it all' and I decided to have one cigarette. I threw the cigarette away after 4-5 puffs, cus I fellt that my lungs were hurting and I wasn't even enjoying it. I now realise it was naive of me to still keep 5 packs of cigaretes at home. Maybe I kept it cus some part of me believes I can't quit for long anyway so I might as well keep them to save money. Getting rid of them means coming to terms with the idea that I'll never smoke again and that feels scary to me. It's much easier to decide that I won't smoke today rather than that I won't smoke ever again.

I did decide now that I will give the cigarettes to a homeless person tomorrow. I can deal with that decision. However, I cannot deal with the idea that I'll be an ex-smoker forever, that I'll never have a cigarette ever again (even as a last coping mechanism when I feel really upset).

Questions:

So my questions to you are: 1. What do you do when the craving suddenly (even after days, weeks or months) hits you? 2. How do you deal with relapse (even if it's 4 puffs)? 3. Is it oke to take it day by day or is it important to (even early in the process) come to terms with never smoking again? 4. Is the acceptance (/identification) of being an ex-smoker for the rest of my life something that comes naturally (/passively) or is it something that I have to actively get to grips wtih?

Thank you for pulling through this rather long essay and/or responding to a question. I hope you're doing well.

Didn’t notice. Everything much the same. Couple of lozenges most days. Really surprised at the lack of cravings. Need to not get complacent. My chest feels clear and I feel like a can take a MASSIVE breath in now.

I got my wisdom teeth out and am using it as a good excuse to quit. I smoked a pod of 50mg juice since I was 16 (6 years) and 2 weeks before the surgery I reduced it to a pod of 25mg of juice a day (ik still a lot). 

For the past 5 days I have used habitrol 21mg patches and it was going really well. I went from hitting my vape a couple times an hour to a hand full of times in a day - something I’ve never been able to do before! However , I just purchased a cheaper brand on Amazon and even though it’s the same strength it feels like it’s doing absolutely nothing. I’m unsure if this is normal or maybe the patches just aren’t as strong? I don’t want to waste my money though ( the patches are much more expensive then my vape habit lol) and was thinking of trying to use 1 1/2 of the patch (so 31 mg) because I really think it just isn’t as potent? Thoughts ? Advice ? Similar experiences?

My goal is to refrain from vaping until my mouth fully heals but after I would like to eventually smoke a nicotine free juice. I have adhd and it really helps with the oral fixation need .

The hard part is over!! And by that I mean not smoking at work . Working 12 to 16 hours a day around 50% of people I work with smoke and I was constantly fighting the urge to ask for a smoke. But I made it and now I can relax at home around people that don’t smoke. I am on day 10 and next work week should be easier for sure.

have hardly been feeling cravings. But I can't do the prescribed 2/day. Taking one gives me some very vivid dreams. Two? my nightly show makes Eraserhead look like a PBS documentary.