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[Manson]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

That would mean you smoke a pack a day.  Why were you shocked, wouldn't you know the price by now?

 

[maplesyrup]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

I quit on my birthday in '09 after smoking for nearly 20 years. I had tried a bunch of things previously with no success and one day I just said eff it... I don't want to do this anymore and I'm stronger than my addiction and quit cold turkey. I was shocked how easy it was to finally quit once I knew I was for certain that was it. - I only had a few bad days really.

Just be honest with yourself. If you really want to quit, you will and you'll be shocked how easy it is. If you don't, don't waste your time on drugs and other snake oils. You'll likely be back to it.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

That would mean you smoke a pack a day.  Why were you shocked, wouldn't you know the price by now?

Perhaps he pays with his card and didn't particularly care how much they cost?

I've been going to Starbucks every morning for the past six months and I could not tell you how much a coffee at Starbucks is.

 

[seahawk]

I've been going to Starbucks every morning for the past six months and I could not tell you how much a coffee at Starbucks is.

Grande coffee $2.26 It's my regular order so I keep seeing that amount of my gift card statement.  ;D

 

[AlmosGirl]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

No tips.  I quit cold turkey 8 yrs ago and haven't looked back.  Now mind you, I was a 3 cigarettes a day smoker (evenings only), so, it was probably easier to quit and my kids were bugging me too, so that made it easier as well.

My gf quit 3 mths ago and she had the laser treatment done.  She was about a pack a day smoker but she's been smoke free for 3 mths.  Also, she was diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas, so, it was on her "to do" list.

 

[maplesyrup]

Luka "Rocco" Magnotta and Christopher Husbands in a fight to the death Thunder Dome style?

 

[Madferret]

$17 for a pack of smokes?!

 

[Corn Flake]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

I quit on my birthday in '09 after smoking for nearly 20 years. I had tried a bunch of things previously with no success and one day I just said eff it... I don't want to do this anymore and I'm stronger than my addiction and quit cold turkey. I was shocked how easy it was to finally quit once I knew I was for certain that was it. - I only had a few bad days really.

Just be honest with yourself. If you really want to quit, you will and you'll be shocked how easy it is. If you don't, don't waste your time on drugs and other snake oils. You'll likely be back to it.

+1.

I quit 3 years ago and it was the same for me.. when you are ready to quit and you truly WANT to quit, it isn't that difficult.  I smoked a 1/2 pack a day for a decade and couldn't get within 10 feet of a coffee or a beer without instantly wanting a smoke.  Now, it doesn't bother me and I can be around smokers, etc etc etc.  All fine.

If you sit around thinking constantly about "giving up" something you wish you were still doing, you will fail.  You have to get to the place between your ears where finally breaking the habit makes you feel happy to be free of a terrible killer addiction.

$17.75.. must be in BC?

 

[maplesyrup]

Yesterday I went and bought a pack of smokes, they were $17.75, I was shocked but paid anyways, then when I got to work I started thinking that is a lot of money and I refuse to pay that much for a pack, I just smoked my last one and am going to attempt to quit now, I have the nicorette quick mist spray which I have used on occasion and seemed to help out. I quit last year for a few weeks, hoping this is my last attempt to kick the habit! I just quickly figured out how much I would save a month if I were to quit at this current price for a pack, $540 a month :|

Tips are welcome!

I quit on my birthday in '09 after smoking for nearly 20 years. I had tried a bunch of things previously with no success and one day I just said eff it... I don't want to do this anymore and I'm stronger than my addiction and quit cold turkey. I was shocked how easy it was to finally quit once I knew I was for certain that was it. - I only had a few bad days really.

Just be honest with yourself. If you really want to quit, you will and you'll be shocked how easy it is. If you don't, don't waste your time on drugs and other snake oils. You'll likely be back to it.

+1.

I quit 3 years ago and it was the same for me.. when you are ready to quit and you truly WANT to quit, it isn't that difficult.  I smoked a 1/2 pack a day for a decade and couldn't get within 10 feet of a coffee or a beer without instantly wanting a smoke.  Now, it doesn't bother me and I can be around smokers, etc etc etc.  All fine.

If you sit around thinking constantly about "giving up" something you wish you were still doing, you will fail.  You have to get to the place between your ears where finally breaking the habit makes you feel happy to be free of a terrible killer addiction.

$17.75.. must be in BC?

Scary though that almost three years later, I still think about it from time to time. I could easily pick up a smoke right now. It's behind me but it left it's mark. Awful, awful things those things are.

 

[Kin]

I didn't really smoke cigarettes so I don't know the specifics of smoking them but I was a smoker for years and I have to echo Sarge and CF. Ultimately the only thing that really worked for me was, to quote Norm MacDonald, the sheer tyranny of will. Once I got to the point where the thought of smoking was less "man, that'd hit the spot" and more "that's really not good for me" it wasn't too hard to quit.

Even now I occasionally smoke on nights where I get a good drink on but I'm able to keep it at that.

 

[Deebo]

I didn't really smoke cigarettes so I don't know the specifics of smoking them but I was a smoker for years

Pipes? Cigars? something other than tobacco?

 

[Kin]

Pipes? Cigars? something other than tobacco?

Pipes.

 

[maplesyrup]

Pipes? Cigars? something other than tobacco?

Pipes.

Still not really answering Deebo's last question there. 

 

[Kin]

Still not really answering Deebo's last question there. 

I was just talking about the tobacco. Quitting smoking pot was even easier. Two steps: move out of a dorm and be really lazy.

 

[maplesyrup]

I haven't touched a joint in 9 months. No particular reason for that really. Could be laziness I suppose. Either way, I've never had an addiction to it.

 

[Corn Flake]

Scary though that almost three years later, I still think about it from time to time. I could easily pick up a smoke right now. It's behind me but it left it's mark. Awful, awful things those things are.

Do you mean you get the thought in your head or the actual physical craving?

For me, its the former only.  I don't feel the physical pang at all but the thought crosses the mind all the time. Usually in circumstances where I used to always have a smoke going.  But it's just a flash of a thought... and then I just shrug it off and keep on going.  And if it lasts any more than a flash, I just remind myself how long it took to quit and going through all of that again would be insane. 

 

[Kin]

Wrong thread.

 

[maplesyrup]

Scary though that almost three years later, I still think about it from time to time. I could easily pick up a smoke right now. It's behind me but it left it's mark. Awful, awful things those things are.

Do you mean you get the thought in your head or the actual physical craving?

For me, its the former only.  I don't feel the physical pang at all but the thought crosses the mind all the time. Usually in circumstances where I used to always have a smoke going.  But it's just a flash of a thought... and then I just shrug it off and keep on going.  And if it lasts any more than a flash, I just remind myself how long it took to quit and going through all of that again would be insane.

I can't put my finger on it. Is my body craving that draw or is it my brain simply remembering what it felt like? Or both? Do recovering addicts of all drugs think about that stuff after almost 3 years away from it? I don't know, I think about stuff like this on long drives, etc. and like you, I remind myself how long it took one part of my brain to convince the other that smoking was for dummies.     

 

[Corn Flake]

Scary though that almost three years later, I still think about it from time to time. I could easily pick up a smoke right now. It's behind me but it left it's mark. Awful, awful things those things are.

Do you mean you get the thought in your head or the actual physical craving?

For me, its the former only.  I don't feel the physical pang at all but the thought crosses the mind all the time. Usually in circumstances where I used to always have a smoke going.  But it's just a flash of a thought... and then I just shrug it off and keep on going.  And if it lasts any more than a flash, I just remind myself how long it took to quit and going through all of that again would be insane.

I can't put my finger on it. Is my body craving that draw or is it my brain simply remembering what it felt like? Or both? Do recovering addicts of all drugs think about that stuff after almost 3 years away from it? I don't know, I think about stuff like this on long drives, etc. and like you, I remind myself how long it took one part of my brain to convince the other that smoking was for dummies.   

I think with smoking and probably all other addictions, it's a part of life.  I know alcoholics talk about how it's a daily thing for them and it never really goes away.

It has to be in your brain. The chemical addiction was broken a long, long time ago. 30 days until 100% of the last tiny bit of nicotine is out of your body.

 

[Tigger]

My daughters younger step sister ( 7 years old ) has been invited to represent Canada at an international martial arts tourney, pretty amazing little gal.