So, I have continued to fail miserably at quitting. I have now bought and smoked two packs. I caved and bought a second one Friday afternoon. Two things one me over:
- I was out of the city where cigarettes are MUCH MUCH cheaper…
- I was getting drunk that night and in the past I can be miserable to hang out with when drunk and craving a smoke…
Friday night probably helped take a considerable amount of time off my life. I managed to kill nearly an entire pack in one night, not good. I had 8 cigarettes that were able to tie me over for the rest of the weekend.
Amazingly, on Sunday I had only two cigarettes. Having smoked them fairly early on in the day I managed to go an entire 5 hours without a cigarette! I was even able to avoid the tempting cheaper cigarettes on my drive back to school.
I am doing terrible at trying to quit cold turkey. While in the past few 2 days I have managed to avoid buying my own pack I have bummed more than a few cigarettes from friends. Now I feel like I ought to buy another pack simply so I can return the favor. I am sure they don’t mind letting me have a few, but, I feel sort of shady when I take their cigarettes. I am quickly losing faith in my will power and I am beginning to wonder if perhaps I ought to try something like the patch or a gum of some-sort.
I saw a commercial for a new Nicorette cinnamon gum that sort of peaked my interest. I will probably end up trying something like this after a bit more reasearch. I have the sneaking suspicion that I am need something a bit more than my feeble will power to kick the habit…
So, I wonder this, have any of you out there ever had any success with any “Quit Smoking” products? What worked for you, what didn’t?
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Well, my friend, I personally have never smoked a cigarette that wasn’t a “luxury” cig, but given the reasons you were unable to quit cold turkey, you should
a) Stop hanging out with smokers (yeah, I mean the Fogle)
b) Don’t ever get drunk again
c) Live in the city for the rest of your life
and d) Take up a hobby that you can do when you have a craving…
Wait a minute, that’s a lot of bullshit. Maybe you should just keep smoking cigarettes…
Hey Ramsey. You wanted to link to my blog right?
I almost chewed some nicorette the other day. It was offered to me during american political thought (class). Given my complete lack of tolerance for nicotine, It could have been quite humorous. but it wasn’t. I was afraid I would get addicted to the gum and have to take up smoking in order to quit. I hope this helps you quit.
I like Robert’s a, b, c, and d.
http://www.smokefree.gov/
When you type “quit” into the google search tool thingy the first thing to come up is “quit smoking.” not really surprising but kind of interesting.
Ya know, regardless of whether or I quit or not I think I am going to take the last part of Robert’s (A) advice…The Fogle is probably worse than cigs…
Here’s how I got to where I am now:
1. transition over to chewing tobacco. The stuff is even more chemically-potent than the smoke, so this should be relatively instantaneous.
2. Because chew is more overtly disgusting than smoking, the culprit has that much more of an incentive to stop chewing. However, after a few months of chew (and no smokes), the act becomes associated with times of day, behaviors, etc which are as addictive as smoking whilst driving. So…
3. switch to sunflower seeds.
From then on, if you absolutely need a hold-me-over smoke and feel guilty about bumming, as you should, then pay the bummer upon bummance. Say, $1 for every 2nd smoke bummed.
That’ll put your conscience at ease
“The Little Book of Quitting” by A. Carr
changed my perspective and offered support.
made it so easy to get to day 7 smoke-free that I had to verify the real and usually impossible addictive nature of nicotine to myself and others (you) before I just picked up a random pack to enjoy one smoke with my after breakfast coffee.
It was easy to get to day 4 seven months ago using this little book (only 6.95 at B&N) and I fell for the this is so easy I can quit anytime self-scam.
This time I bought a used good bike and am starting to enjoy my lungs as I rebuild my endurance.
Go for it — you can be free of the little murderous monster.
Free to enjoy food, sex, exercise, good clothing, expensive rent and furnishings. LIFE!!
Maybe I will go for a bike-ride now. Unbelieavably my smoker’s cough has already left me — I am 54 and smoke about 2 packs a day.
Bill