trying to stop smoking.

[Kenneth4Eva]

i have stopped for 8 days and im doing ok apart from the sweating and the illness and sore throats.

Physical Symptoms.

During the quitting process people should consider the following physical symptoms of withdrawal as they were recuperating from a disease and treat them accordingly as they would any physical symptoms:

Tingling in the hands and feet
Sweating
Intestinal disorders (cramps, nausea)
Headache
Cold symptoms as the lungs begin to clear (sore throats, coughing, and other signs of colds and respiratory problem)


The first few weeks after quitting smoking are usually the most difficult and it's safe to say that it normally takes at least 8-12 weeks before a person starts to feel comfortable with their new lifestyle change of being an ex-smoker. Withdrawal from nicotine, an addictive drug found in tobacco, is characterized by symptoms that include headache, anxiety, nausea and a craving for more tobacco. Nicotine creates a chemical dependency, so that the body develops a need for a certain level of nicotine at all times. Unless that level is maintained, the body will begin to go through withdrawal similar to alcohol addiction withdrawal. For tobacco users trying to quit, symptoms of withdrawal from nicotine are unpleasant and stressful, but only temporary. Most withdrawal symptoms peak 48 hours after you quit and are completely gone in six months.
Mental and Emotional Symptoms.

Tension and craving build up during periods of withdrawal, sometimes to a nearly intolerable point. One European study found that the incidence of workplace accidents increases on No Smoking Day, a day in which up to 2 million smokers either reduce the amount they smoke or abstain altogether.

Nearly every moderate to heavy smoker experiences more than one of the following strong emotional and mental responses to withdrawal.

Feelings of being an infant: temper tantrums, intense needs, feelings of dependency, a state of near paralysis.
Insomnia
Mental confusion
Vagueness
Irritability
Anxiety
Depression is common in the short and long term. In the short term it may mimic the feelings of grief felt when a loved one is lost. As foolish as it sounds, a smoker should plan on a period of actual mourning in order to get through the early withdrawal depression.


11 more weeks to go hahaha.
i am going to hate it the most when i have a drink

[fractal]

i recently did it u just have to stop being a fraggle and smoke a lot more weed for a while until youll never smoke a fag again

[Kenneth4Eva]

i recently did it u just have to stop being a fraggle and smoke a lot more weed for a while until youll never smoke a fag again

i stopped smoking weed years ago. doesn't agree with me.

[JReilly]

I stopped a few years back, it was shit for a few weeks but I felt great afterwards.

When ever you feel like having a cigarette go for a run or do some excersize, worked for me.

[armed]

i stop smoking all the time....




...for about 8 hours every night.

[JamesZero]

I gave up 5 years ago, the first few weeks were a bitch! Especially going down the pub surrounded by smokers!
I think once you get past the first month it becomes pretty easy after that, you hit a point where you still would like to smoke, but you can say no without a problem.

The thing I hate about it is the fact that I still miss it sometimes now, 5 years later!! But at £7-£8 a pack there is no way I would go back to it now!

[Kenneth4Eva]

I gave up 5 years ago, the first few weeks were a bitch! Especially going down the pub surrounded by smokers!
I think once you get past the first month it becomes pretty easy after that, you hit a point where you still would like to smoke, but you can say no without a problem.

The thing I hate about it is the fact that I still miss it sometimes now, 5 years later!! But at £7-£8 a pack there is no way I would go back to it now!

the price is to god damn high

[Teddy]

good luck mate.
giving up smoking is one of the hardest things you can do.
i've given up loads of times. hence why i don't have any wise words to share.

[Forau]

Ive always found after 3 days im pretty much clear of all withdrawel symptoms.

I always start again though after about a month.

If you dont WANT to give up, but feel like you should or need to, you wont be able to quit.
Trying to give up something you want to do is next to impossible. Its when your like "i hate smoking, its horrible and really want to give up" that you'll quit no problem.

I enjoy it far too much.

[armed]

get an e-cig, i have one for when i know i'm not gonna be able to afford any baccy for a while, and they work a treat, no withdrawal symptoms but you still crave the actual smoke rather than nictotine vapour

[bongo90]

this thing here helped me when i gave up smoking

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-.../dp/B002SPX4TE

[DeeGun]

Giving up smoking is fackin easy, why the hell do you even get side effects?? Were you smoking 3 packs a day or what??

E-Cigs..yeah right..cancer. Allen Carr..cliche.

[richie_stix]

http://www.skycig.co.uk/

[Sc0tty]

I give up everytime I finish a night out on the piss and restart the next time I have a beer.

Really don't understand the need to smoke when I'm sober, never crave one during the week.

As soon as I have that first pint though, I crave a cig and I can smoke 20 - 30 cigs easily on a night out.

[JReilly]

I hate to see women smoke, especially big fat chicks standing outside supermarkets with kids in the trolly breathing all that shit over em.