I've gone 150 Days....

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I'm not much of a gum-chewer anyway and I heard that the nicotene gum tastes like. . . donkey, and the nasal inhalers are prescription only. Maybe I'll try cold turkey again, I made it six months that way one time.

EDIT: Thank you for the support, everyone. I've come to believe that that is one of the most important keys to quitting.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I'm not much of a gum-chewer anyway and I heard that the nicotene gum tastes like. . . donkey, and the nasal inhalers are prescription only. Maybe I'll try cold turkey again, I made it six months that way one time.

Granted, the patches do work for some people or they wouldn't be on the market.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Congrats! I've never smoked, but I recently kicked an addiction to the painkiller Talwin I'd developed while recovering from my accident. I quit cold turkey, and there was about 4 days where I felt like I was dying, and would've been grateful to have done so. UGH.

 

[jaerdaph]

Congrats! I've never smoked, but I recently kicked an addiction to the painkiller Talwin I'd developed while recovering from my accident. I quit cold turkey, and there was about 4 days where I felt like I was dying, and would've been grateful to have done so. UGH.

EXCELLENT! Good for YOU!

 

[jaerdaph]

I learned *a lot* - one of the things that I learned is that the patches do not (statstically speaking) work.

Interesting. I'd tried patches once before, but they never worked for me, so I opted for the gum this time. Seems to have worked so far

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

EXCELLENT! Good for YOU!

Thanks... but let me tell ya...I ate Tylenol like Pez to kill the flu-like aching and consumed banana pops by the box full to ease a weird craving for sweets I had during that whole time. Now I'm hooked on banana pops... LOL

 

[jaerdaph]

Thanks... but let me tell ya...I ate Tylenol like Pez to kill the flu-like aching and consumed banana pops by the box full to ease a weird craving for sweets I had during that whole time. Now I'm hooked on banana pops... LOL

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Jdvn1]

Me neither. 'Tis a disgusting habit! I can't see why people find it "cool".... it stinks, and makes YOU and your stuff stink on top of that!

Well, I mostly wanted to congratulate -- while I don't like the smell it gives everything, I have a friend who's (literally) deathly allergic to it. If he gets the slightest whiff of the stuff, he has to run out of whatever building he's in and recover, which often takes about an hour.

I think people who never smoked have the right idea, but I have a greater respect for those who did smoke and had the mental fortitude and good sense to stop (no matter what their reason).

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I've gone about twenty hours without a cigarettee. I'm sure there's an open pack and a lighter in the breezeway. As I type, I'm about 5 ft (less than 2 meters) from 3 fresh packs. My wife's at work. No one would know . . .

except me.

I've quit cold turkey before and have found that the first two or three days are the worst.

 

[jaerdaph]

I've quit cold turkey before and have found that the first two or three days are the worst.

Yes, the first couple of days are the worst. Hang in there!