Unofficial SoCal Quitting Smoking Thread

[madmatt]

Originally Posted by Speeddog

Book purchased, ETA Thursday.

nice.

simple formula.

smoke. read. read. smoke. enjoy. smoke. read. never smoke again. enjoy.

[kazadi]

Originally Posted by derby

like the hallucinations and violent behavior? ;D

A friend of mine started using Chantix after smoking forever and he didn't even want to smoke and thought it was a miracle drug. problem is, after a couple of months, he didn't want to do anything. Depression is apparently a possible side effect. He's never been depressed before. Stopped the drug; started smoking again. back to the drawing board.

[research monkey]

Good job man! I quit on new years and recently smoked 3 cigarettes (after 4.5 months with nothing) after a fight with my chick. I havent smoked any since though!

[madmatt]

...what's the story with this? You done?

[carreraplatter]

39 years old and finally quit. I told myself that I would quit when I reached the age of 35. Haven't smoke a cig in, oh about 5 to 6 weeks, forgot the actual stop date.

The only problem is that after I smoke a joint, i reeeeeaaaaaallllllly crave a cigarette. I hope admitting I'm a pot lover won't get me kicked off the DML!

[TaffyinLA]

I'm just starting week 4 without nicotine. Went cold turkey after 15 years of smoking roll ups so the withdrawal was insane!
However, that's over now and all the nervous energy and stress was channelled into hitting the gym so managed to lose some weight in the last 3 weeks and has left me feeling fitter, wanting to exercise and eat healthier.
The tough part is avoiding the 'habit' smokes like being in the pub, rest break on a ride etc but like the previous poster, I should have quit at 35, so at 38, I'm determined never to smoke again.