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Ordinary Joel · Dec 22, 2020

Dec 22, 2020
Proud of y'all giving the cigs the flick

Worm · Dec 22, 2020

Dec 22, 2020

icecube said

Good luck man. I quit smoking about 8 years ago now after a strong 20 a day habit of over 15 years. Best thing I ever done. Everybody does things differently but this is what worked for me:

I started vaping. I said to myself that I wasn't doing it to quit but as a replacement. I smoked the highest mg fluid I could find. It really worked for me as I found the benefits straight away, I took a few puffs in the office instead of walking down 3 flights of steps to go outside so I ended up more productive at work because I wasn't wasting hours a day by going outside smoking.

As time went by o had well and truly swapped smoking for vaping so at that point I decided to see if I could condition my body into quitting. I stuck with tabacco flavoured fluid for everything except the end.
Step 1 - I went from 18mg to 12mg nicotine fluid. When I don't this I found to begin with I was vaping like crazy but I eventually got used to it. I can't remember the exact time frames now but roughly 3-6 months later I tried the next step
Step 2 - switched from 12mg to 6mg nicotine. Same thing as above.
Step 3 - switched from 6mg to 3mg (mixed 6mg and 0mg together)
Step 4 - switched from 3mg to 0mg
Step 5 - switched from tabacco flavour to random fruity flavours
Step 6 - At this stage this was the biggest thing to break; the process of vaping. This took a lot of willpower as it was the most conscious thing about the whole process. Don't know how I done it tbh but I'm 8 years of not smoking so it worked.

This whole process probably took about 2-3 years but it was worth it!
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d--- bro that's straight torture. I haven't smoked in years but when I did I was up to a pack a day and more when I drank. Tried the gum, tried to vape and cut back similar to you but I was just giving myself more of an addictive drug every day. I finally said f--- it and went cold turkey which was the best method for me at least. It s----d for 3 weeks, mostly when drinking and then slowly week by week the cravings went away.

Translucent · Dec 22, 2020

Dec 22, 2020

Ordinary Joel said

Proud of y'all giving the cigs the flick
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Woah. A rare OJ post!

icecube · Dec 23, 2020

Dec 23, 2020

Worm said

d--- bro that's straight torture. I haven't smoked in years but when I did I was up to a pack a day and more when I drank. Tried the gum, tried to vape and cut back similar to you but I was just giving myself more of an addictive drug every day. I finally said f--- it and went cold turkey which was the best method for me at least. It s----d for 3 weeks, mostly when drinking and then slowly week by week the cravings went away.
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Well done man! I'd done cold turkey once before (not my own choice) and it just didn't work. My method wasn't torture at all though because initially I didn't do it to quit. I had no desires to quit smoking at all, just replace it.

Wreckless · Dec 29, 2020

Dec 29, 2020

icecube said

Good luck man. I quit smoking about 8 years ago now after a strong 20 a day habit of over 15 years. Best thing I ever done. Everybody does things differently but this is what worked for me:

I started vaping. I said to myself that I wasn't doing it to quit but as a replacement. I smoked the highest mg fluid I could find. It really worked for me as I found the benefits straight away, I took a few puffs in the office instead of walking down 3 flights of steps to go outside so I ended up more productive at work because I wasn't wasting hours a day by going outside smoking.

As time went by o had well and truly swapped smoking for vaping so at that point I decided to see if I could condition my body into quitting. I stuck with tabacco flavoured fluid for everything except the end.
Step 1 - I went from 18mg to 12mg nicotine fluid. When I don't this I found to begin with I was vaping like crazy but I eventually got used to it. I can't remember the exact time frames now but roughly 3-6 months later I tried the next step
Step 2 - switched from 12mg to 6mg nicotine. Same thing as above.
Step 3 - switched from 6mg to 3mg (mixed 6mg and 0mg together)
Step 4 - switched from 3mg to 0mg
Step 5 - switched from tabacco flavour to random fruity flavours
Step 6 - At this stage this was the biggest thing to break; the process of vaping. This took a lot of willpower as it was the most conscious thing about the whole process. Don't know how I done it tbh but I'm 8 years of not smoking so it worked.

This whole process probably took about 2-3 years but it was worth it!
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I used to smoke the exact same amount as you. What worked for me were nicotine patches + nicotine gum.

Patches do a really good job eliminating most of the urge and when I still felt the need for a cig I would take a gum.

I didn't even have to do the patches for as long as they suggested. Did step one for a couple weeks, then started step 2 for another couple weeks and was pretty much done after that.

Haven't smoked since last april.

Vaping never worked for me and for most people I know as well. It ended up being a crutch and they always have that thing in their mouth. They ended up vaping more than they smoked.

Wreckless · Dec 29, 2020

Dec 29, 2020

Worm said

d--- bro that's straight torture. I haven't smoked in years but when I did I was up to a pack a day and more when I drank. Tried the gum, tried to vape and cut back similar to you but I was just giving myself more of an addictive drug every day. I finally said f--- it and went cold turkey which was the best method for me at least. It s----d for 3 weeks, mostly when drinking and then slowly week by week the cravings went away.
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Yup that's pretty much the best way. That or nicotine patches if you can't do it cold turkey.

Cutting down or starting vaping is prolonging the torture imo. But I guess it works for some people.

icecube · Dec 30, 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Tonshor said

Vaping never worked for me and for most people I know as well. It ended up being a crutch and they always have that thing in their mouth. They ended up vaping more than they smoked.
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Well done on quitting man!

This is exactly what happened with me. I definitely vaped more than I smoked. I put that down to getting the nicotine levels right. It took me a couple of months to learn about the different mgs of nicotine in the liquids. Once I figured that out and went as high as I could then it was much easier.

aleeex1923 · Jan 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021
@Translucent how is it going?
This morning is my 7th day since I quit. I went cold turkey with it and I feel okay. The only issue that I have is that I'm very angry lol, but after smoking for 17 months 2-3 packs a day that's understandable for me.

When I was 22 I did the same thing and lasted 10 years, I hope this time will never smoke til I die.

Alpha · Jan 20, 2021

Jan 20, 2021
Well done man. Health is wealth.

Translucent · Jan 21, 2021

Jan 21, 2021

aleeex1972 said

@Translucent how is it going?
This morning is my 7th day since I quit. I went cold turkey with it and I feel okay. The only issue that I have is that I'm very angry lol, but after smoking for 17 months 2-3 packs a day that's understandable for me.

When I was 22 I did the same thing and lasted 10 years, I hope this time will never smoke til I die.
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I relapsed.

Oh well. Will try again

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