Re: Quitting smoking
[Re: magsdad]
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04/24/21 07:02 PM
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If you quit cold turkey try a piece of nicotine gum. It will make you feel better. That's what I did after quitting for a while. Not so much as a crutch for the mind but your body is used to having nicotine and it will help you poop and sleep.
Don't pick up another cig. You already got over the hard part.
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Re: Quitting smoking
[Re: magsdad]
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04/24/21 07:03 PM
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You are expecting a lot to happen in two week after 30 years of smoking. Give it time. You will take any reason to start again. Hang in there.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 07:06 PM
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time will help. i quit in 1988 after 3 packs a day. got reading my military medical records and it had "spots on lungs, probable asbestotes" . figgured i'd like to die of old age instead of cancer. was no sence in trying to hurry it along. scoal was the worse, i smell wintergreen and still get the cravings.stopped chewing in 1992.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 07:38 PM
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Lozenges worked for me about 14 years ago cherry or cappuccino 4mg..
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 07:43 PM
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Put the cigarette money in a separate account and see what you have after a month, 6 months, one year. That right there is why it's worth it. Keep up the fight man.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 07:46 PM
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Dont do the nicotene thing. Just hang tough. it sucks but it does get better. not quickly though. if i can quit you can too Im not special. its not fun. You will start coughing soon. That means you beginning to heal. Taste improves along with your sense of smell. Takes awhile, hang in there.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 07:56 PM
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If you've been quit 2 weeks the nicotine is out of your system. Take walks read do something to keep your hands and mind busy. Hang in there it is tough but it is so worth it and you will start to feel better. The food that you use to think was good for 30 years may not taste the same now.
"Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 08:30 PM
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I quit over 6 years ago, food must taste better as I gained about 10 pounds since I quit. I wish I would have quit when I was 40 instead of being 70.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 08:40 PM
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After 2 weeks a dose of Nicotine is the very last thing you need....Lots of liquids and more activity lots more. I quit cold turkey the day my first grandson was born, he is 18 now. Are you taking vitamins? May try those and like I said liquids and activity that will exert your lungs.
you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 08:44 PM
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Heavy smoker here also. I quit after around 40 yrs. It takes time , but it will happen. I believe its the greatest proactively positive move a smoker can do for themselves. Just think your no longer restricting your lungs from processing oxygen. It will make a difference.
Congrats and the positive attitude will be your strength as needed.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 09:03 PM
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I tried quitting multiple times before it finally stuck.
I used the Nicoderm CQ patch, a six-week program of patches, 21, 14 and 7 grams of nicotine. Worked like a charm. It was so easy I kept waiting for the other shoe to fall. It never did.
I was a pack a day smoker of Marlboros for more than twenty years. I’ve been smoke free for about twenty years now.
The good changes take some time to happen. Don’t give up. It’s one of the best things I did.
I never crave cigarettes, never did after I quit. But I still love the smell of tobacco smoke.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Quitting smoking
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I gained about fifteen pounds in the months after I quit but eventually lost the extra weight.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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Every time you want a smoke, walk a mile. It will get better. It may take a while but it will. I smoked and dipped for 20 years and have been quit for 5 years. Make your health priority!
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 09:41 PM
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My uncle painted a dowel just like a cigarette...when he wanted one, just used it for a placebo. Worked for him.
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Re: Quitting smoking
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04/24/21 10:11 PM
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Man, I don't know. I quit a 2 pack a day habit after 20+ years and felt like someone had lifted an anvil off my chest a couple of weeks later. I do know, the withdrawal symptoms were terrible for a couple of months. Sleeping was TOUGH! Might try a little Advil PM before bed. I still enjoy the smell of a little second hand smoke, but I have no desire to light one up. No more coughing or tight chest in the morning. It's awesome!
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