Quitting smoking

I quit smoking 2 weeks ago after smoking for over 30 years. Everyone keeps saying that I’ll feel better, have more energy etc etc. everyone says food tastes better and things smell better.
Well when does all these things start happening. I have felt terrible every day. Food doesn’t taste better. Honestly the quitting hasn’t bothered me that much but feeling terrible, not sleeping, not pooping, and everything else, I’m about to start again. Anyone have any advice, encouragement or otherwise

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.

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.

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.

Lozenges worked for me about 14 years ago cherry or cappuccino 4mg..

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.

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.

Thanks for the advice. I plan on hanging in there I don’t want to smoke anymore. I do want to feel better

Took 3 months before I started feeling the benefit of quitting. Drink lots of water.

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.

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.

This worked for me (a long time ago): Quit for smoking for 30 days. Then smoke for 7 days. Check - what difference do you notice? Me, I noticed I was coughing again (during the 30 days I had not notice that I was no longer coughing). Resolve to quit permanently. Carry an open pack in shirt pocket for about a month, give a cig to a friend if he asked but don't smoke any yourself.

Carrying an open pack forces you to rely on your own willpower - the cig is right there so you have to resist the temptation. Otherwise it's too easy to accept a cig from a friend (thus starting again).

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.

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.

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.

I gained about fifteen pounds in the months after I quit but eventually lost the extra weight.

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!

My uncle painted a dowel just like a cigarette...when he wanted one, just used it for a placebo. Worked for him.

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!

BTW, it's been about 10 years now for me.

I quit a bit over 30 years ago. You smoked for over 30 years, so be a bit patient about your body adjusting to the lack of tar and nicotine impacting your body. Good luck and stick with it, as from my perspective it was worth the effort to quit and stay quit.

Bryce

I quit a little over a year ago, but I have been using the juul vapor device as a crutch.
You probably won't feel as good as you did before you started seeing as how you are 30 years older now.

I quit smoking nearly 35 years ago. For me, it was at least a couple of months before I really started to notice any changes to the way I felt. Those first few months were rough, but thankfully I hung in there and didn't give in to temptation. It's easy to tell you "hang in there, it will get better" but believe me, it will. Best of luck to you.

It will take about 2 years for your body to adjust back to pre-nicotine days. Physically you will begin to feel better almost instantly, mentally it will take years.

Keep at it but I'll be honest. Quit for 15 years now but I think I would still enjoy a smoke with the morning coffee. I just don't do it.

I accidently quit cigarettes 8 years ago after smoking for 18 years. I bought a couple pipes and some cheap pipe tobacco in an attempt to save money. At first i was really smoking alot trying to get enough nicotine out of that pipe as i was a cigarette. But after awhile i adjusted to the nicotine level and explored some good tobacco. Once i became used to the flavor of pipe tobacco (maybe a few months) i bummed a cig at a party and after one drag i had to put the nasty thing out!
After i learned to properly pack a bowl and enjoy a smoke it became a 45 minute commitment. Alot of days i was too busy and didnt feel like smoking. I never smoked in my house, so when the weather was bad i didnt feel like going outside for 45 min, so I just didnt. Finally i just smoked occasionally on fishing trips or deer camp.
I still keep good tobacco in jars and now have a nice pipe collection, but havent smoked in months.

I only smoke when I drink, I’m down to 3 packs a day

Hang in there!! I quit 17 years ago when I needed back surgery and doc told me that nicotine prevented bone healing. I smoked a pack a day plus I chewed skoal. Had a job where I couldn't smoke, so started chewing. One thing about Skoal, I swallowed it so could chew in church if I wanted. Most people wouldn't know that I had a chew in and it didn't offend anyone. Quit cold turkey and to this day, have never had a craving for one. Two things in my life I'm most proud of, stopping smoking and getting divorced. Lol

A tough habit to kick. Best of luck to you!

I am approaching 40 years tobacco free.

WS

Quit over 30+ years ago. Driving home from work I asked the lord to help me stop. Trust me it was over right then and there . Could give all of ya the long story but won't but prayer that day was cold turkey to the extent I love telling the story that has made a big difference in my life and family life. YES i gained a bunch of weight

I quit in 1998 cold turkey just threw them away. Felt better just quitting knowing i wasnt endangering my loved ones with aftersmoke. Dont give up....i also had smoked for 30 yrs...non filters

Mine was a similar story to yours but I’d smoked for 20 years. Cold turkey, never smoked another cigarette. Took about a year before strong cravings went away. I never went with the gum because I didn’t want to be addicted to something else. I never experienced drastic improvement in taste/smell but I did feel better. Hang in there!

Mark Twain said quitting smoking was the easiest thing he had ever done.
Because He had Quit a Thousand times ;-)
Hang in there Friend...

I stop smoking every 5 years or so.
Then I pick them up again.
I never felt a differacce.

After 40 years of smoking I quit 3 years ago, cold turkey. It takes a few weeks for the system to adjust itself. But hang in there , its worth it.

Took 30 years to destroy your body. It's not going to be repaired in two weeks. Trust me, I smoked for 35 years. I quit with the aid of vaping 5 years ago. I feel better these days and yes, you will get your taste back, your smell and some lung capacity but the lung thing will take years. Hang in there.