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Hufsa wrote:
ya and i just hate that its so good its cruel lol.

Yes I think I would stuggle to quit snus, not cus I rlly like the feeling, but every time after I eat its like "ok gotta have one now! " for no reason

yess, its so calming tbh and i will always miss it haha. to lay on the couch after a nice good meal with a snus was so great haha

Me too, but its so weird, cus when I don't have one in, I feel like I need it, but then I put it in and more often than not I just feel like crap. Would probably help if I ate more regularly or used a weaker one tho, but once u go strong u never go back n its shait

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i just quit. i was like lmao how fucking stupid habit gonna quit and i did. not that i'm married to mary jane so i'm smoking loose leaf bc of it anyway and my lungs are probably gonna die someday. but i don't have any tips?
but i think lollipops might actually be helpful

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not that i have tried to quit smoking but since you mentioned lollipops and soap bubbles i would just like to add those sparklers to the list of fun alternatives

heh i might be dumb but what sparklers? id add anything at this point haha

these thingies

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Hufsa wrote:
.. all these great tips yet i did go to the store last night and bough cigs and it is empty now.. so im going cold turkey or whatever and maybe ill also buy those sparklers if i can find them haha.

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Claire wrote:
i wore a nicotine patch for a few months

tbh you have to just like accept that you're gonna be miserable for a while and utilize your support system

/r/stopsmoking was an asset and alan carr's 'the easy way to quit smoking' helped a bit. you cant have 'one last smoke' or 'ill just finish this pack' you have to actually stop lol.

you become emotionally stunted at about the age you were when you started smoking because you did not learn healthy coping mechanisms- you smoked as a coping mechanism. so i think the hardest part comes after the physical withdrawels and its when you have to relearn how to cope with life day to day lol.

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Hufsa wrote:

Claire wrote:
i wore a nicotine patch for a few months

tbh you have to just like accept that you're gonna be miserable for a while and utilize your support system

/r/stopsmoking was an asset and alan carr's 'the easy way to quit smoking' helped a bit. you cant have 'one last smoke' or 'ill just finish this pack' you have to actually stop lol.

you become emotionally stunted at about the age you were when you started smoking because you did not learn healthy coping mechanisms- you smoked as a coping mechanism. so i think the hardest part comes after the physical withdrawels and its when you have to relearn how to cope with life day to day lol.

ive never tried them, but i might if itll help aha

and ill check it out, is the esy y to quit smoking a book? yess i think i realised last night that the "last pack" thing makes me smoke much more lmao

and .. yes too true ehe, hit hard but very true.
still wish it wasnt so good tho, had i not known my skin would age quicker im not sure i would feel so pushed to quit yet lol. and the whole money thing too obv but yea

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Ground wrote:
like claire said
you have to actually stop it altogether

although i haven't struggled with smoking i've struggled with other harmful stuff and i always used to think 'this will be the last time' or 'tomorrow is the last time so i can start the work on monday'
but those excuses just prolonged the addiction rly

so i had to make sure to suddenly stop, from nowhere rly,, it wasn't planned in any shape or form
i think i just had enough of it taking over me and my way of thinking and living so one day went by, then a week, than a month, then more months, then years
and now i've managed the urges pretty well but i'm making sure that i do my best to take care of my wellbeing and mindset

and ever since then i've been 3.5 years clean
ofc there are a lot of impulses, esp in the beginning
they are now very rare but u have to be prepared for it being hard as hell in the beginning because quitting any type of addiction takes a lot of willpower and strength
but in it u have to realize that relapses can happen
but the more u work on it the easier it will get with time

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Marlene wrote:
idk my parents quit moms more on and off but theyve both smoked.. uh since they were in their teens and theyre like 54 and 63 so but they both just stopped like using nothing to stop but just didnt smoke

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Hufsa wrote:

Ground wrote:
like claire said
you have to actually stop it altogether

although i haven't struggled with smoking i've struggled with other harmful stuff and i always used to think 'this will be the last time' or 'tomorrow is the last time so i can start the work on monday'
but those excuses just prolonged the addiction rly

so i had to make sure to suddenly stop, from nowhere rly,, it wasn't planned in any shape or form
i think i just had enough of it taking over me and my way of thinking and living so one day went by, then a week, than a month, then more months, then years
and now i've managed the urges pretty well but i'm making sure that i do my best to take care of my wellbeing and mindset

and ever since then i've been 3.5 years clean
ofc there are a lot of impulses, esp in the beginning
they are now very rare but u have to be prepared for it being hard as hell in the beginning because quitting any type of addiction takes a lot of willpower and strength
but in it u have to realize that relapses can happen
but the more u work on it the easier it will get with time

<33 thank you, really
i get the other shit too, so congrats on 3.5!! thats incredible and amazing, happy for you!

these comments are comforting and helpful yall, so thank you !! it is gonna suck for a few weeks ik, guess ill stop rationalizing my need every time i get money hah. who knows who ill be now that im removing all bad coping mechanisms lmao

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Ground wrote:

Hufsa wrote:

Ground wrote:
like claire said
you have to actually stop it altogether

although i haven't struggled with smoking i've struggled with other harmful stuff and i always used to think 'this will be the last time' or 'tomorrow is the last time so i can start the work on monday'
but those excuses just prolonged the addiction rly

so i had to make sure to suddenly stop, from nowhere rly,, it wasn't planned in any shape or form
i think i just had enough of it taking over me and my way of thinking and living so one day went by, then a week, than a month, then more months, then years
and now i've managed the urges pretty well but i'm making sure that i do my best to take care of my wellbeing and mindset

and ever since then i've been 3.5 years clean
ofc there are a lot of impulses, esp in the beginning
they are now very rare but u have to be prepared for it being hard as hell in the beginning because quitting any type of addiction takes a lot of willpower and strength
but in it u have to realize that relapses can happen
but the more u work on it the easier it will get with time

<33 thank you, really
i get the other shit too, so congrats on 3.5!! thats incredible and amazing, happy for you!

these comments are comforting and helpful yall, so thank you !! it is gonna suck for a few weeks ik, guess ill stop rationalizing my need every time i get money hah. who knows who ill be now that im removing all bad coping mechanisms lmao

<3! feel free 2 vent / rant if u need someone to talk with !
thank u, honestly <3!

honestly don't beat urself up abt it ! it's very easy that we blame ourself and only focus on the negative,, but on the other hand it has been a coping mechanism for stuff we rather not tackle,, and sometimes these addictions is what have kept us alive,, at least for me,, can't speak for others ofc !
but now when i'm in a better headspace it feels so good to be done with the harmful stuff
although i still have one problem left in terms of addiction so i'm not 100% free but am starting therapy for it so i'm hopeful it will get better, considering i've done good with the others ones !
n i get it, fleeing from a problem and replace it with something that is harmful is when we feel a sense of control
and i imagine that ur afraid to lose the control or live without it,, but there are kinder stuff to have control over that doesn't hurt us !

so my take on it is, try ur best but don't beat urself up abt the harder times such as relapses n bad urges
i think u will notice when ur ready (although one will never be ready in a sense) but the longer u can go without smoking, the better it will get and the more u will gain actuaL control back,, since ur then in charge again,, instead of the addiction itself !!
i'm rly rooting for u ! it's deffo not easy, but it's doable !

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MissLondon wrote:
Not trying to repeat Claire
since she summed it up very nicely
so, good luck with the struggle!

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Kieren wrote:
I kept stopping when we were locked down and I was stuck at home.
last time I just didn’t start again

its hard cause I work with smokers

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uhyre wrote:
i spent about a year slowly weening myself off nicotine via (tasteless) vape bc honestly, i know myself i am impulsive and dont care enough about consequences, so by the time i stopped giving a shit about nicotine i only had to deal w getting rid of the physical habit itself which was honestly the annoying part, but idk yea. a lot of people support just quitting and sticking with it but considering i has so little issues at all dealing with not smoking anymore after doing it like that i dont think its the only option on the table, it just needs preplanning