side effects of quitting smoking ITS MY 4th WEEK
 

WOOT WOOT!! Nicotine withdrawal

I feel a burning sensation in my lungs and it feels like I have a hard time breathing at times. I read that this is because the lungs are healing.

Falling to sleep was harder and staying awake during the day was worse. I took hard candy's to work and that helped a lot.

My digestive system was messed up for weeks. and man if things in the shop ran on methane we would have a much lower electric bill this month. Apparently nicotine messes with your digestion? I had no idea.

Other things I notice now are how many other people smoke cigs. This is something I never noticed before though now I find it quite high... The smell - this chick that I know is now on my do not call list. She would have been there anyway, just a little sooner now.


Night Yall

Congrats! Keep it up!!

Hats off, you should about have it whipped. Is it not getting easier every day now?
Jim

yes it is. I still get cravings but its easy to beat them down at this point.

Congrats. I admire you. I am planning a similar endeavor.

The farting is the best part. Enjoy it brother!! :D

Smoking slows down the digestive system.

You feel fuller sooner.

It's one off the reasons you gain weight when you quit. You eat more because you digest faster.

Olive oil and also pickles have a similar effect on the system so they won't hurt to have.

Last time I quit my sinuses went nuts, had to go on a steroid for it.

Good luck.

Will be trying again soon myself.

Congrads, I quit a couple of years ago, and my weak a$$ can do it you can too!. Keep up the good work.

Please take the time to read my story. About a month ago my brother-in-law went to his doctor for a regular check up. The doctor detected an irregular heart beat, my brother-in-law was rushed by ambulance to the hospital where he under went an angiagram. The doctor detected that 6 of his arteries were blocked. One was 100% blocked and the other 5 were almost as bad. He was scheduled for emergency by pass surgery. The recovery so far has been very difficult for him. No energy, loss of appetite, extreme weight loss, etc. To top if off he now has to have EVERY tooth in his mouth pulled including bone grafting and all teeth must be replaced with dental implants. This will set him back $20,000.00. Did I forget to mention he is 52 YEARS OLD. He has smoked since he was a young man in London. The smoking destroyed his heart, gums and teeth. His gums are so infected that they alone should have killed him. It is a miracle he is alive. PLEASE QUITE SMOKING!!!!!

Hmmm my grandpa is 90 and has smoked for about 8 decades, and is still in relatively good shape.

YMMV.

I haven't had one in a week and I feel ok. My problem in the past has been once I felt like I had it licked. That was always the dangerous time for me when I'd think I could have just one and would be fine. Nope. It's an all or nothing thing with me.

I think it's probably all or nothing with everyone Rick.

Four weeks for me too. I'm now on Step 3 of the patch. I've developed good jaw muscles from gum chewing. Movie and TV sets are the last bastion of smokers in Cali, mostly the crew.

Good luck slakjaw, been 19 years for me. Gum, toothpicks, oral sex :D all good alternatives. But I will tell you... Even after 19 years every once in awhile I'll get a whiff and want to fire up a Newport.

Shoot me an e-mail. I'll send you something to put in your laptop, Zune, i-pod whatever to listen to through headphones that will put you into a deep rem sleep faster and will also help you fall asleep.

Jims5543@gmail.com

Al Gore's book is now an "audiobook"?;)

you may want to edit your email out of the post. I did that once and 2 days later every spammer had it and I was getting a hundred or more emails a day. I went back and took it out but it was already in the Google cash.

Sorry for the bearer of bad news, but:

1. I quit for 5 years and never lost the craving. Granted I smoke less than 7 sticks a day. I guess, technically, I am a non-smoker as living in Mexico city is like smoking 2 packs a day.
2. My Aunt who raised me, ate vegetables, no alcohol, developed throat cancer and died from it.
3. My Grandpa who smoked like a choo-choo train, who had yellow fingernails and skin, died from over'women' activities.
4. Expect to gain weight.
5. Expect to not enjoy going out (e.g., bars, casinos, etc.).

The good news:
1. You may live longer and healthier.

Well I sure feel healthier so I know its good for something.

This is what I wish I could know about the future. If you're miserable as a quitter and die in a car accident after five years of always jonesing, what good was quitting? Some folks simply have good genes.

Rick,

Are/Were you a smoker? Quitting doesn't necessarily mean miserable. At least my definition of craving is when for 5-seconds in 7 days, I say, "Boy, I feel like having a cigarette." No, I was not cranky, moody, miserable, etc.

Other benefits of quitting:
1. You do not set examples to your kids.
2. You do not offend others with your smoke, your smell, your bad breath, etc.
3. Your suit/clothes don't stink.
4. Your sense of smell is better.

After much flip-flopping, I am a believer of "if your time comes, your time comes."

No, I'm not miserable since quitting. I just viewed cigarettes as a reward for some kind of task done and it just made doing those tasks more rewarding. Last week I did a lot of work on the 993 and not taking smoke breaks for that was really tough. I don't jones much during the day. But I sure like having a smoke after getting something done. I don't care about any of the reasons you listed for not smoking. I just want to live longer and figure this is not too much of a price to pay for a large risk minimizer.

There is only one way to stop, and that is to stop.

Not being a fan of self help books at all- some one gave me Allan Carrs "Stop Smoking" book. A simple piece of really interesting pyschology. Works for lots of people.

it is surprising to me that you smoke
I thought it was illegal to smoke in the workplace here.


I am told many things about quitting the demon weed, tobacco.

It is easy to quit heroin compared to cigarettes.

The craving never is entirely gone.

Food tastes better.

You notice the smell of things more, flowers, pine trees, fresh cut grass, whatever.

Life insurance is way cheaper if you don't smoke

A few food for thoughts:

1. If you smoke, at least try the alleged 'no chemicals, all natural' cigs like Nat Sherman. Even the menthol are made with real organic stuff.
2. I was told (don't know if true) that the cigarette is the only product that is exempt from disclosing its content to the FDA. Hmmmmm....????

Tobra (Doc) yes it's illegal, they smoke outside on location or outside the sound stage. BTW, Disney has stated that they will not show smoking in TV/movies anymore.

Looks like I will save about 150.00 a month on cigs plus 50 on health care.

Sweet!

Ok...5 whole days for me now. From 1 + packs a day for 40 years to zero. At this point I can't really say if it is physically hard or not. I really notice the smell though. Working in a club over the weekend was like playing in a dirty ashtray. But strangely I find the smell of a burning cig very "attractive". Every time I get a craving I just say to myself, I don't smoke anymore until the urge passes. It seems to work. I think the most powerful tool so far is that. The will and determination to just quit. I learned that when I quit drinking some 26 years ago. If you don't want to quit, you will fail. I can't say I feel any physical effects that would be like a withdrawl yet. My wife who talked me into this, has already started again, I 'm glad because I would have had to kill her she was such a bzich. I figure it will save me enough to buy an SC soon. That to me is the best incentive. Having a P car in the garage again. One day at a time!

I never smoked, but my dad and mom were 2-3 pack a day smokers. My mom would be lighting another one up while she still had one going in the ash tray. Smoking killed my dad when he was 62. It was his death that finally got my mom to quit. She just turned 80 last February. I don't think she would still be alive if she had kept smoking.

I admire anyone that can quit smoking. I know that it has to be one tough addiction.

All the people I ever hear about dying from smoking smoked something like 1-3 packs a day for decades. I smoked about 3-4 packs PER WEEK at most for about 18 yrs.

Any update on this, pcardude?

Have you stayed away from the nic-sticks?

My father quit smoking when he died of cancer(riddled with cancer)at age 52. He was virtually a lifetime smoker. I hope this helps the smokers that smoke and those that have quit to stay off cigarettes. It used to look cool to smoke but not anymore. It stinks and its expensive. :eek:

Heh. I thought I was the only one who noticed.

Apparently it is totally fine on this forum to get yourself banned, and then just re-reg under a new name.

as per Hugh, the film sets/locations/studios are filled with cigarette smoke.
we had a director ask the smokers to bring different 2 jackets to work. one for smoking outside, one for interior sets.
the indignity displayed by the smokers was priceless in nature. the stink continued, unabated ......

I called him out on it a couple times. He's nuttier than ever, if that's possible.