Not Smoking

[philos]

I quit seven years ago and I still want to smoke from time to time. I just know if I have one I'm right back to where I left off. For me it did get easier but the mental cravings never went away. The change in culture where I live helped a lot. No one smokes where I work anymore. The restaurants and bars are smoke free. I really don't see it much so that helps.

 

[NippleMuncher]

I quit seven years ago and I still want to smoke from time to time. I just know if I have one I'm right back to where I left off. For me it did get easier but the mental cravings never went away. The change in culture where I live helped a lot. No one smokes where I work anymore. The restaurants and bars are smoke free. I really don't see it much so that helps.

I would agree with this to a point. I personally quit back about 1996. The first year was the hardest, after that there were periodic cravings, but most of the time associated with certain social situations.

In the last few years I've bummed a few smokes from people at parties, just to puff on. I very much enjoyed the smoking experience, holding the cigarette, puffing, blowing the smoke. What I didn't enjoy was the resulting odor on me or my clothing, the expense, or the negative health issues associated with it, which is why I quit in the first place.

My point is, smoking is a choice, particularly after you've been away from it for a while. Just because you want or have a cigarette once in a great while won't turn you back into a smoker.

 

[FGB]

About ten and a half years now...Changes.

Changed user name when I divorced.

Still do not smoke! Hard to remember smoking.

Did put on some weight.

Having a surprisingly hard time finding a girlfriend...to damned hard to please I guess.

 

[jehoram]

Twenty years smoke free now, after having smoked a pack a day for twenty-five years. I still get smoking dreams, where I tell myself it's OK to smoke 'cause it's just a dream. Or where I say, "Well, at least I know I'm going to quit when I wake up." Or where, in my dream, I count the cigarettes in the pack and ask myself, " Do I have enough to tide me over until I wake up?"

 

[GforGraham]

I gave up 10 years ago. and 18 years ago. and 23 years ago, and ...

This time for real, 21 months has gone by and it is the easiest time ever.

 

[FGB]

Headed for thirteen years in July.

Did find a FWB...She smokes.

 

[Hypoxia]

I smoked hand-rolled cigs circa 1966-1975. I've shared a few good cigars since then. Like many other substances, tobacco is a good high and a bad habit. But medicinal cannabis helps now.

 

[Julie_in_the_north]

Vaping is the way to go. I never thought I’d be able to quit - but when I finally gave vaping a go, wow, it worked amazingly. And I feel so much better for it! Not to mention less smelly!

 

[phil_o]

Vaping is the way to go. I never thought I’d be able to quit - but when I finally gave vaping a go, wow, it worked amazingly. And I feel so much better for it! Not to mention less smelly!

Think I read that vaping banned in a couple of US states due to some deaths attributed to it.
Don't swop one habit for another, just use it to give up the fags then think about the vaping.

 

[inunifor1]

Vaping is the way to go. I never thought I’d be able to quit - but when I finally gave vaping a go, wow, it worked amazingly. And I feel so much better for it! Not to mention less smelly!

Yea same here, after smoking for 13yrs, I got onto vapping about 4 months ago and going strong. I will never touch that shit again haha

All those deaths were because those people were vapping weed and literally chain vapping. Regular vapping is fine and the way to go if you really want to quit.

 

[skitzoid]

Started when I was 11. Didn't really inhale, but thought I was cool. ( in 1962 mind u ) Mainly one pack of Lucky's or Pall Mall a day, sometimes 2. About 1990, switched over to small cigars. !0 to 12 of those a day. Tried to quit in 2012 or so. The wife didn't so it was really hard for me, and I caved. In 2017, the wife's little brother died and in part of lung cancer. She quit, good. After 2 or 3 day, after I was sure she quit, I woke up one morning and said "I quit." That was over 2 years ago and no smoking at all. Very few cravings, but I can take care of those.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Well done and congratulations! It’s as real an addiction as heroin and takes a lot of guts to shake. Hang in; it is worth it in the long run.