I stopped last week and every day I wake up feeling pissed off, I hate everyone, except our new puppy.

How long will this last?

Masturbate more.
It helps.

This time I'm on nicobate 2mg captuals. I didn't smoke too much - maybe 5 a day, but I'd rip off the filters. I've given up lots of times before, once I gave up for two years. The casuals do help with the cravings - never used them before. However, when I wake up I hate everyone and everything. Lately I have this really strong and unhealthy urge to tell my boss to go suck my dick.

I took a couple of sickies, cause I realized my thoughts were unhealthy and detrimental.

It gets better Oliver, stick with it.

Suggest that you always class yourself as a smoker and feel the power of your self-control about not having one. I was a three packet-a-day smoker and have been "on the wagon" for 25 years. My last one really made my head "spin". Just shows the c#@p in those things.

Best part is that you can laugh and not end up coughing.

Stick with it; it will be your best move ever.

Keep loving your puppy.

Just do it, dont be a pussy.. I can tell you first hand its a painful and revoulting way to die,, they said she had 50% chance of living 5yrs,, dead in 3 months

Take up exercise something that will remind you that you need your lungs.

So running, cycling etc. Not only will it make you curse the day you started smoking and hopefully stop you from relapsing it will get those endorphines going and make you feel chipper.

Start slow work your way up

Good luck

Dont drink alcohol when you are giving up, especially beer or wine!!

When I quit years ago I didnt have a drink for a month. I was super cranky which my work mates and family will swear to but this eases after a couple of weeks.
Exercise but dont eat to take your mind off the ciggies.
Your biggest determining factor will be that you WANT to give up, not "aw bugger, Ill just try for awhile and see how I go". You will fail with this mindset.
after days the crap is nearly all out of your system, you just have to do the MIND thing, WILLPOWER is it!!!!!!!!

Best of luck, best thing you will ever do!!!

theDoctor said...


rellie is right, I no longer smoke and I have been able to cut down on the masturbation to six times a day...

that may sound a lot but the last one takes me well over two hours to rub out ....

Yes Doc, we've noticed. But why do you have to do it on the forums.?

Although I can't see any of your posts which would have taken "two hours to rub out". [}:)]

The tips above sound pretty good.

The best one I have heard is that you don't say "I'm giving up smoking." You say "I have given up smoking."

You call yourself a non-smoker or an ex-smoker or whatever you want.

The point is, if you say you're giving up and crack and have a smoke then you tell yourself that you have failed and you are now a smoker again and you're back to a pack a day.

If you say you're a non-smoker then that one cigarette is an aberration and you can get over it and continue on trying to not smoke.

The other thing is to channel your anger and hatred towards smoking and smokers. That's what the rest of us do. Repeat after me, "Smokers are littering, foul smelling, inconsiderate, pox-ridden criminals." Doesn't that feel better.

I gave it up decades ago probably the hardest thing I ever did
It was a total shock to me to realise how addicted I was to the things
I cracked quite a few times but the important thing I think is not let it stop you carrying on giving it up Some times toward the end I would take a couple of puffs when it got too much for me and then throw it away now the smell of one just about makes me puke Good luck with it its worth it

ka43 said...

you just have to do the MIND thing, WILLPOWER wontpower is it!!!!!!!!

nicotine is a scary addiction....I gave up smoking 35 years ago and I could lite up a bunger right now...I gave it up mentally because I thought it impossible to give it up physically....keep telling yourself you have more intelligence than to smoke...and after awhile you will feel like an idiot if you lite up...it's a mind set...physically your hooked for life, but if you get on top of it mentally, one day you will just forget that you were a smoker...takes a long time but it's well worth it...good luck...you will need it.

lotofwind said...

sorted the bucket of screws into sizes and type.

Now that is just mind boggling!

Gave up smoking years ago but still addicted to the nicotine gum. Swings and roundabouts.

Who said anything about 60 GLASSES!
Any way with a hose as big as mine it takes a while to drain

arkgee said...

nicotine is a scary addiction....I gave up smoking 35 years ago and I could lite up a bunger right now...I gave it up mentally because I thought it impossible to give it up physically....keep telling yourself you have more intelligence than to smoke...and after awhile you will feel like an idiot if you lite up...it's a mind set...physically your hooked for life, but if you get on top of it mentally, one day you will just forget that you were a smoker...takes a long time but it's well worth it...good luck...you will need it.

Totally agree - and its soooo easy to start up again - it's like being an alcoholic (not that i am).

I always consider myself as a smoker who is not currently smoking.

I had given up for 25years and then I thought I could have one! smoked again for 4 years, very lightly but still smoked. seemed even harder to give up for a second time.

Been almost a year now and I still crave almost daily, but the cravings do get shorter in duration.