Also, smoking a pack a day had become part of my identity
Not many people realize this, but this is a part why many smokers have trouble quitting. Close friends of them smoke, or everyone associates them with smoking, so they also smoke to claim their own identity, or that of their group.
To stop smoking for your own sake, and for your own health is already a noble enough cause. You're more useful to the revolution if you're alive
Me trying to hang out with smokers at work :(
I didn't smoke as much as you (three to five thin cigarettes a day) but I have also quit smoking for about two weeks now. Have also dropped drinking for about one week and hoping to keep that up.
Man I do not know how people smoke for so long. I was a chain smoker in my teens, and then one day it just made me feel shit, so literally quit over night. I still get a cough straight away for a week or more if I ever have one. A 20 pack a day is mad.
Also fyi caffeine accelerates cravings they share a related enzyme that's why coffee plus cigs is like quadruple tweaked up but too quick
Coffee was never too bad for me, beer on the other hand is pure hell.
IIRC, alcohol makes you piss out nicotine faster, so the connection between alcohol and smoking is not just social, but literal.
That would explain why beer was always so much worse than liquor.
I think there might also a connection between alcohol dilating blood vessels and nicotine constricting them.
YO i hardly smoke anymore and when i do its literally 1 cigarette but if I was drunk in a social situation i could smoke half a dang ol pack in one sitting
Caffeine is super good for you if you anticipate being more metabolic and having tension that needs to leave your body. If it's all you have it can make you a huge jerk 😱
Huh, this explains my ex
but also many such cases tbqh
You'll feel a lot better soon enough just remember you'll just have to quit again later if you get the urge to stop. Eat rly well and get hella vitamins so you feel good
stay strong brother
I quit smoking at 23 when I realized I had trouble getting up stairs because it took the air out of me. It was even harder to do than quitting drinking and cocaine at the time. But it was so worth it. It sucks and it will be hard but I have seen multiple people close to me battling lung cancer and such and that is even harder, so 🤷
Go for it! The physical cravings go away in a few days and then its all just in your head. You got this.
different but Palestine helped me lower my suicidal tendencies and thoughts, figured that it's the thing I have to stay alive for
Didn't know you were suffering with this, I am happy it is lower now. I hope life becomes enjoyable for you and these urges become easier to fight off, soon.
Best wishes on your quitting journey comrade 🫡
Good luck dealing with that addiction.
Need to quit myself. It's my last real vice and it's hard to give up.
My old man got over his smoking addiction by drinking honey tea every time they got the craving. Smart move, sugar in large quantities has a strong addictive effect which will override anything else that might be going on at the time. I would know; I had nothing but the stuff for a science experiment once and that shit really rewires your brain.
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