Are you smoking tobacco?

[deepndark]

I have been pondering quitting for years and I'll give it a serious try. People usually fail quitting smoking for few obvious reasons;
Because they think if they quit, it's gonna make them less badass than the Marlboro man. Also - never quit because you want to be cool in someone else's book.
Also, if you want to quit, don't make life-scenarious, how everything is gonna change. Nothing should radically change.
You just quit and that's it. Anyhow, the obvious good things, that you'll be accomplished, after quitting - propably shouldn't get you pre-excited.

I created a POLL and would like to know about the other Reasoner's smoking habbits.

[Aggie]

Mild/moderate smoker here - about 8 a day, now. I used to be 20+ and I found that making a conscious effort to reduce my habit over a very long period of time was my "way forwards". I knew I couldn't just quit suddenly so it's taken me about a year so far. I haven't mentioned it to anyone else because I know I need to do this on my own - and I know that others asking me "how's it going with the smoking thing...?" over and over will just create pressure and make it harder for me to quit completely. In fact, I haven't even told myself I'm quitting - just "cutting back". All psychological, I think.

Good luck!

[theshoemaker]

Just imagine to NOT think about a pink elephant now? What are you thinking about now?

Pro advice: Focus on some substitution. Like doing something healthy for yourself, drinking a glass of water for example But this is totally up to you.
Want to know more? Just ask, I can give so many advices and coachings on that topic, but I don't want to baptise. Everyones own decision. And that's the only way it works. No shortcuts no "others are doing it for me".

My personal approach was to embrace the feeling of need for a cigarette. I just sat down on the couch, or wherever I've been and milking this strong feeling of need. Then I started to do something else. Just took 2 days to get rid of it + plus the goal to live healthy again.

The only limitation is your imagination, like with music. What you think will become reality. You think it's hard. It is going to be hard. Just think it will be easy.

[FlowerSoldier]

You're godamn right I'm smoking tobacco. Bout 8 cigarettes a day. And I smoke weed like it's legal. The way I see it, smoking is a man's sport and I'm an MVP. The only downside to it is the expense. They're about to go up $2 a pack in my city.

[Peter]

I smoke pipe tobacco cigars.

[Aggie]

You're godamn right I'm smoking tobacco. Bout 8 cigarettes a day. And I smoke weed like it's legal. The way I see it, smoking is a man's sport and I'm an MVP. The only downside to it is the expense. They're about to go up $2 a pack in my city.

£8.50 for 19 in the UK +/- $10.60 on average...

[HepCat]

I quit a few years ago. I just stopped, cold turkey. It was causing sickening adrenaline surges, probably heart disease in the making. When a person gets a disease from smoking, they can't turn the clock back, sadly.

They'll just flick through their memories and just see themselves as a stupid monkey smoking, and that my friend, is despair.

More thoughts:
- Cold turkey is hard, until one day, it's no longer hard. I don't know why.
- Perhaps change your location, so that the bad things which hurt you and turned you to using cigarettes as a crutch, are no longer present.
- There are drugs you can take to help you quit - ask your doctor.
- Perhaps try Sertraline or some other antidepressant - it can make you feel nauseous and therefore you can get a 2 week window while that initial intolerance lasts, in which to just quit smoking. But doctors won't prescribe it for quitting smoking, so you'll need to convince them you're depressed.
- Personally l don't think highly of smoking quittance books and CDs and tbh not even nicotine patches - because they conversely remind you of smoking. Best just walk away, as you would from somebody you don't like.


Here's hoping we all quit and for those that quit: stay quit

[O1B]

Ben Harper too slow...

more emtional..:

Riddim.

[Last Alternative]

Quit smoking 4 years & 5 months ago. Now if I could only kick my ecig vaping habbit........ . .. hey at least it tastes good. Mmmmmmango

[Koncide]

Smoke sometimes, vape sometimes. Can go days without either except if I drink. I absolutely fiend for the stuff when I'm drunk.

[Data_Shrine]

I quit many times, the last time was for a good 4 years. I don't smoke anymore, but won't refuse a smoke if someone gives one to me (so that's about 2 or 3 smokes per month). I always found it very difficult to live without nicotine, so I've been vaping since last summer, on 3mg (the lowest apart from 0mg of nicotine). I wish I could also quit vaping, but that will be a battle for when I feel better in my life.

[The_Grass]

Feel free to smoke and make music, very off topic this.

[normen]

Heavily smoke and also smoked lots of bongs with weed/tobacco mixed in my days. I am definitely addicted to nicotine, its harder to not smoke than anything else. Recently started vaping and it is definitely easier on the body (no coughing in the morning etc) plus it actually makes the body not ask for a cigarette after every meal anymore (which nicotine patches didn't do for me).

[deepndark]

Heavily smoke and also smoked lots of bongs with weed/tobacco mixed in my days. I am definitely addicted to nicotine, its harder to not smoke than anything else. Recently started vaping and it is definitely easier on the body (no coughing in the morning etc) plus it actually makes the body not ask for a cigarette after every meal anymore (which nicotine patches didn't do for me).

I also smoke some weed sometimes, but... it seems that most of my braincells are already gone, so now the joints already take away from my mental health.

[normen]

I also smoke some weed sometimes, but... it seems that most of my braincells are already gone, so now the joints already take away from my mental health.

Idk, I have the feeling that of all the things I have done from smoking to drinking to other drugs to staying up too long weed caused the least issues. But I was never the type that would just stop doing stuff when smoking. I used to smoke a bong in the morning and go to work no problem. Plus it was never an issue to stop smoking weed, even when I smoked every day for years in a row. And it doesn't automatically fall back to smoking every day when I smoke a bit now.

So yeah, if I (or some of my friends from school) had drunk as much alcohol as I smoked weed I wouldn't be typing right now But back to the topic - the high nicotine concentration in a single bong hit is what I think made me so addicted to nicotine. They say how addictive a drug is is mainly based on how much it gets into your system in a short time - if its actually making you physically addicted. Like for example Acid/LSD doesn't even make many people mentally addicted just because its so much work going through the buzz

[deepndark]

I also smoke some weed sometimes, but... it seems that most of my braincells are already gone, so now the joints already take away from my mental health.

Idk, I have the feeling that of all the things I have done from smoking to drinking to other drugs to staying up too long weed caused the least issues. But I was never the type that would just stop doing stuff when smoking. I used to smoke a bong in the morning and go to work no problem. Plus it was never an issue to stop smoking weed, even when I smoked every day for years in a row. And it doesn't automatically fall back to smoking every day when I smoke a bit now.

So yeah, if I (or some of my friends from school) had drunk as much alcohol as I smoked weed I wouldn't be typing right now But back to the topic - the high nicotine concentration in a single bong hit is what I think made me so addicted to nicotine. They say how addictive a drug is is mainly based on how much it gets into your system in a short time - if its actually making you physically addicted. Like for example Acid/LSD doesn't even make many people mentally addicted just because its so much work going through the buzz

I think I like hašhis the most, propably because it has less negative effect on me and usually it's a lot smoother than flower. And yes, it's true that nicotine gets you addicted. The further the time goes, the harder it is to quit.

[Gulale]

90 percent of the people smoke it because they saw it on movies their favourite actor smoking that trash. The funny part they don't admit that. What they have forgotten after they grow up is that in a movie they are sponsored to smoke that shit. Easy way to advertise and extremely easy way to manipulate a teenager mind. Its ok after he or she grows up they are already addicted to chemical. It is easy actually to stop whatever addiction we have, pause for a second and ask why we started? here is the answer to stop. I'm sure it is either to impress a friend or we are impressed by a movie actor or actress to look like them. The Godfather right? or the sopranos. Ganja for life baby no side effect no cancer.

[siln]

I ld smoke ganja if it was legal in my country but stopped many years ago for that reason...
was a no limit tobacco smoker and now in a process of limiting myself in order to stop
tried to smoke passiflora incarnata it s cool ,
still smoking anything is not good for your lungs i could nt advise anything on that matter

[gak]

I smoke pipe tobacco cigars.

I just use the pipe

I'm old. And it's not very often, but it's better than cigs. Hate those fuckers with a passion. Nasty.

I'd rather someone vape. At least it doesn't smell like dirty bunghole.

[Sorped]

I smoke about a pack a day, once in a while I use a pipe. I've thought about quitting many times too, but I've learned that if you're not 100% motivated, then there's no point in trying. So I've stopped trying

[deepndark]

I smoke about a pack a day, once in a while I use a pipe. I've thought about quitting many times too, but I've learned that if you're not 100% motivated, then there's no point in trying. So I've stopped trying

This is actually true. I should just try smoking less and not quit - at least yet. My free will isn't strong enough anyway.

[Sorped]

I smoke about a pack a day, once in a while I use a pipe. I've thought about quitting many times too, but I've learned that if you're not 100% motivated, then there's no point in trying. So I've stopped trying

This is actually true. I should just try smoking less and not quit - at least yet. My free will isn't strong enough anyway.

I have the same problem

[nooomy]

I only do the jazz tobacco

[Gorgon]

I only smoke when I drink.

So I should quit drinking.

[gak]

I only smoke when I drink.

So I should quit drinking.

You're like all the kiddies over at the indian gaming casino. A bunch of people that "don't smoke" but do there.

Gotta admit, even if you were kidding, it's pretty lame.

Now all the vapers have switched over to cigs (we already have a couple of shops that went under, but not the hooka ones )

Shit is nasty. Drinking, drugs, I get it. Cigs (especially how expensive they are) just don't make any sense. They only do anything to you the first few times you smoke.