So I've been sick the last two days, and as a result, I've not felt like smoking my usual pack a day. As a matter of fact, I think I've had three cigarettes today. And I feel amazingly better.

Now if I could just give them ALL up. That is a monumental task.

How have you guys succeeded in this type of endeavor?

11/10/2009 3:05:25 PM

it's pretty easy

quit buying them

..

profit

11/10/2009 3:06:06 PM

AMAZING REALIZATIONS

MORE AT 9

11/10/2009 3:06:16 PM

take a mason jar and get random homeless people to fill it with semen. dip all cigs in semen and put them back in the pack. hopefully, the thought of aids riddled semen in your mouth will deter you from smoking.

11/10/2009 3:08:05 PM

That thought will also deter me from eating.

It will damn sure prompt me to hurl.

11/10/2009 3:10:46 PM

that's totally how i stopped

it took me forever to get that pack of cigarettes smoked

11/10/2009 3:11:14 PM

i just flat out stopped, honestly. burn through your pack and don't buy more. if you feel you need one, don't and do something else.

11/10/2009 3:13:25 PM

you could lose a few pounds too! sounds win-win to me

11/10/2009 3:15:26 PM

Well, I thought about masturbating instead...but that would be a lot of whippin' it.

11/10/2009 3:15:53 PM

I like smoking cigarettes, but I've never bought a pack. And I won't buy a pack. If I were to buy a pack, it'd be done...I'd be addicted. So, you can stop in the same way that I haven't "started." Don't buy cigarettes.

11/10/2009 3:16:27 PM

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"you could lose a few pounds too! sounds win-win to me"

actually, most people gain weight when stopping smoking.

11/10/2009 3:17:41 PM

^

11/10/2009 3:18:11 PM

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"you could lose a few pounds too! sounds win-win to me"

I thought cigarettes are an appetite suppressant.

[Edited on November 10, 2009 at 3:18 PM. Reason : pilgrims hoes beat me. ]

11/10/2009 3:18:26 PM

I might have energy to get off of my fat ass if I quit.

11/10/2009 3:18:27 PM

So, it looks like most people here are saying it comes down to personal will power.

You don't say!!

11/10/2009 3:18:38 PM

Eat a lot. Stay busy. lay off the alcohol, or whatever activities lead you to smoke/want to smoke. Think about how much money you're saving. Spend that money on other stuff you want.

If you want one, just don't smoke one.

11/10/2009 3:18:49 PM

That's it. I'm fucked.

11/10/2009 3:19:02 PM

You don't want it bad enough.

11/10/2009 3:21:15 PM

Probably true.

Fuck it. I'm gonna quit. I have two left in this pack. Smoke 'em? or no? We'll see.

Okay, TWW...I need incentive to quit. What you got to offer?

11/10/2009 3:23:46 PM

Have sex for long periods of time, frequently, and whenever you feel like you need a fix.

Instead of smoking the cigarette, light them and just press them into your neck.

11/10/2009 3:23:53 PM

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"Have sex for long periods of time, frequently, and whenever you feel like you need a fix."

This requires a willing co-participant. While I do have a gf, I don't know too many women, short of complete raving lunatics, that would be willing to do this.

11/10/2009 3:25:40 PM

Plan up for some sort of quit date. Whatever you do that precludes you from smoking, do a bunch of that for the next few days. Go see your grandparents or catch the flu or something.

11/10/2009 3:33:32 PM

LOL...catch the flu...

I thought I had the flu, but the tests came back negative. Today.

11/10/2009 3:35:17 PM

the act of smoking is enjoyable for its own sake, regardless of the buzz you're catching off of what you're smoking

why not scale back to something like cigars that are marginally healthier? you'll still be getting some nicotine, and you'll still be going outside every once in a while and engaging in an enjoyable habit. from there you can scale back further if you want, but at least you won't be drawing that shit into your lungs anymore

11/10/2009 3:36:12 PM

I think I would likely get shot on the homefront for smoking cigars.

11/10/2009 3:54:48 PM

As opposed to cigarettes? On the basis of what?

11/10/2009 3:57:53 PM

picture each cigarette as a really thin dick that you're willingly putting in your mouth

and each puff is like swallowing a load of horse semen

11/10/2009 3:58:07 PM

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"picture each cigarette as a really thin dick that you're willingly putting in your mouth and each puff is like swallowing a load of horse semen"

if horse semen conferred the same pleasant effects as tobacco i might take it up

11/10/2009 4:00:22 PM

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"As opposed to cigarettes? On the basis of what?"

Dude, cigarettes might be stinky...but cigars are an order of magnitude stinkier.

11/10/2009 4:04:09 PM

Oh man I love the smell of a cigar.

And feel since I know someone was gonna throw that in there.

11/10/2009 4:05:12 PM

Cigars and pipes are much more pleasant aromatically than cigarettes

what the fuck is wrong with your woman's nose?

11/10/2009 4:05:47 PM

It's a pretty sizable nose. I'd be dead meat if she reads that, LOL.

11/10/2009 4:07:37 PM

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"what the fuck is wrong with your woman's nose?"

I think you may have answered your own question.

11/10/2009 4:08:14 PM

I was smoking a little over a pack a day and quit in May cold turkey. I've quit previously for various periods of time and ended up going back because I still really liked cigs but I knew they were bad for me. The turning point was when I finally built up enough hatred towards them that I was able to quit and stay quit. That's the whole key, if you quit but still like them then you will be back eventually. My advice would be to set a date in the near future and continue your routine, but while you smoke leading up to the day gradually think about how they disgust you, the money spent on them, etc.. and see if you can just let it all go once the day arrives.

11/10/2009 4:09:17 PM

Obviously not dead meat, or you would have had the presence of mind not to say that, lol.

11/10/2009 4:09:30 PM

If you knew me in person, you'd know that there's a horrible lack of filter between my brain and my mouth.

11/10/2009 4:10:47 PM

I've been using e-cigarettes from Vapor King for about two weeks, and it's all but eliminated my intake of real cigarettes. I feel vastly better as a result, and the one night I smoked a bunch of real ones (had left my spare battery at home), I felt like sick ass the next day.

11/10/2009 4:44:59 PM

Dan you know how much money you could save if you stop smoking. Just get a buzz from car fumes

11/10/2009 4:48:19 PM

i usually get sick when i'm around cig smoke for too long

11/10/2009 5:21:08 PM

seriously, the money savings for a pack a day consumption would yield more than a few thou' in a savings account, per month

11/10/2009 6:14:29 PM

get swine flu

i haven't smoked since

11/10/2009 6:26:57 PM

pussy

11/10/2009 6:27:12 PM

Buy a bag of sunflower seeds (shell on, whatever flavor you want). Try to go for walks or runs, this will make you really notice the improvement. It's a matter of will power for sure, but the benefits are HUGE.

11/10/2009 6:31:59 PM

I tried to quit like 10 times before I finally quit for good. Cold turkey is the only way to go. It's been over three years and I still want one occasionally.

11/10/2009 9:51:17 PM

Just pay me $10/hour to follow you around your daily life and i'll kick you in the nuts if you try to smoke.

You'll quit in 3 days.

11/10/2009 9:54:35 PM

once i told all my friends i quit, i started to believe myself.

11/10/2009 10:50:42 PM

Made it through the day on 7 or 8. Just had the first one after 5 hours. Yech...

11/10/2009 11:04:53 PM

I quit smoking for new years 2008/9 and have had one or 2 puffs of a cigarette since. It was hard for like the first 3 months especially at the bar but now I go to the bar and it makes me want to Thank god on Jan. 1 all bars will be smoke free!!!

11/11/2009 12:14:09 AM

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"take a mason jar and get random homeless people to fill it with semen. dip all cigs in semen and put them back in the pack. hopefully, the thought of aids riddled semen in your mouth will deter you from smoking."

best idea i've heard in a while

11/11/2009 12:26:28 AM

So far, I've had three cigarettes today...and I've not been able to smoke more than half of each one.

I do feel better...amazingly so, even after only getting about 3 hours of sleep last night. Crazy shit, I tell you. Now if I can keep this up...

11/11/2009 2:45:43 PM