Congrats! You mentioned how nicotine replacement therapy doesn't make sense... what I don't understand is why no one notices the side effects of smoking cessation meds are the same side effects of nicotine withdrawal. XD
It helps to find or rediscover some form of exercise you really enjoy. Depression and physical activity do not coexist well together. Going to a gym is fine, but if you can find something that isn't as routine (for me it was surfing) you'll actually be enthusiastic about it and set aside time in your schedule. It will be a challenge, but it's totally worth the struggle. Soldier on!
This is a bit ironic. I'm in very similar circumstances myself. My doctor suggested Chantix but when I read about the possible side effects I said no way. I am in the process of quitting by using patches and St. John's Wort. Best of luck to you. Cheers!
You can win the psychological war as long as your completely honest and "opened eyed" about the effects of smoking.If you make smoking positive ,in ANY way,you will not win.Those who quit smoking and are self destructive enuff to start again have every right to chose a slow death...just make sure you pay for your own long term,one way hospital stay.
I stumbled upon this. Good luck with quitting smoking. I quit for 12 years until 18 months ago. I'm smoking ten a day and I hate myself. Don't you feel much better now. More energy? All the best. John
@gizzytiersen Quit about two years ago, and I look and feel so much better. My skin is clear, the hacking cough is gone, it's amazing. I don't even think about them, and that is something I thought I'd never say.
i gave up for 2 years, 4 years ago. since then, i just smoke when i drink. these days thats once a week, friday night (tonight in fact). occasionally twice a week, and occasionally none for a few months if im off the booze
try, put a rubber band round your wrist and snap it hard every time you think about smoking, ur brain will learn that thinking about smoking = pain. and remember to replace the smoking with something else, preferably something healthy, maybe carrot sticks or something similar
Good to know you are overcoming the addiction and your cat is absolutely adorable. I wasn't a chain smoker but it was getting to that point. I never used patches when I quit nicotine-use and I felt like jumping off buildings the whole time. Now I stick to weed. Still, I get anxious from time to time but the cravings are almost nothing and tolerable. But I think retrospect and alternative substances helped me a great deal. I have unusually low willpower, so if I could do it, you definitely can.
hey Jess been watching your videos for a long time on a number of different channels (should have known not to upload documentaries) and always enjoyed them. If you have any tips let me know because I'm going to try stopping the cigs at the end of the month.
Long time, no see! Glad to hear about the news with smoking. Two years since my original set of movies (I've begun video-blogging again) and I still haven't sought treatment for an official diagnosis. Howeverrrr...I was told about St. John's Wort before. I do think I should give it a try regardless. Since then, though, I've definitely taken a liking to drinking. Sucks that I can't do that as much as I'd like to, though. I like the new hair, also. And congrats on the graduation!
Good for you for quitting. My mother was a huge smoker. She was trying to cut back but it was too little too late and she came down with lung cancer. It's an awful way to go. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
I have made no resolutions. I'm just looking for a job and wondering how to deal with my upcoming homelessness.
When I stopped smoking, I started overeating which is something to watch but not smoking is the main thing, the cravings don't really go away, but they eventually become less intense, it's more about handling it over time.
Nah doll...the craving dies in time. It just blows out like a candle. Just stay unbothered.
In months from now you might go through some stress and it may spike; just accept the spike, and remind yourself in that moment how strong you've been. My step-mother did that at the 10mos mark when her daughter was struggling, I think she might've fallen back; or well she wanted to anyway. but she once she got home and cleared her head by talking about it with us, she kept on smoke free. no worries
Also you're right, you're really chipper for January! Man that's fantastic, you're one of the few I've met where I've felt like, yeah, here is real SAD, not just feeling down on cloudy day. Glad you started the wort, some people don't even know it can be so effective. And it' all natural, geez. Ok take care
Good on you, daffodil! I understand the battle with dysthymia too, it sounds like all the things you're doing are exactly right on. Plus you understand, if youve got nothing to lose you can only gain! Damn skippy.
Great job. Oh did you know I started making videos again? It's been a bit different--a bit more realisitc--than back when I used to, I think I made a video to you back then.
Anyway I hope to stay in touch, we've got all the time in the world! lol
Great to hear that you're doing well Jess. Excellent work on the quitting, sounds like a good plan as well. And congrats on the job, unemployed myself so I know how hard that is at the moment! Superb all round. Good on you, BE.
I've been smoking since I was 14 and when I was 17 I attempted quitting. I became an irritable gum chewing monster, it was the first day of my second year at college and I could sense that people were avoiding me. After ten days I just fell back into it and now I'm 20 and haven't had the will to try again. I guess what I'm saying that I have real respect for anyone who can successfully quit. Well done, I wish you luck in keeping cigarette free!
P.S. Props for the blurb about St. Johns Wort... excellent remedy, will be planting my own crop this year. I don't know if you have heard of or follow a tuber called Stefan Molyneux, but he recently had a guest on "Robert Whitaker" who had a scathing report on the state of mental health treatment in america. Definitely worth the view. watch?v=pm77RQdtpSY
@MrVisions you should be careful with st.johns wort it has some nasty side effects and you should see a gp before you take medication like that and self medication is dangerous
@FratisNox Thank you for your concern, and yes one should always do research before taking anything of a curative nature. What is good about natural remedies is, they tend to be more nurturing and restorative, whereas pharmaceuticals are generally toxic and altering. but as you mention caution is always best.
@MrVisions sorry thats not true.. medication is often only an extract of a plant while Natural stuff tends to be the stuff pure now some plants hold stuff in it thats not nice which the extract takes care of. So a unierversal anwser such as all medicin is toxic or all natrual stuff is nutering is not only dangerous but shows a real ignorance of the subject as a whole plz actually go and read up on this stuff before making assumptions
@FratisNox I don't really know how you are interpreting in my response, what you are implying. Firstly I am very literate in the curative nature of herbs, and I don't just randomly promote them as a panacea for every ailment. A choice to use alternative medicine, should be approached by an individual who is attuned to his or her body. And yes like every other article on this planet will be exploited by the greedy and unscrupulous, just like the use and abuse of pharmaceuticals.
@MrVisions you made a blanket statment in the debate "normal" medicin vs. alternatives or homopathic medication and there is two reasons i disagree with it 1. blanket statements in medicin are the dumbest thing one can make and are usally no true 2. the debate herbal vs pharma medication is much more complex thyou put it and to just go well you are "in tune" is a dangerous sentiment and can lead to serve problems and this is from somebody who has 5 years experince in medicin
@FratisNox First off we weren't debating, I was expressing an opinion. Secondly I would match my 60 + years on this planet against 5 years in medicine any-day. The human animal is far more simplistic than medicine would delude you into believing the opposite. The problem with our present day society is that it has become so toxic, and our food supply so corrupted, that the lethal extremes of pharmacology are sometimes required to battle the diseases caused by our toxic environment.
You seem to be harboring the misunderstanding that I am some how advocating nature vs pharma. You have obviously read way to much into my comments. I swear by my current lifestyle simply because it has been proven to me to work. I will gladly share that with anyone. And you are most certainly welcome to hold any opinion on the matter yourself.
@MrVisions you miss understood what i said there has been a debate since early 90s in the medical community in the subject pharma vs natrual medication and nearly every study has shown that pharma crushes natrual in every area that in cludes patient welfare and btw to say the human is simpel is to be as ignorant as you can be about the world and medicin itsself. You don`t study for years and years just for the lolz. The Human body is one of the most complex machines ever. So FU
@FratisNox You seem to be set in your ways regarding the position you hold on healing. It would likewise do you well to undertake five years of courses in the humanities to learn how to conduct yourself civilly in a conversation. But I think it was your intent from the beginning just to see if you could get a combative dialog going. Sorry I won't entertain you in your base natured pastime. Good day.
@MrVisions Sorry but you said somethings that are so wrong they are on one lvl with creationism in my mind and you aren no better you high handed idiot . When you have any idea of the subject you might wanna come and talk to me and this is bloody youtube not a stage debate at a university etc. So get used to a tone you might not like cause I am one of the nicer people you will meet on this website
@FratisNox No actually FratisNox you do not represent the youtube community at large, you represent a minuscule percentage of it. A percentage that formulates an opinion in their mind, declares it to be the truth, then with bombastic arrogance scrawls it across the comment sections of youtubia. The reason I am continuing this exchange is because you are giving me an excellent opportunity to practice my new years resolution, which was to avoid visceral exchanges when goaded like this. Thanks.
@MrVisions yeah sure you have all the anwsers to questions that have been debated for over 50 years and can disprove 1000s if not 100s of thousands of studies cause you bleive its right and if you don`t belivbe me i will quote you chapter and verse of studies that prove my point. Yet you like to push your whinnie hippie anti pharma bullshit and when i call you out on it you accuse me of being wrong? well sorry buddy but you need to actually go sit down and reviewed magazines stfu
@FratisNox (sic)"whinnie hippie anti pharma bullshit" I love that :-) Do you even read my responses? or just instinctively prattle off another chiding derogation. While you have your "Big pharma loving schnazola" :-) crammed into books about studies, I have a garden full of healing herbs that I use, I offer to friends and they use, and I see the benefits in health and they tell me they see the benefits in health..Keep reading your big pharma propaganda, and I'll keep using my herbs.
I gave up smoking several years ago, like you it was cold turkey, unlike you no weed therapy or whiskey ;-) I smoked for over thirty eight years since age 12. Once I could concretely reason in my mind that I wasn't addicted to smoking, but the habit of rewarding my self with cigarettes after routine functions, I had no illusionary cravings of nicotine. I can't really recall ever having the urge to cave, I simply became a non-smoker. The health rewards alone are worth it. Good Luck
I gave up last summer using the patches from the doctor, they worked fine for me. I think it is more to break the habitual aspects of smoking and then coming off the patches was easy enough. I also used weed to help and that also worked for me. Though I have realised now it has been 6 months that the thoughts about smoking will probably never leave, and it will be a lifetime of saying NO to myself!
Hey Jess, long time no see! I shall start going to the gym again this week, get myself fit again and lose this pesky stone I've put on since I stopped going the first time. My fiancee will be coming along as well as she's trying to lose weight also. How are you and whatshisface? :)
WOW 10 years, well done , its one of the hardest things ever to quit , im 15 and iv smoked for 2 years but when your addicted your addicted , its the hardest thing to quit something that you have been doing for so long and i think that what your doing it great , like seriously its though , i got though it! i totally believe you can get though this , you've gotten though worse things so see this as a easy task , i hope you continue with this you'll feel great ! well done , and good luck !
I used SSRIs (lexapro) for a period of 6-7 months, but I was in the fortunate situation that I had a very clear idea of what was causing MY depression, and with the lift I got from the SSRIs I managed to motivate myself to take decisive action. If you don't have that clear idea, the SSRI may lift you for a bit, but without you addressing the real underlying problem you never arrive at a real solution, and then you get to this stage where you can't give 'em up... [shudder]
@rozeboosje Excellent advice. The one thing I was never told, and the one thing most I have talked to, were never told, is that depression sometimes is a temporary, and symptoms sometimes are of an underlying problem. They like me were just told "You suffer from depression" take this! And when that started to wain "Take this to counteract that" , 'then take this also to counteract the side effects this will cause'" and before you know it the zombie narcosis set in. :-(
Giving up smoking is easy. After 3 years you'll hardly miss the little feckers at all at all. Seriously though, it's not as hard as you think at first, but then you get into the temptation stage. Try to avoid situations in which you feel tired or fed up and around people who with the best of intentions offer you cigarettes to "cheer you up". That phase of being vulnerable to moments of weakness CAN last for a long time. Good thing: those moments will be fewer and further and further between.
Ciggarettes actually don't do that to you. Drugs do. Stay away from Winchester, it creates intense brand addiction to some of my relatives.
I only smoke the brand tabacco that are sealed and fresh moist, and I just roll them up directly in little foils. You can add a filtre if you want, but I never do.
It's completely un-addictive and the fresh tabacco tastes great, because without the filtre you feel the aroma much better.
Oh wait, I'm supposed to say you shouldn't smoke ..... Oh crickety !!
everyone i ever knew who successfully gave up cigs went cold turkey and just plowed through. i'd like to see some honest stats but my anecdotal evidence suggests that the patches and gum don't work worth a damn.
Studies done in Norway have shown that in people who have smoked five years or longer, and quit, that the chances of development of Alzheimers and dementia spike by 300%. Nicotine is good for your brain, staves off these disorders,and helps with anxiety and makes more alert... it's the tar that's really evil.
I just passed the two year mark. Allen Carr method. I feel a trillion times better. I thought I'd die a smoker, I loved that shit, but the book helped me realize how ridiculous it was.
I am giving up pot this year! And I live in Humboldt County. I gave up the booze 9 and a half years ago. Do not trade one problem for another habit please.
I've stopped smoking a few times in my life but I always started again because after a year or so I became really overweight and had to buy new clothes.
So I keep smoking in a limited way to keep my weight down.
I didn't find it hard to stop because it did the same like you by smoking pure weed.
congratulations on quitting. i've never smoked but i know people who've quit, and they all feel like it was one of the best decisions they've ever made.
Congrats! You mentioned how nicotine replacement therapy doesn't make sense... what I don't understand is why no one notices the side effects of smoking cessation meds are the same side effects of nicotine withdrawal. XD
jayeenn 6 days ago
It helps to find or rediscover some form of exercise you really enjoy. Depression and physical activity do not coexist well together. Going to a gym is fine, but if you can find something that isn't as routine (for me it was surfing) you'll actually be enthusiastic about it and set aside time in your schedule. It will be a challenge, but it's totally worth the struggle. Soldier on!
spekonaspek 1 week ago
This is a bit ironic. I'm in very similar circumstances myself. My doctor suggested Chantix but when I read about the possible side effects I said no way. I am in the process of quitting by using patches and St. John's Wort. Best of luck to you. Cheers!
spekonaspek 1 week ago
@spekonaspek Fantastic, good work! Stick with it - a month and a half ago I was in hell, now I'm like 'cigarettes, what cigarettes?'
=)
BoundlessEyes 6 days ago in playlist Uploaded videos
You can win the psychological war as long as your completely honest and "opened eyed" about the effects of smoking.If you make smoking positive ,in ANY way,you will not win.Those who quit smoking and are self destructive enuff to start again have every right to chose a slow death...just make sure you pay for your own long term,one way hospital stay.
Thereminator101 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I stumbled upon this. Good luck with quitting smoking. I quit for 12 years until 18 months ago. I'm smoking ten a day and I hate myself. Don't you feel much better now. More energy? All the best. John
gizzytiersen 3 weeks ago
@gizzytiersen look up Allen Carr. Saved my life.
AveragePope 6 days ago
@AveragePope I'm on day three. I'm weakening. I hope you are still stopped.
gizzytiersen 5 days ago
@gizzytiersen Quit about two years ago, and I look and feel so much better. My skin is clear, the hacking cough is gone, it's amazing. I don't even think about them, and that is something I thought I'd never say.
AveragePope 5 days ago
i gave up for 2 years, 4 years ago. since then, i just smoke when i drink. these days thats once a week, friday night (tonight in fact). occasionally twice a week, and occasionally none for a few months if im off the booze
try, put a rubber band round your wrist and snap it hard every time you think about smoking, ur brain will learn that thinking about smoking = pain. and remember to replace the smoking with something else, preferably something healthy, maybe carrot sticks or something similar
mikesomething 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Good to know you are overcoming the addiction and your cat is absolutely adorable. I wasn't a chain smoker but it was getting to that point. I never used patches when I quit nicotine-use and I felt like jumping off buildings the whole time. Now I stick to weed. Still, I get anxious from time to time but the cravings are almost nothing and tolerable. But I think retrospect and alternative substances helped me a great deal. I have unusually low willpower, so if I could do it, you definitely can.
lookit87 1 month ago
hey Jess been watching your videos for a long time on a number of different channels (should have known not to upload documentaries) and always enjoyed them. If you have any tips let me know because I'm going to try stopping the cigs at the end of the month.
HaggardEyes 1 month ago
Long time, no see! Glad to hear about the news with smoking. Two years since my original set of movies (I've begun video-blogging again) and I still haven't sought treatment for an official diagnosis. Howeverrrr...I was told about St. John's Wort before. I do think I should give it a try regardless. Since then, though, I've definitely taken a liking to drinking. Sucks that I can't do that as much as I'd like to, though. I like the new hair, also. And congrats on the graduation!
jjlucash 1 month ago
I was wondering how you were finding it so easy till 5:44
BountyHunterBocats 1 month ago
Good for you for quitting. My mother was a huge smoker. She was trying to cut back but it was too little too late and she came down with lung cancer. It's an awful way to go. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
I have made no resolutions. I'm just looking for a job and wondering how to deal with my upcoming homelessness.
Maxdwolf 1 month ago
When I stopped smoking, I started overeating which is something to watch but not smoking is the main thing, the cravings don't really go away, but they eventually become less intense, it's more about handling it over time.
sunjasper 1 month ago
But smoking makes you look cool....
SeedsofJoy 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Boundless, your face looks a lot more smoother than when you were a smoker.
Eugenics2020 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
St John's Wort did it for me. Amazing stuff.
abutnotantisocial 1 month ago
Nah doll...the craving dies in time. It just blows out like a candle. Just stay unbothered.
In months from now you might go through some stress and it may spike; just accept the spike, and remind yourself in that moment how strong you've been. My step-mother did that at the 10mos mark when her daughter was struggling, I think she might've fallen back; or well she wanted to anyway. but she once she got home and cleared her head by talking about it with us, she kept on smoke free. no worries
fulishproductions 1 month ago
Also you're right, you're really chipper for January! Man that's fantastic, you're one of the few I've met where I've felt like, yeah, here is real SAD, not just feeling down on cloudy day. Glad you started the wort, some people don't even know it can be so effective. And it' all natural, geez. Ok take care
fulishproductions 1 month ago
Good on you, daffodil! I understand the battle with dysthymia too, it sounds like all the things you're doing are exactly right on. Plus you understand, if youve got nothing to lose you can only gain! Damn skippy.
Great job. Oh did you know I started making videos again? It's been a bit different--a bit more realisitc--than back when I used to, I think I made a video to you back then.
Anyway I hope to stay in touch, we've got all the time in the world! lol
fulishproductions 1 month ago
Kitty waas liek: yay now walker no moar smell of carcinogenic smokez but anymoar ^_^
Archiveofobscurity 1 month ago
Ah! Giant cat!
Great to hear that you're doing well Jess. Excellent work on the quitting, sounds like a good plan as well. And congrats on the job, unemployed myself so I know how hard that is at the moment! Superb all round. Good on you, BE.
GriffinPilgrim 1 month ago
Well done on quitting. Interesting method, but don't see why it wouldn't work as well as, if not better than, other methods. Best of luck x
raffleprize 1 month ago
Congratulations on stopping smoking and on the new job.
Light boxes are rumoured to be good for SAD...a holiday to the Bahamas might work too, of course.
Hope 2012 is a great year for you. It sounds as if it will be.
2bsirius 1 month ago
I've been smoking since I was 14 and when I was 17 I attempted quitting. I became an irritable gum chewing monster, it was the first day of my second year at college and I could sense that people were avoiding me. After ten days I just fell back into it and now I'm 20 and haven't had the will to try again. I guess what I'm saying that I have real respect for anyone who can successfully quit. Well done, I wish you luck in keeping cigarette free!
GlynnEThomas1 1 month ago
Well done.
You finally stopped smoking.
Good work
Eugenics2020 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
P.S. Props for the blurb about St. Johns Wort... excellent remedy, will be planting my own crop this year. I don't know if you have heard of or follow a tuber called Stefan Molyneux, but he recently had a guest on "Robert Whitaker" who had a scathing report on the state of mental health treatment in america. Definitely worth the view. watch?v=pm77RQdtpSY
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions you should be careful with st.johns wort it has some nasty side effects and you should see a gp before you take medication like that and self medication is dangerous
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox Thank you for your concern, and yes one should always do research before taking anything of a curative nature. What is good about natural remedies is, they tend to be more nurturing and restorative, whereas pharmaceuticals are generally toxic and altering. but as you mention caution is always best.
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions sorry thats not true.. medication is often only an extract of a plant while Natural stuff tends to be the stuff pure now some plants hold stuff in it thats not nice which the extract takes care of. So a unierversal anwser such as all medicin is toxic or all natrual stuff is nutering is not only dangerous but shows a real ignorance of the subject as a whole plz actually go and read up on this stuff before making assumptions
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox I don't really know how you are interpreting in my response, what you are implying. Firstly I am very literate in the curative nature of herbs, and I don't just randomly promote them as a panacea for every ailment. A choice to use alternative medicine, should be approached by an individual who is attuned to his or her body. And yes like every other article on this planet will be exploited by the greedy and unscrupulous, just like the use and abuse of pharmaceuticals.
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions you made a blanket statment in the debate "normal" medicin vs. alternatives or homopathic medication and there is two reasons i disagree with it 1. blanket statements in medicin are the dumbest thing one can make and are usally no true 2. the debate herbal vs pharma medication is much more complex thyou put it and to just go well you are "in tune" is a dangerous sentiment and can lead to serve problems and this is from somebody who has 5 years experince in medicin
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox First off we weren't debating, I was expressing an opinion. Secondly I would match my 60 + years on this planet against 5 years in medicine any-day. The human animal is far more simplistic than medicine would delude you into believing the opposite. The problem with our present day society is that it has become so toxic, and our food supply so corrupted, that the lethal extremes of pharmacology are sometimes required to battle the diseases caused by our toxic environment.
MrVisions 1 month ago
You seem to be harboring the misunderstanding that I am some how advocating nature vs pharma. You have obviously read way to much into my comments. I swear by my current lifestyle simply because it has been proven to me to work. I will gladly share that with anyone. And you are most certainly welcome to hold any opinion on the matter yourself.
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions you miss understood what i said there has been a debate since early 90s in the medical community in the subject pharma vs natrual medication and nearly every study has shown that pharma crushes natrual in every area that in cludes patient welfare and btw to say the human is simpel is to be as ignorant as you can be about the world and medicin itsself. You don`t study for years and years just for the lolz. The Human body is one of the most complex machines ever. So FU
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox You seem to be set in your ways regarding the position you hold on healing. It would likewise do you well to undertake five years of courses in the humanities to learn how to conduct yourself civilly in a conversation. But I think it was your intent from the beginning just to see if you could get a combative dialog going. Sorry I won't entertain you in your base natured pastime. Good day.
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions Sorry but you said somethings that are so wrong they are on one lvl with creationism in my mind and you aren no better you high handed idiot . When you have any idea of the subject you might wanna come and talk to me and this is bloody youtube not a stage debate at a university etc. So get used to a tone you might not like cause I am one of the nicer people you will meet on this website
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox No actually FratisNox you do not represent the youtube community at large, you represent a minuscule percentage of it. A percentage that formulates an opinion in their mind, declares it to be the truth, then with bombastic arrogance scrawls it across the comment sections of youtubia. The reason I am continuing this exchange is because you are giving me an excellent opportunity to practice my new years resolution, which was to avoid visceral exchanges when goaded like this. Thanks.
MrVisions 1 month ago
@MrVisions yeah sure you have all the anwsers to questions that have been debated for over 50 years and can disprove 1000s if not 100s of thousands of studies cause you bleive its right and if you don`t belivbe me i will quote you chapter and verse of studies that prove my point. Yet you like to push your whinnie hippie anti pharma bullshit and when i call you out on it you accuse me of being wrong? well sorry buddy but you need to actually go sit down and reviewed magazines stfu
FratisNox 1 month ago
@FratisNox (sic)"whinnie hippie anti pharma bullshit" I love that :-) Do you even read my responses? or just instinctively prattle off another chiding derogation. While you have your "Big pharma loving schnazola" :-) crammed into books about studies, I have a garden full of healing herbs that I use, I offer to friends and they use, and I see the benefits in health and they tell me they see the benefits in health..Keep reading your big pharma propaganda, and I'll keep using my herbs.
MrVisions 1 month ago
I gave up smoking several years ago, like you it was cold turkey, unlike you no weed therapy or whiskey ;-) I smoked for over thirty eight years since age 12. Once I could concretely reason in my mind that I wasn't addicted to smoking, but the habit of rewarding my self with cigarettes after routine functions, I had no illusionary cravings of nicotine. I can't really recall ever having the urge to cave, I simply became a non-smoker. The health rewards alone are worth it. Good Luck
MrVisions 1 month ago
I gave up last summer using the patches from the doctor, they worked fine for me. I think it is more to break the habitual aspects of smoking and then coming off the patches was easy enough. I also used weed to help and that also worked for me. Though I have realised now it has been 6 months that the thoughts about smoking will probably never leave, and it will be a lifetime of saying NO to myself!
Nonthinker1 1 month ago
Congrats on stopping smoking. My mother was a smoker for years, she quit "cold turkey" and never relapsed. You'll do very well I'm certain.
DesertLaser 1 month ago
Tried to give up. Smoked weed again. Life is goooood
AidanChalklin 1 month ago
I wish you well with this. Congrats on the new job.
cavejourney 1 month ago
Good will with the quiting smoking. It isn't easy. I quit 3 times, but I did quit quit.
Keep your mind on your goals. If you don't have goals get them. Like money savings! That's an awesome thing to keep your mind on.
Put a picture of a "smoker's lung" on your desktop, and if you get to itching just look at it.
Keep up the awesome work. I realize you're a little greater then you know.
JesusPuppet 1 month ago
Hey Jess, long time no see! I shall start going to the gym again this week, get myself fit again and lose this pesky stone I've put on since I stopped going the first time. My fiancee will be coming along as well as she's trying to lose weight also. How are you and whatshisface? :)
StanMarsh1 1 month ago
WOW 10 years, well done , its one of the hardest things ever to quit , im 15 and iv smoked for 2 years but when your addicted your addicted , its the hardest thing to quit something that you have been doing for so long and i think that what your doing it great , like seriously its though , i got though it! i totally believe you can get though this , you've gotten though worse things so see this as a easy task , i hope you continue with this you'll feel great ! well done , and good luck !
TheKATYPERRYGURL 1 month ago
I used SSRIs (lexapro) for a period of 6-7 months, but I was in the fortunate situation that I had a very clear idea of what was causing MY depression, and with the lift I got from the SSRIs I managed to motivate myself to take decisive action. If you don't have that clear idea, the SSRI may lift you for a bit, but without you addressing the real underlying problem you never arrive at a real solution, and then you get to this stage where you can't give 'em up... [shudder]
rozeboosje 1 month ago
@rozeboosje Excellent advice. The one thing I was never told, and the one thing most I have talked to, were never told, is that depression sometimes is a temporary, and symptoms sometimes are of an underlying problem. They like me were just told "You suffer from depression" take this! And when that started to wain "Take this to counteract that" , 'then take this also to counteract the side effects this will cause'" and before you know it the zombie narcosis set in. :-(
MrVisions 1 month ago
Giving up smoking is easy. After 3 years you'll hardly miss the little feckers at all at all. Seriously though, it's not as hard as you think at first, but then you get into the temptation stage. Try to avoid situations in which you feel tired or fed up and around people who with the best of intentions offer you cigarettes to "cheer you up". That phase of being vulnerable to moments of weakness CAN last for a long time. Good thing: those moments will be fewer and further and further between.
rozeboosje 1 month ago
Patches actually worked for me... twice. I'm quite sure I'll never smoke again. If only to avoid the pain of quitting again.
Sarahon06 1 month ago
The hardest time is after meals and morning time.
TheHemsworthboy 1 month ago
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Ciggarettes actually don't do that to you. Drugs do. Stay away from Winchester, it creates intense brand addiction to some of my relatives.
I only smoke the brand tabacco that are sealed and fresh moist, and I just roll them up directly in little foils. You can add a filtre if you want, but I never do.
It's completely un-addictive and the fresh tabacco tastes great, because without the filtre you feel the aroma much better.
Oh wait, I'm supposed to say you shouldn't smoke ..... Oh crickety !!
Soveraine 1 month ago
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You have those very very small "serial killer" ears. Not that I believe in science and all.
I'd trust you with a knife at my throat *smiles* ...
Soveraine 1 month ago
its weird how 45 years ago doctors did commercials for cigarettes.
wideosvatcher 1 month ago
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@wideosvatcher They had stocks. True Story !!
Or they were bribed to.
Soveraine 1 month ago
it would be really hard to not smoke while drinking alcohol for me,
i tried one of those throwaway electronic cigarettes.....it made me gag plus it seemed like a medical treatment. it just didnt work for me
i tried st johns wort had no effect i like melatonin it is relaxing
wideosvatcher 1 month ago
Congrats on the job :)
AnnikaGarratt 1 month ago
My manpole will help you stop smoking, guaranteed. You'll never think about tobacco again...
AvirtualSwitzerland 1 month ago
I tried St Johns and it makes me really dizzy :( so annoying!!
AnnikaGarratt 1 month ago
everyone i ever knew who successfully gave up cigs went cold turkey and just plowed through. i'd like to see some honest stats but my anecdotal evidence suggests that the patches and gum don't work worth a damn.
WeirdUniverse 1 month ago
Studies done in Norway have shown that in people who have smoked five years or longer, and quit, that the chances of development of Alzheimers and dementia spike by 300%. Nicotine is good for your brain, staves off these disorders,and helps with anxiety and makes more alert... it's the tar that's really evil.
SatanRobot 1 month ago
good luck.
jak1428 1 month ago
I just passed the two year mark. Allen Carr method. I feel a trillion times better. I thought I'd die a smoker, I loved that shit, but the book helped me realize how ridiculous it was.
ZuccottiPark 1 month ago
my significant other will be giving up this month. its hard for her, she'll be trying ecigs to help ween herself off.
gothatfunk 1 month ago
Deja vu. Nice to see you.
Loreleila 1 month ago
I am giving up pot this year! And I live in Humboldt County. I gave up the booze 9 and a half years ago. Do not trade one problem for another habit please.
seasidericky 1 month ago
I've stopped smoking a few times in my life but I always started again because after a year or so I became really overweight and had to buy new clothes.
So I keep smoking in a limited way to keep my weight down.
I didn't find it hard to stop because it did the same like you by smoking pure weed.
Still I hope it works for you.
cityroots 1 month ago
congratulations on quitting. i've never smoked but i know people who've quit, and they all feel like it was one of the best decisions they've ever made.
Cuddlebunzzzz 1 month ago
Am I still blocked because I had the never to thumbs up a video you did not like? Just wondering... kinda missing ya :P
DavidRandallCurtis 1 month ago
@DavidRandallCurtis Oh! Maybe I was never blocked? What else can I be? All apologies!! :P
DavidRandallCurtis 1 month ago