Day 9 of non smoking (attempt no. 16). How do people cope without smoking? its so difficult. After phone call with client... go for a smoke. Get off plane/train go immediately to smoke. Done some good code/solved something, go for celebratory smoke. Have a rehearsal with my band... go for a smoke. Go to the pub...go for a smoke. It’s woven in to the fabric of my existence and unpicking it is a long and painful task. I don’t do the e-cig thing. I don’t want to swap addictions.

If you view it as difficult youre not ready to quit yet, too attached to smoking, and swapping to a healthier alternative is the best you can do.

I had 20 attempts to quit smoking and... I still smoke. Good luck in your journey :) .

Switching to e-cig might be a thing if you're concerned with the health aspect of it

@ScriptCoded And cost aspect too, ecig is much cheaper.

2 weeks ago I quit cigarettes but kept smoking weed.

6 days ago smoked last joint with tobacco in there and now also quit weed.

This is day 7 for me cold turkey quitting weed and tobacco.

I don't know what you quit for, but for me its all about taking responsibility for my own life as well as setting myself free from stupid compulsions. (Also, ~€350 less fixed expenses which I can really use for better things)

These weeks were emotional rollercoasters filled with rage and grief. Even needed mourning for losing my "friends". Need new ways to deal with the stress that I used smoking to cope with.

Good luck and hang in there, its not easy but there are no real downsides to quitting, only the ones we make up!

Be prouuuud!

It’s purely for health reasons, im pretty well at the moment but don’t want to be old and struggling to breathe or dead as a result, you can’t go back. My son is 12, i want to be at his graduation and other stuff in his life whatever it is. I am more determined than ever now. He is supporting encouraging me, and he doesn’t smoke when I am with him.....

The last bit was a joke!

@DevForTheMoney Great words of encouragement and we both know this isn’t easy. Don’t give in. If you fall, don’t make the mistake (like i always have) of thinking, oh well that’s it until next time. See it as a blip and just carry on not smoking!

@Sauruz Thanks, ill take a look.

I never smoked "just" cigarets, but I used to smake a lot of weed a few years ago (mixed with tabbaco).

What I did first was reduce. Gracially. Count how many I smoked a day, and then just reduced that number by one every day.

But the most important part probably is that you'll have to want it (it = to quit smoking). It also helps to do some sport.

Drinking tea.

as a side effect i have halved my coffee consumption.

@helloworld
I also get to be hopelessly constipated

"How do people cope without smoking?" I've asked a non-smoker, and he said his trick is to just not light a cigarette.

@Fast-Nop I'm a non smoker and can confirm. I never had the urge to try something that I decided smelled horrible. Never smoked anything.

My question would be: why do you start in the first place? For me, it just smells too terrible to even try and that's it. .-.

@hasu its to do with your parents, both mine smoked and the likelihood of offspring smoking is much higher. when i was at school in the late 70s. smoking didn’t have the stigma. smoking was accepted everywhere, buses planes trains pubs restaurants. it was the norm. as a kid i got hooked. simple as that.

@helloworld my dad used to smoke. It's kind of the reason I hate it.
Yeah the time would have been hell for me.

I quit cold Turkey for a few reasons:
- I don't want to increase my chances of getting cancer or heart (etc) diseases.
- I'd like to live as long as possible.
- why the fuck would I want to poison my body with something takes years and years to recover from after just having like a few hundred of them?

Still going strong after a year but quitting was hell.

Day 16 completed. Nicotine free. I’ve quit many times before, but now I am the most resolute and determined. The battle is somewhat easier. Soon I will be free of this disgusting, pointless, destructive shit forever.

@helloworld I'm proud of you! (:

It’s been ages now and I still haven’t had a cigarette. Still get those times when I am absolutely desperate, but those are becoming fewer. Not giving in. The biggest challenge will be on holiday, but that’s going to be a while away. Can’t wait fir the time I can say that i am cured and a non smoker.