re: Who here has successfully quit smoking and how?

I quit in July of last year. I quit because I no longer enjoyed smoking and I felt like I was doing it only because I thought I couldn't stop. Also I was constantly coughing and was miserable everytime I smoked. In the past I used Chantix and other aids but at the end of the day I just decided that it wasn't something I wanted to do and I quit cold turkey. The first two weeks really sucked but once the physical cravings are gone the mental ones are easier to deal with.

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I haven't met a single person that tried e-cigs and DIDN'T stop smoking. Go to a smoke shop and get a good one.

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I wish they had been around when I quit smoking 12 years ago.

I quit cold turkey.

This thread is making me crave a cigarette. I'm trying to quit right now. Problem is we're allowed to smoke in our offices so I don't even have to go outside for a smoke break. Try quitting like that.

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I quit cold turkey.

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This.

I was up to 2 packs a day in college and grad school and decided I wasn't going to be a smoker. I quit the last year of grad school and never looked back.

To OP -- it's easier when you're younger to go cold turkey. If you're older and have been at it for decades, get help in the form of e-cigs, patches or gum. Cold turkey probably is much much tougher for someone who's been smoking for decades as opposed to someone like myself who'd only smoked for 7 years.

Smoked for 21 years, up to three packs a day. My wife also smoked, not as much. Her mother smoked and died of lung cancer, she in her 70's. We decided, and quit the monday after the superbowl, the one where Denver and Elway won their first. Anyway, she quit cold turkey, I had a half pack left from Sunday. Smoked 4/5 on Monday, a few on Tuesday, and a few on Wednesday, and the pack was gone. I was working in a bar/grill at the time, smoke everywhere. Thursday didn't have a one until one of my regular customers came in around 4pm, and I bummed one from him. When outside like I was hiding it from my parents, took a drag and it tasted like shite. Havent smoked one since. Have puffed on a few cigars, but no butts. It was tough the first couple of weeks, but after that, it kinda settles a bit, but the craving is still there. Takes a few years for the craving to go away imo. A pack was 1.75 back then, and I figured we saved around 2000.00 a year, that helped ease the craving some and the knowing we were living a healthier life. If we still smoked it would cost us over 5000.00 a year, good lawd, thats enough right there to quit. Good luck.

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To OP -- it's easier when you're younger to go cold turkey. If you're older and have been at it for decades, get help in the form of e-cigs, patches or gum. Cold turkey probably is much much tougher for someone who's been smoking for decades as opposed to someone like myself who'd only smoked for 7 years.

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This in spades...

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The group thing WORKS

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I agree with this. I quit with the help of r/StopSmoking. Before you quit you need to learn your triggers and habits. After you quit you need to avoid your triggers for a little while. For me that was drinking and sitting on the front porch after work. I didn't drink for a few weeks and instead of chilling on my front porch I took up running when I got home from work. The first couple weeks suck. Some people get sick, but I didn't. I just couldn't sleep and when I did I had dreams about cigarettes. If you really want to quit, it's not that hard. I had tried to wuit before and never really wanted it, but once I made my mind up on why I wanted to quit, it was much easier. As time goes on the cravings get fewer and far between. They're still there every once in a while, but you learn how to push through them.

Good luck.