Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Now I can say I’ve been smoke free for five years and two months after a nasty 23 year addiction. Best decision I have ever made 💯 Update- 8 years smoke free today 10/23/24. Still going strong 💪.
10 year cigarette addiction for me, half pack a day, multiple failed attempts quitting. Wife and I had some difficulty conceiving our first child and the fertility specialist recommended to lay off cigarettes to improve sperm quality along with other treatments. Quit that day 10 years ago and never looked back, have several happy beautiful babies now, just needed the right motivation to finally give it up for good
@@shivampatel298 Not me personally. The day I gave it up was my absolute last cigarette. I had occasional cravings for a cigarette, which became less frequent with time, but I just told myself no and the craving would pass. I just didn’t want to do anything, even 1 single cigarette, to cause me to become a full on smoker again
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
I ended a 30 year cigarette smoking addiction just over 4 years ago, in 2017. The following winter I could shovel snow for an hour and half without a break. It's really amazing how fast your body can heal itself if you let it.
Thats awesome. Both my parents quit after smoking for almost 40 years, and are doing great. I was trying again when all this pandemic shit went down, did not work out haha
I remember when I quit smoking I decided to get into the gym and transform my body and health and it literally felt like I'd reversed the ageing process. I did the same with alcohol 2 years ago and felt even better.
I smoked about a pack a day for about 8 years and decided to quit cold turkey during a bad cold. Smoking was negatively affecting my workouts and my grandfather had died from lung cancer due to smoking. The first 3 days were the hardest. It took about 10 years to truly be over it. Now cigarettes/smell repulses me.
My grandpa also died from lung cancer. But you also know what, my grandma died young and she didn't smoke. So it don't matter because this life ain't promised tomorrow.
I was one of the luckier ones. Quitting for me was much easier than most stories I’ve heard, but my motivation was hyper-charged. I was a smoker for 20+ years. 7 years ago, I was at the hospital with my father in ICU due (in part) to smoking. I went outside to have a cigarette to try and calm my nerves and looked at the pack with a picture on it of a cancer patient hospitalized, which looked quite like my father did only a few hundred feet away from the designated smoking section. That image made me throw the pack in the garbage at that moment and I never looked back. My father made it out of ICU, miraculously; however, as soon as he got out, he went back to drinking and smoking. I’ve stayed cigarette (and booze) free.
Hell yea brother... I started smoking in the army and now kind of going on/off for a few months but i definitely gotta quit, this shit is legitimately cancer. It's fun to smoke but it's just not worth it. Joints on the other hand...
Wow Tom.. Your story inspired me. I've been smoker for 15 years, and I've just stopped... I feel so inspired and able to do this since you could do it. I think I will addict myself to cooking and video games... Probably an occasional cigar that's it.
Im 20 and I started smoking at 16 I was never addicted fully more like small episodes of addiction but since I have grown spiritually it has been pretty simple to control, if you want to quit try and identify the emotions that make you automatically smoke and try breathing exercises to decrease whatever feeling you got going
Agree, i think meditation or any form of mindfulness will help better understand what is motivating the need to smoke. Reading Alan Carr's book can also help on top of this.
I quit cold-turkey, and it was far easier than I thought. But there is a 'trick' to it. You have to genuinely *want* to quit. If you are quitting because someone is pushing you to, or because you know it is a good thing to do, then it will be very hard. When I quit, I kept a fresh new pack with me. I knew if I had to keep away from cigarettes to quit, then it was only a matter of time until I failed. But if I could have them close by, and not light one, then I was really winning. It's been about 6 years, and I sill have that pack, unopened. If you really want it, it's not so hard. It's hard because most of the time we don't really want to quit. I was told the smoke would start to smell bad, but it doesn't. I still enjoy standing near smokers and catch a bit second-hand. But I've never had any strong temptation to light one.
@@WaKeUpTIs It is odd, isn't it? Everyone I spoken with eventually stops liking the smell. The amount of time varies, but they all did, except me. I still smoke in my dreams, so I wonder if that has something to do with it. As an unexpected bonus for quitting, it triggers lucid dreams for me. When I am dreaming and I inhale smoke, it causes me to remember that I quit long ago, which makes me realize I am in a dream. It's strange, but very cool.
Yeah.. kind of like pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical company. Personally, I trust what the Earth provides over what human beings have cooked up in their labs.
I am a recovering heroin addict and former cigarette smoker. Sober and cigarette free since 02/02/2020. Quitting cigarettes was incredibly hard. I don't get cravings for heroin anymore but I still get cravings for cigarettes sometimes. It is a crazy addiction. The nicotine patch and nicotine gum helped me quit. Good luck quitting. Smoking destroys your body.
Here's what worked for me: make a solid list of reasons why you want to quite, then refer to it whenever you feel weak while quiting. Keep this in your head "remember your motivation!!"
I quit cold turkey after smoking for over 20 years. It was weird, I just had an “epiphany” one day & I knew it was time to quit, I can’t explain it. I had a full pack left so I went ahead & finished that pack & after the last cigarette I threw my lighter away. That was nearly 4 years ago & I haven’t looked back. I still get an occasional craving but it passes very quickly. Trust me, if I can quit, anybody can quit.
I quit cold turkey and managed to last for 1 year and 4 months. It was hard and i was angry every single day. I kept reading these articles about how you wouldn't feel urges after so many months but I felt the urge all day every single day. I started again when a sibling of mine went through depression and had suicidal tendencies. I know that doesn't make it ok to smoke but I was mentally fucked for a long time and I just gave in. I eventually got married and came to a compromise with my wife where I can vapr instead of smoke. It still affects me. Just not as bad and now I have a high stress job where I could lose my shit if I don't get my fix . It's hard. There's other factors involved but I wish I would've never gotten involved in nicotine. I think that alot of addiction issues stem from metal health and past trauma but from what I've seen we are at leat a thousand years from tackling any sort of mental health issues. Definatley an uphill and expensive as fuck fight. Probably more expensive than all wars combined and that's why it will always be an issue.
@@fierroboy1 I’ve heard that if you set a date to quit it makes it easier. Smoke all you want until like, Feb. 3 or something then plan on putting them down on that day.
Having a nicotine addiction since I was 12 (currently 43) Copenhagen snuff , Levi garret chew , and Marlboro cigarettes the only time in my life I was able to quit I used these methods : 1: nicotine patches 2: cold bottled water 3: ink pen with clicks top These help a lot. Slap on a patch ,if you get a craving gulp the cold water and click your pen . This mimics the oral fixation, the fidget factor and the cold water gives a feeling of being full and satisfied
Only time I've managed to quit smoking was when I had like 2 weeks of break from university, stoped social contacts during that time and I smoked pure marihuana for 1 week. Getting all high and shit. First 3 days were the hardest but with help of a plant I've endured the pain. Haven't smoked for 6 months and I've got back to it since I had stressful period with exams. Smoking ever since :( But good thing is I learned I can and I know how and I wasn't running away from smoking at parties and such which would happen once a month at that time, the next day I wouldn't feel the urge at all. Exams and my low willpower at the time made me start consuming them again, cuz before when I needed to study 24/7 I would always smoke a ton and drink bunch of coffee..
I started at 16 smoked for 10yrs. At 26 i tried working out and running couple times a week, .... Lets just say i couldnt make it around the block. Eventually i cut the cigarettes way down i went from a pack a day to a pack a week. Then after a year of that got it down to 1 pack a month. And now im going on 32 and this year total i only smoked 4 packs this whole year. I can honestly say im not addicted anymore, and only really feel the urge to smoke every 3 or 4 months. Ill never completely quit but i have been able to learn how to control it. Good luck to everyone. Learn to control the cigarettes dont let them control you.
That’s dope brother I can relate. Never had a addictive personality but I noticed my nicotine usage increases when I’m anxious. I vape which is bad from what I’ve heard constantly from the media but i don’t think I’ll completely quit. I condemn people for their vices but once you start to feel out of control it’s time to make some changes.
I'd still recommend quitting it completely. I had two friends who were "occasional smokers", mainly on parties etc but they both smoke a pack a day now after years of occasional smoking thinking they had it under control. One of them slowly slipped into it because her new boyfriend smokes and the other had someone close to them pass away and he tried smoking the stress away. I'm not someone who thinks you should never do anything that's unhealthy, I think you should live a little but smoking is a sneaky one even when you think you have it under control. Hope it makes sense, I don't speak much English.
The best way to quit for me was just arguing with it and trying to defeat it like it was an actual fight. I would talk to the nicotine like it was a person. When I would get a craving, I would say, "is that seriously the best you can do? you're weaker than I thought." after 2 days I was reduced to one small craving, and I just laughed at the nicotine, mocking it at how weak it was. I've never had one craving since then. Nicotine is like a school bully. seems really tough, but once you fight back, it cowers away rather quickly.
its not the nicotine though. its the hundreds of additives they put into cigs that make them so wildly addictive. nicotine its self is not more harmful than caffeine.
Some people don't get addicted to cigarettes, I don't think you were really addicted. I used nicotine pouches to quit smoking. My life was a depressed and anxious hell for 3 or 4 months. It was absolutely terrible. I didn't even quit nicotine and I was still so fucked up from quitting cigarettes.
@@zacharylane2003 no, its not, nicotine is not the problem. why do you think you can use patches, gum, or any other nicotine based stop aid, and still have withdrawals.
I was a 2 carton a week smoker and read an article in a science magazine. It said, 3 days to get over the physical addiction. After that it was all mental. I did 3 days cold turkey, the 3rd day sucked massive. The fourth day I woke knowing I had won. That was 40 years ago. Never went back and never wanted to.
I feel blessed after reading the struggle of some of you guys , I smoked a pack for 10 years straight everyday and woke up one day and got lazy to go get a new pack and I haven’t gone since it’s been 6 years now without smoking , proud of everyone wanting to stop smoking you got this . 💯
The first time I quit smoking, that lasted the longest (a few years), it was just after my 21st birthday, and I just stayed black out drunk for a week, so I couldn't drive to the gas station. After a while I realized that I hadn't smoked in a long time (at least that I could remember), and just decided not to go back to it.
I honestly expected it to be harder after being a regular smoker for 7 years, but turns out the appeal in it for me was the peace and quite I had while smoking. Having the mentality that "okay, this is my smoke break. And I will not have it be anything other than relaxing." really made me just enjoy those 5 mins more than I should've.
I quit smoking 1 day ago, and started chewing Redman. "Save your lungs, pack your gums" I also quit drinking 5 years ago by the grace of god and the men and women of AA. It is all hard to stop, but once you get to age 40 you should start to consider what that stuff does to your health. I want to live! Next comes weight loss and muscle gain. You really can do anything if you put your mind to it, it's all in the mind. And you have to be able to be strong mentally. You can train yourself to do this. You can train yourself to do anything. You need to have discipline, self-love and health awareness. You have to fight for your life to overcome these addictions. You fight to climb that hill and once your over the hump , it cake work from their on. Good luck.
@Joey believe it or not the percentage of people that get mouth cancer from tobacco is under 2% of people that chew and they cannot prove that it was from smokeless tobacco. Dr. Rodu who is a world-renowned mouth cancer doctor says that smokeless tobacco can save your life if you are a smoker. And also talks about how when he worked in a mouth cancer clinic that he could not believe that after many years he was not seeing any patients that chewed tobacco. So he wrote a book on it and also does a bunch of interviews and stuff on youtube. Also, the FDA has taken smokeless tobacco off the list of the top 100 leading causes of cancer. Smoking is #1 and Obesity is #2.
Respect to those still struggling to quit. I woke up one day and decided to quit, coincidentally my lung collapsed 3 months after going cold turkey. Had 2 small holes in my left lung. Doctors say it had nothing to do with cigarettes, diagnosis was spontaneous pneumothorax. Idk what to believe but I’m good now.
@@paphet just had a spontaneous pneumothorax myself three weeks ago, it was AWFUL! Needless to say have been cig free now three weeks using patches ... hope your doing good
I quit at 30 in 2003 after 16 years I used weights on lunch breaks and ate Halls vitamin C drops like candy been using them ever since been sick maybe 4 times since then I did gain alot of weight I ate more after quitting but I lost it all Now but yeah if I can anyone can
I smoked cigarettes for 10 years, 8 of them I chain smoked. Every break at work smoke. Every time I commute somewhere I smoke. Need to take a second at a social event smoke. It became the only thing that calmed me down because I also used it as a break. I saw my stepdad around year 8 of my smoking get lung cancer from his smoking. He passed in the house I was in from it over a span of a year. I smoked for a year or two more after idk why. But I also was growing a mental hate for it over that time because of what it took from someone I loved. Eventually I stopped seeing smoking as a "break" and started to view it as a chore and work. Finally one day I just stopped because I was tired from the draining energy it took from me. And it was like i finally defeated something mentally but I felt free. Now I don't care at all for it, addiction is gone completely and I have never felt better. Keep quitting to whomever is trying! I tried a million times before I truly GREW the mental change and then I quit for good. Remember the key word is grow. You have to grow more of the dislike energy for smoking then the like for it. And it's not easy but it will work!
Ah, the most disgusting drug of them all. Alcohol was my first addiction, but it was so easy to leave once I tried other drugs and realized how alcohol is literal trash. Doesn't even feel good. Not saying try other drugs, i'm saying throw this shit in the bin, it's not fun, doesn't feel good at all and you're just drinking for other reasons you should figure out what are with a psychiatrist or rehab.
After 8 years of smoking, I had forgotten how good it felt to breath and actually have energy to do things, im 3 months without smoking and its a life changer. Im back in college and Im exercising again. I love it.
The thing that gave me the power to quit was a quote " every single time you wake up in the morning, you wake up at a non-smoker, once you smoke a cigarette, the cycle starts over, just don't let the cycle start over, you have the power to stop it." Good luck guys, I'm going on 2 years nicotine free
I was smoking almost 2 packs a day. The hardest part of quiting for me was going cold turkey and replacing the habit. If I was on break at work, it almost felt like I didn't have a break because I didn't smoke. After meals amd in the morning where hard too. My best advice is too keep busy, stay occupied and try not to get bored.
Yes, you really have to reprogram your brain around these habits and that takes time, multiple years. I quit 10 years ago on my third try after 12 years of heavy smoking and only after 3 years the craving finally stopped completely for me. It was freaking hard but it was a great decision. If you can push yourself through this, you can push yourself through anything in life.
It was funny for me to see and realise how easy it was to quit smoking weed in comparison to cigarettes. The first week after I stopped using weed I felt a bit wacky especially during the nights laying in bed all like soaked from the sweat but those effects wear off quite quickly after. To stop smoking cigarettes it was quite a hell but so glad that I have done it! It is a mental game and a physical one at the same time. Willpower is the key. No more excuses, try to find excuses to NOT smoke and replace it with different satisfying rituals/habits to distract and it will give you a good feeling. I am not going to lie tho.. when sitting at a terrace holding that beer and watching other people smoke a cig around me and taking in that smell is such a trigger that makes me not want to drink beer at all anymore so therefore I also quit the occasional joy of alcohol consumption at all.
I’m coming up on 5 years tobacco free. My friends all say that it seemed like I just quit cold Turkey. Honestly it was a one year process. I weened myself off them, smoking les and less. I knew when I was ready when cigarettes started to smell bad to me. Then I was done, just stopped, but it really took about a year to get to that point.
Still trying to stop...hardest drug i've ever come accross in terms of addiction and i have tried a LOT. I've quit everything with ease but not cigarette. Best i have ever done was 7 months cold turkey. I'm reading people who made it 5 years, 10 years i am amazed, Congrats to you. Best advice to people who don't smoke : don't even try
Try vaping and build off the nicotine amount gradually, been off nicotine for about 2 years now with ease. Still vape though sometines but 0 nicotine, give it a try!
Some people may never get lung cancer tho. There are women over 100 years old that are still smoking. Definitely depends on your genes and lifestyle choices. Not saying smoke is okay Just saying scaring someone with lung cancer isn't enough anymore People literally don't care what happens when theyre addicted
@@indigochild3700 Lung cancer is almost exclusively caused by smoking.....joe is wrong though when he says people with lung cancer end their days struggling to breath, more often than not, the metastases kill them. of course, copd, coad, emphysema is different.......an irreversible amount of damage to the lungs means the sufferer struggles for breath for the rest of their lives, often requiring continuous o2 therapy.
@Matt C Tobacco is big business, generating massive profits for the corporations that dictate govt. policy......in 2020, revenue from tobacco taxes amounted to 12.8billion dollars in the U.S & 9.7 bn pounds in the U.K.....so what if it causes cancer, healthcare is big business too.
@@dyschromotopia Some non smokers can die from lung cancer. So we have to exercise a lot. I've quitted Marlboro Reds and Camel for 4 months. I only smoke low tar due to extreme stress and a short relaxation. Yeah I know COPD so I'm thinking about switching to Pipes which aren't supposed to be inhaled. Also Mao smoked 2~3 packs a day and lived to 81 or 83. I know cigarettes are the problems but...
Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is what I used to quit this time. I'm 29, and I had been smoking about 8-9 years. I had cut down in most recent years to about 4 per day or less. I bought that book and didn't open it for several months. It's not going to hurt to buy it, and keep it around in case some random day you decide to look at it. Quitting isn't "easy." I'm a little over 2 months smoke free now. It's been 70 days. I bought a six pack of beer yesterday and decided to try to relax but it made things so much worse! I got through 1 and a half before I couldn't stop thinking about smoking and was making a plan to drive or walk to the gas station for a pack. And I just thought about all the time I spent quitting and resentful that I was resolved not to smoke, because I really wanted to. I poured out the rest of my second beer and took a jog in the dark while crying on and off. I've never taken mushrooms or willingly took any drugs except alcohol and weed. And caffeine. I drink coffee in the morning now and don't think I could give that up. I think if mushrooms actually worked I'd be willing to try but I currently live in a different state than home and don't have any friends I trust to use mushrooms around safely. That book is basically full of helpful facts you know are in the back of your mind, as a smoker, but you conveniently don't listen to them. And reading that book just forces you to remember and that's what I needed. I also need my hormonal IUD removed because I think that's also causing depression and irritability and I want to know for sure if the lack of smoking is truly what's bothering me right now, so if I eliminate one possible cause of the mental pain, I can deal with quitting easier. I quit back some time in 2016 or 17 for about 6 months and I don't remember it being this hard. Last time I used lozenges, quit for 5 or 6 months and then started smoking again when I was drinking with a friend, and felt fine but I smoked part of his cigarette and basically soon afterwards bought my own pack. I used to smoke at my job at break time out by my car, but my coworkers who still smoke do so near where I'm working and they can't seem to wait until break time, so that's difficult because I love the smell, and I just want to get away from it. The book tells you not to drastically change your lifestyle when quitting, unless your lifestyle is very negative. Like I liked to take smoke breaks and drink while practicing guitar, and now I do it anyways but it's difficult because I associate that activity with smoking and drinking, but if I keep doing it it can become fun again I think. It currently just feels like work.
Something I learned was nicotine stimulates the liver which releases some blood sugar, providing that lift. But, that's only the first cigarette of the day. The liver reacts to the second one, but only releases about 10% of the blood sugar as from that first one. After that the over stimulated liver doesn't respond again until it’s had a chance to fully clear out the nicotine, and that takes many hours. We poor mortals light up over and over again in a subconscious search for that blood sugar lift, but it doesn’t come. I quit cold turkey back in April 1979. Just decided one night I didn't need the little crutches and tossed the remainders of my last pack in the trash. Sucked on hard candy, gained weight, but soon brought that under control again with healthier eating habits and brisk walking. Food tasted so good all over again and I went on to train my palate for wine tasting. Today my sniffer is very sensitive, particularly to the smell of smoke on someone's clothing.
It smells like shit doesn't it? Ive been on and off years each end at a time, ive picked up a vape with a low nicotine dosage and cigarette smokes smell worse to me now, and im using the vape less everyday
@@Sange4499 That's so strange... When you smoke regularly, you smell it and you crave it more. It makes you wanna light up, too. Am I alone in feeling this way?
holy shit where have you read that information about the liver blood sugar? The only place I‘ve read that is in Aajonus Vonderplanitz‘s book so I‘m quite amazed others know too. Also congrats on quitting
When I had to quit, the turning point was just like Brian's book: It was my realizing that excuses were what I had to dispel. Excuses attached to rituals, like waking up in the morning or mealtime rituals. Excuses attached to recurring moments, such as getting in a car or stepping outside. It's hard, but worth it.
Out of the half dozen friends I've had over the years that have quit and failed to quit, the ones that went Cold turkey were all successful. The ones that tried to step down, gum, vape, patches, all of those friends have failed and still smoke. Cold turkey seems to be the best way since choosing to not fall into the addiction is pure will power.
Yep. on January 2nd, 2020, I finished the last cig in my pack and made the snap decision that i was done. I stuck with it, no slips or alternatives, til October 31st 2020. Used a friends vape at a halloween outing and have slowly descended back into normal vape use and now back to buying cigarettes as of 2 weeks ago. Gonna quit cold turkey on new year again, hopefully for good.
So true, I chew gum , dip, and vape, and smoke cigarettes cuz al of the latter methods of consumption started out as attempts to quit smoking and now I just do it all . My grandpa quit from going cold turkey . So true what you said .
I was smoking for several years, quit just because I wanted, I was ready for it mentally. I spent time with myself before I went sleep and with my thoughts whenever I was thinking about smoking I had ready thoughts from that night and hunger dissapeared. Never used any plasters, no help no talk with anybody. Everything is in your mind, depends how strong psyche you have in my opinion.
I smoked for a year when i first started college. the addiction grew to the point where i would smoke a whole ass pack an hour before my exam. stopped and failed once the second time i stopped i relapsed many times when i was drunk the third time i stopped i never smoked since and never plan to again
I personally stayed away from smoking, but my dad and my grandpa (mum's side) both used to be heavy smokers ever since their early 20's. They are both incredible individuals that managed to completely stop smoking the very first time they were determined to do so. My grandpa quit 16 years ago at the age of 60, after seeing the conditions of someone with lung cancer that was older than him in the hospital and the absolutely miserable condition that person was in. He was geniunely shocked and afraid that he will turn out like him (keeping in mind my grandpa was in the army for 20years). That person showed such level of suffering that the mere image of looking like that 10years down the down if he didn't quit, gave my grandpa the determination. He managed to quit after a week of dense snack eating with no external help, no counselling, no nothing. The man had such bloody guts he munched on some chips just called it quits after gathering his resolve. I had respect for him before but after hearing that, I was could be not prouder to have a such grandfather. My dad also quit 2 years ago. I was in a different city for university and only found out when I came back during semester break. He was suffering from frequent wake ups from coughs at night and it was starting to become serious. At one point he got so pissed off so that he just decided to quit. Then he came up with a quick and easy plan. He will smoke less and less over a month and would only keep that reduced quantity of cigarettes on him. Since he smoked pretty consistently like 2 after every meal, it was easier to predict. It was a bit hard at first, but with both the annoyance of bad sleep and wanting to save face in front of my grandpa (the legend) who was visiting us at that time, he successful quit after the month. Now my dads sleep is a lot better and he no longer coughs at night. Honestly I thought getting help would have made it easier, but the older males in the family clearly had balls of steel and once they are determined nothing can stop them. Neither seeked any professional help and was once and permanently successful. Through the warnings of my dad, I stayed away from even trying smoke and drugs, so luckily I won't have to pull the same guts my dad and grandpa did years down the line.
I’m relatively young compared to other people that have shared they’re story. I am almost 5 years smoke free. And honestly I’ve gone cold turkey about 4-5 times and that was with no help, nothing to replace it. But every time I did go cold turkey it actually made my smoking worsen. I used to lightly smoke 3-4 a day and after my cold turkeys I went from 3-4 to 32-40 a day! It affected everything I could do, it affected my relationship and made me miserable. I discovered vaping back in 2013 and been trying it on and off then five years ago I went for it full throttle and I have not looked back. Vaping has honestly saved me from smoking. Despite the negative press vaping has gotten, you do your research and find all the facts and lay them in front of you (metaphorically), vaping doesn’t even touch the dangers as smoking does. Just make sure you stay away from anything that contain vitamin E acetate. And help the environment and don’t buy that disposable crap. I hope this helps anyone that wants to looking into vaping as a option as it’s honestly saved me.
Vaping was such a seamless transition for me. You use the same muscle memory to inhale so it triggers the same sensation, in a way that nicotine patches or gum can’t
The thought of being highly addicted to a substance makes my skin crawl. I’ve been tempted to vape but I know that my addiction is only more “acceptable “. No. It’s not acceptable. Especially when you’re not able to feed that addiction. Better to be free once and for all.
It really just depends on the person. Everyone is very different of course. It just took me being scared straight with breathing problems. I’m only 23 but I smoked everyday since I was 16 and I quit cold turkey. Literally the day after I quit the smell would make me sick and instantly turn me off. It’s all in the mind for some people and for me it was. I didn’t even realize the mind was that powerful.
@@JacobC479 never got how people do inhale though. I’ve only done it once and I swear it was like a shot of pure toxins into my lungs with the worst gruff throat feeling ever. I’ve been smoking cigs for at least a decade too. Shits awful
Marijuana helped me quit cigarretes a lot. The feeling you get when you are high, your whole body gets very sensitive and I noticed how my breathing was just that little more difficult. So I started only smoking marijuana from that point on. It was still smoking but when I got that nicotine craving I got high instead which is pleasurable by itself and I like it a lot, it helps me to focus on my activities. Eventualy the nicotine cravings stopped compleately. After that I quit smoking marijuana too and now only do edibles when I want to get high on something for any reason. Smoking anything is really the dumbest way to consume any kind of substânce, highly ineficient and terrible for your health. It was a very gradual process for me, it took almost a year of reducing the amount of cigarretes, than going for the mj and then quitting the mj. I was an addict for 9 years and Im free for almost 4 years now.
@@TroutTruck definitely not good for your health too, you should try more edibles, nowadays there are many óptions, its just a matter of finding what is right for you. You should try something weaker than you normaly would think you could handle. Usually edibles have a delayed hit, and they hit me so much harder. But Iam sure there is something just right for you to stop smoking or vaping.
I've been a casual smoker for the past 8 years. I've never developed a habit of smoking, one pack usually lasts for around 2-3 weeks. I can also got for about a month or so without smoking. I really hope I never have to quit, the pleasure of smoking my Camel's with a cup of coffee during a sunny Sunday morning is immense.
i dont wanna be the one to tell you, but everytime you smoke you are on actual physical withdrawal for 72 hours after that, so you are constantly in withdrawal if you are a habitual but very reserved smoker, this is probably the worst state to be in mentally and will severely negatively impact your life over time, i suggest reserving those moments where you do smoke to the utmost minimum, im not saying u have to quit forever and fully, but you should severely limit the amount of occasions on a YEARLY, not monthly basis That is if you want to experience life without withdrawals, there is some unique pleasure in being addicted
I smoked for 22 years and then finally became a non-smoker when I decided I didnt want die and that each cigarette was choosing death over life...and it didnt hurt that something sent a super sexy dude to randomly lecture me while he was smnoking weed outside and told me how he quit smoking cigarettes and I tried it and it worked, and I intentonally did it during the most stressful time in my life so that I could never use the excuse of stress to start again. 4 years ago this month, I became a non smoker. People trying to quit - dont forget how proud of yourself you could choose to feel when you beat one of the most powerful addictions in our experience...everyone MUST read the book by Alan Carr - it's pure TRUTH and arms you with the mental atrillery needed to combat "the nicotine monster". If I can do it, so can you!
Props to Carr's book. Found about it a decade ago in some random thread on Reddit and thought it's a silly concept to quit with a book. But it worked, it was stress-free, and the problem completely disappeared from my life. The only side-effect is that you'll likely become an evangelist for the guy's method and recommend it to people you know or don't.
I have that PDF and read it 25 percent. I need to finish it and read again. I sit there and agree the whole time reading it. Like I already know. But I get back to smoking. I cannot say it doesn't work since I Did NOT yet read the whole thing. So thanks for reminding me. I have probably gone too far as I've damage already. However pack a day for many years from 87 til now.
The best advice I heard when I was quitting smoking ( I smoked nearly 2 packs a day, so a bad addiction.) is treat yourself like an drug addict, it’s not a “habit”. You have to think of it like a heroin addiction.
@@grannybemx6729 it’s true! I don’t understand why 12step/AA people still can smoke… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That’s why psychedelics and introspection are the route that worked for me. And practising moderation. Basically now every-time I partake in an escape it’s a game of moderation. Once you know the rules it’s easy to win.
I had a big dose of mushrooms about ten years ago and came to the realisation that I didn't need cigarettes anymore.. haven't had one since. Not saying that's how it always works, or that it's a magic pill. I was just devoting a lot of energy and work into stopping anyway, then I got an extra push from a very positive experience. Thats why intention is important.
I took a bunch of mushrooms also and now I am certain this world is not real..I look at my hand and move my fingers..and it no longer feels like my body its like my video game character has a little lag now
Took acid realised how bad my health was at the time and my first step is stop smoking next day I stopped cold turkey it's been 3 years since Ive had my last smoke psychedelics are a good eye opener
I tried to quit countless times. I finally read Quit Smoking the Easy Way. He basically demolishes all the crazy mind games you play with yourself. He tells you to smoke while you’re reading the book. At the end of the book I threw my smokes out and said to myself, “Man that was fucked up that I was addicted to smoking.” I never smoked again. That was about 6 years ago. It was incredibly easy after so many times of seeming impossible
I quit smoking to help prepare myself for the Marines. I hadn't touched a cigarette for almost a year before basic, and was a few months longer than year post basic. I got into the habit at the smoke pit with my buddies, and it mutated into a crippling dip addiction since we couldn't smoke at night in the field, and only in frustratingly far designated areas on base. I was one of those guys that left dip bottles everywhere like this guys buddy, but I don't think anyone ever drank one by accident. For me, the only thing that's ever worked to help me quit was vaping. Cold turkey was horrific with withdrawals, the gums all tasted so bad and made my mouth numb, the patches left bruises, and vaping really helped me isolate the addiction from the carcinogens in cigarettes and dip down to just the nicotine, which is incredibly helpful for me with focus, clarity, and productivity. If I don't have nicotine, I find myself easily agitated, unfocused, and foggy, especially in the morning. Nowadays though, I've cut the nicotine consumption in half so I'm not attatched to my vape and need it to do everything.
That’s funny because a lot of people I know including my dad starting smoking when they joined lmao, because everyone did it. But congrats on gettin off the little fuckers, all nicotine is bad but a little death stick with 7000 chemicals in each one is alot worse then a vape or dip.
Try this, everytime you go out and see people smoking, just know that they'd be envious of you for quitting, as you feel envious because you can't smoke. Flip the script in your head is the only way.
I once got a sinus infection where it was physically gross to try to smoke. I was very surprised after a few days that I didn’t seem to be withdrawing after smoking cigs every day for 3 years, so I decided to see how long I could go without. That was 4 years ago and I haven’t touched cigarettes since. I eventually got into vaping after that, but I quit all forms of nicotine 2 years ago.
I stopped smoking because I always got sinus infections. It just got to the point where I hated every cigarette I smoked and quit cold turkey. It was tough at first, but got much easier. I haven't taken a single puff since the day I quit and it's been great.
My class in 6th grade got to visit a forensics lab for a field trip. We got to hold a healthy lung, and a smoker's lung. Having the actual thing in your hand to see and feel the difference is definitely impactful. It didn't stop me from smoking for over a decade, but it was interesting.
I started vaping not too long ago because I never wanted to pick up a cigarette habit and I casually picked it up since it was promoted as a "healthier alternative to cigarettes" but now I can't put it down, trying to kick it before it gets worse and new studies come out of the dire effects of vaping since there is still isn't much data yet. Wish me luck!
Vaping pushed me to quit nicotine. Smoked for 10 years, switched to vaping slowly over a few months, then just did that for about a year. General chest pain and numbness I've never experienced smoking built up over the time I vaped. Eventually quit that and finally started exercising like I've wanted to since I was a teenager. Nicotine always held me back.
I was a smoker for 15 years. One day, a couple years back, I decided smoking wasn't even enjoyable any more. At first, I told myself ok, I will quit by this day a couple weeks from now. Then I said to myself "well, why? Why not today? Its the physical dependency convincing me to hold out. But it doesn't give me the same appeal as before, so.. Screw it. I'll quit today." I went to a grocery store, and bought the patch to help with nicotine.. And I went to the gym. I found way more enjoyment in lifting weights, and being physically active. I went climbing. I feel lucky. I know quitting is hard for many. But I seemed to be in the right head space in my life at the time to just.. Stop. I feel lucky also in that I've had zero cravings or temptations. I had access to tobacco, and my cigarette machine, and never thought to go smoke one, even when things were rough. I can't speak for other people, but I think its far easier to really truly quit when you decide to do so for you. And I think the other key for me was not to see cigarettes as a friendly thing, nor try to make myself hate them, but it was when I truly became entirely indifferent to them that really allowed me to so easily let go.
@Jefferson Keane yeah, I do believe there's some merit to quitting for the right reasons. Smokers aren't convinced to quit from friends, family, being "concerned" for your health. Smokers know its unhealthy. But as long as there's a shred of you that still enjoys lighting that cigarette, there will always be cravings. For some, that enjoyment never goes away, so if they do quit, they won't feel right about it. Its like you never got proper closure to the habit. I think there's a physical dependency element to it that causes the cravings, but there's a habit element to it too. Like doing that one familiar trick with your pencil, and it feels comfortable, so you keep doing it. Lighting up a cigarette in the morning just "feels right", so you want to keep doing it. Its comforting. Its warm and friendly. If those things are still going on, even if you don't smoke any more, you haven't "quit" yet. Or at least, some part of you hasn't, and I think thats the more important part than the physical cravings themselves.
@@faded1to3black Same, i was smoking 20 a day for like 3-4 years and suddenly i was like i want to quit now, sure first few days were about will power, i wanted to smoke, but that strong urge lasted literally only few days and few days is nothing, after that i from time to time had random thought taht hm, i would smoke one now, but that thought lasted few seconds and no urge there, but after few weeks i felt like life time nonsmoker with no desire to smoke. I'm pretty sure anyone that can stop for a week, even if its the hardest thing in the world and would have to be locked at home without cigarettes, can do it
You've touched on a fantastic piece of often overlooked information. Your headspace. The physical addiction is one thing but as with most drugs, it is a sort of safe haven from the stresses of daily life and provides us with a dopamine kick for good measure. When you are in a good place in life and don't have as many external pressures, it becomes much easier to quit as you have less triggers to start smoking again. I'd always suggest to People that they change environment as quickly as possible when trying to quit any drug
Been 7 years since I’ve had a smoke. Still have cravings from time to time. I always say I’m still a smoker but just choose not too. Sure hope I never start it up again but it’s always gonna be in my mind I think.
A good friend of mine who was dieing from smoking scared the smoke right outta me on his death bed. His family asked me why I was even there said he is sleeping and can't talk even when he is awake. I came to his bed side and he rose from his bed grasping my arm very tightly and with great difficulty screamed at me "quit fucking smoking" he shuddered closed his eyes and slowly fell back in bed. He never said anything else. I never ever even had one craving. Threw my crumpled pack out the window on the drive outta there. He was like 84. I miss him..
I remember seeing these black lung pictures when i was a kid and i thought there's no way i'll ever start smoking. Fast forward to senior year in HS, I started smoking and have tried to quit numerous times, but i always go back to it. I really hate it, especially after watching this video and seeing those black lungs again.
I lost two of my best friends to cancer, they were both chain smokers. They were married for many years and smoked inside the house so anytime I would visit them I'd end up smelling like an ashtray. They really struggled and tried to quit many times but always went back to smoking. What I found most fascinating was that their addiction was so intense that they were in denial of how much it was destroying their health. Eventually they both passed away. That told me everything about how incredibly difficult it is to quit smoking. Like all the other addictions,there is something very dark about smoking. It's almost as if the nicotine takes over the person's mind and willpower and controls a person's logic.
I smoked two packs a day for 14 years. One day while I was lighting a cigarette I asked myself “do I really need this?” Dropped that cigarette right there and I’ve been 12 years clean ever since.
It dose take over your body and life, nicotine is the most addictive drug on the planet, it only takes one cigarette to get hooked, and big tocabo spends millions every year to keep you hooked, there’s over 480,000 deaths a year in the us from smoking and only 14,000 from heroin, pisses me off they have found a new way to get kids hooked with these flavoured disposable vapes
@@thetechshack1031 Nicotine vapor is nowhere near as harmful as cigarette smoke. If you really want to keep kids from buying disposable vapes, write to your state’s elected officials & demand harsher punishment for vendors who sell nicotine products to minors!
I smoked cigs for 6 years and was up to 20 a day for the last year or two. Then I read Allen Cart’s easy way to stop smoking. I stopped immediately and haven’t smoked since. Book is absolutely amazing, changes your view on smoking immediately and permanently. Best part was I didn’t get any withdrawals, it really was so so easy
Me too, i used to be chain smoker n i read his book I didn’t even need willpower on second day after I quit i was certain i would never touch cigarettes again. Iagreee it iseasy
@@Saloomz71 my parents quit and they are no fun. my brother quit and then he held me hostage and stole my house. I think it is a nutritional issue and needs to be addressed properly rather than with hypnosis. I have tried yeast for nicotinic acid and a wide range of nutrients. maybe is to do with glyphosate and organic food would help.
Up to 20 a day? Why did you bother at all, to smoke so few cigarettes? You weren't really addicted, you know? If you were, it was a very light addiction. You were like someone who drinks more than they should but they aren't alcoholics. Not everyone's body becomes strongly addicted to nicotine. Some people have savage additions to it.
Started smoking with all my friends when I was in 6th grade. I quit I don't know how many times. Have been tobacco free now for at least 5 years maybe longer. Quitting for good is hard. Several years may go by and I would start again. So far, I've been doing good. I didn't have a magic method to quitting, but I always went cold turkey and never relied on another nicotine crutch (patch, gum, vape, etc.) One thing that did help me though was to focus on all the reasons not to smoke...from cost to health and everything in between. I honestly think one of the biggest parts about smoking besides the chemical aspect, is the sometimes social aspect, but even more, it is the conscious breathing aspect to the habit of smoking. It's like a meditation. Also, the act of smoking, the practice, becomes a sort of ritual. Combine all these aspects together and it equals a very powerfully bad habit that is really hard to stop.
That negative mental picture used as a reminder not to smoke is gold. For me, it's that i smell like shit when i'm smoking. Whats that Peanuts character that has the stink coming off them and flies buzzing around their head? Thats my mental picture. That I'm like him when i smoke. And it works.
Hardest part about quitting smoking is how easy and accessible they are. You know how they make you feel immediately and you can still function, so it’s hard to justify why quitting in the moment
my mother has been sober from any addictive substances now for about 22 years. she says she would kill to smoke a cigarette. anytime she smells the smoke or sees someone smoking she is incredibly envious. the urge might never go away. props to my mom for fighting it.
@@hi-dl4kw You can frame it that way but like it or not smoking feels lovely, the problem is its a rly nice time that destroys your body over a long period of doing it, if it didn't feel nice people wouldn't do it lol
I told myself I wasn't a smoker but just "having a smoke" for a year and then I quit. I smoked for 24 years and it's been almost 8 since I quit. I did not want to quit but knew it was necessary. Everyone and anyone can do it! If you make it through one week you're done. DON'T say you can't do it. One hard week is nothing in your life and extends it. Do it.
I’ve never touched cigarettes, I smoked joints with a little bit of tobacco inside it for 10 years. When I started to notice my breath getting shorter, my heartbeat going faster sometimes, my throat being full of slime, my tongue being yellow, I decided to look for tobacco alternatives.. I talked to a 90 year man in Amsterdam who told me he only rolls camomile with his weed and nothing else. I decided to give it a try, threw my last pack of tobacco in the trash. The benefits of doing this are just unbelievable, my lungs feel so much better. My teeth are not as yellow, my tongue has gone completely clean. The taste is 100x beter.. so happy that I ran in to that guy. He literally saved me years and years of not taking care of myself. I’m not saying smoking weed is the healthiest thing in the world, but at least I’m not smoking something that has been taxed and produced in a factory. ( it’s so much cheaper to smoke camomile as well )
I quit smoking 14 years ago. The key is to inform yourself, Know what your getting into and tough it out. The most addictive thing about smoking is actually the oxygen. Every drag you take you fully empty your lungs and take a deep breath. You seriously oxygenate your blood. So know that your going to have headaches and body aches for 7 to 10 days.(ibprofin is your best friend) from there coughing up crap will happen for a month or 2. The physical habits is almost like a fidget, so i grabbed sugar free candies and popped one when i wanted to smoke. Its gonna take at least 30 days to break that habit and form a new one. Here's what i did. Knowing that the oxygenation of my blood was the most relaxing thing about smoking, when i felt the urge to smoke i would take 3 deliberate deep breaths. Like a drag of a cigarette. Inhale, hold, release. After 3 of those, occasionally more, i could feel the tension in my body relax and the urge subsidied. I forced myself to do this everytime i wanted to smoke. 14 years later i STILL do it. My son even asked me why i take 3 deliberate breathes when im stressed. I was shocked to be honest because it became such a normal habit of mine i didn't realize i was doing it. But i explained to him i had a bad habit once and kicked it to be a better example for him and formed a healthier habit instead. To which he was actually proud. I regret nothing. I honestly cant stand the smell of smokers anymore. 🤣 For those thinking of kicking the habit, you can do it. Just know you in for a ride but im sure you've been through worse. You can do it! 💪🏼😎👍🏻
All you smokers out there trying to quit, keep going even when you fall off the wagon. Allow yourself a mistake here and there. This is a war to be won not a battle. Don't give up completely if you cave in the first time. Good luck all, the struggle is real
I beat my addiction through cold turkey, as well as getting married. I didn't want to enter into my marriage with this habit. Mind you, only time I smoke is through social drinking situations, and still it's seldom.
I’ve quit multiple times, with no problems. But the issue is, I always come back to it eventually, just because of the situation I’m in where I’m around a lot of smokers (rehab)
6:20 is the reason I quit after 23 years. Was sick and I couldn't walk the stairs anymore without running out of air. It was like a switch in my head flipped and I was like "hell no!". First two weeks were hard but now (three months in) I don't think about it. Biggest downside right now is total lack of energy. Upside is that I save almost 300 euro's a month.
I smoked for 15 years, and in 2015 I switched to vaping with the intention of slowly cutting back until I was ready to stop. I was six months into vaping when I started coughing one night and it felt like I was being stabbed in the chest, I found out later my right lung collapsed. The Urgent Care doctor thought I was being a little hyperbolic when I told him how much pain I was in until they took x-rays, and he walked back in the room with a look of shock and said "You need to go to E.R....now." That was one of the most painful weeks of my life, but it was exactly what I needed to quit, I didn't even think about smoking after that. Funny how life works sometimes.
The habit is one of the hardest things to beat for many people so vaping doesn't have a high rate of people quitting completely. I can believe that vaping is atleast better than cigarettes though but still.
@@rondleberik5337 vaping is way better than cigs I breathe way better vaping...noticeable difference I currently smoke cigarettes and whenever I want my lungs to heal up some I vape
Heart failure feels your lungs with fluid too. I have been at the deathbed of many smokers and unhealthy people. The panic in peoples eyes, when they can no longer take a breath is etched in my mind forever. There's nothing you can do, but sit with them.
Bought a juul for my dad to quit cigs.. He just ended up vaping at home and smoking at work lmao. Made him worse. Probably cuz he himself doesn't want to quit.
@@dang7748 For real. People who say vaping is just as bad as cigs clearly haven't done the research. Even a lot of the articles about it are based on assumptions and peoples inherent bias. And several of the research articles about it test scenarios that are completely unrealistic. Like the one's that say heating vape juice can create formaldehyde. Like yeah, at temperatures and pressures well beyond what any vape could possibly get to. It's really an incredible technology.
I quit smoking & chewing many times, sometimes for years. I was in prison each time I quit. I couldn't do it on the streets. It was so difficult I felt I had to be confined in a straitjacket, locked in a cell, the key melted down and me foaming at the mouth the whole time. I've been tobacco free over 20 yrs now. No need to go back to the joint.
I went in a cycle for years. Smoke then vape then chew then smoke then vape then chew. It was a cold as hell day and I went I dont want to step out for a smoke. I quit cold turkey. It takes 28 days to create a habit. It takes 28 days to break it. I told myself this first month is going to be rough but I did it. I stuck it out. I listened to a podcast too on stitcher. Called quitting together. It made me relax and just enjoy listening to his advice and him dealing with quitting too. Almost 4 years now. Better everyday. Smoke from 14 to 30. Best decision ever. I can fill my lungs with air without coughing like crazy!
The dumbest thing I ever did, was to start smoking... The smartest thing I ever did, was to quit smoking... I was an addict for 5 years. I could not even take a dump without having a cigarette. But I simply looked at that cigarette once and asked myself if that little stupid thing is stronger than my mind and spirit, I answered that question by quitting for good... The best way to replace that urge of having that feeling of breathing in that hot smoke into one's lungs, is to get that similar feeling by doing push-ups instead... At age 45 I can do 100 push-ups in one go. Cigarettes is only addictive when our minds tell us that... Just quit that shit and replace it with exercise.
My experience as a heavy smoker 1. Before you quit TAPPER down quantity. I.e. use any methods you see fit to simply smoke less and less every week. I found that my limit was about 4x/day, if I smoked less, I felt bad. But after smoking 4 cigs a day for a month, I also felt that smoking more had adverse effects. 2. Try to smoke in inconvenient places. I often smoked in two locations - at home on balcony and at work on the roof. I slowly shifted to walking to a river some 200 meters from home and smoking there when at home + not smoking when I am out in bars + trying to not have cigs on me at work, so if I wanted to smoke, I went to a shop which was pretty far away. This allows breaking the psychological associations easier. I still smoked a ton when I had major stress, but those were odd occasions. I also often smoked after dinner, which I stopped. Rule of thumb: Be inconsistent with bad things, and consistent with good things. 3. When you feel like quitting, take a vacation. After you quit I have experienced 1) extreme sleepiness 2) brain fog 3) jolts of dopamine 4) insane craving of sugar (due to insulin in the body expecting smoke) 5) irritation. I'd say you can safely save 2 weeks of vacation solely to quit. Yes, sounds like a waste, but it is worth it. Avoid stress at all costs. Try to have limited tasks done every day and sleep on it. I also have experienced insomnia (this is worst, as it messes with your work and relationships and thoughts). Melatonin and just constant chilling is the best aid. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety. I have experienced extreme anxiety - but when you know it will go away it is not as crazy, When you experience it first time in life, it is a bit scary. People with OCD and ADHD will experience this worse. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety. Dont do xanax or other stuff, it is not worth it. symptoms 5. Find WHY you want to quit. For me it was that I wanted being better in gym more than smoking. Smoking interferred with my eating, and gave me headaches often. Once I quit my headaches were gone and I felt amazingly better under stress. Other factors were - I hate stench from smoke, both clothes and oral. I think my gf was much happier once I stopped stinking up the house and kissing became much more tasteful. (btw guys, smoking makes your semen disgustingly bitter as well). Smoking felt good initially, but once it became a habit it felt like I have no rush from it. I simply HAD to smoke to feel normal. I thought it was very stupid waste of my health. I felt much stronger physically + my sense of smell increased tenfold (if you are a lifelong smoker, you probably can't even properly smell the subtle way your wife or husband smell). Once you quit you realize how idiotically people who hang out and smoke look. Like why tf are you standing there and becoming more stinky and disgusting. There is nothing cool about smoking. You are not a teenager who rebels. You are an adult with an addiction.
Quitting cigs is by far the hardest thing I've ever done. I've quit so many times and have tried EVERY product available to help. This last time I bought a low dose hyde disposable vape and have been off cigs for almost 5 months now. I feel so much better physically and mentally. About to start tapering off the vape. I've been hitting it less and less. No issues thus far.
“Can I smoke a cigarette in here” …that’s how this JRE clip started. Had me thinking how many times I’ve asked that question when I was inside someone’s else’s car, or my own, for respect to the passenger. My Mom brought up this exact topic earlier today. So, as we’re smoking the last 2 cigarettes in the pack…she tells me “if there are no cigarettes in the house she would stop smoking.” Given the fact I smoked and I always had cigs, i felt I was a huge part in her addiction playing out. She then tells me “this should be our last cigs in this house, we should quit today.” I think to myself that I could just live a lie and just smoke when I’m not with her, for her best interest of course. But I’m really thinking that this can be the best thing that can ever happen to us. To “QUIT” is something that we can have together, a beautiful bond that we had from smoking together could turn on to something special quitting together. She decided, so in turn I decided. Today is Christmas Eve 2021, this is the last day we we’ll be having cigarettes to smoke. It’ll be a tough road, and it definitely isn’t the first attempt. But this one, THIS ONE FEELS DIFFERENT. May god bless us in this journey, and may god bless you all who’s trying to kick this horrible addiction. 🙏 And to all reading this, have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄and have a Happy New Year! 💫✨
Honestly, it’s tough but you’ll get it done. Sounds like a good story to keep to tie your future success to. Remember when you get a craving for the first 3 days to drink some fruit juice. Helps a lot because your blood sugar will drop.
Yeah fuck it, I’m quitting today as well. I’m gonna talk to my mother about it too and see if she’ll quit with me. Good luck my man and happy new years!
For a couple of years ago when I was in a bad mental place, still being a good dad though. I tried to hide from my 4-year old daughter the fact that I was smoking. On a walk outside she said to me: -Dad, it’s dangerous to smoke, and you smoke. -Can you please quit doing that? All it took was an unfiltered voice, giving me the true facts and with a request from true love. From the most important person in my life, my daughter. From that day on I haven’t touched a single 🚬.
That's really sweet. Current smoker here. I'm 30 and I've always wanted to have kids. You're fortunate to have a beautiful daughter by your side. Congrats on quitting.
I smoked for 38 years, damn near 4 packs a day at the end. Had a heart attack end of March this year, needed two stents put in. They gave me a nicotine patch for the four days in the hospital, used them for a week and then stopped using the patch altogether. 9 months later still smoke free but the constant craving is strong as ever, hope someday it will go away. The only way I'm getting thru it is a mental picture of a cigarette clogging my stents and killing me. If not for that, I'd be smoking right now.
Great job so far man, hope you lose the cravings. I would cave in to those I think, if they were still strong enough. I need to get my own mental picture that works - but yours is rather effective.
When I quit I thought I was having constant cravings, then my dad passed and I went and bought a pack, got half way through 1 when I realised that it wasn't scratching the craving itch, it was like I had over hyped what it would do for me. It tasted different than when I was a smoker too, just tasted like an ashtray. Not sure it's a good idea to try the same because everyone is different but for me it really cemented in my mind to quit and it seemed to make the cravings go away also, like it was all mental by that point, then when it was nothing like I thought my mind stopped longing for it. Could be a completely different explanation for it but that's how it seemed to me
My grandfather and my childhood neighbor both died of lung cancer due to smoking. My grandfather was in his mid 40’s and my neighbor in her mid 50’s. I got sober and quit adderall and alcohol (for the most part) not long ago and that shit was hard as hell I still struggle with it, but I don’t need cigarettes as another battle
Struggled with cigarettes on and off since I was 13. Had to quit when my wife got pregnant and despite some slip ups, the best feeling in life is watching my kiddo and knowing its been a long ass time since I've had a cigarette. Those are the truly good times in life, despite what the addiction tells you to do.
I did quit for nearly a year, but when someone close to me died, I re-started trying hard to break the habit. I've been smoking since I was 16 years old, so it's been almost 20 years. I'm a social smoker as well, and when I'm among others, I tend to smoke even more.
I started smoking when I was 13, I quit two months ago at the age of 21. For anyone who wants to quit, find what triggers you or makes you want to smoke. For me it was primarily work and school related from the stressors. For myself I always grabbed a vape or a smoke when I was stressed and would kick back. Learn to handle your stressors in a more healthy manner. I started to cope with my stress by learning techniques to control my heart rate and breathing, similar to what you would do during a panic attack, and learned to just control myself and emotions in a more healthy manner. It’s difficult, I tried to quit 3 times and failed all 3 times. It wasn’t until I finally identified my stressors and identified why I do smoke and my excuses for why I smoke and attacked them head on to help me quit. For myself as a 21 year old in a three year relationship what really made me quit was the thought of one day having kids with my beautiful girlfriend, and not being able to play with my kids or keep up with them due to breathing issues. That’s what bothered me the most and drove me to quit to have a healthy life and family. Regardless as to whether it is true or not I would like to believe I did make a difference. I’m ecstatic to turn 2 months, into 2 years, into 2 decades, and so on. Best of luck everyone in your endeavors, I hope you all succeed in overcoming your vices.
I quit smoking cigarettes 27 years ago when I was 34 years old. Like others have said it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Kicking the nicotine addiction was simple, after a week or so I was past that. The hard part, and the part that still gets me every now and again to this day is the physical part of wanting to put a cigarette in my mouth. I liken it to a baby with a pacifier, the cigarette is the smokers pacifier. Stress level goes up, stick a smoke in your mouth. Something bad happens, in goes the smoke. What I did was those little Jolly Rancher candies. I kept them in my breast pocket of my shirt, where I kept my cigarettes, and when I wanted a smoke, I popped one in my mouth. It wasn't perfect, the taste of the cigarette wasn't there but the physical part was satisfied. I gained 40 pounds. It's ok, about 3 years later I was able to go for a daily run and take every bit of it off plus more. Even though when I walk by someone who is having a cigarette, I enjoy the smell of the burning tobacco, it's the best thing I ever did for my health.
Thanks for sharing. This is something I want to want to quit, but don’t want to quit - if that makes sense. I’ve even had a scare while tripping where I can feel in my lungs the lack of being able to breathe as free as healthy lungs do. Yet I’m still here. I got a vape to try and help but stopped using it. Idk the point of me making this comment other than thanks for sharing your experience and you put it back into my mind that smoking is something I do want to let go of
The difficult part you mentioned is part of the oral fixation. Substituting with candies may not be the best idea. Try tooth picks. Having Water bottles around worked for me. Biting nails or lips/cheeks is what i used to do and know a lot of smokers do. In psychology it's related to an incorrect way of stopping breastfeeding.
I live in Southeast Texas (near Houston). I was in health science technology in highschool and got to do clinicals at the hospital. We actually got to see open heart surgery and were allowed to do a q&a with the surgeon after the operation. The patient clearly had black lungs, and based on pics we'd seen in our books, I assumed he was a smoker. After the procedure I asked the surgeon if he was a smoker. He said the guy had never smoked, claimed he was a refinery worker. Then he told us that's what most people's lungs in Southeast Texas look like.
@@ether23-23 when I asked if the guy smoked he literally scoffed at the idea. I guess he could have been lying or joking, but he seemed very matter of fact. Him being a heart surgeon, you'd think that would be a teachable moment to inform teens of the dangers of smoking, I felt like he bypassed (no pun intended) that opportunity to warn us about the reality of our community. Texas city is in Galveston/Harris county, lung cancer rate is around 49 per 100k. I'm 1.5 hours east in Jefferson county where the rate is 70 per 100k. The national average is 33 per 100k.
I was a heavy smoker . One day my body started rejecting the smoke . It tasted nasty , felt no joy out of it anymore . I just stopped. It’s almost 10 years with no smoke 💨
This is so funny for me as someone who managed to quit after 9 years. Its been 7 months and I think I officially feel like a non-smoker cuz I chuckled when he said "I don't know how I'm going to replace a cigarette before going on stage". I legit used smoke before a big exam and then smoke after exams to celebrate and I thought not having this ritual would just kill me. Once you really quit, food and a nice cup of coffee/tea will give you the exact same feeling but 10x better cuz you don't feel like an unhealthy slob after having them!!!
2 packs a day, 20 year habit. Cold Turkey, has cigs on me the whole time. Started out 10 minute intervals, I'll smoke in 10 minutes, then 10 minutes goes by, I'll wait 10 more minutes, and that how it worked. Never bragged about quitting, people would ask if I quit, I'd say no, just not smoking right now and thats how it went. Never put pressure on myself, it worked. Biggest freak out i had was after 2 weeks when i threw out my emergency smokes, been 24 years now.
I quit cigarettes cold turkey. In my experience, that was the best way to guarantee you won’t go back. Quitting little by little is still feeding your body it’s nicotine addictions. It’s harder but worth it. 🙏🏽
The thing is: When you quit, you realise that you have not lost anything. Instead you won back your fitness and physical health. Furthermore you prooved yourself to have a strong will and that you can achieve big goals, if you trust yourself. This process is better than smoking any cigarettes, even the best ones after lunch.
@@BuddaGheeski Imagine this: Someone smoked for about 30 years. Gues how big the field of tobacco must have been to equal the amount his cigarettes required. It would be a huge area of tobacco!
4:12 im convinced my aunt would still be alive if she stopped smoking after getting diagnosed with cancer. I wish she wouldve stopped and fight for her life. She just accepted it and kept on smoking because she was that addicted. Guess life wasnt pretty enough for her to stay. She basically killed herself.
Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Now I can say I’ve been smoke free for five years and two months after a nasty 23 year addiction. Best decision I have ever made 💯
Update- 8 years smoke free today 10/23/24. Still going strong 💪.
Nice bro. 4 years 3 months free here.
Yes. Cant agree with you more. Quit 3 years ago. Best decision ever. Greets from the Hague. Peace.
What was your secret?
Any pointers?
@@AdeptusOratous you just boring man
10 year cigarette addiction for me, half pack a day, multiple failed attempts quitting. Wife and I had some difficulty conceiving our first child and the fertility specialist recommended to lay off cigarettes to improve sperm quality along with other treatments. Quit that day 10 years ago and never looked back, have several happy beautiful babies now, just needed the right motivation to finally give it up for good
So do you still smoke here and there ?
I only smoke low tar ciggies due to extreme stress. I do all the activities.
@@shivampatel298
Not me personally. The day I gave it up was my absolute last cigarette. I had occasional cravings for a cigarette, which became less frequent with time, but I just told myself no and the craving would pass. I just didn’t want to do anything, even 1 single cigarette, to cause me to become a full on smoker again
7 kids! You shoulda stayed smoking.
@@brandeng1000 He said several
This quote from my therapist helped me quit.
"it's hard to quit now, it'll be hard to quit in 5 years. So why not just quit now?"
It’ll be harder to quit in 5 years even
@@parkerstroh6586 he just said that Bro.
@@willieyork6999 he said harder
One quote that is great is you either choose pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
@@anitaknight3915 nice
I started smoking cigarettes since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
Thanks for sharing your story. That's rough I sympathize. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health. I will pray for you all.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
Hey! Yes Predroshrooms
Where do I reach this dude? If possible can I find him on Google
Yes he's Predroshrooms. I know few friends who no longer suffer ptsd and anxiety with the help of shrooms. Never had to take shrooms after then
I ended a 30 year cigarette smoking addiction just over 4 years ago, in 2017. The following winter I could shovel snow for an hour and half without a break. It's really amazing how fast your body can heal itself if you let it.
Thats awesome. Both my parents quit after smoking for almost 40 years, and are doing great. I was trying again when all this pandemic shit went down, did not work out haha
hell yea bro
I did for 20 years till... last week. Switched to vapes last week and haven't smoked a cig since (and I was 2 packs a day).
I remember when I quit smoking I decided to get into the gym and transform my body and health and it literally felt like I'd reversed the ageing process. I did the same with alcohol 2 years ago and felt even better.
Man
The return of taste of food is something I love the most! I couldn't believe I've lost it. It's truly something special!!
I smoked about a pack a day for about 8 years and decided to quit cold turkey during a bad cold. Smoking was negatively affecting my workouts and my grandfather had died from lung cancer due to smoking. The first 3 days were the hardest. It took about 10 years to truly be over it. Now cigarettes/smell repulses me.
Congrats brother
My grandpa also died from lung cancer. But you also know what, my grandma died young and she didn't smoke. So it don't matter because this life ain't promised tomorrow.
10 years… wtf
Ill smoke to that, cheers mate
You're smart to quit early on. The addiction only get s stronger. When I quit after smoking for 33 years I loved smoking more than ever.
I was one of the luckier ones. Quitting for me was much easier than most stories I’ve heard, but my motivation was hyper-charged. I was a smoker for 20+ years. 7 years ago, I was at the hospital with my father in ICU due (in part) to smoking. I went outside to have a cigarette to try and calm my nerves and looked at the pack with a picture on it of a cancer patient hospitalized, which looked quite like my father did only a few hundred feet away from the designated smoking section. That image made me throw the pack in the garbage at that moment and I never looked back. My father made it out of ICU, miraculously; however, as soon as he got out, he went back to drinking and smoking. I’ve stayed cigarette (and booze) free.
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Hell yea brother... I started smoking in the army and now kind of going on/off for a few months but i definitely gotta quit, this shit is legitimately cancer. It's fun to smoke but it's just not worth it. Joints on the other hand...
I am happy for you!💕
👏👏👏💪💪💪👍
Wow Tom.. Your story inspired me.
I've been smoker for 15 years, and I've just stopped... I feel so inspired and able to do this since you could do it. I think I will addict myself to cooking and video games... Probably an occasional cigar that's it.
Im 20 and I started smoking at 16 I was never addicted fully more like small episodes of addiction but since I have grown spiritually it has been pretty simple to control, if you want to quit try and identify the emotions that make you automatically smoke and try breathing exercises to decrease whatever feeling you got going
Excellent.
Deep breaths help me cope with my alcoholic moments, 7 seconds inhale & 8 seconds out.
And I do need to become active again!!
you will realise how addicted you are when you try to quit
Agree, i think meditation or any form of mindfulness will help better understand what is motivating the need to smoke. Reading Alan Carr's book can also help on top of this.
@@tawumpas get after it dude! Only thing that’s helping me stop dope
I quit cold-turkey, and it was far easier than I thought. But there is a 'trick' to it.
You have to genuinely *want* to quit. If you are quitting because someone is pushing you to, or because you know it is a good thing to do, then it will be very hard. When I quit, I kept a fresh new pack with me. I knew if I had to keep away from cigarettes to quit, then it was only a matter of time until I failed. But if I could have them close by, and not light one, then I was really winning. It's been about 6 years, and I sill have that pack, unopened.
If you really want it, it's not so hard. It's hard because most of the time we don't really want to quit.
I was told the smoke would start to smell bad, but it doesn't. I still enjoy standing near smokers and catch a bit second-hand. But I've never had any strong temptation to light one.
It's really wild how you're mind will argue with what you want to do.
Really shows the strength and pride will power can bring you.
Crazy you still enjoy the smell. I hate it now, and it hasn’t even been a year
Damn man that’s hardcore
@@WaKeUpTIs It is odd, isn't it? Everyone I spoken with eventually stops liking the smell. The amount of time varies, but they all did, except me.
I still smoke in my dreams, so I wonder if that has something to do with it. As an unexpected bonus for quitting, it triggers lucid dreams for me. When I am dreaming and I inhale smoke, it causes me to remember that I quit long ago, which makes me realize I am in a dream. It's strange, but very cool.
I also love the smell even after 2 years, wierd
"The best ways to quit drugs is with better drugs." - Basically Joe Rogan
It’s true. The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was an lsd advocate
The funny thing is every Addictionologist would agree
Last time I checked that is how they make people leave the door alone
Yeah.. kind of like pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical company.
Personally, I trust what the Earth provides over what human beings have cooked up in their labs.
Never has Joe ever said anything like that. Put down the pipe druggo
I am a recovering heroin addict and former cigarette smoker. Sober and cigarette free since 02/02/2020. Quitting cigarettes was incredibly hard. I don't get cravings for heroin anymore but I still get cravings for cigarettes sometimes. It is a crazy addiction. The nicotine patch and nicotine gum helped me quit. Good luck quitting. Smoking destroys your body.
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@@Shrnirpledorp yeah i highly doubt a former heroin addict names his youtube account jimmy neutron lol
@@kanyeeast1662 boyyyythe world is gonna scare the shit outta you
@@kanyeeast1662 too much 🧢 this comment section is full of junkies even though yt is mostly kids
@@Shrnirpledorp You would be surprised what people go through - and overcome. Open your mind.
Here's what worked for me: make a solid list of reasons why you want to quite, then refer to it whenever you feel weak while quiting. Keep this in your head "remember your motivation!!"
I quit cold turkey after smoking for over 20 years. It was weird, I just had an “epiphany” one day & I knew it was time to quit, I can’t explain it. I had a full pack left so I went ahead & finished that pack & after the last cigarette I threw my lighter away. That was nearly 4 years ago & I haven’t looked back. I still get an occasional craving but it passes very quickly. Trust me, if I can quit, anybody can quit.
I quit cold turkey and managed to last for 1 year and 4 months. It was hard and i was angry every single day. I kept reading these articles about how you wouldn't feel urges after so many months but I felt the urge all day every single day. I started again when a sibling of mine went through depression and had suicidal tendencies. I know that doesn't make it ok to smoke but I was mentally fucked for a long time and I just gave in. I eventually got married and came to a compromise with my wife where I can vapr instead of smoke. It still affects me. Just not as bad and now I have a high stress job where I could lose my shit if I don't get my fix . It's hard. There's other factors involved but I wish I would've never gotten involved in nicotine. I think that alot of addiction issues stem from metal health and past trauma but from what I've seen we are at leat a thousand years from tackling any sort of mental health issues. Definatley an uphill and expensive as fuck fight. Probably more expensive than all wars combined and that's why it will always be an issue.
Almost 4 years for me now... but every once in awhile just smelling one is good enough for me hahaha
@@kylep4223 yeah I still enjoy the smell oddly enough.
@@fierroboy1 I’ve heard that if you set a date to quit it makes it easier. Smoke all you want until like, Feb. 3 or something then plan on putting them down on that day.
Same. I quit in 2014. I tried to smoke one at a party 3 years ago and couldn't finish it. Zero temptation now.
Having a nicotine addiction since I was 12 (currently 43) Copenhagen snuff , Levi garret chew , and Marlboro cigarettes the only time in my life I was able to quit I used these methods :
1: nicotine patches
2: cold bottled water
3: ink pen with clicks top
These help a lot. Slap on a patch ,if you get a craving gulp the cold water and click your pen . This mimics the oral fixation, the fidget factor and the cold water gives a feeling of being full and satisfied
ice cold water 100%
its really not that hard i quit every other day
@@XXXTentaclez lmao
@@billehbutcha6625 oi those damn supes
Only time I've managed to quit smoking was when I had like 2 weeks of break from university, stoped social contacts during that time and I smoked pure marihuana for 1 week. Getting all high and shit. First 3 days were the hardest but with help of a plant I've endured the pain. Haven't smoked for 6 months and I've got back to it since I had stressful period with exams. Smoking ever since :( But good thing is I learned I can and I know how and I wasn't running away from smoking at parties and such which would happen once a month at that time, the next day I wouldn't feel the urge at all. Exams and my low willpower at the time made me start consuming them again, cuz before when I needed to study 24/7 I would always smoke a ton and drink bunch of coffee..
I started at 16 smoked for 10yrs. At 26 i tried working out and running couple times a week, .... Lets just say i couldnt make it around the block. Eventually i cut the cigarettes way down i went from a pack a day to a pack a week. Then after a year of that got it down to 1 pack a month. And now im going on 32 and this year total i only smoked 4 packs this whole year. I can honestly say im not addicted anymore, and only really feel the urge to smoke every 3 or 4 months. Ill never completely quit but i have been able to learn how to control it. Good luck to everyone. Learn to control the cigarettes dont let them control you.
That’s dope brother I can relate. Never had a addictive personality but I noticed my nicotine usage increases when I’m anxious. I vape which is bad from what I’ve heard constantly from the media but i don’t think I’ll completely quit. I condemn people for their vices but once you start to feel out of control it’s time to make some changes.
I'd still recommend quitting it completely. I had two friends who were "occasional smokers", mainly on parties etc but they both smoke a pack a day now after years of occasional smoking thinking they had it under control. One of them slowly slipped into it because her new boyfriend smokes and the other had someone close to them pass away and he tried smoking the stress away.
I'm not someone who thinks you should never do anything that's unhealthy, I think you should live a little but smoking is a sneaky one even when you think you have it under control.
Hope it makes sense, I don't speak much English.
You might as well quit 100%
I'm down to 2 a day and I feel that!
Cut that shit out bro you’re lying to yourself. Go look at them lungs again
The best way to quit for me was just arguing with it and trying to defeat it like it was an actual fight. I would talk to the nicotine like it was a person. When I would get a craving, I would say, "is that seriously the best you can do? you're weaker than I thought." after 2 days I was reduced to one small craving, and I just laughed at the nicotine, mocking it at how weak it was. I've never had one craving since then. Nicotine is like a school bully. seems really tough, but once you fight back, it cowers away rather quickly.
Wow good advice..will try it
its not the nicotine though. its the hundreds of additives they put into cigs that make them so wildly addictive.
nicotine its self is not more harmful than caffeine.
Some people don't get addicted to cigarettes, I don't think you were really addicted. I used nicotine pouches to quit smoking. My life was a depressed and anxious hell for 3 or 4 months. It was absolutely terrible. I didn't even quit nicotine and I was still so fucked up from quitting cigarettes.
I’ve been trying to do that but nicotine is winning the fight in the end.
@@zacharylane2003
no, its not, nicotine is not the problem. why do you think you can use patches, gum, or any other nicotine based stop aid, and still have withdrawals.
I was a 2 carton a week smoker and read an article in a science magazine. It said, 3 days to get over the physical addiction. After that it was all mental. I did 3 days cold turkey, the 3rd day sucked massive. The fourth day I woke knowing I had won. That was 40 years ago. Never went back and never wanted to.
I feel blessed after reading the struggle of some of you guys , I smoked a pack for 10 years straight everyday and woke up one day and got lazy to go get a new pack and I haven’t gone since it’s been 6 years now without smoking , proud of everyone wanting to stop smoking you got this . 💯
Good job JB. Maybe one day I'll quit.. maybe.
Do you now have a problem with laziness?
@@ZZZ-Hip-HopI don’t :)
The first time I quit smoking, that lasted the longest (a few years), it was just after my 21st birthday, and I just stayed black out drunk for a week, so I couldn't drive to the gas station. After a while I realized that I hadn't smoked in a long time (at least that I could remember), and just decided not to go back to it.
That's partially how I quit , I just let myself run out of smokes and decided to not buy more.
I honestly expected it to be harder after being a regular smoker for 7 years, but turns out the appeal in it for me was the peace and quite I had while smoking. Having the mentality that "okay, this is my smoke break. And I will not have it be anything other than relaxing." really made me just enjoy those 5 mins more than I should've.
SAME !!!!
then after that 5 mins u feel killing yourself right? do not think smoking is enjoying, because it is not.
@@FM-dm8xj You might be projecting
@@akarshsharma1266 I guess, smoking=bad is obvious tho, should i break it down easier for you to understand?
@@FM-dm8xj Yeah thats pretty obvious. Whats your point though ?
I quit smoking 1 day ago, and started chewing Redman. "Save your lungs, pack your gums" I also quit drinking 5 years ago by the grace of god and the men and women of AA. It is all hard to stop, but once you get to age 40 you should start to consider what that stuff does to your health. I want to live! Next comes weight loss and muscle gain. You really can do anything if you put your mind to it, it's all in the mind. And you have to be able to be strong mentally. You can train yourself to do this. You can train yourself to do anything. You need to have discipline, self-love and health awareness. You have to fight for your life to overcome these addictions. You fight to climb that hill and once your over the hump , it cake work from their on. Good luck.
"save your lungs, get lip cancer"
Stay alive and stay healthy my man
@R Will do, and thank you!
@Joey believe it or not the percentage of people that get mouth cancer from tobacco is under 2% of people that chew and they cannot prove that it was from smokeless tobacco. Dr. Rodu who is a world-renowned mouth cancer doctor says that smokeless tobacco can save your life if you are a smoker. And also talks about how when he worked in a mouth cancer clinic that he could not believe that after many years he was not seeing any patients that chewed tobacco. So he wrote a book on it and also does a bunch of interviews and stuff on youtube. Also, the FDA has taken smokeless tobacco off the list of the top 100 leading causes of cancer. Smoking is #1 and Obesity is #2.
@@Tommy_Yanks the gum doesn't do shit. it's just weaker nicotine, which makes you crave a cig even harder. give up all nicotine. it's the only way
Respect to those still struggling to quit. I woke up one day and decided to quit, coincidentally my lung collapsed 3 months after going cold turkey. Had 2 small holes in my left lung. Doctors say it had nothing to do with cigarettes, diagnosis was spontaneous pneumothorax. Idk what to believe but I’m good now.
Quitting that few months before may have saved your life. If your lungs hadn't had that time to heal imagine how it would have went.
@@jamesdesormeaux1074 yes sir, one of the most painful experience’s in my life.
@Austin Batton yeah sorry guys I was just pretending to have a nicotine addiction who knew
Spontaneous pneumothorax is usually caused by being under weight
@@paphet just had a spontaneous pneumothorax myself three weeks ago, it was AWFUL! Needless to say have been cig free now three weeks using patches ... hope your doing good
Good luck to anyone trying to quit. You can do it!
Good vibesh
Daily smoking sucks. However NOTHING beats a good nicotine cig hit on a fun weekend.
I quit at 30 in 2003 after 16 years I used weights on lunch breaks and ate Halls vitamin C drops like candy been using them ever since been sick maybe 4 times since then I did gain alot of weight I ate more after quitting but I lost it all Now but yeah if I can anyone can
@@illuddivinus3309 Crack & Jack witch week, would beg to differ.
I read it you can't do it i have problems
I smoked cigarettes for 10 years, 8 of them I chain smoked. Every break at work smoke. Every time I commute somewhere I smoke. Need to take a second at a social event smoke. It became the only thing that calmed me down because I also used it as a break. I saw my stepdad around year 8 of my smoking get lung cancer from his smoking. He passed in the house I was in from it over a span of a year. I smoked for a year or two more after idk why. But I also was growing a mental hate for it over that time because of what it took from someone I loved. Eventually I stopped seeing smoking as a "break" and started to view it as a chore and work. Finally one day I just stopped because I was tired from the draining energy it took from me. And it was like i finally defeated something mentally but I felt free. Now I don't care at all for it, addiction is gone completely and I have never felt better. Keep quitting to whomever is trying! I tried a million times before I truly GREW the mental change and then I quit for good. Remember the key word is grow. You have to grow more of the dislike energy for smoking then the like for it. And it's not easy but it will work!
Love this post
Thank you
Alcohol is the demon I can't quit.
go to rehab before its too late, I believe in you.
Brother, I wish you all the strength in the world, you are going to make it.
@@rel8m868 Not everyone is a millionaire 😑
@@trigremlin you don’t need to be a millionaire nor rich to attend rehab
Ah, the most disgusting drug of them all. Alcohol was my first addiction, but it was so easy to leave once I tried other drugs and realized how alcohol is literal trash. Doesn't even feel good.
Not saying try other drugs, i'm saying throw this shit in the bin, it's not fun, doesn't feel good at all and you're just drinking for other reasons you should figure out what are with a psychiatrist or rehab.
After 8 years of smoking, I had forgotten how good it felt to breath and actually have energy to do things, im 3 months without smoking and its a life changer. Im back in college and Im exercising again. I love it.
I’ve never tried to breath.
@@jimshorts5970 alcoholism is a better alternative
@@Jorbey wine is a good trade up. Worked for me
The thing that gave me the power to quit was a quote " every single time you wake up in the morning, you wake up at a non-smoker, once you smoke a cigarette, the cycle starts over, just don't let the cycle start over, you have the power to stop it." Good luck guys, I'm going on 2 years nicotine free
I was smoking almost 2 packs a day. The hardest part of quiting for me was going cold turkey and replacing the habit. If I was on break at work, it almost felt like I didn't have a break because I didn't smoke. After meals amd in the morning where hard too. My best advice is too keep busy, stay occupied and try not to get bored.
Yes
Just use a patch
Enjoy boredom. Getting bored is healthy.
dude after meals for me is the biggest one!!! nothing i want more than a nice rolled cigarette after a massive feed
Yes, you really have to reprogram your brain around these habits and that takes time, multiple years. I quit 10 years ago on my third try after 12 years of heavy smoking and only after 3 years the craving finally stopped completely for me. It was freaking hard but it was a great decision. If you can push yourself through this, you can push yourself through anything in life.
It was funny for me to see and realise how easy it was to quit smoking weed in comparison to cigarettes. The first week after I stopped using weed I felt a bit wacky especially during the nights laying in bed all like soaked from the sweat but those effects wear off quite quickly after.
To stop smoking cigarettes it was quite a hell but so glad that I have done it! It is a mental game and a physical one at the same time. Willpower is the key. No more excuses, try to find excuses to NOT smoke and replace it with different satisfying rituals/habits to distract and it will give you a good feeling.
I am not going to lie tho.. when sitting at a terrace holding that beer and watching other people smoke a cig around me and taking in that smell is such a trigger that makes me not want to drink beer at all anymore so therefore I also quit the occasional joy of alcohol consumption at all.
I’m coming up on 5 years tobacco free. My friends all say that it seemed like I just quit cold Turkey. Honestly it was a one year process. I weened myself off them, smoking les and less. I knew when I was ready when cigarettes started to smell bad to me. Then I was done, just stopped, but it really took about a year to get to that point.
Still trying to stop...hardest drug i've ever come accross in terms of addiction and i have tried a LOT. I've quit everything with ease but not cigarette. Best i have ever done was 7 months cold turkey. I'm reading people who made it 5 years, 10 years i am amazed, Congrats to you. Best advice to people who don't smoke : don't even try
Try vaping and build off the nicotine amount gradually, been off nicotine for about 2 years now with ease. Still vape though sometines but 0 nicotine, give it a try!
@@BG-fe3ip I read something similar elsewhere. Going to buy a dry herb vape tomorrow. Cheers & thanks for the idea
@@alfiesolomon3531 great! I use a vape with E juice though and not a dry herb because ive never heard of that 😄
try the patch
Please read The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr. It will help!
I remember the thought that helped me quit. It was this:
“You think quitting is hard, imagine getting lung cancer.”
Yeah that’s going to be hard.
Some people may never get lung cancer tho. There are women over 100 years old that are still smoking. Definitely depends on your genes and lifestyle choices.
Not saying smoke is okay
Just saying scaring someone with lung cancer isn't enough anymore
People literally don't care what happens when theyre addicted
@@indigochild3700 😄
@@indigochild3700 Lung cancer is almost exclusively caused by smoking.....joe is wrong though when he says people with lung cancer end their days struggling to breath, more often than not, the metastases kill them. of course, copd, coad, emphysema is different.......an irreversible amount of damage to the lungs means the sufferer struggles for breath for the rest of their lives, often requiring continuous o2 therapy.
@Matt C Tobacco is big business, generating massive profits for the corporations that dictate govt. policy......in 2020, revenue from tobacco taxes amounted to 12.8billion dollars in the U.S & 9.7 bn pounds in the U.K.....so what if it causes cancer, healthcare is big business too.
@@dyschromotopia Some non smokers can die from lung cancer. So we have to exercise a lot. I've quitted Marlboro Reds and Camel for 4 months. I only smoke low tar due to extreme stress and a short relaxation.
Yeah I know COPD so I'm thinking about switching to Pipes which aren't supposed to be inhaled.
Also Mao smoked 2~3 packs a day and lived to 81 or 83. I know cigarettes are the problems but...
Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" is what I used to quit this time. I'm 29, and I had been smoking about 8-9 years. I had cut down in most recent years to about 4 per day or less. I bought that book and didn't open it for several months. It's not going to hurt to buy it, and keep it around in case some random day you decide to look at it. Quitting isn't "easy." I'm a little over 2 months smoke free now. It's been 70 days. I bought a six pack of beer yesterday and decided to try to relax but it made things so much worse! I got through 1 and a half before I couldn't stop thinking about smoking and was making a plan to drive or walk to the gas station for a pack. And I just thought about all the time I spent quitting and resentful that I was resolved not to smoke, because I really wanted to. I poured out the rest of my second beer and took a jog in the dark while crying on and off. I've never taken mushrooms or willingly took any drugs except alcohol and weed. And caffeine. I drink coffee in the morning now and don't think I could give that up. I think if mushrooms actually worked I'd be willing to try but I currently live in a different state than home and don't have any friends I trust to use mushrooms around safely. That book is basically full of helpful facts you know are in the back of your mind, as a smoker, but you conveniently don't listen to them. And reading that book just forces you to remember and that's what I needed. I also need my hormonal IUD removed because I think that's also causing depression and irritability and I want to know for sure if the lack of smoking is truly what's bothering me right now, so if I eliminate one possible cause of the mental pain, I can deal with quitting easier. I quit back some time in 2016 or 17 for about 6 months and I don't remember it being this hard. Last time I used lozenges, quit for 5 or 6 months and then started smoking again when I was drinking with a friend, and felt fine but I smoked part of his cigarette and basically soon afterwards bought my own pack. I used to smoke at my job at break time out by my car, but my coworkers who still smoke do so near where I'm working and they can't seem to wait until break time, so that's difficult because I love the smell, and I just want to get away from it. The book tells you not to drastically change your lifestyle when quitting, unless your lifestyle is very negative. Like I liked to take smoke breaks and drink while practicing guitar, and now I do it anyways but it's difficult because I associate that activity with smoking and drinking, but if I keep doing it it can become fun again I think. It currently just feels like work.
When Joe pulls the fear-factor card, you know he’s being real.
Well fear is not a factor for him.
while smoking a cigar !
🤣
"Joe Rogan.... I'm gonna tell you something.... I smoke rocks"
You will stop when doctor say...you have 2 years to live more
Something I learned was nicotine stimulates the liver which releases some blood sugar, providing that lift. But, that's only the first cigarette of the day. The liver reacts to the second one, but only releases about 10% of the blood sugar as from that first one. After that the over stimulated liver doesn't respond again until it’s had a chance to fully clear out the nicotine, and that takes many hours. We poor mortals light up over and over again in a subconscious search for that blood sugar lift, but it doesn’t come.
I quit cold turkey back in April 1979. Just decided one night I didn't need the little crutches and tossed the remainders of my last pack in the trash. Sucked on hard candy, gained weight, but soon brought that under control again with healthier eating habits and brisk walking. Food tasted so good all over again and I went on to train my palate for wine tasting. Today my sniffer is very sensitive, particularly to the smell of smoke on someone's clothing.
It smells like shit doesn't it? Ive been on and off years each end at a time, ive picked up a vape with a low nicotine dosage and cigarette smokes smell worse to me now, and im using the vape less everyday
@@Sange4499 That's so strange... When you smoke regularly, you smell it and you crave it more. It makes you wanna light up, too. Am I alone in feeling this way?
holy shit where have you read that information about the liver blood sugar? The only place I‘ve read that is in Aajonus Vonderplanitz‘s book so I‘m quite amazed others know too. Also congrats on quitting
When I had to quit, the turning point was just like Brian's book: It was my realizing that excuses were what I had to dispel. Excuses attached to rituals, like waking up in the morning or mealtime rituals. Excuses attached to recurring moments, such as getting in a car or stepping outside. It's hard, but worth it.
Started smoking when I was 10 years old and quit at 41. Im 41 still. Hope I can keep it going. Those lung pictures freak me out.
What now?
@@SohTo-bv7pk still no smoking! 🚭
Out of the half dozen friends I've had over the years that have quit and failed to quit, the ones that went Cold turkey were all successful. The ones that tried to step down, gum, vape, patches, all of those friends have failed and still smoke. Cold turkey seems to be the best way since choosing to not fall into the addiction is pure will power.
It's the only way! 👍
Yep. on January 2nd, 2020, I finished the last cig in my pack and made the snap decision that i was done. I stuck with it, no slips or alternatives, til October 31st 2020. Used a friends vape at a halloween outing and have slowly descended back into normal vape use and now back to buying cigarettes as of 2 weeks ago. Gonna quit cold turkey on new year again, hopefully for good.
Maybe people who are strong enough to attempt cold turkey are the only ones that can actually do it
So true, I chew gum , dip, and vape, and smoke cigarettes cuz al of the latter methods of consumption started out as attempts to quit smoking and now I just do it all . My grandpa quit from going cold turkey . So true what you said .
You know what's up & I hate the people that say I'm this amount of years sober like congrats want me to clap for you?
I was smoking for several years, quit just because I wanted, I was ready for it mentally. I spent time with myself before I went sleep and with my thoughts whenever I was thinking about smoking I had ready thoughts from that night and hunger dissapeared. Never used any plasters, no help no talk with anybody. Everything is in your mind, depends how strong psyche you have in my opinion.
I smoked for a year when i first started college. the addiction grew to the point where i would smoke a whole ass pack an hour before my exam.
stopped and failed once
the second time i stopped i relapsed many times when i was drunk
the third time i stopped i never smoked since and never plan to again
For sure
Everything is not in your mind. We also have a body.
@@EarthtonesCymbals yes but your hands or feet will never tell you what to do.
That is a fact but the mind/body relationship cannot be denied.
That's all I'm saying.
I personally stayed away from smoking, but my dad and my grandpa (mum's side) both used to be heavy smokers ever since their early 20's. They are both incredible individuals that managed to completely stop smoking the very first time they were determined to do so.
My grandpa quit 16 years ago at the age of 60, after seeing the conditions of someone with lung cancer that was older than him in the hospital and the absolutely miserable condition that person was in. He was geniunely shocked and afraid that he will turn out like him (keeping in mind my grandpa was in the army for 20years). That person showed such level of suffering that the mere image of looking like that 10years down the down if he didn't quit, gave my grandpa the determination. He managed to quit after a week of dense snack eating with no external help, no counselling, no nothing. The man had such bloody guts he munched on some chips just called it quits after gathering his resolve. I had respect for him before but after hearing that, I was could be not prouder to have a such grandfather.
My dad also quit 2 years ago. I was in a different city for university and only found out when I came back during semester break. He was suffering from frequent wake ups from coughs at night and it was starting to become serious. At one point he got so pissed off so that he just decided to quit. Then he came up with a quick and easy plan. He will smoke less and less over a month and would only keep that reduced quantity of cigarettes on him. Since he smoked pretty consistently like 2 after every meal, it was easier to predict. It was a bit hard at first, but with both the annoyance of bad sleep and wanting to save face in front of my grandpa (the legend) who was visiting us at that time, he successful quit after the month. Now my dads sleep is a lot better and he no longer coughs at night.
Honestly I thought getting help would have made it easier, but the older males in the family clearly had balls of steel and once they are determined nothing can stop them. Neither seeked any professional help and was once and permanently successful. Through the warnings of my dad, I stayed away from even trying smoke and drugs, so luckily I won't have to pull the same guts my dad and grandpa did years down the line.
But are u really “in the light “?
I’m relatively young compared to other people that have shared they’re story. I am almost 5 years smoke free. And honestly I’ve gone cold turkey about 4-5 times and that was with no help, nothing to replace it.
But every time I did go cold turkey it actually made my smoking worsen.
I used to lightly smoke 3-4 a day and after my cold turkeys I went from 3-4 to 32-40 a day!
It affected everything I could do, it affected my relationship and made me miserable.
I discovered vaping back in 2013 and been trying it on and off then five years ago I went for it full throttle and I have not looked back.
Vaping has honestly saved me from smoking.
Despite the negative press vaping has gotten, you do your research and find all the facts and lay them in front of you (metaphorically), vaping doesn’t even touch the dangers as smoking does. Just make sure you stay away from anything that contain vitamin E acetate.
And help the environment and don’t buy that disposable crap.
I hope this helps anyone that wants to looking into vaping as a option as it’s honestly saved me.
Vaping was such a seamless transition for me. You use the same muscle memory to inhale so it triggers the same sensation, in a way that nicotine patches or gum can’t
The thought of being highly addicted to a substance makes my skin crawl. I’ve been tempted to vape but I know that my addiction is only more “acceptable “. No. It’s not acceptable. Especially when you’re not able to feed that addiction. Better to be free once and for all.
It really just depends on the person. Everyone is very different of course. It just took me being scared straight with breathing problems. I’m only 23 but I smoked everyday since I was 16 and I quit cold turkey. Literally the day after I quit the smell would make me sick and instantly turn me off. It’s all in the mind for some people and for me it was. I didn’t even realize the mind was that powerful.
Smoking cigars and cigarettes 🚬 while looking at lung cancer pictures is very bizarre Joe.. 😂
Cigar smoke doesn't get into your lungs. You just keep it in mouth. So I guess it's better for your lungs than cigarette
Yeah you're not *supposed* to inhale cigars but people do.
@@JacobC479 idk how they do tho because i tried and that s some heavy shit for the lungs and throat. (i smoke for 6 years cigs and weed)
Your videos are dope bro 👌🏼
@@JacobC479 never got how people do inhale though. I’ve only done it once and I swear it was like a shot of pure toxins into my lungs with the worst gruff throat feeling ever. I’ve been smoking cigs for at least a decade too. Shits awful
Marijuana helped me quit cigarretes a lot. The feeling you get when you are high, your whole body gets very sensitive and I noticed how my breathing was just that little more difficult. So I started only smoking marijuana from that point on. It was still smoking but when I got that nicotine craving I got high instead which is pleasurable by itself and I like it a lot, it helps me to focus on my activities. Eventualy the nicotine cravings stopped compleately. After that I quit smoking marijuana too and now only do edibles when I want to get high on something for any reason. Smoking anything is really the dumbest way to consume any kind of substânce, highly ineficient and terrible for your health. It was a very gradual process for me, it took almost a year of reducing the amount of cigarretes, than going for the mj and then quitting the mj. I was an addict for 9 years and Im free for almost 4 years now.
That's amazing man I'm proud of you.👍👍
Applaud u sir 🙏
I’m a weed addict lol, glad I don’t like cigs, but I feel like I NEED to stop smoking/inhaling it at the very least
@@TroutTruck definitely not good for your health too, you should try more edibles, nowadays there are many óptions, its just a matter of finding what is right for you. You should try something weaker than you normaly would think you could handle. Usually edibles have a delayed hit, and they hit me so much harder. But Iam sure there is something just right for you to stop smoking or vaping.
@@AlanTheBest97 unfortunately if you work the next morning edibles are not as effective as you probably won’t wake up in time
I've been a casual smoker for the past 8 years. I've never developed a habit of smoking, one pack usually lasts for around 2-3 weeks. I can also got for about a month or so without smoking. I really hope I never have to quit, the pleasure of smoking my Camel's with a cup of coffee during a sunny Sunday morning is immense.
That's why a lot of smoke. Those moments and others. Lol
i dont wanna be the one to tell you, but everytime you smoke you are on actual physical withdrawal for 72 hours after that, so you are constantly in withdrawal if you are a habitual but very reserved smoker, this is probably the worst state to be in mentally and will severely negatively impact your life over time, i suggest reserving those moments where you do smoke to the utmost minimum, im not saying u have to quit forever and fully, but you should severely limit the amount of occasions on a YEARLY, not monthly basis
That is if you want to experience life without withdrawals, there is some unique pleasure in being addicted
I told myself I would quit smoking when cigerrates get to $3.00 a pack. They are $10.00 a pack now and I'm still smoking.
$10?!?! You’re insane!!! They’re only $8.75 here!!!
If your happy the way you are who gives a shit, I’ve seen guys who smoked cigarettes for 60 years still going strong
i’m on an off marlboro reds and they’re £13 here lol
In Yukon territory in Canada its $15 a pack, I've even seen them for $20 for players filtered. Same with good chew
£12 a pack here in Northern Ireland, 50g of tobbacco £13+.
I smoked for 22 years and then finally became a non-smoker when I decided I didnt want die and that each cigarette was choosing death over life...and it didnt hurt that something sent a super sexy dude to randomly lecture me while he was smnoking weed outside and told me how he quit smoking cigarettes and I tried it and it worked, and I intentonally did it during the most stressful time in my life so that I could never use the excuse of stress to start again. 4 years ago this month, I became a non smoker. People trying to quit - dont forget how proud of yourself you could choose to feel when you beat one of the most powerful addictions in our experience...everyone MUST read the book by Alan Carr - it's pure TRUTH and arms you with the mental atrillery needed to combat "the nicotine monster". If I can do it, so can you!
I got the book, about half way thru it and trying to get off them.
Did you use weed to stop smoking cigarettes? That works for me lol
Props to Carr's book. Found about it a decade ago in some random thread on Reddit and thought it's a silly concept to quit with a book. But it worked, it was stress-free, and the problem completely disappeared from my life. The only side-effect is that you'll likely become an evangelist for the guy's method and recommend it to people you know or don't.
death is beautiful choose cigarettes
I have that PDF and read it 25 percent. I need to finish it and read again. I sit there and agree the whole time reading it. Like I already know. But I get back to smoking. I cannot say it doesn't work since I Did NOT yet read the whole thing. So thanks for reminding me. I have probably gone too far as I've damage already. However pack a day for many years from 87 til now.
The best advice I heard when I was quitting smoking ( I smoked nearly 2 packs a day, so a bad addiction.) is treat yourself like an drug addict, it’s not a “habit”. You have to think of it like a heroin addiction.
Quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. I quit heroin 6 years ago but I still smoke.
Pretty much. Heroin is less insidious than nicotine in my experience!
@@grannybemx6729 it’s true! I don’t understand why 12step/AA people still can smoke… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s why psychedelics and introspection are the route that worked for me. And practising moderation.
Basically now every-time I partake in an escape it’s a game of moderation. Once you know the rules it’s easy to win.
The reason most people fail to start the stop smoking train is Fear of how it will feel...and how they'll fill those moments without smoking.
I had a big dose of mushrooms about ten years ago and came to the realisation that I didn't need cigarettes anymore.. haven't had one since.
Not saying that's how it always works, or that it's a magic pill. I was just devoting a lot of energy and work into stopping anyway, then I got an extra push from a very positive experience. Thats why intention is important.
I took a bunch of mushrooms also and now I am certain this world is not real..I look at my hand and move my fingers..and it no longer feels like my body its like my video game character has a little lag now
Took acid realised how bad my health was at the time and my first step is stop smoking next day I stopped cold turkey it's been 3 years since Ive had my last smoke psychedelics are a good eye opener
@@thenameidk3168 we live in a dream state. youre not wrong.
@@thenameidk3168 how long ago?
Mushrooms are better than cigarettes, especially on a pizza or in a spaghetti. 🤣
I tried to quit countless times. I finally read Quit Smoking the Easy Way. He basically demolishes all the crazy mind games you play with yourself. He tells you to smoke while you’re reading the book. At the end of the book I threw my smokes out and said to myself, “Man that was fucked up that I was addicted to smoking.” I never smoked again. That was about 6 years ago. It was incredibly easy after so many times of seeming impossible
I also quit using that book. It's even in UA-cam.... That book is amazing!
I quit three years ago.
I puked so much on my last one. Mind games shouldn’t be underestimated.
Same. March 23, 2008 I ended a pack a day habit that lasted for 10 years. I feel like my life started that day.
Best book I ever read cost me 11 dollars. 4 months free who knows how much I’ve saved on cigs and vapes and who knows how much in medical bills.
That book got me off them too
I quit cold turkey.
It was one of the most difficult but best decision I made.
congrats bro, I'm kicking the habit of alcohol right now
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I quit vaping about a year ago and I FEEL NOTICEABLY GREAT physically and mentally!! If you’re trying to quit you can do it! Tell yourself you can!!
I quit vaping as well after doing it for 6 years and I feel the same I’ve quit for about 2 years now. Best decision I’ve ever made to stop.
If you’re on the journey of quitting YOU CAN STOP if I can do it anyone can.
I quit smoking to help prepare myself for the Marines. I hadn't touched a cigarette for almost a year before basic, and was a few months longer than year post basic. I got into the habit at the smoke pit with my buddies, and it mutated into a crippling dip addiction since we couldn't smoke at night in the field, and only in frustratingly far designated areas on base. I was one of those guys that left dip bottles everywhere like this guys buddy, but I don't think anyone ever drank one by accident. For me, the only thing that's ever worked to help me quit was vaping. Cold turkey was horrific with withdrawals, the gums all tasted so bad and made my mouth numb, the patches left bruises, and vaping really helped me isolate the addiction from the carcinogens in cigarettes and dip down to just the nicotine, which is incredibly helpful for me with focus, clarity, and productivity. If I don't have nicotine, I find myself easily agitated, unfocused, and foggy, especially in the morning. Nowadays though, I've cut the nicotine consumption in half so I'm not attatched to my vape and need it to do everything.
That’s funny because a lot of people I know including my dad starting smoking when they joined lmao, because everyone did it. But congrats on gettin off the little fuckers, all nicotine is bad but a little death stick with 7000 chemicals in each one is alot worse then a vape or dip.
The agitation is a trick the nic plays on your brain to make you need it. My parents fell for that trick over and over and over again.
@@SeraphimxSinsit truly is all in your head
Try this, everytime you go out and see people smoking, just know that they'd be envious of you for quitting, as you feel envious because you can't smoke. Flip the script in your head is the only way.
I once got a sinus infection where it was physically gross to try to smoke. I was very surprised after a few days that I didn’t seem to be withdrawing after smoking cigs every day for 3 years, so I decided to see how long I could go without. That was 4 years ago and I haven’t touched cigarettes since. I eventually got into vaping after that, but I quit all forms of nicotine 2 years ago.
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I don't know what these other nonsense comments are down here, but congratulations on quitting nicotine... It's an unfortunately tough hurdle to jump.
Same here, got a cold and made them taste nasty af for two weeks and decided to keep it going hahaha
I stopped smoking because I always got sinus infections. It just got to the point where I hated every cigarette I smoked and quit cold turkey. It was tough at first, but got much easier. I haven't taken a single puff since the day I quit and it's been great.
@Dinglett it does. Why do you say “but I thought”?
My class in 6th grade got to visit a forensics lab for a field trip. We got to hold a healthy lung, and a smoker's lung. Having the actual thing in your hand to see and feel the difference is definitely impactful. It didn't stop me from smoking for over a decade, but it was interesting.
Very impactful
I started vaping not too long ago because I never wanted to pick up a cigarette habit and I casually picked it up since it was promoted as a "healthier alternative to cigarettes" but now I can't put it down, trying to kick it before it gets worse and new studies come out of the dire effects of vaping since there is still isn't much data yet. Wish me luck!
Lol same
Vaping pushed me to quit nicotine. Smoked for 10 years, switched to vaping slowly over a few months, then just did that for about a year. General chest pain and numbness I've never experienced smoking built up over the time I vaped. Eventually quit that and finally started exercising like I've wanted to since I was a teenager. Nicotine always held me back.
I was a smoker for 15 years. One day, a couple years back, I decided smoking wasn't even enjoyable any more. At first, I told myself ok, I will quit by this day a couple weeks from now. Then I said to myself "well, why? Why not today? Its the physical dependency convincing me to hold out. But it doesn't give me the same appeal as before, so.. Screw it. I'll quit today."
I went to a grocery store, and bought the patch to help with nicotine.. And I went to the gym. I found way more enjoyment in lifting weights, and being physically active. I went climbing. I feel lucky. I know quitting is hard for many. But I seemed to be in the right head space in my life at the time to just.. Stop.
I feel lucky also in that I've had zero cravings or temptations. I had access to tobacco, and my cigarette machine, and never thought to go smoke one, even when things were rough.
I can't speak for other people, but I think its far easier to really truly quit when you decide to do so for you. And I think the other key for me was not to see cigarettes as a friendly thing, nor try to make myself hate them, but it was when I truly became entirely indifferent to them that really allowed me to so easily let go.
@Jefferson Keane yeah, I do believe there's some merit to quitting for the right reasons. Smokers aren't convinced to quit from friends, family, being "concerned" for your health. Smokers know its unhealthy. But as long as there's a shred of you that still enjoys lighting that cigarette, there will always be cravings. For some, that enjoyment never goes away, so if they do quit, they won't feel right about it. Its like you never got proper closure to the habit.
I think there's a physical dependency element to it that causes the cravings, but there's a habit element to it too. Like doing that one familiar trick with your pencil, and it feels comfortable, so you keep doing it. Lighting up a cigarette in the morning just "feels right", so you want to keep doing it. Its comforting. Its warm and friendly.
If those things are still going on, even if you don't smoke any more, you haven't "quit" yet. Or at least, some part of you hasn't, and I think thats the more important part than the physical cravings themselves.
@@faded1to3black Same, i was smoking 20 a day for like 3-4 years and suddenly i was like i want to quit now, sure first few days were about will power, i wanted to smoke, but that strong urge lasted literally only few days and few days is nothing, after that i from time to time had random thought taht hm, i would smoke one now, but that thought lasted few seconds and no urge there, but after few weeks i felt like life time nonsmoker with no desire to smoke. I'm pretty sure anyone that can stop for a week, even if its the hardest thing in the world and would have to be locked at home without cigarettes, can do it
You've touched on a fantastic piece of often overlooked information.
Your headspace. The physical addiction is one thing but as with most drugs, it is a sort of safe haven from the stresses of daily life and provides us with a dopamine kick for good measure.
When you are in a good place in life and don't have as many external pressures, it becomes much easier to quit as you have less triggers to start smoking again.
I'd always suggest to People that they change environment as quickly as possible when trying to quit any drug
You gotta do it. Hardest thing I've done, but worth it. Take it One day, one week, one month at a time. And it's ok to slip up, just don't give up.
Today’s day one for me but I’m already bout to fuck up!! How long did it take for the cravings to go away??? Everyone’s different
I think its very doable. I'm 100% no longer addicted but in some gatherings i let myself just have the occasional cheat day.
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Been 7 years since I’ve had a smoke. Still have cravings from time to time.
I always say I’m still a smoker but just choose not too. Sure hope I never start it up again but it’s always gonna be in my mind I think.
@@dgbsnobgrass keep going brother!! I’m on my first week hope to say 7 years one day 🙏🏽
A good friend of mine who was dieing from smoking scared the smoke right outta me on his death bed. His family asked me why I was even there said he is sleeping and can't talk even when he is awake. I came to his bed side and he rose from his bed grasping my arm very tightly and with great difficulty screamed at me "quit fucking smoking" he shuddered closed his eyes and slowly fell back in bed. He never said anything else. I never ever even had one craving. Threw my crumpled pack out the window on the drive outta there. He was like 84. I miss him..
Fucking 84
I remember seeing these black lung pictures when i was a kid and i thought there's no way i'll ever start smoking. Fast forward to senior year in HS, I started smoking and have tried to quit numerous times, but i always go back to it. I really hate it, especially after watching this video and seeing those black lungs again.
I lost two of my best friends to cancer, they were both chain smokers. They were married for many years and smoked inside the house so anytime I would visit them I'd end up smelling like an ashtray. They really struggled and tried to quit many times but always went back to smoking. What I found most fascinating was that their addiction was so intense that they were in denial of how much it was destroying their health. Eventually they both passed away. That told me everything about how incredibly difficult it is to quit smoking. Like all the other addictions,there is something very dark about smoking. It's almost as if the nicotine takes over the person's mind and willpower and controls a person's logic.
I smoked two packs a day for 14 years. One day while I was lighting a cigarette I asked myself “do I really need this?”
Dropped that cigarette right there and I’ve been 12 years clean ever since.
It dose take over your body and life, nicotine is the most addictive drug on the planet, it only takes one cigarette to get hooked, and big tocabo spends millions every year to keep you hooked, there’s over 480,000 deaths a year in the us from smoking and only 14,000 from heroin, pisses me off they have found a new way to get kids hooked with these flavoured disposable vapes
@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 go you ! that is inspirational I need to quit lol
@@thetechshack1031 Nicotine vapor is nowhere near as harmful as cigarette smoke. If you really want to keep kids from buying disposable vapes, write to your state’s elected officials & demand harsher punishment for vendors who sell nicotine products to minors!
@Austin Batton big guy eh?
I smoked cigs for 6 years and was up to 20 a day for the last year or two. Then I read Allen Cart’s easy way to stop smoking. I stopped immediately and haven’t smoked since. Book is absolutely amazing, changes your view on smoking immediately and permanently. Best part was I didn’t get any withdrawals, it really was so so easy
Me too, i used to be chain smoker n i read his book I didn’t even need willpower on second day after I quit i was certain i would never touch cigarettes again. Iagreee it iseasy
Didn't work for me. How do you even define smoking? I think I will pop outside to get some sun.
@@Saloomz71 my parents quit and they are no fun. my brother quit and then he held me hostage and stole my house. I think it is a nutritional issue and needs to be addressed properly rather than with hypnosis. I have tried yeast for nicotinic acid and a wide range of nutrients. maybe is to do with glyphosate and organic food would help.
Same here
Up to 20 a day? Why did you bother at all, to smoke so few cigarettes? You weren't really addicted, you know? If you were, it was a very light addiction. You were like someone who drinks more than they should but they aren't alcoholics. Not everyone's body becomes strongly addicted to nicotine. Some people have savage additions to it.
Started smoking with all my friends when I was in 6th grade. I quit I don't know how many times. Have been tobacco free now for at least 5 years maybe longer. Quitting for good is hard. Several years may go by and I would start again. So far, I've been doing good. I didn't have a magic method to quitting, but I always went cold turkey and never relied on another nicotine crutch (patch, gum, vape, etc.) One thing that did help me though was to focus on all the reasons not to smoke...from cost to health and everything in between. I honestly think one of the biggest parts about smoking besides the chemical aspect, is the sometimes social aspect, but even more, it is the conscious breathing aspect to the habit of smoking. It's like a meditation. Also, the act of smoking, the practice, becomes a sort of ritual. Combine all these aspects together and it equals a very powerfully bad habit that is really hard to stop.
That negative mental picture used as a reminder not to smoke is gold.
For me, it's that i smell like shit when i'm smoking. Whats that Peanuts character that has the stink coming off them and flies buzzing around their head? Thats my mental picture. That I'm like him when i smoke. And it works.
Hardest part about quitting smoking is how easy and accessible they are. You know how they make you feel immediately and you can still function, so it’s hard to justify why quitting in the moment
I cut off sugar first and then lowered the carbs intake simultaneously started intermittent fasting which vastly helped me to stop smoking.
my mother has been sober from any addictive substances now for about 22 years. she says she would kill to smoke a cigarette. anytime she smells the smoke or sees someone smoking she is incredibly envious. the urge might never go away. props to my mom for fighting it.
@@hi-dl4kw You can frame it that way but like it or not smoking feels lovely, the problem is its a rly nice time that destroys your body over a long period of doing it, if it didn't feel nice people wouldn't do it lol
I told myself I wasn't a smoker but just "having a smoke" for a year and then I quit. I smoked for 24 years and it's been almost 8 since I quit. I did not want to quit but knew it was necessary. Everyone and anyone can do it! If you make it through one week you're done. DON'T say you can't do it. One hard week is nothing in your life and extends it. Do it.
I’ve never touched cigarettes, I smoked joints with a little bit of tobacco inside it for 10 years.
When I started to notice my breath getting shorter, my heartbeat going faster sometimes, my throat being full of slime, my tongue being yellow, I decided to look for tobacco alternatives..
I talked to a 90 year man in Amsterdam who told me he only rolls camomile with his weed and nothing else.
I decided to give it a try, threw my last pack of tobacco in the trash.
The benefits of doing this are just unbelievable, my lungs feel so much better.
My teeth are not as yellow, my tongue has gone completely clean.
The taste is 100x beter.. so happy that I ran in to that guy.
He literally saved me years and years of not taking care of myself.
I’m not saying smoking weed is the healthiest thing in the world, but at least I’m not smoking something that has been taxed and produced in a factory.
( it’s so much cheaper to smoke camomile as well )
I quit smoking 14 years ago. The key is to inform yourself, Know what your getting into and tough it out. The most addictive thing about smoking is actually the oxygen. Every drag you take you fully empty your lungs and take a deep breath. You seriously oxygenate your blood. So know that your going to have headaches and body aches for 7 to 10 days.(ibprofin is your best friend) from there coughing up crap will happen for a month or 2. The physical habits is almost like a fidget, so i grabbed sugar free candies and popped one when i wanted to smoke. Its gonna take at least 30 days to break that habit and form a new one. Here's what i did. Knowing that the oxygenation of my blood was the most relaxing thing about smoking, when i felt the urge to smoke i would take 3 deliberate deep breaths. Like a drag of a cigarette. Inhale, hold, release. After 3 of those, occasionally more, i could feel the tension in my body relax and the urge subsidied. I forced myself to do this everytime i wanted to smoke. 14 years later i STILL do it. My son even asked me why i take 3 deliberate breathes when im stressed. I was shocked to be honest because it became such a normal habit of mine i didn't realize i was doing it. But i explained to him i had a bad habit once and kicked it to be a better example for him and formed a healthier habit instead. To which he was actually proud. I regret nothing. I honestly cant stand the smell of smokers anymore. 🤣
For those thinking of kicking the habit, you can do it. Just know you in for a ride but im sure you've been through worse. You can do it! 💪🏼😎👍🏻
All you smokers out there trying to quit, keep going even when you fall off the wagon. Allow yourself a mistake here and there. This is a war to be won not a battle. Don't give up completely if you cave in the first time. Good luck all, the struggle is real
Took me 2+ years of trying until I finally kicked the habit
Words of light Ryan. Thank you!
I beat my addiction through cold turkey, as well as getting married. I didn't want to enter into my marriage with this habit. Mind you, only time I smoke is through social drinking situations, and still it's seldom.
Yes! 👏🏼 Each cigarette is a choice.
Great words
I’ve quit multiple times, with no problems. But the issue is, I always come back to it eventually, just because of the situation I’m in where I’m around a lot of smokers (rehab)
"I've quit multiple times" I feel you man
Using drugs in rehab, nice.
@@bub305 cigs are practically encouraged in rehab
6:20 is the reason I quit after 23 years. Was sick and I couldn't walk the stairs anymore without running out of air. It was like a switch in my head flipped and I was like "hell no!". First two weeks were hard but now (three months in) I don't think about it. Biggest downside right now is total lack of energy. Upside is that I save almost 300 euro's a month.
I smoked for 15 years, and in 2015 I switched to vaping with the intention of slowly cutting back until I was ready to stop. I was six months into vaping when I started coughing one night and it felt like I was being stabbed in the chest, I found out later my right lung collapsed. The Urgent Care doctor thought I was being a little hyperbolic when I told him how much pain I was in until they took x-rays, and he walked back in the room with a look of shock and said "You need to go to E.R....now." That was one of the most painful weeks of my life, but it was exactly what I needed to quit, I didn't even think about smoking after that. Funny how life works sometimes.
My lung randomly collapsed. Never smoked. Good times. I know the pain.
The habit is one of the hardest things to beat for many people so vaping doesn't have a high rate of people quitting completely. I can believe that vaping is atleast better than cigarettes though but still.
@@rondleberik5337 vaping is way better than cigs I breathe way better vaping...noticeable difference I currently smoke cigarettes and whenever I want my lungs to heal up some I vape
Yes! Vaping is dangerous. Very dangerous.
@@JEKAZOL big over statement. Vaping is a little dangerous. Very little
Heart failure feels your lungs with fluid too. I have been at the deathbed of many smokers and unhealthy people. The panic in peoples eyes, when they can no longer take a breath is etched in my mind forever. There's nothing you can do, but sit with them.
50 year smoker. I had given up on trying to quit.
Started vaping in 2014 and haven't looked back.
I can breathe again.
Because you are not a quitter 👍
@@rickster1217 well he quit on quitting
Bought a juul for my dad to quit cigs.. He just ended up vaping at home and smoking at work lmao. Made him worse. Probably cuz he himself doesn't want to quit.
People really think cigarettes and vaping are on the same level. Hell no.. vaping is 1000x better. I’m happy for you.
@@dang7748 For real. People who say vaping is just as bad as cigs clearly haven't done the research. Even a lot of the articles about it are based on assumptions and peoples inherent bias. And several of the research articles about it test scenarios that are completely unrealistic. Like the one's that say heating vape juice can create formaldehyde. Like yeah, at temperatures and pressures well beyond what any vape could possibly get to. It's really an incredible technology.
I remember how i quit cold turkey 2 years ago and never regretted about it ever since.
I quit smoking & chewing many times, sometimes for years. I was in prison each time I quit. I couldn't do it on the streets. It was so difficult I felt I had to be confined in a straitjacket, locked in a cell, the key melted down and me foaming at the mouth the whole time. I've been tobacco free over 20 yrs now. No need to go back to the joint.
I went in a cycle for years. Smoke then vape then chew then smoke then vape then chew. It was a cold as hell day and I went I dont want to step out for a smoke. I quit cold turkey. It takes 28 days to create a habit. It takes 28 days to break it. I told myself this first month is going to be rough but I did it. I stuck it out. I listened to a podcast too on stitcher. Called quitting together. It made me relax and just enjoy listening to his advice and him dealing with quitting too. Almost 4 years now. Better everyday. Smoke from 14 to 30. Best decision ever. I can fill my lungs with air without coughing like crazy!
The dumbest thing I ever did, was to start smoking... The smartest thing I ever did, was to quit smoking... I was an addict for 5 years. I could not even take a dump without having a cigarette. But I simply looked at that cigarette once and asked myself if that little stupid thing is stronger than my mind and spirit, I answered that question by quitting for good... The best way to replace that urge of having that feeling of breathing in that hot smoke into one's lungs, is to get that similar feeling by doing push-ups instead... At age 45 I can do 100 push-ups in one go. Cigarettes is only addictive when our minds tell us that... Just quit that shit and replace it with exercise.
I'm 19 and I can't even do 20 push up what is your secret ???
@@xbruhmoment9484 A priest I once met showed me a way to do it. Start with 10 pushups and do one more every day. He stopped somewhere around 300......
push ups for carncer, any time sir! glad you commented this
@@alkair422 a priest?
Yo 100 push ups in 1 go is epic. Good on you sir.
My experience as a heavy smoker
1. Before you quit TAPPER down quantity. I.e. use any methods you see fit to simply smoke less and less every week. I found that my limit was about 4x/day, if I smoked less, I felt bad. But after smoking 4 cigs a day for a month, I also felt that smoking more had adverse effects.
2. Try to smoke in inconvenient places. I often smoked in two locations - at home on balcony and at work on the roof. I slowly shifted to walking to a river some 200 meters from home and smoking there when at home + not smoking when I am out in bars + trying to not have cigs on me at work, so if I wanted to smoke, I went to a shop which was pretty far away. This allows breaking the psychological associations easier. I still smoked a ton when I had major stress, but those were odd occasions. I also often smoked after dinner, which I stopped. Rule of thumb: Be inconsistent with bad things, and consistent with good things.
3. When you feel like quitting, take a vacation. After you quit I have experienced 1) extreme sleepiness 2) brain fog 3) jolts of dopamine 4) insane craving of sugar (due to insulin in the body expecting smoke) 5) irritation. I'd say you can safely save 2 weeks of vacation solely to quit. Yes, sounds like a waste, but it is worth it. Avoid stress at all costs. Try to have limited tasks done every day and sleep on it.
I also have experienced insomnia (this is worst, as it messes with your work and relationships and thoughts). Melatonin and just constant chilling is the best aid. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety.
I have experienced extreme anxiety - but when you know it will go away it is not as crazy, When you experience it first time in life, it is a bit scary. People with OCD and ADHD will experience this worse. Phenibut (Noofen) helps a lot with anxiety. Dont do xanax or other stuff, it is not worth it.
symptoms
5. Find WHY you want to quit. For me it was that I wanted being better in gym more than smoking. Smoking interferred with my eating, and gave me headaches often. Once I quit my headaches were gone and I felt amazingly better under stress.
Other factors were - I hate stench from smoke, both clothes and oral. I think my gf was much happier once I stopped stinking up the house and kissing became much more tasteful. (btw guys, smoking makes your semen disgustingly bitter as well).
Smoking felt good initially, but once it became a habit it felt like I have no rush from it. I simply HAD to smoke to feel normal. I thought it was very stupid waste of my health.
I felt much stronger physically + my sense of smell increased tenfold (if you are a lifelong smoker, you probably can't even properly smell the subtle way your wife or husband smell).
Once you quit you realize how idiotically people who hang out and smoke look. Like why tf are you standing there and becoming more stinky and disgusting. There is nothing cool about smoking. You are not a teenager who rebels. You are an adult with an addiction.
If you quit and are vegan then the smells can be really disturbing. Smoking helps mask the smell of the city. 🤣
Quitting cigs is by far the hardest thing I've ever done. I've quit so many times and have tried EVERY product available to help. This last time I bought a low dose hyde disposable vape and have been off cigs for almost 5 months now. I feel so much better physically and mentally. About to start tapering off the vape. I've been hitting it less and less. No issues thus far.
“Can I smoke a cigarette in here” …that’s how this JRE clip started. Had me thinking how many times I’ve asked that question when I was inside someone’s else’s car, or my own, for respect to the passenger.
My Mom brought up this exact topic earlier today. So, as we’re smoking the last 2 cigarettes in the pack…she tells me “if there are no cigarettes in the house she would stop smoking.”
Given the fact I smoked and I always had cigs, i felt I was a huge part in her addiction playing out. She then tells me “this should be our last cigs in this house, we should quit today.”
I think to myself that I could just live a lie and just smoke when I’m not with her, for her best interest of course. But I’m really thinking that this can be the best thing that can ever happen to us. To “QUIT” is something that we can have together, a beautiful bond that we had from smoking together could turn on to something special quitting together. She decided, so in turn I decided.
Today is Christmas Eve 2021, this is the last day we we’ll be having cigarettes to smoke.
It’ll be a tough road, and it definitely isn’t the first attempt. But this one, THIS ONE FEELS DIFFERENT.
May god bless us in this journey, and may god bless you all who’s trying to kick this horrible addiction. 🙏
And to all reading this, have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄and have a Happy New Year! 💫✨
You smoked today right ?
Honestly, it’s tough but you’ll get it done. Sounds like a good story to keep to tie your future success to. Remember when you get a craving for the first 3 days to drink some fruit juice. Helps a lot because your blood sugar will drop.
You can do it bruh so do it for your Mom
Good luck brother, stay strong
Yeah fuck it, I’m quitting today as well. I’m gonna talk to my mother about it too and see if she’ll quit with me. Good luck my man and happy new years!
For a couple of years ago when I was in a bad mental place, still being a good dad though. I tried to hide from my 4-year old daughter the fact that I was smoking. On a walk outside she said to me: -Dad, it’s dangerous to smoke, and you smoke. -Can you please quit doing that?
All it took was an unfiltered voice, giving me the true facts and with a request from true love. From the most important person in my life, my daughter. From that day on I haven’t touched a single 🚬.
That's really sweet. Current smoker here. I'm 30 and I've always wanted to have kids. You're fortunate to have a beautiful daughter by your side. Congrats on quitting.
@@rminitials Thanks mate! I hope you find a way to quit smoking and that you get what you strive for in life.
I'm a 20-year smoker, and I'm 3 days sober. Damn it, this is hard af.
Keep
Going
Man
@quantumleap1593 Thanks! Yesterday was 5 weeks!
@@JamesLadd-zg1ym Marlboro Menthal 100s
You can make it bro
I smoked for 38 years, damn near 4 packs a day at the end. Had a heart attack end of March this year, needed two stents put in. They gave me a nicotine patch for the four days in the hospital, used them for a week and then stopped using the patch altogether. 9 months later still smoke free but the constant craving is strong as ever, hope someday it will go away. The only way I'm getting thru it is a mental picture of a cigarette clogging my stents and killing me. If not for that, I'd be smoking right now.
Great job so far man, hope you lose the cravings. I would cave in to those I think, if they were still strong enough. I need to get my own mental picture that works - but yours is rather effective.
When I quit I thought I was having constant cravings, then my dad passed and I went and bought a pack, got half way through 1 when I realised that it wasn't scratching the craving itch, it was like I had over hyped what it would do for me. It tasted different than when I was a smoker too, just tasted like an ashtray. Not sure it's a good idea to try the same because everyone is different but for me it really cemented in my mind to quit and it seemed to make the cravings go away also, like it was all mental by that point, then when it was nothing like I thought my mind stopped longing for it.
Could be a completely different explanation for it but that's how it seemed to me
4 packs a day? Sheesh
@@bryantc1701 yea, it's called a habit for a reason. If I could have smoked in my sleep, I would have.
@@netwatcherer when and where I grew up, everybody smoked and everybody drank. I skipped the drink but the other...
My grandfather and my childhood neighbor both died of lung cancer due to smoking. My grandfather was in his mid 40’s and my neighbor in her mid 50’s. I got sober and quit adderall and alcohol (for the most part) not long ago and that shit was hard as hell I still struggle with it, but I don’t need cigarettes as another battle
Struggled with cigarettes on and off since I was 13. Had to quit when my wife got pregnant and despite some slip ups, the best feeling in life is watching my kiddo and knowing its been a long ass time since I've had a cigarette. Those are the truly good times in life, despite what the addiction tells you to do.
Good job Isaac!
Smoke-free for 13 years 10 months and 4 days after 18 years of addiction. It changed my life and I'll NEVER smoke again. Best decision of my life!!!
I did quit for nearly a year, but when someone close to me died, I re-started trying hard to break the habit.
I've been smoking since I was 16 years old, so it's been almost 20 years. I'm a social smoker as well, and when I'm among others, I tend to smoke even more.
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I started smoking when I was 13, I quit two months ago at the age of 21. For anyone who wants to quit, find what triggers you or makes you want to smoke. For me it was primarily work and school related from the stressors. For myself I always grabbed a vape or a smoke when I was stressed and would kick back. Learn to handle your stressors in a more healthy manner. I started to cope with my stress by learning techniques to control my heart rate and breathing, similar to what you would do during a panic attack, and learned to just control myself and emotions in a more healthy manner. It’s difficult, I tried to quit 3 times and failed all 3 times. It wasn’t until I finally identified my stressors and identified why I do smoke and my excuses for why I smoke and attacked them head on to help me quit. For myself as a 21 year old in a three year relationship what really made me quit was the thought of one day having kids with my beautiful girlfriend, and not being able to play with my kids or keep up with them due to breathing issues. That’s what bothered me the most and drove me to quit to have a healthy life and family. Regardless as to whether it is true or not I would like to believe I did make a difference. I’m ecstatic to turn 2 months, into 2 years, into 2 decades, and so on. Best of luck everyone in your endeavors, I hope you all succeed in overcoming your vices.
I quit smoking cigarettes 27 years ago when I was 34 years old. Like others have said it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
Kicking the nicotine addiction was simple, after a week or so I was past that. The hard part, and the part that still gets me every now and again to this day is the physical part of wanting to put a cigarette in my mouth. I liken it to a baby with a pacifier, the cigarette is the smokers pacifier. Stress level goes up, stick a smoke in your mouth. Something bad happens, in goes the smoke. What I did was those little Jolly Rancher candies. I kept them in my breast pocket of my shirt, where I kept my cigarettes, and when I wanted a smoke, I popped one in my mouth. It wasn't perfect, the taste of the cigarette wasn't there but the physical part was satisfied. I gained 40 pounds. It's ok, about 3 years later I was able to go for a daily run and take every bit of it off plus more.
Even though when I walk by someone who is having a cigarette, I enjoy the smell of the burning tobacco, it's the best thing I ever did for my health.
Thanks for sharing. This is something I want to want to quit, but don’t want to quit - if that makes sense. I’ve even had a scare while tripping where I can feel in my lungs the lack of being able to breathe as free as healthy lungs do. Yet I’m still here.
I got a vape to try and help but stopped using it. Idk the point of me making this comment other than thanks for sharing your experience and you put it back into my mind that smoking is something I do want to let go of
The difficult part you mentioned is part of the oral fixation. Substituting with candies may not be the best idea. Try tooth picks. Having Water bottles around worked for me. Biting nails or lips/cheeks is what i used to do and know a lot of smokers do.
In psychology it's related to an incorrect way of stopping breastfeeding.
Cherry , grape , and strawberry blow pops
so youre now 71? you dont want to smoke your last years haha
Epic 😅😅😅 I also quit cold turkey at 34 back in 2020! Congrats 🥳
Smoking definitely affects sharpness. When I quit, I struggled with rather intense brain fog for 3 months or so.
I live in Southeast Texas (near Houston). I was in health science technology in highschool and got to do clinicals at the hospital. We actually got to see open heart surgery and were allowed to do a q&a with the surgeon after the operation. The patient clearly had black lungs, and based on pics we'd seen in our books, I assumed he was a smoker. After the procedure I asked the surgeon if he was a smoker. He said the guy had never smoked, claimed he was a refinery worker. Then he told us that's what most people's lungs in Southeast Texas look like.
Most? I'm not buying that. Texas city might be fucked, but I don't know man.
@@ether23-23 when I asked if the guy smoked he literally scoffed at the idea. I guess he could have been lying or joking, but he seemed very matter of fact.
Him being a heart surgeon, you'd think that would be a teachable moment to inform teens of the dangers of smoking, I felt like he bypassed (no pun intended) that opportunity to warn us about the reality of our community.
Texas city is in Galveston/Harris county, lung cancer rate is around 49 per 100k. I'm 1.5 hours east in Jefferson county where the rate is 70 per 100k. The national average is 33 per 100k.
I was a heavy smoker . One day my body started rejecting the smoke . It tasted nasty , felt no joy out of it anymore . I just stopped. It’s almost 10 years with no smoke 💨
I used smoke a half a pack a day of Marlboros then I switched to "American Spriits" and they tasted so harsh that I lost interest in smoking
This is so funny for me as someone who managed to quit after 9 years. Its been 7 months and I think I officially feel like a non-smoker cuz I chuckled when he said "I don't know how I'm going to replace a cigarette before going on stage". I legit used smoke before a big exam and then smoke after exams to celebrate and I thought not having this ritual would just kill me. Once you really quit, food and a nice cup of coffee/tea will give you the exact same feeling but 10x better cuz you don't feel like an unhealthy slob after having them!!!
Or some beers or molly.
If you swallow the smoke then you could call it food. Just coz people misuse tobacco doesn't mean it isn't an important medicinal herb.
cigarettes and tobacco are two different things
i like how the whole clip is just Joe trying to make him quit
2 packs a day, 20 year habit. Cold Turkey, has cigs on me the whole time. Started out 10 minute intervals, I'll smoke in 10 minutes, then 10 minutes goes by, I'll wait 10 more minutes, and that how it worked. Never bragged about quitting, people would ask if I quit, I'd say no, just not smoking right now and thats how it went. Never put pressure on myself, it worked. Biggest freak out i had was after 2 weeks when i threw out my emergency smokes, been 24 years now.
Put either the J&J, Moderna, or Pfizer dose in all cigarettes and I bet everyone quits!!!
Theo Von knows a guy that would chief those
I quit cigarettes cold turkey. In my experience, that was the best way to guarantee you won’t go back. Quitting little by little is still feeding your body it’s nicotine addictions. It’s harder but worth it. 🙏🏽
The thing is: When you quit, you realise that you have not lost anything. Instead you won back your fitness and physical health. Furthermore you prooved yourself to have a strong will and that you can achieve big goals, if you trust yourself. This process is better than smoking any cigarettes, even the best ones after lunch.
@@Spacedawg879 That's it. Just think of all the wins you get, the physical day to day improvement to life alone is worth the withdraw and cravings.
@@Spacedawg879 You also win back your money.
@@BuddaGheeski Imagine this: Someone smoked for about 30 years. Gues how big the field of tobacco must have been to equal the amount his cigarettes required. It would be a huge area of tobacco!
@@Spacedawg879 Holy ur right thats scary man
4:12 im convinced my aunt would still be alive if she stopped smoking after getting diagnosed with cancer. I wish she wouldve stopped and fight for her life. She just accepted it and kept on smoking because she was that addicted. Guess life wasnt pretty enough for her to stay. She basically killed herself.