# Convince me to stop smoking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315 "2010-11-29T19:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/181 "2010-12-09T17:19:31Z")
OK, it’s 4 days later, still not smoking, we hope? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/182 "2010-12-09T18:34:38Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > OK, it’s 4 days later, still not smoking, we hope? Still smoke free!! :D:D I’ll be even happier when I am craving free. Actually, it is not much of a craving at this point. It’s more like I’d like a cigarette in certain circumstances as that is when I’d always take a cigarette. Triggers I guess. Pretty easy to resist. So I guess everyone here did a pretty good job convincing me to stop smoking! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/183 "2010-12-09T18:45:28Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > Still smoke free!! :D:D > > I’ll be even happier when I am craving free. Actually, it is not much of a craving at this point. It’s more like I’d like a cigarette in certain circumstances as that is when I’d always take a cigarette. Triggers I guess. Pretty easy to resist. > > So I guess everyone here did a pretty good job convincing me to stop smoking! 🆒 I don’t know if those ever really go away, though for me they have gotten much less frequent. It’s only been 2 years for me, and I still feel like I should buy a pack of smokes when I am in a 7-11, or light up when I get into the car. At this point they just make me smile, like, how strange that I still feel that way. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/184 "2010-12-09T18:53:26Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > Still smoke free!! :D:D > So I guess everyone here did a pretty good job convincing me to stop smoking! 🆒 Yay! No, _you_ did that.🆒 We just provided encouragement and support. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/185 "2010-12-09T19:09:41Z")
Still, y’all helped out. A lot more than you probably realize! It’s funny how the encouragement of, essentially, total strangers on a message board can bring a smile to your face and give you that little extra boost you need to do the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![mookieblaylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/186 "2010-12-09T19:43:15Z")
Try to smoke six cigarettes in a row as fast as you can. It will make you feel like total shit and amplify everything that sucks about being a smoker. Then quit immediately after. When you have a craving, think of how you felt that last time. Sounds messed up, but it worked for me. I couldn’t make it past the third one and I didn’t even think about cigs for a while after. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/187 "2010-12-09T20:04:20Z")
> [@mookieblaylock](#): > > Try to smoke six cigarettes in a row as fast as you can. It will make you feel like total shit and amplify everything that sucks about being a smoker. > > Then quit immediately after. When you have a craving, think of how you felt that last time. Sounds messed up, but it worked for me. I couldn’t make it past the third one and I didn’t even think about cigs for a while after. Not in the OP’s case, it’d be dangerous to go back. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315/188 "2010-12-10T05:46:19Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Not in the OP’s case, it’d be dangerous to go back. Ooooo…bad, bad, BAD idea for me. Nope, learned the hard way that I don’t want to do that. If it works for you, great! I can’t do it as it just kicks in my nicotine addiction. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-stop-smoking/562315.md?page=9)