Guy: Well, then, I’ll give you $20 dollars if you come home with me so I can show my wife what happens to a man who doesn’t drink, smoke or gamble.
::ba-dum-bump::
For the record, I now smoke about a half-pack (10 cigs) a day. Used to smoke 2 packs a day, so I gues that’s an improvement. Plus, I smoke American Spirits now vs. Marlboro Reds. No additives - it’s a healthier form of cancer.:rolleyes:
A businessman snaps harsh words at his new administrative assistant then feels guilty and says: “I’m sorry, I’ve been a little cranky since I quit smoking.” The assistant asks innocently, “How long ago did you quit?” Businessman: “About 17 years now.”
About 10 cigarettes a day. (Thinking of installing a fume hood under my desk so I don’t have to smoke outside this winter.)
I quit smoking (hopefully for good this time) about a month ago. Before then it would vary wildly from 0-15 cigarettes a day. If I was out drinking it would be much more. If I was hanging out at home usually much less (down to 0).
I know just where you are coming from Cherry_Blossom_! I LOVE smoking. If there was some way that cigarettes could be made to be healthy (or at least not unhealthy) then I would start smoking again in a heartbeat! I wish they were little vitamin packed health sticks. I loved the ritual of smoking. I just got sick of lying awake at night wondering exactly which kind of smoking related death I was going to die from.
Wellbutrin and about 3 weeks of self-imposed social isolation helped me kick it.
How many weeks were you on the Wellbutrin before you decided that it was time to quit? It was three weeks on Tuesday that I started taking the Wellbutrin. It was just yesterday that the very thought of quitting didn’t give me heart palpitations, and thinking of being a non-smoker filled me with excitement rather than dread.
How long did you continue the Wellbutrin after you quit? I’ve got two refills on my prescription. Will I need them?
I can’t imagine a night out with the drinkin’ and dancin’ and socializin’ with out my Marbs, so a period of self imposed social exile is going to be necessary for me, too. I’ll have to call the bar and tell them to cut their Smirnoff order in half for a month or so.
I too LOVE to smoke. I’ve smoked for more than 25 years. But I have to quit. I come from a family of 8 kids. Only three of us smoke; an older brother, my sister and me. The older brother had an acute heart attack last August. He was 46. I am NOT going to have a heart attack in my 40’s. Sorry to say, our family has a history of cardiac problems. I always thought I had plenty of time to quit “when I got older”. Well, I’m older now. It’s time.
I actually only took it for just under 3 weeks. I quit taking it mostly because my insurance wouldn’t cover it and my doctor only gave me 3 weeks worth of samples. She did give me a perscription for more but it would have cost me 56 dollars for 15 days worth. The downside of taking the Wellbutrin was that it made me a little constipated. Also when I stopped taking it I had a few days of mild depression, sleepiness and general fogginess. If I had to do it over again, I might ween myself off (take one a day and then one every other day, etc. until down to 0) instead of stopping them cold turkey.
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See above for my experience. It may vary with you and I’d advise speaking with your doctor for specifics (as goes with all of my advice). The best thing that Wellbutrin did for me was keeping me from obsessing about wanting a cigarette. When I tried to quit without it I would obsess on having a cigarette from the moment I first craved one until I either had one or went to sleep. With the Wellbutrin, I still had occassional cravings but I no longer obsessed. I think this may be because Wellbutrin is an anti-depressant and may help with OCD. I have never been diagnossed with either depression OR OCD but both run in my family.
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It was the same for me. When I finally did go back to hanging out I started with going out but not drinking alcohol. I am slowly adding it back in. If I start to crave a cigarette once I’ve started drinking I either go home or switch to non-alcoholic beverages.
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This is what you have to keep in mind when you feel like smoking again. You can do it.
10-15 a day here. Recently switched to a much stronger cigarette (Kools) rather than smoke more. Why do I smoke?
(multiple choice)
Peer pressure
Cigarette advertising
To be “cool”
Didn’t know it was unhealthy
The answer being, of course, none of the above. I was a not-so-bright teenager 15 years ago, and quickly became hooked. I do enjoy smoking actually, but I know it is unhealthy and socially unacceptable these days (although I feel fine.) As an aside, does anyone else feel like smoking after reading about how to quit smoking? or how about watching a movie with people smoking?
Funny you should post that. As I was writing my post I was thinking: “Hmm. I wonder if this will make people feel like having a cigarette?”
I do notice that ex-smokers (myself included) sometimes tend to reminisce about the old glory days of smoking. I suppose that is because many of us truly did enjoy it. It’s kind of like the person who has high cholesterol reminiscing about all those wonderful cream sauces he/she used to eat.
My names Jeff, and I’m an alcoho…oh, sorry wrong room
I started smoking when I was 14, first gave up at 15 (for a good 6 months), Started again, give up again. Started again, give up again…
Each time I was more irritable than the last attempt, but I finally think I’ve done it. I gave up (with willpower) just after my 25th birthday at the end of February, and have not had a single cigarette since.
I used to think that I wouldn’t be able to do it when I was drinking, but it ain’t a problem if you drink enough ;).
I’ve also been on Holiday with 5 or 6 of my mates, who all smoke, and STILL didn’t have one.
Any advice needed, hey just ask me, the expert.
Talking about quitting smoking makes me crave a cigarette. Anti-smoking commercials REALLY make me crave a cigarette. Reading quietly makes me crave a smoke. Listening to music, EATING, and basically breathing makes me crave a cigarette. The only reason that I hadn’t quit before now is that I’m of the belief that life is short and any sort of enjoyment you can get out of it should be grabbed with gusto. This was my crutch for stress and anger, and now I’m too guilty to start back. Sweet Baby Jesus, I need help!
Talking about quitting smoking makes me crave a cigarette. Anti-smoking commercials REALLY make me crave a cigarette. Reading quietly makes me crave a smoke. Listening to music, EATING, and basically breathing makes me crave a cigarette. The only reason that I hadn’t quit before now is that I’m of the belief that life is short and any sort of enjoyment you can get out of it should be grabbed with gusto. This was my crutch for stress and anger, and now I’m too guilty to start back. Sweet Baby Jesus, I need help!
If I work from home, I smoke close to a pack a day. If I work in the office, usually one or none. It’s too much of a pain to stop what I’m doing and go outside.
I have tried twice seriously to quit smoking. Once I quit for three years. The next time I quit for a week. Both times it was cold turkey.
Hopefully the next time I quit I’ll make it stick.
At the moment, I usually get through 10-15 Reds a day. There are the odd days when that number drops to as low as 5, but only if I’m too busy to think about lighting up.
Every now and then, I go crazy and smoke way more than usual. If I’m having a beer, I MUST have a cigarette to go with it, otherwise it feels like something is missing. And about once a month, I’ll get the urge to go out and buy some cigars.
Of course, I know it’s not good for me. I started smoking when I was about 14, and have always thoroughly enjoyed it. One day I may decide to give up, although I can’t see it happening any time soon - I’d miss it waaaay too much.
“They say smoking takes ten years off your life. You know what I say? WHO CARES? It’s the last ten years, and who the hell wants to stick around for those, anyway?”
That’s paraphrasing, of course. After having my first ciggie about 7 months ago (I’m 21, soon to be 22) I realised that I did not instantly become addicted. Which was a load off my mind. Now I have a pack on hand if I go to a bar or what-have-you. Maybe one every 4-5 days on average. Plus, I’m with Crown Prince. Am Spirits are the way to go. They’re all natural! They’re almost healthy for you!
Good Lord, I am going to sound like such an addict, but here goes…
When I quit (about 9 years ago at age 25), I was smoking about 2 1/2 packs a day, which comes out to about 50 cigarettes a day. If a day has 24 hours, and you sleep about 8 hours, you really have to cram 'em in to meet your quota. I sure couldn’t afford the habit now, though- it costs about as much as crack, doesn’t it? I don’t know how you smokers do it.
I loved smoking (obviously)! I miss it a lot. It helps that I don’t drink, or I never could have quit. Seriously. I started smoking because it was cool when I was in junior high (12 or so). Loved it, loved looking cool (allegedly), got hooked, didn’t care. I would smoke any cigarette, including generic and clove.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of a pack a day. The exact number varies depending upon how badly I want to kill my boss and his troll of a wife. Sad part is that I took this job because I hoped that it would provide me with lower stress levels and I’d be able to quit. :rolleyes: Instead, I’m smoking more! :mad:
I puffed my first cigarette when I was in kindergarten and smoked off and on until I turned eighteen, then my dad drove me nuts and I picked up cigarettes because that was the only legal drug I could get my mitts on at that time (not that I didn’t touch others, but they weren’t always easy to get ), I managed to quit for a year when I turned 28, a year later, my job had me so stressed out that I began to develop health problems which were only cured when I started smoking (okay, the medication helped, but not as much). I do smoke ultra-lights in the vain hope that I might be able to escape some of the effects.
I used to have a roommate who smoke five packs a day! (Hell, some days, he went through a carton!)
The two flicks that always make me crave cigarettes are Bladerunner and Dead Again (especially the scene where Andy Garcia is in the nursing home going, “Can I have a cigarette?” through his artifical voicebox).
