# I did it! I made it through a night of drinking with NO cigarettes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025 "2013-04-18T10:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/1 "2013-04-18T10:19:51Z")
Went drinking with some friends last night. It was day four of no cigarettes. I was sure I was going to break down and have a smoke after a few drinks. But I didn’t! I was actually able to quit for two years before but divorce happened and I fell back into the nasty habit. I have since tried to quit several times but failed. I think I may actually have it licked this time. I’ve got that same feeling I had years before when I actually was able to quit. Sorry for the shameless brag. I just had to vent. Also, I woke up with no hangover. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Gretel\_burps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Gretel\_burps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretel_burps)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/2 "2013-04-18T10:50:19Z")
Congratulations to you. I personally found it very hard not to smoke while drinking. I had a 10+ habit of smoking but have quitted, more or less; I only smoke when I am out drinking with friends, which only happens once every month. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/3 "2013-04-18T10:54:22Z")
That is pretty damn great! Good job! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/4 "2013-04-18T12:04:34Z")
That’s great! I know that social drinking is a huge smoking trigger for a lot of people, so that’s fantastic you made it through. You can do this! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/5 "2013-04-18T13:16:00Z")
Congrats! This was my big hurdle when I quit six years ago. If you can do this you can make it stick. And yeah, the hangover is greatly reduced too. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/6 "2013-04-18T13:32:37Z")
Congrats. Speaking as a former smoker, you’ve probably got it done. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/7 "2013-04-18T15:04:19Z")
That’s great news. Congratulation! Give yourself credit for a real achievement, which it totally is. If I may: that’s not a bad user name/thread topic combination, either. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/8 "2013-04-18T16:06:48Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > …And yeah, the hangover is greatly reduced too. I know this will vary from person to person, but is this true? I don’t smoke and don’t know any drinkers who quit. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/9 "2013-04-18T17:47:59Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I know this will vary from person to person, but is this true? I don’t smoke and don’t know any drinkers who quit. Thanks for the responses guys. I’m not sure if it’s true or not. However, looking at it logically, most smokers smoke twice as much as they normally would when they are drinking. So that’s a double dose of poison (than you normally get) going into your system. So it does seem logical that hangovers would be less severe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/10 "2013-04-18T17:53:44Z")
Yay! Congratulations! That does indeed sound like a milestone. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/11 "2013-04-18T17:59:50Z")
Good job. When I quit I made a point of doing all those things that triggered a reach for the shirt pocket. Every time you succeed in not smoking, it’s another small victory to be celebrated and reinforces the idea that you can indeed quit the evil weed. And yes, hangovers are far less severe without the added toxins in your system. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-it-i-made-it-through-a-night-of-drinking-with-no-cigarettes/656025/12 "2013-04-18T22:38:50Z")
_high five_ and good luck! 🙂