# I quit smoking 15 hours ago! I feel weird. Can't focus. :O **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863 "2010-12-03T21:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/41 "2010-12-05T02:14:12Z")
Congrats, \*\*rachelellogram \*\*and **BangTheDrum**. You’ve both made great choices and I’m rooting for your success. You will love the freedom you feel by ridding yourself of a nasty, expensive addiction. I smoked my last cigarette on May 25, 2008. Can’t say I miss it at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/42 "2010-12-05T02:31:24Z")
I quit smoking thanks to the Dope over 9 and a half years ago. The first month was awful - I was lightheaded and dizzy most of the time and just utterly miserable but once it was over, it was over for good and I’ve never had to go through that again. Totally worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/43 "2010-12-05T04:29:24Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > I tend to agree with **Stillwell Angel**. If I had to quit coffee _and_ cigarettes I’d probably turn into a raving lunatic. I’m definitely keeping my other habits and have added some chewing gum as it seems to be a reasonable substitute for cigarettes. I’m actually drinking _more_ coffee than ever. Its pretty much become my main substitute for cigarettes. Not that all that coffee is good for me, but its a damn site better for me than smoking. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/44 "2010-12-05T15:19:00Z")
> [@Stillwell\_Angel](#): > > But, be careful. That total deprivation of all things you enjoy can sabotage you. Oh, I agree. Don’t go into it with so much adrenaline that you decide you are going to reform your entire life by stop smoking, drinking, start exercising, eating healthy, donating to the poor, and stop swearing, whoring around, and working on Sundays. One step at a time. The only thing I said was that coffee and booze were huge triggers for me to smoke, especially in the first few days/weeks. I remember that I quit coffee for the first 5 days and booze for the first month. I don’t think that I could have resisted were it not for that, and perhaps the OP is in a similar situation. But if you can quit while still drinking coffee and booze, then by all means indulge. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/45 "2010-12-05T15:44:56Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > and stop swearing, whoring around, and working on Sundays. One step at a time. Have you been peeking at my weekly planner? 😃 But seriously, I’ve been chugging coffee so much since I quit smoking that I may need a book called “The easy way to stop drinking coffee”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/46 "2010-12-08T00:35:31Z")
Checking in. How is the progress? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/47 "2010-12-09T03:07:56Z")
> [@BangTheDrum](#): > > Just wanted to pipe in, Doctor, that I quit a 12 year addiction after reading the thread you started four days ago. And, thank you, Stoid, I read the Allen Carr book cover to cover in a few hours. It REALLY did help me and I have a new attitude. So, that is at least three people who stopped thanks to the Straight Dope MB and you fantastic people! My quit time Dec 2 9:15 a.m. so going on 2 days now but the book helped so much that I am not really craving! > [@Doctor](#): > > **Rock on!!!** > > Funny how that little book seems to help so much. I am just hitting the 5 day mark and still going strong. > > I had a smoking dream last night! 😃 First one. I’ve heard of those from others who quit. However, it did not freak me out as I knew it was a dream. > > We need some sort of club - “The Straight Dope Stops Smoking for Christmas Club” or something. Heck, we already have at least 3 members! Maybe we could get some more. 🆒 ALl are welcome! VERY VERY happy to have helped by steering you to it! Now. It’s the 8th. Doctor?? DOCTOR??? Bang? Anyone else? Everyone hangin’ in? I’ll be glad to talk you through it. I’ll give you my number or Skype if you need some handholding… ---
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/48 "2010-12-09T04:11:00Z")
I quit for three days until about 15 minutes ago. I bummed a cig and it made me feel like crap. Don’t make the same mistake I did. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/49 "2010-12-09T05:18:08Z")
> [@mookieblaylock](#): > > I quit for three days until about 15 minutes ago. > > I bummed a cig and it made me feel like crap. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Well, don’t give up completely. Look at it this way, how many cigarettes have you NOT smoked in the last three days? See, you’re still waaay ahead of the game. One cigarette does not make a habit, right? Keep up the good work. 🙂 ---
**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, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/50 "2010-12-09T06:52:08Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Well, don’t give up completely. Look at it this way, how many cigarettes have you NOT smoked in the last three days? See, you’re still waaay ahead of the game. One cigarette does not make a habit, right? Keep up the good work. 🙂 Nah, if anything I’m glad I did have it. It literally made me feel like crap. I felt sick for a second and I couldn’t even finish the thing for some reason. I’ve lost what little desire I had left because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/51 "2010-12-09T10:19:49Z")
> [@mookieblaylock](#): > > I quit for three days until about 15 minutes ago. > > I bummed a cig and it made me feel like crap. Don’t make the same mistake I did. I must have had a hundred or so of those 3 day quits. Just think of it as practice for the real thing. Oh and FYI, yesterday was my 8 month anniversary of being smoke free 😃 ---
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863/52 "2010-12-09T18:43:35Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > ALl are welcome! VERY VERY happy to have helped by steering you to it! > > Now. It’s the 8th. Doctor?? DOCTOR??? > > Bang? > > Anyone else? Everyone hangin’ in? > > I’ll be glad to talk you through it. I’ll give you my number or Skype if you need some handholding… Hey, Stoid! I’m doing OK. Really, I am. 9 days smoke free and still rockin’. No slips, no cheats. Still craving a bit, but nothing intolerable. And **mookie**? Hang in there and resist further temptation. I started a thread 9 days back when I started my quit and got lot’s of great advice in there. Check it out. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587311) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-15-hours-ago-i-feel-weird-cant-focus-o/562863.md?page=2)