I fucking quit...

[Jackalope]

And except for those 2 stabbings, you're doing very well !!!

They had it coming.

[Faith No More]

It depends.  When I quit a few years back, I quit by delaying my first cigarette of the day -- moving it from 8AM to 10 and doing that for a week or so.  The next week, I wouldn't allow myself to smoke until noon, the next week two pm, and so on. After a couple of months, I was lighting up my first smoke at ten pm, and at that point it was just as easy to go to sleep without lighting up at all.

I've fallen off the wagon here recently, but will be going back to smoke-free soon, and that's how I will do it again.

Different folks having different ways of dealing with addiction withdrawal.

Yeah, but with nicotine you're only dealing with physical addiction as opposed to the mental and physical addiction you get with drugs that get you high, which was mainly what I was referring to. I was going to mention that nicotine would be an exception just due to the success of the patches and gum, but I was suddenly in a hurry.

[Longhorn]

Still smoke-free.

Your congratulation waffles: that's baby meat not bacon

[LastPoet]

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[Thumpalumpacus]

It depends.  When I quit a few years back, I quit by delaying my first cigarette of the day -- moving it from 8AM to 10 and doing that for a week or so.  The next week, I wouldn't allow myself to smoke until noon, the next week two pm, and so on. After a couple of months, I was lighting up my first smoke at ten pm, and at that point it was just as easy to go to sleep without lighting up at all.

I've fallen off the wagon here recently, but will be going back to smoke-free soon, and that's how I will do it again.

Different folks having different ways of dealing with addiction withdrawal.

Yeah, but with nicotine you're only dealing with physical addiction as opposed to the mental and physical addiction you get with drugs that get you high, which was mainly what I was referring to.  I was going to mention that nicotine would be an exception just due to the success of the patches and gum, but I was suddenly in a hurry.

The mental and psychological addiction to nicotine is not as intense, and therefore not so obvious; you're right in that regard. But it is present, or at least it is for me. Scoring a supply, well that's a relief. When can I have my next one nags me at work or long drives (I don't smoke in my truck).

The physical addiction is the biggest hump, no doubt. But it isn't the only one -- at least, it hasn't been for me. I started smoking at 17, "quit" perhaps six or eight times for lengths of two to six weeks, but only by approaching it in the manner that gave me two years' clean did I find a more durable model (backslidden though I am).

Cold turkey ignores the psychological dimensions of it, to my way of seeing things. If it's what works for someone else, more power to 'em. Pure willpower works for some; others of us have to trick our bodies and minds into walking away. I will cheerlead for anyone here using any means that works for them because it is a vicious cunt of a drug, and won't quibble about how they go about their business.

[Kitty Galore]

I did the same thing PT. I have quit a number of times, and when weak or stressed, started again. I think this is it for me though, I want to let it go completely.

All the times I quit though, was from slowly getting rid of those trigger smokes, the ones that truly made my habit.

One with coffee, one on the way to work, breaks at work, after meals, on the way home from work, it is the evening ones I have the hardest time giving up. Now that CD and I are both not smoking, it is much easier. So I slowly would cut those out of my days, one at a time, until I just didn't anymore.

[CapnAwesome]

Not to be overly cynical, but every smoker I know is in the constant process of quitting smoking. Once it lasts 6 months I think you should be allowed to talk about it. That said, good luck.

[vorlon13]

FWIW, I'm 'first pass' inre to my 12 Stepping.

If anyone finds that inspiring, glad to help out.

Or if you're competitive and don't like the idea of a gaping bottoming eager poofter finding the moxie to do something that manly, you're free to look at it that way too.

[Whateverist]

My wife quit when she got preggers with my step son. (He was six when we met.) She took a class in which they listed all their normal triggers for smoking but also anticipated many other situations which would come up less often. So for Lia that included when/after painting a room in the house which comes up much less often. The idea was to prepare for every moment of great temptation ahead of time. Guess it worked. She has never smoked in the 30+ years I've known her, so almost 40 years now.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I did the same thing PT. I have quit a number of times, and when weak or stressed, started again. I think this is it for me though, I want to let it go completely.

All the times I quit though, was from slowly getting rid of those trigger smokes, the ones that truly made my habit.

One with coffee, one on the way to work, breaks at work, after meals, on the way home from work,  it is the evening ones I have the hardest time giving up. Now that CD and I are both not smoking, it is much easier. So I slowly would cut those out of my days, one at a time, until I just didn't anymore.

Good for you both, I say. It's good to understand it from the angle of triggers -- it certainly makes it easier to stay on the straight and narrow.