pmac11
Country Gent
Hey if I can do it...
Quitting tobacco
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JeffreyLeePierre
Country Gent
And wine is good for your heart, too.
Danno
Gretschie
Congrats @Cryin_Caleb_Aaron any progress is worth celebrating 
I'm the same age as you and smoked from age 21-24. Those unfiltered black cigarettes called Cloves were the trendy thing to enjoy at the Goth Club: Club Hell in Providence, RI during my college days. I quit cold turkey but my friends still smoke today. I still drink but not like I used to. 1 beer every Friday and Saturday night vs the 3-6 every night in my 20s. Kids tamed my rockstar lifestyle. I lost my dad 2 years ago to cancer he smoked 16-68 and left us at 73. Hope you live long and have many more guitars to come. Rock On.
I'm the same age as you and smoked from age 21-24. Those unfiltered black cigarettes called Cloves were the trendy thing to enjoy at the Goth Club: Club Hell in Providence, RI during my college days. I quit cold turkey but my friends still smoke today. I still drink but not like I used to. 1 beer every Friday and Saturday night vs the 3-6 every night in my 20s. Kids tamed my rockstar lifestyle. I lost my dad 2 years ago to cancer he smoked 16-68 and left us at 73. Hope you live long and have many more guitars to come. Rock On.
Bertotti
Gretschified
I have a shop manager who has had multiple bypass surgery and now can hardly breath. Smokes like a freight engine and was in the er last week because he couldn’t breathe. Younger than I am he is only 56.
Cigarettes are a constant stream of Dopamine hits. Like many addictive behaviors, each dopamine hit reduces the number of dopamine receptors. With time, the dopamine receptors return to their previous levels (prior to acquiring the habit), but once that happens, the physical aspects of the addiction are no longer in play, unless you return to the habit. If you go back to the habit, the dopamine receptor problem will return, and you are back to square one, so progress is worth preserving.
A lot has been learned about addiction in the last couple of decades. Amazingly, addictions seem to have a lot in common, including addictions to things like gambling, video games and pornography, all amount to a stimulating behavior and a reduction of dopamine receptors, which builds a cycle of desensitization. Breaking that cycle takes time, but the good news is that there are physical reasons that things will improve, as the dopamine receptors slowly increase.
A lot has been learned about addiction in the last couple of decades. Amazingly, addictions seem to have a lot in common, including addictions to things like gambling, video games and pornography, all amount to a stimulating behavior and a reduction of dopamine receptors, which builds a cycle of desensitization. Breaking that cycle takes time, but the good news is that there are physical reasons that things will improve, as the dopamine receptors slowly increase.
S Macp
Country Gent
Late to the party, but a big factor in helping me finally quit (in 2008, after 30 years) was the support and encouragement of others: so, good on you, and more strength to you. It's not easy, but it's not impossible 
In the early seventies when there were first scientific reports of smoking causing cancer, my dad quitted from one day to the other.
He never talked about quitting this aprupt caused him any problems.
During my stays in hospital I stopped smoking and it didn`t hurt.
But when leaving the hospital one of the first things I did was lighting up a nice cigarillo.
As per now I still enjoy it and don`t want to stop , yet.
When I found me to be to fat I lost more than 25 kg and I managed to keep my weight to this day.
When I found that I drank too much alcohol I quitted it completely and kept sober to this day.
I never did drugs anyway.
My super-athlete son has more problems with his health than I have at this point of time.
So leave me this one guilty pleasure until I finally feel bad about it.
He never talked about quitting this aprupt caused him any problems.
During my stays in hospital I stopped smoking and it didn`t hurt.
But when leaving the hospital one of the first things I did was lighting up a nice cigarillo.
As per now I still enjoy it and don`t want to stop , yet.
When I found me to be to fat I lost more than 25 kg and I managed to keep my weight to this day.
When I found that I drank too much alcohol I quitted it completely and kept sober to this day.
I never did drugs anyway.
My super-athlete son has more problems with his health than I have at this point of time.
So leave me this one guilty pleasure until I finally feel bad about it.
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I attend AA meetings as often as I can.
Is there a help group for smokers?
Seriously, nicotine is one of the hardest substances to be finished with.
I am sober today. Of course, I don’t want to drink ever again, but all I have is right now. Talking about things with others who struggle really helps.
Is there a help group for smokers?
Seriously, nicotine is one of the hardest substances to be finished with.
I am sober today. Of course, I don’t want to drink ever again, but all I have is right now. Talking about things with others who struggle really helps.
I’m a member of that club as well. For almost 13 years.I attend AA meetings as often as I can.
Is there a help group for smokers?
Seriously, nicotine is one of the hardest substances to be finished with.
I am sober today. Of course, I don’t want to drink ever again, but all I have is right now. Talking about things with others who struggle really helps.
cielski
I Bleed Orange
I grew up in the era where everyone smoked. I'm sort of surprised that there weren't ashtrays in the church pews. I should've quit during basic training. We couldn't smoke for the first two weeks. Then, one day while on a march, the sergeant called out, "Light 'em if you've got 'em!"
Massive nicotine buzz from two week old smokes. It was like a bonus , an honor, a reward, a right of passage. Had I known then...
It was far easier to quit drinking.
Massive nicotine buzz from two week old smokes. It was like a bonus , an honor, a reward, a right of passage. Had I known then...
It was far easier to quit drinking.
I smoked for about 15yrs on and off, about 2 packs a week. I’d only smoke half too, wasting half of it, and I can’t smoke without a coffee or bourbon. A cigarette and coffee in the morning was great, caffeine and nicotine sure wake you up. I just stopped having one with coffee and it broke the cycle. After seeing workmates getting angry cause their lighter didn’t work and cursing cause they “need a cigarette” made me realise how bad it can get. I was lucky as I could just go off it. I still have the odd one with a coffee in winter but I’ll never be taking it up full on again. Here in Oz they’re so expensive, $450 for 200 cigarettes??? Rich man’s game here.
