Good, I didn't think so. It's the smoke that blackens the lungs. I'm going to quit smoking now. I'm actually starting to feel pretty stoked about it now, I'll probably soon be able to breathe easier than I've been able to in months. And risk of stroke goes down too if you quit smoking, doesn't it
Yes it does.
BTW, use that motivation to start a solid quit.
I would say the best time to quit is when you will have at least two or three days to suffer in peace, like say at the start of the weekend. That way you do not have people at work pissing you off and making you want to light up.
The point is, try to plan for a day when you can get your heels firmly planted to get the best start.
ALSO, toss out any tobacco as to avoid temptation. Now me, honestly, if I had cigarettes laying around I would smoke. I bought s pack a week ago and smoked a few but had my room mate destroy the remaining ones cause I simply cannot resist smoking if there are any available.
I unfortunately am still battling trying to quit smoking. I did say over a week ago that I made it 24 hours but I then gave in because I still was feeling rough, I know I shouldn't have but it's hard.
I see your point about how it may be harder to quit during the week due to work stress, but I've also had weekend stress last week when a member of my family was starting an argument with me and I then gave in and bought some more smokes due to the stress of that, and that was on Saturday. Also, and I probably shouldn't use this as an excuse, but I still let it get in my way: I feel that the weekend is an important time to unwind from the stresses of the week, but, aside from my family stirring me up last weekend, I've also noticed the point of when I'm spending an entire weekend feeling agitated and crappy from nicotine withdrawal, I'm wasting my chance to unwind. However, it's also hard during the week due to work stress. This is kind of a catch-22. I'm having no unwinding days this way.
But, I do need to think of some way to break out of the catch-22, and I guess this would be the only way: I simply just toss one weekend of my life away and endure the nicotine withdrawal, and I'll just basically have about a 12 consecutive day period where I have no days to unwind, it'll be 5 days work stress, 2 days withdrawal stress, 5 days work stress, before I next have a weekend I can relax a little more. But even though I'm finding the thought of this hard to do, I'm going to have to do it. I mean, what are 12 days out of your life in the whole scheme of things?
you could quit during the week but added stress at work won't help.
There osn't always an easy time to quit but it is god to have some kind of target.
I think most of us have tried quitting on a whim and that seldom works.
Questions for my fellow smokers, nicotine gum?
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Getting addicted to the nicotine gum though, at least you'd no longer be messing up your lungs and blackening your lungs, would you?
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No. Gum has no effect on your lungs.
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Good, I didn't think so. It's the smoke that blackens the lungs. I'm going to quit smoking now. I'm actually starting to feel pretty stoked about it now, I'll probably soon be able to breathe easier than I've been able to in months. And risk of stroke goes down too if you quit smoking, doesn't it
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Yes it does.
BTW, use that motivation to start a solid quit.
I would say the best time to quit is when you will have at least two or three days to suffer in peace, like say at the start of the weekend. That way you do not have people at work pissing you off and making you want to light up.
The point is, try to plan for a day when you can get your heels firmly planted to get the best start.
ALSO, toss out any tobacco as to avoid temptation. Now me, honestly, if I had cigarettes laying around I would smoke. I bought s pack a week ago and smoked a few but had my room mate destroy the remaining ones cause I simply cannot resist smoking if there are any available.
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I unfortunately am still battling trying to quit smoking. I did say over a week ago that I made it 24 hours but I then gave in because I still was feeling rough, I know I shouldn't have but it's hard.
I see your point about how it may be harder to quit during the week due to work stress, but I've also had weekend stress last week when a member of my family was starting an argument with me and I then gave in and bought some more smokes due to the stress of that, and that was on Saturday. Also, and I probably shouldn't use this as an excuse, but I still let it get in my way: I feel that the weekend is an important time to unwind from the stresses of the week, but, aside from my family stirring me up last weekend, I've also noticed the point of when I'm spending an entire weekend feeling agitated and crappy from nicotine withdrawal, I'm wasting my chance to unwind. However, it's also hard during the week due to work stress. This is kind of a catch-22. I'm having no unwinding days this way.
But, I do need to think of some way to break out of the catch-22, and I guess this would be the only way: I simply just toss one weekend of my life away and endure the nicotine withdrawal, and I'll just basically have about a 12 consecutive day period where I have no days to unwind, it'll be 5 days work stress, 2 days withdrawal stress, 5 days work stress, before I next have a weekend I can relax a little more. But even though I'm finding the thought of this hard to do, I'm going to have to do it. I mean, what are 12 days out of your life in the whole scheme of things?
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you could quit during the week but added stress at work won't help.
There osn't always an easy time to quit but it is god to have some kind of target.
I think most of us have tried quitting on a whim and that seldom works.