OT: Anyone ever quit tobacco use here?

Quit smoking for two years then started back when I got divorced about three years ago. Planning to stop again next Monday. Went cold turkey, patches and vapo cigs just make me crave it.

I quit smoking for 6 months cold turkey till someone in my family stuck a gun in their mouth.

I'm back smoking again.

As long as you don't have any stessers you should be able to get through it.

Honestly, it depends on how old you are.

I smoked all through college, getting up to as many as 2 packs a day by the time I was a senior. I was not a social smoker, I was a legitimate chain smoker. I also smoked all through graduate school (2 more years) and then quit cold turkey right after graduation.

It was mostly psychological -- I was of the "I'm in college, this is fine" mentality, which then bled into grad school. After that, I didn't have an excuse. I really never had a problem with it and still don't.

Regardless of age, you have to substitute it with something else. I joined a gym and started going every day, which served as a much healthier substitute than some people turn to.

Quit smoking last September by using an ecig. I've lowered the nic content I'm using from 24mg to 6mg. Honestly, it's been pretty easy, once I switched I haven't really wanted a cigarette. Everyone is different, I've talked to some people that still have cravings after 10+ years of being tobacco free and some are fine after 6 months.

Don't get me wrong I was a chain smoker I'm 26 been smoking since I was 16. What I mean by socially was that I'm in the military so seems like I'd smoke come back and a friend was like hey man I'm gonna go smoke, then go back out and smoke again. I think I used to base it a lot to of hey of I get this done I'll go smoke. I've always wanted to quit just don't like the typical going to start or stop something on a date. I just ran out the other day and decided it was time. But again don't want to fail so that's why I've been putting a few pinches of dip in. Pretty motivated to kick it.

You've probably already been told this or know this but at school they recommend to taper and set realistic goals for every 1-2 weeks. See if you can cut down 20% during each time period.

Congrats for already having stopped the actual tobacco.

This July will be 5 years since I quit. Promised my son I would quit and my wife quite the year before. Smoked for 26 years. I had to use Chantex. I still love the smell of smoke but it doesn't trigger my craving for one, strange I know. My toughest part is when I was drinking. Every time I wanted one I would grab another beer. So I would walk around with 2 beers for a while. The habit of smoking was harder to break then the cravings. Best of luck to ya.

Isn't the patch meant to wean you off not replace your intake method?

I'm sure that's what it's meant to do, but you don't want to be around me if I don't have one on.

I tried to quit dipping 6 months ago, quit for about 2 months then right back at it...

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Good Luck!