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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
If I were you, I totally wouldn't bother with substitutes - like nicorette. Just go cold turkey. Using substitutes is essential for alcohol or heroin withdrawal but absolutely inessential for nicotine. Not only for the reason that nicotine withdrawal is nowhere as difficult as is claimed, but also, what possible common sense is there in replacing nicotine with a nicotine substitute? With illegal drugs and alcohol withdrawal, they give the addict a subby that is NOT the thing they're addicted to but something similar (like Methadone for heroin addicts) - the idea being, they take the substitute for a week or two, withdraw from the drugs and then stop taking the substitute and be clean (because it's the drug they're hooked on - not the substitute). Using nicotine to withdraw from nicotine addiction is the stupidest thing and so unnecessary given how much of a doddle quitting smoking is.
I can't resist cigs when I'm out drinking (and no - that's not every day, not even close  ) and my body has gotten used to that now. During the week, at work, after meals, etc, I simply do not crave a cigarette and I started smoking when I was 14.
Don't be a wimp. Don't use subbies. Subbies are for people who are addicted to things where withdrawal is a living hell that has been known to make people take their own lives. Alcohol withdrawal can and does kill (in extreme cases). Remember - nicotine is a harmful drug, it narrows the arteries. Nicorette is much better than smoking of course, but still, it's not healthy. If you're deadly serious about quitting, you need to go cold turkey and go through a week of mild irritation - after that you'll be all right.
And no - 'one cig and you're hooked again' is false, Jizzo. It takes time (but much less time than it took to get hooked the first time). What having one cig does is set a precedent, but you can get away with the occasional cig if you fancy. |
ditto. (except the bit about starting at 14) |
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rubric
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
Location: Pongdongfongyong
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Yes it's difficult, but the hardest part for me was the process of getting ready to quit. It took several trial runs before I got properly motivated to stop.
With me the nicotine replacement worked to get me off the inhalation method of recieving nicotine, because smokers are essentially nicotine junkies. When I stopped I flooded my system with nicotine from patches and gum together. I felt a bit sick at times as I was probably getting more nictotine than when I was smoking, but it got me through the first few months.
The nice, relaxed feeling smokers get from lighting up is mostly the ending of nicotine cravings. Nicotine is absorbed by the body very quickly and it is dissipated from the bloodstream quickly as well. That's why most real smokers need to light up at least every hour or they will begin to experience withdrawal.
BUT, and this is the part that I always found difficult to understand, if that is so, why did I always manage to get 8 hours sleep? I didn't have to wake up every hour through the night to light up. However, I always smoked in the first half hour of being awake.
A guy named Allan Carr wrote a book that helped to answer all of these 'but my case is different' questions. He has helped lots of people to stop smoking and recommends that you don't stop smoking while reading his book "Allan Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking". Even though he recommends going cold turkey ( and I used nic replacement), I got a lot from the book and think it made the difference for me in my battle with the smoker's brainwashing that I have experienced most of my smoking life.
Look for the book and his website
http://www.theeasywaytostopsmoking.com/ |
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