By Crusher Go To PostWho here has successfully stopped smoking for real and how did you do it?Nicotine gum and weaned off by having less each day over about 2 weeks.
Never smoked but been around smokers all my life who quit in all kinds of ways. It seems the best way to do it is to avoid social situations for a while right after cessation with other smokers tbh. Quickest way to fall off the cig wagon is being in bar/food service in general or being at bars/parties with enough smokers and feeling that pressure. For others you legit gotta find a replacement for that stress response, stress ball, exercise, just something else.
Got some shitty news about a friends dad passing today.
67 years old, cutting the fucking grass. 😔
They've got a viewing set for Monday already and funeral Tuesday. Very quick turnaround.
[5/9, 20:27] BJ: Kory’s dad passed away.
[5/9, 20:27] BJ: Was cutting the grass. Took a break. His wife found him sitting in a chair with his head back, eyes and mouth open.
[5/9, 20:28] BJ: His routine would be to do the push mower. Take a break. Finish up with the riding lawnmower. When Mrs. Barbara didn’t hear the second mower start up after a while, she went to check on him and found him in a chair not breathing.
67 years old, cutting the fucking grass. 😔
They've got a viewing set for Monday already and funeral Tuesday. Very quick turnaround.
By DY_nasty Go To PostI was two packs a week at one point. Quit cold turkey. My advice is to leave the middle east.
Two packs a week? Casual.
By Pac-2 Go To PostTwo packs a week? Casual.
I was a pack a day reds. Quit cold turkey but like I can get you a toe said, I needed to not be around drinking and social smoking for months.
When I first started smoking, I was doing 20 Marlboros a day within a month. Some days, up to 30.
That lasted for about 18 months. Then I switched to a vape, but never really quit cigarettes. From 2017-2022, I’d still go back to cigs for a few weeks at a time. Generally never more than 10 a day.
I quit once in 2021 for a few months too. Didn’t intend to, but I smoked weed for the first time in about a decade and it had me out of sorts. Just didn’t want to smoke or vape afterwards. If you want to any% speedrun quitting, maybe try that.
In other news: day 3 of having a fucked up sciatica. Pray for Grapes
That lasted for about 18 months. Then I switched to a vape, but never really quit cigarettes. From 2017-2022, I’d still go back to cigs for a few weeks at a time. Generally never more than 10 a day.
I quit once in 2021 for a few months too. Didn’t intend to, but I smoked weed for the first time in about a decade and it had me out of sorts. Just didn’t want to smoke or vape afterwards. If you want to any% speedrun quitting, maybe try that.
In other news: day 3 of having a fucked up sciatica. Pray for Grapes
By Crusher Go To PostWho here has successfully stopped smoking for real and how did you do it?I quit once for 5 years and stupidly picked it back up again.
Then I quit again after 5 years of smoking this Christmas.
It'll basically down to willpower. There's patches or a vape you can use to ease down the addiction but in the end it's all you.
That first week is the hardest, after that, each day it gets a little easier.
By Crusher Go To PostWho here has successfully stopped smoking for real and how did you do it?Smoked for 12 years.. woke up one morning and decided not to have another cigarette. I struggled to quit before but waking up that morning I truly had enough of smoking. Like I was tired of being tired. Sick to my stomach about the addiction. So That was was 14years ago. One of the best decisions I ever made. Funny thing is I didn't have any withdrawals. I had that craving but it was just a passing moment
By blackace Go To Postthe yen rate got me down to like 40 cigars per month
That is insane. I think the most I have smoked in a year is about 40. I would snoke a lot more if it was cheaper and easier to do so.
By DY_nasty Go To PostHelping out with the family and I should not have promised them help
I thought you knew by now
Seemed like you knew
Seems that you didn't
By Perfect Blue Go To PostI snore like a mfer. My wife is going to sleep so much better now too. 👏🏻
My mother complains quite a bit about my father's CPAP device. Loud, cold air blowing in her face, etc
By KimoSan Go To PostGot some shitty news about a friends dad passing today.
67 years old, cutting the fucking grass. 😔
They've got a viewing set for Monday already and funeral Tuesday. Very quick turnaround.
my condolences, kimo. that sucks.
My aunt has gone full wedding planner. Texted me at 3am about straight up nothing. Has everyone running around setting up things trying to stay away from her. Had me buying shit just to return it later and looking for some rare sparkling lemon water. Meanwhile the flowers *never* look quite right.
By Pac-2 Go To PostMy mother complains quite a bit about my father's CPAP device. Loud, cold air blowing in her face, etcHe must have an older device, the ones these days are whisper quiet and make a calming white noise.
Why the fuck do we need 120 plate chargers or food decorations
Why do we think some old ladies can carry two crates
Why do we think some old ladies can carry two crates
People just need to hire event planners instead of living hospitality fantasies. Quite over this entire thing now.
I legit assumed that people who said they wanted help actually wanted help again
I am truly the king of fools
I am truly the king of fools
I gave up smoking by getting a vape but only used 0% nicotine tobacco flavoured juice in it.
That helped with the habit of sticking something in my mouth until eventually I was able to pack it in completely.
Wasn't easy
That helped with the habit of sticking something in my mouth until eventually I was able to pack it in completely.
Wasn't easy
Going back and listening to Kendrick it dawned on me why I hate pedos and rapists so much. No I have never been molested but that second verse on sing about me made me remember something that I was too young to really understand. I used go to an AME church when I was around 11 and even though I hated waking up early I used to like going to Sunday school cause there was this girl I had a crush on, we'd hang out and read together. We went to the same elementary school but never hung out there, we'd wave and smile but by the time it was apparent we liked one another we ended up going to different middle schools so we only saw each other on Sundays. Once I stopped going to Sunday school around 12-13 we never saw each other.
One day my friends and I were walking home from school and stopped into a corner store, on the wall was her picture, a story, donations asked for by our church and an RIP. My stomach sank and my friends were like "oh shit, I heard about her" her boyfriend was 18 or 19, we were 13-14, he had raped and killed her. I had to walk home and act like nothing happened, never talked about it with anyone and just had to hold that L, so outside of them just being scum that's where most of my hatred for pedos and rapists comes from. If I could kill them all myself I would.
One day my friends and I were walking home from school and stopped into a corner store, on the wall was her picture, a story, donations asked for by our church and an RIP. My stomach sank and my friends were like "oh shit, I heard about her" her boyfriend was 18 or 19, we were 13-14, he had raped and killed her. I had to walk home and act like nothing happened, never talked about it with anyone and just had to hold that L, so outside of them just being scum that's where most of my hatred for pedos and rapists comes from. If I could kill them all myself I would.
By diehard Go To PostMy sympathy for those with insomnia just got a lot more real this past week or so.Welcome
By DY_nasty Go To Postonce it gets more common, you get better at noticing the threshold where you're basically insaneonce i start talking like the people i grew up around, i know it's over for me and i need to go find someway to knock myself out. i apparently also just start talking complete non-sense at my partner, too.
By reilo Go To PostPlaying co-op with Kibner:this line right here:
"Not sure if he's drunk or lacking sleep"