Thread: Tobacco Cessation

I guess iron will and dedication is the only way. I quit for a long time but started back smoking recently. If I figure something out, I'll let you know. Do me the same favor.

My cousin was prescribed wellbutrin for it and it seemed to work for him as long as he took it but I checked out some of the sides and it didn't look too good. But it may be my only option.

Isn't there a drug that you can take that makes cigarettes taste like shit? You might give that a try. Good ol' aversion therapy.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Isn't there a drug that you can take that makes cigarettes taste like shit? You might give that a try. Good ol' aversion therapy.

Or you could literally dip them in shit, would be cheaper. If conditioning is the route then I guess I could hit myself in the balls every time I chew and eventually I would associate nicotine with pain.

I think a tablet is better than either of those methods.

Originally Posted by DOMS

I think a tablet is better than either of those methods.

I'm a poor college student and if it's anything like other stop smoking aids it'll cost me one of my balls anyway.

I would take Chantix, but my problem isn't a nicotine addiction. My problem is anxiety and having something to do with my hands when I am around people to help with the anxiety.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I would take Chantix, but my problem isn't a nicotine addiction. My problem is anxiety and having something to do with my hands when I am around people to help with the anxiety.

That's my biggest problem. I chew cause I'm bored or cause I'm stressed, and I'm stressed pretty much the majority of the day. I can go days without nicotine if things are goin good and I'm busy.

I've heard good things about Chantix, but some of the sides are harsh. Hallucinations and euphoria are pretty disturbing sides for a drug like that. I knew a girl who took it, did the whole quitting plan and felt weird the whole time she was on it. She spoke to her doc and her to doc told her that she should probably stop because people have been known to have psychotic episodes on that stuff.

Wellbutrin i heard helps as well, don't know much about it. Wouldn't really want to start taking SSRI's to quit nicotine though, thats just a personal preference.

I've been battling this for a long time myself. I'm very much on and off but think i have it beat. My key was a personal decision and recognition that the craving cannot control my behavior. I know its bad for me and i don't want to do it anymore, so i can't let a feeling control what i do and how i live my life.

A trick that has helped me while i'm around my friends and girlfriend (they all smoke) is to eat sunflower seeds. If not that i'm constantly munching on something, i just make sure its fairly natural and healthy. Peanuts, trail mix, sunflower seeds, pistachio's etc. I'm very much like KelJu in that its not the nicotine that has me addicted, its the act of smoking that i enjoy tremendously. Munching on stuff helps me satisfy that urge (oral fixation according to Freud...that weirdo).

Originally Posted by Yanick

Hallucinations and euphoria are pretty disturbing sides for a drug like that.

Some people will pay good money to get drugs that do that.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Some people will pay good money to get drugs that do that.

'Tis true. When the girl stopped i asked her if she minded giving me the rest of the bottle. She asked if i wanted to stop and i said, "No, just looking for a buzz."

Seriously though the psychotic episodes thing scares me. My mental health is unstable enough as it is. I liken it to that old school game with the block towers, where you need to pull out blocks until the whole thing falls. I think it was called Jenga or something similar.

My mother quit smoking after 20 years cold turkey and never picked another one up. Even 10 years later she would say how much she wanted a cig at times. Unfortunately you never get over the cravings, it's just something you have to work through.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Isn't there a drug that you can take that makes cigarettes taste like shit?

Dont they already???

Dedication and will power work best Were creature sof habit. Most often, the habit of smoking itself is harder to get rid of than the actual addiction, which fades rather quickly (Im NOT saying its easy).

I wish I was quitting nowadays...Back when I dide, you could still smoke everywhere...Now U cant smoke in ur car, in buildings, bars, restaurants, etc. Much easier.

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