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Originally Posted by TOPEC
if u can go 2-3 days with out smoking and only smoke 3 a day, y the fuck do u even bother smoking? too look n act cool? r u even addicted or know what its like to be addicted? cus going 2-3 days without smoking sure doesnt sound like ur addicted to me...
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lol serious? I'm trying to offer my opinion about quiting and all you do is fail me and try to insult me? To look and act cool was your best assumption? As I said I've been smoking for 14 years, how young do you think I am to still feel the need to "look and act cool" with a cigarette? I smoke alone most of the time, how would anyone even see and feel that I was "being cool"? Why u so mad bro, you nickin out?
Quantity has ranged from 10-15 smokes/day for over 14 years on average before and I've managed to quit for a clean 6 months until I decided that I would smoke again but control the quantity to a minimum. This streak of smoking 2-3/day has lasted for about 18 months now. I think I'm well qualified to at least give my opinion on this matter. Was I addicted before? Hell yes and wouldn't even be able to go without a smoke for more than 2 hours and would chain smoke under stress or while drinking. I cannot say that I am as addicted anymore as I was before and hence have managed to cut down to about 2-3/day just because I enjoy it. It's just like having a whisky or a beer to me. I don't need one, I just enjoy one from time to time.
I'll say it again, quitting isn't hard if you really want to quit. If you don't then no amount of motivation or drugs will help you quit. I know a lot of you on here are trying hard to quit and feel like shit. I've been thru it for 6 months and everything associated with smoking just began to suck. You become extremely agitated and question your motives every minute that you are nicking out. If you're new to quitting, try 3 days without even a puff and see how that feels, for me it was the hardest. That is why I continue to go on and off just to make sure that I don't fall back hard into smoking again. The next stage for me was 10 days, then 30, then after 3 months, I was 100% sure that I didn't need it anymore. Cold turkey. You can blame this or that but the fact is, it's all in your head and you can force it out if you keep believing that you do not
NEED to smoke.
I'm spending my time to write this so I could offer my assistance to those who truly want to quit. Yes you can say i'm a hypocrite because I still smoke, I don't mind because the biggest difference is, I chose to smoke this time and not like 14 years ago when I was young and adventurous. I have a baby son due in less than 2 months and for me, this is more than enough motivation to quit anything. If my opinions are not appreciated then i'll just keep out. I just didn't think I was gonna get failed for genuinely offering help and being honest. But anyways, good luck and hang in there.