For me quitting smoking was a piece of cake. I smoked about a half pack to a pack a day for ten years plus. I did it ct and never had cravings. I guess we are all different because I think the opiates are the toughest to get off of. I've been trying for 6 months(bymyself) and i am stuggling big time. I'm not giving up though I will eventually succeed.
Toughinit.
Oh yea, that's tough when the BF smokes.... I hate that, and as a rule of thumb, I don’t like to date smokers!!!! Yep, it’s social, its legal, but its poison!!! It is a killer. Keep it up girrrrrl. oh yea, I dated smoker for 1 year, and right before we broke up I asked him for a puff of his cig., i made him smoke outside of my house, after that puff, I started smoking for 2 years again.... so, now I got another year! Be careful!
i think nicotine can be tougher for many..it was for me..it is socially/well somewhat/socially acceptable and u r not breaking the law....and it hits so many more receptors/nicotine does/that it is now wonder it is a bear to quit! i lost my taste for caffeine after narc detox??? used to drink coffee every morning and one day i just lost the taste for it....lately i have been drinking a cup with my boyfriend in the mornig when he stays over..but i rarely finsih a cup...he smokes tho,,,bad thing for me....i can not nag him into quitting but it would be better for me if he did i think
Yea 4 U!! 14 days is Excellent. It is very hard…. I had 1 year of not smoking on June 11th, and I had been on oxys the entire time, but still managed to not smoke. When I quit smoking I started with the nicoderm patch, then chantrix then finally the gum for the last 6 months…. Sadly, I’m still on the gum. You are correct it is so hard to do. Also, I got this book called “If only I could quit” about nicotine addiction, I saw in on amazon *******, super cheap, I ate healthy, use to exercise, did not hang around smokers, and I was determined to do it.
I hope I will be as successful in giving up oxycontin. It’s day 8 w/o any oxys and i had strong cravings today, I should use the same determination as I did for smoking.
Anyway, I’m proud of you and the “one day at time” worked really well 4 me too. Oh yea, I also told myself I could smoke in 1 year from my quit day, but of course I didn’t smoke. Keep up the great work and your self esteem will escalate and you won’t want to blow it.
Congrats on kicking this!!! I need to do this one of these days too. Smokes are getting so expensive..........sara
I stopped the smokes about 3 1/2 wks ago after being opiate free now for
5 months. For the first several months I refused to stop smoking because I felt like it was the only thing I had left that made me feel somewhat normal. As time went on, they started tasting worse and worse as my senses came back. Slowly I just smoked less and less and finally stopped. It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. More
of a crutch to me to give me something to do with my hands. Now if I could just get over the Sub/Opiate issues of fatigue and dealing with the pain, I would be good. Oh well, life goes on. Better try to enjoy it while we can. Congrats on you 2 wks off the smokes. Keep it up.