Cigarette Smoke
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January 24, 2011 - 5:40 pm
[Posted this in diet, because smoking is the majority of my diet... I dunno if it's the right forum for this or not]
So I've been sitting here chainsmoking and well, it's got me thinking. Does anyone else here have a love/hate relationship with cigarettes?
The last time I tried to quit I used the nicotine patch, and it was almost successful, though it definitely made my energy levels peak. When I started to get manic symptoms, smoking became my crutch again and my almost-successful attempt at quitting became a failure, and now I'm back at over a pack a day.
I also had problems when I was in a moment of crisis, trying to not kill myself by going to a hospital. They told me that once they admit me I can't leave for a smoke for weeks on end, and I ended up leaving and going home to sit with my thoughts and my pack of smokes... They offered me the patch, but I had just failed with the patch at that time... I've been chainsmoking since then, day in, day out. I'm 24, and my really bad respiratory problems make me feel insecure and gross.
Any tips on how to keep to my quitting plans in spite of symptoms, on my next attempt?
So I've been sitting here chainsmoking and well, it's got me thinking. Does anyone else here have a love/hate relationship with cigarettes?
The last time I tried to quit I used the nicotine patch, and it was almost successful, though it definitely made my energy levels peak. When I started to get manic symptoms, smoking became my crutch again and my almost-successful attempt at quitting became a failure, and now I'm back at over a pack a day.
I also had problems when I was in a moment of crisis, trying to not kill myself by going to a hospital. They told me that once they admit me I can't leave for a smoke for weeks on end, and I ended up leaving and going home to sit with my thoughts and my pack of smokes... They offered me the patch, but I had just failed with the patch at that time... I've been chainsmoking since then, day in, day out. I'm 24, and my really bad respiratory problems make me feel insecure and gross.
Any tips on how to keep to my quitting plans in spite of symptoms, on my next attempt?
"And you don't know how you became what you are in the Republic of Doubt." - D. Brooks & G. Verdecchia
[Posted this in diet, because smoking is the majority of my diet... I dunno if it's the right forum for this or not]
So I've been sitting here chainsmoking and well, it's got me thinking. Does anyone else here have a love/hate relationship with cigarettes?
The last time I tried to quit I used the nicotine patch, and it was almost successful, though it definitely made my energy levels peak. When I started to get manic symptoms, smoking became my crutch again and my almost-successful attempt at quitting became a failure, and now I'm back at over a pack a day.
I also had problems when I was in a moment of crisis, trying to not kill myself by going to a hospital. They told me that once they admit me I can't leave for a smoke for weeks on end, and I ended up leaving and going home to sit with my thoughts and my pack of smokes... They offered me the patch, but I had just failed with the patch at that time... I've been chainsmoking since then, day in, day out. I'm 24, and my really bad respiratory problems make me feel insecure and gross.
Any tips on how to keep to my quitting plans in spite of symptoms, on my next attempt?
So I've been sitting here chainsmoking and well, it's got me thinking. Does anyone else here have a love/hate relationship with cigarettes?
The last time I tried to quit I used the nicotine patch, and it was almost successful, though it definitely made my energy levels peak. When I started to get manic symptoms, smoking became my crutch again and my almost-successful attempt at quitting became a failure, and now I'm back at over a pack a day.
I also had problems when I was in a moment of crisis, trying to not kill myself by going to a hospital. They told me that once they admit me I can't leave for a smoke for weeks on end, and I ended up leaving and going home to sit with my thoughts and my pack of smokes... They offered me the patch, but I had just failed with the patch at that time... I've been chainsmoking since then, day in, day out. I'm 24, and my really bad respiratory problems make me feel insecure and gross.
Any tips on how to keep to my quitting plans in spite of symptoms, on my next attempt?
"And you don't know how you became what you are in the Republic of Doubt." - D. Brooks & G. Verdecchia
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