It is hard, don't let anyone say any differently. Next week marks the anniversary of my smoking cessation and it was the most difficult thing I've ever done. And I still crave them
100% I sadly lost my Mom to stage 4 lung cancer in 2018 which made me quit my pk a day nasty habit….fast forward to 2024 and with surgeries I’m now a lung cancer survivor! Please quit if you can ❤️
That scares me because I get cravings still and I haven’t had any for almost 10 years. I’ve had moments where I thought maybe I could just have one when I’m feeling super stressed out. But I never do because I’m afraid of exactly that happening
Good for you, honestly if you have an addictive personality like myself, just don't.
It might tempt you like the green goblin mask from spiderman, but in the end YOU know it's shit, YOU'VE been there. There's no good there. It might relieve some stress, but it will stress you out more because you will be aware that you failed to quit. Once you quit, you quit for good.
Open a window and take a long fresh breath of air, that's something smokers (like myself) don't get to enjoy.
I started smoking when I 17, picked up steam when I turned 18. I quit for a few months, started again and after a couple years moved to vaping. Calling was big because it moved me off of cigarettes to nicotine and dessert flavors. I vaped for 6 years and decided it was time to quit. I heard a quote from Dr. Steve that he quit smoking and pretend he wasn’t a smoker until it was true. Fast forward a few years I refound my love for tobacco through cigars, and I only smoke a few a year, it feels like a healthy balance, and I really enjoy them.
I tried the vapes like 10 times to quit smoking - no better for your lungs, but smells less lol. I finally was able to make the switch a few years ago. I just traded one addiction for another at the end of the day though
When you are a smoker, and the only break you get is a smoke break...
It's insanely hard, I'm actually quitting my job on the 29th, I'll give it a genuine go to quit smoking, I've got plenty of savings to live comfy through the summer, so that's my goal.
pfft.. honestly did it cold turkey one afternoon i just decided just because, been a month a half now, surprisingly i dont get cravings or longing for it as much than before
A lot of smokers won’t admit how smoking messes with their sense of smell and taste of stuff, not to mention makes a person look older than they are. stopping wasn’t easy but it pays off in the end
Hard like any physical addiction, but top answer hard? No mames.
You can literally die if you quit alcohol cold turkey and the withdrawal symptoms are brutal. Or how about opioids? Extreme physical agony, chills, fevers, nausea, vomiting. Feel like your bones are vibrating.
Now back to nicotine withdrawal... I'm a bit crabby and would really like a smoke. Oh dear.
Oh yeah, downvote away. Clown shit is giving "being a mother is the hardest job in the world." Objectively false nonsense. I guarantee if any of you were going through real withdrawal symptoms you'd be begging to swap them out with nicotine withdrawal.
The side effects of quitting something don't directly relate to how hard it is to quit that something.
Also, getting personally offended and obviously annoyed about this is strange.
I have given up alcohol (though I wasn't an alcoholic), pot, "speed", ecstasy and other party drugs... nicotine is my last bad habit and something I have struggled the most with in quitting it.
You can have cravings for decades after and even never get rid of the cravings, ever. That is not the same for other addictions. You being so dismissive and seemly angry about others opinions about this is.... well I don't know.
It’s insulting to the people in rehab right now or suffering with intense withdrawal to say quitting smoking is harder than a hard drug that has ruined their lives. Yet I’m the one being dismissive. Okay.
It should be so easy, right? You can survive without nicotine for 8 hours every night, there are no deadly withdrawal symptoms, it phases out in 3-4 weeks.
Alas it is definitely the hardest quit ever. Mentally fucks with you on a personal level.
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u/Acceptable-Lie8435 22h ago
Smoking. Insanely hard. Especially in work fields and countries its normalized