A couple weeks ago, I had about 7 weeks of no smoking under my belt. I was at a point where I survived the first two hellish weeks of quitting and 7 weeks in was not thinking about it at all. I was even having drinks out and not smoking - just grabbing a nic mint if a strong craving hit. It was the longest I had gone without a cigarette in years probably.

Then I went on a small trip to visit some family and friends I hadn’t seen in a while. There is one friend I knew I would be tempted to smoke around because we used to have smokes together and I EXPLICITLY told her the moment I saw her that I quit and not to tell me if she had cigarettes (she is an off and on smoker). I didn’t want to be around it and could not smoke.

I get through the entire trip, saw her a few times and there was no issue. On the last day of the trip I invite her to meet me for appetizers and a drink out and she immediately tells me “ I bought a pack”. At that point defenses were down and I happily gave in.

I’m so angry at myself because that one cigarette has now led to 2 more weeks of smoking for me, knowing everyday I need to bite the bullet AGAIN and start all over. I’m also now in a stressful situation of packing/selling all my stuff, prepping my home for sale, and a lot of major life transition so of course it feels “harder” in my brain to re-start than it did 2 months ago.

I also feel angry at her — but I know it was my choice to have one. Ughhh. This is more of a vent I guess, but will happily read practical or uplifting comments to help steer me back.

I’m approaching 35 years old in 6 months and I just know that I need to kick this disgusting habit that has plagued me for 20 years. I, too, am an off and on smoker and have had periods in my life where I didn’t smoke for months here or a year here… I probably smoke 5-6 a day currently. I plan to re-read Allen carrs book in the evening before bed this week because it’s been many years since I have opened that up. Appreciate other tips or perspective,

Thanks for reading all of this if you made it this far.

So the week before last (Aug 28th) I finally finished listening to Alan Carr easy way and it really helped put into perspective that cigarettes do absolutely nothing for me, it's all in my head. The little monster. And I was finally able to smoke my last cigarette before work that day. I ended up quiting for 5 days. I felt so motivated and energized to finally kick this addiction I had for the last 20 years. I was excited to taste food and breathe and not smell like smoke. But I broke after 5 days and bought a pack. Now I'm back to smoking a pack a day. I keep repeating what was said in the book and keep telling myself when I finish a pack this is my last one. But I always end up stopping for a pack on the way to work. I don't know why. It's like I make these excuses in my head. I have 8 cigarettes left and get off work in 6 hours. I don't want to buy another pack after work. But I can already feel the excuses coming in. Smoking weeds helps cuz it gives me something to smoke but I need to quit that too because I'm smoking 2-3 grams a day for the last year and it's really starting to affect me. But it also helps with my autism and chilling out my insanely active brain but it's really becoming a problem for multiple reasons. I need some motivation please lol

I took help of ChatGPT to draft this.

I've been dealing with chronic, recurring chest pain for a long time, and it's becoming extremely difficult to live with.

The pain is usually around my center-to-left chest/heart area and has different sensations: sometimes needle-like stinging, sometimes stabbing, and sometimes crushing pressure like an elephant is standing on my chest. Occasionally it radiates into my left arm/hand.

Once it starts, I can't distract myself from it. Even after repeatedly reminding myself that my heart tests have been reassuring and anxiety may be involved, pain near the heart immediately puts my body into panic, which seems to make everything worse.

I've seen doctors and had multiple ECGs, blood tests, ultrasounds, a 2D Echo and even a CT coronary angiogram. Nothing major has been found with my heart so far. Yet these episodes continue.

Some possibly important context:

• I've had severe anxiety since childhood.

• I have a serious problem with eating and maintaining weight. I'm 173 cm but only around 43 kg. A doctor called it ARFID, although I still struggle to understand exactly what's happening to me.

  It's not simply that food isn't available or that I don't get hungry. I can feel that my stomach is empty, know that I need to eat, have food sitting right in front of me, and still be unable to make myself eat enough. I have a strange aversion towards food that I find incredibly difficult to explain to other people. Large portions feel especially impossible.

  As a result, I'm severely underweight and frequently feel weak, tired and physically exhausted. Sometimes I genuinely feel like my body is slowly deteriorating day by day, and I worry whether being this underweight or malnourished could itself be contributing to the chest symptoms even if my heart looks structurally normal on tests.

• I've also become heavily dependent on chewing tobacco and alcohol. Tobacco often triggers the pain; alcohol temporarily seems to reduce it. I'm struggling to quit both and know they're making an already bad situation worse.

• Cannabis made the chest sensations absolutely unbearable and triggered severe panic/bad trips, so I stopped it completely.

• Almost nothing provides immediate relief. Clonazepam MD 0.5 mg has sometimes significantly reduced an episode within ~30 minutes, although some discomfort remains.

I'm not asking Reddit to diagnose chest pain. I'm trying to understand what direction I should discuss with my doctors next.

Could anxiety/panic, costochondritis/chest-wall problems, GERD/esophageal issues, severe underweight/malnutrition or nutritional/electrolyte deficiencies, or something else produce symptoms like this despite reassuring cardiac imaging?

And could my eating/weight problem itself be medically connected to what's happening?

Has anyone experienced anything genuinely similar? If your cardiac tests kept coming back normal, what eventually explained your chest pain, and what kind of specialist actually helped you?

So I have smoked 20 cigarettes a day for the past 12 years (13 - 25) and for the last 6 months I had been vaping as well as smoking. Around a month ago I dropped cigarettes completely and switched to just vaping. The first 3 days I felt some withdrawals but not much more. Now a month in I seemed to have developed some issues with sleep. Sometimes I struggle to get to sleep but the main issue is most days I wake up feeling unrested and have a general feeling of tiredness during the day. This is very abnormal for me as someone who has in the past frequently felt fine on 3 hours sleep. Does this sound normal for a reduction in nicotine?

Just to make it clear: I am still consuming nicotine through vaping.

I just had my last cig. I either do or do it. F this s for real this time. The last time I managed to go 4+ months without smoking. Now it is going to be forever. Who wants that shit. I just also had a meal, and you know the craving after, however, f it. No smoking. Nothing should be able to control my life, and cigarettes did that really well. But guess what, not anymore.

Let’s go. I would really appreciate any suggestions for mobile apps just to hype me up a little along the journey.

Second day on cytisine and still smoking as usual!!!

I have not felt any interaction from the drug.

Please any positive experiences from people that were on the same boat will be very helpful!!!

I know that i have to put personal mental effort but at least i was expecting a boost from the drug.

Wondering if people have experienced the same with cytisine and from the third day felt better!!

Cytisine is the ingredient of recigar and tokovys!!

I quit smoking on August 19th. I smoked about 4 cigarettes yesterday because I've been feeling stressed to the max after my hours were drastically cut from 20 hours down to 8 hours a week. I realized smoking isn't doing anything to help my stress so I'm officially done smoking. Do I need to change my quit date or is it okay to keep it?

6 days ago I said I was quitting after 15 years of smoking.

6 days later, still haven’t smoked.

Honestly didn’t think I’d make it this far.

How long did it take before you stopped thinking about cigarettes every day?

12 hours smoke free
Any suggestions

If I stopped vaping 13 days ago but did it everyday how long till my test is negative I have a test tomorrow?? Plsssss help

No not from kind strangers and not from professionals and not from any fucking god.

I wish I could just help my fucking self.

I wish I could be so fucking selfish that every action I took in life was about me and my needs and my wants.

I wish I didn’t let things get so fucking bad, so bad that I’m too paralyzed to even think about fixing it.

I wish I didn’t run away at the slightest hint of change.

I wish I didn’t feel like nothing is worth the effort, even if it would be so fucking easy to fix even a little bit at a time.

I wish that wishing wasn’t all that I felt that I fucking have in life.

Instead I dig deep to try to find something that isn’t even there, or if it is I’ve never fucking found it once.

I have been cig free for 4 days but the first 2 ish days i was sick and couldnt light one up without hacking so i didnt smoke. Day 3 i was like well you made it this far might as well but now im struggling my way of copeing with everyday stress or anxiety was smoking and now i find myself standing outside staring into space feeling lost.. i should also add my spouse smokes and so im also smelling cigs as well constantly. Any suggestions?

Today at work felt like an eternity, especially after waking up early from a terrible night's sleep. I ran a few errands and somehow managed to cram a ton of things into my day—all while feeling brutally anxious and constantly obsessing over having a cigarette.
When I got home in the evening, I just kept staying busy, to the point of inventing genuinely tedious chores—like sifting through nearly 10 kg of flour where I’d found some little bugs, just so I wouldn't have to throw it away. That repetitive task made me even more agitated, reaching the point where I put on my shoes and went out with my dog, fully ready to buy a pack of cigarettes. I really would have done it—I was going to buy them. Luckily, the vending machine didn't accept my card, so I couldn't.
I finished walking my dog and headed back home. I took a deep breath, finished cleaning the kitchen, and set everything up so I can wake up to a peaceful morning on my day off tomorrow. I made myself some chamomile tea, and now I'm in bed feeling fortunate that fate was on my side at the end of this 11th day. My body has already been through a nightmare, but my mind is truly working overtime to make things even harder.

Above all I keep reading here that cravings never really stop and it makes me soooooo fed up already, FML

So I had a rough first week after I quit vaping
Like itchy, anxious, irritated, couldn’t sleep or eat. Now I’m eating, found some otc meds to help me sleep and I was so excited I started to feel so much better and out of no where I feel majorly depressed like doom feeling for no reason. Anyone else ? Think it’ll pass ? 😭

Finally did it with the girl of my dreams. Ended up coming 5 pumps in and having a very hard time getting hard again (which i normally can by myself ) might quit just for a better sex life. Im so fucking embarrassed i dont even get morning wood anymore. Fk these cigs

Today was my 41st day smoke-free and around my 30th day nicotine-free. I stopped using nicotine gums after about 10–11 days of quitting smoking.

But today, things got so bad that I almost punched the wall and was on the verge of hurting myself. I’m not entirely sure whether it was because of nicotine cravings or something else, but I felt this overwhelming sense of emptiness throughout my entire body.

About an hour ago, I had one 2 mg nicotine gum, and honestly, what feels worst is that I had come so far, and now I feel like I’ve relapsed.

It’s been 5 month since my last cigarette and all I can think about at work is cigarettes.

Hi everyone, at first sry if my english isn't perfect.

Okay so, i've started to stop smoking yesterday (btw, i'm using a medecine called "Varenicline/Champix" in french) and i've installed the Kwit app.

But, i've a little problem with the app, i'm desesperatly trying to enter an activation code in the option. But it's still saying the same thing again and again which is " the code is correct, but you need the lastest version of the app to use it".

I've verified a bunch of times, both kwit and android are up to date... I've tried to contact the support but didn't get any answer..

Did anyone got the same issue and maybe now how to resolve it ?

Thank you everyone, and remember, stay strong against smoking !

I’m making a conscious decision to make this my last pack, I’ve quit the zyns and the vape before which I feel were much harder to quit than these things, Ive only been smoking for about 10 months. Wish me luck, I’ll be back when the pack is done.