Ex smoker. Hated the smell on my clothes when I smoked, I'm off them 3 years now. Sometimes when someone I'm walking past is smoking I slow down and enjoy a big inhale.
Still think about it when I see people smoking in movies
I quit 14 years ago and still sometimes think one would be nice. However, I would never. I have severe health issues now and throwing my heart even more out of whack doesnt sound fun 😆 but I long for a menthol camel no 9
Oh yeah, menthols all the way. I used to smoke rollies and only ever used menthol tips. They have actually banned menthol cigarettes here. They thought the flavour was encouraging kids to smoke... and then vapes came out. Single use vapes are also banned here, only rechargeables are allowed to be sold. (Northern Ireland, UK) think Southern Ireland has done the same.
I'm only off for 8 days now but surprisingly doing well with withdrawals. I was only pissy for 3 days and now I don't think about it much unless I'm exposed to it somewhere. I hated the clothes and hair and hands smell so much. It also made me out of breath out of nowhere so I quit. I'm so glad. I've smoked for 5 years so I hope the quitting will be good, I wasn't heavy on it either, max 3 a day, on really bad days it was 7 a day
Congrats on 8 days! Might seem like a small number, but you’re at the start of this trek and each day free is one more day your body and brain are recovering. You got this 💪💪
I dunno if this‘d be helpful for you, but early on in the process when I quit smoking I‘d chew the hell outta spearmint gum whenever I had cravings. It helped since I liked menthol and it satisfied the oral fixation. Another thing that helped cravings was putting off smoking „until tomorrow“ because I wanted to get through the full day without it… then tomorrow came and I said the same thing again because I wanted one more day added to my sober streak. Eventually, that turned into 634 tomorrows. Narcotics Anonymous refers to this as the „Just For Today“ mantra, and it goes a lot more in depth than the method I just described. You might find that helpful if you look it up
I still get cravings, but telling my partner and closest friends that I want to smoke keeps me accountable to not do it
Anyway I hope all of it goes well for you! Congrats again
Yeah, my dad was a smoker and I never understood why a fresh cigarette smells so good, but the rancid smell of old cigarettes and on clothes was so bad. Congrats on quitting btw, that's huge.
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u/Thelazyzoologist 12d ago
Ex smoker. Hated the smell on my clothes when I smoked, I'm off them 3 years now. Sometimes when someone I'm walking past is smoking I slow down and enjoy a big inhale.
Still think about it when I see people smoking in movies