any piece of advice is welcome

P.S. Thanks to all the people that have taken their time to help me (and not just me, but others as well). It is much appreciated, and, from what I‘ve read, the „cold turkey“ method seems the most appealing to me. I‘ll quit smoking today, on the 7th of November 2024.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    3·
    14 天前

    One day at a time. Every time you want a cigarette but don’t give in, you have built strength. Use that strength to better resist the next urge. Really internalize that what you are doing is strong and powerful. Each victory accumulates and supports those to come.

  • kbal@fedia.io
    2·
    16 天前

    Get yourself a good nicotine vape rig. The kind that has a big tank so it’ll last all day and you can use whichever flavoured vape liquid you like best. Switch to that 100% of the time, right away, no exceptions. Don’t worry about how to quit vaping until you’ve gone without smoking for at least a few months.

    It’ll be hard, but not nearly as bad as it is if you try to quit both smoking and nicotine at the same time.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    2·
    16 天前

    I used chantix back in the day, but it also required me basically not leaving the house for a month to really get there. When and where I quit for the first time (I would later start dating a smoker and relapse, then quit again), smoking was still allowed indoors and I had a huge association with drinking and smoking. Same for certain other places and situations. I basically had to do everything I could to avoid those. It got easier with time.

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
    1·
    16 天前

    Nicotine patches. It gives your brain what it wants with little to no adverse effects

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 天前

      The problem with patches is you don’t satisfy the oral aspect of the habit so you may need to chew gum or sunflower seeds to replace the act of smoking.

      Nicotine gum or pouches may seem like a simpler option, but you can up your dose frequency too much to be able to ween off effectively if you do not have the willpower to keep to a plan.

      Gum and patch also means you can not use a patch after a while and mindfuck your reptile brain into thinking the gum is what it wanted and not the nicotine patch.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    16 天前

    Just stop doing it. You won’t quit until you really want to stop, and then it’s actually kind of easy. You hear this from a lot of people who quit, that all the circumstances and programs and nicotine substitutes are kind of secondary to the mental aspect of it.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.world
    181·
    16 天前

    I switched to a vape and progressively got lower nicotine amounts until I was at 0 and then stopping was easy.

    • MattMatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      16 天前

      Same. I just kept diluting the liquid with 0% nicotine until, months later, I realized I didn’t even want to vape any more.

    • itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      15 天前

      Yes. This worked for me as well. Smoked a pack or more a day for 14 years, within a year I just put the vape down. 10 year anniversary of last cig coming up!

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    3·
    16 天前

    I stopped a pack and a half a day habit of ~10 years cold turkey. It was either food or smokes.

    As others have said, there is no effective short cut. Ultimately, it is all will power. At least it is easier now. When I quit, EVERYONE smoked.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      16 天前

      there is no effective short cut

      As someone who quit by switching to vape pens, I strongly disagree. There are multiple studies that show a success rate of greater than 60% when using vaping as a smoking cessation device. The next closest method is 3%. 3 fucking percent! Guess who owns those methods? It’s the tobacco companies.

  • mub@lemmy.ml
    5·
    15 天前

    Speaking from my own experience here is my method.

    1. Start by accepting that you will suffer, but think of the suffering like having a bad cold or the flu. You’ll hate it but it will pass.

    If you are quite a light smoker (handful per day) I would just quit and ride it out. If things get really bad allow yourself 1 but no more. You’ll be surprised how quickly the worst cravings go away after a week.

    If you’re a heavy smoker take more of a run up to it, as follows.

    Put off the first smoke of the day for as long as you can. E.g. if you usually smoke as soon as you get up then hold off until after breakfast. Next Day try for just before lunch, and so on over a week or so. Try to also put a gap between eating and smoking. Once you are down to a few a day then do the cold turkey thing.

    The trick is actually not buying more cigarettes. If you have them till probably smoke them. But if not, that barrier helps.

    I smoked from about 19yo until I was in my early thirties (about 1 pack per day). I also spent the nights smoking a lot of spliffs as well (that’s weed with rolling tobacco). Now I only smoke Weed when I go down to see my friends which is like twice a year. I bring back enough tobacco to make 3 or 4 small roll ups which gets me through the come down over the following week. Then it is done.

    Quitting the first time is fuck hard but the cravings pass. Now I find it quite easy because I’m used to doing it.

    Good luck. You can do it.

  • hitwright@lemmy.world
    3·
    14 天前

    Nothing worked for me until Covid came and I’ve stopped seeing my friends who smoked. Best of luck on your endeavour!