What the hell are these NiQuitin lozenges doing to my face?

Honestly, I didn't think of reading the instructions. I clocked the back of the packet, telling you to replace certain cigarettes with lozenges and gradually shift the ratio until you're ready to quit, but I never expected a unique consumption method. It was a bit big for a straight swallow, I'll admit, but not much different in width from a penny, and who cares as long as the nicotine's in there? Now I'm just cutting out every other cigarette, and staring at the strip if I feel the need to cheat. I'm liking the week-long getaway idea.
 
Kenai said:
Quit like a man! :p

I seem to recall reading somewhere that beyond 3 or 4 days any physical addiction to the nicotine will likely have passed and anything else is mental/habit, in which case tablets/patches and so on are a waste of time IMO, all they'll do is prolong your physical addiction longer than needed.
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Thats just for your body to get rid of all the nictotine. The addiction itself is more difficult to quantify tbh. I have no idea how long it takes for the nictotine recpetors in your brain to die. Personally I quit 3 years ago, will never snoke again, but know that if I did, it would be the best and worst thing I would ever do.
Yesterday I have a craving. I just fancied a tab. But then, it passed almost instantly. It really hasn't bothered me for a long time now!
Its worth it, stick to it. I did it through the NHS. Used patches, 24 hour ones worked the best! I did have to shave patches of my skin before I applied them! It needs perfectly smooth skin and not hairy or slightly hairy!
 
You really need to be aggressive about giving up.

New year's eve came quicker than anticipated for me so I went out at 10pm and bought myself a pack of B&H Gold --- Luuuurrrrvvvely drag tbh as I had been stressing all day over the whole giving up prospect :) (If you're not ready you're going to find it exceptionally difficult - Withdrawal symptoms seem to be amplified by a factor of 10)

Last Sunday evening I felt exceptionally angry and very fed up of still being a smoker (17years?). Had my last cigarette and am a lot happier today. Still early days yet, I have yet to go through the 'coughing up your guts and intestines period (in a couple of weeks)

This is my third attempt at quiting

First time (6 yrs ago) - Gave up for 3 months ? (Probably the best time of my life, literally forced myself back on to the weed)

Second time (2.5 yrs ago) - Didn't really last that long - 1 month ? I wasn't really committed to giving up

Now - Almost a week. This time I'm not taking as much Nicotine replacement therapies as before and am doing better than I had expected.

Overall the first three days are the worst after that you'll fast see the benefits.

Even after 4-5 days you start noticing - Food tastes like it's made in Heaven, sex is great, sense of smell returns, more energy, you don't feel tired(this can also be a con)

Into the following week you'll soon discover how bad you smelt as a person / all the nasty bad smells out in the street/public transport.

Week 3+ Start coughing all the **** out of your lungs - Dreading this bit but it'll be worth it trust me.

1 month - you're almost home

3 month - you rarely ever think about a cigarette.

JUST GET READY FOR THE BEST DECISION YOU'LL MAKE IN YOUR LIFE - GIVING UP
 
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Use the patches, they're good. They help with cravings and put an obstacle in the way of smoking.
Or go to your doctor.

I'm replacing smoking with excercise, I've cut down significantly.
 
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PhillyDee said:
I never had that problem!

You will notice now much better everything smells (And how much worse somethings smell!).
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To be honest I haven't noticed any change in smell or taste, well may be a little but nothing major.

I've noticed a change in sleeping - much harder to fall asleep. A change in aerobic fitness (improvement). I feel a little less tired and much more focused, seem to be a lot more organized ( might have nothing to do with quitting smoking though).
 
Wang Computer said:
No offence, but that's so ignorant. Nicotine is highly, highly addictive and substance withdrawal can be hellish.
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That is bull.

I am 33 and have smoked cigarettes since I was 15 and smoked other stuff since I was 16. I decided a week ago, whilst standing in the rain outside a pub, what the hell I was doing whilst smoking a ciggy.

I gave up there and then. Been a week now. I even went to the pub with ciggy's in my pocket to test myself tonight. They are still in my pocket now. No interest, as I have decided to give them up.

That is not to say that I do not want one as I do. The fact is though, that I have decided that I do not want to smoke them anymore.

Highly addictive? Rubbish. Heroin is highly addictive. Tobacco is not. I put it in the same bracket as caffeine.

If peeps want to give them up, stop pussyfooting about, grow a pair, and knock them on the head.

if you find it too difficult, you are weak.
 
Wang Computer said:
No offence, but that's so ignorant. Nicotine is highly, highly addictive and substance withdrawal can be hellish.
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It can be, but it isn't with nicotine. Withdrawal from nicotine takes 3 days, tops, and is not "hellish". Unpleasant, but not hellish. You can function normally with nicotine withdrawal. It's not at all like withdrawal from, for example, heroin. Now that's hellish. The phrase "cold turkey" comes from that, because the sufferer's skin will be slimy with sweat, cold to the touch and as pale as a corpse...and they'll be suffering too much to notice a minor thing like that. Nicotine withdrawal is trivial in comparison. You can go to work with it. With heroin withdrawal, you'd have a job standing up.

The big withdrawal issue with smoking is psychological. A drug habit the addict feeds 20 times a day every day becomes deeply engrained into their mind. Breaking that's a bitch, much worse than the physical withdrawal.
 
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