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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2014, 10:43:41 PM »
Cold turkey is the only way to go.   Been off chew for 17 months. The money saved is incredible.
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2014, 10:57:01 PM »
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2014, 10:59:03 PM »
Mari... what?

Never heard of it.  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2014, 05:07:28 AM »
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2014, 09:13:09 AM »
Whew, 36 hours of cold turkey.  Not particularly 'happy' at the moment...
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2014, 05:55:42 PM »
Good for you! You have more courage than I do.
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2014, 09:55:22 PM »
Keep it up dude. If you can clear 2 weeks, you'll feel a lot better

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2014, 10:22:55 PM »
Keep it up dude. If you can clear 2 weeks, you'll feel a lot better

Agreed. Once you get that "These things are disgusting. And expensive." mindset, you're good to go.

Good job dude.

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2014, 11:45:33 PM »
Good luck Tom!  Keep it up!  Just remember, the urge will always go away.
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2014, 12:43:09 AM »
They say 21 days and any habit will be changed.  Good luck!

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2014, 08:19:01 AM »
Thanks one and all....  about 60 hours 'sober' now.  I keep finding myself wandering around the house looking for something, until I realize what I was looking for.   I'm hoping by the end of the day the worst of the physical cravings/withdrawal will be behind me.
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2014, 11:18:39 AM »
It usually takes 3 or 4 days before the physical craving goes away. After that, you just have to find new ways to occupy your time.

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #27 on: January 09, 2014, 05:07:58 PM »
It usually takes 3 or 4 days before the physical craving goes away. After that, you just have to find new ways to occupy your time.

I quit once for 2 years, and wanted a smoke every single day of those two years.  Now of course, I was living with my ex at the time, who did not quit.  That may have had something to do with it.  Ass even smoked in our bedroom.

I'm working on it again, alternating with e-cigs.
 
Keep it up dude. If you can clear 2 weeks, you'll feel a lot better

Agreed. Once you get that "These things are disgusting. And expensive." mindset, you're good to go.

Good job dude.

I wish.

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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2014, 08:07:08 PM »
Been off the cigs for a good while now...about 22 years. Got hypnotized at local gathering for $49.99. Tossed my pack as I left and haven't had one since. Got healthy, lost weight, and took up heavy drinking as my new vice!!!  :laugh:
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Re: Anybody successfully quit nicotine?
« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2014, 08:51:59 PM »
Bunni, how do like "vaping"?
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