Yeah, I went to New Leaf to quit. They have given me patches.

Strange thing is - there was a carbon monoxide (I think) tester to see how much crap is in your lungs. It gave a percentage readout. My mom was 24% and my niece was 26% whereas I was 61%....lol...

She said she's never seen such a high reading and am surprised I am not in hospital...I think she exaggerated a lil bit

Anyways - today I smoked in the morning before I got my patch and when I got my patch I have yet to smoke so I am doing well considering I am a chronic chain smoker of roughly 60 a day...Okies - - just thought I'd let you know so people can give some advice on quitting smoking...

Im worried about putting on weight - I only just lost the 3 stone I put on last time I quit....and that was due to heroin. I doubt I could lose that sort of weight again without becoming bulimic...

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quitting smoking is the #1 thing you can do for your health

you may gain a few pounds, but then you'll lose it

no big deal is it? would you rather die a horrible long drawn out death or gain 10 lbs?

congrats and stay strong

oh and you dont need heroin to lose weight

try drinking water and taking a walk when you want a butt

it lessens cravings for butts and food

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely try that!

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Nicotine patches? I never understood the reasoning. It's not abstaining from the act of smoking that throws you into physical withdrawal, it's the lack nicotine upsetting all the extra uptake receptors that have grown. So it's kind of like giving a pint of Jack to an alcoholic so they can quit drinking.

Have them or a doc put you on Chanitx. It's called Champix in your corner of the world.
It was developed by a researcher who quit smoking the hard way.

Yea, quitting is great for your health. You'll have whiter teeth, you won't smell like smoke, and you run less risk of diseases.

Plus, you'll be saving yourself some cash!

that's great news silvine, you sound like you're really trying hard to get your life under control! i've now been quit for 3 months, and i feel great.

don't worry about putting on a bit of weight. in the long run, 5 pounds fades into insignificance.

good luck, and good work!

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Used to be the case, now it just gets funneled back into gas.

I keep coming here every time I want a cigarette to read how well I am doing. Yeah, the cash, think of the fucking cash!

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workout how much money you were spending on cigarettes, and immediately put it towards something to benefit your health.

i.e. better food, a treadmill, gym membership.

and how the fuck do you even smoke 60 cigarettes a day? I'd get RSI from rolling that many durries.

You know that people here at KR DO care to know that you are caring for yourself. You may become a KR idol soon enough.

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im tryin to quit but its like learning to live life again. I started smoking at age 17, nans have really smoked my ass off ever since. I hate it. I find th patched work for me. I think im geting empfozema. I know what its like to be a smoker now, i identify. Im happy for the pubclic smoking ban state wide. its awsome. Its not like the 90s anymore where people are smoking in mcdonalads' and bars. everyione at the bar has to go outside. personaky uim offended by secon2d hand smoke when imn eating out. I went 4 days this week.

The addiction only lasts five days.. So after about five day's the cravings should slow down. Getting past the five day's also can be a emotional roller coaster. But five days is not hard.. I think the hard part is the habits formed by smoking. Coffee breaks and smoking after eating. Find someone who has quit smoking. give them a call before smoking that first cigarette.. If you never smoke the first one you will never smoke again. Put something else in your life to replace the cigarettes. I used some kind of breath savers or mints to put in my mouth during times the habit came on ..! You will get sick of them in time and quit time too. But in any type of habitual healing there must be some thing to replace it.. Something healthy.. I started running, Now not everyone can do that, or is that crazy. But find something the you are interested in to replace it. Something healthy.

Again get a friend for support..! You can do this..!

You see - the family quit, well except my sister. My mother, niece, and myself all attended New Leaf on Friday and received our patches and inhalers. But, my mother is starting to faulter - today is her first day on the patch and inhaler and she said its not working and is thinking she will not be able to quit smoking

If she starts again I'll lose my support and will prolly start up again too. I really enjoy smoking, I can afford it, and since I dont drink alcohol it is the only pleasure I have But I guess I need to quit for my health - I was a fucking chain smoker - sometimes I'd be lighting up another cigarette with one half done in the ashtray...

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I'm telling you man, get on Champix. You'll smoke at first but after awhile you won't even really feel like it as it starts to work on the receptors that uptake the nicotine. You'll smoke the cig but won't get that instant spike/rush feeling after awhile.

You don't get the crazies because the receptors think everything is fine, just like you feel when you had finished a cig.
You're going through withdrawal and aware of it, but it feels like it's going on more behind the scenes and you don't really care. One day after taking the medicine for awhile, it'll just click and you won't smoke any cigs that day and then the next and so forth.

I was a nicotine fanatic. It can be done.

you get yay/nay those that say fags is harder than heroin to give up.

what will you do about boooda? like if a spliff is being passed around. that will be the test.

also. i cannot take acid without smo0king, even though i don't smoke or take acid i know this is a FACT

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Well, kesh. Here we are again on this long road called life. I have yet to give up heroin or cigarettes but opiates definitely have a stronger withdrawal than nicotine. I used to be addicted to acid too - and cannabis. But after acid fucking my head up -- I would not touch marijuana for a while because of the paranoia. Youth makes drugs seem so much of an drama.

That said, heroin, at the right dose, takes all the pain away....

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Just a quick point - Im on subutex for heroin and nicotine patches / inhaler for cigarettes lolz - I have not started using either again just yet....so far....doing well *bites nailz*

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if that 61% is your carboxyhaemoglobin levels it is a surprise you are not dead.

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my god, silvine is getting cleaner than me
is it time to start worrying?