Cold Turkey (1 Viewer)

[cosjobs]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.

I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.

I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?

I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off.

Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

 

[texasheat]

hit a line of coke, that will help

 

[joffer]

Good luck

 

[jamny]

Don't think of it as you'll never have another cig, think of it as seeing how long you can go without one.

Your mind will play tricks on you, as soon as the thought comes into your head about cigs, change your thinking to something else. Although following this thread won't help.

Stop thinking about it!

 

[John Bender]

I will try this out with you here.

Been chewing for 12 years now. Was up to 2 cans a day.

I just can't quit. I've tried 100 times.

Cold Turkey starts now....

 

[Silver & Black]

Good luck man

 

[pittstownkiller]

I am rooting for you! The odd thing is that when most people hear from the doctor that they have some dreadful smoking related disease they have no problem stopping cold turkey; does it have to get to that level with you? I think I would be going the E-cig route if I was a smoker in this day and age.

 

[Cunk]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off. Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

Have you tried e-cigs?

 

[John Bender]

I wish I could get my hands on some GD xanax. I know I'm going to end up breaking some electronic device in my house.

 

[Jaysus]

Here's the thing: just don't be a ##### about it.

 

[pacman_fl]

Don't think of it as you'll never have another cig, think of it as seeing how long you can go without one.Your mind will play tricks on you, as soon as the thought comes into your head about cigs, change your thinking to something else. Although following this thread won't help.Stop thinking about it!

- I haven't quit but I haven't had a cig in 8 months (quitting is too permanent and too much pressure). I woke up one day and didn't really want one. I usually had one every 90 minutes - 2 hours so I told myself that I wouldn't smoke for the next 2 hours. Day one wasn't a big deal. I, too, did the Xanax - took one on each of days 2 and 3 and kept trying to go 2 hours. By day 4 the urge was significantly less. By day 6/7, it was gone. I still crave after certain foods, events or stresses but, as jamny said, change your thinking - it is VERY easy to do after you have gone that long.Best of luck.

 

[texasheat]

Ok, I'm quitting sugar today.

no shtick, that's my addiction.

Let's do this

 

[pacman_fl]

I wish I could get my hands on some GD xanax. I know I'm going to end up breaking some electronic device in my house.

It shouldn't be that tough. Have you asked your primary physician. I told mine that I had anxiety attacks and stress and that I had it prescribed years back because it runs in the family. He prescribed it right away and I just call his office to get it refilled. He is good about that in general though.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Awful habit. Cold Turkey is how I quit. At the time it was probably my 64th effort to do it, but dammit, I quit!

DO THIS!!!!

8years/2months/3days

 

[John Bender]

I wish I could get my hands on some GD xanax. I know I'm going to end up breaking some electronic device in my house.

It shouldn't be that tough. Have you asked your primary physician. I told mine that I had anxiety attacks and stress and that I had it prescribed years back because it runs in the family. He prescribed it right away and I just call his office to get it refilled. He is good about that in general though.

I need a new PCP. My guy will never give me any good ####.

 

[cosjobs]

hit a line of coke, that will help

I'm willing to do anything these next two days, but I think that's a bad idea. Thinking pot or prozac would be better.

 

[cosjobs]

I will try this out with you here.Been chewing for 12 years now. Was up to 2 cans a day.I just can't quit. I've tried 100 times.Cold Turkey starts now....

:highfive:72 hours. WE CAN DO THIS

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I haven't had any cold turkey in years. One Thanksgiving at a time.

 

[doowain]

There are several explanations of the phrase's origin:A narrowing of the meaning "suddenly or without preparation," from cold turkey being a dish that requires little preparation; originally used for heroin addicts.[8]From the American phrase talk turkey meaning "to speak bluntly with little preparation".[9]Some believe the derivation is from the comparison of a cold turkey carcass and the state of a withdrawing addict — most notably, the cold sweats, goose bumps.[10]Reference to the periods after Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays where cold (leftover) turkey was likely to be eaten, coinciding with the end of those holidays' characteristically high alcohol consumption.[11]

WTF. We have some really asinine sayings. Good luck. My mom quit about 15 years or so ago and then picked it back up for about 6 months last year, only to quit again. She said quitting the 2nd time was way harder. Here's hoping you make it through on your first go-round.

 

[doowain]

Awful habit. Cold Turkey is how I quit. At the time it was probably my 64th effort to do it, but dammit, I quit! DO THIS!!!!8years/2months/3days

HOURS MINUTES SECONDS?!?!?

 

[johnnycakes]

It takes longer than 3 days for your body to rid itself of nicotine, but no matter how much you smoked, it should all be out of your system in 30 days or less. For the average pack-a-day smoker, I thought it was typically 10 days to two weeks.

That said, do NOT underestimate the power of psychological withdrawals symptoms. Those can last for months or years after your last smoke and can be very insidious. I quit back in 1989... like Mark Twain, I found it very easy to quit because I had done it so many times in the past. For me, the most difficult part of quitting smoking was staying quit... and combining that with the notion that it's that first smoke that gets you back to being a smoker. That's right... all it really takes is one cig, and I found, inevitably, I was on a sinking ship as far as staying a nonsmoker was concerned. Only once I resolved that even one really was too much, and stuck to it, was I able to really stay quit. And I STILL would like to have just one more, and that's 23 years later!

One thing I found really helpful was to incorporate some exercise when quitting. I have heard lots of people say the same thing... get some exercise, especially cardiovasular type exercise, and that can really help with the cravings.

Is this your first shot at quitting?

Good luck.

 

[urbanhack]

DO IT COS!

good luck gb!

 

[cosjobs]

I am rooting for you! The odd thing is that when most people hear from the doctor that they have some dreadful smoking related disease they have no problem stopping cold turkey; does it have to get to that level with you? I think I would be going the E-cig route if I was a smoker in this day and age.

Yeah, a very good friend of mine just got the cancers and I was talking to a good pharmacist friend of ours He kind of hit me over the head about how ####### stupid smoking is. Especially as we age. I always thought of it as an attaack/danger to the lungs, be he was saying that everytime I smoke, I am wasting valuable immune system resources that I should not be diverting- that's how cancer sneaks in/get established. He also wants me to eat a bunch of blueberries, pomegranates and walnuts, too.

 

[cosjobs]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off. Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

Have you tried e-cigs?

Yeah, but I want to kick nicotine. E-cig just change the delivery method

 

[pacman_fl]

I haven't had any cold turkey in years. One Thanksgiving at a time.

 

[jamny]

Don't think of it as you'll never have another cig, think of it as seeing how long you can go without one.Your mind will play tricks on you, as soon as the thought comes into your head about cigs, change your thinking to something else. Although following this thread won't help.Stop thinking about it!

- I haven't quit but I haven't had a cig in 8 months (quitting is too permanent and too much pressure). I woke up one day and didn't really want one. I usually had one every 90 minutes - 2 hours so I told myself that I wouldn't smoke for the next 2 hours. Day one wasn't a big deal. I, too, did the Xanax - took one on each of days 2 and 3 and kept trying to go 2 hours. By day 4 the urge was significantly less. By day 6/7, it was gone. I still crave after certain foods, events or stresses but, as jamny said, change your thinking - it is VERY easy to do after you have gone that long.Best of luck.

We were doing a lot of travelling to the carribean when I quit. I would allow myself one cigarette a year when we would go away. After a couple of years the taste was so bad that I never craved one again. Once you stop for a length of time, you'll realize how bad they taste and even those events or stresses won't make you want to go back.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Awful habit. Cold Turkey is how I quit. At the time it was probably my 64th effort to do it, but dammit, I quit! DO THIS!!!!8years/2months/3days

HOURS MINUTES SECONDS?!?!?

Probably about 12 hours on the dot. I wouldn't even say it was a conscious decision to quit when I was having my last one. I remember being out of cigarettes when I dropped a buddy off after the Halloween Sunday Night Football game, Bears v 49ers. Instead of stopping, I said to myself, 'I'll just pick up a pack tomorrow'. I never did and it snowballed from there.

 

[mr roboto]

Cos, right there with you. I've quit and restarted more times than I can count.

Physical withdrawal was never as tough as mental/emotional for me. I always used smoking at certain times of the day (drive home, at night etc) so they are my triggers.

 

[pacman_fl]

I am rooting for you! The odd thing is that when most people hear from the doctor that they have some dreadful smoking related disease they have no problem stopping cold turkey; does it have to get to that level with you? I think I would be going the E-cig route if I was a smoker in this day and age.

Yeah, a very good friend of mine just got the cancers and I was talking to a good pharmacist friend of ours He kind of hit me over the head about how ####### stupid smoking is. Especially as we age. I always thought of it as an attaack/danger to the lungs, be he was saying that everytime I smoke, I am wasting valuable immune system resources that I should not be diverting- that's how cancer sneaks in/get established. He also wants me to eat a bunch of blueberries, pomegranates and walnuts, too.

This is a good recommendation from my experience. Though most people say thy overate when they quit, I immediately changed my eating habits as well (since certain foods triggered the urge). I went low fat/cholesterol, added some fruits, vegetables and almonds/walnuts. 8 months without a cig AND down 30+ pounds. Not sure what your diet it, but could be something to consider (if I have my notes right, don't go cold turkey on the Whataburger though - I miss that place).

 

[YSR]

GLGB! Pulling for you!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I actually ordered an e-cig kit the other day at the urging of someone here.

GL, cos!

 

[Plorfu]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.

Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

 

[xulf]

Sounds like a drag.

 

[John Bender]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

Not a bad tip.I like that a lot.

 

[jamny]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

Not a bad tip.I like that a lot.

good idea

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off. Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

Have you tried e-cigs?

Yeah, but I want to kick nicotine. E-cig just change the delivery method

Doesn't have to. You can use 0mg juice or very low mg juice if you want to wean off. The e-cig delivers FAR less nicotine than a cigarette, even at high mg doses. It does help with cravings, though. I tried to quit cold turkey a few times with no success, bought an e-cig exactly 1 year and 11 months ago and haven't smoked since.

 

[cosjobs]

There are several explanations of the phrase's origin:A narrowing of the meaning "suddenly or without preparation," from cold turkey being a dish that requires little preparation; originally used for heroin addicts.[8]From the American phrase talk turkey meaning "to speak bluntly with little preparation".[9]Some believe the derivation is from the comparison of a cold turkey carcass and the state of a withdrawing addict — most notably, the cold sweats, goose bumps.[10]Reference to the periods after Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays where cold (leftover) turkey was likely to be eaten, coinciding with the end of those holidays' characteristically high alcohol consumption.[11]

WTF. We have some really asinine sayings. Good luck. My mom quit about 15 years or so ago and then picked it back up for about 6 months last year, only to quit again. She said quitting the 2nd time was way harder. Here's hoping you make it through on your first go-round.

What about the 87th time?

 

[cosjobs]

Cos, right there with you. I've quit and restarted more times than I can count. Physical withdrawal was never as tough as mental/emotional for me. I always used smoking at certain times of the day (drive home, at night etc) so they are my triggers.

I have more triggers than a planet inhabited by nothing but Roy Rogers clones.1) Waking up. First thing I think of every morning. What is my cigarette inventory2) With coffee3) with the paper4) after my bm5) while checking emails6) everytime the phone rings7) whenever I need to physically interact with another human8) getting in the car9) just before arriving to destination10) immediately upon getting back in the car when I leave somewhereThat takes me up to 11am or so.God I LOVE nicotine. And Smoking.

 

[cosjobs]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

Not a bad tip.I like that a lot.

Anytime I can mix in a few vices, I increase my chances for success.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

Not a bad tip.I like that a lot.

Anytime I can mix in a few vices, I increase my chances for success.

I could see using this as a gambling fund.

 

[cosjobs]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off. Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

Have you tried e-cigs?

Yeah, but I want to kick nicotine. E-cig just change the delivery method

Doesn't have to. You can use 0mg juice or very low mg juice if you want to wean off. The e-cig delivers FAR less nicotine than a cigarette, even at high mg doses. It does help with cravings, though. I tried to quit cold turkey a few times with no success, bought an e-cig exactly 1 year and 11 months ago and haven't smoked since.

Are you still on the e-cigs/if not how long off?Yes the physical ritual is the toughest for me and the ecig would alleviate that.. But I think maybe to 0mg juce would be my best path right now... Why would I get 0 mg juice rather than no juice at all? Won't that heavy ecig make you get buck teeth?

 

[doowain]

There are several explanations of the phrase's origin:

A narrowing of the meaning "suddenly or without preparation," from cold turkey being a dish that requires little preparation; originally used for heroin addicts.[8]

From the American phrase talk turkey meaning "to speak bluntly with little preparation".[9]

Some believe the derivation is from the comparison of a cold turkey carcass and the state of a withdrawing addict — most notably, the cold sweats, goose bumps.[10]

Reference to the periods after Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays where cold (leftover) turkey was likely to be eaten, coinciding with the end of those holidays' characteristically high alcohol consumption.[11]

WTF. We have some really asinine sayings. Good luck. My mom quit about 15 years or so ago and then picked it back up for about 6 months last year, only to quit again. She said quitting the 2nd time was way harder. Here's hoping you make it through on your first go-round.

What about the 87th time?

At some point you gotta wonder if it's the cigarettes or you that's the problem. They aren't the one that keeps quitting quitting.Say you have a buddy who you hang out with everyday. You love this buddy. Sometimes you don't know how you even get through the day without him. He calms you down when you are angry and is great to hang out with when you are drinking. Only downside of this buddy is that every hour he punches you in the ####. Eventually those **** punches are going to kill you.

Spoiler

The buddy is cigarettes.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

I will try this out with you here.Been chewing for 12 years now. Was up to 2 cans a day.I just can't quit. I've tried 100 times.Cold Turkey starts now....

Hardest thing I've ever done. No advice unfortunately, you just have to REALLY want to do it.Good luck.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

It's just an oral fixation. Find something else to put in your mouth.

Glllll for serious

 

[matuski]

Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

ninja is in town?

 

[Keerock]

When I quit, I did one thing that kind of helped me: I logged into my online banking everyday and transferred the price of one pack from checking to savings to represent the pack I wasn't buying. After one month, you're looking at $240.00 or so. You can then spend this on something healthy like a weekend away or hookers.Seriously, it was a nice psychological tool for me.

Not a bad tip.I like that a lot.

Anytime I can mix in a few vices, I increase my chances for success.

Guy I worked with a couple years ago was a 2+ pack a dayer... He quit cold turkey, and every day when he came into the office, or into a meeting, he would ask everyone "Don't I smell much better now than when I used to come in after having a cigarette?" He even went so far as to tell someone he's just met "If you'd have met me 6 months ago, you'd be smelling stale cigarette smoke right now".Sounds corny, and he/everyone would joke about it, but it was his way of staying on track/accountable. Not sure if he still does this, but it worked for him.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Been eight yrs - miss it every day. Even though i was only a pack-&-a-half (2+, high) guy, my friends all said that i was the person they most associated with cigarettes. Smoked for 40 yrs, never quit, HATED the people who quit after seemingly each cigarette, but promised myself i would quit as soon as a doctor said it was an immediate life/death decision. After my 1st angioplasty, one did. Took me 14 cold quits over about 5 days (bought & tore a new pack for each relapse - pissed me off cuz i cant stand wasting $ or smokes), but i did it and no fallback - couple curiosity puffs 2-3 yrs out, which convinced me i'd made the right, though less delicious, choice - yet.

Approached it as i did all my other quits. I'm daemon enough not to want ANYTHING to be my master and fight these things at that level when i see the need. Got a feeling you're the same kind of animal, cos. Use your anger & compete with it as an entity. And GL, above all.

 

[Angry Beavers]

Chewed for 25 years. Quit cold turkey 3.5 years ago. Of course, being sick as a dog and not wanting a chew for three days as I did nothing but puke and sleep helped alot. When I started to feel ok, I did not have any chew and decided that I was already over the hard part so I should see how long I could go. I have had a chew a few times since (happily buzzed and on a golf course every time) and frankly can't stand the stuff. The hardest part was the things I used to associate with having a dip - like late night sports watching, road trips of over an hour, while doing yard work, walking the dog, playing golf etc. Had to convince the mind to not want it any more.

You can do it if you really want to. The key is you have to want to. Good Luck!!!

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Yesterday I only had two cigs all day, last puff around 10 pm last night.I've tried everything in the world to no avail, sO I am going to try and give cold turkey a shot.I remember reading that within 72 hours, the nicotine is out of the system and physical withdrawal is done. Can anyone confirm that?I took a third of a xanax to try and help keep the edge off. Bentley and proninja coming by for drinks later. I'm going to go ahead and lock up my guns and knives, just as a precaution.

Have you tried e-cigs?

Yeah, but I want to kick nicotine. E-cig just change the delivery method

Doesn't have to. You can use 0mg juice or very low mg juice if you want to wean off. The e-cig delivers FAR less nicotine than a cigarette, even at high mg doses. It does help with cravings, though. I tried to quit cold turkey a few times with no success, bought an e-cig exactly 1 year and 11 months ago and haven't smoked since.

Are you still on the e-cigs/if not how long off?Yes the physical ritual is the toughest for me and the ecig would alleviate that.. But I think maybe to 0mg juce would be my best path right now... Why would I get 0 mg juice rather than no juice at all? Won't that heavy ecig make you get buck teeth?

0 mg juice would give you some of the feeling of smoking to help with the psychological cravings/manual and oral fixation without the physical introduction of nicotine into your system. I don't hold the e-cig in my mouth/teeth the way I did a cigarette. I am still on them, but I feel like I could put it down and never use it again fairly easily - I know several who have. I never felt that way with cigs.By all means, try the cold turkey route - it's the best way to go. Just wanted to let you know that if it doesn't work, there are alternatives. I know I was bummed out and pissed at myself the 2 or 3 times I tried to go cold turkey and made it about 48 hours before giving in.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

It's just an oral fixation. Find something else to put in your mouth.

Glllll for serious

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