this sucks, I have got to stay busy

Sex, pot, hot tubbing, valarian tea and running help. Mix it up any way you want.

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Getting ready to do treadmill or stair machine. If I had some pot right now, I would toke it up.

Good for you saved, glad you're quitting! Day 14 is easier than day 4, believe me. It's great that you're already active and exercise regularly, that's the best thing to do. In my opinion, pot isn't the thing to do when quitting smoking, better to give your lungs a break. Only in a case when someone is sooo desperate to get some kind of smoke into their bodies would I recommend pot, but I doubt if that's the case with you. Here's my blog entry about quitting...https://www.natmedtalk.com/blog.php?b=194

PS: it doesn't have to suck, look at it from a different perspective and change the 'tude, you're smarter than that!

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"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~Immanual Kant~

Question K2C: how long after you quit did you start to feel considerably better.

I'd say it was around a month when I really started noticing a big change. I wasn't exercising very much when smoking, so I combined the quitting with daily light jogging, helped get a lot of that poison out of my lungs for sure! Wasn't getting out of breath so quickly.

PS: I've heard that some people chew on cinnamon sticks and it's helpful to get rid of cravings, also clears the lungs. In my case I started chewing gum, seemed to help.

I would suggest the patch and nicorette gum as they helped me considerably, however, the bottom line is you must be ready to quit or it won't work.

Cigs in USA are cheap compared to Canada. A pack of 25 regular cigs cost over $12, and that is not a typo. Even a can of tobacco (200 grams) costs around $75, so its really not affordable for most people here.

I quit over 15 years ago and can honestly say it was a very good decision. My only regret is that I smoked for 25 years before that.

It took less than a month before I started feeling better, and the cravings lasted for about 4 months, thus the nicorette gum came in handy.

And by the way, smoking sucks the energy right out of you. I couldn't even climb a flight of stairs without puffing, but within a year or so after quitting, my energy level came back, and stairs no longer tired me out. As for now, my lungs have fully healed and my energy level is just as good now as it was when I was 20.

Good Luck.

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Let Food Be Your Medicine And Medicine Be Your Food.(Hippocrates)

Saved, if you still have a packet of cigaretts dont hide them away, put them where they can tempt you and when you look at them just say I am not going to be a slave to you and be strong in your resistance.
If you should falter and have to have one, when you do a big draw back, do a big cough at the same time, and do that every time, and I guarantee if that doesn't put you off, nothing will.

I am trying to avoid temptation, but tomorrow I will go to the local watering hole for 2 beers tops. had a good stair machine workout today, but will not be able to hit the gym until tomorrow around 6/7 pm. Thanks for all the advice.

Yay!! Keep going!

It took me about 4 months before I felt better (after the final time I quit)
And ummm maybe i shouldn't say this LOL but every morning when Mr.Coffee doin' his job, I still have an urge for that morning cigarette. I haven't smoked in 26 years
You REALLY have to WANT to quit.

We should share some of our 'quitting' stories.

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The 6 dollar a pack thing definitely helps. The great stair machine workout helps also. The fact that I called my one boss up (VP at a community college) and accused him of being a reverse racist is propably not good (but he is).

Tomorrow evening: stair machine friday evening swim or treadmill.

hahahaha and you're only on day 4 OMG!!!
Hate to say it, but maybe you shouldn't quit

You're conditioned to have a smoke with your beer, but you really are in control of what you do. I promise you, the brewskies will taste even better once you've quit. Now, when I see folks light up like robots (like I used to), I truly feel sorry for them.

That is the idea. I am conditioned, but that means its 100 percent habit. I had to drive 40 miles to teach today at a community college and I am conditioned to light up with long drives. I was ok.

My goal is to do the Izalco Volcano Hike in late march. Did it in 2010, but once we reached the lava firled I was whipped and a 2 mile hike up a steep hill was not thrilling me, so I skipped the climb up the volcano from there and just just came back. This time I plan to do the whole thing.