Quitting smoking sucks

[DrChristina5000]

Okay so it's been 2 days now and no cigarette and it totally sucks right now. I am basically clawing at the walls and pissed off as all hell. I am doing this cold turkey since the Zyban makes me too sleepy. I am so close to smoking a cigarette.....have to stay strong.

 

I wish I never even started smoking ciggs.

[n1ckkkkk]

As La Migra would say, "Cancer sticks."

[Tommo]

Just keep on fighting!

Cake always makes life better:)

[Rudabaga]

As La Migra would say, "Cancer sticks."

 

I agree, I don't get why you would smoke though. You know you are gonna get addicted, why do it?

[Vetman]

YOU GOT THIS! DONT GIVE UP!

[Linoleum Knive]

I think ill post some Good Charlette in here for encouragement.

 

 

She what?

 

[Awwik]

You are a doctor and you smoke.....makes no sense.

[DrChristina5000]

I started smoking when I was like 17 because it was "cool" (when really it was stupid as hell). Then I joined the military and smoked a lot more due to stress and it just kinda carried on. I ended up quitting for a short period of time for a few months. Then picked it up again because of the stress of class and the exams and evaluations every damn day. Now I'm tired of smoking, it hurts.

 

 

Yes smoking is stupid...I agree. And a lot of people in a medical profession smoke....ever heard of when you could smoke inside of hospitals????

[fox*]

my parents smoke, i hate it, it kills. Fortunately for me they smoke outside of the house so i don't get canca. You're doing a great job! Keep it up!!!!

[FukLife]

Go to chew.... then quit chewing by useing bubble gum. worked for me that's how i quit smoking then quit chewing.

[excalibuR]

Mmm

When see cigarettes picture them as "poop" or a "big ugly hobo penis" and say

 

What have I been putting in my mouth??

[Jella]

You are a doctor and you smoke.....makes no sense.

 

LOL working in health care is a pretty good excuse to pick up unhealthy vices. Narcotic abuse in nurses and doctors is on the rise!

 

Of course, I'm not advocating for either of these things.

[DrChristina5000]

Go to chew.... then quit chewing by useing bubble gum. worked for me that's how i quit smoking then quit chewing.

 

ewwww no chewing tobacco...might as well stick a cigarette in my mouth and start chewing it. ugh

[DrChristina5000]

LOL working in health care is a pretty good excuse to pick up unhealthy vices. Narcotic abuse in nurses and doctors is on the rise!

 

Of course, I'm not advocating for either of these things.

 

Do you realize that "narcotic use" in health care is kinda a stereotype right?! To even get a narcotic out of the med room you have to use your fingerprint in order to get into the med room, then on the screen you have to put your fingerprint again to unlock the med box....when you dispense the med out of the box you have to find the patients name and room number and how many pills of that narcotic you want dispensed. Then you have to count how many are left in the med box after you took the dosage out. When you leave the med room you are on video camera the entire time all the way to the patients room. So there is no way you are going to take meds and pop them and become a "drug abuser". Oh and Drs can't write themselves a prescription for anything they want or for other Drs.

 

Plus working in heath care you get constantly drug tested. They won't you even let you smoke near the hospital anymore...you have to go across the street to smoke.

[stanger]

i feel you pain i tried going cold turkey 2 weeks ago and it lasted like 1 day and got to stressed out. I have been smoking since i was 10 and im 36 now so i know what you are going through. The gum doesnt work and tastes like shit, the patch makes me want to smoke more, the inhaler screws with my ulcers, and acu punksher doesnt work. Im thinking of getting hynotis in the future, it worked for some of my friends so i think ill try that.

[FukLife]

ewwww no chewing tobacco...might as well stick a cigarette in my mouth and start chewing it. ugh

 

NAh it works man though so if you can't handle to quit cold turkey myswell start chewing rather then smoking then chewing is alot easier to quit.

[DrChristina5000]

NAh it works man though so if you can't handle to quit cold turkey myswell start chewing rather then smoking then chewing is alot easier to quit.

 

I couldn't imagine me chewing tobacco! Idk...

[Jella]

Do you realize that "narcotic use" in health care is kinda a stereotype right?! To even get a narcotic out of the med room you have to use your fingerprint in order to get into the med room, then on the screen you have to put your fingerprint again to unlock the med box....when you dispense the med out of the box you have to find the patients name and room number and how many pills of that narcotic you want dispensed. Then you have to count how many are left in the med box after you took the dosage out. When you leave the med room you are on video camera the entire time all the way to the patients room. So there is no way you are going to take meds and pop them and become a "drug abuser". Oh and Drs can't write themselves a prescription for anything they want or for other Drs.

 

Plus working in heath care you get constantly drug tested. They won't you even let you smoke near the hospital anymore...you have to go across the street to smoke.

 

Well no, it's not a stereotype. It is the sad truth for some people, at least here in Canada (and everywhere, I can safely assume). And where I work/have done my student thing, we haven't had fancy drug machines. Still doing it the old fashioned way, I guess. And, as far as I know, no one is drug testing our health care workers. Even then, it will never be impossible to procure narcotics from work. Or from anywhere, really. I wasn't specifically referring to abuse in hospitals, more so just commenting on this notion that health care workers are immune from developing unhealthy habits.

[gordoscookin]

I smoked for 29 years, it took watching my mom die of double lung cancer and my wife getting pregnant with our first child to quit. I used the hypnotist method, which included sitting in a small closet like room, with a mirror, a huge ashtray that hadn't been emptied in like 5 years, and was told to chain smoke as many cigs as I could in 1 hour prior to quitting. This worked for about a year, then used the patch, and gum to finally do it. It's been 5 years now and no regrets. Just keep trying and don't give up!

[sabboth]

My mother recently "quit" aswell. But now she just does one pack a day instead of two. But good luck quitting.

[DrChristina5000]

Well no, it's not a stereotype. It is the sad truth for some people, at least here in Canada (and everywhere, I can safely assume). And where I work/have done my student thing, we haven't had fancy drug machines. Still doing it the old fashioned way, I guess. And, as far as I know, no one is drug testing our health care workers. Even then, it will never be impossible to procure narcotics from work. Or from anywhere, really. I wasn't specifically referring to abuse in hospitals, more so just commenting on this notion that health care workers are immune from developing unhealthy habits.

 

 

Canada is very different and the same in some aspects than the USA. Yeah at the hospitals I worked at they have made sure that dispensing drugs from the med room is done safely and to make sure the staff doesn't gobble up the meds for themselves....Everyone is prone to unhealthy bad habits no matter what profession you work in.

[DrChristina5000]

I got my mom to quit after smoking for like 20+ years. I got her on a prescription for Zyban and it worked for her. I just can't take that stuff due to it making me really tired. So cold turkey again for me. I quit when I was pregnant with my kid and then started back up after having the baby due to stress and a very horrible relationship. A week from now I'll probably feel much better being a non smoker...right now it hurts. (yeah I'm whining!)

 

Oh and THANK YOU ALL for the support! I truly appreciate your kind helping words! <3

[Bob the Android Penguin]

You can do it! QUIT SMOKING FOR SCIENCE!

[Chillin]

Go to chew.... then quit chewing by useing bubble gum. worked for me that's how i quit smoking then quit chewing.

 

That's actually a pretty terrible idea. A lot of people try that and then just end up smoking AND chewing lol. The habit of actually smoking and the things you do before/during/after smoking are just as hard to break as the nicotine addiction itself.

 

You can dance around the addiction all day and try to find things that are going to cure you, but ultimately it's almost entirely dependent on your determination to quit and your environment. If you only "kinda" want to quit, it probably isn't going to happen. You need to find a REAL reason to quit. Not that it could give you cancer or something of the sort, because obviously if you found that to be a REAL deterrent you wouldn't have started in the first place. Find a REAL reason and set a REAL goal and get your family to support you and you'll have no problem.

 

I smoked for 3 years and quit when I was out of state for 2 months and came back to discover a pack had risen from ~$4 to $7(wtf). I do still mix tobacco with my weed, but I'm pretty unconcerned with the consequences of smoking the equivalent of 1 cig every now and then. My views of addiction are probably tarnished from all the coke and pain killers, but I didn't have much trouble breaking nicotine's addiction.

 

Anyways, good luck in your efforts. Just remember, the hardest part of accomplishing a goal is starting. After that mildly unpleasant first week or so, you'll be fine. Stay busy and you'll barely even notice it. The week of 'ugh' is well worth it if you feel cigs are having a negative impact on your life.