“…Habitually utilizing typical rituals
With false pretense in attempts to be spiritual
TO individuals who believe in biblical miracles
Instead of themselves, because they’re not thinking original”
-Immortal Technique

GOD exists, I won’t debate anything like that anyway. Do you think you are more qualified to spread the so-called “word of god” more than anyone else? In your silly book it says GOd never changes (ezekial i think)… no reference to L.A. being sickly similiar to Sodom or Gamora.(spelling?) Also GOD knew every hair on your head before you were born did he not? How could he Damn you to hell for being the way you are during your life? He knew how you would RESPOND to your so-called “word of god” even before you were a dirty thought in your daddy’s mind. He cannot sentance you to eternal damnation for merely being what he created you to be…or grant you unlimited treasures up in heaven for that matter either. Would that be a “fair and just god”? Example… I draw a picture, so it can be said I create a picture, the picture doesnt reflect what I wanted to portray. Do I A)punish it for ever and ever or B)snap my finger and make it dissappear? There is no GOD=LOVE that could damn you to hell before you were born. If your going to say that you still have “free will” to choose, then explain to me how GOD can know how your going to be when he creates you and still create you if he knows your going to fail ? The GOD that I believe in is so big that he tells me to listen to my heart. He also tells me that everyone hears him daily and its impossible to ignore him. There is no such thing as a “devil” or “satan”. Do you think GOD is so small he has to COMPETE for your attention? Your mind has been closed by MONEY hungary pastors and deacons. KEEP YOUR MONEY you work for it. OPEN YOUR MIND and CLOSE YOUR BIBLE or better yet… throw it away.

IF YOU QUIT SMOKING … GOD is unchanged. GOD GAVE YOU THE GIFT OF LIFE and to think that GOD WANTS YOU TO BE AN INDIAN GIVER IS A FARCE. Your one of those weirdos that thinks you OWE God…what use is it to OWE someone who needs and wants after nothing? God doesnt want anything. God needs and wants nothing. God allows you to exist, but he allows you to smoke or to quit or to never start. quit trying to use everything as a way to feel good about yourself. MISERY loves COMPANY and the CURRENT BRAIN VIRUS coming from the church and its brainwashed zombies are always looking to make themselves feel good by thinking they are GOD gift to save the world. God doesnt need your help.

All these people here ARE miricles for using willpower or wit to quit smoking. You simply wish to sound like you have access to something that you can SHARE with us. This is a classic example of a psychological problem. Use ur brain…. why do you think the bible has so many authors? If YOU NEEDED a BOOK TO GO TO HEAVEN you would be BORN with IT !

One of the biggest things for me was thinking about all the activities I used to do while smoking, and the fact that I would have to do them alone now (alone is the way I looked at it). Everything from doing the dishes to poker night with my friends seemed an impossible chore.

So one day I decide to quit cold turkey. I lasted about 3 days. Two days later, I went cold turkey again, this time lasting about 5 days. A week later, I tried again and l only lasted 2 days, but this time I noticed something. The impossible chores were beginning to normalize. Doing things without smoking still was no walk in the park by any stretch of the imagination, but I was improving. Not only that, but the feeling of being in withdrawal was now something that, while still uncomfortable, I was getting somehow used to.

Thinking I was on to somthing, I put myself on a one month schedule. For one month, I would try (pretty hard) to quit, and I had to make it at least two days. After two days, if I wanted to smoke again, I could. But at the end of the month, I had to really quit. This worked initially because I was promising myself I could smoke again in 2 days. It worked in the end because I had acclimated myself to life without smoking, and I was sick and tired by that time of the constant quitting and was ready for it to be for good.

I think everyone needs to find their own way, but if you are having trouble with other methods, give this one a try.

Having quit for 6 years now, I can certainly say that cigs disgust me.

However, there are those couple of times a year when all my (still smoking) friends and I get together and imbibe copious amounts of alcohol: 4th of July, Halloween, New Years Eve. I must confess that with increased intoxication, my disgust is severely decreased, and my heretofore totally forgotten cravings for nicotine return with a vengeance. Often I am able to fight them off, but sometimes I lose.

The next morning comes with the requisite hangover, worsened by the fact that my mouth tastes like a grubby ashtray.

And that’s enough to make sure I don’t touch another cigarrette for a long, long time.

Worked for me.

The tips the other guys have offered are great, and certainly helped me to some degree. I wanted to offer one quick addition, that I greatly credit for my success.

Set a date. Really simple, but effective.

I always found committing to starting quitting (?) really difficult. Pick an important date to you…. birthday, significant other’s birthday, holiday… something so that you can easily monitor your progress down the road.

Picking a date was also nice for me because I had a month long cigarette orgy in the days leading up to it. I doubled (at least) my normal consumption, which was delicious, but also grossed me out enough to where when zero hour hit, I was kinda ready for a break anyway.

Only thing that comes to mind besides that would to be really ready to quit all the way. People that want to cut down, rarely do. Addictive behaviors don’t really lend themselves to moderation, it’s just the way it is.

Here’s what I learned on April 17th, 1995 at 8:15 PM (the time and date of my last cigarette):

Four days in, you will be almost 100% free of physical nicotine addiction. Anyone who can’t go four lousy days deserves cancer and stinky clothes. ;)

Fully half of smoking is the ritual. Pre-plan a replacement. I chose intricately-prepared gourmet coffees I had to brew myself and gum. SO MUCH GUM. Just regular, sugar-free gum. I like Extra winterfresh personally. Some people use salted sunflower seed, because it gives you a strong taste in your mouth plus you have the process of putting them in your mouth, cracking them, spitting them out, etc.

Did I mention the ritual? Because it’s important. The clacking of my trusty, scarred-but-always-there Zippo. The tapping and unwrapping of a fresh pack. That first drag. You have to replace these things with something, or you will eat.

haven’t had a cig today, think i’m gonna quit. just don’t like spending the money. don’t care about smelling, or health risks, or anything, just sick of spending $5-$6/pack every day or every other day. i’d rather drink or eat with that loot.

First time I managed to stay off the cigarette for 9 months.
Second time 3 and a half years
Third time 17 months.
Last time (now) is one and a half year and counting!

What I remember most of this time, is the ease of quitting. And that made me somewhat scared, for they say ‘easy come easy go’.
Still, it’s going OK until now.

Also, the last time I quit was by giving away my cigarettes and lighter to a friend.
And that was really all there was to it: I gave them away and never looked back!

For now, I stay quit but I know it will not be for ever. On the other hand, if it turns out that I never started again that’s OK as well!