I have successfully quit smoking twice. I know it sounds silly to say successfully when it happened twice, but still: I smoked for about 10 years, about half a pack to a pack (rarely more, if drinking heavily). Then I finally decided to seriously quit, cold turkey, and managed to stay off nicotine for over 3 years. At that point I periodically tested smoking again, by asking friends at parties like “hey can I just see if it does anything for me” and could literally not pull a proper drag even, I felt as if I lost the ability to smoke, similarly to how I was before even starting.
Then I had a very stressful situation in my life, bought a pack of cigarettes on a whim, and started smoking again. After about 6 months I decided that it was a super bad idea and stopped again. Now it’s been about 5 months clean, again.
Anyway, the first two weeks are the worst. If you get through them, it will get way easier. At this point I can’t stand the smell of smokers, i.e. them just standing close to me. Hydrate properly, have a snack, go for a walk (though admittedly walks can suck if you’re used to smoking on them).
Also not sure about the blunts slang, but I was able to smoke joints and take bong hits without nicotine addiction piping up.
I have successfully quit smoking twice. I know it sounds silly to say successfully when it happened twice, but still: I smoked for about 10 years, about half a pack to a pack (rarely more, if drinking heavily). Then I finally decided to seriously quit, cold turkey, and managed to stay off nicotine for over 3 years. At that point I periodically tested smoking again, by asking friends at parties like “hey can I just see if it does anything for me” and could literally not pull a proper drag even, I felt as if I lost the ability to smoke, similarly to how I was before even starting.
Then I had a very stressful situation in my life, bought a pack of cigarettes on a whim, and started smoking again. After about 6 months I decided that it was a super bad idea and stopped again. Now it’s been about 5 months clean, again.
Anyway, the first two weeks are the worst. If you get through them, it will get way easier. At this point I can’t stand the smell of smokers, i.e. them just standing close to me. Hydrate properly, have a snack, go for a walk (though admittedly walks can suck if you’re used to smoking on them).
Also not sure about the blunts slang, but I was able to smoke joints and take bong hits without nicotine addiction piping up.