For some reason I felt like smoking about 60 cigs over 2 weeks. It’s been a month and my skin still looks dull.

How long till it comes back eating healthy and exercising?

I was from an elite formation back in my military days.

And a personal trainer currently.

To the cold turkey only practitioners out there,

There is an easier and more bearable way to quit.

Unless you got military-like discipline, you probably can get away with it.

But for the majority,

It is going to be very challenging.

What is not restricted to military only is fitness.

Everyone can do it.

What does the military use fitness for?

Training and punishment.

What does that entail?

Discipline.

And with a strong enough mental willpower, you can get over anything.

I mean think about it,

In order to qualify or pass any elite formation in the military,

It always has a fitness component to it.

Now I’m not asking you become a special forces soldier.

But what we can do is to utilise working out as a way to not only quit nicotine,

But to stay quit, distract, substitute, kill nicotine cravings and recover from all the damage we’ve done.

Hopping on a structured workout and diet plan is one of the many ways to quit nicotine cigarettes etc.

As it builds up your discipline which will also help you with cold turkey in the long run.

Sure, there are many other methods to quit like NRT and medical therapies etc.

But before all of that,

Why not use what we already have to end it all?

Best part, it’s free.

It doesn’t cost a penny to go for a run.

It doesn’t cost a penny to do push ups, sit ups, squats, pull ups etc.

Last time I checked,

We can’t be carrying the boats and the logs with smoker’s lungs 🫡

Hubby stopped over 4 weeks ago and can't shake the headaches. He used to smoke half a pack a day. Tylenol doesn't seem to help. His energy is super low, he's super cranky. He had smoked for 30 years and it had a deep grip on his system. He's taking the habitrol step 2 patches rn and he can't even tell if they are working. How do we make the headaches subside? It's a LONG time to have a headache!

I know quitting smoking should actually help with blood circulation but I've quit for 2 days now and my fingers especially my knuckes are SO purple. Anyone else experience this?

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I had a very stressful situation which really hurt me emotionally with some friends of my roommate. And I just bought tobacco again. I need to stop again. I hate it. Why did I dot that ? Didn’t smoke for almost 3 weeks :(

I smoked for 2 years and quit it. Its 4 years since i quit. I got Gerd disease. I now have pain in my stomach. I was wondering if i will get stomach cancer from smoking. is it possible . Should i be worried

Quit on a Monday morning and chugged along to Wednesday but I buckled and bought a pack and smoked half a cigarette. Ended up tasting gross (I’m on Wellbutrin) & was not worth it so I put it out & handed the pack over to my friend.

How much is this going to set me back? I was feeling flu-like this whole week & id really like to not repeat that.

Long story short, I realized I was an alcoholic and finally sobered up this summer. Sobriety date Aug 11 2024. Ironically, the recovery community has a much higher smoking rate than the general population (half the people smoke outside the church before/after AA meetings, etc.) Last night, decided to go "super sober" (no alcohol or nicotine). Will keep going to AA meetings and start going to NicA meetings too.

IWNDWYT (for those who don't) and IWNSWYT!

Mi sto occupando di un articolo sul percorso di smettere di fumare. So che in tanti hanno affrontato questa sfida, e quindi chi meglio di ex fumatori può raccontare come si vive questa esperienza. Mi piacerebbe raccogliere alcune testimonianze personali che possono essere da esempio o da aiuto ad altre persone che hanno o vogliono smettere di fumare ma non riescono a farlo. La tua testimonianza potrebbe essere importante per qualcuno: raccontaci come hai fatto a smettere e cosa ti ha motivato a perseverare. Insieme possiamo costruire un futuro più sano e libero dal fumo!

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I've lost the taste for it and I don't understand how I used to chain-smoke without a care honestly it tastes disgusting and the smell is awful so I guess cutting down and filling my head with negativity about smoking had its benefits. I've went outside a couple of times and asked friends to smoke freely in front of me because I know I can't keep avoiding it forever and that's not real self control.

There's a special type of shame that comes with staying nicotine free for hours and hours just to light one up and smoke there's no pleasure in it anymore and I just feel repulsed and lame for giving in. I've repeated this cycle for the past five days and I feel like it's been drilled in my head at last. One more is just addiction speaking I don't really want it. I've told everyone I know for extra shame in case I even think of giving up and I have this sub to come to and my own words to reread everytime I'm about to fail myself again. We're all in this together and we can beat this stupid addiction!

I don't know if this is the right/best place to ask this but here goes.

I've vaped nicotine pretty much non-stop all day for the last seven months.

I did some googling and found that nicotine impairs brain development, which is still underway in your early 20s. It affects areas of the brain like the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. What I learned is that it will have long-term effects on my attention/focus, mood (including propensity to depression/anxiety), reward sensitivity, memory, ability to learn; it will make me have less impulse control and it will make me more susceptible to other addictions.

Those are really serious things to me. I very much value my mental acuity; there are many things I want to learn and skills I want to hone. I want to have a good memory. I don't want to go through life permanently more susceptible to my base impulses and indulging. I also don't want to face life permanently more numb to healthy ways of feeling good and well.

Is anyone equipped to answer this, how much I've messed up my brain in the long-term considering I've vaped all day for seven months between the ages of 21 and 22 (male)? I know the brain is plastic and can recover, but this time of brain development can't be given back, as far as I understand.

Or if anyone with experience can offer their two cents. Thank you.

Who’s not gonna smoke with me today?

I have decided to leave smoking right now , been smoking for almost 12 years with an average of 5-6 sticks per day. I have been in guilt trip for a while now everytime I light it up. Not for anyone but for myself. To all the time I have wasted in finding places To smoke and all the money of which I could afford my daily juices and nutrition. Wish me luck.

I mostly vape but smoke a cigarette or two a day. I'm trying to quit both but am just curious if anyone's found relief from skin diseases by quitting. Cigarettes immediately flare me up but I'm not sure about vaping. Specifically I have an eczematic condition called seborrheic dermatitis. I really wanna quit nicotine but Holy fuck I'm just dreading having to work while dealing with this lol also have no other vices so struggling to find comfort in anything other than exhaling stuff 😆

This it this time by the way. I got it this time folks. Its not as bad as I thought it would be after waking up today. I feel very great about it this time for real. All

My psychiatrist keeps prescribing me nicotine gums and it's so tempting to get them again at the pharmacy. There's for sure something addictive about them too. Cigarettes? I don't care for them anymore.

Quit date is set for November 1!! Please help and give me all of your tips and tricks 💪❤️

Hey, I'm 23yr male. I was using nicotine pouches(Zyn/Velo) for almost continuously for 2 years.

Now I decided to quit and it's my day 6. First three days were very difficult, anxiety, depression, feeling of inner shaking/Vibrating, increased heart rate, panic attacks, overthinking. Alot other things too.

Just want to ask you guys is it very difficult because I'm having brain fog after sleeping as well. I can't sleep properly and when I wake my whole body is shaking.

When these withdrawal symptoms start to go Away. Because I'm very very scared right now.

I've done it 32 times already about to be 33

Hi guys ,

I’m quitting once again and it’s cold turkey. I’ve failed twice already and the reason I’m really quitting is my wife. She is also a smoker like me and we’d smoke together and she says that I don’t care enough for her and my health together. She says if I die before her it’s pointless for her to live and if she dies and the reason is smoking whom should we blame? At this point I’m rambling. It’s day three. I’m trying to avoid all triggers. Won’t have a beer or a joint like before.

But in my previous failures I’ve not used patches or gums or Wellbutrin or any such helping aids. Do they really help?

Right now all I have is a filter that removes the tar from cigarettes and I use it as a dummy when I feel like smoking. It’s really hard, I feel less productive and I know the sleepless nights are incoming.

In a month I’ll be traveling back to my home country for vacation meeting my friends whom I dearly miss and love and want to be with them almost all days to hangout like we used to but all of them smoke. It’s going to be so awful.

I need all the help and guidance possible. I’m so worried

I quit for 100 days I was bored all the time I workout i play basketball but I just didn’t feel happy not that I wasnt depressed but I was just fine but when I was smoking and vaping I felt more happy

I quit in September and was nicotine free for over a year but then I relapsed.

Finished my pack today and I'm not gonna buy any more!

I've realized I have to quit alcohol too, every time I drink I end up wanting cigarettes and I'm often not strong enough to resist.

I have a lot of shame and guilt over falling back into nicotine addiction, but I'm trying to not be too hard on myself.

Hopefully the withdrawals will be less severe this time since I haven't been using as regularly as I was before quitting the first time.

Hello! I was a smoker for 14 years. I quit smoking cigarettes about a month ago but with a couple days I cheated and bummed smokes from friends. Overall I’m loving the quitting life but sometimes I feel like I’m not at peak operational level. This can be any area too - physical, mental, emotional. I’m trying to give myself grace but I’m wondering if it’s related to quitting? Especially since it was a habit I had for almost half my life (I’m 30F)but I also don’t know if these things are totally unrelated.