r/stopsmoking • u/strosemary • 1d ago
I’ve done it! 30 days no smoking!
After a scary and preventable visit to urgent care, I stopped smoking tobacco and weed! It’s been 30 days and I’m so proud of myself! Smoked weed 10 years and tobacco about 6 or 7. I haven’t had this long of a break from both willingly probably since I’ve started.
My biggest motivator is that I DO NOT want to depend on the American healthcare industry to help me! Staff is overworked and it’s so expensive I want to avoid the hospital as much as possible, and the biggest thing affecting my health was smoking. BYEEEE!!!!!
I’ve had that “thing stuck in my throat” feeling since I’ve stopped, and some psychological stuff, but holy shit I AM SO GLAD I AM FREE. I still have time to go, but I feel really solid. I think cigarettes smell nasty and I cannot stand to think of putting smoke in my lungs again. Like holy shit OUCH!!!! Literally hurts so bad to smoke! I would much rather burn incense. I miss it aesthetically sometimes, but it is so not worth the physical and mental toll it takes. I have become aware of my body again in a way I haven’t in years (to the point of anxiety but I think I can deal with that now). I feel more sensitive to things. I don’t have wild dry mouth when I wake up. Ahhh it’s just great yall.
I’ve hit a friend’s vape here and there, maybe 6 times throughout this month, but that is NOTHING compared to where I was at. I’d say in the past probs at least 10 hits when I had one available, plus cigarettes, so ya know what a few hits of a vape is nothing, and it’s been some weeks since that last hit anyways. I can tell myself “that vape/cigarette is gonna hurt and also give you nothing” and I LISTEN!!!
For a while I felt super dumb that I was a smoker. But hey, it’s okay! It probably prevented me from getting into harder stuff tbh. And also, I was so dedicated to smoking, I like to think I can be dedicated to my hobbies and other skills instead. Most of us who smoke are trying to cope with something. Have grace! It’s okay. AND it’s ALSO really cool to acknowledge that your old coping mechanism isn’t helping you like it used to. Say “thank you cigarette, thank you weed, thank you nicotine for your help. It is time for me to move on”.
My tips are: get rid of your smoking materials if you need to. Replace the oral fixation with something. I bought a ton of popsicles and ate those — helps with the sore throat too. And now I crave a delicious popsicle and not a drying cigarette. Get some fidget toys. Drink water. Remember your why. It’s easy for me to reject a smoke when I remember the hospital.
You can do it! Best shit ever dude.
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u/Head_Bandicoot_8113 1d ago edited 23h ago
Congratulations !
I think about stopping too. I really do. To be honest, that doesn't worry me that much but i still wonder. I have to precise i smoke since twenty years now :/ If i knew how dumb it was to start ... I just got a question. How many days was it "hard" due to nicotine addiction ? Did you stop just like that or little by little ?
Since two days, i try to smoke less, maybe it's dumb but in my mind being i try to get used to nicotine withdrawal.
I have a last pack of cigarettes with me. I decided that when it's empty, i won't buy more. I really wanna succeed with that. I remember, when i was 25 or so, i stopped just like that and so easily, just because i saw what smokers lungs look like.
Edit : Ten minutes later, i flushed my last cigarettes in the water closet. I'm a little scared now :x
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u/Miniminieffort 15h ago
So proud of you. I wish to reach where you are, but right now it’s been 48 hours since my last cigarette, and I’m not feeling well.
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u/Head_Bandicoot_8113 7h ago
That's funny cause i could say the same to you. It's my first day without cigarettes, and it's a little hard. So, i wish to reach where you are.
Seriously, be proud of yourself buddy. Two days without smoking are two victories. And from what i did read multiple times, it'll become more and more easier very soon.
Be strong friend :)
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u/Miniminieffort 7h ago
Happy to hear you decided to quit. Love your hope and energy. Wish you success :)
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u/Rick_James_Lich 34 days 23h ago
Great job, I just hit my one month anniversary and it truly feels great knowing I don't have to wake up feeling like crap everyday because I smoke way too much. Here is to your health!
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u/Head_Bandicoot_8113 21h ago
And so, was it hard ? How were the firsts days ? Did you feel tired or depressed and all as i did read somewhere ? I'm asking cause i'm trying to since today, and i dont know how the next days will be :x
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u/Rick_James_Lich 34 days 18h ago
I did the nicotine patch, but also I was really sick, like every cigarette I smoked made me feel like I had a huge lump in my throat for the next hour, to the point where I couldn't eat food. And by the time it went away, I'd want another cigarette really badly. Because of that, I really wanted to quit and it wasn't so bad. The patch helped a lot too - you still have to do some heavy lifting but it made things a lot easier. The first like two days were the most awkward, but even then, there would be points where I'd be able to get my mind off of smoking. Now it gets to the point where the urges come up way less often and they usually go away within a few minutes.
What helped me those first few days was staying around family a lot, I let them know what I was trying to do and they were supportive. I also planned a lot of TV and movie watching, I had a bad ass marathon with The Office that made things a lot easier at night time.
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u/Soggy_Substance4705 1d ago
Congratulations! Ill be there in two weeks.....I'm two weeks no smoking cold turkey.....keep leading the way for me...lol.
Again Congratulations, you are awesome!!!!