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StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ditch the pouch and pretend it didn’t happen.

  Quitting cigs is ridiculously hard. Can’t remember how many tries it took me. Finally kicked it, but the first relapse isn’t the end.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ll try to.

    This is the second time I tried. First time I made it 9 months. Just 9 days this time. But I can do it. It’s only going to be healthier for me and my household.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’ll do it. The will is there, all else will follow. I think I went like 2 years and then picked it up again due to boredom at work. Stopped a few months later, only to start again like 3 years later. That lasted almost a year and I just stopped completely.

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      • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That makes me feel a little better tbh. Ive been beating myself up, because how did I make it 9 months but not this time?

        Thank you 😭💜🙏🏼

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Glad you’re still around. I must admit, I was getting worried about you as well

  I’ve never been in your position, so I don’t want to offer useless advice. But I’m glad you’re working on it as best you can. It’s a hard habit to kick

  Also, if I might insert my 2c: you made it 10 days. You’ve just proved to yourself you can do it. Sometimes it just takes a few goes. When my mum was trying to quit, the first time she made it 16 hours. The 2nd time she made it 2 days. Then 4. She “failed” every time, but AFAIK she’s managed to break out now, and no longer smokes

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thank you Baku. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I thought losing weight would be hard, but that only took cutting out soft drinks and OMAD. This shit is insidious.

    I’m really happy to hear your mum quit! That’s fantastic! Besides, we only fail to quit when we stop trying to quit. She never failed, she succeeded!! Your advice is not useless and neither are you 💜💜💜💜

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah. It sounds like I’m doing basically the same thing as you did with your weight loss. But I never really liked sugary drinks (with the exception of ginger beer), so I’m keeping up the occasional sugar free soft drink

      You are bang on there, so it definitely sounds like you’ve got the right mindset. I’m not even going to cross my fingers you make it, because I know you will without it! ♥️

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ooh it’s hard to kick.

  I tried with vapes but realistically just replaced one addiction with another heh.

  You got this but don’t beat yourself up if there’s a cheeky accident along the way.

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• Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sending strength to Spud! A step forward, no matter how small, is still a step. The patches worked for me, just enough to take the edge off so smoking wasn’t my only thought. It changed it to an every 5 second thought instead. 12 years free in April this year, and if I can do it, you can too.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hey good to hear from you! hugs quitting smoking is the hardest thing I ever did (I smoked for 20+ years). Mr P finds it too hard, refuses to quit and keeps smoking (he’s been smoking for 50+ years). Good on you for getting this far, it’s often a case where you quit in sort of fits and starts before you quit for good. One thing I found really helpful was cutting down with a view to quitting. Over time I went from a pack a day to half a pack, to 6 cigs a day. Then I started to view it in terms of time. It took me 10 minutes to smoke a cigarette, so 6 smokes = 1 hour of the day spent smoking. I told myself, “stop complaining about not having enough hours in the day when you’re wasting an hour every day!” Whatever works, the most important thing is to keep trying. Every time you try and don’t succeed, you learn more about what your triggers were and what made you start again, so the next time you try I find you’re more mindful and prepared and more likely to succeed. It took me about 15 goes before I was successful, so please don’t beat yourself up too much about it. You’ll get there!

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is so comprehensive thank you! I really appreciate your understanding.

    The first time I made it 9 months, but this time only 9 days. I relapsed the first time when I went to get some drinks with mates and I had one of their ciggies 🤦🏼‍♀️

    This time it’s just my mental health, but if I can quit I can put that money towards actual therapy instead of this bullshit lol. But I will try until it fucking sticks. I want to be here for my cat and my partner.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Pouch? Bruh I say this with love: You fell off the horse and thats totally fine! but throw the rest out. Start now. every extra one you have after the relapse makes it so much harder to quit.

  I STILL want a smoke 8 years later and I only ever smoked when drunk.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is a great idea, I’ll try! I’ve only had one so far and just had a cry in the bathroom 😭 lol

    I really appreciate your support and understanding.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  nope. don’t’ do the full pouch. Cut that shit, smoke your day, then JUNK IT. give it to a neighbor, toss it on bin night, get rid of it.

  You will slip up. it happens. Dont’ keep it around when you do. it makes it easier to keep slipping

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Quitting is hard. Every attempt teaches us something we can use for the next attempt, eventually you hit on the right thing that works for you.

  Just don’t use my Dad’s method. He tried to quit once. It didn’t work, so instead of trying again he just pretended he didn’t smoke and spent years furtively sneaking off to smoke and buy cigarettes like a teenager. He somehow seemed to fool himself into thinking no one knew, even though it was incredibly obvious. It was bizarre, and meant that when he was finally forced to quit (when he was physically incapable of accessing cigarettes on his own) he had to go through the withdrawal alone and unsupported because he still couldn’t admit he had been smoking the whole time.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I can’t speak as if I’ve had any experience with smoking but all the best and good luck!

  Keep at it and never give up!

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    never give up

    Hol’ up.

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Took me a hundred goes to quit, keep at it.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s ok, you can try again.

  Potentially unwanted 2 cents/how I managed it

  I had a terrible time quitting and what worked to get me off the cigs and then completely smoke free was a cheap reusable vape. I mixed my own liquid or used 0% liquid and very slowly diluted the strength down until I was completely off nicotine. Vaping is not without risks. And the long term effects haven’t been studied. But with a view to quitting if you do try this - get a prescription for the nicotine - buy reputable supplies, including pure glycerin (or premade 0% liquid) - use a dedicated online calculator for the dilutions and measure accurately - keep everything clean - avoid butter flavours (diacetyl) or use unflavoured - don’t use your device with too little liquid in the tank or dry - drip the liquid into new disposable coils/filters to soak them fully before use (so the cotton doesn’t burn) - replace coils the second they get burned or dirty you shouldn’t have too many issues in the time it takes you to quit. Stay away from the black market vapes. You don’t know the strength or what’s in them. And the breathing issues that were reported on in the news were very likely lipid pneumonia, which happens when there’s oil in the liquid. Probably some dodgy black market operator used glycerin intended for the beauty industry containing vitamin e oil.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  so many hugs

  You can do this. 💪🏻

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Good to hear from you, Spud.

  The first step to change is realising that it would be good to change something. You can do it. 💜

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