>tfw smoke 2.5 packs of cigarettes a day
>tfw it's putting a hamper on gains
anyone here managed to quit smoking cigarettes?
>>37206549
Wtf that's a lot of cigs. I thought I was bad at 15 per day
Smoking a pack at least every day, doesnt hurt my gains too much yet, but my wallet. Have to live on 0.2$ instant ramen to afford my cigarettes and booze
>not getting blackout drunk every friday and saturday
I know you wanna make gains and all, but what keeps you from killing yourself?
>>37206567
I usually have one every 10 minutes
>>37206575
I'm in ontario and my 2 pack a day habit costs me 30 dollars a day, they're 12 a pack now
>>37206549
juul by pax
it just works
>>37206590
2.5 pack a day* >>37206590
>>37206575
You should try getting a cigarette machine and bulk tobacco. I did that for a while and it cost me about $20 a month.
Stop being a pussy ass bitch and just quit. It's not that fucking hard
>>37206549
>>37206575
I hope for the sake of your gains and wallets you can ease off/quit smoking.
From an outside perspective, it sounds like you're both in quite a bit too deep. You should start working immediately to counteract it.
I know that's easier said than done, but you really, really need to.
>>37206600
>>37206575
Sometimes I have to eat shit food because cigs are so expensive now
I was never nearly as bad as you, but when i buy a pack, its normally gone in 2-3 days. I somehow convinced myself not to buy packs. Ill bum from friends when im drinking tho. ill buy them drinks so that way we are even $ wise.
I know that if i have a pack, ill smoke it. i do everything i can to stay busy so that way i dont think about smoking. if i want to smoke, i have to be social and bum which makes me feel bad so it lowers my smoking anyway.
and I feel bad when I smoke more than 3 in a day.
even when smoking that little it affects my ability to do cardio. fwiw I only cardio 3 times a week.
How the fuck do people manage to smoke a pack or more per day? Back when I smoked I had to deliberately go out of my way to smoke more than 10
>>37206575
>>37206610
No, what you should actually do is vape.
I had one like pic related and it helped me give up fags. The great thing is that you can smoke it indoors, at work, at the pub, wherever you want (although some places ban it).
I found that I was vaping more than I smoked though, because I could vape anywhere. So I was having a lot of nicotine and was getting dizzy and shaky. So then I stopped. And also I realised inhaling all this shit was still bad (though obviously nowhere near AS bad) for getting /fit/. So yeah, I quit.
Seriously, one like pic related cost me like £7 I think, then the bottles of fluid are like £2 - £3 each for the regular stuff. Go for red tobacco flavour, that's the most "normal" one. And obviously go for the nicotine stuff. They come in different strengths you can dial down the nicotine gradually
>>37206786
I smoke every 10 minutes
>>37206549
>the current year
>smoking
ISHYGDDT
>>37206817
How is that even possible?
And I thought my porn addiction was pathetic. At least it's free and based on actual physiological needs, not a super expensive, super unhealthy oral fixation. Get your shit together, guys
>>37206847
I work outside
>>37206549
jesus christ man, i'm not knocking smoking (i smoke when I drink/on the weekends), but 2.5 packs a day? wtf is wrong with you? i know you're not literally retarded, you obviously know how bad cigarettes are, and you smoke 50 cigarettes in one day? how the fuck do you even do that? is smoking cigarettes your job? if you really smoke that many cigarettes, say 4-5 minutes per cigarette, that'd be like 3-4 hours a day just smoking. i don't understand that shit. when i think of someone that smokes that much i think some 40 something year old lady that looks 80 and whose face looks like a baseball mitt fucked mr potato head and had a baby. get your shit together bro, i'm judging hard because i don't want you to die, and i don't even know you.
>>37206881
A pack has 25 in it I smoke around 60 a day and I'm 22
Quitting smoking is easy. People manage to go through withdrawals for fucking bezos, meth, heroin etc and live. Cravings for nicotine is child play if you have even the slightest amount of will power
>smoke pack a day for years
>enjoy it so don't want to quit
>'try' to quit heaps of times because that's what your supposed to do
>never really WANT to quit
>one day decide I want to be healthy
>brain switches and I WANT to quit.
>stop smoking and never start again
>I'm so out of the habit now that I can smoke socially when out with mates and not relapse
I've told this story a few times on here. The reaction is usually people get upset that I'm telling them it's easy and that 'not everyone can do it that easily' that weakness and pathetic. Really read what I said properly. You need to 100% make the decision to to do it, you need to actually want it. Nicotine cravings are not that bad.
>>37206847
Man I worked with a guy who smoked 50 cigs just in the 8 hour shift, had one going constantly and he was always coughing
>>37206881
also, at my most i was only smoking half a pack a day, but i have had some strong drug addictions in the past. i know they say smoking addiction is worse, but you don't even get anything from cigarettes. literally after a while they just make you smell like shit, you don't get any effect from nicotine. you need to get on some chantix and get a vape pen or some shit.
>>37206893
where i'm from there's 20 in most packs, 25 is even worse lol. fuck man you're fucking your shit up at 22. you're too young to be doing that shit, quit now while you're young and have a future. maybe you won't cough out your lungs one day. keep on like you are and i bet you'll have an oxygen tank at 40.
How do you get addicted to cigarettes? I tried cigarettes, cigars, vapes, hookah, etc, but never had a desire to actually go out and buy a cigarette or whatever on my own
>>37206549
Ive been smoking for years and i only smoke like 10 to 15 a day how can you smoke so much
>>37206927
40? I'd give him till 26 if he's smoking 2.5 packs a day
>>37206813
too bad you became a "fag" in the process
>>37206911
seriously, mind over matter and will power. WANT IT and HAVE IT. smokers who can't quit are just pussy addicts and just as bad if not worse than fat people who think they can't lose weight but really just don't because they don't do anything about it.
>>37206940
I fiend for them like every 5 minutes
I need to quit cigarettes because I can't afford the 11 dollars a day for them
>>37206549
Fucking why bro?
What brand do you smoke?
I used to smoke 1 pack a day and I had to kinda force me to smoke the last 2 cigarettes.
Try smoking american spirit they are more satisfying,but idk man,50 cigarettes a day is too much,why do you do it?
>>37206813
>No, what you should actually do is vape.
>>37207014
I smoke 60 a day, packs have 25 in them and I smoke john players standard
I live in ontario a pack is 11.75 each
>>37206549
you wanna die? just quit pussy, break that fucking PR, it actually requires real BALLS, unlike lifting shit from the ground and putting it down
talking about gains.. gain some LIFE for yourself you stupid cunt
You sound like I used to be OP I used to wake up every 2 hours from sleeping and have one and when I was awake I almost constantly had one going
>>37207028
LOL
>>37206549
only ever smoked 5-10 max per regular day
maybe a pack if I was at a party/club all night
recently got patches and gum, works fucking great, been over a week without a cig
feeling 100% healthier, I'm not making weird struggling to breath noises at night
knowing I don't smell like shit around others is great too
cravings are a bit intense but that's what the gums for
give it a try
>>37207036
60 a fucking day?? wtf is wrong with you?
my nan literally smokes all fucking day and drinks tea but i dont think she goes through 2 packs
>>37207059
I have a couple during the night when I wake up from sleeping, usually 3 or 4
>>37207088
She probably just let's them burn, it takes me like 3 minutes to smoke a king size cig because I drag hard on them
>>37206938
Hang around people who smoke a lot or be involved in the party scene. You get in the habit of bumming one or two when you go out, then that number goes up, then you feel bad about being a bum so that you buy a pack, then wa-la
>>37207036
So you spend like 25$ a day on smokes? Add that up over a month you moron
>>37206549
Cut one or two habitual ones out of your schedule every few weeks or so over the course of a couple of years and you can kick it.
>>37207014
Probably small time drug dealer or apprentice rug salesman. The "stress" is getting too much for him
>>37207138
Around 28 dollars a day and the worst part is I only make 12.70 per hour
>>37207162
I work as a landscaper
Try a book called "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr, you can get it off Amazon. It has helped tons of people quit.
>>37207167
You see it's clearly effecting your finances and life but you just can't seem to put the ciggarettes down to benefit you
>>37207167
Wtf is wrong with you? Working hours of your day just to smoke cigs?
>>37206549
Seriously though OP. Drink lots of water, mix in a lemon and apple cider vinegar drink with a peppermint tea and drink 5-10 times a day initially and shower like 5 times a day (weird but it works) dont resort to eating sugars to quit it leads to smokin again . What helped me slow down and quit was muay thai and bjj. You cannot smoke ciggies non stop and do training in the morning and at night. You wont nees gym, its more fun, less chance to quit gym. I still have a smoke before going surfing but mix it with some green so im not just rewarding myself with smokes.
I smoke almost a pack a day
>TFW they're 16.75 a pack here for cheap ones
>>37207192
Yeah sometimes I can't pay for groceries and have to eat shitty rice and potatoes for a week
>>37207181
I did too when i smoked and that is a fucked job for trying to quit. Rage inducing.
>>37207199
And cig fits are fucking crackhead level, but somehow socially acceptable.
>>37207167
Wow over 800 a month on smokes?
>>37207213
OK so you sometimes have to pinch pennies just to eat and you spend 28$ a day on cigarettes? Where is the logic man? Quit now!
>>37207213
Man i guess im the biggest hypocrite because i buy like a gram of weed every day ayyyy lmao
>>37207213
kek get your priorities straight m8
I'd quit in an instant if I had to choose between decent food and cigarettes
You sound like an idiot. I bet you've had multiple cigs since this thread has been up. Quit now you retard. Or don't and die like the bitch you are
>>37207254
Yeah I've had to buy really shitty food a few times because I had no money left over after buying cigarettes
ITT faggots without willpower. If you feel its negative influence and don't want to do it, don't. Pick another pastime, play an instrument, learn a language, meditate, go suck dick if you really need something in your mouth.
Stop buying them. Stop buying lighters. Avoid places / situations where you usually smoke. Control yourself when you feel the urge. Try to imagine yourself in 20 years and that you'd want to have quit today. Put the money you'd spend on cigarettes in a piggy bank and spend it on something good after 6 months.
How weak-willed do you have to be to just keep slowly killing yourself while claiming to "not want it"?
All you need to do is not pretend you're immortal, not postpone it and not make more excuses.
Changing an addictive behavior is extremely difficult, but can only be done if you're serious about it day in day out. If you relapse, hate yourself for a few hours and proceed to do better.
source: quit heavy drinking, smoking, weed, speed and xtc. Recently quit porn which is pretty much the hardest because it's everywhere.
>>37207277
There is no way this guy is making actual gains smoking all them ciggarettes and eating shitty food. Because I have had experience doing exactly that. It's impossible to make gains doing that.
Theres NO way you are smoking two packs a day and preparing meals.
>>37207287
I've had 6 since I made this thread, I've got 1.5 packs left and I'll try quitting
>>37207287
kek
>>37207295
I don't prepare the meals my gf does
>>37207289
hey everyone look at this guy...just because he hasn't jerked his meat in a few days and had a cig he thinks he is some moral god
>>37207301
That's EXACTLY the attitude that will cause you to die smoking. Toss the fucking packs, you spineless cunt. Throw them out and if you find yourself digging through the trash, kill yourself right then and there.
"hurrrr I have cigarettes left" or "i'll quit on the 1st of next month" are such neanderthal excuses.
>>37207301
Read the post at the top about truely wanting to quit. The way you said that
>then I'll try quitting
Sounded so half hearted. You WILL fail with that attitude. You don't need to try and quit. You need to quit.
The hardest part more so than the cravings is accepting that you will never smoke again, you go through the grieving process like the death of a friend.
>>37206610
This, rolling your own is the way to go, I think I was paying like a buck per pack per day when I was smoking. Only problem is the huge money savings largely eliminate most of your motivation to quit, unfortunately
>>37207332
Hell even if he could just cut down to like half a pack a day it's still way better than 2 and a half packs a day because that's just suicide
>>37207301
I used the patches and it was pretty easy.
>>37207320
He is right you fucking fag>>37207322
>>37207320
it has absolutely nothing to do with morality. It's about not being controlled by addictive behavior that ruins all your potential. I'm just saying it's possible if you take it seriously.
>>37206549
i used to smoke but holy shit. 60 a day.
This shit just made me angry. Your will is absolutely weak as piss, and then you come here expecting what, pity? comfort?
>"you can do it anon!"
fuck yourself, make a conscious decision to put the cigarette down or keep smoking yourself poor and dead, but its your choice either way so man the fuck up and own it.
Even cut down to a pack a day (fucking lol)
start filling your life with more shit that isn't smoking. how the fuck do you have any productivity landscaping, while smoking a new cig every 10 mins?
your life, but carry on this way and it'll be over soon enough
>>37207357
I take smoke breaks all the time at work but I drag them fast and it only takes me like 3 mins a cigarette
>>37206911
I quitcigarettes then i quit my benzo habit then picked up smoking again to feel slightly sane whike going through that shit.
I quit cold.
I found it was only difficult at first because I thought about it. I said it was difficult to myself and I kept giving in.
Later I just stopped thinking. No. Every thought of smoking was met with "no." Didn't smoke again, except two or three times with friends.
>>37206786
"I had to deliberately go out of my way"?? For what purpose?
>>37206549
Enjoy your lung cancer faggot
>>37207364
there you go, no more smoke breaks. easy.
and when you do have a break, it's now a banana break
or a water break
or some shit you can do for 3 mins
>>37206827
Trudeau, pls go
>tfw can't stop drinking
>currently ruining 2 months of sobriety
lolfags
>>37207397
imagine if he done pushups
Quick question
How much does smoking affect my gains? I go to the gym everyday (except weekends)
Cardio 1 times a week
Lifting 4 times a week
I only smoke about 6-7 Cigs a day
>>37206549
Quit 11 months ago (a year on June 6th), cold turkey. Made a promise.
There hasn't been a day since that I haven't thought about lighting up a cig. It's a fucking torture. You just learn to live with it...
>>37207437
Makes you weak mentally by thinking you need something that you really do not
the majority of people do not smoke
>>37207454
Seen a couple of beef heads smoke in the parking lot of the gym before, they seem fine
Imagine OPs teeth and voice LOLOLOL
he probably sounds like a dying 90 year old at 22
>>37207420
Booze is easy to quit because where I live it's expensive as fuck
>>37206993
I used to support 12 African kids through world vison but then I started smoking and money was tight so I was forced to stop sending money.
I assume they've all starved by now.
>>37207439
I used to smoke 1 pack/day, quit cold turkey too about 1 year ago.
but unlike you, I did it because I wanted it. After 15 years I just got tired of the damn thing fucking me up. No love lost whatsoever, and the cravings pretty much dissapeared after a month. The 1st week was the only real difficulty desu.
>>37207477
I live in Canuckistan it's expensive here too lad
>>37207464
>tfw I used to smoke a pack a day
>tfw always coughing or clearing phlegm from throat
I can't fucking imagine more than 2 packs a day that's insane
>>37207463
lol u sure
>>37206911
I'm pretty sure there was some study that found nicotine is one of the hardest addictions to kick. Obviously different strokes and all that, but it's definitely not child's play. Whenever I've quit I go three days where I basically shit non stop, feel dizzy, angry and sleep for more than 15 hours a day. But I can do a gram of coke every day for a week straight and not feel a thing after the party stops.
>>37206993
Whats up fellow New England fag
I quit by chain smoking without breathing in air. You need to suffocate yourself with smoke until you're gagging and feel light headed, then smoke another cigarette. Your body remembers that feeling, makes putting down the last cigarette easier. Then it's cold turkey and willpower. Whenever you want to buy a pack you'll think of that moment.
I also find that a lot of smoking comes from boredom.
>>37207542
That's bullshit. The cravings are easy. The hard part is accepting the loss of a part of your life you enjoy. People go cold turkey on cigs there a plenty of drugs where that's basically impossible. No way is it even in the top 10 hardest addictions
>>37207565
Kek that pretty much what OP does
>>37207501
This
Who smokes 2 packs a day? That's just fucked considering my 20 or so per day is overkill
>>37206549
Yes. I smoked for roughly 2 years, smoked one pack of red label within 4-6days. I realised that I can't afford to keep buying that shit so often so I just stopped, whenever I felt like smoking I either drank water or chewed gum just to get some sort of simulation.
>>37207437
you can do it just try to cut back and quit eventually. as for gains it shouldn't effect you as much
There is no way OP gets cravings for a cig every 10 minutes. That's not possible.
Your smoking is mostly just a habit or a psychological addiction. If you fail going cold turkey a half way step would be only smoking when you really really feel you need one
>>37207657
My dad smokes one after another so I can see how he smokes 2.5 packs a day
>>37207602
A pack every 4-6 days? That's nothing are you on welfare?
i'm quitting because i think it's fucking with my allergies
i have a retarded question though because i think i've been doing it wrong for six years. do you
>drag from cig, exhale
or
>drag from cig, inhale air, then exhale
>>37207657
That's what I did when I quit. I waited until I really needed one and over time they became less and less and I was smoking 25 per day
>>37207723
U wot m8? You drag from it than inhale it and hold smoke in lungs for like 2 seconds than exhale
>>37206945
cigarETTE
>>37207028
lmao
>>37206549
cold turkey 15 years ago.. it probably helped that I was very sick at the time and poor. I was down to about 7-8 a day and could only smoke half a cigarette at a time before coughing up a lung.
The 1st week was the worst and I almost lost my shit on an old man at mcdonalds for ordering to slowly lol.
then it got better. 6 months later I only craved when someone smoked my old brand.
5 years later couldnt tell the brands but liked the smell from time to time
10 years later it really does stink like shit
>>37207856
Whenever I've tried to quit I get in fist fights
>>37207723
Are you asking if you inhale the smoke on the same inhale breath as the one you draw it with?
When I smoked I always inhaled smoke, then without exhaling, inhaled air to kinda 'push' the smoke into my lungs more, then exhaled.
>tfw quit exactly 1 year ago today
OP, you should ask someone you care a lot about to have an heart attack and barely survive it, it usually does wonders to motivation.
The first 20 days are the hardest. Do pushups or go running when you feel like you absolutely need one. Also take advantage of the hunger to increase your calories intake and get some bulking going on.
>>37207965
i always assumed that the drag was enough, then i started doing it your way and get lightheaded. i think that's enough to make me want to quit.
>>37206549
Chewing gum, will power, and doing any form of cardio helped me slow down (i.e. go on a hike with friends then feel bad after you realize how shit your lungs are compared to everyone).
I'm down to about a couple cigarettes every weekend. My dentist just informed me I have gingivitis reeeeeeeeeee.
My grandpa was a pack a day smoker for 20 years and quit cold turkey when his granddaughter was born. Quit being bitches and do it. No excuses.
>>37208023
A pack a day is nothing compared to 2.5 packs
