Cigarettes and alcohol addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my husband which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
I would like to know from those who have solved PTSD and anxiety, if they have solved it definitively and how to understand what quantity of psilocybin to take and when, for how long. And can you really heal without having an addiction? Thanks to everyone for helping me understand, I want to understand if it's something that can help me solve the problem (I have c-ptsd)
It took my mom's death to kick my ass to stop. She was a lifelong smoker and suffered from congestive heart failure which her doctor said her smoking was a contributing factor to her heart issues. After she passed I just quit cold turkey and never looked back. I had smoked from the age of 11 until I was 23 and was a pretty heavy smoker. I have been niccotine free for 12 years now.
@@abdulllahi1482 try guava tea. I drank that to flush my system and another thing I'd do that worked when I'd get bad cravings was sudoku puzzles to put my mind on something other than my cravings. I figure if I was able to quit during peak holiday season working retail in customer service anyone can quit.
There really isn't anything you're giving up. That way of thinking is part of the addiction. All the benefits you think that smoking provided are based on illusions. Nicotine is a very powerful drug.
Always keep me in mind its very tough but u are not alone mane are fighting this shit those chemist made and more than a billion are addicted and cant stop even when they try cause they fail most of the times and they give up no knowing that this is a very strong addiction and its okay to fail but to give up is worst keep trying new ways untill u can one day cause this is a drug these chemist made for destruction and they act like they care about us .. very strong i suggest u try nicotine gums i did it works half way or more to stop cravings i have been a smoker for 10 years smoking two packs almost a day and it my 23 day without ciggrate but i do take 4mg nicotine gums i mean its better than those chemicals rather pure nicotine .. try a doctor before u start this cravings is serious and pretty strong addiction which come from ciggrate smokin and the memory u had with them make it more difficult but its a trap we all fell in .so fight these chemist and its worth it and u ll be happy and u ll enjoy the moments once again one day the body was not designed to have Nocotine and those harmful chemical into ur lungs and body the only thing that was meant to go into lung is only AIR.good luck
GDY MATE" I AM 59" & I HAVE BEEN A HEAVY SMOKER SINCE I WAS 14"yrs OLD. I STOPED 4'WEEKS AGO NOW AND HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO STOP.AS WE KNOW ONCE WE MAKE OUT MINDS UP! WE CAN DO EVERYTHING! I HOPE YOU ARE STILL SMOKE FREE. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT. CHEERS MAN FROM ANDRE GEORGESCU OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for this video. I'm on day 4 of not smoking and I needed this. My craving is so strong right now, but I don't want to smoke anymore as I believe smoking is contributing to my anxiety and I need that feeling to go away.
@@debrakelly4505 Have you successfully crossed the 1 month mark? Day 11 for me. Still struggling several times a day - would kill for a fag! Glad to hear it gets easier by day 25. @Mahalia Budzinski: you're over two weeks in, right? Still going ok? Hope so.
I had my last smoke after work last night been smoking over 43 years im 56 now im actually doing pretty good strong and healthy but i know its just a matter of time thank you for your talk i completely relate to you. Im just so tired of that voice in my head constantly warning and nagging me to stop it . Wish you well!!
Not good still smoking quit for 3 months then was hit with family crisis I was actually starting to watch quit smoking videos to phyc myself back into quitting now that stuff has calmed down
Somebody suggested to me some years ago I try the combo of whiskey and cigars. I was drinking occasionally up until then but never really smoked. (Had tried a few times cigarettes, but nothing major). Either way, so the first time I had the combo I kind of enjoyed it, but it wasn't that cool. Then the second time, I definitely appreciated it more. And then a few more times down the line (this was all during a few months period), I was really starting to get into it. The combination of a good whiskey and a quality cigar was really starting to get charming for me. I remember, one evening, when I was just planning to hit it again, I suddenly realized that if I don't stop the cigar thing RIGHT now - I will get addicted to it. And then one addiction can lead to another and then I would really be in trouble. After that moment I had never had a glass of whiskey with a cigar any more. In fact I haven't had even a standalone cigar or any nicotine products at all. Watching your video here makes me think - damn, that was a good decision that evening.
Thanks for your inspiring video... I have been a smoker for the last 32 years. I quit on 3 April 21,It’s a huge challenge and struggling with it... I hope to hang on... Cigarettes are the worst thing man invented. I hope to be like you and be proud to say... I am a non smoker!
I quit smoking for four years and stupidly lit one when my twins were born. It took hold of me again and I'm sadly back to square one. There are times when I smoke that I'm in disbelief that I let this addiction wrangle its way back into my life. I've set tomorrow as my new quit date. I've done it once, I can do it gain. Best of luck to everyone trying to quit this revolting habit.
You'll do it and don't judge yourself too hard, I think it helps to direct all the shame towards the damn cigarettes. I'm on day 5 after many failed attempts and admire you for not smoking for 4 years, just get back on track. Best of luck to you
@@monz7951 thank you so much for the kind words. I'll definitely get back on track. Only a matter of time. Good luck with your quitting journey. 5 days is a great milestone and believe me, it's just the first few days which are the worst. In my experience the first two or three days were the hardest, You have already made it past the worst part of it so keep going!
@@craigellison2309 thanks a lot man, yeah for me the toughest was day 3 (hard day at work and then going out with friends, all smokers) felt like I was going crazy but kept reminding me myself that those stupid cigs won't help me in any way, only thing they'll do is keep me addicted. And today I finally feel my throat is clearing up and I can't wait to get all this crap out of my body. Comments like yours keep me inspired and motivated, since basically everyone I know smokes and they haven't been very supportive, probably to defend their addiction like I used to do too. We can do it ✌🏼
@@monz7951 wishing you all the best on your journey! Before you know it you will wake up and realise later in the day that you didn't even think of it. The best feeling in the world!
Thanks for this. It's been exactly 8 days, seems like such a little time but in my head it seems like an entire lifetime. You don't realize how evil smoking can be, it was created to solve a problem that was created by nicotine in the first place just coz some fart wanted to make money😒 I constantly remind myself that I was not born with a cigarette in my mouth so why's this so hard? Then it hits me, smoking has been a part of my life and such a big part of who I am for over 15 years so of course it'll make me feel some kind of way, I need to be more patient with myself. This is really hard but I know it will be worth it. I now watch videos like these each time I crave for some inspiration and it really works. Thank you sir for sharing your experience with us. I genuinely feel that if I could go 8 days without smoking then I can see this to the end and I can do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING!!! And that feeling, I will remind myself of each time I want to light up. Good luck to those who are on the same journey and to those who have never smoked before, don't ever start, it's never worth it❤️
I quit about 35yrs ago and one of the tools I used was seeing smoking for what it was not what I hoped it would do for me. Another words, I learned to hate cigarettes. When you smoke, they are your best friend. They're there when things are down and they're there when they are up. They are the biggest con in your life. They'll take your money and your life IF YOU LET THEM.
Very good question. Before I quit for the last time ( I had tried a number of times), I read an article that said the cravings typically go away after 2 years. It may seem like a long time, but there is an end point and it gets better as time goes by. To fight off the cravings I would conjure up a cigarette monster and fought with it rather then beat myself up for not having the will power. Just keep remembering that this is an ADDICTION not a habit and to end it takes work and willingness to stop it. YOU CAN DO IT!
@@jackt2020 33 years ago. Whenever I smell tobacco smoke, I remind myself why I hate it. That's thee key, to learn to despise it for what it is. The only thing tobacco will ever do for you is kill you
Just quit today. Wearing a patch. Been smoking a pack a day for 21 years!!! You won’t quit unless YOU WANT TO. I know that this time, I finally want to!!!! Pray for me
That’s what I was wondering, when you’re in the grips of it it’s not as easy as just stop and not do it anymore, I’d like to know the thought process behind the quitting, the repeated thought process keeping from lighting up…
@@danieladamconceicao6246 The thing is, if you're thinking about something all the time you're still being gripped by it, ie. 'What you resist persists'. Although initially it's helpful to build up an association with disgust everytime you think you want a cigarette and cement that thought process into a habit through persistent repetition. Regular exercise in tandem with this helps massively, and a clean diet. Eventually you'll feel great through these wholesome lifestyle changes, and that coupled with the disgust-association you've built up will soon make the very idea of a smoking seem appalling; you'll soon laugh at the absurdity of being controlled by such a strange and pathological habit
I smoked from 14 to 35 years old, in the last years I smoked an average of 30 cigarettes a day (1 pack and a half). I gave my life to Jesus, and I felt the need not to smoke or consume alcohol anymore, with the alcoholic drink it was overnight, I threw away what I had of beer and cachaça at home... ! I agreed with my wife to try to smoke the least amount of cigarettes I could in one day so with a lot of effort on my part I smoked 12 cigarettes, for one week she gave me 12 cigarettes every day for me to consume, the other week it was 11 cigarettes a day day, the other 10... and each week it decreased by 1 per day. everything was going well, until it reached 4 cigarettes... I started stealing cigarettes from her, and ended up smoking 7, 8 cigarettes a day. until one day that during a prayer I was sincere to God, and said that I couldn't stop smoking and that I didn't really have the strength and that I really wanted to and asked God to help me and take the pleasure of smoking from me... One day inside the church during a preaching that a pastor was doing, I heard a voice speaking in my ear clearly; - "So far I've let you try, to show that you're not capable. From today you don't smoke because I don't want to! I was so scared that when my wife told me what I had heard, she saw in me a frightened and admired person, who started to cry because she saw that I was not delirious. Upon leaving the church my car had been broken into and my documents and my wife's documents had been stolen, along with the vehicle's sound. But I knew that if I got over that nervousness and anger I felt at seeing my car like that I wouldn't smoke anymore (it was like a test to confirm my convictions in the voice I heard). I called my wife and we went home , I took everything I had connected to tobacco ( tobacco , paper , lighter , matches , cigarette pack ....) I put it on a piece of paper and rolled it up we went to the street, and on a sidewalk I threw alcohol and I prayed to God; - Lord, trusting the voice I heard today I know that I will no longer feel like smoking, in Jesus name I set fire to all these elements linked to cigarettes! And by the honor and glory of God I was freed, in the name of Jesus! Vinicius Cruz. th-cam.com/video/xrQA5Jx9R3Y/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Vin%C3%ADciusCruz
40 years smoking, I am on day 6 without cigs. Using some nicotine therapy products. Mostly it is a mindset change to my new mantra: I’m a non somoker, I do not smoke, smoking hurts, I want to feel better and look better and be able to breathe!
I hate the sharp pains I get in my ribs and the coughing and waking up every night to smoke. I have no job to take up my time and spend all day smoking to avoid total boredom. Plus living with my 5 yr. old and my wife; the guilt is there constantly. I just want my freedom, if I knew wanting to look cool as a teen would end up like this I can't say I would have started to begin with
Ugh. I got me a calender and had planned for today to be the 28th day I was smoke free. I am 36 and I first started smoking cigars when I was a toddler my family thought it was cute and funny. Im so tired of being dysfunctional. Why can't I stop 😭😭😭 I swear they have become more addictive over the years 😭🙏😭
Quite honestly, nicotine is a very strong addiction. It should be handled as an addiction. Inpatient treatment first, meetings, counseling. We treat smokers with "aides" and send them home to do it on their own. Do we do this with cocaine addiction? "Here ya go, here's some replacement drugs, go home and use them." An addict is going to go home with good intentions and then use nicotine.
I smoked for about 17 years. No one told me to smoke, I was depressed, I lost my mom so I started with self destructive behavior. I'm finally quiting. I'm 34 it's time to get rid of this .
I had my first cigarette @18. Then became a regular smoker @21. I been smoking for 19yrs & I'm finally acting on quitting. Today is day 3 no cigarettes, I'm learning how to sing & I need to be able to breathe as well as have no damage in my throat. I just hope I stay passionate about singing cuz I might start smoking again if I don't.
This is inspiring. I've been addicted to nicotine for 15 years, I'm struggling to quit. I went from cigarettes to vaping, which is almost worse because I vape more often than I smoked. I'm throwing out the stupid little nicotine pods, I'm tossing the vape. It has to stop. Thank you for sharing this.
I’m very early here, but it’s been almost 24 hours cold Turkey. Had a scare and went to the ER. Threw out my cigs today. I’m just trying not to think about it. Even just over 12 hours my heart rate is so much better
25 years for me. For the last 2.5 years I switched to JUUL. BIGGEST mistake! It was too assessable and easy to do. No smell. No stigma. etc. I was vaping in bed. Every min of the day while working from home. My blood pressure was 170/120. Almost stroke level. Now been 2 days vape free and my BP is normal. Using mini lozenges for now but I'm done. Have to! It's all mental. you have to really decide to be done with it forever.
I am on the 6th day of my quit. I am 58 and had been smoking since I was 15. A bad bronchial chest infection got me to finally call it a day. Unlike past attempts to quit, this time has been relatively painless. Probably because when the threat of permanent and debilitating conditions like emphysema become real, it provides real motivation.
@@Ang33335 Thanks for your thoughts. I am now on the 11th day of my quit. My chest infection has cleared up and this is when attempts to quit can become vulnerable. When you feel good again you can lose touch with why you quit in the first place. I am not going to let that happen. Best wishes with your own quit. It will be worth whatever you are going through right now. A good source of motivation and wisdom is whyquit.com Joel Spitzer has been involved in smoking cessation since 1972.
I can relate to your story. I believe I may have cancer or heart disease but I'm too scared to go to the doctor., and I just keep lightening up. How did you quit. Did you just do it or did you have some kind of medical help?
I am 67yrs old and I have been smoking for about 50yrs .I had been hospitalized with COPD and didn't smoke for 3 months. Again picked up smoking around 15 days back. From today evening I have planned to quit again.please pray 🙏 for me.god bless us.
40 years old, smoke 2 packs of menthol a day now, smoking for 29 years. I have a huge fear because of my symptoms that I'll be the one to have a hole drilled in their throat and have to talk through a voice machine.
Smoked 40 years until 57 , I new it was killing me so I just stopped 6 weeks ago and I can’t even stand the thought of a cigarette 🚬 can’t believe I poisoned my self all those years.
I've been smoking 8 years. I thought I was inhaling my cigarettes. A co worker informed me that I was not doing smoking it correctly. I just brushed it off. Because I thought it was and I wasn't. That was 6 ago. I've had more brands of cigarettes than a normal person. Because I like to smoke different different brands. All the time. Recently I've been inhaling my Cigarettes like I'm supposed to. Which shocked my co-workers to the core. Because it was my managers, seafood and meat manager at my job a month ago. I guess it was time for my lungs to finally grow into my body, so to speak. And now I am correctly smoking like everybody else. Now I can actually enjoy it like everybody else as well. Which means I can focus much better than I could before. I can handle tasks even at work better than I could before. Nicotine is a drug for a reason. It's addictive, otherwise you would need a license to purchase cigarettes.
Jeff. I'm 62, I started smoking cigarettes in 1976. That's 46 years of being a smoker. I caugh. I'm really worried about my breathing. I get shortness of breath. People can see that and always comment that I should quit and while Caughing my head off I raise my hand and tell em you're right, I need to quit smoking and that I have the patches and the nicotine Lozenges and Gum for sessation but the Nicotine Addiction is so strong I still smoke while wearing a Patch. When I woke up this morning I had one cigarette in the pack and I smoked it. That's been over 2 hours ago. I haven't wanted another because I'm still Caughing now for 2 hours and I'm scared that my Lungs are getting worse. I'm trying to convince myself not to buy another pack of Cigarettes so my Lungs can heal and so I can Breath Easier. Thanks for stepping up Jeff. Thanks for your Candor. I'm looking for inspiration. As if not being able to Breath very well isn't enough!
You got this, it’s mostly psychological. I quit cold turkey and you just gotta get passed a couple days and it’s downhill from there. Everyone is different so I don’t know what your withdrawal will be like and you smoked a lot longer than me, but whatever it is you can get through it, I promise. Just got to be tough with it. I tell myself I’ve made it through so much in life that I can get through this too, I tell myself not to be mentally weak, fuck it, it sucks but this too shall pass. 62 is that age where things get scary health wise, so it’s best you just quit, I believe in you.
@@bigteezim2639 Today is my 34th Day/Night without Smoking a Cigarette. I tried Cold Turkey, but ended up with Nicotine withdrawal headaches, so I dug out a box of patches that were prescribed to me by one of my Doctor's and that has really helped me out with maintaining a Smoke-free Life!
34 years l am on my 6th week clean! Don't pressure yourself!The anxiety you are creating for yourself will make you want to smoke more.Just relax and one day you will find the courage like l did.❤
I’m 24 and going up the stairs is sometimes hard and I have decided to stop I caved a couple times in my cravings and after I had my cig I felt guilty and I have realized that i need to stop before I have kids, now I watched a few smoking videos I feel that it is easier for me to stop now
Been smoking 15 years and Im on day 2, I'm using the nicotine gum I had from last time I tried to quit. Really hoping this sticks this time. I'm definately craving the urge to go and buy a pack....
When we are baby's we feel security when sucking. To suck brings comfort and security. The act of suckling is what smokers seek in a cigarette.. comfort, security, hope. Everything we felt as a child on our moms breast. We have to slowly take a baby away from this through soothers. The soother and the cigarette share the same space
Polkadot Suzanne i started 6 days ago, good luck mate. If you are suffering from nicotine withdrawals then but be patient, the first three days will be tough to everyone. Please update us every week.
Vaping makes it fun and easy. I smoked for 40 years and now vaping for 7 years. It took a few months to find the right setup and flavor for me but well worth it!
I am really looking to quit... My room smells bad, my clothes and hair just stinks of smoking, my teeth have began to be stained yellow by the nicotine.. Even walls in my room have been getting yellow tint... I just hate it so much... But problem is that when i dont smoke i dont know what to do with myself.
I’m 21 and have vaped for about 2.5 years now I quit a couple days ago, my grandmother smoked and passed away from lung cancer, I don’t want the same path.
I have been trying to quit for months now. I give it up for less then a day by the end of the day Im buying a pack it’s fucking pathetic… today I am done ✔️ im done buying an early grave. For me, for my wife and for my kids. I want to buy a house and live my full life again and im just fucking done. … wish me luck 🍀
I have a very deep seated nicotine addiction. I really want to stop, especially seeing as cigarettes are now 66 dollars a packet here in Australia, indexed to rise by 2.66 every 3 months forever... But the struggle of withdrawals is terrifying.. im not giving up on giving up though. I saw the struggle my grandfather had with emphasema in his last years, and definitely don't want the same fate.
For anybody who wants help even if you fall off the wagon get back on it is a struggle for life it's best to quit for life put someone down because they they have a cigarette
I’m having so much trouble quitting. It’s all I obsess over. I smoke anywhere up to 80 a day, I’ve tried champix but then as soon as I stopped I was smoking again, patches, gum, hypnotherapy twice, coke turkey the works and nothings working. I know I CAN do it but the fear of feeling the withdrawal pain especially with 5 children who have autism and adhd at me all day and night it gets so frustrating and I don’t want to take my withdrawals out on them. Even as I’m smoking I have cravings in my throat that’s driving me insane, this feeling in my throat never goes away. And all it does is depress me more because I hate smoking I never have to be honest. Can’t stand the taste, the smell, the cost, the breathing problems. I feel I’m never going to quit and it’s my deepest desire
Cigarettes and alcohol addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my husband which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
How can i reach out to him? Is he on Instagram
I would like to know from those who have solved PTSD and anxiety, if they have solved it definitively and how to understand what quantity of psilocybin to take and when, for how long. And can you really heal without having an addiction?
Thanks to everyone for helping me understand, I want to understand if it's
something that can help me solve the problem (I have c-ptsd)
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you're worried about that. He has been my supplier for over a year now. No problems
@SandraJulia-lw3kd hit my line shordy
Smoked for 55 years.. I am now 106 days without a cigarette....
@@jackt2020 probably dead
@@AlBundeee-pf5sv 😂
He smokes Camels these days😊
Update?
Well done, it seems we have some filth on here?
It took my mom's death to kick my ass to stop. She was a lifelong smoker and suffered from congestive heart failure which her doctor said her smoking was a contributing factor to her heart issues. After she passed I just quit cold turkey and never looked back. I had smoked from the age of 11 until I was 23 and was a pretty heavy smoker. I have been niccotine free for 12 years now.
Same here been a heavy smoker for 4 years I need to stop it
@@abdulllahi1482 try guava tea. I drank that to flush my system and another thing I'd do that worked when I'd get bad cravings was sudoku puzzles to put my mind on something other than my cravings. I figure if I was able to quit during peak holiday season working retail in customer service anyone can quit.
@@elisefincher4478 I had decided to quit. it's my second day.
@@maneeshrawat8483 how are you doing?
Keep rockin....
After 45years I gave up smoking. It's been three weeks since my last smoke I'm 59years old in a couple of weeks. It's not easy😓
Belinda Bartlett hang in there. You can do it!!!
There really isn't anything you're giving up. That way of thinking is part of the addiction. All the benefits you think that smoking provided are based on illusions. Nicotine is a very powerful drug.
Always keep me in mind its very tough but u are not alone mane are fighting this shit those chemist made and more than a billion are addicted and cant stop even when they try cause they fail most of the times and they give up no knowing that this is a very strong addiction and its okay to fail but to give up is worst keep trying new ways untill u can one day cause this is a drug these chemist made for destruction and they act like they care about us .. very strong i suggest u try nicotine gums i did it works half way or more to stop cravings i have been a smoker for 10 years smoking two packs almost a day and it my 23 day without ciggrate but i do take 4mg nicotine gums i mean its better than those chemicals rather pure nicotine .. try a doctor before u start this cravings is serious and pretty strong addiction which come from ciggrate smokin and the memory u had with them make it more difficult but its a trap we all fell in .so fight these chemist and its worth it and u ll be happy and u ll enjoy the moments once again one day the body was not designed to have Nocotine and those harmful chemical into ur lungs and body the only thing that was meant to go into lung is only AIR.good luck
GDY MATE"
I AM 59" & I HAVE BEEN A HEAVY SMOKER SINCE I WAS 14"yrs OLD.
I STOPED 4'WEEKS AGO NOW AND HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO STOP.AS WE KNOW ONCE WE MAKE OUT MINDS UP! WE CAN DO EVERYTHING! I HOPE YOU ARE STILL SMOKE FREE. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT.
CHEERS MAN FROM ANDRE GEORGESCU OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
I seriously wish you all the luck in the world! 👍🥇🥇🥇🥇 apparently its normal to crave up to one year!
What a speech, I am former smoker too (3 years clean) and I could feel the enthusiams in your words. Good for you. Good for us.
Yes good for you guys
I smoked for over 50 years and one day I just decided I was not going to light up another cigarette and that was 5 1/2 years ago and
I’ve smoked for over 20 years and this is the most inspirational video I’ve seen. Everything he said hit home.
Awesome vid. I smoked for almost 30 years now I'm 10+ days into cold turkey quitting. I feel great and this story is inspiring.
How's is going?
Yeah, how you been? I quit now 6 months after a heartatttack so i am curious.
inspiring, third day cold turkey here )
Thanks for sharing this. resonated a lot. Day 8 done, smoked from 1986 to 2018
n136h how's it going?
Update
Thank you for this video. I'm on day 4 of not smoking and I needed this. My craving is so strong right now, but I don't want to smoke anymore as I believe smoking is contributing to my anxiety and I need that feeling to go away.
I'm on day 25...the anxiety definitley goes away!!! First thing I noticed
@@debrakelly4505 Have you successfully crossed the 1 month mark? Day 11 for me. Still struggling several times a day - would kill for a fag! Glad to hear it gets easier by day 25.
@Mahalia Budzinski: you're over two weeks in, right? Still going ok? Hope so.
I had my last smoke after work last night been smoking over 43 years im 56 now im actually doing pretty good strong and healthy but i know its just a matter of time thank you for your talk i completely relate to you. Im just so tired of that voice in my head constantly warning and nagging me to stop it . Wish you well!!
Was it your last?
How are you doing now?
Hey man, how are you?
Not good still smoking quit for 3 months then was hit with family crisis I was actually starting to watch quit smoking videos to phyc myself back into quitting now that stuff has calmed down
Somebody suggested to me some years ago I try the combo of whiskey and cigars. I was drinking occasionally up until then but never really smoked. (Had tried a few times cigarettes, but nothing major). Either way, so the first time I had the combo I kind of enjoyed it, but it wasn't that cool. Then the second time, I definitely appreciated it more. And then a few more times down the line (this was all during a few months period), I was really starting to get into it. The combination of a good whiskey and a quality cigar was really starting to get charming for me.
I remember, one evening, when I was just planning to hit it again, I suddenly realized that if I don't stop the cigar thing RIGHT now - I will get addicted to it. And then one addiction can lead to another and then I would really be in trouble.
After that moment I had never had a glass of whiskey with a cigar any more. In fact I haven't had even a standalone cigar or any nicotine products at all.
Watching your video here makes me think - damn, that was a good decision that evening.
bruh its a cigar not 30 cigs a day
that was your best decision you have done, this is too serious
@@jackbear6609 what kinda psycho smokes 30 a day, couldn’t do more than 10 if I tried
Thanks for your inspiring video... I have been a smoker for the last 32 years. I quit on 3 April 21,It’s a huge challenge and struggling with it...
I hope to hang on... Cigarettes are the worst thing man invented.
I hope to be like you and be proud to say... I am a non smoker!
I quit smoking for four years and stupidly lit one when my twins were born. It took hold of me again and I'm sadly back to square one. There are times when I smoke that I'm in disbelief that I let this addiction wrangle its way back into my life. I've set tomorrow as my new quit date. I've done it once, I can do it gain. Best of luck to everyone trying to quit this revolting habit.
good luck mate !
You'll do it and don't judge yourself too hard, I think it helps to direct all the shame towards the damn cigarettes. I'm on day 5 after many failed attempts and admire you for not smoking for 4 years, just get back on track. Best of luck to you
@@monz7951 thank you so much for the kind words. I'll definitely get back on track. Only a matter of time. Good luck with your quitting journey. 5 days is a great milestone and believe me, it's just the first few days which are the worst. In my experience the first two or three days were the hardest, You have already made it past the worst part of it so keep going!
@@craigellison2309 thanks a lot man, yeah for me the toughest was day 3 (hard day at work and then going out with friends, all smokers) felt like I was going crazy but kept reminding me myself that those stupid cigs won't help me in any way, only thing they'll do is keep me addicted. And today I finally feel my throat is clearing up and I can't wait to get all this crap out of my body. Comments like yours keep me inspired and motivated, since basically everyone I know smokes and they haven't been very supportive, probably to defend their addiction like I used to do too. We can do it ✌🏼
@@monz7951 wishing you all the best on your journey! Before you know it you will wake up and realise later in the day that you didn't even think of it. The best feeling in the world!
Thanks for this. It's been exactly 8 days, seems like such a little time but in my head it seems like an entire lifetime. You don't realize how evil smoking can be, it was created to solve a problem that was created by nicotine in the first place just coz some fart wanted to make money😒 I constantly remind myself that I was not born with a cigarette in my mouth so why's this so hard? Then it hits me, smoking has been a part of my life and such a big part of who I am for over 15 years so of course it'll make me feel some kind of way, I need to be more patient with myself. This is really hard but I know it will be worth it. I now watch videos like these each time I crave for some inspiration and it really works. Thank you sir for sharing your experience with us. I genuinely feel that if I could go 8 days without smoking then I can see this to the end and I can do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING!!! And that feeling, I will remind myself of each time I want to light up. Good luck to those who are on the same journey and to those who have never smoked before, don't ever start, it's never worth it❤️
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Awesome chat I started today and you have made me confident to take up the challenge and I not alone in the struggle God bless ya mate
I am genuinely interested in if youve quit
Thank you for sharing ! I’m in the same position I recognize so much routines like you have great job men keep it up! We are proud of you 😊
Cheers, needed those positive vibes 👍
Good on you, sir! You have saved your life! ❤
I quit about 35yrs ago and one of the tools I used was seeing smoking for what it was not what I hoped it would do for me. Another words, I learned to hate cigarettes. When you smoke, they are your best friend. They're there when things are down and they're there when they are up. They are the biggest con in your life. They'll take your money and your life IF YOU LET THEM.
@@jackt2020 by HATING tobacco
Very good question. Before I quit for the last time ( I had tried a number of times), I read an article that said the cravings typically go away after 2 years. It may seem like a long time, but there is an end point and it gets better as time goes by. To fight off the cravings I would conjure up a cigarette monster and fought with it rather then beat myself up for not having the will power. Just keep remembering that this is an ADDICTION not a habit and to end it takes work and willingness to stop it. YOU CAN DO IT!
@@jackt2020 33 years ago. Whenever I smell tobacco smoke, I remind myself why I hate it. That's thee key, to learn to despise it for what it is. The only thing tobacco will ever do for you is kill you
Congratulations! You became my role model! Happy entering to a healthy rational world! 💐🌼🌹🌸🌻
So relatable on so many levels
This guy is awesome. Thanks for encouraging video!👍
Almost 31 days without :D still happy ❤️
Julia I hope now you have around 10 months!
@@jeremy8797 27.11.2019 i stop smoke 😊😊😊
@@JuliaJulia-mi3wf congratulations!! I am 2 hours but now inspired 😎
@@jeremy8797 keep going 😊😊😊 it will be very but very hard but you can do it 💪💪💪
1yr! Congrats
quitting a cig is very easy...just dont light the cigg but smell the unlit cigg...over a period of time tobacco cravings just fade away...
I can relate to him so much,
excellent advice..and very watchable
Thank you so much for this video !!
Just quit today. Wearing a patch. Been smoking a pack a day for 21 years!!! You won’t quit unless YOU WANT TO. I know that this time, I finally want to!!!! Pray for me
He didn't say how he quit. It would have been good to mention to inspire others who are struggling as well. Beautiful story and inspiring guy
Whahhahha that is funny
How to Stop Smoking : Stop Smoking
That’s what I was wondering, when you’re in the grips of it it’s not as easy as just stop and not do it anymore, I’d like to know the thought process behind the quitting, the repeated thought process keeping from lighting up…
@@GunnerRDS that’s an original thought, you’re a quit smoking genius, wish I thought of that.
@@danieladamconceicao6246 The thing is, if you're thinking about something all the time you're still being gripped by it, ie. 'What you resist persists'. Although initially it's helpful to build up an association with disgust everytime you think you want a cigarette and cement that thought process into a habit through persistent repetition. Regular exercise in tandem with this helps massively, and a clean diet. Eventually you'll feel great through these wholesome lifestyle changes, and that coupled with the disgust-association you've built up will soon make the very idea of a smoking seem appalling; you'll soon laugh at the absurdity of being controlled by such a strange and pathological habit
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Thanks for telling your story.....
I smoked from 14 to 35 years old, in the last years I smoked an average of 30 cigarettes a day (1 pack and a half).
I gave my life to Jesus, and I felt the need not to smoke or consume alcohol anymore, with the alcoholic drink it was overnight, I threw away what I had of beer and cachaça at home... !
I agreed with my wife to try to smoke the least amount of cigarettes I could in one day so with a lot of effort on my part I smoked 12 cigarettes, for one week she gave me 12 cigarettes every day for me to consume, the other week it was 11 cigarettes a day day, the other 10... and each week it decreased by 1 per day.
everything was going well, until it reached 4 cigarettes... I started stealing cigarettes from her, and ended up smoking 7, 8 cigarettes a day. until one day that during a prayer I was sincere to God, and said that I couldn't stop smoking and that I didn't really have the strength and that I really wanted to and asked God to help me and take the pleasure of smoking from me...
One day inside the church during a preaching that a pastor was doing, I heard a voice speaking in my ear clearly; - "So far I've let you try, to show that you're not capable. From today you don't smoke because I don't want to!
I was so scared that when my wife told me what I had heard, she saw in me a frightened and admired person, who started to cry because she saw that I was not delirious.
Upon leaving the church my car had been broken into and my documents and my wife's documents had been stolen, along with the vehicle's sound. But I knew that if I got over that nervousness and anger I felt at seeing my car like that I wouldn't smoke anymore (it was like a test to confirm my convictions in the voice I heard).
I called my wife and we went home , I took everything I had connected to tobacco ( tobacco , paper , lighter , matches , cigarette pack ....) I put it on a piece of paper and rolled it up we went to the street, and on a sidewalk I threw alcohol and I prayed to God; - Lord, trusting the voice I heard today I know that I will no longer feel like smoking, in Jesus name I set fire to all these elements linked to cigarettes!
And by the honor and glory of God I was freed, in the name of Jesus!
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Thank you 🙏🏾
40 years smoking, I am on day 6 without cigs. Using some nicotine therapy products. Mostly it is a mindset change to my new mantra: I’m a non somoker, I do not smoke, smoking hurts, I want to feel better and look better and be able to breathe!
Well said sir!
I hate the sharp pains I get in my ribs and the coughing and waking up every night to smoke. I have no job to take up my time and spend all day smoking to avoid total boredom. Plus living with my 5 yr. old and my wife; the guilt is there constantly. I just want my freedom, if I knew wanting to look cool as a teen would end up like this I can't say I would have started to begin with
It's been fourth day without a puff..
Feeling so easy physically and mentally.
Great Story God bless you sir🙏👍
Just do it! 45 years camel non-filters,and I did it!
thank you.
Finally someone who gets it..thank u
Ugh. I got me a calender and had planned for today to be the 28th day I was smoke free. I am 36 and I first started smoking cigars when I was a toddler my family thought it was cute and funny. Im so tired of being dysfunctional. Why can't I stop 😭😭😭 I swear they have become more addictive over the years 😭🙏😭
Get Allan Carr book.
Quite honestly, nicotine is a very strong addiction. It should be handled as an addiction. Inpatient treatment first, meetings, counseling. We treat smokers with "aides" and send them home to do it on their own. Do we do this with cocaine addiction? "Here ya go, here's some replacement drugs, go home and use them." An addict is going to go home with good intentions and then use nicotine.
It’s all mental
I smoked for about 17 years. No one told me to smoke, I was depressed, I lost my mom so I started with self destructive behavior. I'm finally quiting. I'm 34 it's time to get rid of this .
I had my first cigarette @18. Then became a regular smoker @21. I been smoking for 19yrs & I'm finally acting on quitting. Today is day 3 no cigarettes, I'm learning how to sing & I need to be able to breathe as well as have no damage in my throat. I just hope I stay passionate about singing cuz I might start smoking again if I don't.
I read Allen Carr's book! Fantastic!
i stopped cold turkey
TheNeckBeard How's that working for you? Are you nicotine free? I am trying hard but I can't quit😭
@@jonsnow416 nobody is forcing you to smoke just don't smoke you won't die from not smoking
This is inspiring. I've been addicted to nicotine for 15 years, I'm struggling to quit.
I went from cigarettes to vaping, which is almost worse because I vape more often than I smoked.
I'm throwing out the stupid little nicotine pods, I'm tossing the vape. It has to stop.
Thank you for sharing this.
Cheers to life. Celebrating 14 years here.
Thank u I needed this ..for me to stop ..
Ty for this video
Thanks for that😎
Awesome video thanks
Very true
That my story word for word, I’m trying to quit 2022 / 7
Thank you for sharing Iam determined to quit..
I’m very early here, but it’s been almost 24 hours cold Turkey. Had a scare and went to the ER. Threw out my cigs today. I’m just trying not to think about it. Even just over 12 hours my heart rate is so much better
25 years for me. For the last 2.5 years I switched to JUUL. BIGGEST mistake! It was too assessable and easy to do. No smell. No stigma. etc. I was vaping in bed. Every min of the day while working from home. My blood pressure was 170/120. Almost stroke level. Now been 2 days vape free and my BP is normal. Using mini lozenges for now but I'm done. Have to! It's all mental. you have to really decide to be done with it forever.
U quit yet Sean?
Wow great job
Ok...31 days smoke free today. Pack a day since 17...I'm 53 now.
Lol...ok 68 days now...just happened to see this post again....I never usually see them again.
Great video dude
I am on the 6th day of my quit. I am 58 and had been smoking since I was 15. A bad bronchial chest infection got me to finally call it a day. Unlike past attempts to quit, this time has been relatively painless. Probably because when the threat of permanent and debilitating conditions like emphysema become real, it provides real motivation.
@@Ang33335 Thanks for your thoughts. I am now on the 11th day of my quit. My chest infection has cleared up and this is when attempts to quit can become vulnerable. When you feel good again you can lose touch with why you quit in the first place. I am not going to let that happen. Best wishes with your own quit. It will be worth whatever you are going through right now. A good source of motivation and wisdom is whyquit.com Joel Spitzer has been involved in smoking cessation since 1972.
did you relapse sir? how are you doing?
Proud of don't give up
I can relate to your story. I believe I may have cancer or heart disease but I'm too scared to go to the doctor., and I just keep lightening up. How did you quit. Did you just do it or did you have some kind of medical help?
I am 67yrs old and I have been smoking for about 50yrs .I had been hospitalized with COPD and didn't smoke for 3 months. Again picked up smoking around 15 days back. From today evening I have planned to quit again.please pray 🙏 for me.god bless us.
How did you quit great video.I think same way
40 years old, smoke 2 packs of menthol a day now, smoking for 29 years. I have a huge fear because of my symptoms that I'll be the one to have a hole drilled in their throat and have to talk through a voice machine.
Smoked 40 years until 57 , I new it was killing me so I just stopped 6 weeks ago and I can’t even stand the thought of a cigarette 🚬 can’t believe I poisoned my self all those years.
Been smoking/vaping for 3 to 4 years…if this old guy can push through it after 35 years I can too haha ‼️🙏🏽
So true wonderful me 55 years i got do scared. I felt i was bungy jumping with out a rope.
I've been smoking 8 years. I thought I was inhaling my cigarettes. A co worker informed me that I was not doing smoking it correctly. I just brushed it off. Because I thought it was and I wasn't. That was 6 ago. I've had more brands of cigarettes than a normal person. Because I like to smoke different different brands. All the time. Recently I've been inhaling my Cigarettes like I'm supposed to. Which shocked my co-workers to the core. Because it was my managers, seafood and meat manager at my job a month ago. I guess it was time for my lungs to finally grow into my body, so to speak. And now I am correctly smoking like everybody else. Now I can actually enjoy it like everybody else as well. Which means I can focus much better than I could before. I can handle tasks even at work better than I could before. Nicotine is a drug for a reason. It's addictive, otherwise you would need a license to purchase cigarettes.
Jeff. I'm 62, I started smoking cigarettes in 1976. That's 46 years of being a smoker. I caugh. I'm really worried about my breathing. I get shortness of breath. People can see that and always comment that I should quit and while Caughing my head off I raise my hand and tell em you're right, I need to quit smoking and that I have the patches and the nicotine Lozenges and Gum for sessation but the Nicotine Addiction is so strong I still smoke while wearing a Patch. When I woke up this morning I had one cigarette in the pack and I smoked it. That's been over 2 hours ago. I haven't wanted another because I'm still Caughing now for 2 hours and I'm scared that my Lungs are getting worse. I'm trying to convince myself not to buy another pack of Cigarettes so my Lungs can heal and so I can Breath Easier. Thanks for stepping up Jeff. Thanks for your Candor. I'm looking for inspiration. As if not being able to Breath very well isn't enough!
You got this, it’s mostly psychological. I quit cold turkey and you just gotta get passed a couple days and it’s downhill from there. Everyone is different so I don’t know what your withdrawal will be like and you smoked a lot longer than me, but whatever it is you can get through it, I promise. Just got to be tough with it. I tell myself I’ve made it through so much in life that I can get through this too, I tell myself not to be mentally weak, fuck it, it sucks but this too shall pass. 62 is that age where things get scary health wise, so it’s best you just quit, I believe in you.
You can do it! I'm rooting for you.
You can do this man
@@bigteezim2639 Today is my 34th Day/Night without Smoking a Cigarette. I tried Cold Turkey, but ended up with Nicotine withdrawal headaches, so I dug out a box of patches that were prescribed to me by one of my Doctor's and that has really helped me out with maintaining a Smoke-free Life!
34 years l am on my 6th week clean! Don't pressure yourself!The anxiety you are creating for yourself will make you want to smoke more.Just relax and one day you will find the courage like l did.❤
My sister in law just died of lung cancer at 56. She died 2 weeks after diagnosis and smoked until she died. Left a 10 year old daughter behind.
So sad. Cigarettes are evil and should be illegal. 😡
I'm addict too It so much
I’m 24 and going up the stairs is sometimes hard and I have decided to stop I caved a couple times in my cravings and after I had my cig I felt guilty and I have realized that i need to stop before I have kids, now I watched a few smoking videos I feel that it is easier for me to stop now
smoked for 98 years..Now I am 118
20 years clean!!💪
Been smoking 15 years and Im on day 2, I'm using the nicotine gum I had from last time I tried to quit. Really hoping this sticks this time. I'm definately craving the urge to go and buy a pack....
When we are baby's we feel security when sucking. To suck brings comfort and security. The act of suckling is what smokers seek in a cigarette.. comfort, security, hope. Everything we felt as a child on our moms breast. We have to slowly take a baby away from this through soothers. The soother and the cigarette share the same space
I am on the path starting today
Polkadot Suzanne i started 6 days ago, good luck mate. If you are suffering from nicotine withdrawals then but be patient, the first three days will be tough to everyone.
Please update us every week.
Vaping works much better! www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-around-95-less-harmful-than-tobacco-estimates-landmark-review
Same here my friend
Vaping makes it fun and easy. I smoked for 40 years and now vaping for 7 years. It took a few months to find the right setup and flavor for me but well worth it!
I am really looking to quit... My room smells bad, my clothes and hair just stinks of smoking, my teeth have began to be stained yellow by the nicotine.. Even walls in my room have been getting yellow tint... I just hate it so much... But problem is that when i dont smoke i dont know what to do with myself.
replace the routine/habit cigs, e.g. when you wake up, every smoker has that morning cig lol instead of going for a cig, maybe go for a 10-15min walk
Six weeks clean after 35 yrs.of smoking.I am 60 years old l am determined not to pass this down to my precious grandson.
I’m 21 and have vaped for about 2.5 years now I quit a couple days ago, my grandmother smoked and passed away from lung cancer, I don’t want the same path.
I have been trying to quit for months now. I give it up for less then a day by the end of the day Im buying a pack it’s fucking pathetic… today I am done ✔️ im done buying an early grave. For me, for my wife and for my kids. I want to buy a house and live my full life again and im just fucking done. … wish me luck 🍀
Where do we get this
I have a very deep seated nicotine addiction. I really want to stop, especially seeing as cigarettes are now 66 dollars a packet here in Australia, indexed to rise by 2.66 every 3 months forever... But the struggle of withdrawals is terrifying.. im not giving up on giving up though. I saw the struggle my grandfather had with emphasema in his last years, and definitely don't want the same fate.
I quit on 2019 sep 12. Never been better
I'm trying to from today. Any straight forward guidelines?
my husband smoked three packs a day from 15 years to 59 he got bladder cancer directly caused by smoking
2 weeks in .. Wish me luck
For anybody who wants help even if you fall off the wagon get back on it is a struggle for life it's best to quit for life put someone down because they they have a cigarette
My mom died yesterday as a result of smoking. Me and my wife are quitting tomorrow. My mother was only 56 years old. What a shame.
How's everyone coping? Been smoking from 14 till I'm almost 40. Stopped smoking for 3 days already due to covid omicron.
How did you manage to quit?
Watching this while vaping hm pls give me some motivation
I’m having so much trouble quitting. It’s all I obsess over. I smoke anywhere up to 80 a day, I’ve tried champix but then as soon as I stopped I was smoking again, patches, gum, hypnotherapy twice, coke turkey the works and nothings working. I know I CAN do it but the fear of feeling the withdrawal pain especially with 5 children who have autism and adhd at me all day and night it gets so frustrating and I don’t want to take my withdrawals out on them. Even as I’m smoking I have cravings in my throat that’s driving me insane, this feeling in my throat never goes away. And all it does is depress me more because I hate smoking I never have to be honest. Can’t stand the taste, the smell, the cost, the breathing problems. I feel I’m never going to quit and it’s my deepest desire
You are not alone. 😢
Encouraging approach www.youtube.com/@ChrisSkoyles/videos 💛🙏
I do understand the urge but I went from cigs to cigar to vape and the vape got me off and don't want to go back to either one
Pets can get secondhand smoke if you're smoking around them. Just like a person
I smoked 15 years, 60 days without cigarrete.
Nicotine toothpicks, are a great switch.