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I feel like smoking is what makes my hair grow slow, thin, frizz.. & all that. heck.. its the reason for a lot of the problems in my life, lol. I'm preparing myself to quit tho; cutting back, gaining support, eating more (which is actually helping cravings & making me feel better in general). I wanna be healthy & age beautifully, put sum weight on, lol. I've been smoking about a half pack, or a sliver more a day (sometimes a lot more 
) since I was 14. I'm 19.
Simply put, I'm a real routine smoker.
When I wake up.
After any meal.
In the car.
Once every hour, maybe two if I can resist.
Before work-after work (the first after a long day, u kno)
Before I go to bed. I will have such bad insomnia if I don't have one before bed. Thankfully, since cutting back (& picking up more hrs at work) some nights I won't feel the need & sleep peacefully.
I need a change of pace in my life, baby steps, small changes. Like waking up earlier & going to bed at a decent time. Making sure I'm actually eating three meals a day. Interestingly enough, I'm craving different things like sugars & caffeine, things I never paid much attention to while eating but probably needed in my diet. Drinking more water.
At one point I began taking a prenatal (for vitamins) every day & got the WORST migraines, come to find out it was just harshly detoxing my intoxicated system, LOL. Not funny, I kno
Getting into better habits is helping tho. Even making cigarettes a lot less tasteful & appealing.
I've gotten down to about 7 or less a day.. that's pretty good for me. I use smoking to deal with anxiety, I think.. I grew up in a pretty stressful home & my mother & I didn't/dont have much of a relationship. I'm rly trying to move out lol
I plan on cutting back more & more before I set a "quit date". I want to ready my body, learn to cope with daily cravings. I may even try an electronic cigarette for occasional use.. sad thing is I can't get the feel for them.
There's breathing exercises, & other types of exercises I want to try. I'm meaning to invest in a gym membership with my man
. Pick up on an old hobby or a new one.
I just kno its really important to have a lot of support in various areas. So if anyone is interested in trying to quit with me, we definitely should quit! Lol.
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) since I was 14. I'm 19.Simply put, I'm a real routine smoker.
When I wake up.
After any meal.
In the car.
Once every hour, maybe two if I can resist.
Before work-after work (the first after a long day, u kno)
Before I go to bed. I will have such bad insomnia if I don't have one before bed. Thankfully, since cutting back (& picking up more hrs at work) some nights I won't feel the need & sleep peacefully.
I need a change of pace in my life, baby steps, small changes. Like waking up earlier & going to bed at a decent time. Making sure I'm actually eating three meals a day. Interestingly enough, I'm craving different things like sugars & caffeine, things I never paid much attention to while eating but probably needed in my diet. Drinking more water.
At one point I began taking a prenatal (for vitamins) every day & got the WORST migraines, come to find out it was just harshly detoxing my intoxicated system, LOL. Not funny, I kno
Getting into better habits is helping tho. Even making cigarettes a lot less tasteful & appealing.
I've gotten down to about 7 or less a day.. that's pretty good for me. I use smoking to deal with anxiety, I think.. I grew up in a pretty stressful home & my mother & I didn't/dont have much of a relationship. I'm rly trying to move out lol
I plan on cutting back more & more before I set a "quit date". I want to ready my body, learn to cope with daily cravings. I may even try an electronic cigarette for occasional use.. sad thing is I can't get the feel for them.
There's breathing exercises, & other types of exercises I want to try. I'm meaning to invest in a gym membership with my man
. Pick up on an old hobby or a new one.I just kno its really important to have a lot of support in various areas. So if anyone is interested in trying to quit with me, we definitely should quit! Lol.
Xoxox
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I've nvr heard it but ill have to research it, thanx
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Take it easy on yourself as you go through this process. It's a tough one, and it may take a few tries, but you can do it.
Good luck!
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guano reply (but hopefully useful to the OP):
I pretty much have, but I'm the kind of person who jinxes easily (or is deluded enough to think so), so I never talked about it because I'm always afraid of falling off the wagon.
Nicotine gum and lozenges, spending less time with a friend who is a smoker, and the winter cold all helped (it's too cold outside to smoke).
End guano.
We've had a suuuper long indian summers on & off.. & when its nice outside I like to smoke
Thankfully the last three days we've gotten maybe six inches at the most. My son was with his dad & my younger siblings were away as well. I finally had sat & sun off from work so I kinda just slept thru cravings.
Surprisingly my cravings haven't been that strong, anyway. I mentioned I was working on my diet, so I downloaded a calorie counter app for my phone & its addicting to say the least. I can scan barcodes
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What helped me quit was actually my antidepressant, Wellbutrin. It's also a smoking cessation aid and i didn't know that when I was put on it, so I'd go have my morning cigarette and I'd feel sick before I could even get halfway through it (not violently ill, just an unpleasant feeling). They didn't taste the same. I just stopped buying packs, got down to one or two cigarettes a day, and finally I just stopped altogether. Once in a blue moon I'll be tempted to bum one off my friends, I'll take like two puffs, and it'll be so nasty I have to give it back. Lol. I only smoked from when I was 18 to 20 though: I'm almost 22 now. That probably makes it more difficult for you since you've been smoking longer. But you can do it, and I wish you all the best
I was on welbutrin, but my depression worsened so I got off it immediately.
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My life is just rly at a bit of a low right now, but I am making progress one day at a time.
I'm chosing not to take alternatives, to prevent relapse or dependence on something else.. Its friggen hard to quit but I kno I DO want to.
I've been doing my own research here & there as well & I'm just scared. My body acts weird sometimes & I'm convinced its from cigarettes. Its taking my life away.. & my money lol
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To the OP: It looks like you already have a plan - get on a healthier diet, exercise and such. I'm doing the same thing! I can also relate to feeling low, I'm struggling to get out of this dark place I'm in right now....
My tip would be try to surround yourself with positive people who support you. Having someone around who listens, gives good hugs and doesn't judge makes it easier.
As for me, I'm currently missing exactly that. My supportive friends are scattered all over Europe and it's been tough.
But I'm a fighter and you can be one too!
Karma sure is a moody byatch sometimes, but she'll come around!
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But i havent been close to putting them down at all.. it sucks. Its not like i dont want to.. i jus let **** get to me. Im pretty sure it has mostly to do with my anxiety & my living circumstances. Not to get into it, so to put it simply, my mom is jus one of those ppl that let herself go & wants to bring everyone (all five of her kids) down. My family & friends have been telling me to work & save so i can get outta here. Funny one of my coworkers has a similar relationship with her mother & said she quit cold turkey eazy squeezy when she finally moved out. I kno i will. I wont feel anxious & trapped anymore. Sorry for venting but keep prayin for me yall. It def helps to have & support ppl that are going thru the same thing, trying to quit. & how different it is for each of us. Anywhere i go i feel lost w/o my squares.. gotta have em for a long car ride, on break at work (server), after work, when i go to bed- can rarely fall asleep if i dont have one before bed. Or if im a ways away from my next meal ill supplement temporarily with cigarettes.. i like the quiet time i get when i can step outside. Although i haven't cut back a ton, every day i get more sick of it & keep telling myself im going to put them down.
How is everyone else doing?? I like hearing everyones stories
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It makes it STINK!!!!!!!
Seriously, for the short time I smoked a million years ago, my hair would reek of it and it was not very nice at all and was offensive to others to (as in partners). I had to wash my hair every day to get the smell out and that destroyed my hair.