I quit!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

doc told me today I have to quit coffee, cigarettes and marijuana. Tomorrow, if not today. Anyone got any quick-fix, no-work ideas? hitting myself in the balls every time I think of having a cuppa or a smoke?
nicotine patches won't be any help because it's the nicotine I have to avoid, not the actual smoke itself

I suppose I could smoke tea leaves.. oh, wait.. caffeine
damnit.

I'm ****ed.

lots of chocolate...?

KTRIC

Did he mention Heroin ? I hear thats good for a laugh.

feylya

HAHAHAHA, hate to be you. *drinks a cuppa and lights a J*

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

re chocolate.. I lost about 5 stone a year or two ago.. no desire to throw it all back on.

re heroin.. if I was going to go down that road, I'd go with acid or shrooms. No needles involved.

you suck feylya

(edit) I told my mother what the doc said and she told me she had bought me a coffee/cappucino/espresso maker for xmas

isn't that nice.

mike65

I vote crisps and cholate for munchies and erm Herbal tea yuuuuuugh!

Mike.

feylya

Ya shoulda stayed in Canada...

Redrocket

mordy, you going to <ninjaedit>that concert</ninjaedit> tomorow?
you poor thing, how did the doctor find out you smoke dope?


Do not mention the war!

Faith

Oh, that's a tough one, Mordeth! I'd suggest locking yourself in a room for a week, because the withdrawal is going to be tough. Expect headaches from the caffeine withdrawal.

The best thing I can recommend is to keep reminding yourself that you're not addicted to any of those things, and you don't want or need them. If you can make yourself believe that you're not addicted, it's a lot easier! It's what I do, anyway.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

oh I know I'm addicted coffee for the last 8-9 years, dope for the last 4 and cigs for the past 2. I'm going to be fun to be around for christmas.

steve, no <ninjaedit>concert</ninjaedit>.

And I told the doc I smoked dope, when I start having throbbing headaches and possible brain problems I'm not gona start leaving **** out.

although I prob should have mentioned my near habitual e usage for a year or so.

KTRIC

I know ....


W@NKING

Every time you want a smoke / cuppa just wack one out, come midday and you'll be too f**cked to do anything apart from sleep.

Do this for a week and you could break the cycle of your addiction to coffee and hash.

But then you have the blindness from all the w@nking

mike65

I've realised that I don't operate until the tea hits my lips in the morning.

Mike.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

feylya.. had I stayed in canada I'd prob be worse I don't think smoking a half ounce of weed a day is what I need right now.

I'd like it though... yes I would.

I've got a box of reeeeaaaaly nice coffee downstairs.. almost empty. Might have a cup and a smoke... start listening to the doctor tomorrow

feylya

Sure, what's the worst that could happen...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

can't have dr pepper either

FranknFurter

I stopped smoking my ciggies when I was in hospital for a week recently (unrelated).
Break somthing or self-injury, get put in hospital, have nurse-ratchet not let you smoke, wholla!

Caffeine, now thats a tough one, cant do without me caffeine....

Seriously though, good luck, prolly aint gonna be easy but you might surprise yourself, not everyone has a horrible withdrawl.

B

(NB: Maybe its important to mention when I left hospital I started smoking twice as many cigs LOL )

feylya

Mordeth wrote:

can't have dr pepper either

Ah, you're just screwed. Next you'll be telling us you can't have sex

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I'm sure I'm physically able but women don't seem to want anything to do with me

crosstownk

If its just the nicotine and caffine you've to avoid, then why not just roll a nice grass J with no tobacco. Don't smoke it all at once...........................

How are you fixed with alcohol?

bluto63

Mordeth wrote:

can't have dr pepper either

Now that's the bit that makes me feel bad for you:(

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

sadly it ain't just nicotine and caffeine, they're just the two worst offenders. weed mightn't be as bad for me as the other two, but it still wouldn't help.

i asked if I had to stay off dope for life and he said no, but I could tell he wasn't happy with me for asking. I will prob have a J every now and again in a couple of months, maybe a year or two.. but I must regretfully admit that I am no longer a stoner. Now I'm going to have to do something with my life.

5uspect

Well think of all that money you'll save not buying fags and dope, find a non-chemical addiction to distract yourself, buy a nice camera or gadget of some description to keep your hands busy and your mind elsewhere.

Chakar

I cannot believe this thread exists.

Thankfully I have no vices not even coffee.

Just the ol' beer for me.

Binomate

Chewing gum is meant to help you quit somking. It helps take your mind off it or something.

Faith

Apparently when Liam Neeson was quitting smoking, he started chewing toothpicks as a replacement. Try that!

poobum

Mordeth wrote:

but I must regretfully admit that I am no longer a stoner. Now I'm going to have to do something with my life.

i suggest alcohol

county

feylya wrote:

HAHAHAHA, hate to be you. *drinks a cuppa and lights a J*

you bad bastard:)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hehe, the reasons I started smoking so heavily was because I wanted something to help me stop drinking

User45701

TV And one nice pure J - no tobacco......

Find a good TV show that you haven't seen that is into its 3rd or more season. just sit down and watch let ur mind drift away type of thing
I cant think of any off hand tho cause i don't know what sort of tv yuu into?

imeddyhobbs

get yourself a big tub of Häagen-Dazs,big thick wolly socks,and rent a copy of wuthering heights dude,you are now a woman!

Chakar

Mordeth wrote:

hehe, the reasons I started smoking so heavily was because I wanted something to help me stop drinking

Did you know that smoking encourages you to drink more alcohol because it dappens down the buzz of the alcohol.

I suggest you go back to the doctor and confess everything.

feylya

You could just smoke Spice Gold...

poobum

u can get a buzz out of exercise if u get into it(endorphin rush -same thing u get after sex-feels gud) wud benefit you in many ways...like try a sport or something?or a gym freak...anything realy..

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I started smoking pot, not cigarettes to help with quitting alcohol. I started smoking cigarettes when I moved to canada (about a year ago) and started smoking pure weed joints instead of hash/tobacco mixes and realised that I needed a nicotine fix.

I hope you weren't suggesting that smoking pot dampens the alcohol buzz.. cigarettes.. maybe, I dunno.. I know I smoke a hell of a lot of cigs when I drink (drank a couple of times in the past couple of years) but I never noticed any dampening effect.
It's hardly an issue anyway because the doctor said alcohol isn't a big problem, only the three drugs I actually enjoy.

feylya - yah, tried that stuff.. but tbh if I shouldn't be smoking pot because of it's effect on my brain and pscyhological state I should prob stay away from all such chemicals/plants/herbs.. at least for the time being. It was nice enough though.. nowhere near weed in terms of potency but I got a kick off it.

cornbb

Thats harsh man. I could probably quit one of those vices (after a struggle) but not all 3. Hope it goes well for you.

Now, where are my skins...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

ah, I'm just being a crybaby about the whole situation. I've only had a few hours to deal with the loss. hopefully I'll be able to live with it

haven't been able to stop smoking cigs though, only had 3 so far today and every one has given me a little headache such as I got before I had an attack. As much as I love coffee, nicotine is the one I'm most concerned about.

Tomorrow... tomorrow.

Ruu_Old

Tea is my only vice, having to give up those 3 things for yourself well... I wouldn't want to be living with you for the next while.

griffdaddy

do you mind me asking what the problem was that made you go to the doctor in the first place? and how to avoid it??:o

cornbb

Here are my 2-3 cents:

Caffeine: I dunno, you could probably replace that with fruit juice or something. The natural sugars might perk you up. Or maybe just drink tea, it doesn't have nearly as much caffeine as coffee and I remember reading something on the BBC website about tea being good for you.

Nicotine: Thats a toughie. The last time I sucessfully quit the fags I lasted for 3 months. But then again I smoked a joint a day. Which is obviously out in your case.

Dope: Would be a lot easier if you didn't have to quit the fags too. Just smoke away the last of what you have and don't ever buy any more. Cause when you have it, you will smoke it.

May I also suggest plenty of exercise and/or something else productive that'll distract you. Thats only my own opinion, maybe something else will work for you. Best of luck with it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i had a panic/anxiety attack in a pub in dublin last weekend, had a smaller couple of episodes the week before that and I've been feeling... well I suppose 'anxious' is as good a word as any for it for a couple of months. While I felt relatively good for the past year or so, I have been getting these headaches (which the doc told me was part and parcel of the attacks) on and off for that year so it has been building up for a while. I just kept making it worse and worse, coffee, weed and smokes are cheap and easy to get in canada.. I indulged myself

as to how to avoid it, use all drugs in moderation The doctor told me that he was seeing a lot more of this kind of thing as a result of coffee/cigarette smokers in the past couple of years.

cornb - don't have any dope atm, and I don';t feel like smoking that spice gold stuff so I should be ok there. A person I live with is having their 21st birthday next saturday, huge party.. bouncy castle.. bound to be some there though. That's gona suck. I'm allowed a cup of tea every now and again.. i was told it's not good for me, but it's not nearly as bad as coffee. I've got a few books to read and a library account.. hopefully they can help. I've never been one for physical activity so I'm going to leave that as a last resort, although I will admit it's probably the only thing that's actually going to work.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Surpised no one's suggested a good shag every now and then - I presume there's a Ms. Mordeth...?

Failing that, live on a desert island somewhere. Problem solved!

cornbb

Mordeth wrote:

i had a panic/anxiety attack in a pub in dublin last weekend, had a smaller couple of episodes the week before that and I've been feeling... well I suppose 'anxious' is as good a word as any for it ...

as to how to avoid it, use all drugs in moderation The doctor told me that he was seeing a lot more of this kind of thing as a result of coffee/cigarette smokers in the past couple of years.

I think too much dope can screw up your brain too. Depression, anxiety, paranoia and so forth.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

Surpised no one's suggested a good shag every now and then - I presume there's a Ms. Mordeth...?

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someone did. There is not. I was usually too stoned to make any effort in conversation outside of grunting and pointing at things.

I think too much dope can screw up your brain too. Depression, anxiety, paranoia and so forth.

yeah, too much of anything is bad for you. Even weed, though it pains me to admit it

the_syco

Grab a 2 litre bottle of water, one that has one of those caps you pull up to drink out of. Every time you want to smoke, chug some water. It helps with the craving. Gonna try giving up the smokes myself(fúck running for the train, only to barely make it before me legs nearly give way). Tomorrow will be day number two. Hope to last till the weekend, but tomorrow is gonna be tough, as I won't be at work (will be down in IT Carlow), so meh, I'm fúcked.

As for alcohol... take up a sport. Anything, tbh. Listen to some tunes, and do excercise. Weights, running, cycling, anything. Just listen to music whilst you're doing it, otherwise you'll be thinking of having a smoke.

As for herbal tea... its not too bad. Some of the shít is nice. With 3 spoons of sugar, anyhoo's.

=-=

Oh, and as for hash and weed being bad for one's head, well, thats me fuxored. That, and going through a car window/being in a coma for 3 days won't be all that good for the ole nooggin.

Kolodny

the_syco wrote:

Grab a 2 litre bottle of water, one that has one of those caps you pull up to drink out of. Every time you want to smoke, chug some water. It helps with the craving.

Agreed. This really helped me when I quit.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

sound, I'll be sure to buy such a bottle of water when I'm in town next.

I'll have to resist buying a lucosade sport or one of those lovely energize drinks... I love them so.

as horrible as all this is, it can only have positive consequences.. I'm trying to focus on them health and safety ftw

--edit hehe, I also went through a car window.. although it was about 3-4 years ago at this stage and I didn't go into a coma. Still syco, unless you're smoking a half ounce a day of ridiculously potent ****.. yoiu're prob not gona get what I've got.

Still, you'd never know

Wacker

I know myself that I am really bad at giving anything up; my only hope is to avoid starting to begin with.
I am happy to say that I am slow to develop addictions, which goes some way to counter-balancing the above. While I smoke quite a bit of dope I have never smoked a plain cigarette in my life.

Also, I drink what some might consider to be a huge amount, it happened once that a mate was in an accident and held out for a couple of days before dying. Loads of my mates spent the whole of those days drinking. I never drank during the whole experience.

Now that I have given you context, here is my advice: look into hypnotherapy. I really hate to say that, because I am naturally sceptical o such things, but an uncle of mine who was smoking fifty a day and had tried dozens of times to stop hasn't had a smoke in weeks on account of it. I can't tell you anything beyond that, but your situation sounds unv=bearable and thus you should consider everything.

drunkenfool

Mordeth wrote:

feylya.. had I stayed in canada I'd prob be worse I don't think smoking a half ounce of weed a day is what I need right now.

I'd like it though... yes I would.

I've got a box of reeeeaaaaly nice coffee downstairs.. almost empty. Might have a cup and a smoke... start listening to the doctor tomorrow

it would be pretty damn hard to smoke a half ounce to yourself of top canadian weed, i lived over there for years and was smoking everyday.....

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

what can I say, I'm a champion.

Bicky

drunkenfool wrote:

it would be pretty damn hard to smoke a half ounce to yourself of top canadian weed, i lived over there for years and was smoking everyday.....

Lol.. you dont know mordeth so.
Sorry to hear your troubles but it can only be for the best.
I think good advice would be for you to start some kind of physical activity and the best way to do that is to find a partner for motivation. Someone who will go for a jog or a walk twice a week or so. Once you get into the routine and realise the benefits it will become easier.

Redrocket

mord, you working anywhere?
still in the pharmacy??