EX smokers ONLY please?

Question

Since you smoked, and were addicted you will know what I'm taking about. At first, right after you quit you feel that your life without cigarettes is weird, will be boring and empty etc.. Like a slight sadness like it's something you enjoyed and now it's gone..


well once you're an official EX Smoker, and you're over the addiction, how does it feel ? (psychologially)

Do you still miss the cigarette? Do you still feel that the drink, the coffee etc don't taste the same now that you don't have a cigarette with them

Do you think that psychologically you feel as good as when you were a smoker??

Thank you

By the way I smoke about a pack, and been smoking all in all for like 3 years

Answer 1

I'm 3 years non smoker, I found that the first 2 months are the hardest, after that I hardly ever thought about it and I couldn't imagine starting again now!

edit: I had smoked for 5 years

Answer 2

I will admit I quit smoking because I was pregnant so the first 8 months weren't a problem since I was highly motivated. After that I nursed for a while then had my second pregnancy and nursed so it wasn't until 9/11(7 years later) that I felt a real urge to have a cigarette. Probably the high stress of it. At any rate I remember what my college prof told me and even my dad uses this trick. The rare time I feel I need a cigarette I give myself permission to start smoking again....when I'm 72 by then I'm so old I'll forget anyways or the health risks won't matter too much as I've lived a long old life. But also I am willing to admit the smell of cigarettes gives me a migraine and makes my breathing difficult as well as just can't stand the smell so I'm still not very likely to start at 72 maybe I'll wait until I'm 90.

Answer 3

You have to believe that you are doing the best thing possible for yourself and for everyone around you.
The first 5 weeks were hard, very hard and then I started to get kinda high on myself. My skin started looking better and altho I know what you mean about the drink and the coffee and (oh jeez that cigarette after sex) then all of a sudden the psychological high is the thing.
Just think, no more sneaking outside to smoke and feeling like a 2nd class citizen.
My feeling of sadness went away when a friend brought me a baby bottle and nipple and stuck it in my mouth. The embarassment made me realize how infantile smoking is.
You are shedding an addiction harder to kick than heroin (so I'm told). Hey you are soon going to notice that cigarettes do not smell like they do when u open the pack. Cigarette smoke has a stench like dirty socks. You are going to make a whole lot of new friends. So try to ditch the pity potty and give yourself a big thumb's up in the mirror. I send you 100 kudos !

Answer 4

I quit 10 years ago after smoking for more than 20 years. Although I missed smoking with coffee and such, I found that after 3 months or so that food tasted so much better than I remembered!!! I would walk past an open pack of smokes and it was like a little bell was going off in my head to "have a smoke". I resisted every time and I am much happier as a result. I feel much better as a non-smoker and I could never go back to smoking again.

Quit and you will not regret the decision.

Answer 5

Sometimes I still miss smoking, I have quit several times, the longest period was 18 months, and now I have quit for 6 months. I have slipped 3 times, when I;m mad about something, and it's ok. I was a smoker for 30 years, and quit cold turkey. You need help to quit, in my case is a husband who had throat cancer and is very strict about not smoking , specially his loved ones.
I feel better, coffee and drinks don't make me long for a cigarette, and I like the idea that I am healthier and stronger.
Quit, smokers, for your health, the health of all that surround you. You can use the money for better things ($4.50 a day x 7 days, x 4, x 12, get it?), and you will smell better!

Answer 6

Well, I substituted smoking with eating slightly burnt popcorn.......Sometimes I do miss having a cigarette but I don't think things don't taste the same without them. I feel much better without cigarettes. I did not enjoy the taste or the cost. I have had a cigarette since quitting but never would buy any. It is worse when I am around someone who is smoking. I am glad that I did quit.

Answer 7

I don't miss them anymore... it's been like 5 months (I had been smoking for about 2 years).... for the first 2 months I did alot...especially driving! but I was unable to smoke so I had no choice.... I had one like a month ago and it was actually gross...I do miss situations of smoking with friends and meeting people that way... and yes coffee and cigarettes...but I feel fine about it.... that was one stage in my life and now im in another. The psychological dependency is gone for me...but then again I never smoked an extreme amount to begin with... and you will definitely feel good again and even better considering your body will clear out all the toxins that had built up from smoking...

Answer 8

I was a chain smoker for 20 years. I wasn't out to quit smoking even though my wife and daughter were always telling me I should quit.I was smoking 3 Packs of menthol's a day. It was when I went in for my second back surgery that it caught up with me. They were putting me under to start surgery but the tube the put down my throat wasn't working getting me air when they pulled it out the tube was full of nicotine from my lungs. they told me that it took two more times before they got it working. Plus I was told they almost lost me on the table because the tube clogged up again and had to be replaced. That was 4 years ago, I feel better but sometimes when I get a deep chest cough. I still have the stuff coming out of my chest. As far as being around other people who smoke. I have to turn and ask my wife when we pass a smoker, Did I used to smell like that? I don't miss it.

Answer 9

I started when I was 7 and quit when I was 16. I started up again when I was 26 and quit again when I was 28.
I am nearly 35. I love smelling nice. I love breathing god. I love keeping things in my home the colors that they should be and not a nasty yellow.
I also crave a smoke every single day. Part of me doesn't care how it will affect my health or how I smell. Always, I want that nicotine fix.
Yes, I feel psychologically and physically better since I quit smoking, but the struggle is always there.

Answer 10

I quit over ten years ago. I still reach for that cigarette pack when I drink coffee, have sex or am in a stressful situation, I do not know if you ever lose the craving. I do feel better without the cigarette. Everything is clearer and life is more beautiful. Stick with it. Never look back.