Just curious what would happen mentally and physically if you went cold turkey just now. What would your body’s reactions be? What would be on your mind? What is the sensation of withdrawal (if that’s the correct term)?
I’d love to hear some personal experiences or stories
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I’m not a smoker, but my dad quit cold turkey. He said the hardest thing to overcome was having something to do with his hands. He smoked inside the house so he was used to that repetitive movement of taking a drag, putting it down, taking a drag, putting it down.
He started eating a lot of potato chips, because the motion of grabbing them from the bag was the same. Once he didn’t feel compelled to smoke any more, he started hitting the gym to work off all the chips he hate in place of all the cigarettes he would smoke lol
Trick is you have to learn to hate it. For me I started at 11 smoked 15 years quit because I just couldn’t afford it and it was starting to take a toll on me. It was hard for sure but I just kept it in my head that it’s gross and after a couple days I started to hate the smell. Now I’ve been smoke free for five years. Stress makes me crave it though and I’ve been stressed for a while but it’s mind over matter.
You would get very angry very quickly because the nicotine receptors in your brain need feeding.
I quit many years ago and did it with nicotine patches and id say after finishing the patches, the cravings didn’t completely disappear for a year later.
Both myself and my husband quit at the same time, and we lived in hell together. We both became very different people and the arguments were 100X worse because of the nicotine withdrawal.
It really is hard and your willpower is everything.
Saying that, I’ve saved thousands of pounds and will probably live longer. Our marriage survived. Your taste buds come back and you put on weight too.
It’s been almost 15 years since I smoked and strangely I’ve recently started to think about it again.
I started dipping Copenhagen when I was 12. I am 59 and quit two weeks ago cold turkey. I readable carrs book and quit when the book said and really haven’t had any issues. Uncanny really.
I would be a complete bitch and feel the need to grind my teeth or chew on something.
I tried quitting cold turkey several times and it sucked. Racing thoughts, cravings, headaches, binge eating, irritability, etc. Afterwards, I always went back to smoking to and so it felt like it was all for nothing.
I have been smoke and vape free for nearly two years now and honestly, for me, what really did it was being honest to myself about if that is what I truly wanted (it was) and then coming up with a game plan and not just randomly trying to quit. Being prepared for it ahead of the quit date is absolutely the reason I succeeded this time around.