Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Oh man, I need to stop smoking. I never used to be a "real" smoker. But, I started when I was 16, I'm 24 now. I would smokes whenever I drink & maybe 5 cigs a day normally and that's it. One on my way to/from work & one on each break. But since like March-ish I started smoking more because I started drinking more. Since it's been nice out I've been spending more time outside so I've been smoking more because of that too. And I also smoke more because of school stress... Idk. I pretty much smoke half a pack a day now and my body is really starting to hate me. My voice is always raspy, my chest hurts like I need to get something out & can't... It's sucks. I quit last year for a few months and it was super easy. But I tried to quit again in April and no luck. I need to at least take a break for a few months....
Is cold turkey best for someone like me who hasn't been heavily smoking for very long? Or should I try these ecigs?
Oh man, I need to stop smoking. I never used to be a "real" smoker. But, I started when I was 16, I'm 24 now. I would smokes whenever I drink & maybe 5 cigs a day normally and that's it. One on my way to/from work & one on each break. But since like March-ish I started smoking more because I started drinking more. Since it's been nice out I've been spending more time outside so I've been smoking more because of that too. And I also smoke more because of school stress... Idk. I pretty much smoke half a pack a day now and my body is really starting to hate me. My voice is always raspy, my chest hurts like I need to get something out & can't... It's sucks. I quit last year for a few months and it was super easy. But I tried to quit again in April and no luck. I need to at least take a break for a few months....
Is cold turkey best for someone like me who hasn't been heavily smoking for very long? Or should I try these ecigs?
My pattern of smoking was very similar to yours, and honestly it wasn't too difficult for me to quit cold turkey. After a year of not smoking anything I went to e-cigs/vaping, and now I'm probably more addicted to nicotine than I was when I smoked cigarettes. It's still better than smoking cigs, but really you (and your wallet) are better off not smoking anything.
Last Edit: Jun 28, 2014 16:46:33 GMT -5 by Jaz - Back to Top
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
Oh man, I need to stop smoking. I never used to be a "real" smoker. But, I started when I was 16, I'm 24 now. I would smokes whenever I drink & maybe 5 cigs a day normally and that's it. One on my way to/from work & one on each break. But since like March-ish I started smoking more because I started drinking more. Since it's been nice out I've been spending more time outside so I've been smoking more because of that too. And I also smoke more because of school stress... Idk. I pretty much smoke half a pack a day now and my body is really starting to hate me. My voice is always raspy, my chest hurts like I need to get something out & can't... It's sucks. I quit last year for a few months and it was super easy. But I tried to quit again in April and no luck. I need to at least take a break for a few months....
Is cold turkey best for someone like me who hasn't been heavily smoking for very long? Or should I try these ecigs?
My pattern of smoking was very similar to yours, and honestly it wasn't too difficult for me to quit cold turkey. After a year of not smoking anything I went to e-cigs/vaping, and now I'm probably more addicted to nicotine than I was when I smoked cigarettes. It's still better than smoking cigs, but really you (and your wallet) are better off not smoking anything.
I think the biggest thing for me is the pattern of smoking. Like, as soon as I get in my car now I want a cigarette. Last time I quit I would talk to my [ex] bf on my breaks instead of smoking. These two things are where I know I'm going to run into trouble because there is nothing to take my mind off wanting a cigarette at those times... But I think just straight quitting is definitely my best bet... I've never done the ecig things, but you're not the only person who has said they feel more addicted to nicotine now after using them.
So I think I'll just try to quit cold turkey and see how it goes. I've i think 5 cigs left in my pack. Once those are gone I'm done....
Oh man, I need to stop smoking. I never used to be a "real" smoker. But, I started when I was 16, I'm 24 now. I would smokes whenever I drink & maybe 5 cigs a day normally and that's it. One on my way to/from work & one on each break. But since like March-ish I started smoking more because I started drinking more. Since it's been nice out I've been spending more time outside so I've been smoking more because of that too. And I also smoke more because of school stress... Idk. I pretty much smoke half a pack a day now and my body is really starting to hate me. My voice is always raspy, my chest hurts like I need to get something out & can't... It's sucks. I quit last year for a few months and it was super easy. But I tried to quit again in April and no luck. I need to at least take a break for a few months....
Is cold turkey best for someone like me who hasn't been heavily smoking for very long? Or should I try these ecigs?
I was a lot like you. A very casual smoker who realized I was starting to get a problem. I quit buying packs, but didn't stop my self from bumming ones from friends. This broke the bad habits I had associated with smoking (especially driving. Getting in the car meant a cig). Since I couldn't really control when my next cigarette was coming, my cravings were slowly tempered. And then eventually I stopped wanting them. If you go the ecig route you will still keep smoking. Those thongs arent quitting aids, from my experience.
Post by celestiaequestria on Jun 29, 2014 7:24:22 GMT -5
You can get eCigs without nicotine, sometimes helpful if you're used to always having a cigarette when you do a certain activity. Since there's no nicotine, you break the reward mechanism of smoking, because you're doing the physical action, but it doesn't provide the chemical.
FWIW the nicotine withdrawal is done in a week, so, it's really just finding what works for you personally to fill the psychological gaps.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Ok, guys I really commend you on all of the hard work, eventhough I have no real desire to quit.
But everytime I see this thread, for a split second, my brain tells me it's a thread where we all get together and tell jokes past board members that have deleted their accounts, and I get a little giddy.
Carry on.
Still living the dream that this is where we make fun of rage quitters.
Ok, guys I really commend you on all of the hard work, eventhough I have no real desire to quit.
But everytime I see this thread, for a split second, my brain tells me it's a thread where we all get together and tell jokes past board members that have deleted their accounts, and I get a little giddy.
Carry on.
Still living the dream that this is where we make fun of rage quitters.
Give it until January; by then we should have a fresh batch (plus a few of the regulars).
Post by abrakapokus on Sept 25, 2014 19:44:04 GMT -5
I've fallen off a few times. Mostly places where there is heavy drinking or I'm around other smokers (festivals, shows, parties) but I've been back on and bought an itaste CLK 1280 and some Five Pawns liquid. It's really great and I feel so much better. On the downside, since quitting, I've gained like 12lbs over the summer months, it dipping back down the weeks I smoked.
So I've been tryin' what I called an expiriment that I started' this past May where I haven't bought cigarettes. Still haven't bought any, but I will occasionally be that asshole at a bar askin' to bum one here and there. Really it's when I go out to the bar surrounded by other smokers that I feel the urge. But damn do I miss them with coffee.
So I've been tryin' what I called an expiriment that I started' this past May where I haven't bought cigarettes. Still haven't bought any, but I will occasionally be that asshole at a bar askin' to bum one here and there. Really it's when I go out to the bar surrounded by other smokers that I feel the urge. But damn do I miss them with coffee.
Why must they taste so good?!
this is how I quit. eventually the "im an asshole for bumming cigs" feeling outweighed the urge.
though I do end up back on the wagon for a few days during/after bonnaroo.
Still off the cigs. 17 and a half months now. The vaping has become an expensive hobby though.
Good thing White Label Juice is only $20 for a 100mL bottle. It's very high VG though so would only be feasible for RDAs (drippers) and not tank systems.
2013~Bonnaroo, Gentlemen of the Road-Troy 2014~McDowell Mountain, Beale Street, Bonnaroo, Riot Fest 2015~Coachella 1, Bonnaroo 2016~Summer Camp, Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2017~Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2018~Bonnaroo
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" 2019~BROKE 2020~M'fking COVID 2021~ditto 2022~tbd
Made it three full weeks without caffeine, but today I was literally falling asleep at work and fEll off the wagon. Now I'm hopping, skipping, and jumping around it, WOOOOO! It's still the longest I've gone in the past five years or so though, so I'm content with that. We'll see how I do in the coming weeks.
Last Edit: Oct 25, 2014 11:25:38 GMT -5 by Jaz - Back to Top
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
Post by popsicle sarah on Oct 25, 2014 18:41:52 GMT -5
Today is my 41st day as a non-smoker. I used the patch for the first 3 days because I thought I'd need it, but turns out I didn't need it.
I started smoking when I was 16. I was a smoker for 17 years. It's been easier to quit than I thought it would be. I had built it up so much in my mind. The days leading up to my quit day were the hardest as far as anxiety about the process.
I've had cravings, but none that I haven't been able to control. Cigarette smoke smells terrible to me now. Not sure how people who were never smokers put up with smokers. It's stinks!!!!
I started smoking when I was 13, and I (more or less) quit for the first time when I was 21 or 22. I did pretty well for a few years, but fell into old habits when I moved back here at the start of last year and began hanging out with a lot of people from Europe / Asia / the Middle East / S. America, where it's far more ingrained in the culture. Then I nipped that in the bud after six months or so, and mostly stuck to it for a year... until I entered my music program in August, and the whole story began repeating itself. Ugh.
But I had an epiphany last Saturday at the Stones. I had just lit up a smoke, and was already getting lots of dirty looks from the people around me. I shuffled around the lawn, but the dirty looks followed me wherever I went. Finally I found an empty spot in the grass and had my cigarette there. Not a moment after I'd arrived, and the woman directly in front of me turned around and stared deep in my eyes - except her look was not one of annoyance, like everyone else's; it was one of compassion, as if she were looking at her own child slowly killing himself. The type of corn I was on makes it very easy to read the emotion in people's eyes, and I felt an enormous weight in hers. It was also the type of corn that inspired me to quit the first time, and the whole vibe of the night felt extremely similar in general. This person said with her eyes what I was never willing to hear whenever friends and family would try to put into words.
We maintain eye contact for what feels like an eternity (time is all but meaningless by now). Eventually the emotion gets to be overwhelming, and I cast my eyes downward in shame. It is at this point I see why this particular spot is empty; I'm standing right next to the rubbish bins, and I start to notice the stench wafting upwards. I can barely even see the stage anymore, and I realise the cigarette tastes absolutely foul - the cheapest ones on sale at 7-11, purchased on a drunken impulse in Melbourne the previous weekend. There is not a single pleasant aspect to this moment, in an otherwise blissfully perfect night. I can't even focus on the music anymore, at a show of that calibre. This is NOT what i signed up for.
And here this woman was, sacrificing part of a concert she'd looked forward to for months to send me a clear message; here I was, sacrificing part of the same concert to slowly destroy my own life, instead of embracing it. I think of losing Whoreshack to oesophageal cancer earlier this year, and I find inspiration in him. I think of lordrockinhood, one of my closest Inforoo friends, who quit smoking the night we first met, and I find inspiration in him too. I'm reminded of a photo of us on the lawn at that same venue (albeit on a different night), where I am wearing the same shirt as I am now. I take that as a sign and stub the last of my cigarette out, and make my way back to my original spot. Still, I'm not quite as committed to the idea as I should be. I make a conscious decision to hold onto the packet, even though I’m standing right next to the trash.
I resist the temptation for another for the rest of the night. The bus arrives back in Sydney, and with some hesitation, I leave the pack on top of a rubbish bin. I rip the top off the cigarette packet to show passers-by that it is still half-full. It's 2am on a Saturday in a popular barhopping area, in a city where smokes are $15-20 a pack... they will be found.
On the bus ride into the city on Monday morning, I’m zoning out the window and having a think about the weekend’s revelations. “I’m sure there will be the odd one here and there, but I’ve really got to stop buying packs for festivals and nights out,” I tell myself. At that very moment, I feel a piece of trash in my pocket and subconsciously pull it out. It is the lid I tore off the cigarette packet, and it says “smoking doubles your risk of stroke”. I think back to the photo of the woman on the front (cigarette packages are pretty gruesome-looking in Australia:
…and I decide that’s it. I am not going to continue poisoning my body for a mild buzz, because I am simply not that person anymore.
Saturday night was the real test; it was my first big night out since I made that decision... and I passed! Not one drunken durry the whole night, nor a recovery one yesterday morning. Pleased as punch about that.
So thank you, random stranger: we never uttered so much as a single word to each other, but you have just changed my life immeasurably. And if any of you ever see me with a cigarette again (barring a life-changing, total shit-hits-the-fan moment), you have my full permission to smack the smoke right out of my lips on the spot. I am as done as done can be, because in the words of the immortal Danny Glover... I’m gettin' too old for this shit.
TL;DR: Had a moment of clarity and quit the coffin nails. For good. And I fuckin' mean it this time. 9 days in, and mostly managing.
2013~Bonnaroo, Gentlemen of the Road-Troy 2014~McDowell Mountain, Beale Street, Bonnaroo, Riot Fest 2015~Coachella 1, Bonnaroo 2016~Summer Camp, Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2017~Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2018~Bonnaroo
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" 2019~BROKE 2020~M'fking COVID 2021~ditto 2022~tbd
Celebrated 365 days nicotine free on 12/24. Congrats to everyone who has cut back, switched to vaping or quit as well.
Congrats!
Today is my 111th day as a non-smoker. I still think about it, usually only when I've had a couple of drinks. I *almost* smoked one a couple of weeks ago, but good friends talked me out of it.
Celebrated 365 days nicotine free on 12/24. Congrats to everyone who has cut back, switched to vaping or quit as well.
Congrats!
Today is my 111th day as a non-smoker. I still think about it, usually only when I've had a couple of drinks. I *almost* smoked one a couple of weeks ago, but good friends talked me out of it.
That's great! Also, it's cool that your friends are supportive of you. Yay, good friends
2013~Bonnaroo, Gentlemen of the Road-Troy 2014~McDowell Mountain, Beale Street, Bonnaroo, Riot Fest 2015~Coachella 1, Bonnaroo 2016~Summer Camp, Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2017~Bonnaroo, Live on the Green, Pilgrimage 2018~Bonnaroo
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" 2019~BROKE 2020~M'fking COVID 2021~ditto 2022~tbd
I need to quit for good. I've been smoking since I was 17, I'm now 24. I smoked constantly during my college years. Last year I went to vaping, and I don't think it really helped. Now I could smoke at my desk and it caused an even worse nicotine habit. Now I'm back on regular smokes - I only smoke at work, though. The smokes stay in my desk. So I'm down to about 4 or 5 a day. None on the weekends. I've been alcohol free for over two weeks, and now it's time to move on to ditching nicotine. The bad thing about it is that I want to quit for my health and the sake of my SO not worrying about my well-being - but I just enjoy smoking so damn much.
Whoa! This is a thread!? I started smoking at 11 and quit at 30. I just made 9 years cigarette free on January 21. Best of luck to all those "quitters."
Whoa! This is a thread!? I started smoking at 11 and quit at 30. I just made 9 years cigarette free on January 21. Best of luck to all those "quitters."
I raised it from the dead after skimming through old threads.
Whoa! This is a thread!? I started smoking at 11 and quit at 30. I just made 9 years cigarette free on January 21. Best of luck to all those "quitters."
I raised it from the dead after skimming through old threads.
Post by Farrisbueller on Feb 5, 2015 16:22:25 GMT -5
It's coming up on two years since I quit smoking. I didn't have a horrible time quitting but I had to fight off other vices that took cigs place. All is well for me now and I stick to corn but to all those out there on the struggle, just remember you have to recommit yourself each and everyday to not smoking. There will always be those times you will be reminded of a cig and the good memories but you have to remember the bad as much as the good and reinforce those good reasons to quit. People's support helps but I honestly don't think completely avoiding cigs forever is a viable option. At some point you have to be okay with it around you, I've never seen a person that didn't want to quit cigs quit so when I would be reminded of cigs or was around them I would make a point to think about how happy I was to not be smoking and made it a game of sorts to distract and reinforce staying away. Just some food for thought guys, good luck!