I tried a cigarette for the first time yesterday, I'm 24 and I've never smoked anything a day in my life. I had a single puff off a Marlboro Menthol Black, and it was terrible. But I didn't think it was too bad until about 3 hours later I started shaking real bad and getting dizzy. That was about 14 hours ago and I still feel like that. Can cigarettes really do that or have I got the flu?
>>34073430Yeah cigarettes really do that. And the quickest way to get rid of that fucked up feeling of the shakes and the dizziness and other mental/body pains is to light up a cigarette and smoke another. Now you know why people get addicted. It’s because if they try to stop, their body spazzes the fuck out and wont stop until a month of extreme discomfort passes, or smoke another cigarette. And most people would rather smoking the cigarette to avoid the month of discomfort.Anyway don’t smoke ever again retard. It’s a trick, a trap, a scam and a LIE. It hooks you in and then you can’t get off the hook because getting off the hook feels worse than being on it. HOPE and PRAY you can ignore this one time cigarette and move on with your life. Don’t become a smoker, worst decision of my fucking life.
>>34073445Thank you, anon. I'll admit it was just a moment of morbid curiosity, everyone in my life has always smoked them so I just always wondered what it was like. For the whole night everything tasted like cigarettes, everything smelled like cigarettes, when I breathed I could feel it in my chest. It was horrible and I'll never do it again. That cigarette was so bad I came home and threw away my alcohol too
>>34073445If it’s your biggest regret then why won’t you take responsibility and some real effort to get rid of it? I quit the moment I had more to lose than to gain.
Smoking and I have a bad relationship. It killed my grandmother and I hate cigarettes, vapes, weed, ect. I miss her so much. I dont mind dating a woman who smokes. But I will ask her why she got into it.
>>34073480>If it’s your biggest regret then why won’t you take responsibility and some real effort to get rid of it?Cuz I’m a bit of a pussy who convinces himself that if I don’t have the coping mechanism or stress reliever then I am gonna crumble
>>34073445>It’s because if they try to stop, their body spazzes the fuck out and wont stop until a month of extreme discomfort passes, or smoke another cigarette.Utter nonsense. I stopped after a decade of chain smolking last year, and while I had night sweats for about a week that was it. The physical addiction in smoking is actually an absolute joke, your brain reconfigures itself within weeks at worst and the withdrawal is light.>>34073451It simply appears taht you are sensitive to Nicotine, what you experienced was the "nicotince flash". Its the reason why american indians used to smoke it like a drug, it actually causes (nor)adrenaline to be released at an increased rate and fucks with your hormonal balance.
>>34073487You made it your weakness, don’t you have anything in your life you could use as your strength? What’s a week or two of discomfort compared to freedom and better life? If you tell me you have nothing worth quitting then I call it bullshit. Just make something worth it, stop being a pussy and face your demon before it takes everything from you. I know how it is to lose someone because of the cigs and I worked hard to make sure that my family won’t face it in the future. I have a 4 month old, I did it for her.
>>34073631>You made it your weakness,Yeah I know that now. I thought it was a strength or at least a way to take the edge off to help me build my life. Now that I got a life that same thing I thought was a useful substance is threatening the amazing things I have with family. I feel like an idiot honestly. I do have things in life I can use for strength but those same things I worry I’d fuck up if I’ve no coping mechanism to keep my focus together. I know this is a learned helplessness, a mental meme I probably haunt myself with to justify sticking to the addiction, but when I attempt to quit its like I keep hitting this big invisible wall and all my motivation I had to quit drains away so quickly. Who did you lose if you don’t mind me asking?
>>34073691Then let yourself to hit that wall over and over again until the addiction is gone. What you’re doing is a classic example of making excuses because you’re too scared of withdrawals but honestly it’s just a temporary thing and in matter of days it’s gone - and you’re free.I lost my father when I was 19.
>>34073430>Can cigarettes really do that or have I got the flu?the first time smoking nicotine after you haven't for years is always spinning and dizzy and euphoric, yes. it goes away after a couple days and from then on smoking only makes you slightly simulated, and eventually, have coughs and snot all the time
>>34073765Thanks for the encouragement and the reality check, man, I’m currently on the cusp of another attempt, just need to grow the balls to try again. And I’m sorry about your dad. Lost my mom to it myself, for some reason not even that shook me into quitting actually made me sink further. I got the things to use for strength and support as I said but my problem is I suck at asking for help lemme tell ya. Did you use any groups or books or any specific methods?
>>34073785Thanks man, it was hard enough for me but watching my mother’s suffering hit me even harder. I knew that in the future I don’t want my wife and kids to suffer like she did. Took me 4 years to make final decision. What things and support are we talking about? What worked for me were Allen Carr’s book and focusing on my family. Basically I was dealing with withdrawals by using distraction. Fixed everything around me like sink or cabinets. Spent time on gaming when I had time. Worked harder. Spent last months with just my wife what also improved our relationship before the kid appeared. And my wife was especially happy when I cleaned the whole house before she was born lol.
>>34073785Good luck anon, you got this
