Pedro99 Posted May 21, 2019 Has anyone quit cigs through a 'spiritual' experience? Throughout the years I've quit cold turkey successfully but currently I keep giving in and going to buy some more. I've heard of people having a life changing experience and just ditching them then and there. So yeah, how did you guys go with it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strontium Dawg Posted May 21, 2019 I quit ciggies one morning in 1994 when I got up, had my usual coffee and stuyvo fix, then couldn't stop throwing up. Not sure if that counts as a spiritual experience but when you can barely take a breath for air you'll certainly pray! Mind you, I did smoke bongs with baccy afterwards as a daily religious ritual for another 11 years. Now I understand finally why giving up smoking means I can finally actually experience tobacco's good qualities. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-RC- Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Apparently psilocybin has shown great efficacy in smoking cessation... I quit smoking because I'm an asthmatic and like Glaukus I was dying. That and I had my future wife to help me along a clean-living path Cold turkey though for me was the avenue, but removing yourself from an environment that encourages it or is permeated by it (say hospitality) is also going to be helpful. Edited May 21, 2019 by Responsible Choice 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etherealdrifter Posted May 21, 2019 ciggies when you're mashed is fabo......and in Europe they taste fantastic(Spain and Portugal i'm looking at you) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted May 21, 2019 2 days before heart surgery Wasn't because of it... But it wasn't helping. After having the chest cracked open I really want to avoid that shit again. My resolve was bolstered after being taken offline during that event. I'd been on and off a few times, of prolonged and at times pretty heavy death stick use. Kicking off when I could just walk in and buy them in my school uniform of a morning. I never was a user of "spin", I still don't understand that. Spin users I've noticed Really struggle to kick the things. I at one stage had two bowls on the go mine and another for my brothers from other mothers as most wouldn't tackle my bowl. Still use tobacco on occasion in other forms smokeless, but ciggies can just F off as far as I'm concerned ... Ciggies are the lowest form of baccy IMO served up to us here - if at all, with some principally just being made mostly of "sheet".... Substituted sheet alright. FFS I found Indonesian ciggies as an example of being better quality than what we were, and now served up. Do I want one.... Yes, yes I do for I am an addict because the things did what they were designed to do. They smell like shit to me now though, decent pipe and some cigars still smell really good though and tempting as all hell. Having as much time away from second hand smoke helps a lot, and hide /remove ashtrays 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayN Posted May 21, 2019 hangovers are bad. hangovers involving tobacco are VERY bad. learn this well. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro99 Posted June 5, 2019 Thanks for the replies guys, I used to have an abundant supply of green ciggies but unfortunately not anymore as they were at least reducing my wanting the brown ones. The red glow of a cig while on a mind melter sure is something special though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Load Posted June 6, 2019 I quit well over a year ago and now I cant even stand the smell of them let alone the taste, the real trick is you have to 100% want to quit. For me environmental impact of the buts constantly weighed on my mind and the fact that the Government made so much money off me was the final straw. Chewing stolen nic gum worked wonders for the cravings which I slowly swapped for normal gum. Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humboldt Posted July 27, 2019 Whilst meditating I saw clearly (or clearer than usual) the cycle i was caught up in. Its been about 10 years now, i can only imagine how fucked id be feeling if i hadnt taken that little thread and ran with it. I had given patches a go previously but they just reinforced that i was a smoker trying to give up rather than someone who didnt smoke. Took about 2 months of KBing cravings and associated thoughts for the clouds to part and the sun to come thru. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro99 Posted July 28, 2019 It's been at least a couple weeks since I stopped chugging the darts. I'd stopped in the past for a few years here and there and only had cravings last a week max. This time it seems they are going to last a lot longer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crop Posted July 29, 2019 I think Phil Load hit the nail on the head. You have to make the decision 100%. I tried many times. It was't till my first child was born that I got serious. We were travailing India with our new baby. I had several spiritual - drug induced experienced telling me now was the time. I went to an Ayurvedic doctor to see if he could help. He gave me a couple of cartons of herbal cigs, they seemed to reduce the cravings dramatically. The list of herbs in them was extensive, but about 50% was sun flower leaves. When we got back to Oz I bought a poach of rollies at the airport. My mum was growing sunflowers, which I chopped up and added to the poach as it went down. It started mostly tobacco but before long started to go the other way. That was over 20 years ago. I have never bought another cig. It was incredibly easy. Not sure if that was because the sunflower leaves or simply making the decision final. Good luck mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites