Venting Cigarettes

[Blowba]

As my birthday is coming closer I can legally buy cigarettes, the problem is that I used to smoke as a coping mechanism for my emotions mainly anger and depression. I quit almost a year back but every now and then when I cry so much or am angry I want to smoke and I even get a chill/tingling sensation all over my body when I really want one. I am worried now that I can easily get them when its my birthday I will go back to them. I have thoughts of just getting one pack thats it but I am scared I am going to be heavily reliant again. Its just in the back of my head that I am able to get them. Trying to convince myself that one won't hurt me

 

[gottago222]

why is this in the suicide section? anyways if you dont want to start again dont even have one

 

[rationaltake]

It's hard. I can't resist chocolate. Overdose on it. I wish I could avoid it.

 

[thisplaceisaprison]

It's a nasty habit. I smoke about 20 a day and I'm only 26 but started as a teenager and it's near impossible to stop.

 

[GreenTree]

I smoke 40 a day. For 28 years now. Wish I never started. It causes worse anxiety. I think if I never started I wouldn't be like I am now. I still smoke but doesn't ease stress or anxiety or depression. Please don't start up. You got a chance of recovery if you don't start smoking. Good luck.

 

[allesistgut]

I still smoke but doesn't ease stress or anxiety or depression. Please don't start up. You got a chance of recovery if you don't start smoking. Good luck.

i've only been smoking for around 3-4 years, but have been a chain smoker since i started and i also don't get any stress relief anymore/haven't for a good while, it's really just something i do to try to distract myself. maybe i'll have a bit of a nicotine kick here and there if i don't smoke for a little while and haven't eaten much when i smoke, but honestly smoking has been a pointless habit giving me nothing in return for a long while now. though i'll probably keep smoking till i die if i'm honest, kind of tried to quit a few times, but it never lasted long.

 

[raghu1977]

I smoke around 20 a day. I started when I was 14. I am 44 now. So - 30 years of smoking, 20 years of which were heavy - 10+ a day. I have the usual heart and breathing problems. I also have ED. Heavy smoking narrows blood vessels so you have difficulty getting and maintaining an erection. Viagra helps to a certain extent.

Apparently- teen smokers are most likely to wind up as lifelong smokers. Something about the brain being rewired to depend on nicotine, making it almost impossible to quit later.

It's your life and your choice. But seriously- think it through. There are literally no upsides.

 

[Somber]

As my birthday is coming closer I can legally buy cigarettes, the problem is that I used to smoke as a coping mechanism for my emotions mainly anger and depression. I quit almost a year back but every now and then when I cry so much or am angry I want to smoke and I even get a chill/tingling sensation all over my body when I really want one. I am worried now that I can easily get them when its my birthday I will go back to them. I have thoughts of just getting one pack thats it but I am scared I am going to be heavily reliant again. Its just in the back of my head that I am able to get them. Trying to convince myself that one won't hurt me

Don't.

I've smoked for years. First out of curiosity, then out of habbit. A few a week became a few a day. It quickly became an addiction.

I stopped in 2017 after ending up with a bronchitis that lasted about 6 weeks before I finally got better.

When mom died a few months later I started again, thinking I could limit myself. It didn't last long. When I got sick again around Christmas 2018 I quit again. Still so.

I realized that the calm I felt when smoking wasn't caused by the cigarettes, but rather the nervousness I felt in between.

If you want to take recreational drugs go for something non-addictive like cannabis or shrooms instead.

 

[bluedream]

If you feel like youre definitely going to end up smoking again, maybe try some other form of nicotine? vaping isnt the best habit either but its less harmful than smoking, and nicotine gum and patches are also an option.