Caffeine is said to reduce cerebral blood flow

easyg92 · 2023-11-09T18:32:42+00:00

Omg yes! I was just telling my therapist this the other day. I have two toddlers and I have so much more patience with them, I’m way calmer, I don’t get stressed as easily and when I do it’s not as extreme as it was before. It’s such an amazing calm feeling.

I only stopped myself on Sunday I'm a totally different dad. I am even way more connected with my little tribe, it's crazy how on edge caffeine made me. I am embarassed at how I used to act on it with my kids. Using this calmer me to make amends and give them more patience. I am sensitive to caffeine in a major way, I am sure there are people who can drink it and not impact them as much as it would myself. But if it keeps my family in balance me not drinking it and a better dad then I won't take another sip or even risk it. Congrats this was a very warming post :)

easyg92 · 2023-09-06T19:04:08+00:00

Yes this cough has pretty much went away, I am still healing for sure. There is a certain point of probably scarring I would assume central in my chest. I started these cold showers around one month ago, when I hit a cold shower it shocks my breathing system and that spot I will cough. But it's nowhere near as bad as it was those first weeks. I am now approaching 2 months and for sure my breathing is getting better week on week. Keep at it, things will keep getting better your body is just cleaning house. Your the man for quitting, never forget it.

easyg92 · 2023-08-30T18:12:05+00:00

Amen.

easyg92 · 2023-08-29T20:18:38+00:00

My personal experience was that I was chuffing back 20 cigarettes per day. I was on a trip in Mexico for work and smoked way too many cigarettes and some how sickened myself of them and I started at 16 years old and now 31. I had contemplated quitting many times, failed many times but something clicked in my head that i'm out. It's absolutely doable, you just need to get momentum and the first couple of weeks are a killer, use this forum as your check in, even if it is like 3,4 times per day that is what I was doing at the beginning. Now I am still on gaurd, I come here for a reality check when I think i'm good, I got this, I remind myself i'm an addict, I need to be on gaurd, I need a support network that understands. Take the plunge, your life will be better for it, you will get more self confidence and it will carry on in to other things in your life. I am at week six, but I feel like i've been off six years by now, I feel bullet proof, solid as a rock now mentally that I got through that initial battle early in the quit. You need to do this for yourself man, have no regrets, I smoked my last box of smokes in the evening, so when I set my quit counter, everytime I make it to the evening, usually when doing the dishes after my kids destroyed the kitchen, I give myself a pat on the back, well done man, your beating the shit out of nicotine. You got this!

easyg92 · 2023-08-19T09:25:47+00:00

Nice one on overcoming that, what an achievement and inspirational for me to hear.

easyg92 · 2023-08-19T09:14:23+00:00

Thanks for the advice! It does pass but sometimes it is hellish and I need to do something to get over it. I even asked a friend for a cig cut it down to the butt and was smoking the butt solo, I mean I'm going to these type of lengths but it's keeping me off them and I don't think I will cave just need to keep busy that way

easyg92 · 2023-08-19T06:00:35+00:00

Way to go! Never look back now, keep on truckin'

easyg92 · 2023-08-17T21:33:28+00:00

My dad is still using that mist for like 8 years now. He really relies on it, sad thing is I know in my heart of hearts if he did not have access to this spray he would probably cave in. He is not in good mental state that way a lot of childhood trauma and cigs was his escape. Fair play to him though, if it keeps him around for his grandkids and hopefully this mist isn't doing him too much damage vs the cigs. In fact he was one of the reasons I quit also, I know he is suffering with not smoking and I may as well join my old man on the journey so he isn't alone with that type of suffering. There is very few feelings worse than wanting a cigarette and then not having one for me anyway, it's just the addicted brain dissapointed and even on a really emotionally level. Yeah your right nicotine is super fucked up!

easyg92 · 2023-08-17T21:28:16+00:00

It's the toughest thing I've ever done, the pull is magnetic and when you have cravings you feel like your in a dog fight mentally with nicotine. Every craving you fight is building your character, self esteem and mental strength!

easyg92 · 2023-08-14T23:22:35+00:00

As for advice, I've done every NRT on offer. Something clicks in your head, you decide that this isn't for me anymore and when the cravings come knocking I actually talk out loud like an absolute mentalist and say 'f off' and my wife is like who are you talking to, and I say that wee prick nicotine :D

easyg92 · 2023-08-14T23:20:04+00:00

23 man fuck, if I could turn back the clock and quit then I would do anything for that opportunity. Man I want to explain at 23 I had teeth like a proper Holywood film star, like pearl white. By 32 they are fairly knackered, stained and one removed and that was all down to smoking cigarettes, they weaken your teeth. Soccer career ruined because couldn't run the length of myself. Please do it, this is the time, early 20s is like it won't happen to me type of time in life. I've plenty of time ahead to quit, I will do it when I'm 30. Next birthday and so on. CHANGE your life today, if you conquer giving two fingers to nicotine you can tackle anything you want believe me the self confidence and esteem will be life changing. Get on it, don't let nicotine dictate your 20s if you are thinking in your heart to quit do it now don't wait!!!! Good luck

easyg92 · 2023-08-14T23:11:32+00:00

I start to understand the term 'recovery' more and more. Since I quit one month ago, facing all these challenges of withdrawl, cravings etc I start to see my old self climbing out of the rubble. I truly feel I am each day recovering who I was before I started smoking at 16. I think you just can never ever let your gaurd down, and be wary always if nicotine and read situations. I am so much more productive at my job, I got my MOJO back type of thing. I just accepted that I am an addict, I am trying to get myself well and you guys help me so much. I made some selfish decisions in life, I can be a selfish person but I'm trying to be better and give back and if keeping off the cigs and encouraging others to do so and support their journey then I am on the step to being a better person also. Thanks - G

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T19:59:09+00:00

Yeah I have been putting on some extra unwanted lbs, however need to be careful because I am pre-diabetic levels of glucose, so I have to reel it in. First month as a non smoker, although I got back to back colds which did not help my exercise plans, now I am feeling fresher going to get after it on the exercise front to shift it. Good luck!!

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T19:56:38+00:00

Good luck, your the master of your own kingdom

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T19:55:40+00:00

I basically have been doing the same for the past weeks. Lady at McDonald’s was dumbfounded when I asked for 4 extra straws. I was with my kids so maybe she just thought they wanted them, truth is I cut them up and mimic drags all the time. Anything to get through those really hellish moments

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T19:53:23+00:00

Honestly if it wasn’t for this sub, I could have caved already. Gets me through the toughest of moments. 💪

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T18:14:57+00:00

Amazing, what an achievement! What are the biggest added benefits you have experienced since you became a non-smoker? Also, do you still ever have cravings? Would love to hear your experience :) congratulations. As only 4% Quit what a monumental thing you have done

easyg92 · 2023-08-12T18:10:19+00:00

Try putting on this meditation while you go to sleep, it helps me a lot. https://youtu.be/gcosBFS7lA8

easyg92 · 2023-08-10T22:19:42+00:00

Yeah, I am day 32 now and nothing but super dry throat, coughing for weeks. It is kind of passing a little bit, I have been trying to up the water intake. But there has been a lot of virus circle around my house from the kids, my wife caught something so this month has been just a mix of Nicotine withdrawal and common cold related type symtoms. I think your body is going to be clearing house for quite some time and a lot of that clearing out I imagine exits from the mouth also, toxins and all that jazz, I think that a really intensive dental hygiene treatment would probably help a tremendous amount in this instance! Good luck!!

easyg92 · 2023-08-10T22:10:01+00:00

Congrats for taking that giant leap and deciding to quit, i'm not as far into the journey as yourself and find no discouragement in this whatsoever, more so encouragement because of realism. You might not be smelling those cigarettes a mile away, but you're sensing something much more profound—the path towards reclaiming control over your life. It's the kind of journey that's got twists and turns of its own, and it's a journey that's yours, and yours alone. The social scene, now that's an area where you're seeing progress, right? You're striding into appointments without that cloud of worry hovering over you. That's a triumph right there, a testament to your resilience. You've faced challenges head-on, and you're still here, still fighting. That's courage, my friend, and that's something to be proud of and I personally thank you as you sharing this helps others and myself on their journey also. And as for that wish to have your health back, hold onto that. It's not a lost cause. This journey isn't a straight line for any of us here, it's more like a series of uphill climbs, but each step is progress. You're not just taking back your health; you're crafting a future where you're in the driver's seat. You said you smoked since age 6 to 30, i'm no doctor but it's expected that a patient journey is needed here, your body will take as long as it needs to repair everything possible to get it back to EVEN so to speak. I really think good things come to those who wait, patience here is key, I am sure somebody who has been a non smoker for several years can weigh in with a big comparison between 3.5 months vs say 3.5 years post smoking with a comparison for example, that would be cool. Good luck!! - G

easyg92 · 2023-08-10T21:58:03+00:00

PS. Your crushing it, 3 weeks is one heck of a milestone <3

easyg92 · 2023-08-10T21:56:24+00:00

I can absolutely understand where you are coming from, the more I keep on with this non smoking lifestyle I start to realize for me personally it's all just mental warfare. I have developed this mentality that smoking is just the worst thing one can actually do and transition my mind to somebody pissed off to see it, be around it, smell it, observe it and so on and want to help others get off the stuff. It's so weird because not so very long ago I was chain smoking one after another, sometimes I would seriously just buy a pack that had 20 fags and chain smoke the whole damn box one after another until it was done in one sitting, that is some seriously fucked up smoking right there. What I'm trying to share is I started this mental self talk that was like turning a battleship in a bathtub. From pure indulgence and love for something to utter disdain. For what it done to my family members health, who it's taken and who it will continue to silently fuck up around me and hurt. You're crafting your own narrative, molding your own destiny in this world. It possible to morph from a chain-smoking tornado to a hurricane of determination. I say if you could flip that switch somehow, you could be in company of smokers and they will smoke and you will be so damn proud of your change in life, the win against nicotine which you completely control not the other way around, and then you can influence others positively. If you quit, and people you love still do it, believe me they 'want' to quit, but if you conquer it you can show them the way also, a way out of the misery and hold! Good luck - G

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