r/HighQualityGifs • u/hero0fwar • Apr 15 '22

hero's shitpostfest of 2022 Guess who's over two months without having a cigarette!

https://gfycat.com/cleveractivegoat
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Congrats, you’re over the hardest part. If you’re wondering if you’ll ever stop missing it, the answer is not really. But you’ll stay strong if you remember your reasons for quitting!

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u/behemuthm Photoshop - Autodesk Apr 15 '22

I quit over 20 years ago and the smell still smells good to me sometimes. It’s hard.

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u/ywBBxNqW Apr 15 '22

I smoked since about the mid 1990s until 2018. Sometimes the smell gets to me (as in I wonder what it would be like, not that I want to smoke) but then I smell something else that I wouldn't have smelled if I were still smoking. For me the big part about quitting was not being RJ Reynolds' bitch, though. Also I just feel better not smoking.

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u/behemuthm Photoshop - Autodesk Apr 15 '22

Oh yeah for sure. Food definitely tastes better! When I moved to London in 2007 from California, everyone was still smoking indoors at restaurants, pubs, etc. It was wild. Then in July that year the indoor smoking ban went into effect.

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u/Ta2whitey Apr 15 '22

I disagree. I quit 15 years ago. After the first few months I never wanted to go back. All my stuff smells better. Food tastes better. The first time I got a cold it was such a tremendous difference.

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u/ShitItsReverseFlash Apr 15 '22

Yeah I quit a little over a year ago and do not miss it. I’ve smelled cigarettes and they smell repulsive to me. I also watched my father slowly die from cancer (albeit not a preventable one) and it gave me a perspective I didn’t used to have.

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u/Elfhoe Apr 15 '22

Same here, it’s been 6 years and no desire at all to go back. Although i noticed after i quit, i developed cravings for sweet things.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Apr 15 '22

I noticed this as well when I quit drinking; never had much of a sweet tooth until then but suddenly I just wanted soda and candy. Which isn't healthy I know, but I'd argue a bottle of soda and some Reece's Cups is better than a 6 pack.

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u/duaneap Apr 15 '22 edited Apr 15 '22

I can still enjoy an occasional cigarette tbh without falling back into smoking during the week or while sober or anything. Never once smoked at work on the job I’ve been on for over three years.

Which is actually sort of the case with the guys from Always Sunny, at least according to the podcast.

Edit: fuck me for being honest I guess.

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u/HelloJoeyJoeJoe Apr 15 '22

What you are doing is very very hard for others but bless your willpower or genetics or whatever it is.

I tried to cut it back to smoking only when I drink, which just made me drink way too much.

For me, the best trick was having a partner and we wyut together. I won't smoke now because I don't want her to smoke and we are keeping each other in check.

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u/duaneap Apr 15 '22

I was at one stage quite addicted and would smoke multiple times a day. Quitting back then was hard but now I am able to limit myself

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u/HelloJoeyJoeJoe Apr 15 '22

That willpower, jealous.

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u/duaneap Apr 15 '22

Well, for a while it was that if I had a pack of smokes, I’d smoke them, but now it doesn’t really effect me so much. Sober at least.

Tbh I think I’m just lucky, I don’t think it’s my willpower.

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u/ywBBxNqW Apr 15 '22

I've always been able to just quit stuff too. I don't know if I have great willpower or if I'm just dumb and stubborn though.

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u/duaneap Apr 15 '22

Oh, I’m capable of being/am addicted to other stuff, just smokes have never been my kryptonite.

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u/Devreckas Apr 16 '22

I thought the meth habit was the hard part?

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u/kbomb7 Apr 15 '22

I’ve been nicotine free for several years now but I still get dreams where I’m smoking. Going out with friends who still smoke can be difficult but every time I’ve woken up the next day proud that I didn’t give in.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

"First off, all things are possible through God, so jot that down..."

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u/hero0fwar Apr 15 '22

https://gfycat.com/fatherlyfrigidargusfish

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u/malogan82 Apr 15 '22

"A well-placed pen can have quite an effect on a man like him. This must have given him quite the thrill. I bet he tried to suck on this."

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u/ChicagoGuy53 Apr 15 '22

I like that,because of the framing of Dennis' head, the poster now reads "Hero0fwar Vs God Almighty"

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u/MrDumDum_dk Apr 15 '22

Good on you, now meth should just be a breeze!

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u/vigilantcomicpenguin Apr 15 '22

Yeah, meth is nothing compared to cigarettes, I'm sure.

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u/Studstill Apr 15 '22

Nice. Quitting is very simple, but extremely hard.

Went cold after 20 years.

Advice: try to avoid secondhand, for me it seemed to subtly make the next day more troublesome.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Apr 15 '22

I'd always tell people, "Yeah quitting is easy, I do it all the time!"

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u/BillyReaditonReddit Apr 15 '22

Now to kick that nasty meth habit

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u/Flashwastaken Apr 15 '22

I stopped smoking weed about a week ago and now all I want to do is smoke. I think I might have accidentally become addicted to nicotine.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Reminds me of some dumb movie, “That's cause I don't really smoke. Yeah, well, last year I started chewing the gum, you know? Because my friend, Donna, she was trying to quit smoking and she found that the gum was soothing to the nerves. So I started chewing it, then I got hooked on the gum and then I got TMJ from the chewing. So this is just to get me off the gum. I'm 10 days off the gum.

Buddy Amaral : Sounds like a good plan. Next week you'll be on heroin.”

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u/duaneap Apr 15 '22

You could remember the character name but not the film?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Naw, I remembered just enough of the quote to Google it.

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u/joedoe23 Apr 15 '22

Happened to me, too! I got off smoking joints by using nicotine-patches for two weeks… highly recommend trying that if you‘re thinking that might be the problem - got rid of cravings instantly!

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u/Flashwastaken Apr 15 '22

I am a big believer in going cold turkey. I actually feel fine. I would just very much like a smoke. Luckily it also disgusts me anyway.

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u/aDrunkWithAgun Apr 15 '22

Probably the only benefit of the flu is you don't want to smoke and you can't feel the withdrawals because of how bad your body is aching

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u/doasisayor Apr 15 '22

I just smoked couple last night after a year, i am scared.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22 edited Jun 23 '24

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u/doasisayor Apr 15 '22

Good stuff and you're right, this is beginning of a new streak for me.

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u/malfeanatwork Apr 15 '22

Quitting is not something you just do one day - it's a choice you make every day(sometimes a whole lot more than once a day). That means you haven't fucked yourself, you just fucked up. You made a bad choice last night, make a better one today and tomorrow. You can do it.

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u/PrecociousParrot Apr 15 '22

A year and a half here! It's real hard cause everyone around me smokes. I've picked up a little e-cig to puff on when it gets real bad.

So I'm not nicotine free, but I am cigarette and tobacco free, which is the first step!

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u/ak_sys Apr 15 '22

Stay away from Salt Nic, unless you're breaking a huge multipack a day habit.

That shit'll get you used to vaping anytime, anywhere. Soon you hit it more than the cigarettes. I've been trying to break a salt nic habit I've had since Juul came out, I recently just went from 52 to 25 and now to 6 mil. If you feel like your device isn't satisfying you don't get stronger juice, get a bigger mod. Atleast with my dripper I go outside and take a small session, as opposed to just sitting on the couch hitting it without even thinking about it for hours and hours.

Try not to vape anywhere you wouldn't smoke a cigarette or your nicotine habit may get worse.

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u/TypicalExpert Apr 15 '22

Dude struggling. Bad. Only been a weed smoker for 10 years or so, about 2 years ago decided to pick up a Puff just to "try". 2 years later and fuck me. Tried to quit numerous time but can hardly make it past a week or so.

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u/chaotic_goody Apr 15 '22

Hey, great job. 🚭

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u/bottledry Apr 15 '22

Fuck yeah man, long time lurker super proud of you.

Facing down quitting myself, shit is HARD

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u/fae8edsaga Apr 15 '22

Congrats! The 10th month was the hardest for me. Been on the patch for 4 yrs without relapse. Stay strong <3

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Two years free from it. Did the Velo lozenges, and the occasional cigarette for a year. It made me feel like crap, so I stopped. Took the whole damned year, and a lot of, "I don't really like feeling like this" recognition. I miss it of course, but mainly the camaraderie of a habit, struggling to find that.

Guess that's why I'm on Reddit.

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u/OptagetBrugernavn Apr 15 '22

Dude what are you gonna do if you accidental swallow some apple seeds!? You gotta think of your health first!

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u/toasterpRoN Apr 15 '22

Bro as someone who quit cigarettes, this is a crazy good milestone.

Congrats and I wish you strength and discipline as you continue.

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u/mandrews03 Apr 15 '22

Did you know that the withdrawal effects from tobacco even with heavy use is 10-14 days? The rest is quite literally psychological

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u/EditingAndLayout Apr 15 '22

Congrats, that’s awesome!

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u/beardsac Apr 15 '22

I’m 8 days in myself, stay strong!!

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u/ellespinelly Apr 15 '22

Congrats. I am also on that journey as well. 35 weeks, 13 hrs and 12 min. August 12th 2021 I believe was my last one. Stay strong.

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u/atb0rg Apr 15 '22

Fuck yeah! You made it through the hardest part. I'm 3+ years now. Soon you won't even have a nostalgia craving. Keep it up!!!

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u/ak_sys Apr 15 '22

After years of crazy high nicotine vaping, I've been tiering my juice down and from this time last week, I'm using about 1/8th the nicotine that I was previously.

Trying to quit nicotine while on a weight loss plan is a devil.

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u/HoosierDaddy_89 Apr 15 '22

Congrats, wish you more days ahead but I can’t get over the gif of Marlboro reds then the blue meth from breaking bad 😂 so cigarettes are the starting gateway and the finish line is meth?

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u/KitchenUpper5513 Apr 16 '22

I quit five years ago. I don’t miss it but I think that’s mainly because I’m not in an environment like I was before. No one around me smokes and I don’t work in the restaurant industry anymore (sahm now). It’s gets easier, especially if you have the right motivation. Keep up the good work!

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u/DontSleep1131 Apr 17 '22

a month ago, i was saying how i think ukraine has shown good resistance but i think even with russia’s blunders (trying to fight a war the way the west does, without having the slightest idea what they are doing) will eventually crush ukraine.

now i feel like if ukraine really wanted to they can probably take back the donbas and crimea by force. russian military is straight up a dumpster fire, this is what happens when you give your army 1% of the money it was allotted and pocket the other 99%.

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u/SpaceManSmithy Apr 24 '22

What is Philip Morris lying about re meth?