How do you feel if you can't smoke?
By youless
@youless (112586)
Guangzhou, China
March 1, 2012 8:42pm CST
I am a non-smoker. So I can't understand why some people will be addicted to it. My friend wanted to quit smoking lately. I just wonder how hard it will be. If you are a smoker, would you tell me how do you feel if you can't smoke? Is it really a suffering?
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16 responses
@laura1991 (177)
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2 Mar 12
i have been smoking for 8 years now. if i cant smoke it kind of like a stressed feeling. its difficult to explain though to someone who doesnt smoke. but i would say that stressed is the best way i can explain it.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
2 Mar 12
hi laura sadly now doctors say stress is hard on the heart. but there are some ways t o h andle stree so it does not stress uou
out. I am a diabetic and when I let stress get to me its shoots
my blood sugar sky high so I use a guided imagery thing. I imagine
a big stress proof bubble around me that lets me breathe normally but d oes not let stress in. this has worked for me.its a trick taught to us by a nurse diabetes educator. it really does worklol.
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@laura1991 (177)
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2 Mar 12
thanks thats a good tip. i really do need to stop smoking but you dont think about the damage your doing to yourself. you think youve got plenty of time to stop. im 20, and when your young, you dont think about the long term effects.
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@sourabharoy1992 (730)
• India
2 Mar 12
I also can't smoke. I think that smoking is a very bad and unhealthy habit to everbody.
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
2 Mar 12
Having been a heavy smoker for than 35 years, I had to quit the bad habit four years back when cardiac ailment struck me. Since then I have not smoked. There is little discomfort over not having been able to smoke all these days. The idea of quitting...a lot is based on your firm decision and extreme determination to put an end to smoking.
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@alberello (4752)
• Italy
2 Mar 12
Dear friend, I tell you now that I am a smoker. For this reason I do the "stupid" to myself, because everyone knows that smoking is harmful to health and above all it is also a considerable cost. But unfortunately I have to tell you that once it gets that bad habit, it's really hard to get out. Many times I tried, but without any success. My dear fellow I understand you perfectly, in fact when I was still not smoking, I could not understand what pleasure they tried to throw those who smoked the smoke into their lungs!
There is no definitely need that I remember to you, however, personal advice, you stay a not-smoker. You have only to gain!
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@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
Hi there youless,
In my opinion it is not that hard , i used to smoke before but it was a short period of time and i would just have maybe 20 sticks a month, so it was i think easy for me to quit. But if you come to think about it smoking tastes really great. But again it's not my cup of tea anymore and not for a very long time I might add.
@liyuan5665 (89)
• China
2 Mar 12
so if i can;t smoke i saved so much money
but, i don't know do something to relax?
the trouble is comming everyday.i need smoke help me?
now,it has become a habit
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
21 Apr 12
I don't smoke. But I have friends who are smokers and trying to quit. It is difficult for me to understand how hard it is for them.A couple of them are doing good and looks like they will be quitting totally in a short time. The others are finding it hard to even start.
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
8 Mar 12
well im a non smoker as well and my daughter smokes at 21,, she has smoked for years and has tryed to quit and she says it is not easy at all.. and i tryed to imagine it but could not, so i tryed to give up something i was addicted too and now i know just how hard it is try it, my addiction is pepsi or coke cola and i tryed to give it up cold turkey and guess what i found out i cant.. it was very hard to do espicaslly since im addicted to ther caffeine and i got headaches with out it,, so i tryed to substute i started drinking water with ice and lemon and i put sweet n low in my water to make it taste better it is great at reasturants i still do it,, but i started having really bad stomach pains and my dr told me it was the sweet n low ,, so just when i thoguht i could ge toff pepsi coke. bam that hits me, i would much rather have the sweet n low water to a coke. but i was not addicted to sweet n low .. so i could quit.. so yep u gussed it im back on the pop.
and not only that i have added a bad habit, tons of sugar, i eat the candy straws
with powder in them there called pixie stix, i eat a bag a day :( im trying to quit
i bought a different kinda candy tonight and boy do i miss my straws yikes..
i need to quit candy and pop all together.. wish me luck..
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@laken02 (3065)
• United States
8 Mar 12
i know while i was drinking the sweet n low water drink, i lost alot of weight from it.. so i did great, i still drink it on occasion espically when we go out to eat i always order water , plus it saves money wise alot.. i am drinkning pepesi now i like coke way better but dont have any.. and i dont do diet at all i hate it. like you said i need to quit the nasty habit. i agree.. and maybey someday i will do that.. but for now i will just cut back and start slowly getting away from it i will prob never be able to quit completly but if i can cut back to one a day i would be happy.. but as far as the straws candy i eat, i know it is way worse all that sugar every day, so i do need to stop that.. but im craving it as we speak so i will prob get me some for tonihgt.. and see if i can stop the next day .. i wish i had never got hooked on those.. pixie stix.. well its my nap time take care and have a great weekend coming up..
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@tedifa (1232)
• Indonesia
29 May 12
Smoking is bad habit from someone who has addict of smoking.Nicotine become a poison and addict some people.Actually to quit of smoking is very difficult.It depends on them selves.But there are always a thousand of ways to get stop smoking.If the smoker can not smoking when he want it,he feels depress,worried,stress because his brain and body has been addicted by nicotine.Everyone can stop smoking if they really want it.
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@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
5 May 12
I think the people suffers a lot because this is the reason why they are containing their smoking habits. I believe that it is very difficult to stop such habits.
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@nyang1984 (464)
• Philippines
2 Mar 12
i'm not really a smoker but i smoke sometimes at least once. i only smoke when i feel disgusted.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
2 Mar 12
Hi youless
Even I don't smoke. So I can't tell you that. But one of my family member used to smoke and even he is trying best to leave this habit.. but unfortunately even he not able left this habit completely. He left smoking for almost 5 months and again he started .. so it should be very hard after becoming addicted.
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@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
3 Mar 12
I am not a smoker but some of my close friends are. And I have seen them struggle when it comes to quitting cigs. They say it's really hard and they crave for some puffs and stuffs like that. I wish I could help them :(
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@mariab2000 (740)
• Canada
2 Mar 12
I can't really answer this as I am a non-smoker also but I know peopl who smnoke and it is really difficult for them to stop even if they wanted to. It is an addiction and they have sort of stong "cravings" for it when try to stop smoking. It is in their which makes them think they need to smoke even when they could do without smoking physically...
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