Schizophrenia + Quitting Smoking

Schizophrenia and quitting smoking at the same time… Is it the impossible challenge? I thought so for a while.
I didn’t want to hear “quit smoking” more than five thousand times inside of my mind. NOT FUN!!!

Shut up evil voices! You are the devil’s monkeys. I will fight you like a wolf.

A cut back on smoking, so that it’s only one or two a day now. At least that’s progress.

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I was a horrible addict to nicotine. I stopped using champix/chantix or whatever it’s called in your world. It worked so well I didn’t even finish the course. It’s been over 10 years now without a cig after a lifetime of a pack a day.

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sounds like a big win so far dude right on. try the gum for when your about to relapse. and remember its all mental. if you can suceed against sz you can succeed against this and or at the very least minimize it

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My mental health team apart from the pdoc advocate that I continue to smoke if it brings me relief

Really, anything that keeps me content they want me to keep doing, as it seems very easy for me to slip into a bad mindset.

Something like quitting smoking is too much stress.

I have been clean from other drugs for years now, I think the smoking can slide

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I’m thinking of refraining smoking as well… at least until I get money saved up. It’s just costly with my current pay rate.

But the thought of passing time empty handed scares me a bit. I don’t have too much hobby

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I can not cope without cigarettes. I just lay in bed day and night if I don’t have any cigarettes. I once quit with medication for a while. But being bored and laying in bed while it hurts made me go back to cigarettes. On them I do more things.

Smoked 60 a day until 2006 I quit
So angry about it killing me I haven’t had a craving since that day
I used patches And lozenges at high doses for 2 yrs
The reason I was smoking 60 was because I couldn’t cope with a single craving

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I just switched to vaping…

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i smoke 12 smokes a day. I try to stay around that amount. I don’t feel like stopping although i think it would be better.

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Hi!I am a heavy smoker,my father died due to tobacco and alcohol,yesterday my mobile starting taking photos inside the bag where it was the tobacco package right where it says “Smoking Kills”
I had 15 photos!
I thought it was a sign of my father

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I switched to chew. It’s supposedly healthier.

I stopped smoking greater than six years ago.

All my siblings used to smoke and quit decades ago. I let them support me with my quit

holy ■■■■ dude how many years did you do that for? Ive never heard of anybody smoking more than a pack and a half a day

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today was rather eclectic. I whipped out my old pipe which I havent smoked in a few years and also had a cigar and a few colves, to try to lessen my cig intake. It worked but it left me feeling/realizing i dont like them as much as a stoge. something about them I just really enjoy smoking cigs. damn this is not good, im so hooked. been smoking for over a decade. Its the one thing I love. will try the gum again tomorrow

its been 15 days since youve posted this, how is your quitting going?

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