How To Quit Smoking

I am planning on joining the Army but i was an Avid Marijuana smoker. I have stopped recently but I wanted to see if anyone knew how long should i stop smoking before i enlist? And what type of drug test is given?

30 days it should pass through your system, I would do a little more just to be safe. They do a standard drug test for THC (marijuana), cocaine, methamphetamines, and opiates. I took mine when I went to MEPS. However I also took one at the recruiting station, which I haven't heard of many people doing LOL they must of wondered about me….

Really best thing is to wait 30 days, 45 to be safe OR if you don't have the time drink a lot of water and excersize.

10 points to someone with a really good idea I haven't heard before. Smoking runs in my family, and I believe I have a genetic predisposition. I've smoked and quit over and over again for five years now, three of which were smoke three, but two of which were heavy. I've tried a wide variety of herbal remedies, nicotine replacement therapy methods, meditation and Tai chi, and creative visualization. Any help or humor appreciated.

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I want to stop smoking bad it started when i was a little younger as just fun and it was the cool thing to do but now since i been goin through so many problems and got this new job and got to deal wit school i started to start smoking just to take away stress as it does ease my pain it is just not the healthy thing to do and i wanna quit any advice?

You've got to make the decision to stop smoking and stick to it. Start by telling your family and friends that you're quitting. Get rid of all your cigarettes, too — no point in tempting yourself!

Two tips that really helped me quit:

1. Whenever you feel a craving take a deep slow breath. Your body has learned to associate deep breaths with smoking — so often a deep slow breath will help stop a smoking craving.

2. Take a tube (from a pen or just a pen cap or something) and stick it in your mouth. Puff on it, pick it up and put it down. That helps to keep your hands busy and replaces the oral fixation fo smoking.

Good luck!

I've been smoking a pack and a half fo12 years, and my lungs feel trashed. I quit for 1 1/2 years and felt much better but after starting again my breathing scares me worse then before, anyone do any sort of lung exercises or anything to enhance lung function after tobacco abuse?

I imagine that any kind of exercise can enhance lung function. Just don't take beta carotene, it actually increases your chances for lung cancer especially if you are/were a smoker.

Timeline of benefits

What many people don't know is that if you quit smoking you can actually reverse some of the damage that you have done to your body.

After:

20 minutes — your heart rate and blood pressure begins to drop.

12 hours — the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

Two-3 weeks — circulation improves and lung function increases.

One-9 months — coughing and shortness of breath decrease and your cilia (tiny hair-like structures that remove mucus from your lungs) regain normal function.

One year — excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker.

Five years — stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker (can take up to 15 years).

10 years — Lung cancer death rate is half that of a smoker and risk of other cancers (mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix and pancreas) decreases.

15 years — risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker.

So here you go, eat broccoli!
Broccoli May Protect Lungs From Cancer
12/08/2008
A recent study from the University of Minnesota, published in Cancer Prevention Research, found a broccoli compound may help protect against lung cancer in smokers.

While it's safe to say that smoking should be avoided all together, the results suggest smokers could benefit from upping their intake of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower that contain the compound indole-3-carbinol (I3C).

The researchers reported that mice exposed to carcinogens found in tobacco smoke and fed varying doses of I3C had significant reductions in the number of lung tumors.
http://www.foodproductdesign.com/hotnews/broccoli-cigarette-cancer-lung.html

Should I do it? What are the long term effects of marijuana use on your health? Short term outside of being high? Is it addictive?

I read on a government website that it could lead to AIDS.

Here's the expert

"What Are the Common Effects?

For some people, smoking marijuana makes them feel good. Within minutes of inhaling, a user begins to feel “high,” or filled with pleasant sensations. THC triggers brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. Dopamine creates good feelings—for a short time. [3]

Imagine this: You're in a ball game, playing out in left field. An easy fly ball comes your way, and you’re psyched. When that ball lands in your glove your team will win, and you’ll be a hero. But, you’re a little off. The ball grazes your glove and hits dirt. So much for your dreams of glory.

Such loss of coordination can be caused by smoking marijuana. And that’s just one of its many negative effects. Marijuana affects memory, judgment, and perception. Under the influence of marijuana, you could fail to remember things you just learned, watch your grade point average drop, or crash a car. Some people may suffer sudden feelings of anxiety and have paranoid thoughts—which is more likely to happen when higher doses are used or when it is taken orally. The problem is that it’s difficult to tell what the effects of marijuana will be for any given person at any time, because they vary based on the person, their drug history, how much marijuana is taken, and its potency. Effects can also be unpredictable when other drugs are mixed with marijuana.

Also, since marijuana can affect judgment and decision making, using it can lead to risky sexual behavior, resulting in exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, like HIV, the virus that causes AIDS."

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_mj1.asp

That's the site.

Thanks

Total propaganda. This kind of alarmism has no basis in objective fact, it just constitutes the polemnics of a particular political agenda.

I am all in favor of practicing civil disobedience by consuming so-called "illegal drugs". The illegality of these substances is not justifiable whatsoever within the parameters of a free society, and the illegality strictly represents an authoritarian approach. A crime is simply not a crime unless there is a victim whose rights have been infringed. Being subject to prosecution for victimless crimes does not make you a free citizen, it makes you a slave.

The major caveat I'd like to express though is that in practicing any form of civil disobedience against government tyranny, you must be ready to accept the consequences of that tyranny.

I want to stop smoking bad it started when i was a little younger as just fun and it was the cool thing to do but now since i been goin through so many problems and got this new job and got to deal wit school i started to start smoking just to take away stress as it does ease my pain it is just not the healthy thing to do and i wanna quit any advice?

You've got to make the decision to stop smoking and stick to it. Start by telling your family and friends that you're quitting. Get rid of all your cigarettes, too — no point in tempting yourself!

Two tips that really helped me quit:

1. Whenever you feel a craving take a deep slow breath. Your body has learned to associate deep breaths with smoking — so often a deep slow breath will help stop a smoking craving.

2. Take a tube (from a pen or just a pen cap or something) and stick it in your mouth. Puff on it, pick it up and put it down. That helps to keep your hands busy and replaces the oral fixation fo smoking.

Good luck!

I need to quit for surgery. The doctor will test for nicotine.

I am a quitter! I stopped smoking over 2 years ago after over a decade of smoking.

I went cold turkey.

Here is how I did it.
1. I set a date and placed in the back of my mind. I did not stress the date and I did not even think about it until the day before.
2. Say goodbye to smoking. Seriously, say goodbye. I had a moment with my final cigarette. I turned the TV off. I dimmed the light (I know it sounds romantic) and I just enjoyed 1 last cigarette.
3. When I woke up, I was done! i stopped smoking.

I was angry and depressed and at 1 point in a ball crying. I never gave in. I took control of my will and would not allow myself to give up. Cinnamon candy, lollipops, water (ice cold water), gum all were HUGE aids. i also found a website called QUITNET.COM and it was a god send. It helped me through. it has calculators so you can see your progress (money saved, cigs not smoked, life saved). Great site and highly recommended.

The key to all is you. Do you want to smoke? if so, you will smoke. Do you want to quit? If so you will. Does your will belong to you or a cigarette? If you answered "you" then control it. Do whatever it takes to live without smoking. You will be happy you did,

Good luck.

I've had a pretty rough childhood growing up. I got into some trouble as a teen, got mixed in the wrong crowd, and did some things I'm not proud of (drugs).

I started by smoking pot, but it quickly led to other more serious drugs which eventually landed me in the hospital. Once that happened I knew it was time to quit. At the time this happened I had dropped out of high school for a semester but after my incident I went back to school and worked my butt off to graduate. I was one semester short of finishing with my class but I still did it. I got my diploma by going to night, summer and online school. I was the first person to graduate from my family. Even though I finished my dad called me a junkie and said I should have died while I was in the hospital, he says it would have been easier for him. As a child I remember him telling my brother and I that he hated us and he wishes we were never born. He's pretty cruel at times.

Anyways, after high school I went to college for a semester bc I was forced by my dad, he wouldn't stop pressuring me. I got A's that whole time I went…still no acknowledgement from him for my good work.

Yet he's so quick to point out the negative.

I realized that my heart wasn't in school at that moment and I wanted to do something that I actually wanted to do, so I enlisted in the US Army.

My father of course thought I made the biggest mistake of my life (still does till this day). He thinks people who join the military are stupid, or they have nothing better to do and it's a waste of time.

Anyways, once I finished my training I became pregnant by my fiance of 4yrs. I had the baby, despite my fathers wishes bc afterall, it's my body, my child NOT HIS! The whole time I was pregnant I could tell he was ashamed. I worked the whole time I was pregnant I never asked him for a thing. Then when my son was born he came around and now he treats my son really well, but deep down inside I can still tell he thinks I ruined my life.

I am active duty now and I live alone just my son and I. I never ask him for anything, and anything I do get from him is bc he choses gives it to me, for the baby or myself.

He tells me he's proud of me, but then he contradicts himself when he talks to my little brother by saying "you're sister has ruined her life, she's not doing anything with herself being in the military".

I feel like he's so fake, he can never say how he really feels to my face, everytime I confront him he tries to switch it up and sugarcoat it. I'm getting sick of it!

My little brother according to my dad is the only one who hasn't "messed up" his life. My little brother has never been in any kind of trouble, he's been a really good student and is in college. My brother was thinking about enlisting in the Army as well but when he told my dad, he flipped out on him saying "you're way too smart to join the Army, look at Zina (me) she's not doing anything with her life". It just pisses me off to hear him say that to my lil bro. My lil bro of course knows what I've accomplished and doesn't pay our father no mind. He thinks our dad is a little crazy too. The only person to support my decision when I enlisted was my little brother, and when he told me he wanted to join I felt so proud and of course I supported him. Today he texted me and told me he was sworn in. He hasn't told our parents yet bc they will flip out.

Anyways, my issue is, no matter what I do my dad always has something negative to say. It's like there's no way to get his approval or acceptance. I know I'm a grown woman with my own family and I shouldn't need it but still, it'd be nice for once when he tells me he's proud that he really means it.

I feel like this is making me really dislike my him bc of it. I'm tired of trying to prove myself to him. I think I've accomplished a lot being 23. He just doesn't see it. He's forever comparing me to our older sister who never finished high school, has a son, lives off the government and never works. I try my hardest to make sure that I never need to depend on him for anything. I plan on going back to college next semester but only bc I want to. I wanted to take time off to spend it with my son and become more established in my military career. I don't even want my dad to pay for my college which is another reason why I enlisted bc he's always complaining about money and yet he wanted me to go to school so bad. In fact, recently he's been the one borrowing money from me. I plan on getting my degree but on my own time not his, but something tells me, that even when I do finish school he still won't be proud.

What do I do? Any advice or personal experiences? Should I cut him off bc when I tell him how I feel he completely disregards my feelings. I am getting to the point where I feel like I'm just better off without him in my life.

First of all, you are one hell of an amazing woman to have accomplished all that you have in life so far - no matter what anyone says, you are AWESOME!

It sounds as if your father has some deep rooted emotional scars (that either he doesn't know he has, or is denying that he has) and is using his loved ones to shift any unwanted feelings of guilt/shame/helplessness etc away from himself so he doesn't have to deal with his own shortcomings. Do you know anything about your fathers life before he had you guys?

It does suck when people you love close their minds to possibilities and accept only what they know - they miss out on so much! But be careful not to get caught up in your dad's negativity - don't let his biases diminish your own appreciation of your achievements, coz that would be a shame. I'd also be careful that you don't continue to do things just because it will or won't affect your dad - based on what you've written, it looks as if you've done exactly that without realising it.

This is what I think it all comes down to …

It's not fair, and it's not right, it sucks and it's shameful the way your dad has handled this, but at the end of the day it just IS.
The reality is, somewhere along the line, your dad adopted this way of thinking which with repeated use created a habit - and we all know how hard a habit is to break, no matter how much good intention we chuck at it.

Forgive him for his ignorance, lack of openness & understanding, coz in the long run, it'll hurt you more than it'll hurt him to go on this way.
Try a different approach - Work on yourself.
In life, there is only one sure thing you can totally control … YOU. Are you happy in yourself? Do you accept yourself for who you really you are - do you love yourself? Are you enough by yourself so that it really doesn't matter what others think of you? Work on YOU until you are so confident nothing can drag you down.

Try to change the internal dialogue in your head that says "my dad doesn't care about me" to something like "love and understanding" whenever you deal with him. I had similar probs with my dad in that he was stuck in 'traditional ways' of doing things which drove me bonkers coz that pretty much meant everything I did was wrong. Somehow, people find it easy to delude themselves into believing things that aren't true or relevant anymore, but they feel a sense of security so they'll blindly enforce that belief onto anyone who might listen. Sad, but true.

There's always a reason behind everything we do or don't do (whether it's good for us or not is irrelevant), and because we're all so complicated, alot of the time those reasons aren't always clear.
What I've found is, the more you approach things from a love point of view, the more you leave yourself open to opportunity and understanding.

Woh, sorry about the novel, but hope this helped.

Peace love and abundance to ya,

Lis

My husband who smokes 6 a day (it may not be much to people who smokes alot) but its still smoking.
He said when he gets stressed and thats when he needs it, and when he is feeling bloated, annoyed, or even when he is relaxed he likes to have a ciggy.

He blames me alot because i dont help him enough. What can i do? i make healthy snacks such as carrot sticks, so evertime he is wanting a fag i give him these. and he still blames me, saying i dont support him.

I told him "its all down to the smoker themselves to quit. No one can force you etc. even if you look, at these horrible disgusting pictures on the cigarette packets, it still doesnt put smokers of, the tv adverts, awful pictures on billboards doesnt put him/other people off etc even if you watch tv documentary it doesnt put him off. His father had bypass, and still doesnt want to quit and think about his health."

he doesnt have time to go to these quit smoking sessions. he is working full time (well he works day and night. starts work at 8 in morning and finishes work at 10.30 at night

he is 27 years old.

OK, first of all i'm sure he doesn't mean to blame you, tell him that you now understand how important this is ti him and you want to help and support any way you can, first off buy him some grapes,it's a healthy food option because when smokers stop they eat more, it's very common, this is a substitute for that hand to mouth action that they get from from a ciggie, secondly tell him that you have came up with a reward scheme, use your imagination here, for every week or whatever he gets a reward for his effort, it could be sex, or cinema or a night out for a drink or a meal, let him decide what would be good and worth going for, tell him that you are there for him and ask him if there is anything else that you can do to help him stop, when he says he want,s or needs a ciggie you need to find an alternative way to occupy him, and then finally he must try hard to avoid smokers as much as he can, to do this is completely is impossible but he can try to avoid them as much as he can. remember set him some goals, it will give him more incentive and a sense of achievement each week, therefore he will try harder.

Does anyone know how to get my system clean so i can pass it please real answers not ur opinion about me or weed thank u

First off, good for you for stopping smoking weed! Just keep it up.
And it really depends on how much weed you smoke, but the time maxes out at around 45 days. One smoking session for someone with a clean system takes about 3-4 days to be clean. Smoke 2 days later and then have to wait about a week, and so on. The time it will take roughly doubles every time you smoke until it maxes at about 45 days to be clean. So if you are maxed out and you wait about 2 weeks and then smoke again, you're basically back to 45 days.

This also depends on the test. Most job drug tests only test down to about 100 nanograms, which isn't dead accurate but will pick up if you are a smoker obviously. Court-appointed tests can test anywhere down to 10-20 nanograms, which is very accurate, and can also detect high levels of water, and any other drug test liquids. You can not fool those tests, and drinking water and tea does nothing for getting weed out of your system at all. The ONLY way to get it out is time, because it is in your blood.