i stopped buying them. but whenever i got a craving i’d go to my usual spots (balcony, outside a bar, etc.) and i’d pop a peppermint in my mouth and then i’d stand with my one arm crossed and the other arm posed kind of like i was loosely holding a cig (it’s hard to describe, but i feel like you know what im talking about)
then for the length of time it took me to eat the peppermint, i’d stand and scroll on my phone or chit chat with my smoking friends. taking deep breaths. basically miming having a cigarette. i’d also often chew on a straw, lollipop stick or toothpick. honestly it’s kind of cunt.
also, my dad quit smoking at 77 and said he said he couldn’t have done it without the nic lozenges
Jan 15, 2025
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started buying my own cigs at the start of last year to get through a rough patch. it was me and my marlboro golds against the world back then. was too broke to afford to buy them super regularly so i'd have to ration over weeks. and luckily (not really) my friends also started smoking around the same time so i could bum off them if need be. i've been quitting since i properly started and i haven't bought a pack in a while now. moved onto strictly social smoking but i go out often enough it makes this a tad redundant. i don't desperately fiend for it as much, i could hardly finish the last one i had but god does a drunk cig feel good af.
also as someone who does biomed, your reminder and mine that smoking is really bad for you btw!!! we really need to invent smoking that isn't a health hazard.
Apr 9, 2024
Ever since I quit nicotine I don't deprive myself of a cigarette when I feel like I really need it. So it hits different, because when my emotional state is low all it takes is a cig break to feel like I'm confronting whatever it is that's weighing me down. This system is fool-proof. Sometimes I think I'm low enough for a cigarette then decide I'm not quite sad enough. So when I do smoke it's because I'm crying & absolutely losing it. Because my smoke breaks are spontaneous, I can't quite plan for them, leading to unfinished packs & a plethora of lighters. Funny enough, each lighter coincides with whatever was making me feel awful that day making it a journal of sorts for my feelings. My fav is the "take me with you" lighter because well.. I really related to that when I bought it. There's also something really protagonist-y about walking into a gas station, eyes puffy & tears streaming down your face & asking for a pack of camel menthols ... oh & a swag lighter.
Sep 19, 2024
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