Anyone here quit smoking?

It's currently 10:07am. I'm at TAFE (I think it's like community college? iunno). And dying for a smoke.
 
My last one was Sunday morning at 3am.
 
I'm basically going cold turkey, but I don't think it is going well. It's making me fairly emotional and a tiny little tiff with my girlfriend last night ended with me sobbing into her shoulder, all because I couldn't have a smoke.
 
I've went from like four packs a week to nothing, and it kills. 
 
 I just want to know if any one else has quit smoking and how they went about it or what kind of troubles they had? 

I quit a month ago cold turkey, the hardest times is after a meal, when drinking, and being around people who smoke. The thing that has been helping me is sunflower seeds.

Never smoked before. I'm certainly not a fan of smokers, but don't have anything against them, but I also respect anyone that breaks the habit.
 
Good luck. My own addiction is gum. I can go through a pack of gum in like a day. Addicted to that stuff.

One month.

I just think its best to not smoke often in the beginning 
i might smoke a couple on the weekends and a one or two during the week and not really crave any at all 
and regarding quitting 
i know many people that chew sunflower seeds in order to quit moking

Never began. Surprised myself considering that practically everyone in my life smoked through a long period of time..some still do. =/

" Never began. Surprised myself considering that practically everyone in my life smoked through a long period of time..some still do. =/ "

I smoked off and on for 15 years or so. Quit cold turkey a couple years ago and haven't slipped since. Get a hobby, or two of em, seriously. Keep your mind occupied and you'll be fine.

I've never smoked a cig so I wouldn't know what to tell you but try and resist the urge to smoke man.

quit for 12 months. Had one today, weirdly, after finisheing my exams. Drunk now. Heeeeeeey :D

" quit for 12 months. Had one today, weirdly, after finisheing my exams. Drunk now. Heeeeeeey :D "

" I've never smoked a cig so I wouldn't know what to tell you but try and resist the urge to smoke man. "

" I smoked off and on for 15 years or so. Quit cold turkey a couple years ago and haven't slipped since. Get a hobby, or two of em, seriously. Keep your mind occupied and you'll be fine. "

I quit years ago, never to relapse. Heres what I did: 
I was trashed. I wanted a smoke. I stuck on in my mouth and was amazed how awful it tasted and wondered why it was on fire.  
Then I realized that I had stuck it in my mouth backwards and was smoking the filter. 
My friends and I laughed about it. 
Then I did it a second time (did I mention I was trashed?) about 20 minutes later.
 
After that cigarettes always tasted like burning filter. The smell makes me feel a little ill too. It was awful, but I'm glad it happened.

Who needs smoking when you have polka and Battlefield Earth?

The best advice I can give you is to go to the DR and get some chantix. I was about a pack a day smoker for 5 years.  Never got past a few months on quiting.  A few days to a week being more likely for quitting.   I got some chantix and quit after a week and a half.  The cigs started to taste different and I could not get a nicotine buzz.  I also didnt really have withdrawal.  It shuts down the receptors that process nicotine.  Shit is amazing!

I keep slipping, but thats mainly due to poor willpower, I toll my own so its mostly the rolling I miss..  
 
My friends who have been successful at it have given up cold turkey and like some of the other suggestions found something else to do when craving a fag, try chewing gives you something to do...

" The best advice I can give you is to go to the DR and get some chantix. I was about a pack a day smoker for 5 years.  Never got past a few months on quiting.  A few days to a week being more likely for quitting.   I got some chantix and quit after a week and a half.  The cigs started to taste different and I could not get a nicotine buzz.  I also didnt really have withdrawal.  It shuts down the receptors that process nicotine.  Shit is amazing! "

" I keep slipping, but thats mainly due to poor willpower, I toll my own so its mostly the rolling I miss..   My friends who have been successful at it have given up cold turkey and like some of the other suggestions found something else to do when craving a fag, try chewing gives you something to do... "

" @Synthballs: Also one thing you'll see as you get further into giving up is flavours getting a bit more intense...   After reading this thread I'm thinking I might have another crack at giving up!  Also easier breathing is another plus point... "

Smokers are jokers!

i smoked for 4 years and when i quit cold turkey, i used gum to fight the cravings. the worst was going for a drive. i've slipped a little in the past couple of months but i made 5 straight months without cheating so a slip here and there i think is understandable. especially coming from almost a pack a day.

Keep occupied

I've tried quitting a few times, never with any prolonged success. I've decided to try again. Right now I'm only about two days in, but God damn is it hard. All I want is a cigarette. I'm supposed to go to my brother's place this weekend and he is a fan of his beer and his smoking. This is going to be a shitty weekend. 

Damn man I've quit like four times
 
For those who actually want to quit THESE work.
The stupid Nicorette inhaler claims to be the closest thing to smoking but that is a lie, These are almost exactly the same.
Except there is no tobacco & there is no smoke.   Just Vapor but it Looks & Feels just like smoke.
The last time I "quit"  I got one of these, had my last smoke while it was charging the first time then didn't pick up a smoke for 4 months,
I was off the Ecig for about a month by the time I started smoking again btw.

Tried it once and I didn't like it.

" @Synthballs:  Sorry this is way late, but yeah, whenever I really crave one, I just pop a handful of sunflower seeds (shelled). This gives enough time for my mind to start to concentrating on the seeds, rather then the craving. I think a tiny part of smoking is oral fixation, so if you replace that with another habit, it is easier to forget about the craving. I was thinking about getting some nicotine gum or something, but that would probably just make me end up smoking again. "

Masturbate instead.

I'm going to be quitting in 1-2 years. Why so far away? Well I'm 17 and I've been smoking for 3-4 years and I'm feeling the negative effects now. It isn't much, when I go into coughing fits my throat closes up and I wheeze a lot. I also have massive phlegm sometimes. Honestly I love smoking, I'm going to stop for a while, but I'll start again, probably 7 year afterwords. I love the act, the smoke, it's great in my opinion. Except for the cost and health effects of course.

Don't worry 'bout the sobbing man, that stuff is harsh going off of it, effing murder.  Awesome she was there for you like that, I'd say.

"@LiquidS: 
I have something for you
  

  It updates automatically Its set to $8.10 a pack at 30 smokes a day Hope that's right for where you are  An analog for you non-ecig people is what a traditional tobacco smoke is referred to as in the Ecig community :P "

I read this and it helped me a great deal when I quit.  Been smoke free for 7 months and not missin it at all!

I've quite on and off and probably will quite eventually.

I quit in my last year of high school. There was a competition to see who could quit smoking, since I had been thinking about it I joined up ( they also had pizza for the first meeting, which helped ). The comp went on for about 3 months, I had unbelievably hadn't had a smoke, and they made it infinity easier to stop, the winner won a Wii. Cutting some of the story short but I won the Wii and haven't smoked since. 
 
It's hard but you can do it. 

i wasn't really a heavy smoker. during senior year, my really good friend was smoking and i smoked like one a day. after high school was over, i went from one a day to one a week and soon i just stopped. I still do get cravings though. its been about 4 years since i stopped.

I don't and never did smoke, but I found myself involved with painkillers at one point in my life. Although I just went cold turkey (since that works for me in other aspects of my life), I would suggest just having smaller goals and sticking to them. I dunno, like after a week of not smoking, treat yourself to a movie, after a month you can go out to eat somewhere nice. Stuff like that seems to work.  
 
Then again, I'd probably suggest just listening to the people who were in the exact same boat that you are in.

I quit 8 years ago, i was 10

" Smokers are jokers! "

" Never smoked before. I'm certainly not a fan of smokers, but don't have anything against them, but I also respect anyone that breaks the habit.  Good luck. My own addiction is gum. I can go through a pack of gum in like a day. Addicted to that stuff. "