MY QUITTING SMOKING STORY - Happy Console Gamer 

That is amazing to hear!!

Dustin Apodaca Gg

Good job Dustin!

Well done! Keep it up. Amazing how some individuals can change your entire life and they won't even know the impact they've had.

how about now?

congrats man, that's tough to beat

Thank's bud

+xxedelbrockxx The toughest if you know just exactly what it does to your brain.

Boy do I envy you...

+Paul Rhodes Brilliant, man. I hope you wear that pride as a gold badge of honor. It really is and I hope you are doing all right. Greetings from Norway. :)

+Pale Boy Gaming good man keep it up.

+Pale Boy Gaming Good shit man! Your wallet will thank you.

Thanks everyone

Congrats dude! 👍

+Pale Boy Gaming Great man, keep it up!

Tell my son that. He despises me. His father died of pancreatic cancer due to smoking and alcoholism. He has no respect because I quit and keep relapsing. I need to sleep it off for 3 days-worked before. Never know why I go back.

Hear Hear

@@andreaberryman5354 I am also struggling with quitting. Quit before for five months but relapsed. Walks and relaxed slow breathing helps in quitting.

I just looked up ways to stop smoking because my 6 year old grandson said to me today ""granny I dont want to sit on your knee because you always smell like smoke" that really hit me, I have smoked 50 years, am type 1 diabetic, my aunt died at 55 with emphysema, had an oxygen tank on her back for 2 years, also my sister died at 48 with pancreatic cancer, doctors said smoking , disgusting habit

​@@vijayvijay4123 Hi. I was smoking for 20 years. If you really want to quit listen: It is not a few days/months process. To completely quit mentally needs years. And since you now know that, you also know that you need to keep the guard up for that long. Guard up means; whenever you have the wish for the smoke, simply be aware that is only your mind wish, and not yours, so you can shake it off. That awareness helped me to quit. Why that works: Mind is waiting for you to agree even partly to the idea, to soften you up (whatever be the reason). Guard fully up is being aware of that and not allow to agree internally one bit. Happy quitting!

+Game Sack ...but my father raised me to never be a quitter.

+Game Sack I'm fairly convinced that some people just think it's funny. I think maybe they are in the mindset of thinking that it's a teasing-thing between buddies, not really realizing that the person on the other end of the screen has no real relationship with them. At least I hope that's the case. The alternative is just baffling.

+Game Sack But when you play Colgo 13 you still smoke in the game right?

surely those 7 dislikes were from people that question his decision to quit.

+Game Sack Well said!

Did you quit? I'm having a hard time

How u doing brother

Congrats man.

Always great to hear!

+HappyConsoleGamer i smoke for 19 years, im now smoke free for 2years now, its all because of my wife and daughter. Thank you for sharing this Johnny

wooo! alright!

+LOUD7 Same thing for me 2. :)

HappyConsoleGamer I don't know where you're from, but BC has some of the finest buds in the world. If you ever partake, I suggest getting it from there.

I smoke for 5 almost 6 years, and i love it !! also i want to -try- use your method to quit smoking right now, this night i will stop smoking.

also i smoke 6-16 Sigs a day but those ones are pure tobacco that i can roll, so it's much more stronger -i hope- i can quit!! starting now, i better go get some water because i can feel the Need coming to my brain again!!

HappyConsoleGamer This is a true inspiration brother!!! 💊💊🚩🚩🚬🚬🚬Same story I was a late bloomer with smoking and now I'm so sadly addicted to it😞😞

my ex boyfriend (who was emotionally abusive and into k-9) told me to do meth at Chili's so I have been a figurative Nazi with no empathy since ~2012. I still do not have empathy and I hope it stays that way but I quit :)

I used this method too. Every time i had the urge to smoke, i wouldn't say "ugh i wanna smoke", i said "i want a glass of water". The first couple of times i felt silly, bu then you really believe it and the desire to smoke goes away after drinking that glass of water😄

What do you do when you get nervous or angry or sad ?

@@SAUDROID I try to rationalize why I feel that way and if I can do anything about it. If I dont feel better I go for walks with my dog or exercise. Many times it's the nicotine withdrawal that is making you feel that way. Also weed helps sometimes.

@@SAUDROID its only the addiction that makes you want to smoke when you feel those things. When you beat the addiction you deal with those emotions in natural ways. Not to mention that you have those feelings a lot less often once the withdrawals are over.

hope it works out for you, man. go for it :)

How are you doing?

You can do it if I did it!

How’s it going these days, Doug?

Cigarettes expensive in Australia better to stay quit

It's only been 12 years of smoking for me. I've got to about 20-40 a day depending on how the day goes. Working I usually smoke a lot more. And I feel you on wanting a cigarette with certain things. Like a good song comes on the radio while you're taking a drive. Gotta have that fucking cigarette.

Thanks for the advice and good wishes everyone. It's appreciated. And as far as vaping, I want to quit completely. I wouldn't be surprised if someday in the future it turns out they're just as bad.

hope you make it! :) keep it up buddy

Did you keep it up?

@@FoxForever90 yes I did! Still going strong today. It has been difficult I won't lie. I've had a few close calls and some days with intense cravings. But over all feeling much healthier and enjoying life so much more. No joke, video games helped a ton. Distractions are definitely a good thing! Especially snacks and watching happy console gamer lol

@@wolfofmollysfall6668 Dude that's great! Glad you're feeling a whole lot better and happier! Congrats!

good job!

I'm jealous, I quit smoking cigarettes 3 years ago but cannot give up vaping and my nicotine addiction is worse than it ever was, I would never smoke cigarettes inside or in my car, but I constantly vape in my house and car.

Funny thing about that for me, vapors are the reason I never got into cigarettes. When I was already adjusted to nicotine, I only felt the worst of the cigarettes so I could never smoke them. lol

I’m trying to quit. Would you suggest starting off with ecig?

Well done my friend

was thinking the same :)

+CrackKat Yea me too :) The thing with addictions is that you have to want to change, else it's going to be next to impossible to do so.

+Zohggy absolutely, and not just addictions, even when you want to achieve something difficult, like learning a language for example, you need reach the state of mind where you are constantly excited to achieve your goal, that any time you spend going backwards, or even not going forward, you consider it to be a terrible set back/waste of time.

+CrackKat what you are describing sounds a lot like mania, it is the positive side of bipolar schizophrenia, lol

+rellik187redrum lol i don't know anything about that but thanks for saying it, it probably is unhealthy to go overboard with that kind of thinking :P

I can only imagine.

I know what you´re talking about. My Dad died on Lung Cancer and I didn´t had the intention to stop smoking. Only as I realized that this could happen to myself changed my mind. But then it was from one Day to another that I quit smoking.

People who don't smoke and have never smoked talk about it like giving up nicotine is that simple, caffeine is the most abused drug in the world and many people can't start their day without a cup of coffee but get offended and treat it like it's different than nicotine but between caffeine and nicotine I've had the hardest time giving up nicotine, I can go days without caffeine but only a few hours without nicotine.

They just have no idea, where they see it a a sort of criminal habit for people with devious ways. Its much easier to start. The problem is cigarettes take out your conscious ability to quit both mentally and physiologically. Its been the hardest thing for me to do even if I extremely regret starting.

I’ve never smoked a single cigarette, not even one puff. But I have an issue with sleeping pills

This video randomly appeared on my feed again so, i decided to check in. 2 years without smoking!! It's not a lot compared to how many years i smoked. I feel like i smoked in an other life. Gained a lot of weight and muscle. Its funny everytime i smell the smoke of someone it brings me a billion memories. As much as i liked smoking i would never, without a doubt go back to it. Maybe if the world ends haha. The first time i quited smoking was because i liked a girl and wanted to get in shape. It was easy. I lasted 4 months without smoking. The second time was my last time quitting and was the hardest because i did it for myself... I started buying a pack of cigarettes and only smoking 1 cigarette out of it and destroying the pack afterwards. I don't remember how many times i did that, and how much money i wasted😂. I felt really awful everytime i realized i bought a pack just to smoke 1 cigarette. I think after 1 month of doing that i made it. Not buying and smoking was just the beginning of the journey. I was tired. I liked smoking a lot, it was like coffee for me. Except i don't drink coffee haha. If you are going to quit, do it for yourself. I don't dream about cigarettes anymore like i used to.😅 I'm not really counting months go by anymore like in the beginning. I have an app called Quit tracker set for 5 years. An other 3 years and i will reach my goal. Well, i hope i can check back in 3 years from now. Peace✌️✌️

@@Jean.P.Tglad to hear man, thanks for sharing

Hey Jane, seriously you can do it! :D

Hey thank you!! :D

+SuperDerek RPGs you and johnny are my fav youtubers. cool

+VideoGame Polak Yup, they put strange, addictive chemicals in the tobacco, for various uses, such as pesticides. +SuperDerek RPGs Glad to see you're a fan of Mr. Millenium! Cigs are nasty, and he was living proof of that

You're right about addiction being demons

Same, 48 hours in.

That's what I'm doing right now

Keep at it! That terrible feeling will pass!

+Matt Greer It definitely is not good for you mentally over time.

+Double4anime Maybe if you do it ll the time. I vape weed to sleep whenever I'm stressed and do not find it addictive or bad for me. Well, the bad side would be the munchies and appetite for sex.

I'm 18 and feel like I can weigh in on adult issues bc of my vast experience in life :D

nakamine1713 that's how everyone feels at that age, you'll think otherwise as you get older.

I always like to workout after smoking weed it motivates me and makes it less painful to workout. It's always good to take breaks sometimes i go a month or a few weeks without it but, it's very easy to get in the groove of smoking it everyday which i did multiple times a day once.

+SegaScream Me too. I kinda feel bad hearing his story while puffing away. Disgusting little habit.

+4Clubs Oh, no, I meant since quitting! I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. The toll it takes on your health and wallet is massive.

noice!

If you want to quit you will!

Eric Rose "I blame cigarettes for everything wrong in my life". Damn. This is so true. Cigarettes take away your money, and your health. They become a social barrier, and an emotional blanket, helping to isolate you from the public eye under the guise of normal. When in fact, you're burying emotions. Let it go. Toss that last cigarette, and be prepared to reap the benefits. You can take time off work to get ready for the withdrawals, but life is the reason you smoked. So be prepared to confront it.

OMG I have that same dream lol, The only real difference is it usually takes awhile after I wake up to realize it was a dream.