help?

[poolshark5226]

okay, I've been smoking for about 2 years, and I recently decided to quit. It's been only a day or so since i smoked, and I'm already getting some withdrawl-ish symptoms (stomach ache, shaking hands, and ive been irritable). I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what I could do to feel less crappy?
Thanks in advance

[Python14]

Just take it one day at a time. My mom is currently doing this and trust me, it might just be harder on those around you than it is on you. Do something relaxing, like read, or draw, or watch TV, or work, or something.Oh yea, and get exercise.

[poolshark5226]

Well, my parents don't even know that I've ever smoked, and I don't want to turn to them. Most of my friends smoke too, so I don't know how much they can help me. So it's basically myself, my girlfriend, and a few non-Smoker friends. And now I pretty much can't do too much relaxing. My dad pretty much gave me a half hour speech, outlining the following:
a) I am a fat lazy slob
b) I never finish what I start
c) I take no responcibility for anything
d) I am totally irrisponsible (c and d are 2 different things)
e) I USED to have talents
f) I USED to be gifted
g) I will have no future and will go to a crappy community college (besed on 2 C's that I got)
now I "can't make any of my bull**** promises, and [I] have to make things happen NOW..." If I "dont find something worthwhile to do, [he'll] make me do something worthwhile". Here is what he is MAKING me do:
a) a minimum of one hour of SAT study every day
b) go to bed no later than 12 AM every night
c) wake up no later than 10 AM every morning
d) volunteer
I am entering my sophmore year in highschool, and am trying to enjoy my summer. I guess he doesn't understand that I want to spend time with my friends, and relax, and not spend all day volunteering and doing yardwork and studying. He treats this like im "Wasting [my] life and future". He says that I'm going to go to a 3rd rate community college and that I'm going to be a failure in life. Why does he say this? Two C's in my report card and the fact that I spend all day with my friends and/or online...HE DOESNT DO WORK IN THE SUMMER!? WHAT WILL BECOME OF THIS CHILD?!


anyway, just wanted to blow off some steam there...
if this situation stays like this im gonna havea hell of a time quitting...

[e mag]

if you plan on going to a good college then you really should take your SAT's seriously and take a few practice ones.

[poolshark5226]

Oh dude, don't get me wrong, I know that SAT's are VERY important, and I plan on doing plenty of practice and taking practice tests. What pisses me off is that the way he talks about it, if I don't start studying and working my *** off IMMEDIATELY, that I will have no future and will end up flipping burgers. My point is that it's the summer and I want to spend time ******* around and hanging out with friends, not getting to bed at 12 and waking up at 10 and studying

[Smegma]

Originally posted by poolshark5226
Oh dude, don't get me wrong, I know that SAT's are VERY important, and I plan on doing plenty of practice and taking practice tests. What pisses me off is that the way he talks about it, if I don't start studying and working my *** off IMMEDIATELY, that I will have no future and will end up flipping burgers. My point is that it's the summer and I want to spend time ******* around and hanging out with friends, not getting to bed at 12 and waking up at 10 and studying

Take a step back and look what your saying. Hopefully you will realize how selfish you are being.

As for quiting smoking, try to exercise, if you get a craving chew gum and try to put it off for a couple of minutes, it usually goes away (thats what my dad says, and my health book too).

[billybob_81067]

Originally posted by poolshark5226

go to bed no later than 12 AM every night
wake up no later than 10 AM every morning

Holy crap!!! that's 10 HOURS of sleep! wow... I go to bed every night at 2:30 - 3:00 a.m. and get up bright and early at 6:30 to feed the cattle and get out to the farm and start the day...

[FreshmanBob]

Billybob I love you.

With that said, I just graduated and got into Steven's Institute of technology, Rutgers University and Drexel University (where I'm goin). I did it with a 1300 on my SATs and a 3.14. Throughout my ENTIRE high school career I took 1 honors class. 1!

Honestly, as long as your grades break a 3.0 and you have a real good essay on your application, you'll be fine. Usually your essays taken more seriously than your SAT.

Now, I did it the easy way, and I look back half wishing I had taken more honors classes (mostly cause that's where all the hot girls go.... NOT) and I don't really feel like I accomplished anything, now that I have my diploma. But, I'm not the stressed out turd burgler your dad sounds like.

[InfinatyBPS]

I recently quit smoking also( I denied that I smoked on here, but I actualy smoked quite alot), I could have been smoking all summer, because my dad smokes and leaves packs of ciggarets laying around everywhere, but I told myself I was going to quit and start excercising, well I have done it, the cravings sucked very badly, and I smoked a couple ciggs after I quit for within about 2 months. But I still stopped. And another thing, my dad buys some cheap asian ciggs he gets for like $20 a carton and they are the most horrible things in the entire world. They are called rogers, buy some and you will never want to smoke again That was also another motivation for me, I wasn't going to go a whole summer smoking Rodgers

[-Carnifex-]

Originally posted by FreshmanBob
Billybob I love you.

With that said, I just graduated and got into Steven's Institute of technology, Rutgers University and Drexel University (where I'm goin). I did it with a 1300 on my SATs and a 3.14. Throughout my ENTIRE high school career I took 1 honors class. 1!

Honestly, as long as your grades break a 3.0 and you have a real good essay on your application, you'll be fine. Usually your essays taken more seriously than your SAT.

Ummm, no.

[shartley]

[poolshark5226]

As for me being "selfish", I don't see how I am. If he had a reason for doing what he's doing, not only would I not be angry, but I would be grateful. The thing is...he doesnt. I do well in school, and when I need to buckle down and work hard, I work my *** off. There's NO point in me getting to sleep at 12 and waking up at 10. Not in the summer at least. There's NO point in making me study for SAT's over a year before I have to take them and IN THE SUMMER. I understand that SAT's are important, but getting to bed early (and it IS early for me during summer vacation) and waking up early (ditto) doesn't help me at all, neither does calling me a lazy irresponsible fat*** who never finishes what he starts and wont have a future. He acts like me relaxing with my friends and fooling around and stuff IN THE SUMMER is the destruction of my future life. Let me also add, that all but one of my classes last year and this coming year are honors, and the 2 C's I got were in junior level physics and a marking period of sophmore Geometry in which we had a crappy sub for most of the MP...
but that's not what I want this thread to be about. I started this thread because I feel like **** and need help quitting and relieving nicotene withdrawl symptoms. My hand have been shaking non stop and I have a nasty nasty stomach ache, and have also been getting mild headaches. As I said before, my parents don't know, which means patches and such are out. I've been chewing on pens and pencils like mad, and have gone through 20 pieces of gum since yesterday morning.

[billybob_81067]

Originally posted by FreshmanBob
Billybob I love you.

LOL! I love you too man... but you're still not getting any of my bud lite...

LOL. anyone else remember those commercials?

[poolshark5226]

yeah at this point im thinking death would be easier (jk)
I threw up twice this morning, and my fingers are shaking non-stop. int he past few days ive eaten 37 pieces of gum (going on 38 right now), chewed basically through 2 pens, and a pencil. Ive gotten into an arguement with a good friend, and in the past 4 nights have gotten into 3 with my parents...
any other symptom relief tips?

[KornKamp02]

Seeing as I have never smoked (being 13) and, I never plan to (it's just stupid and irresponsible) I probably am not going to be any help. But, I suggest chewing on guitar picks until they break. Also, try telling your parents...they won't care as long as you are trying to stop and the will support you through it.