Not smoking improved my game

For me this is true. Over the past year i've been trying to quit smoking by willpower alone and i manage to conjure this willpower for about 2 weeks at a time then i get stressed and buy a pack.

I swear though for those two weeks the added willpower improves my game. It increases my instinct's my reads and my adaptation to different levels of tournament's.

Then i buy that pack and my game regresses. For the sake of my poker playing hobby i must quit!!!! I'm a scorpio so i should be able to conjure the willpower indefinatly damnit!

Better game and less cancer. It's a win win IMO. GL quitting for good.

well i am not a smoker but i i would think that trying to quit while playing would make your game harder since all you do is think about smoking one....or if a bad beats smacks you in goes a ciggarette to releive the stress....gl on quitiing i hope you do

Nicotine gum / patch would probably help ^^

But ya, more power to ya go and quit

In those two weeks your body shouldnt really be craving the nicotine any longer as this passes usually within 3-5 days.

Try to find something to occupy your hands or mind when you get stressed - smoking a cigarette won't stop the problem that caused you stress it is just something you did and by the time you stubbed it out you had had time to calm down.

GL in stopping
Have you read Allen Carrs book 'Easy way to stop smoking' it worked for me - went from 30 a day to 0 overnight and that was 7 years ago

I smoke and I have tried a few times to quit by willpower alone - I find that I can not get past 2-3 days that way - I feel for sure that if I could get to 2 weeks by willpower then I would never smoke again - I do plan on trying to quit again soon - only this time I want to get some help via the patch - I hear if you try to quit with using the gum that it can get addicting too? Maye that is just if you keep on using it longer than you should?

Pokah Man said:

I smoke and I have tried a few times to quit by willpower alone - I find that I can not get past 2-3 days that way - I feel for sure that if I could get to 2 weeks by willpower then I would never smoke again - I do plan on trying to quit again soon - only this time I want to get some help via the patch - I hear if you try to quit with using the gum that it can get addicting too? Maye that is just if you keep on using it longer than you should?

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Ya gum could probably get addicting. Since in your mind, it is similar to taking a cig and putting it to your lips, now you're just chewing gum to replace that. But I guess getting addicted to that would be easier to stop and not that that bad for your health.

As the smoking laws in scotland prevent smoking in public places I find it effects my game near the end of the of a session, just before the break as i'm desprate for a smoke.

arkadiy said:

Nicotine gum / patch would probably help ^^

But ya, more power to ya go and quit

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You ever tried that gum?? Personally I'd rather go scratch up a nice pile of tar off the road and gnaw on it for a while cause it sure cant taste any worse.

ItsMrZombieToU said:

You ever tried that gum?? Personally I'd rather go scratch up a nice pile of tar off the road and gnaw on it for a while cause it sure cant taste any worse.

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Since I don't smoke, no I haven't ^^

Good Luck!!!

I hope it works for you. I've been trying to quit for 2yrs and have not suceeded yet. Maybe if you get it down you can let me know what helped you to kick the habbit.

I have now gone without smoking for 13 months, and let me tell you,it doesn't get much easier. Well, it does, but you still get the nicotine fits and all that when you get stressed out. The only way to do it is to quit cold turkey, and the only way to do that is you have to completely make up your mind that it is what you want for yourself. My grandfather smoked for 40 years, saw one day how it was effecting his grandchildren being around the smoke and decided to put them down. I couldn't afford the habit and decided to make a choice for my health, and I haven't picked em up since. Before that I had quit so many times it had become a running joke with my friends, but I hadn't truly made up my mind to quit. Good luck my friend, its a tough road, but if it is truly what you want, not just being pressed upon you by someone else, you can do it.

beardyian said:

I went from 30 a day to 0 overnight and that was 7 years ago

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:joyman:
Guess #1 45 miles an hour?
Guess #2 The trains will pass each other just west of Baltimore.

My grandfather smoked for like 60 years, then 1 day the doctor said he can't smoke any more for medical reasons, hasn't smoked a day since then. It proves it's all will power ^^

beardyian said:

In those two weeks your body shouldnt really be craving the nicotine any longer as this passes usually within 3-5 days.

Try to find something to occupy your hands or mind when you get stressed - smoking a cigarette won't stop the problem that caused you stress it is just something you did and by the time you stubbed it out you had had time to calm down.

GL in stopping
Have you read Allen Carrs book 'Easy way to stop smoking' it worked for me - went from 30 a day to 0 overnight and that was 7 years ago

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I've been told several times that the urges after 5 days decrease dramatically and they do, but i guess it's being around others that smoke something psychological kicks in telling me how good it would be to to have a smoke.

I haven't read that book but thanks i will definatly give it a read.

Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin

Hello, my name is Tac and i'm a smokerholic. It's been 3 weeks since my last cigerette. Take one day at a time.
Hope my poker improves.

Try this:
Put a cigarette in a glass of water for a night. In the morning have a sip of this tea. Everytime you have a craving for a cigarette, have a sip. Should get you off the habit for good.

good luck and will on quitting, congrats to you.

mwciowa said:

good luck and will on quitting, congrats to you.

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I hate you.

Yesterday at Thanksgiving dinner, I went out for a smoke, and the healthiest guy there came out and purposely got in my cloud. Said something about missing the atmosphere.

As for the OP, I've got to think it was not the lack of smoking that improved his game, rather the case could be that he was in such self control during it all that he was able to avoid all temptations, and we all know we get uncontrollably tempted by QJo.

I'm on my 4th month on Nicorette. I think i may need to start smoking to get off the gum.