Smoking

[bull463]

Hi All

Well Ive been one week without a smoke. This is not a easy thing for me be I do feel better. But I think the morinings are the worst my coffee just goes with a smoke. Hope I can keep this up the extra cash is great. Now Christy has me going to the gym now.

Bull463

[kj5ix]

Keep it up and stay focused

 

I quit once for 5 years, and gained 40 pounds, then took it up again and haven't been able to quit again......

[Condor]

Hang in there Bull. Best things you'll ever do. Just stay mad at the thought of lighting up and it's half the battle. Things get a whole lot better after about month. BTW I think all your windows in the house need cleaning.....

[bull463]

I never smoked in the house

Bull463

[BIG TOM]

Good for you bull......you can do it !! Wish I had the willpower to quit AGAIN.....

[SilvrT]

my wife kicked the habit a month ago. She took the laser treatment and has had 2 booster sessions. Seems to be working for her. I was gonna do the same with her but I just wasn't ready. You have to be ready... I mean REALLY ready to quit... or it won't work.

[Shot]

I have not smoked for over 15 years (most difficult thing I have ever done), last fall I had to go to a specialist and discovered I have COPD. I cough, get up mucus, and do it again. Better than cancer but it aint fun. Throw those cigs away and bite the leather. Do it for yourself. One thing that helped me quit was using mentholated cough drops (sugar free). Every time I had to have a puff, I would put one those cough drops in and after a minute or two you are okay (for awhile). Good luck and hang in there.

[hydraulicman]

Keep up the good work, when I quite, 20+ years ago I found that a hard short run would help curb the feeling of need. Also ask God for help, remember Jesus strips were for our healing.

Smoking is an addiction and need to be cured.

I worked for me, good luck.

[Condor]

I never smoked in the house

Bull463

 

Yeah, but I bet you have the energy to clean them anyway..... When I quit I washed all the windows, mowed the lawns, washed the cars..... in the first 2 hours....

[dave_wells]

Way to go keep it you will feel better...

 

I dropped a 3 pack a day habit in in Oct 2006

Easiest way to break the habit to remember this

 

I read about it and it does work a craving will last only 10 minutes

This worked for me with smokes and a few other addictions I had some years ago

 

So when you crave a smoke just give it 10 minutes

in that ten minutes think of all the new post here you can read and reply to.

or....

-Polish the bike

-love the wife

-take a walk

-post here

- go shopping with all the extra cash

 

 

 

PS..

Doesn't work with Ice cream .............

[slipstreamer]

If you really want to quit you will make it. Like, I know that you know that it is killing you slowly but surely. Do you really want to deliberately shorten your life? But, I doubt that money will have anything to do with quitting: At least it sure never worked for me. Importantly, I think you have to get away from thinking about how difficult it is. You need to concentrate on how good it is for you to quit and you will to beat the devil nicotine. Concentrate on thinks like: How much better you will feel; How much better you smell; How much better your house, car and clothes smell; Food tastes better; Your sense of smell improves; Being a winner and not a loser; Increased life expectancy; Nice clear lungs (in time); No more coughing, hacking and wheezing; No more disgusting smelly ash trays around the house; No more nocotine-stained fingers; Greatly reduced risk of cancer; Sleeping better; More stamina; Looking healthier; No more huffing and puffing when you climb stairs, walk fast or run, etc. Most importantly, there is nothing good about smoking: It is poison. Why would anyone want to poison themselves? But, I empathize with you. It aint easy, although Mark Twain said it was: He quit a thousand times! Keep at it and you will eventually succeed. Good luck on that.

 

Cliff

[Bubber]

Hey I don't think my wife can

-Polish the bike

-make love

-take a walk

-post here

in ten minutes. But I will pass it on to her.

 

And that's when the fight began!

 

 

Good Luck! What worked for me was just keep trying and oh ya avoid that first cigarette, that is always the one that gets you hooked again.

Edited March 6, 2011 by Bubber
spelling what else

[Eck]

If you get to where you feel you gotta smoke... just pick up an old ash tray and put your nose real close to it and take a long deep breath...

The stentch will remind you as to how bad you smell if you light one up....

I smoked for years, and now I cant stand the smell of one. Truth is they stink.. and they are NOT good for you..period..

[fordpol]

Definitely the hardest thing I have ever done is quit smoking been 10 years now after smoking for 20 plus years. Like everyone had quit many times only to start again. Only way you can quit for good (in my opinion) ist to tell yourself I will NEVER light another smoke! If you are anything like me if you light one it tastes and smells so bad but the buzz is SOO GOOD you light the second one and back full time smoking! Good luck and if you ever have the urge to light up take a second and contact ANY of us who are finally FREE from the habit / addiction!! Gets WAY easier each day! Ken!

[mini-muffin]

Good luck with quitting. It is hard and yeah the first month is tough, but it's tough anywhere along the way if you hit one of them stressful times in life. I quit for 10 yrs and went back, just quit again this past Oct. Wasn't too bad till the hubby left this past month for Afghanistan. Got a job now so that helps keep me busy not thinking about it.

You just hang in there and if you slip you can always quit again. Just don't kick yourself if you do slip.

 

Margaret

[flb_78]

On another forum I frequent, several members have switched to the E-cigs. They can pick whatever level of nicotine they want and work their way down, plus it helps them with the "ghost cigarette" feel that so many miss when they quit.

[bongobobny]

:wow::wow:

 

Way to go, Bull!!!!!

[Long Tall]

One Day at at time....Been 3 1/2 years now....No desire at all....see attached poster from my Doc's office....Only put on 10 #'s......

 

Look at the $$$$$'s....Produces a lot of chrome.....Been good to me and the Bike...

[Yammer Dan]

STICK WITH IT!!

 

Having just a little bit of a Hillbilly redneck mentality I was told I didn't have what it took to quit if they were around!! Took the open pack out of my pocket, threw it down put a full unopened one in my pocket and carried it for 6 months!! Took it out so many times I couldn't count them but 20 yrs + no smoke!!

 

 

Forgot to include that I was more than ready to quit at this time it just gave me a little more Want To.

Edited March 6, 2011 by Yammer Dan

[a1bummer]

To you and all the other quitters, THANK YOU! You'll be thanking yourself later, just as most, if not all, the people in your life are already thanking you.

[Rick Haywood]

Hi All

Well Ive been one week without a smoke. This is not a easy thing for me be I do feel better. But I think the morinings are the worst my coffee just goes with a smoke. Hope I can keep this up the extra cash is great. Now Christy has me going to the gym now.

Bull463

 

Keep it up you only have 14 more days and then it gets easier from there. The withdrawals stop at around 21 days. Been 6 years since I quit. at least 2 packs a day for 30 years. I feel better but did notice that for some reason my clothes fit much tighter.

[Capt-D]

Way to go, you can do it. I quit 26 months ago, and although I put on 20 pounds, I feel much better. And the COPD thing scared me into quitting, wanted to be able to do things when I get older. Plus the money I save pays for my bike habit. And remember, you can not just have ONE!!!!!! Good Luck!!

[GAWildKat]

I'm not a smoker, tho I nic from time to time. Both of my parents however were heavy smokers. Dad smoking unfiltered Pall Malls til the day he quit in '88. He was having a heart attack and wanted one last cig on the way to the hospital so Mom drove him there (was faster than the ambulance anyway) Dad passed away in 97 from cancer of the adrenal glands at the age of 76. Mom however didn't stop smoking until she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 96 and lost most of her left lung to it.

 

When hubby wanted to take up the habit a few years ago he talked to me about it first, thank god. He was having trouble with wanting to fit in with our peers, most of which smoked and were 2+/day smokers, so they always had a cig in hand. I gave him an alternative to that in taking up pipe smoking (tobacco) since it is a much more relaxed habit than cigs and he was less likely to get addicted if it was kept as a casual habit. When he's working, he'll have a smoke after he comes in from work as his way of winding down the day. When he's not working, like now since he's still officially on worker's comp, he might go months between smokes. he goes to the pipe shop in town and buys an oz of pipe tobacco for less than $2 and if he smoked 1 pipe/day that will last him a month. I'm blessed in the knowledge that I was able to steer him away from an expensive addiction to a manageable habit.

 

I hope you stay cig free and get improved health from quitting. We are hoping our roomie can soon toss the cigs as well, but with everything he's going through, I don't think he's ready.

[AKRefugee]

Way to go man, keep it up.

 

Don't ever tell your self you are an ex-smoker

 

Tell yourself that you are a NON-SMOKER now.

 

Seems like a small thing but it can make a huge difference

[zooer]

You'll make it! Hang on and try more sex daily. That also helps with the nasty attitude that goes with quiting for the first month or so.