Quitting smoking (HONEST!!)

[August]

That is one heck of a good idea August. :up:


I'm so posting a picture of it here come Christmas.

[FIREWALL]

I'm so posting a picture of it here come Christmas.

A great way to celebrate life on Xmas. :woot: :yep:

Good health is the Greatest Gift.

[August]

I quit in 2001 when I got out of the Army. I still, in times of stress, feel the need for one.

But, I will say that I feel alot better and would never consider actually trying that out again.

Congratulations. I wish I had done that when I got out in 1984 instead of being forced to by a heart attack in 2007. Maybe I wouldn't have a couple of stents in my coronary artery right now. :hmmm:

[Kloef]

I quit twice,first time was really hard because its the first time..but i did it..

Second time was easier,i started smoking again because i was bored at work..

I started smoking when i was 15,you know a 15 year old kid on a paper route and sigarettmachines dont mix and i quit when i was 28..but during the entire time i smoked a little voice said to me 'this is going to kill you' or something..it didnt feel good but i loved to just smoke,the handling of a sigarette between your fingers was the hardest part to get away from,so i tried lollipops:rock::rotfl:

Second time was easy because i was in the latter stages of my 30's,and after a certain age your lungs are not able to recover anymore..even if you quit.also i was a very fanatic racing cyclist and it didnt really help me on those long rides..

I have one simple tip for anyone trying to quit smoking,and take it to heart cause its the only way.

You can only quit if you really want to,dont stress yourself by quiting together with a partner,or to reward yourself with the prosperity of a nice gift or a holiday.Quit because you really want to,if you have doubts try to keep smoking as low as you can,your body will adjust to the lower dosis of nicotine very soon,so try lighter sigarettes,or put them out a little sooner then you did normally..try to 'feel' if you are ready,then quit.Dont be dissapointed in yourself if you fail,it will just be a sign that you are not ready to let your 'baby'go..try again and stay positive,at least you are finally trying something that has been bothering you for a long time..

And watching some lung pictures can be very effective as well,but only watch them if you really are ready to quit,if you dont the stress will make you smoke more,adding additional stress because you feel bad about still smoking when you dont want to anymore..this thing is very psychological.

Nicotine tablets are BULL...they will keep you craving for nicotine,sometimes you will build up a higher nicotine level so the effect is reversed....these people make money by selling the same ingredient as sigarette manufacturers,they feed on the business.

My victory is that my health and lungcapacity increased and i feel better,taste is more intense...but the biggest is that i can smoke a sigarette or two on a party or something,and be totally uninterested in smoking when i leave or wake up the next day..i love smoking in company its 'gezellig'..sorry no translation for that one but its the same as comfy,happy together..

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice job! You are correct, quit because you want to. I think that was the driving force of mine. It was just time and I did it. Going on three months now. :D

[Jimbuna]

Nice job! You are correct, quit because you want to. I think that was the driving force of mine. It was just time and I did it. Going on three months now. :D

Bravo....I do believe I'm a little more than a week behind you but still following in your wake and hanging in there http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[antikristuseke]

I hope you bastards are happy, now im going to try to quit smoking. Do you realize what you have done? The world is surely lost!

[AVGWarhawk]

I thought the same thing Anti! Let me tell you, it is about the most liberating thing I have ever done in my life. Truly, smoke is like a ball and chain. You shed that ball and chain you not only feel better, have more spending money but you also have overcome the most addictive drug known to man. That is will power like you have never felt before. It is in a sense empowering knowing you kick the damned things. There is life after cigarettes. Trust me on that one. :yeah:

[antikristuseke]

Oh i know that, but will the world survive me?

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh i know that, but will the world survive me?

I thought I would be mean and nasty also but as it would have it, I was not. You just have to have the mindset that you are in fact ready to walk away from them. It is a chemical dependency and it is also mental. If you can kick the mental aspect kicking the chemical aspect is much easier. I'm also a firm believer in quiting cold turkey. Substitues or reducing your smoking do not help IMO. It just prolongs the quiting process. Really man, once you quit the world smells a whole lot different. You notice your house smells like smoke, clothing stinks, your car is a rolling ashtray. Both my parents smoke and when I arrive to their house I can begin to smell the smoke just entering their garage.

Again, it is not easy for some. Just keep at it. If you get a craving find something to do to get over the craving. That is what I did. Soon you find yourself much more productive as you are going to do things instead of sitting around pulling back on a smoke.

Oh, the biggest thing you get out of this....breathing! Good Lord, I can breath now. I do not get out of breath just tying my shoes. It is so nice to breath. Breathing...in the long run really helps. :D

[antikristuseke]

Good thing I dont smoke indoors then. Should make it a bit easyer. But hope you are right in the smells department, cant really smel much anything. But as far as breathing is concerned, I can breathe just fine, could probably run a marathon and ran half a marathon yesterday, Intensified my workout for something special, which will be revealed to the forums in september.

[August]

I've actually taken to driving home from work down back roads with the windows down because everything smells so sweet.

[AVGWarhawk]

I've actually taken to driving home from work down back roads with the windows down because everything smells so sweet.

Ah man....fresh cut grass really brings back memories from when I was a kid and I was not smoking. I can really smell fresh cut grass now.

Sense of smell does come back. However, sometimes there are certain smells you wish did not come back to your senses. That stuff just comes with the territory I guess. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Did someone mention smoking grass!! :o

Or is it me getting a little paranoid when someone makes reference to something that some people smoke :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

No Jim...smelling....not smoking. :O:

[Jimbuna]

No Jim...smelling....not smoking. :O:

Oh...right. Now worries. I've smelled/stunk for years :oops:

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[August]

However, sometimes there are certain smells you wish did not come back to your senses.

The funny thing is bad smells no longer make me gag like they did when I smoked.

[antikristuseke]

So far the only smell that has made me gag was going through a missile hanger filled with tear gas and smoke grenades with a leaky gas mask. Then again, that was noting compared to decontamination, outside at the begining of the estonian winter.

Army life is fun.

[AVGWarhawk]

So far the only smell that has made me gag was going through a missile hanger filled with tear gas and smoke grenades with a leaky gas mask. Then again, that was noting compared to decontamination, outside at the begining of the estonian winter.

Army life is fun.

:har: Reminds me of the footage of my brother-in-law at boot camp for the army. They did the gas chamber deal. Man, I have never seen fluid come out of a person head like the boot camp recruits. Coughing and crap just pouring out their sinus. Nasty whatever it was.

[TigerShark808]

So, I got rid of my other 'addiction', coffee last week and figured this would be a good time to get rid of smoking aswell. I'm going to go cold turkey straight on, as I know I'd just keep on smoking if I'd try to lessen slowly.

Any tips? What helps to get over the worst? Anything to avoid that makes me want to have a cig?

HEEEEEEELP!!!

:salute:
All i can say is I smoked for only a year and a half straight. A pack and a half a day , i was a new bachelor and got hooked to the smoking from one of my first girl friends after marriage.

I started when i was 38 and stopped when I was almost 40.

I had other crutches to lean on like beer and the fact I met my future wife (non-smoker) at around that time. So I had beer and sex..NEW SEX so it was easy to stop for me.

My point? find something else to take up your time. If your married I would NOT suggest NEW SEX!


:)

[AVGWarhawk]

If your married I would NOT suggest NEW SEX!




Yeah but new postions help :D

[Jimbuna]

Yeah but new postions help :D

In Dowly's case, a change of hand is a strong possibility :rotfl2:

[MothBalls]

In Dowly's case, a change of hand is a strong possibility :rotfl2:That's true. If you don't switch often enough you end up looking like this guy.


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[Dowly]

Oh shut up! :stare:

Right, now that I got you all quitting, it's time to start the 2nd stage of my masterplan. Send the money you've saved for not buying smokes to me! :yep:

[August]

That thar wimmins is hawt. I'm just sayin...

[AVGWarhawk]

Yep, still not smoking here. Dowly needs the cigarette money I'm saving to fix that forearm of his. You know, you go blind doing that also Dowly. Do I need to save up for the eye operation also. :shifty:

[Jimbuna]

Update: Still smokeless at this end :DL

[August]

Congratulations to you guys!

[AVGWarhawk]

No smoking here either. Still going strong. :yeah:

[Dowly]

Quitters! :|\\

[Jimbuna]

Quitters! :|\\


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[XabbaRus]

Yep, still not smoked...too

[antikristuseke]

Havent had a cigarette in quite a while :)

[Jimbuna]

Looks like drinks all round to us all.



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[McBeck]

Great work guys!!

So how many is it now that have quit in the timeline of this thread?

[Reece]

I started smoking at the age of 16,:nope: quit with the help of patches 15 years ago, I'm now 57, best thing I ever did, wish I could go back in time to when I was 16 and give myself a kick in the ass!!:yep:

[antikristuseke]

I started when I was 8, by 13 i was on more than a pack per day,, then quit for 5 years, and at 18 slowly started again, then got up to half a pack per day and stayed there till now, pretty much. Going to turn 23 in 4 days and have smoked for about half my life.

[Jimbuna]

Great work guys!!

So how many is it now that have quit in the timeline of this thread?


There is one I can think of :hmmm:

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:DL

[AVGWarhawk]

I know Jim and I have as we have been talking about it since inception. Plus Jim got new paint, wallpaper and furniture so quiting was a priority for Jim or he would have been smoking 6 blocks away from the new goodies in the home. Also, my wife quit as well and a week before me. However, she is not part of the SS underworld forums. Muuuuhahahah! With the money I saved I went and purchased a new car. I know...selfish of me but poo, you only live once and since I extended my lifespan by quiting I figured I needed a new car to carry me off into the future. Oh, I'm also saving for a trip to Disneyland. :D

[urfisch]

i quitted smoking 2 years ago...and didnt started again...smoked for about 10 years.

i can only support anyone, who is going to try this! the lung heals in 7 years back to normal status. and after a few weeks, the tasting for food gets better. if you wanna smoke, take a joint...but even that is quite harmful. ok, so eat the tasty, green herbs...

:O:

[Savage]

the easist way to overcome the urges is drink cranberry juice. the acid from the cranberries flushes the remaining trances of nicotine out of your system faster then normal. those reducing the amount or time you suffer from withdrawl. Did this for about a week and its all good. the first 3 days are by far the worst but each day gets better.

[Jimbuna]

Nine month for me now and still smoke free :smug:

[Sekure]

Congratulations!


I confess too. I'm a smoker. Started at age 15 (28 years ago) :damn:

I have quit 3 times. First time for 6 months then started to date a smoker.

Second time for a year and then succumbed during a particularly stressful time in my life.

Third time for a month - about 5 years ago. The reason I started to smoke again was because my wife started again. But, another major factor was because I was terribly bad tempered. Co-workers and friends joked that they preferred me as a smoker. It really was bad. My wife and I never quarrel but through that month it was constant.

Anyway, I know I should quit, and I know it's bad for my health, but I can never seem to find the right time to stop. Even though for Christmas this year the only gifts we purchased for one another was an e-cig each - obviously it's my hope to quit sometime this year. I just don't know when :hmmm:

[August]

Congratulations!


I confess too. I'm a smoker. Started at age 15 (28 years ago) :damn:

I have quit 3 times. First time for 6 months then started to date a smoker.

Second time for a year and then succumbed during a particularly stressful time in my life.

Third time for a month - about 5 years ago. The reason I started to smoke again was because my wife started again. But, another major factor was because I was terribly bad tempered. Co-workers and friends joked that they preferred me as a smoker. It really was bad. My wife and I never quarrel but through that month it was constant.

Anyway, I know I should quit, and I know it's bad for my health, but I can never seem to find the right time to stop. Even though for Christmas this year the only gifts we purchased for one another was an e-cig each - obviously it's my hope to quit sometime this year. I just don't know when :hmmm:

Take my advice Sekure. Don't do like I did. Quit BEFORE you have a heart attack.

[Jimbuna]

Congratulations!


I confess too. I'm a smoker. Started at age 15 (28 years ago) :damn:

I have quit 3 times. First time for 6 months then started to date a smoker.

Second time for a year and then succumbed during a particularly stressful time in my life.

Third time for a month - about 5 years ago. The reason I started to smoke again was because my wife started again. But, another major factor was because I was terribly bad tempered. Co-workers and friends joked that they preferred me as a smoker. It really was bad. My wife and I never quarrel but through that month it was constant.

Anyway, I know I should quit, and I know it's bad for my health, but I can never seem to find the right time to stop. Even though for Christmas this year the only gifts we purchased for one another was an e-cig each - obviously it's my hope to quit sometime this year. I just don't know when :hmmm:

Like August said...I don't mean to preach, but NOW IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY :yep:

Good Luck matey :up:

[Sekure]

Like August said...I don't mean to preach, but NOW IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY :yep:

Good Luck matey :up:

I'll have a conversation with my wife. She needs to quit too and I know that if she doesn't stop it'll be hell on me.

And, thanks!

[AVGWarhawk]

Jimbuna and I quit about the same time. I'm never looking back. In fact, the smell turns my stomach. The smell permiates everything. I go to my folks house and I can smell it as soon as I enter their garage. I was astonished that this is the way I smelled when I smoked. Unless you are a smoker it is very unpleasant odor. Quiting for me was great. My wife quiting was also great. This year we are headed for a week in Orlando FL seeing Disney World and Sea World. The cash saved from not smoking has allowed this. I feel better and smell better. I owe it all to two things, McBeck for the book on stop smoking and the sheer will to walk away realizing smoking is just plan stupid.

Off the soap box. :D Good luck with it. To me quiting was a state of mind. You need to mentally see yourself as a nonsmoker. :03:

[August]

To me quiting was a state of mind. You need to mentally see yourself as a nonsmoker. :03:

This is the key to successfully quitting. Every time I failed it was because I didn't really see myself as a true non smoker.

[AVGWarhawk]

Now it is hard for me to see me smoking. Really, the smell just turns my stomach now.

[Jimbuna]

Now it is hard for me to see me smoking. Really, the smell just turns my stomach now.

Seeing the wife spending the money I'm saving is having a similar effect :stare:

[AVGWarhawk]

But you did get new furniture, wallpaper and curtins! You get to sit on the furniture. It's not all bad! :O:

[Jimbuna]

But you did get new furniture, wallpaper and curtins! You get to sit on the furniture. It's not all bad! :O:

LOL you forgot the new Ford Focus, the daughter turns 17 in March (the legal age in the UK for driving) and wants the damn thing to learn in :o

[AVGWarhawk]

You did post a picture of a Ford. I did not know it was new. I did get myself a VW Passat truth be told. :oops: I have two more years before I have a rookie driver attempting to push my turbo through the hood! :-?

[Jimbuna]

You did post a picture of a Ford. I did not know it was new. I did get myself a VW Passat truth be told. :oops: I have two more years before I have a rookie driver attempting to push my turbo through the hood! :-?

Good luck with her...you'll probably need it :DL

[thorn69]

Oh shut up! :stare:

Right, now that I got you all quitting, it's time to start the 2nd stage of my masterplan. Send the money you've saved for not buying smokes to me! :yep:


Why quit? We all live and we all die. Non-smokers don't live much longer than smokers. Many smokers have lived longer than non-smokers! Look at George Burns! Non-smokers also die of lung cancer (see Dana Reeve - Christopher Reeve's wife who never smoked) or cancer of the ass - probably due to being uptight their whole life!

Just relax and smoke! Stress kills more people than cigarettes does by far. As a matter of fact, the stress of quitting is killing you faster than smoking that cigarette. Your real friends would stop pressuring you to quit. Just stay true to yourself. You're a smoker. Enjoy. What's the worst that could happen? You die? That's simple. We all die.

Side effects if you quit...

1. Increased stress
2. Increased weight - which leads to heart disease which IS the #1 killer in the world.
3. Increased chance of divorce or breakup. Probably due to stress or a change in your behavior. You grow apart.
4. Increased chance of second hand smoke exposure. Chances are your friends still smoke. At least one of them. Your delicate lungs will be exposed to his smoke and you will be just as at risk as any other non-smoker who is around him. Quitting smoking is like taking off your gas mask in a contaminated area! You will have to find all new friends who are non-smokers or learn how to hold your breath for a very long time.
5. You will be less cool. Everybody knows smokers are cool. We look cool and they envious us.
6. You will still develop cancer in your ass. I don't know about you, but I'd rather die of lung cancer than ass cancer!


Your choice. I'mma gonna go smoke now! :|\\

[Jimbuna]

Why quit? We all live and we all die. Non-smokers don't live much longer than smokers. Many smokers have lived longer than non-smokers! Look at George Burns! Non-smokers also die of lung cancer (see Dana Reeve - Christopher Reeve's wife who never smoked) or cancer of the ass - probably due to being uptight their whole life!

Just relax and smoke! Stress kills more people than cigarettes does by far. As a matter of fact, the stress of quitting is killing you faster than smoking that cigarette. Your real friends would stop pressuring you to quit. Just stay true to yourself. You're a smoker. Enjoy. What's the worst that could happen? You die? That's simple. We all die.

Side effects if you quit...

1. Increased stress
2. Increased weight - which leads to heart disease which IS the #1 killer in the world.
3. Increased chance of divorce or breakup. Probably due to stress or a change in your behavior. You grow apart.
4. Increased chance of second hand smoke exposure. Chances are your friends still smoke. At least one of them. Your delicate lungs will be exposed to his smoke and you will be just as at risk as any other non-smoker who is around him. Quitting smoking is like taking off your gas mask in a contaminated area! You will have to find all new friends who are non-smokers or learn how to hold your breath for a very long time.
5. You will be less cool. Everybody knows smokers are cool. We look cool and they envious us.
6. You will still develop cancer in your ass. I don't know about you, but I'd rather die of lung cancer than ass cancer!


Your choice. I'mma gonna go smoke now! :|\\

If that's your best sales pitch...don't give up your other job :DL

[Reece]

Why quit? We all live and we all die. Non-smokers don't live much longer than smokers. Many smokers have lived longer than non-smokers! Look at George Burns! Non-smokers also die of lung cancer (see Dana Reeve - Christopher Reeve's wife who never smoked) or cancer of the ass - probably due to being uptight their whole life!

Just relax and smoke! Stress kills more people than cigarettes does by far. As a matter of fact, the stress of quitting is killing you faster than smoking that cigarette. Your real friends would stop pressuring you to quit. Just stay true to yourself. You're a smoker. Enjoy. What's the worst that could happen? You die? That's simple. We all die.

Side effects if you quit...

1. Increased stress
2. Increased weight - which leads to heart disease which IS the #1 killer in the world.
3. Increased chance of divorce or breakup. Probably due to stress or a change in your behavior. You grow apart.
4. Increased chance of second hand smoke exposure. Chances are your friends still smoke. At least one of them. Your delicate lungs will be exposed to his smoke and you will be just as at risk as any other non-smoker who is around him. Quitting smoking is like taking off your gas mask in a contaminated area! You will have to find all new friends who are non-smokers or learn how to hold your breath for a very long time.
5. You will be less cool. Everybody knows smokers are cool. We look cool and they envious us.
6. You will still develop cancer in your ass. I don't know about you, but I'd rather die of lung cancer than ass cancer!


Your choice. I'mma gonna go smoke now! :|\\That's the way I thought until at age 44 my doctor told me I was in the early stages of infazema (COPD), he said I had a choice of going on for a few more years then die a slow death gasping for air or give up now and possibly live a relatively normal life, I have felt much better and thank God I now live in the country, good clean air, I'm now 56, though I do have coughing bouts every now and then, I would say that it's going to catch up with me sooner or later!:oops: My recommendation is "Give up smoking" before it's possibly too late, and good luck!:yep:

[Jimbuna]

That's the way I thought until at age 44 my doctor told me I was in the early stages of infazema (COPD), he said I had a choice of going on for a few more years then die a slow death gasping for air or give up now and possibly live a relatively normal life, I have felt much better and thank God I now live in the country, good clean air, I'm now 56, though I do have coughing bouts every now and then, I would say that it's going to catch up with me sooner or later!:oops: My recommendation is "Give up smoking" before it's possibly too late, and good luck!:yep:

Very well put mate :yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

Side effects if you quit...

1. Increased stress
2. Increased weight - which leads to heart disease which IS the #1 killer in the world.
3. Increased chance of divorce or breakup. Probably due to stress or a change in your behavior. You grow apart.
4. Increased chance of second hand smoke exposure. Chances are your friends still smoke. At least one of them. Your delicate lungs will be exposed to his smoke and you will be just as at risk as any other non-smoker who is around him. Quitting smoking is like taking off your gas mask in a contaminated area! You will have to find all new friends who are non-smokers or learn how to hold your breath for a very long time.
5. You will be less cool. Everybody knows smokers are cool. We look cool and they envious us.
6. You will still develop cancer in your ass. I don't know about you, but I'd rather die of lung cancer than ass cancer!


Your choice. I'mma gonna go smoke now! :|\\

Actually, cigarettes create more stress then they will ever relieve in a lifetime. Think about it. Cigs cause stress monetarily. Cigs create stress as you drive home wondering if you have enough to last the night. You are stressed wondering if your smoking is offending someone in a public place. In the back of your mind you are stressing when that awful cough comes around where you hack black nasties from your lungs wondering if you killing yourself or not with these things. You are stressed because you have a ball and chain controlling your life. It is that simple.

Also, citing persons who smoked well into their old age is nice and I'm glad for them but it was still a risk. There is no guarantee anyone will not get lung cancer from cigarettes. It is a guarantee that smoking will contribute to other illnesses. As far as stating people like Reeves got lung cancer and did not smoke is fine to point out but adding a cigarette to the picture does not help the situation. You are creating that risk by a huge amount. Why take the risk? Best thing I did was quit smoking....life is less stressful without the cigarette. The only difference is a cigarette adds more stress to your life than relieve it as note above. Take it from someone who took a long time to figure it out.

I smoked since I was 13 and I'm now 44. I quit close to a year ago and damn glad I did! In two weeks with the money I saved I'm taking the family for a week in Disney World and Sea World. We have a two bedroom condo with hot tub and full use of the facilities amenities. In short, we are going large :arrgh!: All because I gave up the smokes and saved money (both the wife and I).

Beside...the sh!t really does stink. I can not stand the smell of it anymore.

We are getting close to our one year anniversary Jim :yeah: I feel so in love.....:)

[Jimbuna]

We are getting close to our one year anniversary Jim :yeah: I feel so in love.....:)

Careful...the children may be watching :oops:

[AVGWarhawk]

Careful...the children may be watching :oops:

yes but they are breathing smoke free air....it's all good! :arrgh!:

[XabbaRus]

Same here 1 year aniversary in May.

[Jimbuna]

yes but they are breathing smoke free air....it's all good! :arrgh!:

Aye...true :salute:

Same here 1 year aniversary in May.

Keep it up...tis all positive stuff :up:

[Reece]

I smoked since I was 13 and I'm now 44. I quit close to a year ago and damn glad I did! In two weeks with the money I saved I'm taking the family for a week in Disney World and Sea World. We have a two bedroom condo with hot tub and full use of the facilities amenities. In short, we are going large :arrgh!: All because I gave up the smokes and saved money (both the wife and I).

Beside...the sh!t really does stink. I can not stand the smell of it anymore.

We are getting close to our one year anniversary Jim :yeah: I feel so in love.....:)I know I'm not Jim but I will say congratulations, yes it takes awhile to get it out of your system but it's not long and you start feeling really good again, as I have said before, if I could go back in time I would kick myself in the ass!!:yep: Anyway you can now start living again!!:yeah:
Cheers.

[August]

It's been 2 years, 6 months and 27 days since my last cigarette.

If I could do it you can too!

[Jimbuna]

Group hug all round me reckons :DL

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Must get working on a group applause one :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

It's been 2 years, 6 months and 27 days since my last cigarette.

If I could do it you can too!

Gosh August, I have one relative by marriage that smoked like the Ford factory at the height of production during WW2. I'm talking 2-3 packs a day. It was the crappy generic cigarettes to boot. She quit! Cold turkey. If she could do that I know I could. With the help from the book McBeck recommended it became even easier. Talk about removing that monkey off your back!

[August]

Gosh August, I have one relative by marriage that smoked like the Ford factory at the height of production during WW2. I'm talking 2-3 packs a day. It was the crappy generic cigarettes to boot. She quit! Cold turkey. If she could do that I know I could. With the help from the book McBeck recommended it became even easier. Talk about removing that monkey off your back!

I believe that cold turkey offers the best chance of quitting. Patches and gum just drag out the jones...

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes sir, patches and gum just replace one nicotine offering with another nicotine offering. Problem is it is very hard to light up a patch or gum. :o

[HunterICX]

I quitted by consuming a lot of water at the beginning whenever I felt the lust for a cigarette, so instead of a smoke-pause I just did nothing for a while and drank some water.

it's been 2 years and 7 months for me now since I had a smoke :DL

HunterICX

[AVGWarhawk]

:yeah:

I have to say gum helped me keep busy when I got the taste for one. The book I read though mentally made it much easier to quit.

[Noren]

Friends, dont get me started on why smoking is bad for you - from a medical standpoint. Its like; name any disease, especially in the upper body, and smoking is atleast a contributing factor.

stopping cold turkey probably has a bad track record, even if some of you made it! CONGTRATZ! Its never to late to try, the most important factor is motivation, support, change of habits and nicotine replacement. - I should know, I just got of a nightshift at a lung ward at a danish hospital.

Smokers generally end up with (take your pick):
* slowly choking as each breath gets harder and harder, COPD. Its a slow painful death to which there is no cure but to quit in time.
* lung cancer. thats the one sudden, fast way to go.
*any form of cancer in tissues that have direct contact with the smoke (especially combined with alcohol)
*severe atherosclerosis. Imagine walking later in life were a walk of 10-100 meters is followed with extreme pain and a 5min break. This is because not enough blood getting to the muscles in the legs, due to obstructive fat filling out the arteries (and some of the blood getting there occupied with CO which the body cannot utilize).

No I dont smoke. I salute anyone who quit in time. Most never do, ahh they make half an effort when they're diagnosted with lung cancer. Morning choughing and a shortness of breath during strenious activity are signs of COPD which most patients ignore and overlook. All it takes is a 5min consultation with the doctor to know if you have it, take the test before COPD has gotten much worse. Its not funny living like every breath is like benchpressing 200lb and walking around with a oxygen-mask. The doctors Ive spoken with here in denmark says that there's not a single patient who is'nt regretfull later in life...if not for youself, think of your family.
Enough preaching for today :D

Life is dangerous, one might die!

[August]

Since the thread has been bumped how about a status check?

I'll go first. It's now been 2 years, 8 months and 1 day since my last cigarette. :woot:

[AVGWarhawk]

Coming up on one year! :D

[Flopper]

One year, seven months, cold turkey.

When I would get a craving, I would do ANYTHING besides smoke. I basically tried to "distract the urge" and eventually they died down. It almost never crosses my mind now, other than when I see someone fire up, and I'm glad I don't have to.

I guess it's different for everyone. My dad said the first ten years were the hardest.

[Jimbuna]

Coming up on one year! :D

Trailing by two weeks :salute:

[Reece]

Most know but what the heck!! 13 years!!:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Trailing by two weeks :salute:

:up:

I feel a lot better not smoking. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

:up:

I feel a lot better not smoking. :yep:

I can't honestly say I've felt all that much benefit....probably too late in quitting :hmmm:

[Reece]

I can't honestly say I've felt all that much benefit....probably too late in quitting :hmmm:Surely your breathing must have improved Jim? do you have any coughing bouts?:hmmm: even your food should taste better!! A good side benefit would be noticed in your wallet!!:yep:

[Jimbuna]

Surely your breathing must have improved Jim? do you have any coughing bouts?:hmmm: even your food should taste better!! A good side benefit would be noticed in your wallet!!:yep:

Breathing.....a very small improvement.

Coughing bouts.....don't get them , although the wife does say I no longer cough in the middle of the night.

Food taste....hardly noticeable but that might be because I eat a lot of hot spicy foods, curry, chlilli etc.

Finances....I wouldn't dare state....let us just say I'm well happy in that area.

[AVGWarhawk]

For me:

Coughing is gone. Serious plus here.
My sense of smell is better (I shower more ofter now :har:)
Taste: has somewhat improved
Monetary: marked improvement in finances
Socially: I do not feel like an outcast doing my dirty habit. :haha:

[Sammi79]

I managed to quit 5 months gone now, still not too long, still get the odd craving late nights etc...

the major thing I notice is I feel genuinely relaxed now, I hadn't realised how much conscious and sub-conscious thought processes went along with smoking, like every 5 minutes my brain was saying 'about time for a ciggarette?' Foremost in any of my plans was 'tobacco, skins, lighter' - and constant agonizing frustration if any of these items were missing, diverting my whole thought process into aquiring said item. Jeez, I thought nay, truly believed that it helped me to relax!!!

The truth is, giving up by going cold turkey is really not that hard. People just delude themselves that they want to give up when really they don't. Any excuse will do, I had a row with my partner, my job is so stressful etc. therefore I NEED a ciggarette, well 'NOT TRUE' you WANT one you don't need it. Your own brain will try to trick you over and over again but as long as you know this it is pure and simple willpower, discipline or gumption, whatever you like to call it. I tried to give up many times and failed always saying like everyone else, 'well its so difficult, so addictive' just more excuses. Finally I started getting irritated by that little 'hm-h-hhmmm-hhm' mini cough which would come with increasing frequency and never go away, not even whilst sleeping. In the end it annoyed me so much I just stopped dead in anger - I truly wanted to give up at that moment so I did, with no great hardship. Everybody's gonna have their own unique experience though I guess, just for me cutting it out immediately worked easily.

Well, cough is gone, £s are piling up, teeth are clean, much more relaxed, breathing easier and physical endurance/stamina increased. Plus I get to watch my mates shivering in winter when they are forced to smoke outside :D can't help taking a kind of pleasure in that.

[August]

:salute: Sammi. Excellent post!

any of these items were missing, diverting my whole thought process into aquiring said item

I'll bet there hasn't ever been a smoker who hasn't got dressed and gone out in the middle of the night just to buy a pack of smokes, at least once.

[Jimbuna]

Nice one...stay strong :yeah:

[Sammi79]

@Jimbuna

I will. :salute:

Now I'm gonna get dressed an go get some more beer.

:doh:

[Jimbuna]

@Jimbuna

I will. :salute:

Now I'm gonna get dressed an go get some more beer.

:doh:

Mines a pint


http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

[mookiemookie]

I'm quitting tomorrow. I always said that I wanted to quit by the time I turned 30 and that day is Friday. So tomorrow it is then.

I've got an electric cigarette. Those things actually work pretty well! I quit using the gum before, but missing the whole "hand to mouth" routine thing got to me. I think with the electric, that won't be so much of a problem this time.

I've been "smoking" the electric today...and I only had 3 real ones instead of my regular 10 or so. It's going through its first charge, which takes 8 hours, so I've picked tomorrow as my "no more packs of cigarettes in my pocket" day.

Will keep everyone posted. Wish me luck.

[August]

Will keep everyone posted. Wish me luck.

Good luck. You will have to be firm with yourself.

[HunterICX]

Good luck Mookie!

HunterICX

[Jack Davidson]

Good luck to you all who are giving up the gaspers. :up:

I've been off them for 8 years now.

It's not easy, bloody hard at first, but if you stick with it it gets easier. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Good luck Mark. I got sick of people telling me "If I can do it, anybody can"

I smoked 40+ per day and feel as if I'm paying the price 'healthwise' now.

Don't go there my friend....be stromg and resolute...it can be done.

I'm heading for my first smoke free anniversary.

Best of luck.

[Reece]

Quitting on your Birthday, you're strong willed!:yep: Best of luck! I recommend patches but don't leave on overnight, you don't smoke during sleep.
Cheers.

[AVGWarhawk]

Good luck man! I will be smoke free for one year on the 21st of this month. I started when I was about 12 and stopped when I hit 44. Things to help you quit:

1. gum helped me
2. cold turkey...just do it
3. remember how nasty these things tasted on the very first pack you had? Yep, nasty.
4. these things cause more stress then resolve
5. You smell better, your house smells better, your car smells better, your clothing smells better
6. you will feel better.

:yeah:

[mookiemookie]

The journey begins! It felt odd leaving the house without the pack of smokes and lighter in my pocket. I had that "oh crap, I'm forgetting something" feeling.

So far so good. I'm just telling myself that not buying smokes at $6.50 a pack, I'm giving myself a nice raise.

[Jimbuna]

Someone said on tv recently:


Struggling for money in the current financial climate?
...take up smoking, -then quit -you'll end up with an extra 175 quid (in your case $) a month in your pocket.

[AVGWarhawk]

The journey begins! It felt odd leaving the house without the pack of smokes and lighter in my pocket. I had that "oh crap, I'm forgetting something" feeling.

So far so good. I'm just telling myself that not buying smokes at $6.50 a pack, I'm giving myself a nice raise.


Ah-ha...you have discovered the first stressful thing these damn cigarettes create....you left the house and was stressing about your cigarettes! People stress over having enough for the day or enough for the night. So, that is the first thing on the list of why cigarettes create more of an issue for you than they will ever solve. :03:

As far as money saved...you will notice a difference!

[mookiemookie]

24 hours going strong! :rock:

[Reece]

You have a long way to go but stay strong don't give in to the cravings, giving up has had a huge impact to my health and well being as well as improved finances!:yeah:
I pass smokers now and after getting a whiff I think to myself "I used to breath that stench in and enjoy it", I was an idiot!!:oops:

[August]

I pass smokers now and after getting a whiff I think to myself "I used to breath that stench in and enjoy it", I was an idiot!!:oops:

I know the feeling well. :oops:

It's still totally worth it though! :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

I pass smokers now and after getting a whiff I think to myself "I used to breath that stench in and enjoy it", I was an idiot!!:oops:


Me as well. I walk outside the department stores were folks smoke. I mentally say the same thing. The smell now makes my stomach turn.

[AVGWarhawk]

24 hours going strong! :rock:

Well on your way! Go man go! :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

24 hours going strong! :rock:

Next it'll be 24 days, then 24 months, then 24.....you get the idea.

The best part is when it translates into US Pesos....24, 2400, 24000 :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

The best part is when it translates into US Pesos....24, 2400, 24000 :DL

No habla Espanol!

[mookiemookie]

Wow...already saved $4.39 :cool:

http://www.darrenfauth.com/calculators/money-saved-by-quitting-smoking

[AVGWarhawk]

Cool site Mookie! This was me:

You have not smoked 7,008 cigarettes since then, and you have saved a total of $2,277.84.

I'm coming up on one year on the 20th. :up: Oh, multiply that by two as my wife quit as well. :yeah:

[mookiemookie]

Cool site Mookie! This was me:

You have not smoked 7,008 cigarettes since then, and you have saved a total of $2,277.84.

I'm coming up on one year on the 20th. :up: Oh, multiply that by two as my wife quit as well. :yeah:

Don't show her that site. She'll say that she wants you to take her on vacation since you're rolling in all that dough. :cool:

[Jimbuna]

Pity there wasn't a converter/calculator in £ as well :-?

[AVGWarhawk]

Don't show her that site. She'll say that she wants you to take her on vacation since you're rolling in all that dough. :cool:

I did brother! We went to Disney and dropped a large chunk of change! She loved the trip! :yeah: We had a fantastic time. Our kids loved it.

[August]

@$7.00 per pack

You've been free of cigarettes for 986 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes & 11 seconds You have not smoked 26,638 cigarettes since then, and you have saved a total of $9,323.32.




However:



Because I didn't stop until after I had a heart attack which the doctors said smoking was a contributing factor, the medicine I will now have to take for the rest of my life has so far cost me: $2442.00 (my copay)


Net savings: $6881.00

[mookiemookie]

I haven't slipped up once. I'm very proud of myself. I'll take a puff on the electric cigarette here and there, but I find myself not even using it that much. I've had a couple cravings, but it wasn't this gnawing and overwhelming "I gotta have one NOW" thing. I've even been out for drinks with my friends (which absolutely killed me the last time I quit and was how I slipped up then) and been around smokers and smelled it. Neither of which made me want one. I just keep reminding myself, "you're a non-smoker now, you don't need that garbage that's too expensive and is going to kill you." I know some people use the pictures of the black lungs and everything as motivators, but I read this story about Sammy Davis Jr's cancer years ago and I still remember it...it horrified me. It's my motivator:

Later that month, Sammy’s health was deteriorating rapidly. He re-entered Cedars Sinai because the cancer had returned. On the 13th of March, Sammy was released, and went home to die. One report stated that Davis had dwindled to a mere 60 pounds, and was in the fetal position. Frank Sinatra visited him. According to the National Enquirer (and why would they make this up?), "A softball size tumor stuck out of Sammy’s neck, giving off a horrible odor. And the sight devastated Sinatra."

Went out for dinner the other night for my birthday. When my food came, I automatically salted it, as I always do. Well now that my taste buds are growing back, I realized that my food was almost too salty! I was just so used to overcompensating for my dulled taste that I almost ruined my meal.

I'm very very surprised. If things are this easy already, I think I may have this thing beat! :rock:

[UnderseaLcpl]

Very nice, Mark! Congrats and good luck keeping it kicked:salute:

[Jimbuna]

I'm very very surprised. If things are this easy already, I think I may have this thing beat! :rock:

Small positive steps Mark...one at a time...onward and upward :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Good for you! Sounds like you got it licked. Once you weigh the benefits of smoking to the problems smoking creates you will find the scale leans toward quiting the habit. The best thing for me was being free of worry about having enough, going to the store for more and enough money to buy a pack...it just added more stress then it ever relieved. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Good for you! Sounds like you got it licked. Once you weigh the benefits of smoking to the problems smoking creates you will find the scale leans toward quiting the habit. The best thing for me was being free of worry about having enough, going to the store for more and enough money to buy a pack...it just added more stress then it ever relieved. :03:

At least your finger nails were left alonr to grow in happiness again :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

At least your finger nails were left alonr to grow in happiness again :DL

My toe nails not so much :shifty: :o

[Jimbuna]

My toe nails not so much :shifty: :o

I'm either going to be in Alaska (free cruise on the boys tug) or at the SS Meet later this year.

If it's the latter I'll bring you some toe clippings :DL

[mookiemookie]

One week! :rock::yeah:

[Jimbuna]

One week! :rock::yeah:

Keep it up Mark....I may need a loan from the money you've saved later at the SS Meet :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

One week! :rock::yeah:


Awesome Mark! Keep it up. It is hard for me to even think I smoked year ago. It is a great feeling to kick something that you have been dragging around for years. It makes you feel like you can accomplish just about anything. Keep going :rock:

[Lord_magerius]

I quit smoking about 2 months ago, as of now i'm on 10 a day :nope: Really annoyed with myself, gave up a few years ago for about 8 months, just went back to it after a lot of crap happened, which was stupid. Oh well, we all know black lungs are sexy...

[Reece]

@ Mark, good on ya mate, won't be easy but stick with it, the rewards are great!!:yep:
I quit smoking about 2 months ago, as of now i'm on 10 a day :nope: Really annoyed with myself, gave up a few years ago for about 8 months, just went back to it after a lot of crap happened, which was stupid. Oh well, we all know black lungs are sexy...
http://trollcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/smoking_cures_cancer_trollcatt.jpg
That's no good, I had tried giving up many times and failed, 3 things made a huge difference:
1) The Doc told me I was in the early stages of C.O.P.D., if I didn't give up soon I will die a slow death gasping for air.
2) The biggest hurdle to overcome wasn't the drug but habit, like when ever I had a coffee/beer I always lit up! - A month before the attempt to give up, break this routine, or any other smoking/association habit.
3) Patches, excellent but do not use during sleep.
Also the money you save put in a safe place, vow that if you give in within a year the money goes to charity otherwise you will have enough for a nice holiday etc!:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

One year today without a smoke. :yeah:

[Flopper]

One year today without a smoke. :yeah:

Time for a celebratory smoke? :woot: Just kidding, good work... I'll hit 2 years around Labor day, the nasty things almost never cross my mind anymore, even when I'm hard into the liquor! I smoked for over 30 years.

[AVGWarhawk]

I smoked 31 years. I do not think about them either. I drink my beer and scotch without wanting a smoke. It is a really good feeling to be free of smokes. They really are a ball and chain.

[Jimbuna]

I smoked 31 years. I do not think about them either. I drink my beer and scotch without wanting a smoke. It is a really good feeling to be free of smokes. They really are a ball and chain.

Happy smokeless anniversary :up:

I'm not telling ya how many years I smoked for....youngun :DL

[mookiemookie]

Congrats AVG! I'm two weeks and one day today. :yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

Well on your way!! I would say you have a good handle on it after 2 weeks. Now go outside, take a deep breath and enjoy. :yeah:

[L.T]

sat down today and thought of life. Mom died of lung canser 5 years ago and i have tryed so many times putting those lung torpedoes down...

I got kid number 3 on its way now, i cough every morning...and have a short breath.....

So after reading all these posts i will do it....i will smoke that last cigaret, send out txt messages to all i know that im quting..that way i cant cheat around them....

I have my water bottle..

I have some liqurige roots to chew on....

Last smoke inbound...

Im going to cough so bad the next 48 hours......

May i succed in my endevour...

Lars
Denmark

[Reece]

Good on ya, I do recommend the nicotine patches, they work well.:yeah: Just don't use whilst sleeping.

[AVGWarhawk]

sat down today and thought of life. Mom died of lung canser 5 years ago and i have tryed so many times putting those lung torpedoes down...

I got kid number 3 on its way now, i cough every morning...and have a short breath.....

So after reading all these posts i will do it....i will smoke that last cigaret, send out txt messages to all i know that im quting..that way i cant cheat around them....

I have my water bottle..

I have some liqurige roots to chew on....

Last smoke inbound...

Im going to cough so bad the next 48 hours......

May i succed in my endevour...

Lars
Denmark

Sounds like you are ready to quit for good. That is half the battle. In your mind you have quit already. Now your body needs to follow. I have been done for a year now. No morning cough. No nasty phlegm. No more trips to the store. No nasty smell. No more stares of non-smokers. It was a total winning situation that I quit. Gum helped me get through. Post your results everyday here and you will find support! Best of all, my kids thanked me for stopping! Yours will too. Good luck Lars!

[Jimbuna]

sat down today and thought of life. Mom died of lung canser 5 years ago and i have tryed so many times putting those lung torpedoes down...

I got kid number 3 on its way now, i cough every morning...and have a short breath.....

So after reading all these posts i will do it....i will smoke that last cigaret, send out txt messages to all i know that im quting..that way i cant cheat around them....

I have my water bottle..

I have some liqurige roots to chew on....

Last smoke inbound...

Im going to cough so bad the next 48 hours......

May i succed in my endevour...

Lars
Denmark

All the best in your efforts matey....I'm a fortnight behind AVG http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Méo]

This one should really quit smoking...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePgC8wHDXI

:nope::nope::nope:

[Jimbuna]

So sad....he's going to face all sorts of medical problems so early in life :nope:

[Méo]

I think it's in Indonesia.

no (or very low) education = poverty

You're right it's sad ...but true. :-?

[AVGWarhawk]

This one should really quit smoking...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xePgC8wHDXI

:nope::nope::nope:


This was on the news today. Absolutely crazy.

[AVGWarhawk]

All the best in your efforts matey....I'm a fortnight behind AVG http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Yes sir and good on you! :up:

[Jimbuna]

Yes sir and good on you! :up:

On us both Chris...on us both http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[L.T]

small update. Had my first run since i left the army holy crap my legs hurt...coughing abit and are restless...worst thing is that i got an urge for chips....atleast its bed time....

In all first half day have been ok...but i realy fear tommorow morning lol...

Lars

[Jimbuna]

small update. Had my first run since i left the army holy crap my legs hurt...coughing abit and are restless...worst thing is that i got an urge for chips....atleast its bed time....

In all first half day have been ok...but i realy fear tommorow morning lol...

Lars

Beer is the real test....get past that and your well on your way to cracking it :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

small update. Had my first run since i left the army holy crap my legs hurt...coughing abit and are restless...worst thing is that i got an urge for chips....atleast its bed time....

In all first half day have been ok...but i realy fear tommorow morning lol...

Lars

Go man go. :up:

[mookiemookie]

small update. Had my first run since i left the army holy crap my legs hurt...coughing abit and are restless...worst thing is that i got an urge for chips....atleast its bed time....

In all first half day have been ok...but i realy fear tommorow morning lol...

Lars

You can do it! I'm on 1 month and 1 day without cigarettes. You just have to find that willpower that everyone has in themselves. You're stronger than a stupid cigarette.

[AVGWarhawk]

Good for you Mookie! One month and a day....you have it licked man! Good job. :yeah::rock:

[Jimbuna]

Rock on Mark :rock:

I must be honest and say I never saw you smoke during the Texas SS Meet :hmmm:

[August]

You're stronger than a stupid cigarette.

That's a great way to think about it.

Anyone can be stubborn, one just needs to be stubborn with oneself.

[Alex]

Congrats, Mookie ! :|\\

:cool:

[longam]

Go man Go.

I'm looking at 1+ years non smoker myself. (not really counting)

[Cambaz]

I quit too, 6 years of heavy Marlb. smoking... now I am in 3rd month without a cigarette, difference is worth to feel and live, now I can able to wake up early in morning without any alarm clock sound around 6 or 6.30 I am waking with a considerable amount of energy, feeling more energic, no aches, no pain, lungs working perfectly and I am feeling my breathing capacity expanded, I am feeling the taste of whatever I am eating deeply (I realized this after quitting I started to get taste of foods more intense) that is the important point for me :) only the first 3 days was passed hard for me a huge smoking desire after every meal or when drinking coke or beer, after that 3 days desire gets decreased and also I started a diet same time with quitting because you know you start eating a lot (mostly junk food) because of the stress of quitting or forgetting smoking or lowering the desire, finally if you decided to quit just quit don't wait and postpone, keep your package away from your sight of eye and do not smoke in your room or house, these are the 2 simple methods that I perform on myself and it worked excellently... also started to make cardiac exercises too I lost 10 kilos and my body started to getting in shape I will look like a machine in a short period of time :D

[gordonmull]

4 and a half shaky weeks!

I've been on the lozenges and taken some advice from this thread to go for NRT overkill so I've used the 4mg lozenges meant for serious chain smokers. That got me through weeks 1 & 2, now I'm on NRT for what I used to smoke (15-20, 2mg lozenges) and go for the step down in a a week and a half. I seem totally over it this time, mentally little urge to have smokes at all, but lots of physical cravings.

Looking forward to an independant life :salute:

[gordonmull]

Beer is the real test....get past that and your well on your way to cracking it :up:

I'm happy as long as I have my minty nicotine sweety with my beer!

[Dimitrius07]

Beer is the real test....get past that and your well on your way to cracking it

Emmmmm. Its called alcohol addiction. Get past that is the same as "get past" smoking :nope: if not worst. There are many types of addiction, mine is troll feeding for example :woot:.

[mookiemookie]

4 and a half shaky weeks!

I've been on the lozenges and taken some advice from this thread to go for NRT overkill so I've used the 4mg lozenges meant for serious chain smokers. That got me through weeks 1 & 2, now I'm on NRT for what I used to smoke (15-20, 2mg lozenges) and go for the step down in a a week and a half. I seem totally over it this time, mentally little urge to have smokes at all, but lots of physical cravings.

Looking forward to an independant life :salute:

You can do it, my friend. It's very tough when you associate one with the other, as in drinking a pint and smoking. I still have the minor urges myself - more like a subconscious "hey this beer is good! Let's light up a cig..." But then you remind yourself that you're now a non-smoker! And then it goes away quickly.

I think a lot of it is re-training yourself to believe that. You've used cigarettes as an accessory, but you just have to remind your brain that that accessory is no longer there.

You can do it!

Emmmmm. Its called alcohol addiction. Get past that is the same as "get past" smoking :nope: if not worst. There are many types of addiction, mine is troll feeding for example :woot:.

Absolute bull. If someone has a cigarette with their nightly pint, it doesn't mean that they're addicted to beer - it means that their brain has associated one pleasurable experience with another.

If you don't have anything positive to add, stay out of this thread.

[Jimbuna]

I'm happy as long as I have my minty nicotine sweety with my beer!

That's good....my greatest temptation used to be whilst having a bevvy.

[Jimbuna]

Emmmmm. Its called alcohol addiction. Get past that is the same as "get past" smoking :nope: if not worst. There are many types of addiction, mine is troll feeding for example :woot:.

LOL....in what context would you like me to interpret your little pearl of wisdom above? :DL

[Reece]

Well this may be a shock but I hate beer, always have!:yep: When I was giving up the hardest thing for me was coffee, I associated smoking with this! Everytime I made a cup, had a sip I automatically reached for a smoke, this is probably the hardest of all, I was told by the doctor that 90% of smoking addiction is actually habit!!:doh::yep:

[Dimitrius07]

If someone has a cigarette with their nightly pint, it doesn't mean that they're addicted to beer

And where exactly did i mentioned this? Or you trying to twist my words again:nope:. I was talking about types of addiction and if you can`t live without having a bear or two you are probably an alcohol addict. Read before posting or attacking, empty words have less effect mister "positive" guy :salute:.

it means that their brain has associated one pleasurable experience with another.

And if they brain demands those mixed pleasures, it means addiction to smoke and alcohol :03:(probably has some term wish i don`t know).

[Jimbuna]

You can do it, my friend. It's very tough when you associate one with the other, as in drinking a pint and smoking. I still have the minor urges myself - more like a subconscious "hey this beer is good! Let's light up a cig..." But then you remind yourself that you're now a non-smoker! And then it goes away quickly.

I think a lot of it is re-training yourself to believe that. You've used cigarettes as an accessory, but you just have to remind your brain that that accessory is no longer there.

You can do it!



Absolute bull. If someone has a cigarette with their nightly pint, it doesn't mean that they're addicted to beer - it means that their brain has associated one pleasurable experience with another.

If you don't have anything positive to add, stay out of this thread.

+1 Mark http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[mookiemookie]

And where exactly did i mentioned this? Or you trying to twist my words again:nope:. I was talking about types of addiction and if you can`t live without having a bear or two you are probably an alcohol addict. Read before posting or attacking, empty words have less effect mister "positive" guy :salute:.



And if they brain demands those mixed pleasures, it means addiction to smoke and alcohol :03:(probably has some term wish i don`t know).

Go away.

[Dimitrius07]

Go away.

Thats it? No hugZ or arguments to put me down, internet addict? Пока :D

[OneToughHerring]

Thats it? No hugZ or arguments to put me down, internet addict? Пока :D

Go and kiss your mother's behind. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmyZa7TmOrM)

[MH]

Thats it? No hugZ or arguments to put me down, internet addict? Пока :D


http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/smoking_dog.jpg

Just STFU................

[aergistal]

http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/how-much-is-the-government-making-off-of-tobacco/
(http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/how-much-is-the-government-making-off-of-tobacco/)

[Flick]

So, I got rid of my other 'addiction', coffee last week and figured this would be a good time to get rid of smoking aswell. I'm going to go cold turkey straight on, as I know I'd just keep on smoking if I'd try to lessen slowly.

Any tips? What helps to get over the worst? Anything to avoid that makes me want to have a cig?

HEEEEEEELP!!!

:salute:

Had a triple bypass 2 years ago and basically it was from smoking for 38 years.

I'm glad I quit smoking I should have done it years ago.

:up:

[Sailor Steve]

If you find you still have a craving for a fag, then smoke one and the
craving should go away for a short time.

I have a friend who gave up cold-turkey 3 years ago and still uses this
technique with great success.
Then it wasn't really 'cold turkey'.

My dad visited a cancer ward in 1976, and quit the next day. He hasn't smoked once in thirty-four years.

[Jimbuna]

The cold shock of reality is often all it takes :yep:

[Gerald]

So, I got rid of my other 'addiction', coffee last week and figured this would be a good time to get rid of smoking aswell. I'm going to go cold turkey straight on, as I know I'd just keep on smoking if I'd try to lessen slowly.

Any tips? What helps to get over the worst? Anything to avoid that makes me want to have a cig?



:salute: goes everything good, (I hope you have make it) :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Oh yes, everything turned out as... expected. :hmm2:

:O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

My parents smoked and that was enough to put me off even trying one, when I was younger I had really bad whooping cough and my parents offered to quit to the doctor, he said no - it'd have no effect! They have both since quit due to bad health but are reasonably ok now.

Well done to all here that have quit, and are trying to quit. :yeah:

We need a foolproof method to stop teenagers even beginning, but short of a total ban or raising prices even more (in the UK anyway) I can't see a way? I'm against living in a 'nanny state', but am also against the tobacco industry :nope:

[August]

We need a foolproof method...

There is no such thing as a foolproof method to solve anything, let alone convince teenagers not to do something they find enjoyable.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Tell them it's good and healthy for them to smoke? :DL

[August]

Tell them it's good and healthy for them to smoke? :DL


Tried that with the Abstinence program. They saw right through it.

[Flaxpants]

I'm contemplating giving up the old Gaspers next week, so I shall probably be on this thread sometime around next Friday. Probably in a real foul mood....

[Jimbuna]

There shouldn't be any shortage of support here for you....good luck :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Good luck sir! :yeah:

[longam]

Renewed my insurance at work and found that I am at the 2 yr 2 month mark. Never was much on counting days, but this was a surprise to hear how much time has gone by. :DL

[Reece]

Renewed my insurance at work and found that I am at the 2 yr 2 month mark. Never was much on counting days, but this was a surprise to hear how much time has gone by. :DL
No looking back now!:up:

[Jimbuna]

Renewed my insurance at work and found that I am at the 2 yr 2 month mark. Never was much on counting days, but this was a surprise to hear how much time has gone by. :DL

I'm only at a year gone May (or is it two years Chris? :doh:).

[HunterICX]

Hitting the 3 year mark at the end of this month :shucks:

HunterICX

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm only at a year gone May (or is it two years Chris? :doh:).


One year for the both of us! I really have become to hate the smell of it. My mom still smokes and I can smell it as soon as I open my car door while in her driveway.

[AVGWarhawk]

Hitting the 3 year mark at the end of this month :shucks:

HunterICX


I would say you are a nonsmoker! :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

I would say you are a nonsmoker! :yeah:

I'd agree...Hunter has been using KY Gel for quite a while now :O:

[August]

Three years ago today I smoked my last cigarette, ending a pack a day habit that spanned 36 years.

If I can do it you can too...

[ReFaN]

my 21st year free here,

quite easy as i have never touched the stuff =P

[Jimbuna]

LOL :DL

Ya lucky young sod :yep:

[Tchocky]

Three years ago today I smoked my last cigarette, ending a pack a day habit that spanned 36 years.

If I can do it you can too...

Woop! Congrats on the milestone August

[ReFaN]

Going to enjoy a glass of Laproigh and a Tatuaje Café Especiales Cigarr,

Sorry did i break some kind of rule here?

:yeah:

[Arclight]

Whiskey and a cigar? No, I'd say that's about right. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Going to enjoy a glass of Laproigh and a Tatuaje Café Especiales Cigarr,

Sorry did i break some kind of rule here?

:yeah:


It'd be hypocritical of me to say anything negative here considering my past.

But I am glad the smoking habit is behind me :yep:

[Spike88]

I've smoked my way through a pack of Malboro Lights, Light 72's and American spirit and never got hooked. I do enjoy the occasional smoke, but it's been about four or five months since I last smoked. :yeah:


Edit: While it may not be as drastic as some of you guys. I'm still glad I never really got addicted.

[Jimbuna]

Edit: While it may not be as drastic as some of you guys. I'm still glad I never really got addicted.

Pleased to learn of it....your much better off healthwise without the nasty buggas :yep:

[McBeck]

Going to enjoy a glass of Laproigh and a Tatuaje Café Especiales Cigarr,

Sorry did i break some kind of rule here?

:yeah:
I think you are OK, as long as its a cuban ;)

[antikristuseke]

Going to enjoy a glass of Laproigh and a Tatuaje Café Especiales Cigarr,

Sorry did i break some kind of rule here?

:yeah:

Other than the fact that I prefer Caol Ila over Laproigh everything is fine.

[McBeck]

Other than the fact that I prefer Caol Ila over Laproigh everything is fine.
Or rum! Ron Zacapa rules!

[Jimbuna]

Or rum! Ron Zacapa rules!


Almost as good as Wood's 100 Old Navy Rum http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img233/9779/party0036mk6.gif

http://woodsrum.co.uk/history

Or pusser's even :DL

http://www.pussers.com/rum/

[antikristuseke]

Naah, nothing even comes close to Islay malts

[mookiemookie]

It's my 6 month anniversary today!

It's like a switch was turned off that day. I never had another, back, I don't even want one. I find the smell repulsive.
:woot::sunny:

[Jimbuna]

It's my 6 month anniversary today!

It's like a switch was turned off that day. I never had another, back, I don't even want one. I find the smell repulsive.
:woot::sunny:

Keep it up Mark :yeah:

I'm sure the girlfriend will appreciate it :03:

[AVGWarhawk]

It's my 6 month anniversary today!

It's like a switch was turned off that day. I never had another, back, I don't even want one. I find the smell repulsive.
:woot::sunny:


Hey Mookie, first I read this! Good job!

[Jimbuna]

Well I'm still clean but can never remember when I stopped now....could it have been two year gone May Chris?

I know I wasn't far behind ya.

[longam]

It's my 6 month anniversary today!

It's like a switch was turned off that day. I never had another, back, I don't even want one. I find the smell repulsive.
:woot::sunny:

I always find time to remind smokers how bad it smells when you quit...:D Congrats!

[AVGWarhawk]

Well I'm still clean but can never remember when I stopped now....could it have been two year gone May Chris?

I know I wasn't far behind ya.

Yes sir Jim. May will put us at around the 2 year mark as smoke free. Never felt better either! :yeah:

[August]

Congratulations! Passed the three year mark myself just a couple months ago. Wish I had quit long before.

[Jimbuna]

Yes sir Jim. May will put us at around the 2 year mark as smoke free. Never felt better either! :yeah:

Congratulations! Passed the three year mark myself just a couple months ago. Wish I had quit long before.

Yeah, congratulations to us all :salute:

[Growler]

Will be a year in January. Best decision I ever made; only took about eight years for it to stick.

Congrats to all you tobacco survivors. :)

[badhat17]

Was going to post this last week but better late than never I guess.

It is now Three Months and One Week since my LAST cigarette.

That is all.

:up:

[Growler]

Was going to post this last week but better late than never I guess.

It is now Three Months and One Week since my LAST cigarette.

That is all.

:up:

Bravo Zulu, Badhat!

[August]

Bravo Zulu, Badhat!

BZ to you too Growler.

[Jimbuna]

Keep it up http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[AVGWarhawk]

Was going to post this last week but better late than never I guess.

It is now Three Months and One Week since my LAST cigarette.

That is all.

:up:

:yeah:

[McBeck]

Yes sir Jim. May will put us at around the 2 year mark as smoke free. Never felt better either! :yeah:
Wow! Have it been that long?
I have completely stopped counting years

[Reece]

Good on ya guys!!:up: Why the hell did we start in the first place!!:doh::88)

[badhat17]

Thanks for the support guys, just like everybody else I keep asking myself why did I ever start this mugs game, my life is totally different now that I can breathe again. I think I stopped just in the nick of time.

I have the Prodigy track Breathe blasting out as my alarm tone every morning just to remind me how much better life is now I can live it again.

[Growler]

I was a smoker for eighteen years, and on the day I started, I knew that the only way I was going to quit was when it was one of those "like-a-light-went-on" moments... and it was. I remember my last smoke sailing out the car window half-smoked, and the thought that it felt good to not have to do that anymore.

That was in January - January 21, 2010, to be precise, at roughly 0800 on the way to work in Baltimore.

And I feel great! It's amazing how good things taste, smell... Why'd I get myself into that mug's game, indeed!

[momo55]

I stopped 04 sept 2009 . Bought me a new pc and putt every month 50 euro aside instead off blowing it in the air with tobacco . Eight months from now i will have earned my invested money in that pc back .

Congratz to al stoppers ;)

[Falkirion]

It's been 21 months since my last smoke. I have my girlfriend to thank for it. She's one special lady, quit without a second thought when I started dating her.

[McBeck]

will be nice to hear some of the methods they have taken to quit smoking!!!
newayz... congrats to all who had quit.Me and AVG read a book :D

[Gerald]

will be nice to hear some of the methods they have taken to quit smoking!!!
newayz... congrats to all who had quit. Yes it is good, not to smoke but you stand for spam distribution instead.....

[frau kaleun]

Well, I am down to my last few cigs and I made up my mind over the weekend to quit and not buy any more. So I expect tomorrow will be my first completely smoke-free day in at least a dozen years.

Right now I'm just... tired of it. I probably won't feel that way when tomorrow morning rolls around but I'll just have to keep reminding myself how much extra money I'll have at the end of every month. :yeah:

[Lord_magerius]

So that means you're going to be meaner to all of us for a few days then :O:

*runs*

[Madox58]

Hmm................
I'm thinking I'm not far enuff North at this point.
:hmmm:

Anyone know the SAFE radius for 'Woman quiting smokeing - Day 1'
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Just keep well away from Wales :DL

[frau kaleun]

So that means you're going to be meaner to all of us for a few days then :O:

*runs*

Actually I do my heaviest smoking sitting at home in front of the computer, so it's possible you may get lucky and I won't be here as much because I'll be trying to keep busy doing other things that don't normally signal my hands to reach for a smoke. :DL

Hmm................
I'm thinking I'm not far enuff North at this point.
:hmmm:

Anyone know the SAFE radius for 'Woman quiting smokeing - Day 1'
:haha:

OTOH, you might want to have that chain mail codpiece handy just in case I do drop in for "moral support." :D

Just keep well away from Wales :DL

Are you talking to me, or the the pair of jokers above?

If me, no worries on that score.

If the two jokers, I'm pretty sure that Wales has a standing restraining order against both of them, taken out on behalf of their many fine and (previously) innocent sheep. :O:

[Platapus]

Actually I do my heaviest smoking sitting at home in front of the computer, so it's possible you may get lucky and I won't be here as much because I'll be trying to keep busy doing other things that don't normally signal my hands to reach for a smoke. :DL




When The Frau quit, that was her biggest problem.. the computer. I helped her a little by trying to change as much about her schedule as I could so she would not be hit with the old indicators. I even moved her computer to another room to try to break the visuals. I hope it helped her a little. She has been smoke free for over 15 years now. :yeah:

Conga rats, hope you can kick the habit.

[frau kaleun]

When The Frau quit, that was her biggest problem.. the computer. I helped her a little by trying to change as much about her schedule as I could so she would not be hit with the old indicators. I even moved her computer to another room to try to break the visuals. I hope it helped her a little. She has been smoke free for over 15 years now. :yeah:

Conga rats, hope you can kick the habit.

Thanks.

I have quit a couple of times before, but not after as long a time of being a smoker and each time I had either a job or living situation that made it easy... sometimes both, where the only time I could smoke was driving to and from work or when I was out of the house hanging with friends.

Now it's going to be harder, at home I can light up whenever I want and at work they have no problem with someone getting up for a break every couple of hours. I don't average a pack a day by any means, but still more than I ever did in the past.

Anyway - I already have some nicotine gum so at least I won't be going cold turkey on the nicotine, if I need it I'll have it. At most I hope it will keep me from breaking down and running out to buy another pack if I get a craving.

[Lord_magerius]

I'm part welsh so I can't help the sheep thing ;) But it's good to hear you're quitting, just don't fall into the pattern I did, get stressed out and start again, though knowing you Frau, when they start talking to you telling you you want another one, you'll just stare the pack down Chuck Norris style. :up:

[Platapus]

I honestly don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days :nope:

[Madox58]

get stressed out


Too late!!
:o

Read the posts!! She's gonna come kick me in the Naughty Parts!!
:oops:
:nope:

As sure as the Sun comes up?
There will be 'that' knock on the door.

And when We all ask why?

She'll say 'because he was within range!'
:har:

[frau kaleun]

I honestly don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days :nope:

I have been hopping across the river every few weeks to buy cigarettes in Kentucky for a while now. Altho to be honest I don't know how much cheaper they are down there these days, when I started it made quite a difference but now I'm not sure; it's been ages since I looked at the local prices. At any rate I'm looking at saving between $130-140 a month once I'm done with it. Provided I don't get hooked on the gum. :haha:

Read the posts!! She's gonna come kick me in the Naughty Parts!!
:oops:
:nope:

As sure as the Sun comes up?
There will be 'that' knock on the door.

And when We all ask why?

She'll say 'because he was within range!'
:har:

:hmmm:

Well, I'd have to do the math and keep an eye on the gas prices, but this could be the perfect substitute for a nicotine buzz... :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Well, I am down to my last few cigs and I made up my mind over the weekend to quit and not buy any more. So I expect tomorrow will be my first completely smoke-free day in at least a dozen years.

Right now I'm just... tired of it. I probably won't feel that way when tomorrow morning rolls around but I'll just have to keep reminding myself how much extra money I'll have at the end of every month. :yeah:

It is a mind game...really. Smoke stinks. Makes ya smell. The house smells. Smoking stresses you out because you are always worrying if you got enough smokes for the night. If you got enough money for another pack. If you can get to the store before it closes.

Nicotine gum and other nicotine products to help you quit only prolong the process. Cold turkey!

I'm pulling for ya!


Jim and I kind of quit at the same time. (Jim, earlier in this thread I said we were two years done with the smokes. I mispoke, it was a year. We are coming up on two years next month) :yeah:

It can be done Frau! I started smoking when I was about 11. Swiping cigarettes from my mom. :88) I'm 46 now and quit 2 years ago...pretty much the begining date of this thread. McBeck recommend I read a book. "Quit Smoking the Easy Way." I purchased the book for $10.00 at Amazon. Both my wife and I read the book. We both quit. The turning point was the chapter that concerned what smoking does to the body. My wife dropped the cigarettes and never looked back after that chapter. For me, the book reversed engineered my brain to really hating what cigarettes do to your life, physically and monetarily. The day after my wife dropped the cigarettes I quit as well. Best thing I have done for myself, wife and kids.

So go get'em. Remember, after three days the nicotin is just about out of your system. The rest of it is brain power....a pack of gums helps also!

I know you can do it!

[Platapus]

Frau Kaluen just needs to find something else to do with her hands and mouth. :D

:o

:doh:

:stare:

:oops:

:03:

[AVGWarhawk]

Chew gum and needle point! :yeah:

[Platapus]

Chew gum and needle point! :yeah:

Well yeah, what else would I have been talking about?

<innocent look>

[frau kaleun]

Frau Kaluen just needs to find something else to do with her hands and mouth. :D


Pfffffft. I know what to do with them, it's finding someone worth doing it to that's the problem.

As Cher Horowitz once said... "you see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet!"

[Madox58]

:oFrau Kaluen just needs to find something else to do with her hands and mouth. :D

:o

:doh:

:stare:

:oops:

:03:

Yea, cause her foot will be busy
KICKING ME IN THE NADS!!!
:haha:

[frau kaleun]

:o

Yea, cause her foot will be busy
KICKING ME IN THE NADS!!!
:haha:

I hope that chain mail is sturdy, I've got some Wolverine steel-toed shoes here somewhere... :O:

[Growler]

Well, I am down to my last few cigs and I made up my mind over the weekend to quit and not buy any more. So I expect tomorrow will be my first completely smoke-free day in at least a dozen years.

Right now I'm just... tired of it. I probably won't feel that way when tomorrow morning rolls around but I'll just have to keep reminding myself how much extra money I'll have at the end of every month. :yeah:

Good luck, friend. If it's time to quit, nothing will stop you. It is one of the greatest feelings in my life to be able to say that I've quit, and not once looked back since doing so. I smoked for nearly twenty years, and tried to quit many, many times. When I finally managed to "make it stick" it was like flipping a switch.

And food tastes SO GOOD again. I was a smoker for twenty years to prevent me from becoming an insufferable foodie. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff.

Me thinks Jim is right there with me!

:yeah:

[August]

Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff.

Me thinks Jim is right there with me!

:yeah:


Congratulations. It'll be four years for me by Labor day.

[stoppro]

funny I can't remember when i quit I think it was 5 years ago i have no idea of the month or day.I just remember being tired of going to the store all the time for cigs so I stopped.

[Anthony W.]

Yeah, my method of addiction cure is pretty much the same as everyone else's.

When you feel the urge, find something to work on. Make sure its something important. Call your wife and tell her you're cooking dinner that night, then get planning, then do it.

Go for a run - take a soak in the hot tub. Swimming is great, too

Good luck

[the_tyrant]

Good luck everyone:salute:

I'm not even going to start smoking, but my crippling chocolate addiction is a problem

[frau kaleun]

Congrats to those who have been successful... :woot:

I am but a poor backslider, who has managed to cut back by about 1/2 but so far quitting entirely is proving to be a nut I'm not yet ready to crack. :nope:

[AVGWarhawk]

Congrats to those who have been successful... :woot:

I am but a poor backslider, who has managed to cut back by about 1/2 but so far quitting entirely is proving to be a nut I'm not yet ready to crack. :nope:

Truth be told....mentally one needs to be ready. That was my experience.

Buy this book:


http://ec5.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E0FVSF9WL._SL500_AA300_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1402718616/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books)

This is all I needed to get into that mental state of being ready to quit. My wife and I stopped successfully now for 2 years. I'm glad to say I'm not a smoker. My lungs applaud me!

[krashkart]

I've reached that point where every time I go to the store for smokes I ask myself, "Are you sure you want to do this? You can turn back right now and save yourself six bucks...". I'll be making the decision to quit sooner than later. Again. I think this next time around will be attempt #20 or so.

This is a really strange habit to have. I mean, I can live without the nicotine. But there's also that feeling of having the smoke in my lungs, and every time I've failed to quit it was because I couldn't overcome the desire to feel that again. Pretty messed up, huh? Under normal circumstances we avoid inhaling smoke because it's bad for us. So what's with this urge I have to slowly suffocate myself, and how can I overcome it? :-?

[frau kaleun]

What I have noted over the past month or are these interesting facts:

What I don't like about smoking cigarettes
1. the expense
2. the pervasive smell in car/home/clothes etc
3. coughing like a MF first thing every morning
4. driving across state lines to avoid #1

What I do like about smoking cigarettes
1. actually smoking a cigarette

:O:

[August]

What I have noted over the past month or are these interesting facts:

What I don't like about smoking cigarettes
1. the expense
2. the pervasive smell in car/home/clothes etc
3. coughing like a MF first thing every morning
4. driving across state lines to avoid #1

What I do like about smoking cigarettes
1. actually smoking a cigarette

:O:

I had the same facts on my list. Then I added:

5. Caused me a heart attack.

...and suddenly none of the other facts seemed to be that important anymore.

[longam]

Whats really strange is after you do quit for some time you realize it really was the nicotine addiction that kept you going.

Over 2 1/2 years, maybe more, for me...

[mookiemookie]

Wow...I totally missed my 1 year anniversary of quitting smoking on May 6th.

Just goes to show how little I think about it anymore! :woot:

[Reece]

I've reached that point where every time I go to the store for smokes I ask myself, "Are you sure you want to do this? You can turn back right now and save yourself six bucks...". I'll be making the decision to quit sooner than later. Again. I think this next time around will be attempt #20 or so.

This is a really strange habit to have. I mean, I can live without the nicotine. But there's also that feeling of having the smoke in my lungs, and every time I've failed to quit it was because I couldn't overcome the desire to feel that again. Pretty messed up, huh? Under normal circumstances we avoid inhaling smoke because it's bad for us. So what's with this urge I have to slowly suffocate myself, and how can I overcome it? :-?Before you attempt it make sure you change your habits for a month or so prior, with me I automatically lit up every time I had a coffee, so I had to make sure I didn't have one with a coffee, this was actually harder to do than quitting the smokes!!:oops: Once done I then purchased patches, took my last cigarette at night, threw the packets out went to bed, in the morning applied the patch, remember that during the night you don't smoke so don't wear the patch then!!:yep: That was 15 years ago, and I had a dozen or so attempts before, I can honestly say that it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be!!:up:

[Jimbuna]

Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff.

Me thinks Jim is right there with me!

:yeah:

Rgr that Chris and I'm in sunny Chester with Mrs. Buna atm preparing for some serious retail therapy in the aviation diecast section of that cities Modelzone store.....spending what I would have otherwise would have 'blown' on tobacco had I have not of quit :yeah: