Quitting smoking (HONEST!!) - Page 22

Jimbuna · 03-25-10, 06:06 AM

Group hug all round me reckons

Must get working on a group applause one

AVGWarhawk · 03-25-10, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by August

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 · 03-25-10, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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 · 03-25-10, 09:24 AM

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.

HunterICX · 03-25-10, 10:55 AM

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

HunterICX

AVGWarhawk · 03-25-10, 11:30 AM

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 · 04-26-10, 05:40 AM

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

Life is dangerous, one might die!

August · 04-26-10, 07:30 AM

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.

AVGWarhawk · 04-26-10, 07:50 AM

Coming up on one year!

Flopper · 04-26-10, 08:07 AM

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 · 04-26-10, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Coming up on one year!

Trailing by two weeks

Reece · 04-26-10, 09:01 AM

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

AVGWarhawk · 04-26-10, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Trailing by two weeks

I feel a lot better not smoking.

Jimbuna · 04-26-10, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I feel a lot better not smoking.

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

Reece · 04-26-10, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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

Surely your breathing must have improved Jim? do you have any coughing bouts?

even your food should taste better!! A good side benefit would be noticed in your wallet!!

03-25-10, 06:06 AM	#316
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Group hug all round me reckons Must get working on a group applause one __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-25-10, 09:24 AM	#319
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-25-10, 10:55 AM	#320
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	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 HunterICX __________________

03-25-10, 11:30 AM	#321
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-26-10, 07:30 AM	#323
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,222 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

04-26-10, 05:40 AM	#322
Noren 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 284 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	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 Life is dangerous, one might die!

04-26-10, 07:50 AM	#324
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Coming up on one year! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-26-10, 08:07 AM	#325
Flopper Weps Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Asheville, NC, USA Posts: 356 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Last edited by Flopper; 04-26-10 at 08:21 AM.

04-26-10, 09:01 AM	#327
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,768 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Most know but what the heck!! 13 years!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*