Thread: Quit smoking....

Thanks for all the support guys,

Today is a real killer. Today is the day when i NEED a cigarette.

It`s the first day since i got ill that i`ve been propperly up and about again, and the first day i`ve been able to get some college work done. this is stressing me out ALOT. and i have to go to work tonight.

its so tempting to pop off to the shop for a cigarette.

Hang in there. You can beat this craving.

Dont give in! Just take it a day at a time, and think about the money you'll save and the improvement to your health.

Stick a fiver in a jar right now, and every time you feel like smoking stick another one in. Then at the end of the month, take the money in the jar and do something fun with it..!

Yep, more like take it one moment at a time. You'll start to feel better after a while. You just have to hang tough until then. Eventually you'll forget why you feel so crummy. That's the start of healing and it goes from there.

Jordan

You know, your taste buds are about to start coming back. How about spending some of that saved cigarette money on a really fine dinner?

Last February I went out in my garage to smoke. I lit up and had so much congestion I could not smoke. No room in the lungs for the smoke to go. I quit. I am 63 years of age and have smoked since I was 13. I loved strong tobacco and always smoked camel non filters. I smoke Picayune cigarettes when I could find them. For those of you who have probably never heard of Picayunes. They were made by Ligget & Meyers and were just pure tobacco, no additives. Smoking was a comfort to me as I have always lived a stressful life. However all that aside it has been 8 or 9 weeks since I have smoked. I am going to make it. Good luck to all who are quitting. I think it is worth the strugge.

Originally Posted by d. m. ellington

Last February I went out in my garage to smoke. I lit up and had so much congestion I could not smoke. No room in the lungs for the smoke to go. I quit. I am 63 years of age and have smoked since I was 13. I loved strong tobacco and always smoked camel non filters. I smoke Picayune cigarettes when I could find them. For those of you who have probably never heard of Picayunes. They were made by Ligget & Meyers and were just pure tobacco, no additives. Smoking was a comfort to me as I have always lived a stressful life. However all that aside it has been 8 or 9 weeks since I have smoked. I am going to make it. Good luck to all who are quitting. I think it is worth the strugge.

Congratulations Dwayne. I wish you luck in staying quit. I smoked camel non filters for 36 years. When I was a kid in New Orleans I smoked Picayune once in awhile. Another strong one I used to like was from France, Galious cigarettes. Still addicted to nicotine through the pipe tobacco and chewing ..... dipping more like it ... the Copenhagen. One of these days I hope to quit all of it and while I'm green side up.

BIg Ian,
Keep with it. The first few days/weeks are the hardest. I smoked a pack and a half a day for 30 yrs. The toughest ciggie for me was my morning cig and coffee. Seems like I needed that one to get the motor running. Once you get the nicotine out of your system, then you have to break the habit. The habit is like a little bell that goes off i.e. after you eat, when you drive, at break time etc.
I quit once for four years then got started again going through some stressful times. I have not had a cig for over a year now. Even then you still may have the jones come over you. You have to think of something else to get your mind off it. Good luck.

I quit in November of 1999. I used the patch system to help with the cravings, but everyone else is spot on in saying that you really must WANT to quit. It IS the best thing you can do for yourself. I've never regretted quitting, and the money you'll save will surprise you.

It's funny, but sometimes I'll have dreams where I'm smoking or have taken the habit up again. I'll wake up feeling ashamed and miserable, like I've failed myself. You could say that these dreams are somewhat cathartic for me, though.

Anyway, keep it up. And keep quitting until you do, forever.

Don

BigIan,

You KNOW you're doing the right thing. Right?

That said, it took me three separate attempts at quitting "cold turkey" - no meds! I got to the point of where when I had heard a cigarette company that starts with the letter "M" added twice the amount of nicotine - to hook us good - I said "F" that noise. I ain't lettin em murder me NO MORE! I got mad-dog mad about it and said NO MORE!

It's been a few years now, after the third attempt to quit. "Keep at it" was the best advice I have ever been given - or heard! Don't quit on quitting and you WILL conquer those beasties!

Remember, get "mad-dog" MAD! The cig companies are murdering you, bro!

Have a brew instead. I can now - and I have no craving to light up one like I used to!

~Phil