Thread: Quit smoking....

yea cost has been a real motivation as well they cost a similar amount here too.

but its just so lovely that fist cig in the morning and one after dinner

Good luck!!!!

I have heard that to help quit smoking, it is very helpful to pick up a new non-harmful addiction/habbit/hobby/ect that can replace smoking. If you like making stuff get models or anything like that? Maybe buy 50 antique razors and restore them? Something like that?


Good luck mate!!!!

April 6th was a year for me. I used hypnosis. I congratulate you and know you will do well. I will be the first to tell you that having extra money is a lie. I spend all my cigarette money on razors and stuff now. I still get short winded when I run, but a lot has to do with my fat ass being so out of shape. At least when I smoked, I could blame it on them.

I've been on Chantix & starting my fourth week of not smoking. Still have that "incredible urge" from time to time & have been curbing it with prayer. Even if God's not directly answering my prayer, I'm getting my mind off firing one up. My second week while my lungs were clearing out (caughing up that gunk), I got a infection at least I thought...may have been allergies and all the pollen in the air right now. Last couple days I have been feeling great & wish I had quit sooner.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I've been on Chantix & starting my fourth week of not smoking. Still have that "incredible urge" from time to time & have been curbing it with prayer. Even if God's not directly answering my prayer, I'm getting my mind off firing one up. My second week while my lungs were clearing out (caughing up that gunk), I got a infection at least I thought...may have been allergies and all the pollen in the air right now. Last couple days I have been feeling great & wish I had quit sooner.

I saw an add on TV about Chantix and it wasnt good, i would check with your doc about it .

You've got to truly want to quit, down to the core of your being, period. Otherwise, you'll most likely start again at some point. I'm not trying to be unsupportive, honestly I'm not.

I also smoked for years. I actually started in grade school picking up the occasional unsmoked or barely smoked cigarette from roadsides around my house. I would go on walks specifically looking for cigs. Then, back when cigarette machines were still found in public places, I would buy my own packs when no one was looking.

I was never a chain smoker, but I got up to a pack a day at my peak. I tried to quit a few times because I was sick of coughing up chewy loogies , chronic bronchitis and having to sit at the edge of the bed in the morning for a few minutes before I had the energy to stand up ( being only in my late twenties at the time but felt twice that age); but, I didn't WANT to quit. I'd break down at a party when I was drunk and back into it I would be.

Finally, about 12 years ago, smoking, for whatever reason was not pleasurable. I'd only smoke half a cig before I'd put it out because it tasted like crap. Same brand, I don't know what changed. I had bought a carton earlier in the week when one morning, in the shower, I just out of the blue decided "I don't want to smoke anymore. I want to quit. Right now.". I did. Cold turkey. The rest of the carton went in the garbage. Sure it was tough. Chew gum, eat roasted in the shell sunflower seeds and shell them with your teeth/tongue spitting out the spent shells, chew on a toothpick. You get over it if you want to and you try.

It was one of the best things I ever did in my life, quitting smoking. It really has been.

I do believe it's harder for some to quit than others though. It was not easy for me, but I didn't need the patch, etc. I recognize that some do need help in weaning themselves off of it. Whatever works is the key. I've known some "lifers", truly hardcore smokers that would truly surprise me if they quit. They don't want to; they freely admit they like smoking and they don't want to quit. Look at Joni Mitchell, she's like that. If a person doesn't quit, they'll probably die from it; that's that and it is what it is.

I can't imagine gasping for breath endlessly with emphysema though. To me that would be a fate almost worse if not worse than death.

Chris L

Originally Posted by nessmuck

I saw an add on TV about Chantix and it wasnt good, i would check with your doc about it .

My Doc recommended it and gave me the prescription...what are you talking about that wasn't good? I'm smoke free but have to admit that if it's causing harm to the insides I wouldn't know about it.

i quit about 3 months ago....i was doing pretty good with it...then it happened i got put back on night shift....ill tell ya working 12's at night by yourself gets very boring just stay with it man i got a bad cough when i stoped the first time. its your lungs cleaning themselves out. i get to do it all over soon as i get off this night shift im on

jimmy your a tattoo artist?

Congrats on stopping Ian now you've taken the first step just keep it up !

all the best for your new clean lungs

ian

I smoked for about 10 years and never really wanted to quit. My wife didn't like it so I had to stop even though I thought I didn't want to. This didn't seem like a recipe for success because I wasn't motivated in the right way, it wasn't about me.

I went on a one day course with these people [url=http://www.allencarrseasyway.co.uk/] expecting nothing and for it to be a load of touchy feely bull, but it worked. They say no willpower is required and it's true. I have not even thought about having a smoke since, even when on the lash and in in the presence of other smokers. Its now been over a year, and that year has involved some major stresses too.

It should have been quite expensive (about £250 IIRC) but I paid for it with Tesco Clubcard vouchers. I don't know if they still do that though. IME it is well worth the money and they can be found at various locations throughout the UK (as well as RoW).

However you go about it, best of luck.

Jim