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Post by strumntheguitar on May 9, 2008 11:57:45 GMT -5
I've drastically cut back. And by cut back, I mean more or less quit. Sadly, I quit for financial reasons to save money for AllGood... not so much the health reasons, so since I look in my wallet and see no money, it's easy to not buy cigs. That's my secret
The trick is to tackle each obstacle one at a time, I think. First, focus on not smoking after eating. Then when you're good with that tackle not smoking after drinking, then finally take on the task of not smoking while driving. That's what I tried and it worked pretty well, but I haven't been smoking for an excessive period of time... only 2 or 3 years
I think there are two major factors in quiting. Depending on the type of person you are its going to be more one or more of the other.
When I quit (I'm smoking again after over 2 years of being off) the most important part was learning to not smoke at the times and situations are habitual. I didnt crave nicotine as much as I craved my schedule. I did two things: I ate a piece of hard candy when I wanted to smoke and I started trying to spend more time in non-smoking environments.
The first month sucked and I still dont really like Jolly Ranchers but it was pretty effective at getting me to stop. I had smoked regularly for about 9 years.
I seem to start every day saying I'm going to quit. I think going cold turkey is the best idea. Maybe hypnosis. I smoked right through the patch and the gum.
Braking the habits is the worst. Most of my buds smoke. I can't remember NOT having a smoke with my coffee in the morning and my beer at night. What did I do with the time I now spend smoking?!?!
Post by purplefuzzystuff on May 9, 2008 12:31:29 GMT -5
Good Luck to you buddy, I quit cold turkey and just depended on will power.....it's been about 2 months since I had one and I still think about going to the store every single day, not necessarily for the nicotine more for the habit. I had gotten so used to smoking at certain times. And I don't even feel like I have been tested too much I haven't been in the same environment as when I was a smoker, like I haven't been to the bar with my smoking friends, I haven't consumed mass quantities of booze, I haven't hung out with my heavy smoking friends since I moved.
I just keep feeling like it's only a matter of time before I go to the store and get a pack. I wasn't a super heavy smoker before so I haven't seen any of the benefits of quitting, in fact I seem to have gotten worse since I quit
Hmmm....that wasn't very motivational was it? My biggest piece of advice is just make sure that you are ready to quit, you have to really want it if you are going to rely on will power. I know that wasn't very helpful, but I'm still struggling
I know how it is, too. I wouldn't say I'm one of those people that HAVE to smoke, but when I drink or am under stress, I really want a cig. A month or so ago I made the decision I wasn't going to smoke any more, and the hardest part was not smoking socially for me. Smoking is really just a social tool that is hard to replace, for me, though I was pretty successful "just saying no" because I had put my mind to it & I didn't want to be a quitter (except of smoking of course haha). At least, until finals rolled around and I was pulling an all nighter, and a cig break looked pretty quacking amazing. So now I'm smoking occasionally again.
So I don't really have any advice except, once you make the decision and quit, don't let yourself make excuses to start back up again "just this once" because it won't be just once. Not saying a "relapse" is the end of the world at all, but for me letting myself make exceptions for certain circumstances has been the way bigger struggle than smoking after I eat.
I used a lot of "quoties" in this post.
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My neighbor just quit after 43 years of smoking: cold turkey. He was in the hospital and the doctors told him quit or die. Lets hope none of you get to that point.
My neighbor just quit after 43 years of smoking: cold turkey. He was in the hospital and the doctors told him quit or die. Lets hope none of you get to that point.
thats reason enough.
also what helps: watch the anti-smoking campaign commercial where the lady lost her fingers, on repeat.
I should've audio-taped this guy in a hospital bed next to me a few yrs ago. I was pretty ill, but the ICU was full, so I was put in the Step-Down Unit, which was mostly people w/cancer, and lung probs (I had neither)..anyway, they bring in this 50-ish Greek contractor, who fell off his scaffolding, and broke alot of ribs, and punctured both his lungs. He was also a 3 pack a day smoker, so they had to give this guy a nebulizer, so pnuemonia wouldn't develop, but it wouldn't work, b/c he had so much gook. Basically, the nurses gave him a little pail to cough up, & spit in. I had to sit through it for 2 days, until a room became available for just me. Anyway, he would cough, wet, loud...and he would weep, yell, and swear, all in broken english..and when he bitched to the nurses, they'd say "That's what you get for smoking 3 pax a day"...funny, even w/all his pain, when the nurses left, he asked me for a cigarette...but I don't smoke....but the sound of that f*cker coughing would scare anyone straight....
Post by strumntheguitar on May 9, 2008 13:18:20 GMT -5
I honestly don't understand how anyone can smoke 3 packs a day. Even at festivals, when I feel like I'm either putting a beer or a cig to my mouth the most I think I've ever gone through is 2 packs.... and I just feel ill after that
in 5 years the longest I'v ever gone without a smoke is 5 months, I'm trying again now for the past month I'v been really good at cutting back only smoking about 2 or 3 a day as opposed to half a pack. I already broke my limit today but I had lunch with my ex so I'm not gonna count today.
Post by sparklybecca on May 9, 2008 13:44:09 GMT -5
what really quacking grinds my gears about this is my little 21 year old sister started smoking. she is studying abroad in Israel and started. She is soooo obnoxious about it too. like shes not even inhaling correctly and says poop like 'im so stressed and ive only had 2 cigs today' HELLO you just started a month ago your not addicted. ive told her everyone i know is trying to quit and your starting, and our dad has cancer. shes being so stubborn. i cant deal with it / her.
I want to quit - I only smoke about a pack a week - Boz smokes about 1.5 packs a day - he said he will quit by his 40th birthday - we'll see - that is in October.
I am def a social smoker/creature of habit. If I can break the smoking while driving habit - then I have it made. The only other time I really smoke is when I am drinking - whcih I don't do a whle lot of anyway
Post by strumntheguitar on May 9, 2008 14:31:03 GMT -5
I seem to have developed this yearly cycle with cigs. I start off the year not smoking much. A "resolution" if you will, altho I never call it that... Then I continue that trend for a few months. Then I go to a festie, and I smoke over a pack a day there. Then I get back from the festie and I continue smoking, and gradually decrease the amount i smoke until the cycle repeats itself.
It's vicious, if I ever heard of a vicious cycle.
and Becca, I totally understand your anger with your sister... but maybe it's a good thing that she doesn't inhale them.
Post by Fishing Maniac on May 9, 2008 15:15:57 GMT -5
June 15 (Sunday at roo) will be one year cigarette free for me. I used commit lozenges to fight the cravings for about 10 days which is nothing like what the instructions say to do.
The most important thing to understand is that everybody wants to quit, but wanting to quit is not the same as not wanting to smoke any more. If you don't want to smoke any longer you won't. If you try to quit but still want to smoke you will struggle.
I don't know about the rest of the country, buy I'm sure Becca knows, being in NYC, and I'm in NJ, just across the bridge, that cigarettes are friggin' crazy expensive here. It'd be cheaper to buy a sixer of Guinness Stout...and at least w/that vice, you don't stink up your clothes, and others...man, bars being smoke free around here is a Godsend...
man, bars being smoke free around here is a Godsend...
A restaurant I used to work at tried to follow that trend and went smoke free and within a week they almost went bankrupt because people stopped going there, so they reversed their decision and lo and behold, they came back.
Funny, when ya think about it.... and yet equally pathetic all in the same
today is actually four months for me being smoke-free...im doing it cold-turkey and really dont have any urges to light up (except in a bar)...its not that hard, but you have to want to do it, otherwise youll just start again...one is never enough, so dont say "just this one"...much luck to all
Post by purplefuzzystuff on May 9, 2008 16:43:25 GMT -5
^ Good job!....And I agree you have to really want it....I think that is my problem I don't know whether I really wanted to quit so now I am second guessing
I quit like in mid 06, after Roo. I occasionally will smoke a cig here and there, exclusively if I'm drunk, but even then it's rare for me to smoke.
I don't know how I quit. I just one day up and stopped smoking... it wasn't a conscious effort at all. Very odd, I know.
It just happened. I'm sure it's a subconscious thing (dad died from lung cancer from smoking) as well, so I just stay away... but that doesn't stop me from indulging in other things.
I think the biggest thing is just being cool with not smoking. Every time your friends go outside to smoke a cig you gotta stay inside and entertain yourself. Personnally, I would recommend just smoking herb every day. That way you fulfill your craving to smoke something minus the cancer plus way more fun.
