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Starting out Day 7 and it should be the easiest day yet. I was drinking at smoky bars last night and except for a few moments it really didn't bother me. I was sitting with people who were smoking at my table and even had a pack of Camel Lights sitting right in front of me. I drank many, many beers. The hangover is so much more gentle this morning than in would be with cigarettes. Today I'm going to the Sox Cubs game (which means I need to start drinking again in about an hour (10am ), but you aren't allowed to smoke anywhere near the field anymore, so that should be relatively easy. Then I'm going to a party my friend's family is throwing which is kind of a family-friendly, non-smoking scene.
I just got on the scale and I've actually lost a couple of pounds since quitting by combining overeating with about two hours of excercise a day. I probably won't get my excercise in over the weekend (and am really looking forward to a Comiskey Park hot dog or three), so hopefully I won't put on to much weight over the weeekend. My legs/knees were finally strong enough yesterday to run an honest two miles for the first time and it felt amazing. My lungs/heart felt like I could have run another two (I'm going to try to run in at least one 5k by the end of the summer).
It looks like I'll be cruising into the one week mark still waiting for this to get hard!
In Delaware, you cant smoke indoors, so while drinking there is no temptation to smoke, unless you go outside with your friends to smell their smoke . . . lol
Post by george de la porge on May 21, 2006 3:23:21 GMT -5
Keep it up guys, its been near four years since ive had a cigarette, and believe me it gets easier with time. Its far harder for me to quit the other smoke! But thats gonna have to happen soon as well.
Post by george de la porge on May 22, 2006 3:28:29 GMT -5
Definitely for heath. My lungs are toast. And my brain not that much better off. Its kind of exciting to think about stopping because its been such an ingrained routine for so long. It will pay off, at least after several months, and then maybe i can get the ball rollin a little. ill save a ton of cash too. Maybe every now and then i can indulge in some medicinal cooking, but other than that, that part of my life will be over.
So I guess today is day 9 for me. This past weekend was by far the toughest part yet. I just got back from my run and it feels great to be back in a daily routine. I probably went a little overboard with the "hanging out with smoking people" for my first weekend. I was never the least bit tempted to smoke in any kind of concious way (of course I have reflexive, automatic cravings), but after skipping breakfast on Sunday I was in a seriously bad mood. I also drank way too much on Friday night (obviously compensating for all the smoking I was witnessing) and got all mean-bitter-jerky drunk, which I like to think is pretty out of character for me. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning I pretty much had all of the nasty moods covered. Fortunately my wife is very understanding about it, and I felt a lot better after going for a run yesterday (which I would have never done on a weekend in the past). I learned a couple of good lessons: 1) Don't skip meals! 2)Try to stick with my weekday routine (which has been working great) even on the weekends.
Each day I feel more certain that I have quit for good. I am way more confident about that at this point then I would have thought I could possibly be. The best way I've found to put it is that I am finding this to be far easier than dieting is for me, which I did not expect at all. Maybe if I would try quitting deep dish pizza forever, I would find it more manageable than quitting it for a month. One thing at a time though.
Weekend always sucks. I love them, but the weekday routine helps a lot. And im talking about dieting, not quitting smoking. During the week when at work, its so easy to stay on routine, but once the weekend comes . . . . . . . its all over . . . lol
Post by itchycoopark on May 22, 2006 12:14:22 GMT -5
I quit smoking cigarettes 3 years ago and quit drinking alcohol 13 years ago. For the cigarettes, I used the patch and I think it helped. But nothing helped with the quitting smoking more than using the principles I learned while quitting drinking. I used what I learned in AA to quit drinking and applied some of the same principles to quitting smoking. I'm not saying to start going to AA. The core to AA is belief in a power greater than yourself and faith that, if you ask, that power will help you. Don't underestimate the power of prayer or of talking to others who will support you when you're squirrely.
Assuming I get through today (which I consider a given at this point), I'll be at the two week mark! It has really been easier than I thought so far and is definitely getting easier. I have really been both excersing and eating like a maniac. For example, yesterday I did yoga in the morning, ran two miles in the afternoon, and walked 7 miles in the evening, then ate an entire Large pepporoni pizza by myself. So far it has evened out and I have gained a couple pounds, but I've added quite a bit of muscle. After this weekend I'm going to start trying to restrain myself more with eating. I figure it made sense to let myself compensate with eating for the first two weeks, but I'm going to try to be more moderate now that the cravings are getting really manageable.
I'm co-hosting a big shared birthday party tonight, and when I quit, I was looking at this party as a big test. I was thinking I would probably avoid smoky, drinking situations until this party. As it has happened I have been out drinking with smoking people three times in the last two weeks, and it really hasn't been that hard. Way harder than being in a non-smoking environment, but not that hard.
I'm down to having two or three real cravings a day (obviously more if I'm out with smokers) and it is noticebly decreasing. The only downside is that I've been a neurotic, emotional wreck on a couple of occasions, but the excercise really helps with that and everyone (especially my wife) has been really understanding about it.
Post by areyoukind on May 29, 2006 12:53:59 GMT -5
i'm currently at day 10! last nite we got pulled over and some drunk kids got in trouble, and even the sober kids had to sit on the curb for like an hour and this drunk girl (whos just 17) stashed her pack with me so she wouldn't get in trouble for that too. i wanted one so bad when i was sitting out there on the side of the road and had a pack in my pocket. i ditched them as soon as we left, hope she isn't mad at me for that
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
i went to my doc today for the first time in a couple years - had to get stocked up on my asthma meds for the trip to 'roo.
her sister is a friend of mine, so we've hung out socially, she knows i smoke, knows i 'smoke,' and we spent most of the appointment today talking about when i'd quit (again). i told her that the last time i did so had been cold turkey (got really sick after seeing a moe.show), and that had stuck for not quite a year before i was back to smoking.
for me, i think the hardest part is the physical routine, and the time-kill factor - i smoke a TON when i'm in the car, and i drive a lot for work.
i now have a scrip written out for the Nicotrol inhaler. i wasn't planning on getting it filled just yet. i wasn't planning on trying to quit before bonnaroo (and i'm still not sure i will), but after taking the time to read through this thread (as opposed to assiduously ignoring it, like i have been), i'm gonna give it a shot.
i've already missed my "i'm 30" deadline, but i'd really like to make it until both of my kids are at least 30, so...
Good luck, lousydog. I know for sure that I would have at least waited until after Bonnaroo (or until I found another excuse) if Mikede hadn't started this thread.
I think I would have smoked 2+ cartons of cigarettes (over $100) the last two weeks if I hadn't decided to stick to my date. The idea that I had that it would somehow be easier or better to wait until after Bonnaroo just seems stupid now. When I think about cigarettes and Bonnaroo now, it just seems like one less thing to clog up my pockets and worry about keeping dry.
i havent even thought of the money saved so far . . . Its been about 50 days, so, EW, I just did the math, i would have smoked around 1000 cigarettes in the last 50 days!!!! Fuck! I mean, Fudge!!
Post by dunedingirl on May 31, 2006 8:56:11 GMT -5
Yeah, it boggles the mind to think how much you spent on cigarettes in the past. So........50 days x $4....your ticket to Bonnaroo is paid for. Pretty sweet when you think about it that way. I think it is great that a message board can get so many people to quit just by having someone else go through it with you....I have never been on another board but I do have to say I am a little addicted to Inforoo
and with cigs typically hovering around $5 a pack up here in Teh Mitten, it's even more of a cost issue at my current rate of 1 pack/day. that's over $1800 per year. suck.
to update: no, i didn't get the nicotrol scrip filled yesterday, but will be doing so on my lunch break today.
I just spent 1/2 hour and read this entire thread for the 1st time and it is amazing! Mike... congrats to you brother! This forum had to help you in some sort of way get through the opening days or weeks of temptation. June 13th marks my 1 year anniversary of quitting! To everyone else... keep it up!! Anyone else needing support... email me anytime. It is a downright bitch the first couple weeks, but it does get better! This is a great community here and it is great to see the support for one another.
today is day 29, and as of Wednesday, (My Birthday) im going to stop counting days!
I QUIT SMOKING CIGARETTES!!!!!
I really did it. Its still hard to believe. Its Unreal.
ME TOO!
I have zero concerns about the not smoking at Roo thing and really appreciate the advice I got here not to delay my quit date. Thanks so much to everyone here for the support, and to anyone thinking of quitting: it can be a HUGE help to vent your feelings here and get support. I really think it was an important part of the process for me and I really appreciate it, especially the daily input from mikede and dunedin girl. THANKS!
Its incredible to me how I have absolutely no desire to smoke a cigarette. A sprained ankle (kinda bad) threw a really nasty wrench in my excercise routine and since then I've been focusing more and getting it as healthy as possible for Roo than anything else. I definitley haven't been as healthy the last two weeks.
I really feel like I've beat the day-in day-out addiction part of it. All the sudden I've started to hear a million stories about people quitting for a good stretch of time and then starting up again. It's funny how when your are starting to quit everyone says the first two weeks are what you have to get through and once you get through it every smoker you talk to says "Oh, well I've quit for that long before". Anyway, I feel like I've beaten the challenge of the daily habit, and my next challenge will be some stressful event in my life over the next year or so that really tempts me mentally to give in and release that frustration/desire. For the moment I feel great about it (although I can certainly be a moody b!tch these days).
Congratulations quitters. Let me issue a word of caution though:
I quit for 100+ days last year and had similar thoughts that I had it beaten (after somking for a decade) at some point though I became apathetic nd let my guard down. All it took was a single puff and BAM all that work for nothing.
Beware of what I call the "90 day apathy"...
This is why I have such a big problem with "free cigarettes". To me it is the equavilent of free crack. If anyone cares to tell me how it is NOT the same I am interested in knowing.
Post by dunedingirl on Jun 13, 2006 9:20:23 GMT -5
I am SO happy for you ;D It sucks about your ankle but I am sure you did the right thing by letting it rest up for roo. No sense in stressing something that is already hurt.
I know what you mean by hoping something stressful doesn't trigger you to smoke. Last May, my grandmother was put into Hospice and I sat with her 8 hours a day that last week. It was so hard to be sitting there w/ my dad and he was smoking away. I would sit outside and think, boy a cigarette would sure help my stress but then decided it would just add more stress because I would then be pissed about smoking. That was the longest week of my life but she had emphysema, among other things, and I thought that would just be sad to be sitting outside her room smoking with her inside dying from smoking. Good Luck and I am sure I will see you there ;D
i quit a few years ago, probably for the last time.
first time i was in college - and i substituted a huge joint for a cig - so everytime i wanted to smoke, i took a hit. worked well and what a great week
i started again during finals - and felt stupid for doing so.
finally i just threw a pack out the window (literally) and was done. i started working out (strange that so many suggested that) and havent smoked since. its probably been at least 5 years since ive had a cig. never counted days though, as to me, that just says "i havent smoked in 30 days...but at day 40, im lighting up!"
i did try a cig since then - holy crap, flavor country it was not. now i can smell cigs everywhere - and they reek.
So .............. . . . . . .I had to revive this thread . . . . . . . i hadnt posted about it for a while. And i regret to inform, that over the summer, during vacation, i picked it up again, smoking that is. Since the ned of September, i have been trying to quit once again, but wasnt as commited as last time. Before it was hard to stop, but real easy to stay stopped. This time its real easy to stop, but real hard to stay stopped. Last time, i think it was easier to stay stopped because i made it more public what i was doing, and had the support of many, this time, im keeping it more private, so i guess i should make it public once again, and see if that helps.
This weekend i did not smoke saturday or sunday. Monday, i smoked a half a pack, and yesterday i had 1 cigarette on the way to work early in the day. Today, i have not had a cigarette, and i am considering it day 2. I shouldnt have smoked that one early in the day, but that made it harder to go the rest of the day, so i am considering it day 1.
So, we shall see. Im gonna do it again. Cigarettes suck. How much control they have. Even when i dont want one, something makes me drive to the store and get out and buy them. I going to start using the 3 dollars a day i save and buy a 3 dollar scratch off ticket, maybe ill win some money.
Post by trippindaisy on Jan 24, 2007 13:19:26 GMT -5
I quit cold turkey almost 2 years ago. I had a few minor break downs in the first few months (usually when drinking was involved!), but now I have no desire to smoke and hate the smell of cigarettes. I kept LOTS of gum on hand and that helped me lots. I did however gain about 10lbs, but I was tiny anyway so it's ok
I actually dipped snuff from the time I was about 15 til I was 31. I have been dip free now for over 2 years.
Can't say much though cause, like I said above, I picked up the damn cigs in its place.
I remember being tempted last year at The Motet because Ryan's friend from Cinci was dipping the whole time. I didn't though, I smoked a cig instead!!
I think that has to be one of the most unattractive and nasty habits anyone could ever have. I'm glad you quit!
AMEN to that sister!!!! When you do it, it is hard fo you to see how disgusting it really is. Now that I have been stopped for so long, just the smell turns my stomach. And the constant spitting, ugh!!!
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
), but you aren't allowed to smoke anywhere near the field anymore, so that should be relatively easy. Then I'm going to a party my friend's family is throwing which is kind of a family-friendly, non-smoking scene.
but other than that, that part of my life will be over. 
