Reply With QuoteHang in there Pardner, you "can" do it.
I've smoked for nearly 9 years now, I'm sure some of you longer since you're older, but no matter the age or length it still sucks to quit. That said, sorry if I offend anyone or go on an all out rampage on the keyboard because of my lack of nicotine.
This is a preemptive apology. Only good for about a week, I should chill out by next weekend lol
Hang in there Pardner, you "can" do it.
As someone who has kicked smokes, and then dip every day without gets easier. The first 24 hours are rough.Originally Posted by mazda3gun
It helps to address cravings with physical exercise I found. After a run or even a good brisk walk your lungs feel so alive the idea of putting smoke in them will be slightly repugnant. It will also give you a sense of winning.
When I quit, I used the substitution method.
I substituted smoking for sex.
Then my 'ol lady found out....
And I'll probably continue to smoke after the swelling in my lips goes down a bit.
'Scuse me while I whip this out...!
HAHAHAHA! Classy! That's what my girl said to do too!
Heck with that. I quit 1979 and started again this year. But they are all natural so they are good for me. Besides, you want a gravestone says "this man died of nothing?"
Now I like your way of thinking. I tell my doctor the same thing when he loads me up with medications I don't take.
I have my very own private pharmacy.
'Scuse me while I whip this out...!
I've replaced with beer and food. Been skinny my whole life til now, probably die a fatty! HAHA!
To the OP: Congratulations on being brave enough to take control of your life. You are also brave to admit, in a public forum like this, that you have a problem you wish to solve. You have my wholehearted support. I think you will find that most of the members here will support you fully.
As for me, no lectures, no guilt, no sympathy (but lots of empathy), and no condescending attitude. However you certainly do have as much support as I can give you for when you need it most.
My wife and her sister smoked over 40 years. They switched to the E water vapor CIG and have not smoked for nearly 3 years with no desire to go back. They are down to nearly no nicotine now, plus they smell better! You may want to give it s try.
Jan 31st will be my 3rd anniversary for quitting after 20 years of smoking. I took Chantex which really, REALLY helps with the nicotine cravings, so all I had to deal with was keeping my hands busy and occasionally having something in my mouth when the urge really kicked up.
For the mouth thing I just did Brach's candies or Lifesaver's mints. I'd buy a $1.99 bag at Speedway almost every day and just pop one in my mouth to suck on every time I had the urge for a cigarette. Did that for about a month before the urges for a smoke had all but totally subsided.
Not going nuts because I felt the need to be doing something with my hands all the time was a little tougher to find a solution for. I tried click pens (drove everyone around me nuts) and a stress ball, but neither really helped. Best solution I found was just to keep myself as busy as possible so I wouldn't get bored or think about it. Put together a list of all those crappy things that need done around the house that you've been putting off doing and get to work on them. Take up a new hobby, find a mistress, whatever it takes. lol
Trust me, it gets lots easier after the first week or two, and even more so after the first month or so. I won't lie and tell you I don't still get a small craving for a smoke every time I see someone light up, but it's totally manageable and just thinking about how much money I'm saving keeps temptation at bay.
Good luck!
"Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
“Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain
Good for you guys. I do wish you all the luck in the world. I'm trying to lose weight right now, so I know sort of what your going through.
I quit on Jan. 6, 2006 and haven't looked back and that was after smoking for 32yrs. It was hard to do but once I made up my mind it was going to happen it did.
Sounds like the VA. Send you home with a suitcase. I don't do them wonder pills either.
I quit using the patch when it first came out. My wife worked for a Dr. that wanted a guinea pig. That was over 20 yrs ago and haven't smoked since. Good luck to you,you won't regret it.
"An armed society is a polite society"
"...shall not be infringed" What's the confusion?
The patch makes me worse. Tried it before. I'm using nicorette, will power, and staying busy. That's my plan anyway
Feel your pain I am on my third week of quitting dipping. Only advice I can give you is once you stop don't ever start back. I quit for a little over a year in 08. It has been much harder this go around. I quit many times since but would only go 2 or 3 days before I couldn't take it.
[QUOTE=fgw_in_fla;256183]We told you so...[/QUOTE]
One buddy was going to quit chew. He ductaped a wad of copenhagen to his arm
BTW, when I did quit 1979 I just went cold turkey, worked 34 years! You all can do it.
Just remember "YOUCANDOIT" personalty have NEVER smoked but from what my Brother went through i can understand what it is to STOP SMOKING.
I was lucky or unlucky as the case my be. The unlucky part, I tried my best to cut off the ends of two fingers a few years ago. The surgeon gave me a choice, he could take them off that evening or if I quit smoking he would give me a 90% chance keeping them. From his years of experience the success rate reattaching body parts was about 10% for smokers. I choose door number one!
The lucky part, I simply quit cold turkey that evening. I didn't need patches or anything else. No, I didn't kick the dogs or chase Maw around the house with a dull ax. I was the same miserable old goat as usual!
I don't know if he was being honest or it was his way of getting me to quit but in any case other than puff'n on an occasional stogie I haven't smoked since.
Bill
Each morning eat a live green toad, it will be the worst thing you'll have face all day.
Thanks for the continuing support! Some of your stories are quite amusing and make it suck just a lil less while quitting. Even if it is at your own expense, I'm not laughing at you- just with you.
Yes, you are at risk for far more of all diseases if you smoke. So the dr was right, your body will heal better without the cigarettes.
As to your thread title.
Let me suggest you change your attitude about it. You do not lose anything by quitting. You gain something. And a whole lot. You get better health and all that goes with it. You get your sense of smell and taste back.
You no longer smell like all the chemicals that get on you, and in your car, and in your house from the smoke.
Do you want to die of nothing? Well, it is never nothing. How about die of old age, rather than of lung cancer.
dc
I quit for 2.5 years, then decided I could "have just one". Was back smoking a pack a day within the week, and continued to smoke for the next 7 years. I didn't really want to quit then, and thought about it all the time.
This time I quit because of my son. I decided I should probably take a little better care of myself, so I could be around for awhile. It was a year in October, and I don't miss it one bit this time.
Good luck!
well ill be 79 come april. i quit when i was 20 because they just didnt agree with me. back then they were supposedly
good for you according to guys like arthur godfrey who later died of lung cancer.
im still hunting and this year shot another nice buck at some decent distance.
i frankly wont bother much with people who smoke. it just bothers me when im around it.
How are you hanging in there Mazda? It ain`t easy, but nothing worth anything ever is. It will be one of the best things you will ever do.
One of the best decisions I ever made. Next month will mark my 13 year smoke and chew free.
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