I know it's killing me, But can't help it...
What the He%L does that mean exactly??? Is there anyone else out there who knows what I mean? |
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Sure do, I am tryyyyyinnng real hard to kick it too, gave up 2 years ago with the help of patches, went through a stressful year 2005 and started again!! Just find with me it brings the stress levels down, I do love them and I know they are terrible for my health, I have to find a way to relax without them  My favourite one is after a long day to sit and light up with coffee or tea Aaaah, it is a love affair I'm afraid and so hard to quit. |
| My daughter went out with my son to a nightclub a couple weeks ago, and smoked the first cigarette she's ever smoked in her life (she's 26). When she and her brother were little they were always trying to get me to quit. Especially since my Father had to have one of his lungs removed because of lung cancer. He lived for another 35 years, but he was a rare exception. Anyway she told me after she smoked the cigarette she realize for the first time what I had been struggling with. She could not believe how powerful of an addiction smoking really is. She said for days afterwards she thought about having another one. She didn't thankfully, but the thought that after smoking one cigarette could effect someone like that. Anyway she reached an appreciation for just how difficult it is to quit. My father quit, only after they had diagnosed the cancer. He was so incredibly lucky that it was detected early enough that it could be completely removed. Anyway after reading all these posts, and the pep talk I got from Ron when I first join (by the way thanks Ron!), I've decided to try again. Perhaps with the support of a group of people who are going through the same thing I am, I'll be more sucessful. |
| Honey, I love(d) smoking. I estimate that for every 100 cigarettes I smoke(d), I enjoyed 97 of them. That's a high percentage of love. I got up earlier on Saturdays than I did during the week just so I could sit with a pot of coffee and half a pack of smokes.
Lisa, you said the one thing that I think stops a lot of people from quitting. "I'm afraid." I was afraid and sometimes still am. Because how can I not smoke? How can I do things without smoking? Smoking was a huge part of my life and a huge part of me and it's unimaginable to exist without smoking. I hate to admit it, but life does go on without smoking. It's different, but still there. I found I can handle Saturday and Sunday mornings without my usual half a pack before getting dressed. I don't want to sound smug because I'm not. I'm just sayin' that it can be done. I also refer to myself as a smoker who doesn't smoke. |
| Deograine--I can't believe your daughter made it to 26 without smoking in NC! Isn't is one of the smoking capitals? I know here is VA EVERYONE smokes. They tried to introduce one of those bills to ban smoking in restaurants last year and it was dropped faster than a hot potato!
That's interesting that she wanted one afterwards. I have only tried one drag in my entire life when I was about 20 and I found it to be the most vile, pointless thing to do and I couldn't hand it back to my friend fast enough! Keep it up everyone. Just think of how much money you'll save and how much better your lungs will feel. |
| Well she actually grew up in TN. I just moved here about 6 months ago. But Tennessee is like North Carolina and Virginia--big tobacco country. She absolutely hated that I smoked, coupled with the fact that she was always the good girl--honor student, civic volunteer--all that stuff. I think now that she's in grad school, she occasionally has this need to rattle the whole "good girl" image from time to time. |
| Tell her to get a tattoo! Or a motorcycle! |
| She did the tatoos last year |
Well, I guess it's the motorcycle next! 
Or maybe piercings?  |
| god bless all of you for having the strength and courage to quit. I'm a weak person when it comes to that. I can last about 2 days, IF THAT. I wish I had that strength. If I didn't like it so much, it would be much much easier. |
| TRY THE GUM |
I was told the gum was just as addicting, and something about having serious side effects. I wonder if there is any truth to that....Hmmm  |
| The gum will help you break the smoking habit. Some people do get addicted to the gum... but then you can wean yourself off the gum with non-nicotine gum.
The nicotine is the addictive part and raises your blood pressure and constricts your blood vessels and may cause some high-blood-pressure issues and long term circulatory problems; the smoke with all the chemicals and tars is probably what causes the cancer. Perhaps the combination of the two is the most lethal. Your choice
I wound up using 4 out of the 104 piece starter pack that I bought. It got me over the hump. |
I Dream Of Sheepie wrote: We all know what cigarettes can and will do to the human body. And yet, no matter how many times I say to myself that I'm killing myself, I can't quit. I actually enjoy smoking.... It's like a love affair. Sometimes I hate it, sometimes I need it, but I always enjoy a cigarette with herbal tea at night.
What the He%L does that mean exactly??? Is there anyone else out there who knows what I mean? Me too, exactly.... |
I Dream Of Sheepie wrote: I'm a weak person
You are NOT a weak person, only a person who hasn't found the right motivation yet. And like Paula, I love to smoke, it's relaxing and takes the edge off. But I know it's bad so I'm trying to quit again. |
I'd like to try....I can see that there is support here. Perhaps that should help me. Thanks
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How stupid is this, I quit for 5 years and then started again  Quitting is something that only works when you're ready. When that happens we'll all be here to cheer you on  |
| My sister did the exact thing. She told me it was stress related and she "NEEDED" a cigarette.
Growing up I thought it was absolutely disgusting and couldn't stand the smell of it. Bllgghhh...And now look at me. I really do want to quit most of the time because I'm starting to despise it...But for you smokers who can understand this one... there is always that one drag that makes you go.."ahhhhh" (sigh)... I'll know when I'm 100% ready....I'm at 80%. Once it starts getting real hot out I KNOW I wont want to smoke. I can't stand smoking in the heat. BLLGGGGHHH |
It's mid-morning here and no smokes yet!!, see what happens later in the day, usually have had a few by now Tonight will probably be a different story, but at least maybe starting with just cutting the number down slowly might help. I tried the gum and felt like a cow chewing it's cud. Nicotine patches did work and stopped the smokes 2 years, so maybe will go and see about them again if the cravings gets bad. Maybe I should get a bubble pipe like brie and sit and blow bubbles all day  |
| Have you thought about the logenzes. They are like the gum, except your not chewing. I had better luck with them the last time I tried to quit--made it about 6 months, until I ran into some heavy duty personal stress and started up again. |
| If I recall correctly, there's "a way" to chew the gum.
I seem to remember that you chew it for a little bit until you feel it start to tingle, then you "park" it between your cheek and gum for a couple of minutes, then repeat. It's been, what 8 years since I quit... I don't recall exactly, but you shouldn't be chewing all that much! |
I Dream Of Sheepie wrote: I'll know when I'm 100% ready....I'm at 80%.
Lol. I quit a year ago (in fact, it may have been a year ago this week) and I'm still at 80%! I never really wanted to quit but I caught pneumonia. Let me tell you guys, if you're looking for a great deterrent, get yourself a nice case of that. It was like getting punched in the chest with every inhale. I hit rock bottom when I had a smoke in one hand and an inhaler in the other. At that point I found smoking to be too much effort so I stopped. My laziness always reigns supreme! After a year, I find I still miss the act of it on occasion but I don't miss the daily routine anymore, which was always much harder for me. I could never even consider the gum or patch because I never particularly cared about the nicotine-- don't get me wrong, I liked it but it wasn't imperative. James used to say that I wasn't a "real" smoker. I've now reached the point where I still want to smoke every once in awhile for fun, but it really isn't fun. I guess that's when you know you're done! |
I find it is also something to do with the hands as well, when I did not smoke for 2 years took up craft, grooming more (nearly bald sheepies LOL) to satisfy what to do with my hands. I know this sounds silly but when you think about it you seem to be lifting your hand with the smoke init to your mouth constantly throughout the day, then when you give up the hands seem out of place with nothing to do . Deograine the lozengers sound interesting, I did find with the patches they raised my blood pressure and I was constantly flushed till I worked my way down to lower nicotine patches then finally off them. I know, why back on them, such a crappy year with stress, once you light up, BANG, addicted again, silly silly me!!!  |
| Stress seems to be the common thread for all of us. If we could just get rid of that the rest would be easy |
I Dream Of Sheepie wrote: god bless all of you for having the strength and courage to quit. I'm a weak person when it comes to that. I can last about 2 days, IF THAT. I wish I had that strength. If I didn't like it so much, it would be much much easier.
I'm with you, I want to quit soooo bad. And that's about as far as I get. I think about quitting and end up smoking 2x as much in a panic of letting go. Many years ago I moved to Florida and had to make the switch to american ciggy's, I was sooo ill from the difference in tobacco but being the trooper I am, I stuck it out and stuck with it until I adapted to the taste....
I keep hoping one day I will wake up and the desire to quit will be stronger than the desire to smoke. Here's to miracles. |
| Your NOT stupid at all.I quit also for like 2yrs and dARN it i picked it up again!! So far I havent had a cig,and my cravings have died down.Something silly I found out tho.i was craving a cig so badly last week end,like give me a smoke OR Ill rip your face off.Well my daughter had some SOUR gum,I said what he heck,I poped a piece in and BOOM!!!!the sour over rode my cig craving.How silly is that??Once my craving passed I spit it out and was fine. How is everyone else doing?Im over a week today so knock on wood!!!  |
| 16 hours - no cigarette!! I want to see how bad my craving will get, and how strong I am mentally. |
| Wow fantastic news, I am still puffing away Have cut down though, 16 hours is amazing, what are you doing to fill in the time for cravings. Are you on anything, say gum, patches or lozengers or just willpower? |
| I washed my hair two times today....Sounds funny I know. My hair is down to my tooshie....It takes a good 2 and a half hours to wash and dry. So I did that two times today to keep me busy on my day off. It is NOT easy. I ate a little while ago and now it's starting to bother me that I don't have a cigarette in my hand. I know if I go out on the patio, I'll smoke. Trying to stay indoors at least for tonight. thanks - Someone posted that "you'll never be ready" - and it's really true. So I thought what the heck. I want to see how strong I really am to quit. Now it's the losing weight part from last years illness that worries me now that I'm not smoking.
I became rather ill last year with pneumonia and wound up hospitalized. Being bed ridden for almost two months, I sat around and ate. I also had to take these HUGE horse pills because I had/have Cooley's Anemia and needed a LOT of iron in my system.....So I was all messed up. I also saw a post about someone having pneumonia, and as Sick as I was and as hard as it was for me to breathe, I would still try and smoke at least once a day. Even if it meant taking one puff and dying the butt out. Crazy, huh??? And yes, it does feel like someone is jabbing you in the back stealing your air. Worst pain you could ever imagine.... not pretty. In any event, being that I'm sitting down most of the day doing what I do, I'm not exactly getting exercise. Getting sick like that really screwed everything up last year health wise. Now I'm struggling to lose weight AND quit smoking................. oi oi oi.... |
| I read that Ashley Judd stuggled with quitting for years and when she finally did, she drank green tea like there's no tomorrow to flush out her system. |
| I tried for years to quit smoking with no luck, I tried everything from hypnotherapy to the gum with no luck until last year when the doc prescribed me some tablets (Zyban) and they worked I didn't smoke for 6 months and then put myself in a bad situation and took it up again I'm off to the doc on Wednesday for another script.
When I tried to quit with the patches the cravings were so bad that the kids begged me to have a smoke or they was gonna move me into the dog house permanently at least with the tablets the cravings are controlled but then I had to figure out what to do with my hands and oh when my sense of smell came back I started cleaning EVERYTHING, curtains got washed all the clothes in the house found their way to the laundry talk about a good incentive to do the spring cleaning. |
| I DID IT...I DID IT!! It's been 32 hours with no cigarette. A few days ago I only had 2.
The longest I went before that....18 hours. I'm trying to quit mostly because I don't want to die of cancer. I don't like feeling ill. And I'm killing myself slowly. I was told to look at them as "cancer sticks". That's what I'm doing. |
| You go girl! |
| I lost count on how many hours....But I know it's been almost two full days!! Still no cigarette!!! WOO WOO!! |
| eeeeeeeeexcellent! |
I bombed.... I had a cigarette yesterday. Three of them actually. And it just so happened to be after I ate something.
Will look into the gum option.... |
| Don't worry about the three... get back on the wagon and don't smoke any more! It's not a failure, just a one day set-back.
Get and try the gum! Good idea! |
| Try and keep at it! Instead of counting the lapses, try and celebrate every cigarette you didn't have!! You can do it!! |
You did well, one set back but a few days without them WOW, congratulations that was an awesome effort. As Val said forget about counting lapses, CELEBRATE the ones you did not have. WOOO HOOO 
I've cut back but you have done well |
| Ok.....Where did that dancing banana come from? That is hysterical....
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