?Tips to quit smoking? [Archive] - Literature Network Forums

B-Mental

01-06-2008, 02:59 AM

Ok, when it comes to quitting there are a couple of methods...

1.) Just go dry turkey. Might work some of the time, but has a high incidence of relapse.

2.) Ween yourself off. Slowly reducing what you smoke.

3.) Medication or patches. Probably most effective.

The thing about it is you really need to be committed to it. I've been quitting or in the process of quitting for several months now. I went from smoking the big labels to smoking the American Spirits. They have no additives, but are still harmful. The natural tobacco burns slower, this turns a lot of people off. I like that I can smoke one cigarette in the time someone else smokes three. I then took it to a further stage of replacement. I smoke a mild cigar instead of cigarettes. This cigar smoke is not inhaled, and I still get a little bit of the nic rush from the cigar. Ideally I need to quit this too. We'll see, I haven't had a cigarette in 3 weeks, and no cigars for about a week now.

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 03:14 AM

congrats, and ciggars just repel me... blah, ickyness lol. thanks for the advice i tried the cold turkey thing, and well i culdnt put up with myself... i was a B to everyone...so ill have to go with method 2
thanks b

kiz_paws

01-06-2008, 03:29 AM

Steph, Mother-Hubbard of this site has mentioned in her blog about a self-help cd that she has been listening to. Anyhow, it has made her not desire sweets anymore, but she could elaborate more on what it is doing. But I thought, if it works on sweet cravings -- wouldn't it also work for cigarette cravings?

I quit for three years, BUT in August of this past year (2007 was a dooooozy for me and my family) I have succumbed to indulging in more than a few cigarettes a week. Not proud, but that is my story .. :(

GOOD LUCK to you Steph -- you can do it (btw, how the heck did you hide the odour of three packs a day??). My hubby has a bionic nose (at least I think that he does) and if I have a ciggie, he is sure to notice!

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 03:35 AM

B-Mental

01-06-2008, 03:39 AM

Oh, someone mentioned having your ears stapled. Its an inexpensive accupuncture practice.

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 03:41 AM

lol...uhh what would that do...and well i think i might have too many peircings now to have anyroom for staples lol.

kiz_paws

01-06-2008, 03:42 AM

lol i never realy tried to, i have a "smoking jacket" that i wear to go smoke in, and take it off when i come in...but other than that i have to smoke outside of corse, and we constantly have bonfires so i dont think they give it any thought that it isnt ciggarett smoke.
Ha ha, I thought I was the only one who had to wear a "smoking jacket" -- but what about your hair? I put on my 'smoking bonnet' for that (it is a kerchief).... omg I am giving away all my stupid secrets all for a cigarette.... isn't this crazy? WE need to stop smoking! :sick:

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 03:46 AM

lol yep yep yep hoodie... so no bonnet needed. and yes we do, otherwise im going to go broke from mip's and fines... well goodluck to our quest... we can be quitting buddies

kiz_paws

01-06-2008, 03:49 AM

go broke from mip's and finesWhat exactly is a MIP? You lost me there, oh quit-smoking-buddy dear!

Also, do you wash your hands after the cig and then put some fancy hand lotion on them? (see, all my nasty secrets)... :alien:

SleepyWitch

01-06-2008, 04:56 AM

wow, Steph, you crazy kid, how can you smoke 3 pks a day?how many cigs are there in a pack over there? ...sorry, no offence, I smoke myself...

try to replace smoking by another (HARMLESS) addiction. I tried this once and it worked pretty well. helped me to quit smoking for three quarters of a year.
e.g. buy a jar of black olives (it doesn't matter whether you like them or not) and whenever you feel a 'craving', tell yourself it's a craving for olives. then eat one or two. if you do this regularly, your brain will start to think it's addicted to olives rather than smoking. it doesn't need to be olives, but make sure it's something moderately healthy, you don't want to gobble a bar of chocolate every time you want a smoke :)

haha, if you are really serious about it, tell your parents and they will strangle you a little, but if you survive it, you'll never smoke again :D ;)

B-Mental

01-06-2008, 04:58 AM

Ooh sleepy, I already do that with green olives. The best thing is that the olives are really good for you skin, and then your skin glows.

SleepyWitch

01-06-2008, 05:08 AM

Ooh sleepy, I already do that with green olives. The best thing is that the olives are really good for you skin, and then your skin glows.

yep, and another bonus is that their taste is quite strong and takes some getting used to. it's an aquired taste, just like smoking.
steph, if you happen to love olives, pick something different. something you don't like.. dunno, capers? many people hate capers

ClaesGefvenberg

01-06-2008, 06:11 AM

Interesting subject, to say the least. First of all, for the record, I have not even once in my entire life tried smoking, so some of the aspects in this discussion are beyond me. I hope you can forgive my ignorance. :blush: Still, I feel pretty strongly about the subject: As it happens, I have suffered a good deal from other peoples smoke... Anyway: I wish you good luck, and hope you make it.
okay, so i recently got a MIPEr...? You lost me right away. What is that?

but, I cant seem to complety STOP... any hints, tips, or tricks that you or somone you know used to quitThe most successful quitter I have met to date, is a former employee of my father: He was about to light up a cig in his car, when all of a sudden it came to him: -"what in :rage: am I DOING?". A few seconds later he had chucked it all out the window: Cigarettes, lighter and the habit! He has never touched the stuff since...

...and no my parents don't know they would strangle me...Are you certain about that? I would have thought that three packs a day would be impossible to hide... I have been known to detect smokers (of much less than three packs a day) from the 1:st floor when they have entered the front door.

The thing about it is you really need to be committed to it.I think that is the major factor. As I said, I have never been a smoker, but it is obvious that quitting must be a harrowing experience.

/Claes

Koa

01-06-2008, 08:04 AM

I'm also not a smoker although I have tried cigarettes in more than one occasion, never really liked it. But I'm addicted to chocolate and I'm never going to give that up (although I don't eat 3kg a day and I can go full days without it obviously) so I always try to think of that when I meet smokers.

My points are: I still can't believe you can cope with the horrible smell... maybe you are so used to to it that you don't notice how awful it is...

And then, isn't smoking horribly expensive??? Think about all the money you're wasting, save the money for every packet you didn't buy, and buy yourself something big and nice after 6 months!

SleepyWitch

01-06-2008, 08:10 AM

My points are: I still can't believe you can cope with the horrible smell... maybe you are so used to to it that you don't notice how awful it is...

well, I can only speak for myself.. I hate the smell, my coat stinks like one of those tramps you can see in the tube or at train stations :sick:
but that won't make me quit... but you've brought up a very good point here, Koa. I read somewhere that if you want to quit, you should first of all wash all your clothes. so wash your smoking jacket, Steph

Koa

01-06-2008, 08:15 AM

well, I can only speak for myself.. I hate the smell, my coat stinks like one of those tramps you can see in the tube or at train stations :sick:
but that won't make me quit... but you've brought up a very good point here, Koa. I read somewhere that if you want to quit, you should first of all wash all your clothes. so wash your smoking jacket, Steph

Well that's what I dislike (no offence) about smokers, they come near you with that stinking smell and you think 'what have i done to deserve this'... I always say that I'm fine about smokers as long as they do it far away from me so I'm tolerant when after their smoke they come near me and I feel like fainting... but still, I think it's the worst aspect of it.

Lol once at school a girl asked me to pick something from her bag. Her bag was next to her friend's bag and they were identical. I recognised hers because when I leaned towards it, it smelled of smoke...:sick:

Virgil

01-06-2008, 11:17 AM

I hate the smell too. Koa, most smokers don't even realize they reek of smoke. They are practicaly numb to it.

papayahed

01-06-2008, 11:34 AM

ugh. I know, every time I come back from a trip back home I have to wash all my cloths I brought with me. Just sitting in my Mom's house they seem to pick up the smell, this time I swear even my make up brushes stunk.

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 06:33 PM

Bakiryu

01-06-2008, 06:37 PM

Have you tried chewing gum?

I've never smoked but it helps with my chocolate-addiction. :blush:

stephofthenight

01-06-2008, 06:39 PM

lol gum...i chew gum non stop...even when smoking...

Koa

01-06-2008, 08:54 PM

err wow, i forget that not all countrys have gay smoking ages... you have to be 18 to legaly smoke...im 15, and a mip is minor is possesion...and a nice 500$ fine that doubles each time you get one... yeah i sell marykay so i have all the satin hand stuff and lip stuff :D i tried the just quit and no one could deal with me i was a major jerk to say the least...

When I was a teenager, a law came making it illegal for people who were under 16 (I think) to buy cigarettes. My friends were like 13 but went on buying them anyway :D The wonders of living in Italy, some laws just get ignored :lol:

i do try to be consideret, which is why i smoke outside, and only in that one jacket so the rest of the stuff doesnt smell like smoke, what i smoke is marblo menthol's and there is about 20($6/pk)...yes i know thats 60($18) a day...

But... just wondering about the jacket thing... does it mean you change into that jacket 60 times a day, every time you smoke a cig? (well I guess a few of them are smoked in a row). And what about summer? It seems so unpractical to me that I'd stop smoking because it's too much effort :D I'm SO lazy. I also always say that I'd stop smoking because I'd hate to go outside when it's cold. Hmm I guess it's not wonder I've never smoked as a habit lol.

Oh I knew this girl, she made me understand the expression "chain smoker" as I had never met one before but she was, and it was so damn annoying (I would always manage to sit in the direction her smoke was going!:sick: ). She was boasting that she could quit any time she wanted, as in fact she did every time she went back at her parents', as they didn't know. I didn't believe that. One day she said she was quitting, and I haven't seen her hold a cigarette anymore :eek: though I suppose she must have started again at some point, we only were in the same place for 3 months and I haven't seen her since.
Still in those 3 months, my housemate smoked a little, and he quit because he lost a bet. He was so damn annoying after he quit!

Bakiryu

01-06-2008, 09:57 PM

I don't think you should be smoking, since you're so young and pregnant! (at last, i think that's you)

what about nicotine patches and just carrying one of those coffee straw thingies on your mouth?

applepie

01-07-2008, 01:37 AM

as far as hiding it, the wonders of the usa everything comes in small spray bottles... mouthwash, handsanatiser, and frebreeze smoke elimnater... and they would kill me... very overdramatic parents...

Wow Steph, I've no idea how you really manage to hide even a pack a day habit. I would almost venture to guess that your mom and dad know, and they've decided not to say a thing. Saying something about it normally just makes it worse. I can't say that not wanting you to smoke falls in the overdramatic category. I was a smoker for quite a few years, and I would have my kids heads if they ever pick it up. It is such a nasty habit, and it is one that's hard to break.

So, here's my advice... first, change brands. Stop buying the usual all together. Get a cheaper version like the Doral menthol or something totally different. They will taste nasty, I know;) that is part of the point. Then start cutting out one cig each week until you are down to only one or two a day. It takes a lot of will power to get that far, but when you do, then cold turkey it the rest of the way. It may mean not hanging out with others who smoke for a few months. It took me almost six months to finally stop wanting one if I saw a friend light one up. It did work, though. Almost three years later, and I've yet to smoke again. I don't even have one if I am enjoying a beer anymore. Good luck to you.

Sweets America

01-07-2008, 03:20 AM

You should read Stephen King's short story entitled 'Quitters, Inc.', it proposes a radical way to stop smoking which has a hundred percent success. :D

stephofthenight

01-07-2008, 03:32 AM

I don't think you should be smoking, since you're so young and pregnant! (at last, i think that's you)

what about nicotine patches and just carrying one of those coffee straw thingies on your mouth?

toothpicks over coffee straws...

and umm:( i thought everyone knew already...i umm. lost the twins...

stephofthenight

01-07-2008, 03:35 AM

i smoke three times a day.... morning around 6am or so (breakfast) noon around 12 (lunch) and night around 6pm (supper) and sometimes casualy other times when im around friends and all... but i tend to chain smoke a pack at a time...

mukta581

01-07-2008, 04:16 AM

Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits for you and your loved ones.

Take deep breaths. Distract yourself.
When cravings hit, do something else immediately, such as talking to someone, getting busy with a task, or taking deep breaths.

ClaesGefvenberg

01-07-2008, 04:31 AM

im 15, and a mip is minor is possesion...and a nice 500$ fine that doubles each time you get one... yeah i sell marykay so i have all the satin hand stuff and lip stuff :D i tried the just quit and no one could deal with me i was a major jerk to say the least....Ah. I figured it had to be something like that. Um... OK, here it comes: If you smoke so much (indeed at all) at the age of 15, I have to tell you what you probably already know: You are really hurting yourself. Please, do whatever it takes to put a stop to it.

ehh i try to make sure i dont smell like smoke... i have a shower obsession lol, like 6 a day...And the smell will still be there. Not as strong, but it will be there...

i cant stand the smell of smoke, but i enjoy smoking, and the taste doesnt bother me... althou my girlfriend hates to be around me after i smoke becuase of the taste so......so there you have another very good reason to chuck the habit (You need a load of good reasons to convince yourself, right?).

and they would kill me... very overdramatic parents...Yes, well, parents tend to be that way, and I should know. :blush: Anyway, look: You will get busted sooner or later (probably sooner). You know that, I suppose? Yet another good reason to quit. Do it. Now...

I hope you don't think I'm coming down too hard on you, but I already told you that I feel strongly about the subject. Here is why: My mother spent her entire working life as a nurse, and a good deal of that time she worked at a ward dealing exclusively with lung diseases. You see it coming now? As a kid I sometimes visited her there. I met people sitting in wheelchairs, and as kids do, I naturally asked what had happened to them. Well, it turned out that most of them had been smoking their lungs to pieces to such an extent that they no longer had the strength to stand up. At the time I regarded them as old, but today I realize that many of them were younger than I am today... ...and there they were, spending their days in death's waiting room.

/Claes

mukta581

01-07-2008, 04:37 AM

Change your habits. Use a different route to work, eat breakfast in a different place, or get up from the table right away after eating.

stephofthenight

01-07-2008, 04:43 PM

yay!!! for not having smoked at all today sorry i was kinda excited there...

okay...i had half of one...:bawling:

Koa

01-07-2008, 05:07 PM

:eek: From 60 to half...I'd call that a result! Congrats! Keep going and don't think of the half you had, think of the 59 and a half you didn't have! And really, add up the price of the packs you didn't buy and buy yourself a present when you've succeded!

ClaesGefvenberg

01-07-2008, 05:31 PM

yay!!! for not having smoked at all today sorry i was kinda excited there...

okay...i had half of one...:bawling:Good on you mate :thumbs_up If you can skip 59.5, surely it must be a piece of cake to skip the last half as well, right? ;)

Ok, seriously: You are now in withdrawal... I can imagine how tough that must be, and it will probably stay that way for some time, but don't give in. You owe yourself that much.

And hey: Try not to bite the heads off people around you, ok?

/Claes

papayahed

01-07-2008, 06:42 PM

How long does it take to smoke 60 cigarettes a day?

SleepyWitch

01-07-2008, 06:59 PM

could you guys do me a favour and wean me off smoking, too, after you're finished with steph?

papayahed

01-07-2008, 07:04 PM

could you guys do me a favour and wean me off smoking, too, after you're finished with steph?

Have you seen the movie Dead Again? There's a scene in the nursing home that made me want to start smoking just so I could quit after seeing that scene.

mukta581

01-08-2008, 03:24 AM

Exercise regularly and moderately. Regular exercise helps. Joining an exercise group provides a healthy activity and a new routine.

mukta581

01-08-2008, 03:27 AM

Exercise regularly and moderately. Regular exercise helps. Joining an exercise group provides a healthy activity and a new routine.

ClaesGefvenberg

01-08-2008, 05:34 AM

could you guys do me a favour and wean me off smoking, too, after you're finished with steph?Alas, no... You have to do that yourself, but we can and will cheer you on :thumbs_up

/Claes

stephofthenight

01-08-2008, 08:41 AM

Good on you mate :thumbs_up If you can skip 59.5, surely it must be a piece of cake to skip the last half as well, right? ;)

Ok, seriously: You are now in withdrawal... I can imagine how tough that must be, and it will probably stay that way for some time, but don't give in. You owe yourself that much.

And hey: Try not to bite the heads off people around you, ok?

/Claes

well i ended up with a pack yesterday... but thats still only a third...

and yes i was in serious withdrawl...and i will try, no promises thou on not biteing peoples heads off today during class but yesterday i locked myself in my room...

excersise...im on the track team...yes weird i know, but i love running so i do long distance (another reason i have to stop) and throw discuss

sleepy, take half of what you smoke and throw it in the firepace, put your money and keys in a hard to get place that way you arent tempted to get more... or wash them...and just refuse to go but more... im chewing on toothpicks becuase i can fool myself into thinking its a cigg. and all. but hey if you realy want to quit dont buy anymore and last pack it... tis another thing i have 2 packs left... i refuse to buy more...

mukta581

01-08-2008, 10:37 AM

Avoid places you connect with smoking.

muktanandan

01-08-2008, 11:33 AM

;) Why do you guys require tips to quit smoking. I have quitted smoking on numerous occasions and I never needed a tip to do that.;)

Jokes apart, one of the best ways for people addicted to smoking is to gradually increase the time interval between smoking and reducing the daily intake in a phased manner. This being highly effective also keeps away the side effects of sudden quitting experienced by some people.

kiz_paws

01-08-2008, 12:44 PM

You should read Stephen King's short story entitled 'Quitters, Inc.', it proposes a radical way to stop smoking which has a hundred percent success. :D

Ha ha! Good one, Sweets. :thumbs_up

ClaesGefvenberg

01-08-2008, 02:58 PM

well i ended up with a pack yesterday... but thats still only a third...Yes... One pack is far better than three of them, but don't give up. Stop altogether. I believe you can do it. Prove me right.

tis another thing i have 2 packs left... i refuse to buy more...Good. So throw them on a bonfire... Do not smoke them! You are quitting, remember? You are going to be a non smoker...

/Claes

Hira

01-09-2008, 04:49 AM

My uncle had a serious kinda heart attack and he quit. Right there and then. Don't know how he did it. He was addicted to it quite severely, several packs. Its been three years and he hasn't smoked since then. Not scaring you or anything. But you are already quitting anyway. Keep it going :thumbs_up

mukta581

01-09-2008, 11:04 AM

Listen to relaxing music.

Nightshade

01-09-2008, 12:40 PM

My mum quit, cold turkey lasted about 3/4 years then she started again (most likley because my dad never quit) and funerals and things well *shrug*
Anyway I rember she did it with this website.. and they had you do projects and things for every period of time...I think I rember her saying that the first 7 months are the worst because it takes that long to get the nicotine out of your system.

Anyway not quite the same but Ive found the best way to cure myself of certain habits is to keep your hands busy, took up sewing, quit=ing , crochette, embroidery ( theory being as long as my hand s are busy doing something they cant be busy snacking. And itt worked.... till I went to uni and didnt have room for the sewing stuff so started back again with the crisps.

Granny5

01-09-2008, 01:50 PM

otare

01-09-2008, 03:54 PM

Hi,

I smoked from 12-13 years until 3 months after my 18th birthday. I worked in a restaurant, and every Sunday I saw a little old lady and her husband come into the restaurant for lunch. Trailing behind her was the oxygen tank to which she was now attached for the remainder of her life. After seeing her pull off her oxygen to light up a couple of times, I was dumbfounded that she could still be addicted with her breathing problems. On Feb 15, 1998, I decided I was finished. I threw away the pack of cigarettes I had just opened along with the lighter and swore I was finished.

Later that day, I discovered that one of my close classmates (I was a senior in a very small high school) had committed suicide, and it was one of the most difficult times for me. I didn't pick up the cigarettes. I stood by my pact with myself and stood strong to ME. The emotions were terrible, the majority of my friends and co-workers smoked as well, but I wouldn't light up again.
It will be 10 years in February.

If you really want to do it, you can. Just put them down, and stick by your word.

Good Luck!

ClaesGefvenberg

01-09-2008, 04:31 PM

Trailing behind her was the oxygen tank to which she was now attached for the remainder of her life.My point exactly in post # 30 (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=509240&postcount=30) in this thread: When you see things like that and possess even a tiny bit of imagination it is likely to make you quit or prevent you from starting to smoke.

Who wants to end up like that?

/Claes

Niamh

01-09-2008, 05:23 PM

How far where you gone steph?

stephofthenight

01-09-2008, 07:26 PM

Ok, here's what I think. You are what, 15 or 16? You go to school full time and smoke three packs a day?? Where are your parents? After reading your threads, posts, and blogs, I find it hard to believe you have any. I smoked for a very long time and couldn't fit three packs a day into one day even when I was home with the kids. There's just not enough time. Sorry, but that's my thoughts.

aye...you forget how much time i spend outside with the animals feeding everyone and all...
i was chain smoking a pack an hour.:sick:

:crash: <- how i feel, i havent had any...at all today:crash:

Nightshade

01-10-2008, 01:34 AM

Got the link,
this is what helped my mum quit http://quitnet.com/.

Good Luck steph!:D

ClaesGefvenberg

01-10-2008, 06:44 PM

:crash: <- how i feel, i havent had any...at all today:crash:Hang in there. I have seen withdrawal enough times to understand that it is a bear, but it will get easier soon. Well done. :thumbs_up

/Claes

Lulim

01-11-2008, 04:52 PM

I did it with nicotine plasters. I smoked about 30 cigarettes a day for 30 years and I quitted smoking last May.

SleepyWitch

01-11-2008, 07:28 PM

I did it with nicotine plasters. I smoked about 30 cigarettes a day for 30 years and I quitted smoking last May.

can you recommend a good brand of nicotine patches? I tried it once, but it sucked. I smoked light cigarettes anyway even while the patch was on...

mukta581

01-12-2008, 02:55 AM

Take your mind off a problem and come back to it later.

stephofthenight

01-12-2008, 02:31 PM

...still clean....
still in withdrawl thou.

Lulim

01-12-2008, 06:22 PM

can you recommend a good brand of nicotine patches? I tried it once, but it sucked. I smoked light cigarettes anyway even while the patch was on...You shouldn't do that, it is a double dosis of nicotine and your addiction grows stronger then.

I used nicorette, but I think there will be no difference. I smoked "Schwarzer Krauser", by the way — anyway, I had really difficulties with breathing and I told myself, stop smoking or choke one of these days. I gained weight, though …

ClaesGefvenberg

01-12-2008, 06:41 PM

...still clean....:thumbs_up Congratulations. Good job! :nod:

still in withdrawl thou.That, I'm afraid, was to be expected, and I suppose it will stay that way for a while yet, but it will pass. The craving will remain much longer, unfortunately. That's when you need to remember how awful withdrawal is: To keep you from starting again. You don't want to have experienced withdrawal in vain, right?

/Claes

Koa

01-12-2008, 07:40 PM

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:

ClaesGefvenberg

01-12-2008, 07:51 PM

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:There are indeed physical withdrawal symptoms, as I'm sure Steph can tell you by now. It takes a while for the bad stuff to leave your system. Then your body needs to adjust to the absence of it.

The craving seems to be another matter: I have friends who quit years ago: They say that they still feel the pull of the poison. It gets less pronounced over time, but it is still there, and one must be prepared to resist it.

/Claes

stephofthenight

01-12-2008, 11:03 PM

things are beinging to look up im starting to belive that i realy can do this.... thanks for all of your support guys, its making a BIG diffrence

SleepyWitch

01-13-2008, 07:17 AM

Claes, you differentiate between withdrawal and craving, I thought it was the same? Or is there physical withdrawal like fro heavy drugs? :confused:

yep, there is physical withdrawal, when you stop smoking: e.g. you can't sleep or sleep fitfully, indigestion, cold sweats...

psychologically, the funny thing is, when you light up a cigarette your brain looks forward to having its addiction indulged. but actually once you have the first drag your brain goes "bleep, thanks you" and that's all it takes to satisfy the psychological part of the addiction. you wouldn't have to smoke the whole cigarette at all.

ClaesGefvenberg

01-13-2008, 07:22 AM

things are beinging to look up im starting to belive that i realy can do this.... thanks for all of your support guys, its making a BIG diffrenceOf course you can, Steph. We believe in you, and I'm glad that you are beginning to do so as well. Keep fighting the urge... and tell yourself that you are now a non-smoker :thumbs_up :nod:

/Claes

ClaesGefvenberg

01-16-2008, 05:11 PM

Steph, how are you doing? How about a situation report?

/Claes

stephofthenight

01-18-2008, 10:32 PM

Of course you can, Steph. We believe in you, and I'm glad that you are beginning to do so as well. Keep fighting the urge... and tell yourself that you are now a non-smoker :thumbs_up :nod:

/Claes

honestly, i havent had time to think about smoking... so im non-smoker:D its rather odd to say that, hey its been two weeks...
oh my god!!! i should go party... ttyl guys lol. jk jk im too sick for partying...im going to bed...:sick:

mukta581

01-19-2008, 05:01 AM

Drink a lot of liquids, especially water. Try herbal teas or fruit juices. Limit coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol - they can increase your urge to smoke.

farnoosh

01-19-2008, 07:30 AM

well i say take a walk in the park .maybe you would say why do that?
but actully when you look at nature and see the greenery and all the life of it deppens on you then maybe you'll stop smoking.

ClaesGefvenberg

01-19-2008, 07:39 AM

honestly, i havent had time to think about smoking... so im non-smoker:D its rather odd to say that, hey its been two weeks...That is absolutley brilliant!:thumbs_up

im too sick for partying...im going to bed...:sick:Opps. Sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and drop by when you're feeling better.

/Claes

stephofthenight

01-19-2008, 12:42 PM

Drink a lot of liquids, especially water. Try herbal teas or fruit juices. Limit coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol - they can increase your urge to smoke.

lol...uh oh...im s.o.l.

softdrinks.... diet drp a 12pk a day...
coffee...well at all three starbucks they know me by name...
alcohol... its good in coffe and drp...

byquist

01-20-2008, 03:18 PM

Take up consistent distance running and racing. Running and tobacco don't go together very well, so I'd suppose.

stephofthenight

01-21-2008, 02:13 AM

lol i know... i do cross country 10 miles a day, my times dropped dramaticly when i started

pussnboots

02-13-2008, 03:32 PM

After many many years of smoking, I am finally ready to stop for good. I've tried cold turkey numerous times and it worked for a while but there was always something to set me off and go back to it.
Today while I was at the doctor, I said I give up, I can't do it on my own. So I got a prescription for Chantix. Has anyone used this ?

ClaesGefvenberg

02-13-2008, 06:33 PM

After many many years of smoking, I am finally ready to stop for good.Good job! :thumbs_up Please tell us about your progress.

Speaking of... Steph: How are you doing?

/Claes

Rav Maji

02-13-2008, 06:35 PM

You must revise your life.

Zippy

02-14-2008, 09:20 AM

It's been one week since I had a cigarette. I've smoked twenty a day since I was fifteen; I'm thirty-two now! God I miss it, but I didn't like the look of the crud I was coughing up each morning.

pussnboots

02-28-2008, 05:27 PM

I am in to day 2 of starting Chantix to help me stop smoking. During the first week you are allowed to still smoke. My quit date is next Wednesday. By then my system shld be immuned to the medication and hopefully I won't have the urge to smoke. I'm keping my fingers crossed that it works. My aunt has already told me if I get the urge to smoke, I shld call her.

Homyrrh

02-28-2008, 06:20 PM

When I worked grounds/maintenance at my old boarding school, my boss said he smoked when he was in 'Nam from '67-'71--three-and-a-ahalf years.

Claims he quit cold turkey. Like that. Eats fire and ****s smoke.

Scheherazade

02-28-2008, 07:21 PM

stephofthenight

02-28-2008, 09:24 PM

still clean. rehab helped a lot. i have no desire, and i have started hanging out with smokers again, and i dont have any urges, to the others...good luck.

Shalot

02-28-2008, 09:39 PM

Virgil

02-28-2008, 09:44 PM

Watch someone you love very dearly die of (smoking induced) lung cancer very slowly in front of your eyes... weakening day by day... becoming a shadow of his previous self both physically and mentally...

I just did and, believe you me, if I had been a smoker, I would have given it up there and then.

Amen, Scher. My father's heart problems can all be traced to him being a smoker from a teenager. It truely destroys your life. Quit people, quit. You will enjoy your life so much better.

Shalot

02-28-2008, 09:45 PM

Ha ha, I thought I was the only one who had to wear a "smoking jacket" -- but what about your hair? I put on my 'smoking bonnet' for that (it is a kerchief).... omg I am giving away all my stupid secrets all for a cigarette.... isn't this crazy? WE need to stop smoking! :sick:

That's hilarious! When I smoked, I had a "smoking jacket" which was one of those lined flannel shirts....it was totally hideous. When I came in from smoking, I would throw it in a heap because I didn't want it touching my other clothes in the closet. If I hung it up, it would just smoke everything thing else up in the closet. I never was clever enough to use a smoking kerchief though...

Luckily I quit. But lately I have been wanting a cigarette. I was thinking I might go buy a pack of clove cigarettes instead.

Janine

02-28-2008, 11:09 PM

Yep, I agree with the people saying to quit. My brother-in-law said he would never ever quit and then he got severe lung cancer and had to actually have one lung removed, after weeks of chemothearpy to shrink his tumor. He was lucky and is doing well now. This immediately convinced him and gave him the perfect incentive to quit smoking. It was either keep smoking or die. I guess one should think about that. So whatever you can do to quit, I would say do it! If it requires medication or a patch for you, then seek it out and throw away those cigarattes. They will catch up to you eventually and alternatives are not so nice. My brother-in-law went through hell literally and lot of pain and distress, but at least he is alive now. He hasn't touched a cigarette since.

ClaesGefvenberg

02-29-2008, 04:27 AM

I just did and, believe you me, if I had been a smoker, I would have given it up there and then.I have seen it too, I'm sorry to say, and I can only agree. Seeing people quit, or better still, not start in the first place makes me happy: I have already told you how strongly I feel about this subject.

still clean. rehab helped a lot. i have no desire, and i have started hanging out with smokers again, and i dont have any urges, to the others...good luck.Brilliant, Steph :thumbs_up Don't ask me why, but somehow I more or less knew you would make it. Good Job, and to the other quitters here: Good luck, and keep posting here for support.

This immediately convinced him and gave him the perfect incentive to quit smoking.Yes, if that does not make you quit, nothing will...

Since the turn of the millennium the number of young people taking up smoking has been steadily declining here in Sweden, but yesterday I heard that the decline has ceased, or even been reversed. This is bad news.

/Claes