Well, I screwed up about 15 years ago and started smoking

I quit once before and that lasted for 2 years until I let the stress work drive me back to it .

Now, I have quit again, cold turkey and have been off of them for 2 weeks today. This time has been a lot harder to beat the habit part of it but I know that I can't pick them up again or I will never quit.

I was just wondering how many others on here have done the same thing?

Now I just need to get my wife to quit and we'll be doing great. We didn't want to quit at the same time or there would have either been a divorce or a funeral!

 

i "quit" for a number of years now, it's too hard not to smoke when your knocking back a few tho

what helped me to quit was two things
1. smoke only half at a time....this way your body gets adapted to only half the nic, plus you are able to satisfy the itch...you also save money
2. roll your own smokes....I never had premade ones available, so if the itch was bad enough, I would have to either roll a cig or eat the tabacco
you'd be suprised, but if the tobacco and papers are kept far enough away from each other, then by the time your done, the itch may be gone....(at least a few timesthat happened)

don't try to quit unless your serious--too many disappointments make quitting worse

 

I quit in 93 after smoking 2-3 packs a day for 21 years. Best thing I ever did. Worst was to start in the first place. Hang in there it will get better. Just think of the toys you can buy for your truck with the money you save.

 

i've been quit for about 6 months now after smoking for 10 plus years. basically i started quitting by only smoking at work and no place else. then one day i just decieded i didn't want to smoke anymore and stop. the main key is you have to really want to quit. just saying you want to quit usually isn't enough.


Good Luck

Dan

 

oy I have not had a smoke in jsut over a week.. AHHHHHHHHHH I get the itch quite often been pretty bad these past couple of days, but no wonder, they have not been the best of days either. must keep going though, I cant afford it right now anyways.

 

My wife and I went to a "Goen Quit Smoking Seminar" on St. Patricks Day, 2001. I wanted to quit, she didn't. Neither of us has had a cigarette since.

 

I quit 2 1/2 years ago, it was pure d hell. Just hang in there and know that once the hell is over you'll be a non-smoker! Start nagging yer wife, that's was what my wife did to me, she quit and nagged me enough until I did too! I love her for that!

 

I was working with a co-worker on the roof of a Restaurant, trying to wire up and install the heat package for the unit. It was about 5 below and the wind was really whipping around. After being throughly frozen, we went inside to warm up next to the construction site heater. They were working on the cooking equipment. After our noses thawed we smelled smoke, and were wondering what they were burning off in the kitchen. It suddenly dawned on us that we were the ones smoking, stood a little too close to the heater. After that I've tried not to smoke.

 

I smoked 2-3 packs of menthol cigs for about ten years, but quit after working in an iron foundry... between the dust and the fumes in there I was getting to the point that just walking to my car after work would cause me to run short of breath. So I gave them up and never had another one until I quit working there and got another job. I still have a cigar once in awhile, and I have been known to buy cigarettes on occasion, but to be honest, the "itch" really has'nt bothered me. I must not have that addictive personality or something.

 

I quit a 3 pack a day habit, after 15 years or so. A few tidbits that helped me were:

1. Find a distraction. I used lemon drops or in the shell sunflower seeds as a substitute.

2. Reward yourself financially. My dad used the trick, as did I to take whatever the amount was that you were putting out for smokes, and put it away in a drawer, every day. When he quit they were a quarter a pack, when I quit they were around $1 a pack. It was amazing how quickly I saved enough to buy some nice "ME" toys. I figured if I could waste that amount of $$ on smokes, I could use to for other extras. BTW, my ex never could figure that formula out. I told her if she quit, she could do the same thing. Might be why the ex part is in here.....

3. Try to avoid, control triggers. These are activities that you strongly associate with smoking, such having a beer, that first smoke in the morning with the first cup of coffee, lighting up when driving (very hard time for me),etc. No, can't avoid them, but recognize them and learn to find a distraction or substitute.

It has been about 15 years since I had my last cigarette, and I still find myself subconsciously reaching into my pocket, purely out of habit. It is that strong. Last, but not least, quit one day at a time, or even one smoke at a time. I found that looking forward to far, it made quiting seem far too difficult, outright impossible at times. Set short goals, reach them, then reward yourself. Worked for me.

No matter how, GOOD LUCK!

 

Everyone quits eventually

 

I quit 7 years ago. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Stick with it, it can be done.

 

I tried but it didn't work

 

At one time, when I was in the Army overseas, I was smoking 5 packs of Marlboros a day. Nerves were a little bad. I quit in 1985 when they hit $1.00/pack. Sorry excuse to quit, but it worked for me. I could not have quit if my wife had not quit at the same time. I know that if I smoked one today, I be smoking 3pack/day tomorrow. So, I don't even contemplate doing it anymore (not at today's prices)! The key is that you have to REALLY want to quit. Back then we didn't have "patches", nicotine gum, etc. You just have really want to get off of them! Good luck

 

I've quit several times....currently between quitings. So far though only smoking at work. Boredom will do that to ya.