Decided to quit smoking...whose with me?!? Tips WELCOME!!

[seminolewind]

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Sorry about Baldie. I lost 2 this past year. I have a picture of one on a coffee mug made by Kodak.

 

[baldie]

Thanks, Baldie passed a while ago...but I have yet to have another roo like him, he was one of a kind, nurtured from birth.

 

[BarkerChickens]

I haven't read all the pages, so much of this has probably been stated already, but here goes anyway...

DH has quit recently (I don't smoke). He went from a pack of day of non-filters to zero.

He tried Chantix, which he likes, but the purpose of it is to block the nicotine from the brain, so it doesn't give you the "high". Well, he does best with cold turkey, so, while Chantix works well, he wasn't smoking for it to be effective. However, he continued to take it since it made him feel like he was getting something to help.

Anyway, his best trick is the hard candy. We have hard candy stashed everywhere throughout the house! Even the bathroom! He is always offering us hard candy ALL the time now.

He doesn't like nicorette gum since it makes his throat hurt.

In the past he has quit for over a year at a time (social events usually led to him starting again). He always did cold turkey, but the first time he used hypnosis (with a tape he used daily) and the second time he used acculaser. He doesn't think the acculaser worked for more than a few days, but he liked the hyponosis since it was daily reinforcement. I know a lot of people can't go cold turkey, but for him addictions of any sort have to be cut off completely, not reduced. Like sugar stuff, he will stop all sweets completely otherwise, he will crave the more since he is cutting back.

Good luck!!!

Quit now before it is too serious! My uncle quit due to TIAs (small strokes) related to smoking, my grandmother quit due to COPD and being put on oxygen and Grandpa quit because he was diagnosed with lung cancer (he smoked til the day of his surgery...the couple weeks in recovery is what helped him quit).

Your daughters need you!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

6chickens in St. Charles :

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WHOA How did you know about the Silkie?!?!?!

ETA: And to answer your question, I afford it the same way others afford things when they don't have money. People buy a lot of things when they can't afford it such as alcohol, a night on the slots, chickens, craft supplies, COFFEE...whatever their habit of choice, let's not start bashing people's decisions, that isn't very helpful...just saying. Not everyone has addictions, but they are real, and some folks just can NOT break them. It doesn't make them less financially responsible. Try eating nothing but the foods you hate for a year. It's about the equivalent IMO. This is going to be hard, I don't really need people being judgemental. I AM seeking help. And yes ny heartrate is normally that high...dunno why, just always has been high even before I smoked, but more so when smoking. When I quit for a week it still stayed around 80. Not sure but I thought 60-70 was more normal range? Anybody know?

OMG no, no no! I didn't mean anything judgemental or bashing! I must've typed that wrong. I do mean you well, and I am frustrated with the whole "trying like heck and failing" thing that goes on with cigarettes, alcohol, whatever. For me its cheese (please nobody bash this it's cost me thousands of dollars and much illness) and I'm starting to understand why our ancestors made myths and religious stories about demons, gods, etc, because maybe some of this life is just unexplainable. An alcoholic told me, "alcohol should be illegal because it takes perfectly fine people and ruins them", the same can be said about cigarettes (and cheese?) . Years ago I even thought up reviving old fashioned "smoking rooms" where the walls were cozy wood panelling, the comfy couches leather, the air filtered, just so poor smokers could actually get enjoyment out of the @#%! addiction?! I mean, why suffer more? Couldn't we just respect the humanity of it all and make the BEST of it? But no smoker I knew ever thought that was a good idea.

So please know I really am rootin' for you. I'll go out and rub my lucky Silkie for your good luck.

Oh I just thought of something. Being overtired and in pain often leads to poor judgement. For me, I go driving through for cheeseburgers after 10pm, after that dang 3rd 14 hour shift in a row! Maybe try to get extra sleep and use tylenol to start quitting. I just read a study last week that says tylenol is very effective against psychological pain (deprivation, social isolation, depression). I'll try it if you will. But I'll still rub my lucky Silkie for you.​

Sorry

I really wasn't trying to sound ill about it, I get what you mean, it just came off a little harsh, and i was trying to soften it up a little for us irritable quitters...lol. No offense to you either!! I like everybody

And absolutely cheese is a demon..if you don't believe me ask my thighs. Cheese has single handedly murdered my figure...I BLAME THE CHEESE...and that evil Silkie

On another note...I HAVE POWER AGAIN!!! WOOHOO! Another night with everyone in the livingroom and I would have been crazy! My dog is afraid of the chicks, and almost knocked the oil lamp off the table yesterday...and it's been that CRAZY about half the time! AHHHHHHhhh, I got to make homemade waffles for brunch this morning, count your blessings folks!

Tomorrow is my quit day!!!!! I am working up to it. I SO APPRECIATE ALL THE ADVICE on what has worked and what doesn't! That gives me a good strong foundation to start being a quitter! I will keep everyone posted on how it's going. It's awesome to see all the success stories in this thread, keep em coming and

to all those already fighting it!!

 

[TT]

My Mom, DH and I are going to quit - plan starts tomorrow - I bought the patches this payday instead of 2 weeks worth of cigs. Hopefully we can all quit

 

[RAWR]

chewing gum and Nicorett?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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WOOOHOOOO!!!! Congrats on setting a date! The patch makes it easier so long as you don't have side effects. I'll be rooting for ya!!!! We'll all be in it together

 

[fuzziebutt]

I was afraid to take the Chantix, because I googled it, and found out that it REALLY changed personalities, and made everyone really hatefull. I love my hubby, but he is meaner than I am, and takes no BS from anyone, let alone a wife. He has never been abusive to me, but I know his limits, and respect them. I was worried about the personality change, and mentioned it to my DR as he wrote the prescription. His response? "You are a menopausal woman without cigarettes. You're gonna be bit@hy"!

But it wasn't bad, because I can still hold my tongue. Hubby is wonderful, because I know how to get around the temper!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a quitter. AS OF NOW! I'm done. Smoked my last one!!! WOOHOO! Now ofr the hard part....stickin to it

 

[sonew123]

I would love to quit! Ive done just about every thing yu can think of Chantix-Ins woulfnt cover it though-gum--Its stil in my car and I do use when I cant smoke for long periods of time im sick of the cost andsmell I never somke in house or around my girls--My oldest alwasy tells me I smell like a scum bag! :-(