Trying to stop smoking!!!!! Did you quit?

[newchickenfamily]

Hang in there....I've never been a smoker but I know it must be the hardest thing to give up. A looooong time ago, my grandmother was able to quit by seeing a hypnotherapist. She never smoked another after that experience.

Good luck!!

 

[ging3rhoffman]

I smoked for 11 years and decided that I wanted to quit. I wasnt feeling well and my lungs actually ached. I got angry about it and sad NO MORE. I was not born with one in my mouth so why was I sucking on one everytime I got a chance!!

I brain washed myself and it worked. I have been free of smoking for 13 years now and everytime a smoker walks by me I can smell them and it STINKS. Its actually petty gross if you think about it.

I told myself that I could not buy them anywhere, they were not sold anywhere in the USA. I didnt stop by the little store where I use to get them and it was hard for the first couple of weeks but I was so done with them. You have to want it bad enough. I cant stand that smell anymore.

You can do it. I wasnt going to let them win. I was stronger than that and I wanted to live a longer healthy life.

I wish you the best.

 

[farmerlor]

I quit by just taking it one minute, one hour, one day at a time. I kept a pack of cigarettes in my dresser drawer and told myself if it got really bad I could have one. But everytime it got really bad I'd find something else to do and the next time I'd tell myself that if I was able to handle "the really bads" that last time I could surely do it this time. Then after a week or so I just didn't want to give in to a craving and ruin however many days I'd been without. I'm very competitive that way. Anyway, it's been 14 years now and that's what worked for me.

 

[Intheswamp]

Hey Flowerpot, how's it going?

Ed

 

[AmyBella]

I'll be joining you as a non-smoker very soon! I quit cold turkey on my 30th birthday when it dawned on me that I had been smoking for 10 years. I kept a few around "just in case" but I never needed them. I started again in October when I had some serious stress and I will be quitting when I return from my sales meetings next week.

Good luck! We can totally do this!

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

Gum. Gum will become your best friend.

And a straw.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

I think everyone should know I typed up a nice long response, went back to double check something, and then realized this thread was almost a year old.

Why do you people do these things to me?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Count me in. I need to quit after 15 years of habit I think it's time. I have better ways to spend money right now anyway

I quit for a week until DH came home with a pack, SOO hard when it's right there!! Wish me luck! I'll start Monday just to give myself time to get used to the idea. This may make my goal in the weight loss thread a little harder..lol!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Quote:
But worth reviving!!!!!

ETA: I'll start a new one

 

[fuzziebutt]

I am so glad that someone posted this, because I have not smoked in 9 months! Yeah for me! I am excited because I smoked for 35 years. I have seen my Daddy suffer with COPD on oxygen, while I sucked away on them. Then I had what they thought was a mini-stroke. I ended up having brain surgery to repair 2 aneurysms. I still kept having what they thought was mini-strokes. I asked the Dr. how much longer I was going to keep having these. I had my surgery, and was taking my meds and trying to eat right. The Dr. told me "Not much longer. The way you smoke, one will kill you". I was 48. I took Chantix, and had very little side effects. AND husby still smokes, and it doesn't bother me. Once in a while, one smells really good, but I know that if I ever smoke another one, I will never be as blessed as I am now. I don't think it would be that easy again, and that keeps me from lighting up. The cravings only really last a minute or two, then they are gone, and that's one more demon you've whooped! Good luck, and if I can do it, then really, anyone can!