Author Topic: I quit smoking today. (Read 1357 times)

Nilsen · « **on:** February 02, 2004, 04:24:47 AM »

I havent had a sig for 12 hours now and im gonna take it one day at a time.

Its horrible tho, ive been smoking for 12 years and im not lookng forward to the next weeks and months. I do however have a record for finishing what i set out to do so i hope ill be able to this time to.

I would like some success stories from those of you that has managed to quit

I already miss that nice sig after breakfast and coffe....Lunch and dinner is comming up soon to

fffreeze220 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2004, 04:47:49 AM »

U are not drunken at the moment ? How come lol

Maniac · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2004, 04:54:33 AM »

Ya, been thinking about quitting an while now... been smoking daily for two years now i think...

But i dont know if im motivated enough right now... They are gonna ban smoking at bars/restaurants over here in a year and then i think i definitly will quit...

But right now i dont have the motivation...

Staga · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2004, 05:00:12 AM »

I did smoke about 20 years (1-1,5 packets of Camels/day) and quit at sunday between christmas and new years eve.
I run out of cigs and I was too lazy to get out to buy more...

Nilsen · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2004, 05:19:27 AM »

Hehe they are gonna ban smoking in bars and resturants here to this summer...

1 good point that i had not even thought about Maniac...thx

And no, im not drunk now and i usualy only party every other weekend. I am gonna slow down even more in a few months when the baby comes

-dead- · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2004, 05:46:08 AM »

I quit 3 years ago, after nearly 20 years of smoking, after reading Allen Carr's book The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently.
I tried to quit several times before - always a cold turkey nightmare, but after reading that book, I quit and it was surprisingly easy.
Best of all: I don't miss it, and if other people do it, it doesn't bother me - it smells a bit, but that's smoke for you. So I haven't turned into the holier-than-thou ex-smoker, a fate I always dreaded.
The book just cons you out of smoking by making you pay attention while you smoke - and you basically realize even the morning/nice-cup-of-tea-and-a-sit-down/after meal/with beer/after sex/or whatever "special cig" that you can't do without is actually no fun at all.
End result: I'm as certain as you can be in this uncertain universe that I won't smoke again.
So try it out - might work for you too - it worked for 4 out of the 5 people I know who read it.

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2004, 05:50:31 AM »

Thx dead.

I got the best one ever tho.

My mom had cancer from smoking. She still has it but it has stopped growing and the tumor is "sleeping" now and has been that way for about a year.

Scary stuff.

Nilsen · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2004, 06:26:39 AM »

Yeah G

I have snusa before, and if this gets to hard ill just get a box to relive myself

Ill try to avoid it, but id rather do that then to crawl back to the smokes.

Would be nice for my baby to be born into a 100% smokefree home and family

AcId · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2004, 08:31:44 AM »

I quit about 2 years ago. Smoked for about 12 years prior to that. The easiest part about quiting for me was that I convinced myself they were making me sick and I'd feel much better without them.
No more morning cough.
No more "smoked waaaay too many cause I was drunk" sickness.
No more smoke scented clothing.

The hardest part was drinking, I always smoked more when I drank. Think it's that way for a lot of people. Basically I didn't go out for the first 2-3 weeks. After that I went out got plastered "tried" to smoke a cigarette and couldn't. By that time it tasted horrible and made me feel ill. So from that point I went on without em.

It's been my experience that giving yourself a good reason helps the process, it feeds the will power. Otherwise it can be a long hard road. I quit many times before that without much thought to reason and never more than a few weeks.

Good luck man

lazs2 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2004, 08:41:06 AM »

smoked 3 packs of non filtered camels a day for about 20 years. Quit a dozen years ago and have no desire to ever smoke again.

oddest thing.... while I have no desire to smoke... on occassion, a chew sounds good... not gonna do it but.... odd. I only chewed for a couple years...

lazs

AcId · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2004, 08:43:17 AM »

I get the same urge lazs, agree it is odd since I barely did that for a year. Of course it probably doesn't help that my boss does.

lazs2 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2004, 08:55:47 AM »

seems to take a few years before we form new habits to replace the old habit/addiction but after that... you have to be an idiot to start again since there really is no urge.

There is no problem that you can have that smoking will improve.

lazs

Gunslinger · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2004, 10:13:33 AM »

nobody likes a quitter!!!!!!!!!!!!

jk GL in your endevor. I tried to quite a month ago and it nearly ended my marriage.

Ripper29 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2004, 10:42:03 AM »

I smoked a pack a day for over 20 years....5 years ago I quit (on December 7th) and have not had one since. Used Zyban..worked like a charm. Good luck

Rude · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2004, 10:46:13 AM »

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Originally posted by GScholz
I've quit smoking, I've quit drinking, I've quit speeding, I've quit cheating, I've quit pr0n ... all that remains now is to quit lying.

Nilsen, snus helps a lot in beating the cancer-sticks.

Show some real self control and quit posting.