So it's now officially 24 hours since my lost smoke...

[DiabloTX]

And things are going well.  Interestingly enough it's not something I decided to do but just happened.  I smoked my last cig lastnight at 11 pm and didn't feel like going to the store to get more.  $4/pack = $4/gallon gas...so, getting tired of having to shell out more and more $ for my sins, I decided I just didn't feel like getting more because of the cost and was feeling incredibly lazy.  I had bought a 3-tube pack of Commit lozenges about this time last year but quit using them after about 3 lozenges.  I decided to use them lastnight in lieu of getting some more cigs.  Surprisingly they didn't taste as bad as I remembered and the first one I took did a pretty good job of calming me down.  Right now I'm on my 5th one in 24 hours and doing pretty damn good.  The first 24 hours have always been very difficult for me but this time it wasn't bad at all.  It's kind of wierd to quit without really making my mind up to quit, I'm just doing it.  $4 x 30 days = $120 per month I'll be saving.  That's a lot of bread, man...a lot of bread. 

[Fulmar]

And after a year, you've saved enough for that big screen HDTV.  Good luck man, it's a terrible 'addiction.'  More power to you.

[mg1942]

hang on there!

Continue this for 3 months and you get yourself a new iPhone 3G, 16gb (no BS)! 
It's cheaper too! 
Now only $299.00 + mods

[DiabloTX]

Hmmm..big screen tv (I've already got a 42" plamsa) or a 3G iPhone...hmmmmm...

I have a feeling this economy is going to majorly tank within the next 2 years so I think I'll just put the money in the bank!


But more than likely I'll have to use it to feed C-HOG's appetite for 93 octane gas.  Better her than me!

[mg1942]

But more than likely I'll have to use it to feed C-HOG's appetite for 93 octane gas.  Better her than me!

RAAAWWRR

[Casca]

4 weeks using the Commit thingies.  They seem to take the edge off, not a lot of drama so far.  Good luck to both of us.

[Jackal1]

I tried the Commit lozenges once.
Couldn`t keep the damn things lit.

[Nilsen]

Interestingly enough it's not something I decided to do but just happened.  I smoked my last cig lastnight at 11 pm and didn't feel like going to the store to get more.

You know what? THAT is how i quit a few years back. Woke up a sunday after a party and didnt feel like going to the gas station to get more. Made it through the day with a hangover and sore throat from smoking too much the day before. On monday I figured that if i had made it one day, I could try one more. From there on I went a week without suffering too much. After that came about two weeks of pure hell. Made it through that period too, and after that it was fairly easy as i found out that the only craving i had left was mental, and not physical any more.


Take it one day at a time.

Good luck! You have no idea how nice it is to be a non smoker.... yet 

[DiabloTX]

BTW, I meant last, not lost.

It's odd, eh Nilsen?  You don't plan on something happening and yet you do it anyway.  Last time I quit it lasted a few months but anytime I went to a store or anywhere were smoking was allowed it KILLED me.  The only time I do that now is twice a month when the wife and I go to the gaming establishments.  But I think I'm going to stop doing that, too.  I spend far more than I win.  Hell, even more money straight back into my bank account.  Seems I liked sinning more than I realised.

[Nilsen]

I never tried to quit before I did, but im not sure I would have made it if I had planned for it. Maybe the expectations and preassures would have been too much? I did not tell anyone that I had quit (except you lot here actually) before a month had passed. The missus noticed but didnt say anything. I told her the second week when i was abit snappy with her, but she said she knew...doh! . If i had made a big announcement I bet some of my friends would make a big deal about it just to be "funny" and blow smoke in my face or bring the subject up more often than normal . Want a smoke Nilsen? sure? come on...

[Nilsen]

So now that you ARE a non-smoker, how many did you use to smoke a day way back when you were one?

[SD67]

WTG Diablo!
I quit eons ago after a huge night on the piss, I even had smokes in the packet. I woke up the next afternoon feeling like the stuff on the bottom of a cocky's cage, took one look at the packet of smokes and thought...F**k that!
And I haven't smoked since.

[DiabloTX]

I'm not going to lie, I really enjoyed smoking, more than I care to admit.  But you have to understand that my mother was a heavy, heavy smoker all of her life which indirectly made me a smoker even before I was born.  You could say I've been a smoker for over 41 years but have only picked up the habit 17 years ago.  When I was a kid, believe it or not, I loved the smell of cigs as it reminded of my mom.  She passed away last October from C.O.P.D.  She smoked 3 packs a day for over 50 years, I've never gone over a pack a day unless I went out partying.  It's funny how alcohol MAKES you want to light up, then I'd be going through a pack in no time.  I am also getting sick of all the congestion and hacking I'm doing now, much more so now than I ever have.  Writing on the wall, either read it or play stupid.

[Nilsen]

Come from a smoking family myslef. My mom died in 2005 from lung cancer, and Id really like to avoid that. Smokes are sweet for sure, but you can learn to enjoy alcohol without them. I would advice you to not do any partying for the next month or so though. You _will_ smoke if you get drunk. I did for the first year anyway whenever I got drunk.


The question you have to ask yourself now is.. Why would I want to start smoking?

[DiabloTX]

There is no reason.  Other than "smokes are sweet" there really isn't one.