Finally quitting

[AAJagerX]

I guess I just finally got sick of it, so I got rid of the cigs that I had yesterday and quit smoking.  So far so good.  I've been a little jittery but I'll make it.  It's pretty tough to get up the guts to take that leap after 12+ years of pack a day (sometimes it was more) use.

Wish me luck!

AAJagerX

[SIK1]

Good Luck.

Sometimes that's all it takes. I've been tobacco free over three years now, and it's great.

[mbailey]

Fingers crossed for ya sir, Good luck   

[xbrit]

Good luck, it's been 9 years for me now. Before that it was 30+ years of over 2 packs a day.

[Dace]

Was 3 years in February since my last one. I still want one every time someone lights up but it get's a lil easier every time.

Hang in there bud, you can do it. The mind is a very powerful thing.

[bravoa8]

You can do it.

[uptown]

Good luck Jager and I really mean that. I've been smoking 2 packs a day for 33 years now. I'm probably already dead and just don't know it yet.

[uptown]

Good luck, it's been 9 years for me now. Before that it was 30+ years of over 2 packs a day.

How did you do that XBrit? You just go cold turkey?

[Babalonian]

Good luck bro, keep it up!  

I've been weening myself lately.  Good for the wallet and health, chya know.  Last two weeks been down to 2-3 packs per week, down from a pack a day habit.  Next step, to just stop...    

[phatzo]

I'm at 5 weeks no cigies. Using patches and other calming aids.
BTW a new tax putting the cigies I smoked at about $25 for a pack of 40 really helped, the bastards.

[Scherf]

Good luck to you guys.

 

[greens]

Good fer u man!. Ive been tobacco free since sept11 of last yr!!!. boy do i feel great that i beat it. 10.45 a pack so.. go figure too much it costs nowadays. i used to snuff cope and smoke a marb same time even dam thats bad eh, can a cope n a pack a marbs a day. thank god i got off. cold turkey fer me. <S> U CAN DO IT!!!!

[xbrit]

How did you do that XBrit? You just go cold turkey?

Terror is a great way of doing it. I had a small stroke and was told by the Docs that if I carried on the way I was going the next wouldn't be small, well I love my family and would not want to cause them problems because I wasn't smart enough to take his advice. I went cold turkey and much to my shock it was only 3 days later that the cravings went away, before that if anyone even looked in my direction I'd be biatching at them.
Being honest I did miss it for the first year, but also in that first year I could now afford things that before were always just beyond my means.

[AAJagerX]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.  I'm finding that when I want to light up, I have to tell myself that the feeling will pass...  So far that's worked well.  Gonna keep at it, and hopefully in a few days things will start going back to normal

I've already noticed that breathing seems ALOT easier.  I have mild asthma as well, so I know it's the right thing to do.

 

[Tigger29]

It's been just over a year for me since I quit.  This was after about 16 years of a pack-a-day smoking (sometimes more).

I had actually quit for about six weeks a year before, but it wasn't meant to be.  Ever since, I had been wanting to quit again but it is so easy to find excuses not to quit than it is to get up the guts to actually do it.

It was May '09 and I knew I was close to quitting again.  I was in Walgreens getting some stuff, and I noticed they had their Walgreens brand nicotine gum on sale half-off.  I had used the gum the year before and it was actually quite effective so I figured.. what the heck.. I'll buy a box while it's on sale (it's like $25 instead of $50!), knowing I was going to give it a go soon.

Then, as I got in the car I got to thinking... WHAT AM I DOING!?  I have the gum, why wait to quit??!  Just do it!  So I made myself a compromise, I'd quit as soon as my pack of smokes was empty.  On the way home, I opened my pack and saw that I only had ONE SMOKE left!  So I figured.. this will be my last one, and I sat in the driveway taking my time smoking it, enjoying it, and saying goodbye.

A few weeks later, my box of nicotine gum was empty, so I went to Walgreens to get some more, and low and behold it wasn't on sale anymore.  I *ALMOST* shelled out the $50 for another box, but then my frugal voice said to me "What the HECK are you doing?  You're just going to get addicted to the gum anyway!  Buy a pack of trident.. it's a LOT cheaper!!!"  So I did.. and I chewed sugar-free gum for about a week and by this time my jaw was killing me so I just quit chewing gum altogether (for the most part).

And here I am.. over a year later.. still smoke free.  Yeah I've put on about 20 lbs since then but I'm working on getting that off now.  Yeah I still have my cravings, and I even have dreams about once or twice a week that I'm smoking (which oddly enough helps with the cravings)... but it has become almost a non-issue.  I don't even think about it hardly anymore, and the few times that I do it's a fleeting thought at most.

Whatever you do, DON'T GIVE IN!  Just don't do it... it'll get easier, but it's definitely not a walk in the park either.