Finally quitting

[Warspawn]

I tried quitting several times after smoking for two decades; the gum wouldn't stay lit.  The patches stuck to my lips...  (gotta love Bill Engval!)

For real...I ended up going to a hypnotherapist who stopped my cravings cold.  I listened to some of her cd's for a week, went in and chatted with her for an hour on the recliner, next thing I know...I didn't want to smoke any longer.  Weird, but true.  Even got into a fight once with my g/f and bought a pack, but couldn't smoke one-->tasted like crap.

You can do it!  You'll feel so much better afterwards, and it's a relief not to crave them things where/when they aren't allowed.

[Skuzzy]

I am 5 or 6 years into quitting after smoking for 35 years.  I quit because of the insane amout of taxes being levied on cigarettes.  The rebel in me kicked in and I just walked away from them.  Too hard headed to even have a craving for them after I quit and have not missed them at all.

I thank Texas for giving me the reason I needed to quit.  They made it so easy.

[Wayout]

I quit because ofthe insane amout of taxes being levied on cigarettes..... 
I thank Texas for giving me the reason I needed to quit.  They made it so easy.

Not to often someone comes up with a scenario where higher taxes can be good. Glad you found a reason to quit. 

[wakes]

man been tryin to quit seriously about 6 months now..... I have the gum , patch , pill, and the E cig.....I think the ecig  is the best buy far, when I run out of regular smokess,, it helps me get through the time till i get a real pack of butts......... for me its the hardest thing I have ever tried tooo doo. been smokin since I'm 10,,, 43 now..  I really cant stand smokin,, watched way to many people get eatin up by cancer..... I dont wanna go out that way, everyone suffers when u have cancer, wouldn't wanna put my loved ones through the pain of watching me suffer, If it does happen to me, I'd go with it for a bit till I became a burden on my peeps,,,, then do the morphine dance and head on out the dooor..... good luck to all that are trying too quit.

[ZetaNine]

Smoked for 32 years......loved every minute of it...never hated it.  Doc was always amazed how good my health was..and would often ask if I really was a smoker. I was in excellent health.

doc asked me to quit........I did.

year later.......gained 40 pounds......forced to go on a cholesterol drug...two blood pressure medications...and prilosec due to all the heart burn that crap caused.  Doc then told me my health was so bad...I was a pre-diabetic.  at that point......he actually told me......I **** you not......  "Jeez..your health sucks now that you quit...maybe you are one of the 1 in 10,000 people who's smoking never effects their health to any great extent..and I never should have told you to quit".  true story..he had the nads to tell me that.

it took serious diet changes...I no longer eat bread, sugar or dairy.......ever.....but the weight fell off......and now I weigh less than when I was in high school...in perfect health...not on any medication.....and to be quite honest.....I'm thinking of smoking again.....after 12 years of not smoking.

[shppr01]

Didn't smoke but chewed tobbacco for thirty five years!
Quit in april 2007! Best of luck to you ! if you need support just call on us !

[Dadsguns]

I am on my 12th day of being an ex smoker, doing fine so far, so will you.  Keep going and don't look back.

[thndregg]

My brother Flayed quit smoking when he subscribed to Aces High many years ago, "cold turkey". Hasn't smoked since.

[Forker]

I smoked and chewed snuff (sometimes at the same time) from age 16 (year 1968) until August the 8th of 2000 at 11:00 am in the morning. Tobacco free ever since. I'm not going to lie, I still miss the snuff, but benefits of being clean from it far outweighs any thought of starting again.

Forker

[doomed]

i quit too in 2008 when our awesome leader levied even more taxes on them making them almost 4 bucks a pack. Im a truck driver and have smoked over 25 years but went cold turkey and after a few days it was ok and after about 2 weeks was fine. The worste part was driving all day with nothing to do so i started on sunflower seeds and that worked great.....then i had to kick the sun flower habit.

[AAJagerX]

Update:

Ok, I may or may not have hit a Nun with a shovel.... 

Still not smoking though.   

[Kermit de frog]

Update:

Ok, I may or may not have hit a Nun with a shovel.... 

Still not smoking though.   

 

Good luck Jager!

[maddafinga]

Hey good luck Jager.  I know lots of people who've quit, so it's doable, you just have to really be ready.

I'll be pulling for you.

[SIK1]

Update:

Ok, I may or may not have hit a Nun with a shovel.... 

Still not smoking though.   

Just remember, no matter what it's not your fault. 

WTG on the not smoking.

[Plazus]

Okay for a second I thought you were quitting the game. If so, Id be like  and go all        on your arse!

Joking aside though, I wish the best of luck with you quitting smoking. This is one of the biggest steps to make in your life, and will improve your life on so many levels.