Kickin the habit.

[.Shane.]

As of Oct. 5, I'll be smoke free for 39 years.

 

[Neomega]

What I find funny is that people's who've quit smoking are as tough on smokers as born-again Christians are on me.

Some are, I'm not. I don't mind smokers at all, and I don't find the smoke offensive.

I quit, cold turkey.

Most mornings, you wake up, and think, "I want a cigarette". But every now and then, you wake up, you smoked your last cig from the night before, and you need to get a new pack, except something inside you says, "I might quit today"

That's when you try to go 8 more hours before getting a pack, after 8 hours, counting sleep, you are at 16, so if you can push just 8 more hours, it becomes a day, and you can go to sleep, wake up, and you now have quit smoking for more than a day.

After 3 days, the nicotine is gone, and any desire you have for smoking is actually habit.

I have quit for more than 6 months about 3 times. It is just a matter of recognizing one of those mornings you can quit on.

Another trick -- don't tell anyone, until at least a week, even if they ask you, deny you quit, say you are just cutting back or something. Keep it a secret.
That way, you recognize you are still prone to restarting. People who after one day going around saying, "I quit smoking" after one or two days, end up looking silly if a week later they are smoking, and are just annoying if they have done this 20 times in the past year.


Another mind trick -- I can't stand listening to people always talk abut how they are going to quit smoking as they are smoking.
If you are smoking, just enjoy the cigarettes, and try not to think of quitting. I know it's hard, but try to just enjoy the cigarette.


yet another trick - after a week, try to stop counting how long it has been since you quit. It will soon just start to melt away as a distant memory, and one day, you'll be able to look back, and think, "I can't believe I used to smoke all the time, was that even me?"

I don't know how long it's been since I smoked, but I know it's been over a year.


One more thing:

Prepare for the sickness...

after about 2 weeks, you will get sick, and your lungs will start to clean themselves. You will get sick as hell and cough up so much nasty phlegm. But in a way, it feels good, because you'll know your body is cleansing.


Finally, you see a girl 2 months from now, smoking, you want to talk to her, but don't know how....

forget it dude, not worth it, either think of something else to strike up conversation, or don't do it, because you cannot have just one cigarette.

 

[RameNoodle]

Let me just give you my advice: I tried the gum, couldn't get it to stay lit. I tried the patch, but it kept stickin' to my lips.
But seriously, I'm only fifteen, and I know that the best way to stay away from things that you really don't want to do, is to do them. Try just smoking 3/4 of a pack a day for two weeks, assuming you normally smoke a pack a day. Then, a half of a pack, and so on and so forth.
Or, maybe you could try carrying less money with you. That way, when you look in your wallet for cigarrete money, there isn't as much there, and you remind yourself that you're trying to quit. It's really just how much you want it, in my opinion.

 

[Pyrite]

"Or, maybe you could try carrying less money with you. That way, when you look in your wallet for cigarrete money, there isn't as much there, and you remind yourself that you're trying to quit. It's really just how much you want it, in my opinion"

Well, I smoke rollies, they're about 2 dollars and pretty gross, so money's not an issue. Yr last statements the truest, just can't quit if ya don't really see it so negatively.

 

[Scratcher]

After smoking for almost 20 years I have now gone 7 months since my last cigarette. Giving up was far from easy, I had many many failed and half hearted attempts.

I would say the first 3 or 4 weeks were the worst when I would get very agitated and really feel the cravings for a smoke. At these times I would use a chewing gum, which tasted revolting. I also avoided going to bars for quite some time as the drink lowers your will power and it was the scene of many of my previous failed attempts.

Now I feel much healthier, fitter and I am glad I "forced" myself to quit.

Pyrite, I wish you luck, because you will need it, it is a difficult habit to stop.

 

[I am the Future]

YEah I have the problem of, "I want to quit, but everyone i know smokes, and if they light one up I ahve to even if I just finished one"

It realy sucks, and i realy need to stop doing it.

 

[Bartleby]

Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it loads of times.

 

[nonconformist]

Well, I won't speak for myself, as I'm not really a smoker, jsut one of those socialites.

And I never touch cigarettes.