I quit smoking today. [Archive]

Ellaroo

11-30-05, 01:04 PM

I feel bad for you....cravings suck.......don't give up giving up.

If you're anything like me you'll need to warn anyone within 100 meters that you may explode without warning at regular intervals. I once had an argument with a jar of coffee.

Keep us posted. And are you using any Nicotine replacement products?

Ellaroo

11-30-05, 01:09 PM

Advice....

Avoid 'triggers' that you associate with cigs.
Tell everyone that you know that you are giving up.
Remember your own reasons for giving up in the first place.
Take it a day at a time.....even a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step!

And if that lot works......you've got more will power than me.

GOOD LUCK, I HOPE YOU SUCCEED.

Calypsie

11-30-05, 01:09 PM

Nope. Doing it without it.

uhavemel

11-30-05, 01:12 PM

any advice?

I've never smoked but my parents both smoked liked freight trains all my life until my mom had a HUGE tumor removed this year. It was a big scare and thankfully non-cancerous. She hasn't smoked since but my dad still does. She makes him go outside. I'm not sure how that will work this winter.

My only advice is to remember it's for your health. And it stinks...it sticks to your clothes, your home, your car. It's really gross. Everytime I visit my parents I try to leave my coat in the car because the stink just gets absorbed into the fabric. UGH! And when my mom comes to visit here I have to wash all of her clean clothes because they reek. Even now that she has quit the smoke is still in the house and there is no escaping it. :soapbox: I think I'm done now. :cool:

Calypsie

11-30-05, 01:43 PM

Yeah, we didnt smoke in the house.

so..

Yeah.

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 03:25 PM

Think of it this way, you'll gain more friends from the pool of 90% of people who don't like 2nd hand smoke.

Sage_elf 68

11-30-05, 03:32 PM

Way To Go!!! I quit smoking about 4 years ago. It was sooooo hard. It was like the third time I gave it up. But it is the last. You just gotta want to do it for yourself. There comes a day though, when you wake up and you realize you have your life back and what a slave you were to a rotten industry. Keep up the good work.

Calypsie

11-30-05, 03:34 PM

but i enjoy it so much.

and I completely just blew my diet all to hell with the candy bar i got on my non-smoke break.

darnit.

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 03:36 PM

You'll have more money too. Since it's like $30 for one cig these days.

Calypsie

11-30-05, 03:38 PM

and i'm gonna get fat.

Sage_elf 68

11-30-05, 03:40 PM

You can always go back on a diet later. Quiting smoking now is the better of the two choices.

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 03:40 PM

But you'll live longer.

Bekka

11-30-05, 03:41 PM

Good luck, Caly. I know it's one of the hardest things to do. :)

MoreLikeHurleyThanYou

11-30-05, 03:45 PM

good luck. I'd quit with you, but I'm not up to it right now.

Bekka

11-30-05, 04:05 PM

Same here, Hurley. :rolleyes4

Calypsie

11-30-05, 04:42 PM

C'mon guys!!! Me, My Sister, Her fiance and some of our co-workers are all starting today.

Do it. ;)

Bekka

11-30-05, 04:44 PM

*&^%. Damn peer pressure. LOL

Calypsie

11-30-05, 04:48 PM

C'mon. i Even made a sign to hang on my desk warning people not to talk to me.

JohnLocke

11-30-05, 04:49 PM

Nice one, dont smoke!

DohBoy

11-30-05, 05:02 PM

and i'm gonna get fat.Not true unless you replace smoking with Twinkies. Mmmm ... Twinkies.

Well, you will have my utmost respect if you kick the habit.

supermanfan469

11-30-05, 05:43 PM

You can do it! Go Go Go!

We're all standing behind ya, Yunie!

Calypsie

11-30-05, 05:52 PM

http://wowlag.ytmnd.com/ (except i dunno what the music is, so, turn down your speakers, but that is me today.)

Calypsie

11-30-05, 05:53 PM

I'm at a point where if someone in my support system cracks, I will crack.

My sister just broke her ipod. its a possibility that will cause her to crack.

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 05:56 PM

just think about Lost, if you were on that island you'd have to quit sometime. no more cigs left.

Calypsie

11-30-05, 05:59 PM

i'd like to be on the island.

LOL

swim and tan all day. *grin*

but work is the worst.

as soon as i get out of here for the day its gonna hit me bad.

really really bad.

like driving home.

The back of my dentyne ice package says.

Dentyne-ism #5
Today's the day.
(If not, tomorrow is too.)

Real inspiring there, dentyne.

Gj.

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 06:03 PM

I have an idea, put the money you would have spent each day on cigarettes into a box, then at the end of the week or month, see how much money you have.

Are you quitting cold turkey or do you have help?

Calypsie

11-30-05, 06:05 PM

Woo! $14 every two weeks! (i rolled my own with filters and everything.)

cold turkey.

dominic obsesser*

11-30-05, 06:08 PM

I've only been smoking for three years, but i'm about to gnaw my arm off.

:help::pissed::thwak:
i have a suggestion, keep chewing gum and licking lolly pops and anything that will keep ur mind of it..

Calypsie

11-30-05, 06:10 PM

good idea.

at least i didnt break my ipod.

Ellaroo

11-30-05, 08:04 PM

Calypsie - I just found myself wondering how you were getting on! So I thought I'd pop back on the forum before I head to bed (to watch tv) to say..........keep it up and keep us posted!

ILikeLostBrunettes

11-30-05, 08:07 PM

Go to bed? You English and your early bed times. You know it's only 3pm?

Hopefully our cold turkey hasn't bitten anyones head off.

major_matt

11-30-05, 08:10 PM

My ex-girlfriend used to smoke, I helped her quit by saying that I wont kiss her for 2 hours after a smoke, i couldnt stand it.

But, like many have said, its something that you WANT to do. If you dont WANT to, and you enjoy it alot, dont try to quit because you wont be able to. You have to WANT to quit. So if you DO want to, best of luck to you.

Your body organs will thank you later for it :)

Ellaroo

11-30-05, 08:13 PM

LOL ILLB - You Amercians lie in too late in a morning!!

I'm not ready for sleep just yet. I'm off to bed to snuggle under my quilt and watch TV.......Lost is on at 10pm....tonight is the one with Hurleys numbers. (No.18? I think.)

Dharmit

11-30-05, 08:14 PM

My mom died last year from lung cancer. She smoked for over 50 years.. started when she was 13. She only stopped when she was in the hospital and couldn't leave her bed. I never smoked but living with two parents who smoked has done some damage. Watching our mom suffer for over a year before dying convinced my sister to stop smoking. I know the craving is terrible, but think of what your family will feel if smoking causes the ultimate consequence and they lose you in such a horrible way.

WaywardK8

11-30-05, 08:24 PM

Good job... I remember how hard it was for me to quit, but it's been almost three years. The biggest thing that kept me going was ... chewing gum. lollipops. candy. biting my nails. anything that kept my mouth and hands busy.
And like Sage_elf said, When you wake up and you realize you have your life back and what a slave you were to a rotten industry... that's the best feeling in the world. Giving away your hard-earned money to some greedy corporation is the worst. The moral obligation to stop giving those jerks money was also a huge incentive for me.
Speaking of incentives, one big thing to do is -- every time you want to buy some cigarettes, put the five, six dollars (whatever it costs wherever you are) into a jar... when you feel really bummed, look in the jar -- you'll have so much money in there that having a cigarette will seem completely worthless.

lostsurvivor23

11-30-05, 08:27 PM

supermanfan469

11-30-05, 09:04 PM

Good for you, too, lostsurvivor23!

We'll be rooting for everyone who's quitting!

Momofsamty

11-30-05, 09:45 PM

Calypsie.
First of all I want to say that is great! I have quit all 3 times I had my kids, but then started back up when I went back to work. But.......On Dec. 8th here in good ole Washington State we will no longer be allowed to smoke in or around (25 feet away from) public buldings. Everyone I know is going to quit. We've all decided that today is our last day to smoke so we can start fresh on Dec 1st. I work in a casino so it is going to be real hard! I hope I can be as strong! Hang in there!

I worked in a race track, it was so hard to stop when your in an atmosphere where everybody is doing it. I stopped this last time because my two children begged me to, as In their words, "we don't want you to die" Powerful stuff.

rosalind711

11-30-05, 10:21 PM

Avoid 'triggers' that you associate with cigs.
Tell everyone that you know that you are giving up

These two are key. I gets easier after awhile. Something important to do is remember when you have a bad day that cigarettes will NOT take away stress.

lostsurvivor23

11-30-05, 10:30 PM

I worked in a race track, it was so hard to stop when your in an atmosphere where everybody is doing it.

That's why we think it will be easier when Dec 8th rolls around. It won't be in our enviroment (casino) anymore. Until then we just have to grin and bear it at work. You are soooo right about the enviroment though. Like I said I quit when I had my girls, but the minute I went back to work I started smoking again because I was in the enviroment. It wasn't until I was there that I wanted a cigarette. BTW, I don't smoke at home either.

Hodgepodge

11-30-05, 10:49 PM

It's been seven years for yours truly!

Although I never smoked in front of my children, they knew I did. The smell and all. "Please daddy, stop!" I couldn't do it.

I remember watching the commercial where the lady smokes through a hole in her throat. While watching it, I unconsciously lit up! Now that's bad.

What got me to stop you ask? Purchasing some gas on a credit card, I forgotten I was out of cigarettes. So, I was going to pay for them with cash. "Oh, give me a pack of (I won't name my brand)." "That'll be $4.03." Never had another one to this day!*Knock on wood*

My childrens health didn't matter. My own health didn't matter. I'm just a cheap bastard when you get right down to it!

Never give up! Never give in!:crossfing

The Central Scrutinizer

11-30-05, 11:48 PM

I guess the only advice I can give outside of what's already been said is...avoid coffee.

My fiancee and I had both quit about a month ago on Monday...my first real go at it. She used the patch and I was doing pretty well with the Nicorette gum. She picked up again after a couple of days, but I made it through the week. The only way I was able to do that was by drinking only one swallow of coffee in the morning (when I usally drink about 40-60 ounces a day). I drank a lot of water instead.

Like I said, I did fine until Saturday Morning, when I was bored at home. I foolishly made a full pot of coffee and proceeded to drink 2 cups. I just about went out of my mind until I lit up a cigarette. Stupid! :banghead: :ashamed: :banghead: :ashamed: :banghead:

Gaffa

12-01-05, 12:06 AM

Three days of physical withdrawal and you're in the clear. You'll stop wanting to gnaw the arm off. You need to resign to three really crummy days. It gets much better after that.

Ellaroo

12-01-05, 08:57 AM

lostSurvivor23

We've all decided that today is our last day to smoke so we can start fresh on Dec 1st.

Good luck and let us know how you're getting on.

Calypsie

12-01-05, 12:49 PM

Okay guys, I cracked after work yesterday. But i'm back on track now,

I'm gonna do the patch, cause I can't do it alone. We all cracked after work. So, I bought everyone a treat, and told everyone we did good making it through work, and said that I'd do better today!

So.. Yeah.

Ellaroo

12-01-05, 12:54 PM

Get back on track.....here's another one of my mothers saying....it may fit here........."You wouldn't smash your whole dinner service just because you broke a plate." (No..............I don't get most of them either!)

Anyway....good luck...again.