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I used to smoke 1-2 packs a day...depending on the situation or whatever...but I quit back in July 2007 and have still not smoked...
I did it cold turkey and for the money...its hard but not too hard...you just have to make yourself not buy another pack of cigs... I still want to smoke now and again...I even have dreams about smoking cigs and it fee;ls so f*cking good to smoke in my dream...but I just tell the urge to smoke, "NO!" and I don't do it. Its all in your head after the first 3 days of quitting...for real...just gotta stick with it |
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something like 60 years ago I sarted drinking and smoking, very soon the habit was a 12 pack or better of beer daily, two packs of smokes average. 1 year ago said I am no longer a drinker quit cold turkey not easy but you can do it. about 6 months ago stoppd smoking quit cold turkey it is hard but if you are determined you can do it.
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I really ought to quit smoking. I sometimes why I even started in the first place. 
I'm interested in hearing from all of you ex-smokers who made the successful transition to a smoke free life. Maybe, it'll inspire and motivate me to take more progressive steps to successfully do it. I honestly don't think I can quit "cold-turkey". I don't have a success story, but I DO have a horror story- A dear friend of my dad's recently died of lung cancer. He had been smoking since he was in his late teens in the mid-sixties. He had no intention of quitting either, despite many of his friends and loved ones telling him that he should probably quit. His rationale was that there were many long-time smokers who have gone on to live full, cancer-free lives and that he shouldn't be any different. One of the last people to talk to him about his habit was my dad. He also asked that he at least take a trip to the doctor's to get checked out. "Awww... I'm fine, dammit!" was his reply. And THEN he started coughing up blood and lost a ton of weight in a matter of weeks. It turned out that his lung cancer (he had it for years and didn't know about it) had metastasized to his throat and bladder. This was about a year-and-a-half ago. He died with a ciggie in between his lips, too. |
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These are all great posts! I'm reading them all right now! I feel some sense of hope now that I can slowly but surely beat my addiction.
Keep them coming! |
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I really ought to quit smoking. I sometimes why I even started in the first place.
I'm interested in hearing from all of you ex-smokers who made the successful transition to a smoke free life. Maybe, it'll inspire and motivate me to take more progressive steps to successfully do it. I honestly don't think I can quit "cold-turkey". yes you can quit cold turkey. i did it. it wasn't easy. the way i did it was by setting goals for myself. the first day is the hardest. gotta stay busy and away from friends who smoke and smoking situations. take aspirin or whatever for the headache if you have it...but it is easiest if there is a big push at work or something to keep you occupied. then, if successful, try for 3 days, then a week. i could not cheat or it was all over. after a week the need is greatly diminished. go for 2 weeks then a month. then you are really free of it. once you have a few days under your belt then it is 1) easier cause the drug level is way down and 2) you have built a little history so it gives confidence and also something to lose if you have to start all over again... it took several tries. but i made it stick for good in July...of 1992. good luck. it may be one of the toughest things you ever accomplish but it is worth it. 
I really agree with this guy..you have to go little increments at a time, keep yourself away from it is the most basic step...and tell others about it so that they know of your efforts...stay busy, get involved in something else, with me i started jogging, playing basketball, and eating more, reading, anything to occupy the time in which you might start smoking, hell i even started doing push-ups...you do feel better with every passing hour, day, days, and eventually weeks...i quit for like for months recently, and just last saturday i took one hit of a newport...bad idea, got really light headed, and a headache really, wasn't worth it..haven't had the craving since then...i think then i was more of a search to end my frustration and stress, the newport wasn't the answer...you can do it man...i believe in you...you're already taking the first step...getting help...you'll be there in a minute man...because it's a minute by minute accomplishment... |
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