Quitting smoking

Been smoking about 10 years or so. I started taking Chantix 9 days ago and it's finally kicking in, so quit attempt #7 or 8 started today! Ignoring the 3-4 drags I took this morning before I threw the pack away, it's been about 16 hours.

This sucks so bad when my wife is still smoking :tears:

Trust me, it's the best thing you'll ever do. Smoking is the worst, and I cringe whenever I see somebody smoking ever since my mum was diagnosed with lung cancer (she was smoking since she was like 15 -- she's 58 now). Hang in there, it's for the best.

I am quitting this year too but I'm not using anything but will power. I have had three cigarettes since midnight on the 1st and I was smoking a pack + per day. I have been smoking for 17 years its hard to stop but I just look at how much money its saving me every time I get the craving and it helps allot. My wife smokes too and she has cut down but is not quitting yet this definitely makes it harder but I'm gonna make it this time. I have tried to quit several times and failed but with the price going up im done for good. Good Luck too you and when your craving it think about all the money your saving.

As an ex-smoker I can tell you the first four days usually are the worst. Every day after that will get less and less if you are determined to make it. That is the key. People who are determined will find reasons to keep going those who just want to quit for lack luster reasons can usually convince themselves it isn't worth the hassle.
Just do it one day at the time...:gj::gj:

You can do it. I quit 3 years ago. I started smoking when I was thirteen and I'm 46 now. Don't start adding. :) I made up my mind and did it cold turkey. Now I can't stand the smell of a stinking cigarette. I probably couldn't afford them anymore either. It will be challenging but you will be glad you quit.

Just wanted to tell you also if you keep taking the Chantix make sure you come off gradually. A coworker of mine quit taking Chantix a few weeks ago and ended up missing week of work because it made him really sick.

Good Luck!

It will be the best thing you will ever do. I am so glad I quit. It's been over three years since I did. I went cold turkey after many failed attempts using various types of meds. I threw all of my smokes away and bought some plain gum. Everytime I wanted one I would chew a new stick of gum. I went through a lot of gum those first two weeks lol. I wish you the best off luck kicking the habit.

I started smoking when I was 11 years old and it was the worst thing I ever did to my body. I'm not going to tell you quiting smoking is going to be the best thing you ever did, but I will tell you quiting is a mental thing. You have to be strong mentally and just tell yourslef its not worth your time picking up the smoke. Good luck to you.

I've heard Chantax works really well. GL !

I tried to quit a little over a year ago, went almost 3 months on an e-cig. Then I forgot to refill it one morning. That was the worst mistake I ever made because I got a smoke from one of the guys I work with and the real thing stunk to high hell but the cravings came back worse than ever.
The sad thing is I can go my two days off work on 2 to 4 cigs but as soon as I know I have to go 10-8 all I can think about is smoking:rolleye2:

Please keep me posted on the Chantax, that might be my next option because they are starting to cost too much now too

I have been smoking for 12 years, up to 1.5 pks a day....until Jan 1 this year.

January 1st, bought Walmart brand Nicotine step 1 patches. Wore them for 3 days. My body no longer needed to smoke, my mind forgot about cigarettes while I was preoccupied with everything else.
Driving without smoking was kind of hard, but I just drove faster to get to my destinations faster.
Did 7 days with the patch, although by day 4 I was wearing it just because I had to. Started the Step 2 patch... wore it for 2 days, forgot to put it on the 3rd day, remembered again the 5th day, and said screw the patch and havent touched a cigarette since 1/1/11. Break the mental habit first, the physical is the easiest part.

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i quit smoking a few years ago (with the help of patches prescribed by my doctor after having gone through 1 800 no butts) i have COPD and my 6 yr old son's respiratory health is poor due to my having smoked during some of the pregnancy. my aunt died of lung cancer as well. my fiancee smokes and i'm trying to get him to see that the $50-$60 he spends a month for cigarrettes can be put towards other, more important things but he's being a stubborn fool so, whatever.
good luck with your efforts.

I quit on Dec 21 after 25 years of smoking. The physical addiction to nicotine is broken after about 3 days. After that, it's all mental. It may help to pick a holiday weekend or take 3-4 days vacation and sleep as much as possible. I take two hot showers each day, and try to inhale as deep as possible. The steam seems to help with coughing the junk out of your lungs. I also keep a toothbrush/toothpaste handy and when I think I might want a cigarette, I just go brush my teeth. This will also help get the nicotine stains off your teeth. Good Luck...

Thanks for all of the tips/stories guys. My thing has been gum and sunflower seeds. And, when a craving comes on I just take a few big breaths until it hurts, just to remind myself why I'm quitting in the first place.

Still going strong... although yesterday felt like a non-stop craving. I expect the same today so I'm going to the gun range to vent :D

If you really want to quit, then you will do it.

I personally am not a smoker and I have never picked up the habit. A lot of my good friends smoke and they are always trying to quit but the problem they have is that they don't really "want" to quit.

Smoking is an awful habit. I applaud you for quitting :) Good luck! You can do it!! Just think about how great you will feel and how much money you will save! :D

The first thing I want to say is GOOD LUCK to all that are trying to quit. I really wish you the best of luck!

Now, let me tell you about a dear friend. He was a coworker and about 10 years ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He wasn't a really big smoker, probably a pack every 2 days. More when things were going rough. He did have a difficult marriage. He was dead less than 2 years after he was diagnosed. When he started coughing up parts of his lungs, he knew it was over. He gave up and stopped all treatments and was dead within 3 months.

Coughing up parts of your body has got to be a real turning point in one's life. His last 2-3 months, he was on oxygen. His last couple of weeks, he couldn't breathe even with the oxygen. If you looked into his eyes, it was enough to kill you. You could see the panick in his eyes, imagine drowning in your own body fluids. He couldn't sleep, he would pass out instead of sleeping. He was a fraction of the man he was just 2 years ago.

Just my experience trying to help a friend. I hope I never have to do it again!
Jim Smith

Best of luck to all of you quitting smoking!!!!!! :gj: My fiance smokes & talks about quitting someday, I hope that comes fairly soon as he has 3 boys who adore him & deserve a healthier dad! He gets stressed, he smokes, he wakes up, he smokes, we get in the car, he smokes, after he eats, he smokes, before bed, he smokes. It stinks, costs more & more & the kids don't like it, but right now he just isn't strong enough mentally to quit smoking. You do have to want to quit & I do think it's more a mental challenge than anything. Best of luck & try to treat yourself with the milestones of so many days with no cigs. You deserve it!!!!!

Congrats and good luck! I quit cold turkey about 5 months ago. My husband quit with me so it was a lot easier. I think it was one of the best decisions I have ever made though. I feel mentally and physically so much better. I found that gum, hard candy, and working out help a lot with keeping my mind off of them. Also knowing that packs are getting ready to go up to about $8 a pack is pretty good incentive to stay away from them lol.

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Originally Posted by spitzu

Still going strong... although yesterday felt like a non-stop craving. I expect the same today so I'm going to the gun range to vent :D

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Haha just think of how much ammo you can buy with the money you save from quitting. $5/pack, 1 pack/day = $35/week, 2 weeks = a 250 round bulk pack of 9mm FMJ. That's a lot of extra shooting if you quit smoking. :)

well good luck i been smokeing since i was 13 and when i try to quit i turn into a @$$hole and everyone hates me so i gave yup quiting :gj:

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Originally Posted by paintballerpunk722

well good luck i been smokeing since i was 13 and when i try to quit i turn into a @$$hole and everyone hates me so i gave yup quiting :gj:

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Did you try using anything to help? I quit several years ago after smoking for a long time. I used the patch for the first 2 days and was okay after that. Still wasn't easy, but the patch took the initial edge off. Even with the patch, gum, chantix, you still have to WANT to quit.

Making excuses like "I just turn into an :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:" means you really don't want to quit...

Good luck to those who are determined to beat it! :gj:

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Originally Posted by sho220

Did you try using anything to help? I quit several years ago after smoking for a long time. I used the patch for the first 2 days and was okay after that. Still wasn't easy, but the patch took the initial edge off. Even with the patch, gum, chantix, you still have to WANT to quit.

Making excuses like "I just turn into an :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:" means you really don't want to quit...

Good luck to those who are determined to beat it! :gj:

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ive tried everything except chantix which i cant afford patches dont work for me but your saying i dont want to quit well i do and i dont smokeing helps me stay calm when im in a stressful place like my job but on the other hand i know its bad for me and its alot of money so yea i do wanna quit but last time i tried i had a best friend and now i dont i would get aggitated very easy at the stupidist things and go off and i didnt notice it until my wife said something but like i said i said some things wrong and at the time i ment it well i havent talked to that person in over 3 years

Dad went on "Wellbutrin" he is another success story! It was no fun, but he got through it. Never thought I would see my dad quit, we are very proud of him.

Almost 7 weeks smoke free now and still going strong. The cravings are still a daily occurrence, but it's a mental thing. They're random and easy to push away because I really want to quit this time. It's always the same damn triggers, even after nearly 2 months. Getting in the car... eating... drinking... commercial breaks... being around others who are smoking... etc. Bleh.

Thankfully my wife quit smoking about 2 weeks after I did. She went and got hypnotized... She didn't even have cravings this time. It was like someone flipped a switch and she was just done. Can you believe that crap? She's such a cheater. :rage:

Good for you... I quit in 1997 after more than 12 years of heavy smoking (25 sticks per day)... I quit several times. One lasted for 2 years but when start smoking again, it became worst. I smoked even harder...

It's all mental from now on... as for me.. what I did was change my life routine... I looked for something that will fill up my time. A healthy hobby that would take my mind off the cigarrete... in my case, I went to the gym pumping iron... that was the next best thing I've done in my life after quitting.

The hardest period of quitting smoking is the first 6 months.... after that.. it will be fine... don't ever take even one puff...

Now I can take pride that I have a very strong mental power...:banana:

Congrats to the OP and everyone else who quit smoking!! I quit a few years ago. It was my first attempt after nine years of smoking. I started dipping to stop smoking. I dipped for a couple of months, and then realized how nasty it was, so I quit. It was pretty tough, and took me a couple weeks to take my last dip.

6 months smoke-free today! :banana:

It definitely has not been easy. My wife started smoking again about a month or two into my quit attempt and it was extremely difficult smelling it on her and seeing packs of cigarettes laying around.

Also, I still have to remind myself several times a day that I'm no longer a smoker and have to force myself to stop thinking about it. This is usually brought on by the normal things that used to trigger me to go have a smoke (eating, driving, tv commercials, etc). Is it going to be like this forever? I hope not...

Congratulations on your success and resolve to remain smoke free. I think the longer you go, the easier it gets... :gj:

I quit smoking for almost 5 years and started again a few months back. I know I'm a dumba$$. I am going to quit again

Ive tried quitting 3 times and have failed.
My boyfriend isnt a smoker and he hates that i do.
I would like to quit sometime soon. I know if i really WANT to...it will happen.
I feel your pain! I wish you good luck. Im sure you'll feel awesome once you quit.

I quit smoking for almost 5 years and started again a few months back. I know I'm a dumba$$. I am going to quit again

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Originally Posted by spitzu

Is it going to be like this forever? I hope not...

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Nope, it won't!

:)