12 hours without a smoke.
 

Leave me alone, I am grumpy.
Don't know if I can do it, I like to smoke, but I am going to give it hell. Longest I ever made if before was 14 months, worst 14 months of my life.

I know you don't give a dam right now, but I am pulling for you.

I quit using Chantix, but I'm a wimp.

Congrats! Keep it up!!

I wish you luck. I've been trying to reduce my Beer intake. So I'm at the damn store and the 18 paks are about .02 cents more than the 12 paks.............the 30 paks arn't much more either. Or, I'll stop to but one big beer, now, they're 2 for $3.00.

Remember when, you'd go tho the store and buy a 6pak or 2 -6paks, or maybe a "case", ( thats 4 6paks for all the younger guys ).

Steve

73 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

We were discussing this at bfast.... On Oklahoma prices, if you smoke a pack a day, you are spending $150 a month.... Two packs? $300....

pfft, Try $10-12 per pack in NY/NJ.

Wish I were still living there, would have helped me kick.

Hang in there Fred. I'm pullin for you.

Hang in there Fred. I quit Copenhagen about 10 years ago cold turkey. The first 30 days for me was the PITS! Pumpkin seeds helped quench the habit for me.

The wife claims I was an a**hole for 2-3 months, didn't seem like it to me.....:>)

I still slip (have a dip) to this day but I don't want to re-live that first 30 days again.

Nicotine is one of the worst (toughest) habits to break free of.

YOU CAN DO IT

Karl
88 Targa

Keep it up Fred, I heard that Nic is in your system for 72 hours and then its all a mental addiction after that. Thats the tough part, the mental thing, you may need a subsitute for the butts, for most people its food, I put on 40 lbs when I quit in Jan. this year and I was already heavy but I'm still butt free, lots of guys here have quit and if we can do it so can you.
God hates a quitter but he looks the other way when it comes to butts, booze and drugs.
Hang in there - we're rootin for ya.
Finn

Stay strong for your youngin!

longer you go easier it gets. Keep occupied and reward yourself. Good luck!

I was a smokeless tobacco user like Karl for twenty plus years. I too quit cold turkey in 2000. I still miss the dip to this day but I won't go back. Like others have said. Its more the mental addiction then the physical addiction.
Congrats on your first 12 hours.

We're rooting for you, Fred. Just remember you are trying to free yourself from the slavery of nicotine, and what's just as bad, the habit of doing the cigarette thing with your lips, hands, fingers, etc. Also remember it's a completely unnatural thing to do and a dirty habit. Go for it.

Stay strong. I've never smoked, but I've witnessed what you are doing...stay strong....I'll pray for you

Your lungs don't care how you quit, but they thank you....

Made it through day one, just got back from the store, and I still have 7 dollars in my wallet. Screw you guys, I'm going to bed.
No seriously , thanks for the support. The real test will come when I go back to work on Tuesday, that is where the grunt of my smoking triggers are. I was busy all day , and it was not too bad, but then this evening when I slowed down a little bit, I was really jonesing for one.

First 72 hrs is the worst. Just keep telling yourself your not giving in. You can do it.

Yeah, it does get better.

Good for you Fred! I quit a while ago. Just wait till you can breath again!!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/535848-anyone-quit-quitting-smoking.html

In case you feel like you want one .......




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keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Fast. You know you want to quit...have to quit. Just F ing do it. Stop being a slave. Right now. Stop it.

If you'd seen the sh$t being drained from my fathers lungs in the last few days of his life you would never smoke again. It was the most vile colored sh$t I have seen exiting a human body.

Good show!

Quit smoking is without a doubt the single best decision one can make in a life time, from a health perspective.

You can do it!

Listen to that, Fred! But I am so happy to hear that you are trying to quit! I could kiss you now! Being a cancer nurse, it brings me joy to hear when somebody quits smoking/chewing. If you have seen somebody without half their face/jaw because they chewed or saw somebody with lung cancer struggle for breath, it would scare the crap out of you. I hav never touched a cigarette in my life for that reason.

Yay for you, Fred! You won't believe me but I am doing the happy dance. Picture an Asian gal holding her phone, dancing around in a little circle...

I have been on the Chantrix, but ran out for a week. SO I am GOING to start over.

You inspire all of us nicotine addicts. Hell it is motivating to see you go for it and hear all the others that capped that beast as well.

GOOOD LUCK!

Chew alot of gum. That helped me quit 20 years ago.

I still crave smokes and bum them occasionally. Nicotine is a hell of a drug.

Yep it sure the hell is, worse than my second wife!!! (but I'm not bitter;))

Hope you can keep the streak, good luck.

My FIL quit after 50+ years and he carried around an unlit cigarette in his hand for the first year or so. He never lit it, but it helped him with the habitual feeling of having one in his hand for so many years if that makes sense.

I recently went two years without a cigarette, then smoked a few packs on vacation in Germany and threw away what was left of my last pack before I boarded the plane for home. Didn't miss it when I got home. I smoked one cigarette about a month ago when a friend from college offered me one. I really enjoyed that one. I bought a pack last Tues. and finished it yesterday. I don't know if/when I'll do that again. I wish I could just smoke one now and then and not feel compelled to finish the pack. I was never a heavy smoker and I ran seven marathons when I was doing 10-12 cigarettes per day. And two nights ago I booked a three week trip to China, where every single man smokes, including my in-laws. I'm going to have to be strong after coming home from that one.

I have had more than one junkie tell me that cigarettes were harder to kick than heroin, seriously; booze jockeys say the same.

Good luck, eat lots of green apples

12 hours without a smoke.
 

Quit!

Chime in when you feel weak. We will prop you up.

My Mom passed away in May from smoking. She was a very young 70 but smoked for more than 55yrs. Watching her last days was the absolutely worst time of my life.

Please seek assistance with your efforts. It's an extremely nasty addiction and will kick your ass if underestimated. It is a sign of determination to accept help with this. Do you and your family a favor and do all you can to stop. A cessation coach would be a smart step. Someone you can call when you have the urge to light up.

I truly wish and pray for your success. Best wishes, Don.

119 days without a dip. First 3 weeks was hell. Still want one, but the craves pass a lot quicker now. Thank God for sunflower seeds.

I had quit for a couple years before meeting my better half.
I don't smoke much, and never in the house(no dirty motel here), but it is still too much.

One thing I noticed(for me at least) is that the urge to smoke was set by psychological triggers:
-Having to go to the bathroom.
-Being dehydrated or tired.
-After meals.
-Doing routine things such as getting into a car, taking a break, etc.
-Feeling uncomfortable about people, or things I've put off doing.

It helps to change your view of a smoke from a treat to a task.
For reducing smoking, set guidelines and make it difficult and a burden to smoke: eg"ok, I have to set a timer and wait 10 minutes after the urge, or, I have to walk around the block first and then I can, etc.."
In time, you will have better control.

Chew lots of gum. Wear a dental guard. Make good tea. Whatever works.

Don sorry for your loss and the ordeal involved.
I have been debating sharing a similar story about my dad. He died much too early from complications from smoking and lung cancer. He never got to meet my boys, or watch his other grand children growing up. A loss for all of us.

He had it so bad that he couldn't totally quit even after he knew he had cancer. So clearly it not easy to quit. But it is so worth the effort.
Best of luck to you, Fast. Stick with it.

Cheers Richard

Day two down, I am an emotional feekin' basket case. I have an old coffee can full of butts back by my shed, and I was eyballin' it for a little while today, and then I was just out in the truck holding the keys trembling , ready to run down to buy a pack of smokes, but came back in the house. I am gonna make it. I have just got to the point, where I do not want to be unhealthy anymore, my life is too busy to carry around an O2 tank .
So you tell me it will get easier after the 3rd day huh?..........
Thanks for the support ! Tomorrow is another day.

Hang in there, I quit Copenhagen a couple months ago.

After another week or two of walking the knifeedge every second, you'll get dealthy ill and start coughing up nasty flem.

After a month or two, you'll start to feel like you've got unlimited energy.
That's when the suffering starts to become worthwhile.