I quit!!

dougo83

dougo83

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So...I have finally decided to quit smoking after a number of years. I am quite obstinate person, so I am going to try this cold-turkey.

So...anything I can do to make this easier? Last time I tried to quit, I packed on the weight trying to find a fix.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks Y'all!
Dougo
 
I quit recently. A few months I guess.
1. Step down the # of cigaretts per day. Set limits/goals, and stick to them.
2. Consciously buy your last pack, put off that first cigarette, every day go further. Make it further by an hour each day for example.
3. Change your habits/routine as needed. For example, don't drink alcohol, or go to a bar. Don't hang out with smokers, don't even go into a cigarette store or gas station.
4. As you get closer to the end of that last pack, smoke less of each cigarette. Relight those last ones to get that crappy stale taste.
5. Enjoying breathing, seriously pay attention to how much better you feel as you cut down. Go for walks, ride a bike, do things that make you get out and breath fresh air.

It worked for me. You've beat it after a week, after that don't look back.
 
Never think "well maybe just one"! It will NEVER be just one. Ever. Start an exercise regimen to help keep you busy, keep you thin and give you some new goals. Avoid other smokers for a while, the temptation will be great.

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've done but also one of the best. It will test your will.

I wish you much luck. :thumbup:
 
I quit several years back. First stop buying cigarettes. Then try not to hang around with people who smoke. Out of sight out of mind is never truer. After a few days the withdrawal stops, and then its just about reprogramming yourself. After a few weeks you forget about the craving more and more, and eventually you forget about them altogether. It's a foul habit and your body's natural opposition to it will help you along in this process.
 
It is a foul habit.
Smoking is about frustrations. You need to learn work-arounds for tempting times.
You can do it, just determine to be smoke free.
If God had made men to smoke, He'd have turned their noses upside down.
 
I've been smoke and chew free for 10 years.

I went to the doctor for my annual physical, and he told me I needed to quit. He prescribed Zyban, and the patch, and that is all it took.

If you want details on how it worked, PM me.
 
Good for you. Stick to it, it will be one of the best things you have ever done for yourself and those that care about you.
 
Exercise. It's a much better high than nicotine. Start walking. Then, after a few days or weeks, try jogging. It will be uncomfortable, at first. Then it will become addictive. And you'll live a lot longer (and cheaper).
 
I quit years ago. I think everyone that has quit did it a different way.

What I did was save my last cigarette if I ever really needed it. I still have it. It is in my desk. Every once in a blue moon I'll pick up the pack and rattle it around.

I still miss smoking once in a while but I am glad I quit. I really don't like the smell anymore. I don't miss worrying about running out of cigarettes.

I quit before all anti-smoking laws. It seems like today smoking would take effort. Effort to have to go outside or wait until you are somewhere you can smoke.

It is not the easiest thing to do in the world but it gets easier as time goes along. You will know you have quit for good when you are telling others they should quit too!

Good Luck with it!
 
dougo83, congrats on your decision. I myself do not smoke, but have watched my wife try and finally succeed. She tried all the normal "cures", but nothing worked. As Foxx said, decrease the number of smokes a day. She carried a "box" with her and started with 15/day. The following week was 12/day, etc. etc. I started getting her out more, not being around others who smoked, avoiding public events, etc. One trick she used believe it or not was to "fiddle" with a pencil or pen in her fingers. The "jim-jams" were the worst part for her, but she has now been smoke free for over 4 years and is getting to the point that smoke actually bothers her. Her taste has returned, she says everything smells so different to her, completely different now.
Surround yourself with support people, and keep yourself busy, busy, busy. Good luck to you, I know you can do it.
Be safe.
 
Reading Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking helped me quit smoking, and helped me do it fast. I tried cold turkey and the patch both and both times I got back on the smellystick. I went from a pack a day for 10+ years to nuttin over night, so I think it worked out great. It's hard to explain how it works but, it worked 4 me. If you don't feel like paying money for it, you can find it on a pdf on the internet. Its definatly worth a shot.
 
Doug, I tended to put on weight after I quit. It wasn't so much the earting as it was the slowing down of my metabolism. I used the patch. After that I started taking Vitamin B series , along with Ginseng. This revved my metabolism up again along with some weight lifting and running.

Your body does go through adjustment but it's usually not permanent.
 
I use one of those E-cigs now, been using it from July last year, and I can say that I smoked about a pack of real cigarettes since than, but they don't taste as good as they use to
And I think is much easier to give up vaping, or vape liquids with low or no nicotine, than it is to quit actual smoking
But, I never wanted to quit smoking in the first place, and picked that E-cig as an alternative, to be able to "smoke" everywhere, and give up the in house smoking, the ashtrays, and the smell from my room, clothes...
 
I have been smoke free for 10 years. I did it by starting with the patches for a few days, then cold turkey. I was completely ready to quit, and because of that, it was the easiest time I have ever had quitting.
 
Think of a knife you'd really like to own
take the money you'd spend on smokes and put it in a jar
once you see that money piling up you wont be tempted to spend it.
 
cold turkey can be done.. that's how I quit, I smoked 1-2 packs a day for about 13 yrs.. It took my 4 yrs of trying, each year was a 'resolution'.. what I found made me return to smoking after a few months was having a few drinks or something.. so I quit everything..

I'll have drinks every once and a while nowadays and it doesn't bother me, but again I haven't smoked in 14yrs, funny thing is every once in a while after eating or something there is like this cavity within me that opens up and says you NEED to smoke.. very odd..

You can do it man !!! just think of the money alone you'll save.... get you some chewing gum and keep yourself busy !!! that's how I did it but I wont take all the credit, I believe also God helped adn or cured me along the way..


Good luck,
 
YOU CAN DO IT!!!

I quit cold turkey Jan 1999 (for the last time)and have never looked back!!:thumbup:
Got married 1988 and said I would quit and DID 4-5 times in 10 years!!:mad:

YOU and YOU alone will and have to do it no amount of poking prodding or other things (IMHO) can have an effect on YOUR quitting.:) You will make up YOUR mind and follow through with a PERSONAL decision!!

I will tell you it will be THE best thing for you and your family on many fronts to Quit smoking!!

Good luck on a Quest!!;)
 
Cold Turkey is the way to go, bud! I'm on the verge of quitting myself. After nearly 25 years. :) It's gonna be tough, but the sooner the better. Determination is the key. It gets easier. Keep us posted.
 
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