Smoking

[spyderguy]

best of luck buddy:thumbup: I've got my quit date set and I'm slowly cutting back. 4 days til I'm a free man. The more money for knives will definitely go along way in keeping me away from those damn death sticks.

 

[Rupestris]

Thank you all for the motivation! I will, no I am quiting as of today!!!!!!!!

I hope it stick this time around.....

Good on ya Tonym! I'm on day 8. If my sorry, weak-willed arse can do it, I'm sure you can.

Right now I'm glad the price has gone up to around $6.50 - $7/pk here. I hope they go up again. Not to punish those that still smoke but to further dissuade me from ever picking up another pack.

Chris

 

[mymindisamob]

Thank you all for the motivation! I will, no I am quiting as of today!!!!!!!!

I hope it stick this time around.....

Good Luck Bro! I quit about 6 years ago after 20+ of smoking. It took trying to quit several times, but now you couldn't get me to suck on a coffin nail if you offered me INFI.

 

[j williams]

Thank you all for the motivation! I will, no I am quiting as of today!!!!!!!!

I hope it stick this time around.....

Ill quit with ya Tony.....:thumbup: Seems like a good enough time.

 

[KuRUpTD]

I too ( shamefully bows head) am a smoker.
I've attempted to quit many times and actually did quit for a full year.
I was then laid off from my job and used that as an "excuse" to start again.
Hopefully this thread will serve as an inspiration for me to stop once and for all.

Good luck to all you quitters.

 

[Sharp Eye]

Go for it PorcupineMtns66, Tony and JWilliams.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Rupestris congrats on quitting.

I have never smoked.
My father was a chest surgeon and I was there as he watched his father die from lung cancer.
The thought of how much it would hurt my dad kept me away from smoking.

I don't have any first hand advice, but, I do know that programs and support increase your chances of successfully quitting.
Ask your doctor about programs that have worked for others.
A couple of web sites that might be helpful. Here and Here
Good luck and we are behind you.
Here is my encouragement to the 4 of you; a bottle of good quality hooch, on me, if you stay off tobacco for a year.

slimshaneee- great post

 

[KuRUpTD]

Just wanted to add an eye opening photo:
That's a healthy lung on the left and on the right
Well you get the picture

 

[tonym]

Thanks for the well wishes and good luck to all who have and are quiting!

Jake lets do it bro! Well quit that is.

You gotta be careful on what you say to Jake......

 

[Grateful]

Today is my third day without a smoke, this thread is encourging to me and I thank everyone who has posted. I have tried to quit many times but never make it more than a week.
I am only 35 but can feel the effects of smoking while out walking and the going is up hill. Maybe this time I will make it. I love going for woods walks and on lake trips with my dog and hope to be able to do this well in to my retirement. Quitting smoking would really improve my chances. I also want to be around along time for my wife and daughter, I have every reason to quit. No good reason to continue other than smoking is some sort of crutch for me.
Maybe I will make it this time. Might as well, I'm not getting any younger.
Jim

 

[James_Terrio]

Good Lord, Kuruptd, I just threw up in my mouth a little

Like many of you, I've smoked for 20 years even though I've had family members die from it. It's crazy, I know... the only times I've been able to quit for any time were when there was just no smokes available to me. I joke with my GF that maybe I should punch someone out and get thrown in jail for a week; no smokes in there.

Jeez, I just did the math and realized I spend $300 a month on smokes!!! That's a freakin' car payment for God's sake. My woman told me when she quit, she motivated herself by putting her daily cig money in a jar and went shopping at the end of the month. Maybe that would help me too. You can buy a pretty darn nice knife for $300...

*blank* this, I need to at least try to quit. Sunflower seeds, patches, gum, whatever, I'll give it a shot. I'll ask my woman and kid to encourage me, they're both supportive and worry about my health.

Hang in there boys, I'm in the same boat with ya!

 

[mymindisamob]

I have a buddy at work right now who has fluid around his heart and hardened blood vessels in his legs. He can barely walk 100' and he cramps up. He has been smoking for well over 30 years and is facing a real life choice. Either quit smoking or give up his quality(?) of life. The Dr.s will not do the procedures he needs until he has quit smoking because of the risk to his healing afterwards. I am glad I made the choice to quit before it was made for me. I am way too bull-headed, rebellious and stupid to do something because I was told to.

 

[cj65]

This may sound dumb, but it worked for me. I had wanted to quit but could not quite get it done. I still smoked a pack or week or so, coming from a pack every 2 day habit. I was starting a new life after a bad divorce. I had quit any and all alcohol and drugs, but could not stop the stupid cigarettes. So, I prayed to God, who had already delivered me from many a problem to solve it for me. He (having a terrific sense of humor) put a cat in my life. I am allergic to the nasty little creatures. I could not breathe with the cat in the house (fiance's house, I have no say in the matter). It was either leave the house, not a good option for me, or quit smoking. It only took a couple of sleepless nights of gasping for oxygen to say that is enough. Smoking is done. Sounds wierd, but no cigs for over 3 yrs. No desire, no I am married, no cat and have a great dog! Good luck, pray, listen to what God says to you, follow through with it, and He will deliver......
God bless and good luck to you my friend,
CJ

 

[cmdionne]

Well if everybody is doing it, why not. I've never been much of a smoker, right now I'm at about a pack every 10 days (excluding nights at the bar, these are usually good for a half pack). Here's to a smoke free W&SS.

I wish that spending my smoke money on knives was as good an incentive for me as for the rest of you, but at about 30 bucks a month, it will take me a year to get a sebbie.

 

[J.Wade]

guys keep at it,:thumbup:


I quit 2 years 2 months 5 days and 6 hours ago, but who's counting, best thing I ever did.
after smoking more years than not smoking I figured enough was enough.


cya
jimi

 

[GEC]

Good luck man I quit smoking now for at least 2 years now after my second son. I realized sucking wind climbing 40-50 stairs at work really blows. I was only 29 then and out of shape. I had high BP and Triglycerides were through the roof. I ready to be put on BP meds, I screamed I was only 29! One day I looked at my sons and realized if I don't quit. I will never keep up with them when they want to play and run around. Right there I decided to quit and get healthy again. Now my BP is 127/67 w/o meds and I can run for 5 miles without stopping. My Triglycerides are so low now from eating healthier. Working out in the gym is best way to past the time and stay in shape. Just make it a game like I did by changing one thing at a time. I messed with my Doctors head so much he doesn't want to see me until my yearly check up. He says to me," You know what you need to do."

Definitely sun flower seeds helped out, but watch the salt intake though LOL. Cut back on the booze and coffee.( I said cut back not quit) Go through the motions like you did when you smoked. Like if you feel the urge to smoke and you use to go outside. Go outside and a take deep breathes to clear the mind and go back in. Good Luck and keep a strong mind set and you will prevail.

 

[JRB]

I quit by first only smoking a half cigarette at a time rather than the whole thing. Then, I gradually lengthened the time I went without smoking. I first did this by chewing nicarette between smokes. After a while I was able to go without the nicotine gum. Eventually, between smoking half cigarettes and enforcing a time span between smokes, I was able to cut my habit down to three cigarettes a day. I kept that habit up for a few weeks and then cut down to three half-cigarettes a day (one at lunch time, one after supper, one at night). After a few weeks of that I quit completely but went back to nicarette three times a day and finally weened myself from nicotine completely. The whole thing took about three months but really worked for me. I haven't been a smoker since the beginning of 1999.

 

[Billbo66]

I smoked for 24 years. I quit last June, a few months after my first kid was born. Being a new Dad at 42, I figured that I better take care of myself if I wanted to see him graduate. If I am going to die young, I would prefer it be in a blaze of glory, doing something I love, rather than a slow, painful, undignified wither. I used Chantix (prescription nicotine blocker), which helped, but the side effects were hell- bad dreams, insomnia, nausea if taken on an empty stomach.

Ultimately, you quit with your brain. Your desire to live longer, walk farther, smell better, and save money overcome the impulse to get a quick fix. Start by making some easy to follow rules, like no longer smoking on the can, or not smoking in the house, or your car. NO consecutive cigs. Then fight the urge when you want one, and see if you can go an extra hour before you light up, etc. Eventually, you will learn that your will is stronger than you think, and that will give you more confidence.

I think it is a good idea to have some sort of fitness program going at the same time. Anything that tests your cardiovascular endurance would do. This will give you a baseline to judge and appreciate your improvement.

Last October, after being smoke free for only a few months, I put my 10 month old son in a backpack carrier for my annual fall hike to a favorite area. The trails run up and down a bluff that follows the Missouri River. In the past, I have been winded on the uphills. Last fall, I noticed a HUGE improvement, never really getting winded on the uphills. Although, my legs and ass were burning due to the extra 35 pounds of kiddo and gear on my back.

Good luck! Keep trying

 

[j williams]

Thanks for the well wishes and good luck to all who have and are quiting!

Jake lets do it bro! Well quit that is.

You gotta be careful on what you say to Jake......

I just got back from my 16mile ride on the singlespeed, and have not had a puff yet.

I am SO in bro. :thumbup:

When you want a smoke, just call me and I will call you a bunch of names and insult you relentlessly. I will do the same. :thumbup:

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

If you have any trouble not smoking...just think of all the gear that cigarette money can get you!

 

[tonym]

When you want a smoke, just call me and I will call you a bunch of names and insult you relentlessly. I will do the same. :thumbup:

We do that now