Let's quit tobacco together!
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Maverick2272
Washing Up
Oh Lord.. I am supposed to, and I know if I don't I will have emphysema within 5 years, but I failed again and am back on them!!
You should start a group on here for quitting smoking!
You should start a group on here for quitting smoking!
Saphellae
Head Chef
A quitting smoking group would be great. I love to see people kick the habit - it's such an awful one. I know that alot of people started smoking when they didn't know it was bad for you, and were really young - so it's sooo hard to quit.
I myself have never smoked a cigarette in my life, or done drugs, so I hope I am a bit of inspiration for those who do smoke to quit - you CAN live without it!!
I myself have never smoked a cigarette in my life, or done drugs, so I hope I am a bit of inspiration for those who do smoke to quit - you CAN live without it!!
Maverick2272
Washing Up
I started when I was 14, that was 21 years ago... uggggg.
GrillingFool
Head Chef
Thank goodness for Commit lozenges. Took a year, but my 3 pack a day habit
is gone now.
Tis amazing how few colds I get, and how much more I can smell, and how FREE I feel,
not having to plan and ration and worry about when/where/how I was gonna get my
next smoke.
is gone now.
Tis amazing how few colds I get, and how much more I can smell, and how FREE I feel,
not having to plan and ration and worry about when/where/how I was gonna get my
next smoke.
I smoked for 25 years and finally decided to quit just over a year ago. I needed the patch to do it, and so far it seems to be sticking. Still, there are those days when I'd be willing to spend the $10 for a pack...and then I come back to my senses.
Russellkhan
Senior Cook
It's a really tough one.
I quit for 3 years in my late teens, but one day at the end of high school I picked it up again in a fit of nostalgia. Nowadays I have no idea how I managed it then. It seemed as easy as a decision at the time. Lately I've been thinking about quitting but it's hard to even approach. At this point I'm just trying to cut down. I'm thinking if I start tracking how much I smoke each day I can limit myself or reduce the next day. But I haven't even started the counting.
It's harder than I want it to be.
I quit for 3 years in my late teens, but one day at the end of high school I picked it up again in a fit of nostalgia. Nowadays I have no idea how I managed it then. It seemed as easy as a decision at the time. Lately I've been thinking about quitting but it's hard to even approach. At this point I'm just trying to cut down. I'm thinking if I start tracking how much I smoke each day I can limit myself or reduce the next day. But I haven't even started the counting.
It's harder than I want it to be.
texasgirl
Master Chef
It has been 4 months, 17 days, 48 minutes and 30 seconds and 1667 cigarettes, here!!LOL
Commit lozenges really helped, but, I only used those 4 days. You have to want to quit and stop looking at it as " omg, what am I going to do without them?" and start looking at it this way instead "wow, look at all the things that I can do without them!"
The commit did help and I still have 2 little bottles never opened. After 4 days, I quit those too. It is hard, and people will tell you, if I can do , you can. Well, it's true. I smoked since 12, I'm 39, that is 27 years that I was slowly killing myself. I do feel better as far as breathing and when I got sick a couple of weeks ago. I kicked it so quickly!!! Normally, I am sick for weeks. If you want to quit, you will quit. Me, I would probably still be smoking and hacking if it weren't for dh griping at me day in and day out, but, he did me a favor. And if I hadn't been for the fact that I was sick of the taste of them and the morning ones were making me nauseated, I don't think I would have been able to quit. I just thought, what am I doing, when I was get sick from the first one every morning. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!
Commit lozenges really helped, but, I only used those 4 days. You have to want to quit and stop looking at it as " omg, what am I going to do without them?" and start looking at it this way instead "wow, look at all the things that I can do without them!"
The commit did help and I still have 2 little bottles never opened. After 4 days, I quit those too. It is hard, and people will tell you, if I can do , you can. Well, it's true. I smoked since 12, I'm 39, that is 27 years that I was slowly killing myself. I do feel better as far as breathing and when I got sick a couple of weeks ago. I kicked it so quickly!!! Normally, I am sick for weeks. If you want to quit, you will quit. Me, I would probably still be smoking and hacking if it weren't for dh griping at me day in and day out, but, he did me a favor. And if I hadn't been for the fact that I was sick of the taste of them and the morning ones were making me nauseated, I don't think I would have been able to quit. I just thought, what am I doing, when I was get sick from the first one every morning. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!
I reckon I oughta try to quit.
I got several hundred cigars in various humidors. Maybe after I get through them.
Stealing a line from Andy Stewart of the Silly Wizard Band from a few years ago....."Luckily, we live in a place where cigarettes and fried breakfasts are still good for you."
I got several hundred cigars in various humidors. Maybe after I get through them.
Stealing a line from Andy Stewart of the Silly Wizard Band from a few years ago....."Luckily, we live in a place where cigarettes and fried breakfasts are still good for you."
Jeekinz
Washing Up
luvs, do you knit or crochet or anything?
It really helps keep your hands busy..... you don't need to have them at your mouth so bad...
Guys I don't know what to tell you.... my husband used sunflower seeds to take care of the hand to mouth thing.
It really helps keep your hands busy..... you don't need to have them at your mouth so bad...
Guys I don't know what to tell you.... my husband used sunflower seeds to take care of the hand to mouth thing.
DramaQueen
Head Chef
I quit smoking 22 years ago after smoking for 35 years. Started when I was 11. I tried several times to quit and couldn't get through the first 6 hours without a cigarette. I decided to go to Smoke Enders, threw away my cigarettes at the last meeting and never craved one since. I have no idea why, I just felt wonderful after the first day and no cravings.
I will NEVER go back to smoking not only because of the price of cigarettes, (biggest waste of good money ever!) but because I never realized how bad I must have smelled. People who smoke can't smell their own bodies and that's too bad. Those of us who don't smoke sure can smell you a block away. Your breath, your clothes, your skin and your hair reek. Never, ever again.
I will NEVER go back to smoking not only because of the price of cigarettes, (biggest waste of good money ever!) but because I never realized how bad I must have smelled. People who smoke can't smell their own bodies and that's too bad. Those of us who don't smoke sure can smell you a block away. Your breath, your clothes, your skin and your hair reek. Never, ever again.
GB
Chief Eating Officer
I had tried to quit a number of times unsuccessfully. When it finally worked for me it was because I was mentally ready. I had told myself that after this last cigarette I will never have another one NO MATTER WHAT. That means if I go out drinking I won't tell myself I will just have one or two because I am drinking. That means that if I am going on a long car ride I will not allow for a few butts. That means that if I have a horrible day and an super stressed that I can have one. No matter what I will never have another cigarette.
As soon as i was able to accept that then I became a non smoker. I am not sure when I quit, but it was probably about 10 years ago or so. I still have cravings. It is not easy to be a non smoker after being a smoker. It can be challenging. The challenges get easier though even if they do not go away.
As soon as i was able to accept that then I became a non smoker. I am not sure when I quit, but it was probably about 10 years ago or so. I still have cravings. It is not easy to be a non smoker after being a smoker. It can be challenging. The challenges get easier though even if they do not go away.
mikki
Sous Chef
I quit 16 years ago, my husbands whole family smoked so we quit together. Everyone is still a non smoker except my dumb husband, he started smoking the mini cigars with the notion that it was different because they were mini cigars not cigaretts. I could kill him. Oh yeah and I don't allow him to smoke in the house, in my car, or anywhere around me or my kids. The one thing I know is you have to set your own mind to quitting.
skilletlicker
Head Chef
Nicotine's a tough nut
I quit eight years ago. Had tried and failed dozens of ways and hundreds of times. Every cold led to lung infection that required breathing treatments and antibiotics.
My doctor referred me to a lung specialist who diagnosed COPD and promised that if I wasn't dead in five years I'd wish I was. He suggested a smoking cessation medication called Zyban. My insurance wouldn't pay but luckily the exact same pill is also sold as an anti-depressant called Wellbutrin which he prescribed for the mild temporary depression caused by the news of my own impending death. Honestly I suffered no withdrawal and have not been tempted to smoke since.
I have some first hand experience kicking addictions and nicotine is a son of a gun. Good luck to you all.
I quit eight years ago. Had tried and failed dozens of ways and hundreds of times. Every cold led to lung infection that required breathing treatments and antibiotics.
My doctor referred me to a lung specialist who diagnosed COPD and promised that if I wasn't dead in five years I'd wish I was. He suggested a smoking cessation medication called Zyban. My insurance wouldn't pay but luckily the exact same pill is also sold as an anti-depressant called Wellbutrin which he prescribed for the mild temporary depression caused by the news of my own impending death. Honestly I suffered no withdrawal and have not been tempted to smoke since.
I have some first hand experience kicking addictions and nicotine is a son of a gun. Good luck to you all.
LT72884
Head Chef
keyword.. mentally ready..
its all about being ready and emotionally ready to stop.
You all can do it, its just hard as heck. I found it easier to never start because stopping is harder than starting.
i wish i could help somehow. reward yourself. start off for every week you dont smoke. go to dinner or something like that.
Fisher's Mom
Executive Chef
Thanks so much for posting this Skillet. I've been wondering about the Zyban because I had read it made it easier to quit without becoming really cranky (my poor family) and without weight gain. Next time I see the doc, I'll ask for a script.
CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
A quitting smoking group would be great. I love to see people kick the habit - it's such an awful one. I know that alot of people started smoking when they didn't know it was bad for you, and were really young - so it's sooo hard to quit.
I myself have never smoked a cigarette in my life, or done drugs, so I hope I am a bit of inspiration for those who do smoke to quit - you CAN live without it!!
Let’s see if I can take your post apart.
First of all, I do not believe even for a second that people did not know or do not know that smoking is bad. I knew that it was bad when I was 5 and a half. That is when I tried to smoke my first cigarette. That is exactly why I was hiding from the adults when I was doing it.
After I got cut, that time, and receive a serious spanking I realized that smoking was actually even worse than I expected, because on the top of it being bad it hurts when you get cut doing it.
So, I did not smoke any more until I was 9. At which time I started to smoke during warm season and only in school, because that is what everybody else did. Thank G-d warm season did not last long from the beginning of school in September until it would get pretty cold.
Finally by the time I tuned 13 I was very much addicted and (here comes my second point) despite of what you are saying one really needs that smoke, especially in the early morning and after lunch. The only people who think that you do need a smoke are the ones that never smoke and thus have no clue about necessity of smoking.
Now the third point. How can you be an inspiration for people who are trying to quit smoking if you never had to quit smoking yourself? You don’t know what it takes to stop even for a day, let alone quit completely, since you never started. When you try to smoke, when you get addicted and then quit, oh then you come back here and tell us what a good inspiration you are until then don’t even bother.
Now, I do hope you take this lightly, because even though I am serious about smoking and quitting, I have been doing both for more than 35 years. I was joking about you and your post. So no hard feelings, ok?
MJK
Cook
I was hard core into snuff, and cigars. Not really into cigarettes since college and I gave them up relatively easy. But snuff and cigars? That was a long drawn out effort. Finally gave up the Skoal for a year or two then went to Copehagen (the snuff not the city). Finally when I turned 50 I decided this is it and gave them all up cold turkey. Snuff is much harder than inhaled tobacco because of the longevity in the mouth and the amount of nicotine you receive. Long story short, I was a bear but at least a bear who began to feel better and I put on about 20 lbs. Recently I have had a few cigars and I need to stop doing that. When I am hanging around the Missus I don't want or need nicotine but when I am fishing or off by myself is when it is most difficult. Quitting is easy I have done it thirty or forty times at least during my life. Staying quit before you hit the Big Quit is hard. Those who never have cannot speak to the addictive power of nictine. It's easy to say that is a filthy, nasty deadly habit but until one has experienced it first hand (and I don't recommend doing that) the best inspiration to use is expired calendar pages since you quit. Peace out.
