I'm Quitting

[ToddWB]

By the way, Todd: Welcome to The Cave!

Why thank you, would I know you from any other forums?
back to smokes..I've cut back (for a while anyway) by rolling my own,,,at least you have to stop and think while you roll..and Bugler is cheaper than brand names...but that strategy has failed has I can now smoke one of those almost as fast as just shaking it out of a pack. Just finished my last ...so my resolve is pretty good right now LOL..I pray to God to help me quit smoking...but He may just strike me dead! LOL I have to quit...but I find sucking in pure air is pretty satisfying at this point.

[littlelamb]

Good luck it is hard to quit

[soleil]

Sounds like fun. Thanks for the boost of confidence, soliel.

I want to eat something, but I'm dreading the craving part when I get done. Guess it's time for anouther Dew.

Driving, eating, and drinking were always hard when it came to wanting a cig. Driving long distances (which I do with my job) made me bored. Everyone knows that after a good meal, a cigarette is great! And drinking and smoking go hand in hand. Good luck. It takes a lot of willpower, but you can do it. One day at a time.

[Revolution]

The meal deal IS tough but you can try brushing your teeth instead (if you don't already  )

I'm the queen of "trying to quit" and can tell you tons of things that worked for me....temporarily.  Only the will to give them up for good has escaped me.

Wellbutrin or the nicotine version (forgot the name) works for most people also, although it's probably a lifetime medication for those of us that simply can't get past the craving.

I will never again touch the stuff. I was on it as a kid cause the doctors thought it would aid the ADHD. Instead, it made me suicidal. One of the reasons I hate taking medication, actually.

And guys...*gulp* about an hour ago, I found a pack that I had apparently bought the other day. I gave in. I'm honestly kicking myself, but I guess logic dictates "Don't waste your money." I've been smoking for a while now, and I know this mentality won't do in the long run, but what's one more pack? As soon as those 20 are gone, I'm back to the drawing board, and will continue my journey to cigarette sobriety.

[Carl]

For me it was getting to a point mentally where I didn`t want to smoke anymore that did it and could feel that as soon as I threw what was left of a pack in the outdoor wood furnace.
That was Friday March 7th 2003 and had told myself that Monday I was going to try to quit.

Made it through the next day without buying any and have been smoke free since.

What got me to that point was a month or two earlier a long smoking co worker was diagnosed with cancer and was dead within weeks,don`t know the details but he had been a long time smoker.

Regardless of whether that was related to the cancer and didn`t even care all that much for him it was eye opening as he was in his late 50s.
Here I was staying in a job that I didn`t care for but offered a good retirement and I was doing something that was likely going to guarantee my death before I ever saw a nickle of it.

Stupid.

Now,if you get yourself in a cycle of guilt and self  hate you will most assuredly fail imo.
It becomes an obsession you can`t get out of your mind and then when you give in you hate yourself,will determine to try harder and then think even more about it until you give in again.

My advice...don`t say I`ll smoke these and then try.
Throw them out right now and just let your mind wrap around the concept that you are now a nonsmoker.
Might not work but hey what`s it hurt.

[NHSparky]

I will never again touch the stuff. I was on it as a kid cause the doctors thought it would aid the ADHD. Instead, it made me suicidal. One of the reasons I hate taking medication, actually.

And guys...*gulp* about an hour ago, I found a pack that I had apparently bought the other day. I gave in. I'm honestly kicking myself, but I guess logic dictates "Don't waste your money." I've been smoking for a while now, and I know this mentality won't do in the long run, but what's one more pack? As soon as those 20 are gone, I'm back to the drawing board, and will continue my journey to cigarette sobriety.

Get out of the house.  Walk.  RUN.  Exercise.

I quit almost 14 years ago.  But the oral fixation is still there, and if you're not careful, you'll just replace tobacco with food, which can be almost as bad.

That being said, knowing what my dad went through with his lung cancer would have been more than enough to make me quit had I not done so before.

[Revolution]

I have a very high...I mean VERY HIGH metabolism, so I'm not worried about replacing the addiction with food. I take in 2-3000 calories a day as it is now, and I'm still a wiry little ****er.

[NHSparky]

I have a very high...I mean VERY HIGH metabolism, so I'm not worried about replacing the addiction with food. I take in 2-3000 calories a day as it is now, and I'm still a wiry little ****er.

You'll be amazed.

[Revolution]

As I finally do start to quit, and progress from there, I hope to God I gain a decent amount of weight. I weigh a buck forty five soaking wet. I need about 40 lbs.

[debk]

As I finally do start to quit, and progress from there, I hope to God I gain a decent amount of weight. I weigh a buck forty five soaking wet. I need about 40 lbs.

You and my son.

He smokes, is 6'1" and may weigh 160 with clothes on. It's the metabolism.....

[Revolution]

You and my son.

He smokes, is 6'1" and may weigh 160 with clothes on. It's the metabolism.....

I'm fairly fit though. May get around to posting a pic at some point. Bulk is not an option, but I've got all the definition I ever need. I'm very active. Thanks for confirming my comments. I'm 5'11" by the way.

[BattleHymn]

Cigs in S.C. went up 50 cent a pack, or $5 a carton, today. Obama put an additional $7.40 a carton tax on them shortly after taking office.....name brand cigs were around $32 a carton...now approaching $40 a carton. That's a $12 tax increase in about a year.

The Muslims can now make money off them without shipping them north.

/sarc

You must be making more than $250,000/year. 

/sarc

[BowTied]

Her doctor said she had to quit smoking....she hasn't but told him she did.

Got a mother like that, lying about quitting to everyone. Stage One emphysemic, she is. Probably live to be 98 and drive everyone around her crazy along the way.