Smoking..

[Sesshoumaru]

Any good ways of kicking the habit? I love my ciggarettes, but my lungs don't.

Help! :sad:

[MOBLEYC57]

Any good ways of kicking the habit? I love my ciggarettes, but my lungs don't.

Help! :sad:
JUST DO IT! :sick:

[Sesshoumaru]

It's not that easy... part of my mind is saying "a few ciggarettes a day won't hurt" and the other's saying "this stuff is really bad for you... ect.." The reason it's so hard to quit is because I just started :rofl: (2 weeks ago?). Is smoking really that bad???

[belgareth]

It's how I quit after 15 years. Rather than saying I'm quiting, say, I don't smoke! It's hard as hell at first but gets easier. Your addiction shouldn't be that bad to break now because it's so new, a long term user is supposed to have a much harder time.

[Sesshoumaru]

It's how I quit after 15 years. Rather than saying I'm quiting, say, I don't smoke! It's hard as hell at first but gets easier. Your addiction shouldn't be that bad to break now because it's so new, a long term user is supposed to have a much harder time.
Whoa thats a long time... and i'm here worrying about smoking 2-3 "N3wport Mediums" a day. And it's only been 3 weeks? Well I guess what everyone is wondering.. how many cigarettes/cigars whatever... did you smoke a day, how did it affect your health when you were smoking and how are you doing now?

[CptKipling]

Dude, 3 weeks?

Suck it up and give 'em up (hey thats pretty good...:lol: )

[belgareth]

Whoa thats a long time... and i'm here worrying about smoking 2-3 "N3wport Mediums" a day. And it's only been 3 weeks? Well I guess what everyone is wondering.. how many cigarettes/cigars whatever... did you smoke a day, how did it affect your health when you were smoking and how are you doing now?
About a pack a day and it really screwed with my wind. I am basically a healthy person and had no health related issues. I quit almost 12 years ago now and the lingering effects are long gone.

I have little sympathy for you, you haven't smoked for long. Just quit. Hard candies help a lot.

[MOBLEYC57]

It's not that easy... part of my mind is saying "a few ciggarettes a day won't hurt" and the other's saying "this stuff is really bad for you... ect.." The reason it's so hard to quit is because I just started :rofl: (2 weeks ago?). Is smoking really that bad???:type: Being serious ... it's only as hard as YOUR brain thinks it is, and I understand people are different, which means everyone of us has our strengths in different areas in the way we handle certain situations. I smoked for 25 years. Stopped for 3 months about the 15 year time frame. On March the 4th, 2002, I got home from school with six cigarettes left and no funds. I smoked my 6th cig, and started on the butts. :sad: On 4 March 2002 at 6:30 p.m. I smoked my sixth butt and quit! :cheers: In August of 2002, that sexy red pack of Marlboro's seduced me. :twisted: I smoked that hot, sexy, beautiful pack, and haven't touched a cigarette since! :nono:

Mobley's story:sick:

Tis hard, but tis do-able. Lace up your shoes tightly, pull your pants up high, tighten up your belt, ball up a powerful fist on your strong hand, and give it your BEST shot. Could be ... it's only as hard as YOU THINK, Sess. :wave:

[hatch]

Any good ways of kicking the habit? I love my ciggarettes, but my lungs don't.

Help! :sad:

A good buddy of mine tried hypnosis....and it worked. Everytime someone would smoke around him afterward it was almost comical. The smell was absolutely revolting to him at first, but after a bit it was like it didn't phase him. He hasn't smoked since. I'm really having some personal battles going on in my head (YES, I KNOW, IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD). I see every positive behind quitting, but I honestly still enjoy smoking. I know the sheer amount/type/etc of women that one could choose from would also go up 10 fold if I was a non-smoker, but then my "demon" side (you know, that little devil on your shoulder?) starts saying, "yah, but there's lots of women who smoke too!" Some of the hottest 8's, 9's, and 10's that I know are smokers...but there's a lot more who aren't.

I absolutely admire people who quit smoking. My dad smoked for over 30 years (I'm coming on 10 years myself) and he quit. He was kinda forced to though. He was bit by a dog and the doctor didn't get the wound cleaned out properly. It got infected and he was laid up in the hospital for a month. (It was really a bad situation). They had to remove most of the muscle from his forearm only to find out they still didn't kill the infection. Anyways, he was laid up in the hospital and couldn't smoke...I sometimes think that bite was a blessing in disguise.

If you've never smoked, never tried to quit, or are one of those narrow minded individuals who get a kick out of harrassing smokers, you have no idea of the iron fist that smoking holds you under. I know that quitting smoking most likely be the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life, but I also think it will feel the most rewarding of anything I've ever done too. I will quit...sometime. :frustrate

P.S. - Studies have now shown, harrassing a smoker about their smoking now poses a great risk to their health! :hammer: :rasp: :smite:

[belgareth]

Hatch

I quit smoking a long time ago, back when you didn't have all the support, aids and knowledge about how to make it easier. It was hard to do! It was also well worth it. My reasons were my own and until I had those reasons I couldn't quit either. When you can find something strong enough to motivate you you'll quit. These anti-smoking nazis aren't going to help you. They think they are helping by being a pain in the backside but all they really do is make offensive asses of themselves and encourage the smokers to fight them harder, ignore them.

Good luck to you. It isn't easy but you'll be happy that you did.

[hatch]

Bel', how did you quit? Plain old cold turkey? That's gotta be tough, but its probably the way I'll try to go when I finally find my personal motivation to quit.

[belgareth]

I took a six day backpacking trip with a group of non-smoking friends through the high sierras and didn't take cigarettes with me. They told me that they never worried about bears on that trip because I would have chased it down and torn it apart with my teeth. I was just a little short tempered but it worked. By time I got back most of the craving was gone.

[hatch]

I took a six day backpacking trip with a group of non-smoking friends through the high sierras and didn't take cigarettes with me. They told me that they never worried about bears on that trip because I would have chased it down and torn it apart with my teeth. I was just a little short tempered but it worked. By time I got back most of the craving was gone.

That's a hell of an idea. I don't know if I have many non-smoking friends who would be free or willing to take such an adventure. I kinda feel limited by my resources in terms of what methods I could try to quit.

[belgareth]

That's a hell of an idea. I don't know if I have many non-smoking friends who would be free or willing to take such an adventure. I kinda feel limited by my resources in terms of what methods I could try to quit.
In my case, it was an opportunity at the right time. I've made a lot of those excursions but used this one to my advantage. The point is to get completely away from cigarettes for about a week. If they aren't available you can't cheat, right? Look for a way to avoid the chance to smoke for a week. By then the worst of it should be over.

[phersurf]

Why the hell did you start?

I'm always curious why people make such dumb choices. It's not meant as an insult, I'm just curious about the thought process.

How old are you? Statistics show that if a person doesn't start smoking by the age of 19, i's almost 100% that they'll never start.

It may be only 3 a day now, but several years from now it will be a pack. Do you think that smokers start right off smoking a pack a day? I've seen it happen many times. I had a friend that only smoked when he drank, that lasted for about a year. Then he was up to 1/2 a pack a day before he came to the conclusion that he was being a nucklehead.

[Kardz]

My almost 21 yr old little brother picked up smoking. He figures as long as he's smoking only what others give him, he's not addicted. As in if he's not buying packs of cigs for himself.

I don't know about that statistic.

But who knows, maybe that doesn't factor in stoners. My little brother is a big stoner, and started smoking dank before 19. Maybe it's alittle bit of a gateway thing into cigarettes too.

[CptKipling]

Sometimes over analysing can be your worst enemy when it comes to motivation. Do the courageous thing and just do it.

I have respect for anyone that quits, I wish more of my friends were the same.