Al Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 How many of you quit smoking? And how did you do it? I've been smoking since I was a freshman in high school. I'm 24 now and I want to quit. I've tried cold turkey and that lasted for six months. Then I turned 21 and hit the bar scene and it was all downhill from there. All my friends smoke including my boyfriend. But the more him and I talk about a future together, I want to quit. Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites
Beth Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 My mother smoked for over 65 years. She used the commit lozenge and it worked for her. I quit cold-turkey and stayed away from areas and activities where I used to smoke a lot. I also put the money I would spend each week on smokes into a piggy-bank. Watching that money grow was great incentive. Good Luck. Link to post Share on other sites
Fayebelle Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Lolipop-Lolipop-OOh-Loli-Loli- Loli- Lolipop-Bum Bum Bum Ooops sorry Really though- lolipops are a low fat help to the hand mouth prob. Tootsie pops are my personal fave. Link to post Share on other sites
Sundaymorning Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 close friend of family was diagnosed with level 3 out of level 4 cancer....she never smoked a day in her life. She got it from second hand smoke. Quit smoking right then and there when I heard the news. Not only does smoking kill you, kills the others around you. It isnt a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
soapoperahaven Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 i smoked since i was 15 and now im a year and a half smoke free i quit cold turkey i tried before and couldnt the trick for me was to make sure i wasnt around it for a while and then limit it now i can go to bars and everything and am fine Link to post Share on other sites
einahpets Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 i started smoking in my early teens (i am now 23). i have tried to quit dozens of times since then. what really made me quit? i found out i have a cervical condition that makes me more likely to get cancer. not like i wouldn't have gotten lung cancer if i hadn't quit, but this made it much more real to me. i might get cancer even if i don't smoke. none of my other attempts at smoking were successful so i decided i needed some help. i went on welbutrin (the generic versin of zyban-the anti depressant used to help smokers quit). well the side effects were so intollerable (i started having panic attacks and barely left my room for 2 weeks, among other symptoms) i went off the meds. i went through so much because of that medication, that i decided that those 2 weeks of hell wouldn't be for nothing. also (because i was trying to get my sh*t together anyways) i cut drugs out completely and cut WAY back on drinking. get yourself out of those social situations where you are drinking around people who smoke. it will be 2 years this october since i have had a cig. i still love the smell and crave them whenever i smell them (especially when i have had a few). my advice, cut back on drinking. it is next to impossible to stop when you are a drinker, i know-i've been there. even if you stop buying packs-you will bum them off of anyone you can find when you drink. keep in mind that even a few cigs a day can give you cancer. but it is a place to start. let me know if you need anymore advice, i know how hard it is. believe in yourself, you can do it! good luck! Link to post Share on other sites
CurlyIam Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 My father had smoked for 24 years... When one of his friends from high school died alone - at 46 and not married. He had a heart disease, was on and off medication and continued to smoke - which finally killed him. My dad was a three packs of cigarettes without filter a day type of person! He suddenly realized that him too had a heart disease - diagnozed in his teen years, but, unlike his friend, also had a family to take care of. He has never smoked one cigarette since than. I was tempted to continue smoking - started in high school, quit at University. But: none of my friends smoked, none of my bfs smoked, so I was in the minority. I can't say I was addicted, but not a week went by without my not smoking. Now I am very happy for not continuing it! I am thinking about having kids someday pretty soon - I'm 24 myself, btw (would help having a man to make them with, but these are details ) . And it's gonna take more than a year after you quit smoking to eliminate the toxines out of your body! And I have understood that nicotine is never completely out of your system! I don't have the medical facts, but this should put you off ! Think kids (that's how my ex ecouraged me, anyway) ! Link to post Share on other sites
einahpets Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 a friend of a friend smoked a cig while on the patch driving down the highway, and drove his vehicle into a semi truck. my friend died almost two years ago (choked on his vomit tripping on shrooms). he had stopped smoking for seven years. he started smoking cigars after those 7 yrs and ended up smoking cigs again. he smoked til the day he died. Link to post Share on other sites
Author Al Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Well I am glad to hear to there are people out there that have quit. My grandma quit by going to a hypnotist but a girl I work with tried the same thing and it didn't work. I think my biggest problem other than being in the bars is my drive to work and back. I'm trying to switch jobs right now, just started going back to college and the drive from home to these places is 45 minutes. I guess I just get bored in the car. I don't smoke at all when I'm at home at night unless of course I go out somewhere. Any suggestions on how to keep myself occupied while driving? Link to post Share on other sites
CurlyIam Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 MUSIC!!!! Lots and lots and lots of music! Find the right radio stations, something nice and interactive! 45 minutes is not that long... IT's the fact that you're doing it twice every day that makes it a bit more difficult!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
msrealdoll Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I quit smoking 7 years ago using nicotine gum. I never had another cigarette, haven't smoked since. BUT-I'm now addicted to the gum. I use it pretty much like I used cigarettes. I have the okay from my doctor. It's not nearly as bad for you as cigarettes. But I'd really like to quit. It's very expensive. I'm addicted to nicotine. I love it. Link to post Share on other sites
CurlyIam Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm addicted to coffeine... I just love it!!! Link to post Share on other sites
tiki Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I smoked from age 15-21. I'm now 28 and wouldn't touch tobacco again. I smoked 1/2 a pack a day. I weaned myself off of it. Day 1: 10 cigarettes Day 2: 10 cigarettes Day 3: 9 cigarettes Day 4: 9 cigarettes Day 5: 8 cigarettes Day 6: 8 cigarettes Day 7: 7 cigarettes Day 8: 7 cigarettes Day 9: 6 cigarettes Day 10: 6 cigarettes Day 11: 5 cigarettes Day 12: 5 cigarettes Day 13: 4 cigarettes Day 14: 4 cigarettes Day 15: 3 cigarettes Day 16: 3 cigarettes Day 17: 2 cigarettes Day 18: 2 cigarettes Day 19: 1 cigarette Day 20: Stop! You can wean yourself off of nicotine. I made this system up myself and it worked! When you do quit, you will be only used to smoking once or twice a day...you will only get that craving once or twice a day! To quit cold Turkey while you smoke 10-20 cigarettes a day would be crazy, hard *and* unrealistic! Then after it's all over, you'll realize how bad you REEEEEEEK. Link to post Share on other sites
dj Smash Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I have been smokeing since i was 16 got up the outher morning and just thought Bugger It, had to get the old niccotine chewing gum tho. I have them thoughts of wondering why the hell i did quit (comeing from a large smokeing background) But aint touched one since and still hit the bars and clubs with my gum, only 19 now tho, sopplenty of time to start again ;-) Mite start smokeing cigars :-) Link to post Share on other sites
einahpets Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 dont smoke cigars!!!! i had a close friend quit smoking for SEVEN years. he started smoking cigars all that time later and soon he was smoking cigs again. he smoked til the day he died. why would you want to smoke cigars instead anyways? they can't be any better for you than cigs and even smoking a couple cigs a day is still a big danger to your heath. Link to post Share on other sites
Bunni Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Me .. smoked for 18 yrs quit using zyban (the second time) follow the directions carefully. Made them taste really bad so therefore I did not want any. My dad quit by hypnotist. He smoked forever as long as I can remember. I didn't know he even wanted to quit! I am so proud of him Link to post Share on other sites
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