Im quitting smoking cigs

It took my years to quit cigarettes.

I got down to only smoking when I drink and having a pack last for most of the week, that was easy. Getting past that took me about 5 years.

 

Form new associations. Like the OP, I used to associate cigs with food, sex, drinking, driving, playing video games, etc. To quit, I smoked a whole shitload of cigarettes in one weekend. Like 6 or 7 packs in a couple days. I'd light 3 or 4 cigs after one another, and by sunday afternoon I was completely grossed out by them. I kept it up until the day ended, and by then I had thoroughly associated cigarettes with a feeling of disgust and near-vomiting.

It took me a good month before I even had a craving, and for a few years following, all I would have to do to eliminate any urge to smoke would be to think back to lighting cig number 3 or 4 in a row, and I'd feel sick all over again.

 

congrats all on quitting smoking + +

i amstill on about a pack a week,
down from 3 packs a day,

i am not fully without smoking yet ,
but i think quitting is a great thing,
and even the majority of cutting back for me so far, has been great

 

Wow, glad to know all you guys did it! Jimmy, Im pretty much at that point. Cigs just aren't that satisfying anymore. Today's the day. I have one left in the pack and the smell of it is grossin me out.

Good luck everyone!

 

Glad you quit. Someone i work with, and have known for 15 years, is still working on the job and the doctors gave him 6 to 10 months left to live. Its been a trip working with him because everyday we are talking about his death. His family he is leaving behind, what he has gone through, all kids of shit. He got lung cancer almost two years ago and its been a struggle since. Congratulations on quitting and don't ever look back.

 

Ugh, see that's why I want to quit now, while Im still healthy. Ive been on a health kick lately and quitting smoking is the final piece of the puzzle. Sucks for your coworker tho. My hubby's gramma was the same way...smoking in between puffs from her oxygen tank.

 

Last year i lost a family member to cigs from lung cancer. She battled it for a solid 2 almost 3 years. Those damn coffin nails to some people are impossible to quit. One of my cousins is crazy addicted. I'm doing everything i can to get her to quit and she is 28. Been smoking for 10 years now. I don't want her to end up like some people i know and knew.

Even if someone quits who i don't like and have no respect for ill give them respect for quitting cigs. Cold turkey that is. Its hard as a motherfucker thats for sure. Took me a good two years to quit. Been clean since december of 2007.

Going to bars and trying to quit is tough,,,, may want to stay away from the party scene all together.

 

Remember they make you ugly too, and we don't want that. We want your skin looking healthy, not smokey. :daisy:

 

A guy I work with had his doctor find lung cancer on an annual check up. It was just in the beginning stages so it was succesfully removed. He quit smoking the day of that doctor visit.

 

let us know how the quitting goes

 

Perhaps another freedom is the freedom to start smoking whenever you want, and to continue smoking whenever you want.

But I'm sure the free choice to quit is just as satisfying. If a little more difficult.

 

good luck

i can remember 30 years ago when my father smoked and was always coughing...im sure he wouldnt be around today if he hadn't quit

 

The single only reason I quit smoking was because of severe pain in my lower jaw and some teeth. It came to me to quit smoking (cigs) and the day after I quit. I still have that last full pack of cigs I bought - 3/15/2008. Now, you can think I'm crazy (I don't care ); but, I basically heard this little voice - that I've heard before - that told me if I quit smoking, my jaw/teeth pain would go away.

I quit, and the pain left and for the most part has stayed away. If it had NOT gone away, I deeply feel I would have continued smoking for I absolutely LOVED it. I LOVED inhaling the smoke & feeling it fill my lungs and slowly blowing it out. lord yes!!!

I did NOT quit smoking the plant God blessed us with.