trying to quit smoking..

terry123 said:
My dad quit cold turkey and my mother struggled with quitting for several months until she finally did. My sister still smokes and doesn't even try to quit. Its her thing with her smoking and her Jack Daniels. She knows she does too much of both but thats just her. I gave up years ago trying to talk with her about it and her husband has too.
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One thing stands out for me in your post when you wrote your sister "doesn't even try to quit." That was me. I never saw myself not smoking so I never tried, not even once. One day I just snapped and I was done smoking.
 

Once again, the story of a clean-cut all-American boy . . .
In boot camp when we were at ease it was the old "smoke 'em if you got 'em". Anyone not smoking had to clean up the butts. Well, not being that much of an idiot I immediately told the guy next to me to hand one over. During the worst of times I was up to and over 2 packs per day.
Tried quitting off and on . . .
At one point, as I've done with common candy bars, cigarette packages at the store began to look disgusting and I avoided them. It worked!
But, when I was going through a divorce and upset one day at work, I bummed a cigarette, walked outside, sparked it up and immediately hated the feeling. My mouth tasted like crap, my lungs begged for oxygen and the whole experience was awful. I tossed it away.
Luckily, haven't wanted a smoke in almost 40 years. Yay!
As I understand, addiction to cigarettes is one of the most difficult habits to quit.
 
ive found that alot of mine is just learned behavior..althro still have withdrawals...certain things and activity kinds have influence
 

MarciKS said:
i couldn't even watch people smoke on tv. lol!
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I read recently how smoking was promoted early on in movies. Perhaps the beginning of product placement which is very irritating. The obvious coke can sitting on a table ruins a good scene for me. In fact I was watching something the other day and the main character was drinking something and you couldn't tell what it was which seemed much more natural. OH, on that note, ever notice how some movies, usually older ones, all had the same brand cars being driven? Just insulting.
But back to smoking. No more advertising on tv . . . but vaping is still the rage. Has it been eliminated from movies?
 
SetWave said:
I read recently how smoking was promoted early on in movies. Perhaps the beginning of product placement which is very irritating. The obvious coke can sitting on a table ruins a good scene for me. In fact I was watching something the other day and the main character was drinking something and you couldn't tell what it was which seemed much more natural. OH, on that note, ever notice how some movies, usually older ones, all had the same brand cars being driven? Just insulting.
But back to smoking. No more advertising on tv . . . but vaping is still the rage. Has it been eliminated from movies?
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i don't know. you know how long it's been since i been to the movies?
 
I guess I'm different, I still enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke. It was just time for me to quit.

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MarciKS said:
i don't know. you know how long it's been since i been to the movies?
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I mean the characters smoking on camera. I'm pretty sure it's no longer allowed in the theaters as it is elsewhere indoors. Gee, I remember the difference in the office. It got so bad there was an actual cloud hanging above us that you could duck under. When the smokers started going outside to take a few puffs people complained they weren't working. :oops:
 
SetWave said:
I mean the characters smoking on camera. I'm pretty sure it's no longer allowed in the theaters as it is elsewhere indoors. Gee, I remember the difference in the office. It got so bad there was an actual cloud hanging above us that you could duck under. When the smokers started going outside to take a few puffs people complained they weren't working. :oops:
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they made us stand at the curb at the hospital i used to work in like a bunch of thugs. the folks in the community complained and we got our courtyard back. lol!
 
I had a $100.00 bet with another guy at work who also smoked. We'd both quit on the same day and the first one to start smoking again would lose the bet. I guess that was what I needed, I haven't had one since and he lost the bet. That was back on November 9, 1981.

One important thing I did learn about myself happened when I tried to quit a few years before. I was doing well and had quit smoking for around six months. Then one night I was full of myself and just took a drag off my buddies' cigarette. That was a bad mistake and before I knew it, I was back to smoking.
 
HazyDavey said:
I had a $100.00 bet with another guy at work who also smoked. We'd both quit on the same day and the first one to start smoking again would lose the bet. I guess that was what I needed, I haven't had one since and he lost the bet. That was back on November 9, 1981.

One important thing I did learn about myself happened when I tried to quit a few years before. I was doing well and had quit smoking for around six months. Then one night I was full of myself and just took a drag off my buddies' cigarette. That was a bad mistake and before I knew it, I was back to smoking.
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That's the shame of it, I remember quitting a couple of times in the past and visiting my mom or SIL, and they'd be smoking, and that's all it took for me to cave.
 
Just keep putting the cigarette off say, 5 minutes-or even 1 minute and light up then.

Try to stretch the time a bit more your next cig each time. Soon, it will be a whole 10 minutes before you crave again. Keep at it. The craving DOES lessen and the time does get longer and longer between cravings.

Keep busy. Draw, knit, tinker with something, anything.

Good luck from an ex smoker, 6 years clean.
 
Best to you Uriaty.

This coming July 16, at 12:30 pm to be exact will be the 25th anniversary of my last cigarette. If that isn't an indication I'll be more plain. For me, quoting smoking was the most difficult thing I've ever done, and I've done a few things that do make pretty good stories. I don't know how I did do it, other than just slog through it. I even had dreams about it for another 10 years or so.

I will say that prior to the longest i had been able to quite for was about 6 weeks in the spring of '79, but started up because almost everyone I knew smoked and the temptation kept coming back, and I just gave in and thought, "one won't hurt". It did.

I can surely say this, anyone who has been there is pulling for you. Do whatever it takes.
 
Hi Uriaty,I wish you the best in quitting smoking,from personal experience it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be
I started when I was a teenager in the late 60's,took me 3-4 days to finish a pack,back then pack cost 35 cents. When I quit in the early 90's,I did it ''cold turkey' without nictotine gum or the patch.At first I had to have something in my hand,used a pencil or pen.I do remember I gain about 10 pounds,took that off over time.Its all about 'will power' than anything else After 3 months I never wanted another cigarette again,even the smell of the smoke began to bother me,still does to this day
 
Aunt Marg said:
I'm in the midst of trying to quit.

Haven't had a cigarette since March 3rd.

As with all other past attempts, cold-turkey has been my method, and same applies for this time around. Have had a few low points where I have pondered lighting up, but at just shy of three weeks into this, and with a whirlwind of support behind me (family/friends), I really want to keep going.

I've tried quitting many times throughout the years, mostly after I got married and started having children, and while I've never been a heavy smoker, I've just never been able to crest the mountain. I climb and climb, doing well for an X-period of time, and then I slide. That's been my past experiences with quitting, but I'm really hoping to change that this time around.

I commend you for trying to quit, Uriaty, and to all those here who successfully quit, good on you.

I for one will do regular drop-ins here to post my progress, and would be great if you did the same. Feeding off one another's strengths and weaknesses will be a good thing.
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I totally know what you mean, so many times I tried but something would come up and boom I'll just have one , but the one turns into buying a pack. I finally said to myself I think I'll see how long I can go with out buying a pack and that did it for me, in 1991. I was never a heavy smoker but at least 10 a day, more on certain days.
 
gloria said:
I totally know what you mean, so many times I tried but something would come up and boom I'll just have one , but the one turns into buying a pack. I finally said to myself I think I'll see how long I can go with out buying a pack and that did it for me, in 1991. I was never a heavy smoker but at least 10 a day, more on certain days.
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Good on you for successfully quitting, Gloria!

I am so hoping to join the rest of you!

To help push this forward and continue being smoke-free, I've had no cigarettes in the house.
 
Told to stop smoking for medical reasons, during what turned out to be one of the toughest years of my life, each time something else went wrong I lit up !

In the end I was so fed up with myself, I stubbed out my last cigarette at midnight, New Year’s Eve 1989 and I’ve never smoked since, no fuss, pills, patches, hypnosis, I just thought, ‘It’s now or never’, and that was it, ( I’ve never been the same since but that’s a different story) ! 😆🤣
 
Uriaty, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

I know it can be done if the heart and mind are willing!

I quit for5 years. I quit cold turkey, but always gave myself permission to have a cigarette. When those bad urges hit and I told myself I could have one if I wanted to, I would think about the progress I had made and talk myself out of it. I also walked and walked and walked.
After a few months, I was done with them.

Unfortunately, 5 years later my b-i-l died and as my husband (a smoker) and I sat there crying and reminiscing, I picked up a cigarette. Just one
and I was off and running again.

so my heart, prayers, and hopes are with you!
There is no feeling in the world than finally knowing you are free of those things! You will be so proud of yourelf💕
 
Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do.... I use to quit 60 times a day....
Its the staying quit thats the hard part. I took a mason jar and emptied an ashtray in with a few drops of water.
Every time I wanted a smoke, crack the lid and took a deep sniff and open mouth breath...
smelled and tasted like shit... and killed the urge....
Best of luck to you...
 

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