SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

FireSignFemme · 03-16-2016, 12:36 PM

The first time I tried a cigarette I was 12. By 13 I had a job and was smoking about a pack a week. By 16 I was smoking a pack a day and continued to do so until I finally, eventually manage to quit at the age of 41. So cigarettes had been a part of my life in some sense for 29 years and heavily so for 25 by the time I finally managed to give it up, kick the habit for good.

Over the years I had quit many, many times a few times even for some longer stretches 3 months, 6 months, 9 months – finally a year, but I just couldn’t stay off the nicotine, I kept going right back to it until finally I met a really good doctor who helped me through it. Anyhow right now I have 10 good solid years without smoking behind me and my anniversary - 05/05/16 is right around the corner.

I’m not the best when it comes to helping people decide to quit or getting through the first few days of withdrawal but if someone has given up smoking, has been off nicotine for a while and is struggling with trying to stay smoke free, that I’m better about, and anyone in that boat, can PM me and I’ll do all I can to offer comfort, encouragement, strength and support. After all without that in my own life, people offering that to me way back when today I would not be where I am.

Even if you have smoked a really, really long time it is possible to quit. I’ve met people who’ve been quit for even longer than a decade, some 20, 30 years. I’ve met people who forget about a pack a day were up to 3-5 packs a day by the time they finally decided that’s it, they had enough and managed to give it up.

uglyboi · 10-15-2016, 03:17 PM

4 years & 10 months!!!

Bubala · 10-15-2016, 04:27 PM

Almost 10 years....

I started at 16 because I was a good nerdy girl with rebellious intentions. lolol

I was never a passionate smoker, I kinda smoked on and off, until I was 22.

I quit the day my father died. He was only 58. He did not even smoke at all until he was in his 30es and started working as a professor. An MD and a DPhil, yet he claimed academia mede him smoke. Shall we conclude therefore that intellect kills? lolol

The day after he died, my mother and my brother were planning the funeral. I went to work. I was a graduate research assistant at the time. I took a break with couple of friends who happen to be employed at the university as well. I lit one up, then threw it away. On my way back inside I grabbed the half full pack of cigarettes I had and crumbled it as much as I could I threw it in the trash.

I never looked back since, never ever. I wish I had never smoked. I feel like I never did.

For all pondering quitting at this time, do it, just do it! Poisons are many but choose life, always chose life. Throw that shit away. The power of mind, it's all a matter of a decision. You can do it!

uglyboi · 12-17-2016, 05:06 PM

5 Year Anniversary

Jesse · 01-05-2017, 12:26 AM

Today, January 5th marks six years since I became a non-smoker. I do not regret it for a minute and still have no desire to ever smoke another cigarette. I feel so blessed to not have cravings or desire to smoke. I never dreamed I would be able to stop smoking, but I quit cold turkey. I honestly feel I can do anything after achieving this!

Congrats to all who have given up the habit, and to all of those in process of doing so! You can do it!

Kätzchen · 04-09-2017, 12:32 AM

I've been an on and off smoker since I was 29 years of age. What got me started was an major crises on my life, back then (dv). About nine years later, I came down with a bad case of pneumonia, in the middle of a really hot summer back in the late 1990's and was so ill that I quite smoking for about two or three years. Anyway, a few years later, after breaking up with my first butch girlfriend (another major crises), I started casually smoking again, telling myself that it was my coping tool, that smoking cigarettes was less harmful than turning to alcohol or drugs to help me manage the emotional stress I was going through, after breaking up with hir. So, I was talking with my al-anon sponsor tonight and told her that I have to find a better way to deal with stressors in my life in more rational way and treat my reliance on smoking as not a coping tool but what it really is, a self harming behavior.

So about ten minutes ago, I interrupted my smoking habit. And I will keep disrupting and/or interrupting my habit until it becomes second nature to be smoke free.

I don't want to be a smoker anymore.

I am going to live the next two decades of my life, smoke free.

uglyboi · 12-31-2017, 11:46 PM

6 Years & 2 Weeks! Yip!!~

10-15-2016, 03:17 PM	#2
uglyboi Member How Do You Identify?: As the 'The Bourne Identity' Preferred Pronoun?: Cheerful pessimist Relationship Status: Married Join Date: May 2011 Location: In a house we bought Posts: 411 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 294 Thanked 1,208 Times in 327 Posts Rep Power: 18936851	No Smoke 4 years & 10 months!!!

10-15-2016, 04:27 PM	#3
Bubala Member How Do You Identify?: Lady Sunflower Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: San Fran Posts: 844 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 463 Thanked 1,671 Times in 615 Posts Rep Power: 9338276	Almost 10 years.... I started at 16 because I was a good nerdy girl with rebellious intentions. lolol I was never a passionate smoker, I kinda smoked on and off, until I was 22. I quit the day my father died. He was only 58. He did not even smoke at all until he was in his 30es and started working as a professor. An MD and a DPhil, yet he claimed academia mede him smoke. Shall we conclude therefore that intellect kills? lolol The day after he died, my mother and my brother were planning the funeral. I went to work. I was a graduate research assistant at the time. I took a break with couple of friends who happen to be employed at the university as well. I lit one up, then threw it away. On my way back inside I grabbed the half full pack of cigarettes I had and crumbled it as much as I could I threw it in the trash. I never looked back since, never ever. I wish I had never smoked. I feel like I never did. For all pondering quitting at this time, do it, just do it! Poisons are many but choose life, always chose life. Throw that shit away. The power of mind, it's all a matter of a decision. You can do it! __________________ When life turns its back on you....grab its ass

12-17-2016, 05:06 PM	#4
uglyboi Member How Do You Identify?: As the 'The Bourne Identity' Preferred Pronoun?: Cheerful pessimist Relationship Status: Married Join Date: May 2011 Location: In a house we bought Posts: 411 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 294 Thanked 1,208 Times in 327 Posts Rep Power: 18936851	Breathe 5 Year Anniversary

01-05-2017, 12:26 AM	#5
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,783 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Today, January 5th marks six years since I became a non-smoker. I do not regret it for a minute and still have no desire to ever smoke another cigarette. I feel so blessed to not have cravings or desire to smoke. I never dreamed I would be able to stop smoking, but I quit cold turkey. I honestly feel I can do anything after achieving this! Congrats to all who have given up the habit, and to all of those in process of doing so! You can do it! __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

04-09-2017, 12:32 AM	#6
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: May 2010 Location: @ home with my granddaughter, chosen friends & family. ツ Posts: 16,129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,541 Thanked 33,556 Times in 10,668 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Tabula Rasa on a Saturday Night in April. I've been an on and off smoker since I was 29 years of age. What got me started was an major crises on my life, back then (dv). About nine years later, I came down with a bad case of pneumonia, in the middle of a really hot summer back in the late 1990's and was so ill that I quite smoking for about two or three years. Anyway, a few years later, after breaking up with my first butch girlfriend (another major crises), I started casually smoking again, telling myself that it was my coping tool, that smoking cigarettes was less harmful than turning to alcohol or drugs to help me manage the emotional stress I was going through, after breaking up with hir. So, I was talking with my al-anon sponsor tonight and told her that I have to find a better way to deal with stressors in my life in more rational way and treat my reliance on smoking as not a coping tool but what it really is, a self harming behavior. So about ten minutes ago, I interrupted my smoking habit. And I will keep disrupting and/or interrupting my habit until it becomes second nature to be smoke free. I don't want to be a smoker anymore. I am going to live the next two decades of my life, smoke free. __________________ “Evil flourishes in darkness, Corruption flourishes in secrecy,” ~Attorney’s for the Epstein Sex Abuse Survivors.

03-16-2016, 12:36 PM	#1
FireSignFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: N/A Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: WA Posts: 4,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 37,962 Thanked 10,285 Times in 3,146 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	The first time I tried a cigarette I was 12. By 13 I had a job and was smoking about a pack a week. By 16 I was smoking a pack a day and continued to do so until I finally, eventually manage to quit at the age of 41. So cigarettes had been a part of my life in some sense for 29 years and heavily so for 25 by the time I finally managed to give it up, kick the habit for good. Over the years I had quit many, many times a few times even for some longer stretches 3 months, 6 months, 9 months – finally a year, but I just couldn’t stay off the nicotine, I kept going right back to it until finally I met a really good doctor who helped me through it. Anyhow right now I have 10 good solid years without smoking behind me and my anniversary - 05/05/16 is right around the corner. I’m not the best when it comes to helping people decide to quit or getting through the first few days of withdrawal but if someone has given up smoking, has been off nicotine for a while and is struggling with trying to stay smoke free, that I’m better about, and anyone in that boat, can PM me and I’ll do all I can to offer comfort, encouragement, strength and support. After all without that in my own life, people offering that to me way back when today I would not be where I am. Even if you have smoked a really, really long time it is possible to quit. I’ve met people who’ve been quit for even longer than a decade, some 20, 30 years. I’ve met people who forget about a pack a day were up to 3-5 packs a day by the time they finally decided that’s it, they had enough and managed to give it up.

12-31-2017, 11:46 PM	#7
uglyboi Member How Do You Identify?: As the 'The Bourne Identity' Preferred Pronoun?: Cheerful pessimist Relationship Status: Married Join Date: May 2011 Location: In a house we bought Posts: 411 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 294 Thanked 1,208 Times in 327 Posts Rep Power: 18936851	Hello No 6 Years & 2 Weeks! Yip!!~