SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

12-13-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sassy_girl

I hope everyone that reads this gets even more encouragement to quit.. Someone very dear to me was just diagnosed with COPD and thankfully is not smoking but unfortunately it may have taken that diagnoses to get to that point.

It is VERY hard to watch those you care about go through the repercussions of this addiction.. very. It's also hard to watch people smoke killing their lungs consciously when my lungs are in such bad shape..and I was never a smoker. I know it's so not about me but it's hard on my heart.

Thank-you sassy_girl. I really do hope that others are inspired to give up if only to avoid being diagnosed with an unpleasant lung disease that can be avoided just by giving up tobacco. Sadly nothing scares a smoker though. It took something pretty cataclysmic to force my hand and make a serious decision to quit instead of 'play at it' like I had done previously. 33yrs of smoking and then COPD had me on course for my own personal oxygen tank before I hit 50, now I'm on course for riding a 29" wheel unicycle before I'm 50!

01-01-2011, 01:43 PM

How's everyone doing? How did the quitters cope with the holiday season? Is anyone giving up tobacco as a New Year resolution?

Despite lots of parties with cigarette smokers and joints being passed around I'm pleased to report I remained a non-(tobacco)smoker.

Keep up the good work to all those in the early days of giving up and good luck to those who've made the resolution and are on day one. It gets easier, it really does!

WickedFemme · 01-01-2011, 03:08 PM

my sweetie gave me the e-cigarette for the holiday and I'm trying it... I've cut down smoking by about 50% or so since and am smoking less and less everyday. I'm hoping to have completely given up cigarettes by the end of this month or sooner. Good luck everyone!

01-01-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WickedFemme

my sweetie gave me the e-cigarette for the holiday and I'm trying it... I've cut down smoking by about 50% or so since and am smoking less and less everyday. I'm hoping to have completely given up cigarettes by the end of this month or sooner. Good luck everyone!

Good work WickedFemme! When I was cutting down in the run up to giving up totally I found just being conscious of every cigarette I had and often chose not to have the one I was about to light but wait for the next time I wanted one. Also developing a very positive 'self-talk' about giving up really helped in preparation too. Good luck throughout the month.

WickedFemme · 01-01-2011, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Good work WickedFemme! When I was cutting down in the run up to giving up totally I found just being conscious of every cigarette I had and often chose not to have the one I was about to light but wait for the next time I wanted one. Also developing a very positive 'self-talk' about giving up really helped in preparation too. Good luck throughout the month.

Thanks Incubus! developing the consciousness around the habit has certainly helped. I even counted how many drags I took of a cigarette the other day... something I have never even thought about... hmmmm
I'm certainly thinking it through. This is good advice you offered here - thank you!

01-01-2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by WickedFemme

Thanks Incubus! developing the consciousness around the habit has certainly helped. I even counted how many drags I took of a cigarette the other day... something I have never even thought about... hmmmm
I'm certainly thinking it through. This is good advice you offered here - thank you!

You're very welcome WickedFemme. I'm happy to pass on any handy hints and tips that I helped me. It's one of the hardest habits to break as we all know. I started my own quitting smoking thread on one of the UK based B/F sites and posted pretty much daily for the first two or three months and found that writing it down every day in public helped keep me motivated.

julieisafemme · 01-01-2011, 04:37 PM

Day One. Hella crabby. Done it many times before.

I started smoking at 16. Smoked a pack or more a day until I was 25. Quit for five years and then off and on again smoked but never more that 5 a day.

My Mom has COPD and had a small stroke recently. That is where I am headed it I do not quit. My child hates it. Greyson hates it. I wish I did!!

Okay so here is to smobriety in 2011.

Soldier on quitters.

Kobi · 01-03-2011, 02:22 PM

Interesting article on how bad habits become wired into our brains and ways to change it to help reach goals:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110103/...eat_bad_habits

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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	How's everyone doing? How did the quitters cope with the holiday season? Is anyone giving up tobacco as a New Year resolution? Despite lots of parties with cigarette smokers and joints being passed around I'm pleased to report I remained a non-(tobacco)smoker. Keep up the good work to all those in the early days of giving up and good luck to those who've made the resolution and are on day one. It gets easier, it really does!

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julieisafemme Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Woman Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Married to Greyson Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: In the present Posts: 828 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,156 Thanked 3,434 Times in 660 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Day One. Hella crabby. Done it many times before. I started smoking at 16. Smoked a pack or more a day until I was 25. Quit for five years and then off and on again smoked but never more that 5 a day. My Mom has COPD and had a small stroke recently. That is where I am headed it I do not quit. My child hates it. Greyson hates it. I wish I did!! Okay so here is to smobriety in 2011. Soldier on quitters.