SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

[gaea]

ok all the great advice about how things pass listen lol I did. and I will continue to listen that's my advice.

one bad day poured into a really good one thus far.

duffel the heels in and not giving up on me.

[OS Butch]

Good evening quitters That is suppose to be funny

I am on the end of day 2 of my quit smoking forever this time. I have been smoking for 35 years...I have tried to stop too many times to count. My quitting got to be a joke because I have tried so many times...I quit smoking every night. I have gotten really good at quitting since I have done it so much!

The best part for being successful this time is that I am not at home.I will be away for 2 weeks and surrounded by non smokers. As long as I am not near it, I don't think I will be tempted. Hopefully those here will be OK with any uncharacteristic temper tantrums that may occur.

I am adding all my support to those here that need it to to end this habit.

Have a great smoke free evening

OSB

[gaea]

Originally Posted by OS Butch

Good evening quitters That is suppose to be funny

I am on the end of day 2 of my quit smoking forever this time. I have been smoking for 35 years...I have tried to stop too many times to count. My quitting got to be a joke because I have tried so many times...I quit smoking every night. I have gotten really good at quitting since I have done it so much!

The best part for being successful this time is that I am not at home.I will be away for 2 weeks and surrounded by non smokers. As long as I am not near it, I don't think I will be tempted. Hopefully those here will be OK with any uncharacteristic temper tantrums that may occur.

I am adding all my support to those here that need it to to end this habit.

Have a great smoke free evening

OSB

Good for you....i too am here for support even though i have had my own bad days lol there is a ton of support in this thread .

digging my in ..

[OS Butch]

Good morning on my day 3.

I find that changing my usual habits helps me not auto trigger a smoke. Usually my day starts with a morning cup of coffee and a smoke outside on my back screened porch. Today, since I am away from home, it is coffee with conversations with family. The craving is there, but the distraction is working pretty well.

Thanks for being here!

OSB

[gaea]

Originally Posted by OS Butch

Good morning on my day 3.

I find that changing my usual habits helps me not auto trigger a smoke. Usually my day starts with a morning cup of coffee and a smoke outside on my back screened porch. Today, since I am away from home, it is coffee with conversations with family. The craving is there, but the distraction is working pretty well.

Thanks for being here!

OSB

OSB,

while your away from home this will work, after you get home you will want to maintain as much as your regular routine as possible and here is why...those of us that have many times in the past chose to stop smoking often would change our routines so drastically it would cause confusion an upset this is a fact...and we often failed (using we as a general term) ...this is fact..

This time for me i kept my routines and it working i still hang out with my friends and do the things i do only now i have added working out into my routine.

If you make changes to your routines they should be small and barely noticeable...

ps i still take my coffee in the same place i took it before i quit...just saying..

Still Digging her in

[OS Butch]

I do agree with making little changes...For instance, still having my coffee out on the porch but in a different chair. The point for me is to avoid the automatic triggers....The one that will be the hardest is driving with a smoke. I won't be driving much in the next 10 days, so that helps...I also avoid going into 7-11....There has only been 1 reason for me to go into a 7-11!

Originally Posted by gaea

OSB,

while your away from home this will work, after you get home you will want to maintain as much as your regular routine as possible and here is why...those of us that have many times in the past chose to stop smoking often would change our routines so drastically it would cause confusion an upset this is a fact...and we often failed (using we as a general term) ...this is fact..

This time for me i kept my routines and it working i still hang out with my friends and do the things i do only now i have added working out into my routine.

If you make changes to your routines they should be small and barely noticeable...

ps i still take my coffee in the same place i took it before i quit...just saying..

Still Digging her in

Go you OS Butch...you can do it. If you read back I am the example of what can happen if you don't get wise and give up. You do not wanna be where I am with the equivalent of one lung left which will never get better.

Internet and smokes are what were one of my hardest habits to break and post food cigs. They were killers to move past....but I did. I kept my routines the same too gaea and went to the same coffee shop with my smoking mates - even continued going outside with them when they smoked for a goodly while. Still visited my buddy round the corner who I'd smoked joints for years with but just changed over to a bong. I Still go to the same parties with all the smokers around. I didn't want to change those things, that would have meant I wasn't living my life as I like it.

Wishing you lots of luck in breaking the habits whilst you're away OS Butch.

[princessbelle]

I reluctantly have to say i fell of the wagon.

The e-ciggs however do work for me and i can quit on them.

They don't however last very long (the charge). I am going to buy another one or another type with hopefully a longer battery charge on Friday.

Keep up the good work all. So proud of you!!!!!

Originally Posted by princessbelle

I reluctantly have to say i fell of the wagon.

The e-ciggs however do work for me and i can quit on them.

They don't however last very long (the charge). I am going to buy another one or another type with hopefully a longer battery charge on Friday.

Keep up the good work all. So proud of you!!!!!

It's ok princessbelle, you can jump back on anytime...the smoking wagon passes by frequently.

Something that worked for me was having a plastic inhalator thingy

because it didn't look remotely like a cig. I wanted to break the visual thang. I used the nicotine cartridges for a few weeks but by then I'd broken the hand-to-mouth habit and didn't need the inhalator. I was taking Champix/tix though so the inhalator was just about breaking the hand-to-mouth action.