SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

[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.

[OS Butch]

I certainly won't change my friends....They didn't dump me because I smoked. Funny thing is that I only have one other friend that smokes, so being around my friends doesn't present temptations!

Thanks Incubus.

Originally Posted by Incubus

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.

[Nat]

I'm going on about 26 hours without a cig and I wanna break something and then eat it!

[OS Butch]

Originally Posted by Nat

I'm going on about 26 hours without a cig and I wanna break something and then eat it!

Been there Nat...About 36 hours ago. They say the 1st week is the hardest....The first 3 days are the killer. Go ahead, break something, I won't tell a soul.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Nat

I'm going on about 26 hours without a cig and I wanna break something and then eat it!

Woo Hoo! Keep it up! Keep it up!

[OS Butch]

Day 4 of my success Craving are bad and I so do want to eat everything in site. Good thing I have a very busy day and weekend ahead.

I find keeping busy with things that require concentration helps with not thinking about smoking.

Have a great smoke free day and weekend!

[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.

[lillith]

Ok, so I am working on 15 weeks, and I live with a smoker. Every time she smokes, I get heartburn? What is that?

I kinda want to address something else that is part of this process, and that is the hand to mouth issue, or in other words, gaining weight.

When I quit, I was probably 230lbs, and then I gained 10lbs. I feel like I am having to retrain every aspect of my life. The quitting part seems like it is the easiest part. Changing my eating and exercise habits is really kicking my ass. So, today, I played a dance workout game for about an hour with my son. Hopefully, I will get up and do it again tomorrow. I think I am looking for something else to do with my hands beside smoke or eat. :s

Thanks for listening.

[Glenn]

Well Lilith; The best thing that helps me is when I am riding my bike, I don't crave something bad to do with my hands like eat more or smoke. I've also noticed that some folks who use to smoke and quit, also developed some serious health issues. My business partner developed a severe allergic reaction to smoke that she said closes her throat. I do not know if this is true.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by lillith

Ok, so I am working on 15 weeks, and I live with a smoker. Every time she smokes, I get heartburn? What is that?

I kinda want to address something else that is part of this process, and that is the hand to mouth issue, or in other words, gaining weight.

When I quit, I was probably 230lbs, and then I gained 10lbs. I feel like I am having to retrain every aspect of my life. The quitting part seems like it is the easiest part. Changing my eating and exercise habits is really kicking my ass. So, today, I played a dance workout game for about an hour with my son. Hopefully, I will get up and do it again tomorrow. I think I am looking for something else to do with my hands beside smoke or eat. :s

Thanks for listening.

The ten pounds is kicking my ass too however be prepared for additional weight when you start working out its muscle that's in essence where my ten pounds have come from...although my body is taking a different shape lol im still irritated with the weight gain...

don't starve yourself if you need to eat however aren't hungry eat fruit..or snack on sunflower seeds or what have you make sure you stay healthy is all.

I work out every morning....it helps a lot.

The heartburn thing ive noticed that as well i think it is because nicotine is entering your body through second hand smoke...even though you quit your still getting it. Get some rolaids...

i hope the above helps

I had a nightmare last night dreamt i smoked and that i had a pack of cigarettes in my hand, when i realized in my dream what i was doing and what i was holding i sat down plum where i was at and screamed at myself these words...

"dammit heather, now you have to start all over what were you thinking, it was hard enough to get here to 2 months" <~~~~My subconscious perhaps?

It was really weird even weirder is i didn't remember it until i was working out this morning....and then i realized im ok...i don't have to be afraid of success...i think i have been afraid of succeeding.....

So while at work today this fella i occasionally talk with i mentioned to him i quit smoking and he asked me some questions and one of my responses was its a choice that i make every day to not smoke...I think for now for me this is a choice i have to make every day and that the dream was just a fool trick and that as long as i make this choice for me, im good...

The only thing to fear is fear itself...

diggen my in today and every day

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Incubus

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.

An ex of mine quit on these about 12 years ago.

[lillith]

This picture kinda irks me because cartridges look like hollowpoint bullets :s

It's so late here and it's my hometown Pride in a few hours, so I will come back to you all in a day or so. Keep the faith and don't give up giving up.


The weight. Oh my Lord that's my bugbear. I've put on a quarter of my original bodyweight and it irks me soooooo bad. I purposely didn't substitute cigs for food.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Incubus

It's so late here and it's my hometown Pride in a few hours, so I will come back to you all in a day or so. Keep the faith and don't give up giving up.


The weight. Oh my Lord that's my bugbear. I've put on a quarter of my original bodyweight and it irks me soooooo bad. I purposely didn't substitute cigs for food.

Happy Pride you.......

Originally Posted by gaea

Happy Pride you.......

WoooHooo it's Blackpool Pride.

Ta ever so gaea

The Fag Father will become Alice Allarse (Drag queen extraordinaire) and we will be the oddest couple at our small town** Pride. It's gonna be a fun day!




**we are a smallish town with a long-standing, thriving gay scene