SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

Starbuck · 11-08-2011, 10:49 PM

Hey OS Butch, don't feel so bad, I had a mini (if you can call it that) relapse today myself. I smoked half a cigar over two different periods of time. I swear the hardest time is right after a meal! I should have changed my patch before we went to eat but I forgot and this was the end product. I just need to use more will power I guess.

tazz · 11-08-2011, 11:18 PM

i'm in here too... trying my damndest to quit. i was smoking 9 ciggs a day. now i'm down to 3. the one cigg that i really long for is my morning cigarette right after my coffee.

OS Butch · 11-09-2011, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tazz

i'm in here too... trying my damndest to quit. i was smoking 9 ciggs a day. now i'm down to 3. the one cigg that i really long for is my morning cigarette right after my coffee.

Yep, those automatic ones are the hardest for me too. I have to change my routine to help quiet the automatic urge. Good luck!

Day 3 for me

OS Butch · 11-09-2011, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Starbuck

Hey OS Butch, don't feel so bad, I had a mini (if you can call it that) relapse today myself. I smoked half a cigar over two different periods of time. I swear the hardest time is right after a meal! I should have changed my patch before we went to eat but I forgot and this was the end product. I just need to use more will power I guess.

I am more annoyed with me than feeling bad, It had been months and I thought I truly was finished. Tried to trick myself into thinking on my road trip I could smoke and quit after I arrived just like I had already done. Yea, that work.... not

11-09-2011, 07:58 AM

Here to listen to y'all.

Yup those ingrained 'habit' cigs are the hardest. My hardest ones were the ones after food too.

It's that bit where all the nicotine replacement therapies can't help you and that 'will power' has to kick. It's hard but it's possible.

Keep on keepin' the non tobacco faith!

Tawse · 11-09-2011, 09:17 AM

mmhmm the rituals to me were much worse than the actual physical addiction.

Gillian and I quit about 7 years ago now and I still have times where I think "I'll just smoke one" but yeah - no I can't do that.

What even makes it worse (or maybe it's a good thing?) is that I have dreams where I'm smoking and I wake up so pissed that I started again and have to quit all over...

maybe that's my brains way of saying "you really don't wanna go there.. see how much it'll piss you off?" lol

You guys can do it!

Starbuck · 11-21-2011, 10:06 PM

I went to the club Saturday night and don't ya know it I smoked half a pack while I was there! Dammit! Now I'm craving a cigarette like crazy, or at least I think I am. IDK, maybe I'm just craving the hand to mouth motion thing.

Nahhhhh, I wanna cigarette.

11-22-2011, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Starbuck

I went to the club Saturday night and don't ya know it I smoked half a pack while I was there! Dammit! Now I'm craving a cigarette like crazy, or at least I think I am. IDK, maybe I'm just craving the hand to mouth motion thing.

Nahhhhh, I wanna cigarette.

I craved big yesterday...I stood downwind of the school smokers. Didn't do it. You can get past it Starbuck. Start over. Day one!

Glenn · 11-22-2011, 08:38 AM

Checking in; I'm still smoking out on the deck which cut my intake in half. I have been coughing less and breathing better. When the weather gets colder, I won't feel like standing out there freezing my azz off for one, that's for sure!

DapperButch · 12-02-2011, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

I craved big yesterday...I stood downwind of the school smokers. Didn't do it. You can get past it Starbuck. Start over. Day one!

I was sooooooooo close to buying a pack yesterday. I was stressed out about something and was standing in line at my favortie convenience store. Just staring at those suckers hanging there in the same place they always were, just waiting for me to ask for them when I got up to the counter.

But, I didn't.

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11-09-2011, 07:58 AM	#5
Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Here to listen to y'all. Yup those ingrained 'habit' cigs are the hardest. My hardest ones were the ones after food too. It's that bit where all the nicotine replacement therapies can't help you and that 'will power' has to kick. It's hard but it's possible. Keep on keepin' the non tobacco faith!

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Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	mmhmm the rituals to me were much worse than the actual physical addiction. Gillian and I quit about 7 years ago now and I still have times where I think "I'll just smoke one" but yeah - no I can't do that. What even makes it worse (or maybe it's a good thing?) is that I have dreams where I'm smoking and I wake up so pissed that I started again and have to quit all over... maybe that's my brains way of saying "you really don't wanna go there.. see how much it'll piss you off?" lol You guys can do it!

11-22-2011, 08:38 AM	#9
Glenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Ol butch bones. Preferred Pronoun?: Old thing Relationship Status: Too old to play. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: :rolleyes: Posts: 1,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,602 Thanked 3,729 Times in 1,095 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Checking in; I'm still smoking out on the deck which cut my intake in half. I have been coughing less and breathing better. When the weather gets colder, I won't feel like standing out there freezing my azz off for one, that's for sure!