SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

PaPa · 12-02-2012, 09:12 PM

I just wanted to post in here that my last cigarette was September 27th. I purchased the Electronic Blu Cig online and paid a total of $160 for a bunch of cartridges, the starter pack and a couple extra batteries. Within a month and a half I am completely nicotine free. I do believe it is one of the best investments I have made in my life. I am very grateful to not have to be enslaved to tobacco. Some days I craved it very badly, but I will say by distracting I was able to thwart the urge and remain free from it. Another thing I kept telling myself when the urge hit was that I would hate myself if I did use because I knew I really wanted this. One cigarette was not worth the self-loathing I would feel afterwards. I am not saying others must be tobacco free, but I will say the benefits far outweight the risks. I hope those who really want this monkey off their back are able to do that and if anyone wants to talk about what worked for me I am always available and willing to help.

grenade · 12-02-2012, 09:35 PM

I am 6 and a half months smoke free. I rarely have cravings anymore. It was just my time to quit. Good luck to all. *hugs*

macele · 12-03-2012, 12:57 AM

i still crave. i really do. i'm still somewhat in bondage. but my addiction is strong. i smoked 2 packs a day and loved every one. like papa says, i tell myself it's not worth it to smoke one. not even one. you know we are all going to die one day, but i told myself back in june, not this way.

i'm proud of all the quitters! this is a good thing to quit lol. stay strong. have a place or thought that you can go back to in your mind that will remind you of why you quit. i have my place, and it reminds me, ... not this way.

Lady Pamela · 12-04-2012, 11:24 PM

Months
Smoke Free Today...
SMILES!!!!!

Lady Pamela · 12-10-2012, 09:38 PM

Just stopping in to say hi and see how everyone is doing?

Greyson · 12-11-2012, 12:03 AM

Hi and good luck to each and every one of you. I am an ex-smoker. I have been off cigs for a few years now. For many years, I was able to smoke a cigarette only when I went out to clubs. I don't dabble any longer. Before that I picked up smoking cigarettes as a teen and was a regular smoker off and on from my mid thirties to Fifty. I am most grateful to be cig free now.

I really came in here to say, I lost a friend a couple of days ago to lung cancer. She was a beautiful, talented femme artist. I met her about 28 years ago and she died in her early fifties. Too young in my book. For some of us it does catch up. Please if you are still smoking, keep trying to quit. Don't give up.

jac · 12-11-2012, 02:10 AM

The 12th will be my one month mark... I know I won't give into the cravings but they are some kind of intense these days. Stressing over finances and around the holidays makes for a really tough cry to give into the evils of those damn sticks. My health has been wacked here lately and there is just no way I could even inhale the stuff... hell, I can barely inhale a breath as it is.

Still doesn't change the fact that I'm craving...

DapperButch · 12-13-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyson

I really came in here to say, I lost a friend a couple of days ago to lung cancer. She was a beautiful, talented femme artist. I met her about 28 years ago and she died in her early fifties. Too young in my book. For some of us it does catch up. Please if you are still smoking, keep trying to quit. Don't give up.

Yes, it does. My father was 26 years quit and healthy and active. Diagnosed with lung cancer and dead within 8 days.

Sobering.

Quit now. Don't give up.

12-04-2012, 11:24 PM	#4
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12-10-2012, 09:38 PM	#5
Lady Pamela Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A Lady..Femme..Free Spirit with a touch of survivalist woman in me. Preferred Pronoun?: Spiritual Warrior..She Ra..Baby Doll, or anything close..ha! Relationship Status: In perfect love and perfect trust I believe that will be directed..for now Just friends in my life. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Live in Utah but take trips to Arkansas. Plan to move there eventually. Posts: 2,579 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,073 Thanked 5,940 Times in 1,609 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Just stopping in to say hi and see how everyone is doing? __________________ Believe what people show you the first time. It will keep you in balance, and will show you truth! ~~ Author unknown ~~ When negative thoughts come to mind, Let them die stillborn. Speak and do posotive in any situation, And watch your dreams grow and flurish. If you can't say anything posotive, Zip it up. Do not give birth to that which you do not want to see grow. See it, Believe it, Own it, Have it! ~~ Lady Pamela ~~

12-11-2012, 12:03 AM	#6
Greyson Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transmasculine/Non-Binary Preferred Pronoun?: Hy (Pronounced He) Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,589 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,132 Thanked 8,146 Times in 2,005 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Hi and good luck to each and every one of you. I am an ex-smoker. I have been off cigs for a few years now. For many years, I was able to smoke a cigarette only when I went out to clubs. I don't dabble any longer. Before that I picked up smoking cigarettes as a teen and was a regular smoker off and on from my mid thirties to Fifty. I am most grateful to be cig free now. I really came in here to say, I lost a friend a couple of days ago to lung cancer. She was a beautiful, talented femme artist. I met her about 28 years ago and she died in her early fifties. Too young in my book. For some of us it does catch up. Please if you are still smoking, keep trying to quit. Don't give up. __________________ Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. - Susan Gale

12-02-2012, 09:12 PM	#1
PaPa Senior Member How Do You Identify?: GQ Butch Daddy Relationship Status: A Very Protective BIG Daddy... Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,657 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,597 Thanked 5,871 Times in 1,530 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I just wanted to post in here that my last cigarette was September 27th. I purchased the Electronic Blu Cig online and paid a total of $160 for a bunch of cartridges, the starter pack and a couple extra batteries. Within a month and a half I am completely nicotine free. I do believe it is one of the best investments I have made in my life. I am very grateful to not have to be enslaved to tobacco. Some days I craved it very badly, but I will say by distracting I was able to thwart the urge and remain free from it. Another thing I kept telling myself when the urge hit was that I would hate myself if I did use because I knew I really wanted this. One cigarette was not worth the self-loathing I would feel afterwards. I am not saying others must be tobacco free, but I will say the benefits far outweight the risks. I hope those who really want this monkey off their back are able to do that and if anyone wants to talk about what worked for me I am always available and willing to help.

12-02-2012, 09:35 PM	#2
grenade Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Full Flavor Femme Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,929 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,925 Thanked 8,058 Times in 2,121 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I am 6 and a half months smoke free. I rarely have cravings anymore. It was just my time to quit. Good luck to all. hugs

12-03-2012, 12:57 AM	#3
macele Member How Do You Identify?: a bold-assed maximus Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: mississippi Posts: 1,066 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,178 Thanked 3,230 Times in 847 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	i still crave. i really do. i'm still somewhat in bondage. but my addiction is strong. i smoked 2 packs a day and loved every one. like papa says, i tell myself it's not worth it to smoke one. not even one. you know we are all going to die one day, but i told myself back in june, not this way. i'm proud of all the quitters! this is a good thing to quit lol. stay strong. have a place or thought that you can go back to in your mind that will remind you of why you quit. i have my place, and it reminds me, ... not this way.

12-11-2012, 02:10 AM	#7
jac Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: butch stone Preferred Pronoun?: masculine ones work best... Relationship Status: ♥ engaged to spritz ♥ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: bangor, maine Posts: 3,344 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,720 Thanked 16,492 Times in 2,972 Posts Rep Power: 0	The 12th will be my one month mark... I know I won't give into the cravings but they are some kind of intense these days. Stressing over finances and around the holidays makes for a really tough cry to give into the evils of those damn sticks. My health has been wacked here lately and there is just no way I could even inhale the stuff... hell, I can barely inhale a breath as it is. Still doesn't change the fact that I'm craving...