SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

[Lady Pamela]

Originally Posted by macele

i dreamed that i smoked last night. i could taste it! ahhh it was good lol. then in the dream, the feelings a cigarette will make happen in your chest, ... tight, congested. awful.

so we get help from all sorts of places, ... even dreams.

User dreams SUCK! Just sayin...smiles


And thanks for the well wishes,reps and congrats on my 9th month smoke free today.


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[StillettoDoll]

[jac]

I laid them down "again" yesterday. Only the umpteenth time in the last 30 years.

Let this time be for good...

[jac]

Originally Posted by StillettoDoll

Wow!! And I hadn't even seen this before I posted. Perfect timing I guess!!

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by stone4play

I laid them down "again" yesterday. Only the umpteenth time in the last 30 years.

Let this time be for good...

Yee Haw! You can do it! Post here and post often!!!!

[Lady Pamela]

Originally Posted by stone4play

I laid them down "again" yesterday. Only the umpteenth time in the last 30 years.

Let this time be for good...

Took me a lot of tries before I was able to do it.
Point is, just keep trying and fake it till you make it!
Seriously.
Way cool.

[Lady Pamela]

Just thought I would stop in and tell everyone hello...smiles

Also wanted to share a few smoking facts as food for thought.
Below is the link...seriously check it out.

BTW, Whale vomit and urine are in the smokes we all have been smoking ..just to give you a couple of things.

Take a look.


Keep it up to those of you who are still smoke free!


http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/02/17_smoking.html



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[GraffitiBoi]

I'm still struggling with quitting. I use an ecig and occasionally I will use a patch instead... but neither breaks the habit. It's not really the nicotine that is making it hard... it's what I do to pass time when I'm on a break or driving and it's what I do when I need to think... pace and smoke... and so I pick up a cigarette... I think I may be done with them completely this weekend though. It feels like it's time. Plus, the money I'm saving by not buying cigs is awesome! ($5.50 per day)

[macele]

you know i still don't want to go to a place that doesn't allow smoking LOL. like say to a hospital. i smoked for so long, ... i still think i'm going to have to do without one for a long time or find a place to hide and smoke. and that "don't shut me up" feeling.

smoke-free 179 days.

[Lady Pamela]

Originally Posted by GraffitiBoi

I'm still struggling with quitting. I use an ecig and occasionally I will use a patch instead... but neither breaks the habit. It's not really the nicotine that is making it hard... it's what I do to pass time when I'm on a break or driving and it's what I do when I need to think... pace and smoke... and so I pick up a cigarette... I think I may be done with them completely this weekend though. It feels like it's time. Plus, the money I'm saving by not buying cigs is awesome! ($5.50 per day)

I suggest doing thhing diffrent like I did. At first atleast.

Cut down 2 at a time untill your down to 8 or less smokes.
Smoke when your not craving only.
Don't smoke where or when you feel the need.
Smoke against the habit times.

Use the strong patches.
Use cinnomon sticks for the hand to mouth.
Chew cinnomon gum to clean the pallet
drink non sweetened greatfruit juice..hold in mouth for a bit when craving is bad.

don't forget to take your normal 5 minute breaks..just do them breathing etc
they help you to adjust and re ground yourself.

also changing to a brand you really do not care for helps.

[Lady Pamela]

Originally Posted by macele

you know i still don't want to go to a place that doesn't allow smoking LOL. like say to a hospital. i smoked for so long, ... i still think i'm going to have to do without one for a long time or find a place to hide and smoke. and that "don't shut me up" feeling.

smoke-free 179 days.

WAY AWESOME...SO PROUD OF YOU!!

Now I surely can relate to what you said...as a matter of gact, I love the smell of fresh smoke still..but not old smoke.

However now that I am close to my 10 month mark, I can frequent hospitals and non smoking places without panick...ha

Keep up the great work.

[PaPa]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Lady Pamela]

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

[Greyson]

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]

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...

[Ms. Meander]

I have quit again. It's been just over 24hrs and I'm reaching the stage where I want to cry and pull my hair out. It doesn't help that I am totally hormonal, as well.

But I really want this. It is time. It is the last vestige of the old, unhealthy me that remains. I am a healer, for crying out loud. I can't be putting my smokey hands on people and preaching about their health with my smokey breath. Makes no sense. But addiction rarely does. My reckoning is here. I'm ready for it - regardless of the fit I'm about to have.

[macele]

Originally Posted by stone4play

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...

hey stone. i think we come to a place where we just quit. a brick wall. whatever it takes for you not to smoke, ... reach out and use that resource(s). i quit cold, and i've gained too much weight lol. but i haven't had a smoke in 6 months. the cravings haven't gone away, ... but less. the bottom line for me is i don't want to die a smoker. smoking kills. my lungs are damaged, yes. but smoking does just as much damage to your heart. for me, more so to my heart at this stage in my life.

you can do it. i believe in you.

mac