SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by TruTexan

Hey ya'll. I"m in need of quitting smoking and support. Have any of you tried using the vapor cig. to quit, I mean the one that doesn't have nicotine in it. The smallest dose of nicotine I can get is 6% which is slightly close to the ultra lights I smoke. I bought the vapor cig yesterday with the 0 nicotine fluid to use for that hand to mouth habit. I am hoping this will work for me to help me quit. I've tried using chantix rx but that med makes me so depressed I can't get out of the black hole it puts me in and I'm already taking antidepressants so that's not an option to help.
I want to quit, I have asthma that is affected by the cold and heat, and I am required to smoke outdoors where I live. It's freaking colder than a well diggers ass out there and I"m tired of coughing my damn head off anymore.
I'm not sure if I am doing this right, but I'm giving it the good old try adn putting it in my mind that I need to quit and must quit. I could save several hundred dollars and put that stuff to use elsewhere in a months time. I don't smoke indoors, so my my things don"t smell like smoke nor does my apt. YAY for that much !!
Anywho, help a butch out with any tips you may have and root root root for me to help me quit. Thanks and I appreciate y'all in advance.

Cold turkey, a lot of carrots and keeping my hands busy. 2 weeks of welbutrin (sp)

[Redsunflower]

I started a cold turkey quit on 29th December 2013.

Day 9 almost completed.

This time I have the help of a sponsor and he's making all the difference.

I'm doing it this time.

[ahk]

I quit cold turkey.
And....
LOTS of Juicy Fruit gum. Everytime I wanted a cig I qould pop some gum in my mouth.

Good luck TruTexan - every day gets easier at first its hard but once you get past the craving stage you will feel awesome!

[Redsunflower]

Day 11 and I'm still going strong.

Today is not easy. In fact I feel a little bit nuts. I'm going out for a run in a minute to burn up adrenalin and try and feel a bit calmer.

Well done to everyone in the process of quitting and trying to get to a more comfortable place. We can totally do it.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Redsunflower

Day 11 and I'm still going strong.

Today is not easy. In fact I feel a little bit nuts. I'm going out for a run in a minute to burn up adrenalin and try and feel a bit calmer.

Well done to everyone in the process of quitting and trying to get to a more comfortable place. We can totally do it.

Redsunflower, you can do this! Exercise definitely helped me. It burns off the restless. Good for you for quitting!

[Ravenouss]

25 years next month since I quit. It was considerably easy when I threw a pack in the trash and never smoked again. I used to puff 2 packs a day for about 10 years. My mother also stopped cold. I never understood the "addiction" per se since we both had no trouble stopping, but when I tried to get rid of sugar and couldn't, I realized how addiction affect people in different ways. Nicotine was easy for me to quit, not for my sisters. Sugar was very easy for my sisters to quit. Not for me.
I really admire those who had trouble and still quit. And I hope those who are trying find the strength to do so just as I hope someday I'll be able to let go of sugar...

Originally Posted by Ravenouss

25 years next month since I quit. It was considerably easy when I threw a pack in the trash and never smoked again. I used to puff 2 packs a day for about 10 years. My mother also stopped cold. I never understood the "addiction" per se since we both had no trouble stopping, but when I tried to get rid of sugar and couldn't, I realized how addiction affect people in different ways. Nicotine was easy for me to quit, not for my sisters. Sugar was very easy for my sisters to quit. Not for me.
I really admire those who had trouble and still quit. And I hope those who are trying find the strength to do so just as I hope someday I'll be able to let go of sugar...

As a person who's given up refined sugars amongst other things (caffeine, alcohol, drugs, nicotine and the smoking habit), I can truthfully say the only way I've found that works for me is applying the 12 step programme, 'one day at a time'.
We can do anything for just one day. I'm not saying it's easy but it's possible with the right mental attitude and coping strategies in place.

If one day is too much then break it down to manageable chunks; one hour, half hour, 10minutes if necessary.

Not having the first one of any of our addictions saves us from the second, third, ad infinitum.

One is too many and a thousand never enough right!?

Good luck all of you who are quitting whatever you're quitting. It's not easy but it IS possible

Keep riding that dragon until you tame it, you'll be so proud of yourself for doing something proactively positive for your own well-being.

[Redsunflower]

Day 15 and I'm still a non-smoker.

I had a brand new challenge today. I went to visit a mate who is a proper smoking buddy. She smokes in her house and everything (as does her partner). I didn't have much of a strategy for coping other than just to go and see how it went.

Well, I didn't smoke, she congratulated me on my quit the whole time I was there and I think I now need to wash my jumper but apart from that it was all good.

I can do this. In fact, I am doing it.

Well chuffed.

Rxx

Originally Posted by Redsunflower

Day 15 and I'm still a non-smoker.

I had a brand new challenge today. I went to visit a mate who is a proper smoking buddy. She smokes in her house and everything (as does her partner). I didn't have much of a strategy for coping other than just to go and see how it went.

Well, I didn't smoke, she congratulated me on my quit the whole time I was there and I think I now need to wash my jumper but apart from that it was all good.

I can do this. In fact, I am doing it.

Well chuffed.

Rxx

Bloody well done you! You have every right to be chuffed (UK>US = really rather pleased) with yerself.

Every time you get through a tough situation it puts another slug of strength in the Quit Bank to access whenever you need it.



Hope all you quitters are keeping the faith...Just For Today!

[MysticOceansFL]

That should help you a great deal Ms. Redsunflower and I wish you luck in doing so!!!

Originally Posted by Redsunflower

Day 11 and I'm still going strong.

Today is not easy. In fact I feel a little bit nuts. I'm going out for a run in a minute to burn up adrenalin and try and feel a bit calmer.

Well done to everyone in the process of quitting and trying to get to a more comfortable place. We can totally do it.

[Lady Pamela]

Just wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone.

Also great work on quitting!
Keep it up!!

I loveee this thread and the wonderful support that is offered here.
Thanks to all who have helped me along the way and who got me through some really harsh times.

Have a beautiful and smoke free day...SMILES

Blessings and Namaste


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[TruTexan]

Originally Posted by Redsunflower

I started a cold turkey quit on 29th December 2013.

Day 9 almost completed.

This time I have the help of a sponsor and he's making all the difference.

I'm doing it this time.

Good Luck and Success with quitting Sunflower. Congrats on everything.