((( The Stop Smoking Cigarettes Thread)))

DonJon

Black Diamond wrote:

Before I give my update on a week of not smoking, I have to say something to the many of you who may have been smokers in the past or never picked up the most awful habit of all time, who daily or even one time have sent well wishes, encouraging thoughts and advice. Your are as much the story here as what I (we) have done. I can not thank all of you enough, from the bottom of my heart. In the words of EV at the end of MSG II this year, My kids thank you, my parents than you. I thank you. I need to meet all of you at some point and buy you many drinks or whatever makes you happy for what you have given me. More time to spend with my family and hopedfully something back to the world with my time.

To those of you who are doing this with me, whatever day you are on, you have been amazing co-conspirators in getting our lives and lungs back. Your successes, minor setbacks and getting back on the horse stories have guided me through this. I will never be able to repay my debt.


I have tried so many times to get to my 8th day of not smoking. Literally 100's of times. Some BS excuse seems to get into my psyche which leads me to lying to my wife and myself. I will tell you how bad I was hooked. The first thing I told my non-smoking wife the day I met her was that I smoked and that there was no way I would ever stop. Who says that? I had so many women stop going out with me because of smoking. It has cost me Thousands of dollars that could have been spent on literally anything!

I can not believe I have gotten a week without a cigarette. I am feeling better, I smell better and I am more alert. I am smiling a lot and I am very happy. It has been a week with a lot of Stress. I got some great news last night that my mom's condition in non-life threatening and in fact is going home tonight! That will make week 2 much easier. I know in my heart that I am done, it's convincing my very stubborn head that it is over. There is still a long way to go before I get of the tunnel. Getting off the patch and starting things (exercise) to get me healthy. I can honestly say I don't think I have ever had a healthy day in my adult life. I would like to experience it!

Again thank you to everyone and I hope this is just the beginning!

After 3-4 years on this pit - this has gotta be the best post I have ever read.

What a fuckin attitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"My kids thank you, my parents than you. I thank you" Love it
"I need to meet all of you at some point and buy you many drinks" I can say this in here....Im an alcoholic so line your wallet
"I am feeling better, I smell better and I am more alert. I am smiling a lot and I am very happy. It has been a week with a lot of Stress" - starting to see the MINOR benefits
"I know in my heart that I am done" Bam...theres the ejaculation right there

You reckon not smoking makes you feel good.......wait till you combine it with exercise. The BEST natural high.

Yay for mum.

Hands down made my day

Black Diamond

DonJon wrote:

After 3-4 years on this pit - this has gotta be the best post I have ever read.

What a fuckin attitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"My kids thank you, my parents than you. I thank you" Love it
"I need to meet all of you at some point and buy you many drinks" I can say this in here....Im an alcoholic so line your wallet
"I am feeling better, I smell better and I am more alert. I am smiling a lot and I am very happy. It has been a week with a lot of Stress" - starting to see the MINOR benefits
"I know in my heart that I am done" Bam...theres the ejaculation right there

You reckon not smoking makes you feel good.......wait till you combine it with exercise. The BEST natural high.

Yay for mum.

Hands down made my day

Thanks dude! Name the place, the wallet will be there!

Stella

well guys.. i really can't give you more information after three days of working for quitline.. The wealth of info is already here. You all know the theories, the best things to distract you, about the pharmocologies etc..

All i can do is offer my support, if you want to chat or have any specific questions about quitting or the drugs or whatever, pm me, and i'll do my best to answer you with info you may not have had.

Keep up all the hard work and remember that Quitting is the BEST POssible thing you can do for Your HEALTH right now.

Respect to you all on this difficult journey.

chime

Greetings non-smokers how are we all today? ... hope things are starting to get a little easier for those quitting whatever stage they are at.

... and BD nice post. Must be an amazing feeling to 'know in [your] heart that [you are] done'

Black Diamond

GraySaturday wrote:

I'm not a smoker, so I am not here to quit, but I wanted to offer my congrats and support to those that have chosen to try to quit and become that much healthier.

My mom smoked for years (over 15), and quit when she was pregnant with me, and then started back up and then quit cold turkey when I was almost 4, so its going on over 21 years for her. She NEVER had another cigarette after that day she chose to quit cold turkey.

I wish you all the same strength and wonderful results.

Fantastic story about you mom! Very inspiring! It sounds like she used a great motivation for finally stopping. You!

I have the same thing. I set this up to start on my daughter's 3rd Birthday. Will always be a great reminder and I get to eat some CAKE on each year I have stopped.

Black Diamond

Chime wrote:

Greetings non-smokers how are we all today? ... hope things are starting to get a little easier for those quitting whatever stage they are at.

... and BD nice post. Must be an amazing feeling to 'know in [your] heart that [you are] done'

Good morning cake maker!

Things are great this AM. My kids who love gum, want to know why I have so many packs of gum. It's crazy. To smoke at my house I would always take a walk or hide in the corner somewhere. The kids would always ask where I was and could they take a walk with me. It was pathetic. Also, as kids they would try to get their hands in my pockets and I would always push them away. (What a loser). So last night my middle one got his hands in my pocket. My first reaction was to flinch. He pulled out a pack of gum. He and I were so happy. Went outside (no gum in house), had a piece and took a walk. Life is funny. I think the kids and I will take lots of walks.

SENROCK

how is everyone doing up in here??!! Still going strong? Black D maybe since you are the thread starter, u can add the certificate to the first post for easy finding! GO TEAM GO!!!!!!!!

SENROCK

Black Diamond wrote:

He and I were so happy. Went outside (no gum in house), had a piece and took a walk. Life is funny. I think the kids and I will take lots of walks.

that is beautiful. Im so happy for you! As someone close to her dadd, i can say that those walks will remain in your kids memories for a lifetime. Good choice in quitting Black D. Good choice.

Black Diamond

SENROCK! wrote:

that is beautiful. Im so happy for you! As someone close to her dadd, i can say that those walks will remain in your kids memories for a lifetime. Good choice in quitting Black D. Good choice.

Black Diamond

SENROCK! wrote:

how is everyone doing up in here??!! Still going strong? Black D maybe since you are the thread starter, u can add the certificate to the first post for easy finding! GO TEAM GO!!!!!!!!

Good Idea and Done!

Drowned Out

Hey everyone...glad you're all doing well
I had a 1.5 day relapse...I had a colleague stop by and actually TRY to get me to smoke, knowing I was out of patches and couldn't go get any cause my kids were in bed....she doesn't want to have to spend her smoke breaks alone :rolleyes:...THEN...she left her pack at my house when she left! wtf? I could have just snapped on her....
I quit again yesterday...I really want to do this, and I'm feeling like some of the habits are breaking...so hopefully if I can avoid people that are trying to kill me, I'll be ok.

Black Diamond

Drowned Out wrote:

Hey everyone...glad you're all doing well
I had a 1.5 day relapse...I had a colleague stop by and actually TRY to get me to smoke, knowing I was out of patches and couldn't go get any cause my kids were in bed....she doesn't want to have to spend her smoke breaks alone :rolleyes:...THEN...she left her pack at my house when she left! wtf? I could have just snapped on her....
I quit again yesterday...I really want to do this, and I'm feeling like some of the habits are breaking...so hopefully if I can avoid people that are trying to kill me, I'll be ok.

Yay! I am sooo glad you came back. Good for you and nice friend you got. Doesn't matter what day anyone is on. Trying is a daily process. What is a week going to mean 10 years from now.



Sheesh! I have one guy at work who is pissed because we always smoked together. He even started a pool to see how long I would not smoke. There was a lot of betting. Nice pressure. But I bet on myself being never. Was the only one. If I make it to one year, I win. It will be my pleasure to take their money.

dawng

Black Diamond wrote:

...He pulled out a pack of gum. He and I were so happy. Went outside (no gum in house), had a piece and took a walk. Life is funny. I think the kids and I will take lots of walks.

Just checking in...you are all doing GREAT! And wow, ^^^^^^ that is beautiful! Great job everyone!

chime

Hmm I wonder if these people are trying to trip you guys are doing it because if you quit it proves to them that it can be done and it's only them that are stopping themselves from joining you and this is an addiction that can be broken?

You show 'em

Black Diamond

Chime wrote:

Hmm I wonder if these people are trying to trip you guys are doing it because if you quit it proves to them that it can be done and it's only them that are stopping themselves from joining you and this is an addiction that can be broken?

You show 'em

That's my theory too. Misery loves company (I am sounding more and more like my mother as I get older :eek: )

Red Lukin

I smoked for 5 years and I gotta say it was the toughest thing to quit. The hardest thing was being around ppl who smoked. I tried everything to quit, but kept going back.

I tried this pill called something like Ziabam. I took it for like 2-3 months. It made cigarettes taste nasty, but had hobbible side effects. I could barely concentrate at work. I quit taking the pill early (suppose to take it for 3 months - I think I took it for 2), but by the time I stopped I mentally and phsically hated smoking.

Since then I'm a lot healthier and I probably saved a ton of cash.

Good luck!

DonJon

Morning Team Extend Your Life.

I see we've had a minor hiccup. Good to see you are back on that horse Drowned Out.......now strap in and stay there

I got home last night and hit my flatmate up about smoking. Her response "I gave up 2 weeks ago but was gonna wait to see if you noticed" Reckons she has still got a way to go but craving and daily rituals are slowly getting easier.

She also joined a gym two weeks ago and has been 3 times per week :eek:. All this on top of a career change recently and the daunting task of starting to study in her mid 30s.

If she was a good sort Id marry her

See you all again tomorrow......gee thats gotta be about day 9 yeah???????

Black Diamond

hartamh wrote:

Just wanted to wish everybody well and good luck .

I'm still not smoking and very proud of it!!! It just sucks living with someone (husband) who continues to smoke no matter what or where we are. The room I'm in now is the computer room, and it smells so bad from that person being in here last night :eek: .


Love all the well wishes and vibes that everyone is sending

lol

Wow, you are doing so fantastic! Having someone in the house with you and smoking must make it so much harder. I am inspired by you everyday!

G-d through a couple of new curveballs yesterday that would have met a 2 pack binge by now. I have the faith and strength because of all of you to know that having that one cigarette will be the end. It is going well enough that I grab for gum instead of thinking about ciggs.

So Day 10. Double digits. Got 100 bucks in the jar instead od my lungs!

Drowned Out Day 2 and counting.

Thanks to everyone for the great words. They help so much!

Black Diamond

Red Lukin wrote:

I smoked for 5 years and I gotta say it was the toughest thing to quit. The hardest thing was being around ppl who smoked. I tried everything to quit, but kept going back.

I tried this pill called something like Ziabam. I took it for like 2-3 months. It made cigarettes taste nasty, but had hobbible side effects. I could barely concentrate at work. I quit taking the pill early (suppose to take it for 3 months - I think I took it for 2), but by the time I stopped I mentally and phsically hated smoking.

Since then I'm a lot healthier and I probably saved a ton of cash.

Good luck!

This is good advice to those who have not tried yet. How long before you quit did you start taking it.

Thank you for the great advice and well wishes.

Red Lukin

Black Diamond wrote:

This is good advice to those who have not tried yet. How long before you quit did you start taking it.

Thank you for the great advice and well wishes.

I believe you were suppose to take the pill for 2-3 weeks then stop smoking, but in all honestly (it may have been a chemical reaction or something) I wanted to quit by that time.

I just looked it up on the Internet, and wow I didn't know it was an anti-depressant. It's actually called zyban; bupropion must be a nother name for it as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupropion

Recalling back I did have mood swings. I'd go into work one day high on a kite; feeling happy and crazy, then the next day feel down.

Horrible feeling come to think of it, but I'm glad I took it. I had maybe only 5-10 cigarettes since then (drinking of course), and have no urge to ever start again.