((( The Stop Smoking Cigarettes Thread)))

Black Diamond

kcherub wrote:

Chantix does have some very nasty side effects. I looked into it at some point, but figured I am already too mental to chance it. A neighbor quit "dipping" using Chantix with success.

I am kind of looking forward to this...although I am scared out of my mind that everyone around me is going to hate me for the first month or so.

We won't but I know my wife will.

Porchsitter

Good luck to everyone. I quit February 6, 2008, just four days after I got married. My last cigarette was smoked on the North Shore of Oahu. Whenever I feel the draw to smoke, I just remember my last cigarette came in a veritable paradise.

P.S.- I used Chantix with absolutely no side effects. I only used it for two months and never felt the urge to go back after I finished my prescription. If you plan on using Chantix, be warned that it's very expensive. It costs about $130/month.

Good luck.

Black Diamond

hartamh wrote:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Who could hate you

We'll see

SENROCK

Porchsitter wrote:

Good luck to everyone. I quit February 6, 2008, just four days after I got married. My last cigarette was smoked on the North Shore of Oahu. Whenever I feel the draw to smoke, I just remember my last cigarette came in a veritable paradise.

That is VERY cool and a good way to end it. The North Shore is gods gift to earth for SURE!!!

SENROCK

Black Diamond wrote:

We'll see

hahaha i agree its gonna get ugly up in here! But i DID give you my word that I will support you no matter what. I will go easy on the encouragement posts come nexxxt week. Going thru this, the LAST THING you want is someone telling you daily to stick with it and COME ON YOU CAN DO IT!!!! All you wanna do is murder the person talking!!! So, for right now.....
COME ON GUYS WOOHOO YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! hahahaha

Touchofgray16

pearljamjen has a dirty foot?

nadja_vedder

Hope you guys do well!!! I personally would love to join but decided that I will stop on my 25th birthday, since I am getting married next year.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

quit...or admit to yourself that you have no self control over what you do in your life..

Black Diamond

Touchofgray16 wrote:

pearljamjen has a dirty foot?

Yes! See the how often you bathe thread!

Black Diamond

SENROCK! wrote:

hahaha i agree its gonna get ugly up in here! But i DID give you my word that I will support you no matter what. I will go easy on the encouragement posts come nexxxt week. Going thru this, the LAST THING you want is someone telling you daily to stick with it and COME ON YOU CAN DO IT!!!! All you wanna do is murder the person talking!!! So, for right now.....
COME ON GUYS WOOHOO YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! hahahaha

You I could never get angry at! Thanks for everything!

Black Diamond

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

quit...or admit to yourself that you have no self control over what you do in your life..

Brutal, but honest!

Black Diamond

nadja_vedder wrote:

Hope you guys do well!!! I personally would love to join but decided to stop on my 25th birthday, since I am getting married next year.

Is that in the past or coming up? Thanks for the wishes! and congrats!

KosmicJelli

I wanna join! I wanna Join! {Jumps from Chair and waves hands like brown-nosing pocket protecting calculus student}

BlackCorduroy

Best of luck to all of you:)

joeybuckets

i stopped smoking over a year ago...quit cold turkey....glad i did cause prices for cigs in nyc are almost reaching 10 bucks a pack...

urbanhippie

hartamh wrote:

(((I hope my story will encourage others to quit with me)))

Started smoking when I was 13, went cold turkey @ 23, started again @ 37 and now have been smoking for 11 years. Started with a cough (I won't go into details about that) around 5 - 6 years ago. Started getting worse about 1 yr ago. Got chest x-ray a couple of months ago (negative), then my doctor ordered a Cat Scan and it showed something in my left lower lobe of my lung. A very white bright spot and that part of my lung is collapsed. Then doctor had me go in for a PET Scan. It still showed something, it wasn't cancer (thank God). Had another test done last week a pulmonary function test and now waiting for results. My doctor thinks a may have COPD, which is chronic bronchitis with emphysema. I've been having pain in my mid to upper left side for a while.

I know you maybe wondering "why am I still smoking"? Especially after 14 yrs of not smoking. I really don't know why I started again, plus I live with a chronic smoker. I've seen people die of this disease :( . It's a horrible death.

I've been talking with BD , he knows my story and we just decided to quit and set a date and others here are doing this to, which I am so happy about .

I don't know what the future holds for me, but I hope this story will make people really "think" and join me and BD and all the people who will be trying to stop, and thank you all for your stories an encouragement .

((Love & hugs to all of you))

Ann Marie

Thank you for sharing that
I started at 14. I quit at 18, cold turkey, when I found out I was pregnant. I started up at the beginning of this year, after my marriage broke up, and after not smoking for over 15 years.
Thankfully I've had no health problems due to smoking and, as long as I quit now, hopefully this will continue to be the case.

dunkman

urbanhippie wrote:

Thank you for sharing that
I started at 14. I quit at 18, cold turkey, when I found out I was pregnant. I started up at the beginning of this year, after my marriage broke up, and after not smoking for over 15 years..

why start again after 15 years???

Black Diamond

hartamh wrote:

(((I hope my story will encourage others to quit with me)))

Started smoking when I was 13, went cold turkey @ 23, started again @ 37 and now have been smoking for 11 years. Started with a cough (I won't go into details about that) around 5 - 6 years ago. Started getting worse about 1 yr ago. Got chest x-ray a couple of months ago (negative), then my doctor ordered a Cat Scan and it showed something in my left lower lobe of my lung. A very white bright spot and that part of my lung is collapsed. Then doctor had me go in for a PET Scan. It still showed something, it wasn't cancer (thank God). Had another test done last week a pulmonary function test and now waiting for results. My doctor thinks a may have COPD, which is chronic bronchitis with emphysema. I've been having pain in my mid to upper left side for a while.

I know you maybe wondering "why am I still smoking"? Especially after 14 yrs of not smoking. I really don't know why I started again, plus I live with a chronic smoker. I've seen people die of this disease :( . It's a horrible death.

I've been talking with BD , he knows my story and we just decided to quit and set a date and others here are doing this to, which I am so happy about .

I don't know what the future holds for me, but I hope this story will make people really "think" and join me and BD and all the people who will be trying to stop, and thank you all for your stories an encouragement .

((Love & hugs to all of you))

Ann Marie

Thanks for the inspiration. A few details about me.

Started smoking when I was 15. My father died of lung cancer (2 pack a day smoker) that year. I have quit for 2 years 2x. I am about to be 42, have two kids and am about to do to them what my dad did to me.

I have to stop and I feel pretty confident this time due to some great PM's (You know who you are!).

Black Diamond

KosmicJelli wrote:

I wanna join! I wanna Join! {Jumps from Chair and waves hands like brown-nosing pocket protecting calculus student}

She BAAACCK!!

On the big tryer list.

Black Diamond

The one for me is the first of the day? As soon as I leave the house! How about you guys?

What is a good strategy to get over that one!