Day 9 smoke free. I've smoke for more than 20 years. I'm using the nicotine lozenges and they're really taking the edge off. Ti's been tough but I'm hanging in there.
Well it's been a looooooooooooooooooooooong time since I posted in this thread... Some new friends were discussing quitting and I remembered this gem.
Yes I did quit for a bit but unfortunately went back... I think HSB still is off (I hope)...
Soooooooooooo....
Shall we try this again??
I think a lead up to it worked before to get everyone's heads around it...
I propose a couple of weeks to set up how we are going to do this...
Well it's been a looooooooooooooooooooooong time since I posted in this thread... Some new friends were discussing quitting and I remembered this gem.
Yes I did quit for a bit but unfortunately went back... I think HSB still is off (I hope)...
Soooooooooooo....
Shall we try this again??
I think a lead up to it worked before to get everyone's heads around it...
I propose a couple of weeks to set up how we are going to do this...
Anyone with me??
Im with on this one BD
"Makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13 Boston 16 - 1 Boston 16 - 2 Boston 18 - 1 Boston 18 -2
I'm coming up on 18 months nicotine-free....yes, I'm fat. yes, I STILL have cravings....totally worth it.
I smoked for 20+ years, well over half of my life...Get back on the horse BD, if I can do it, anyone can!
good for me
i haven't touched a smoke in months
this is exciting
i do not even ever want a cigarette
it has even came to me hating myself for ever even looking at cigarettes
good for me
i haven't touched a smoke in months
this is exciting
i do not even ever want a cigarette
it has even came to me hating myself for ever even looking at cigarettes
fuck you cigarettes
you bastards
i hate you all
+1
"Makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13 Boston 16 - 1 Boston 16 - 2 Boston 18 - 1 Boston 18 -2
anything is better than smokes
heroin... you are better off being a homeless junkie
true fact
one of my doctors looked me straight in the eyes and told me i would be better off being a heroin addict
than being a tobacco user
HEROIN, HERE I COME :twisted:
You know it's weird you saying that, but in my job I meet a lot of medical people and on more than one occasion I have been told that giving up cigarettes is harder than giving up heroin. Obviously I can't compare the two, having never taken heroin.
So i'm going to try quitting tomorrow...I've done it before for 3 yrs back when I was younger. My dad said he'd pay for my car insurance if I did so that was a big incentive. This time my incentive is to buy a car with the money i'll save by not buying smokes. I'm going to wait a month or so to see if I can do it and then start shopping around. The plan today/tonight is to smoke my brains out.
Happy New Years!
If you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to worry about.
So i'm going to try quitting tomorrow...I've done it before for 3 yrs back when I was younger. My dad said he'd pay for my car insurance if I did so that was a big incentive. This time my incentive is to buy a car with the money i'll save by not buying smokes. I'm going to wait a month or so to see if I can do it and then start shopping around. The plan today/tonight is to smoke my brains out.
Happy New Years!
Good Luck! You also have a great a couple of great incentives!!
I know you can do it Jukee!!! :thumbup:
Wish you were here... ♥~RIP Dad
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Well it's been since 1:30am New Year's since I've had my last one. Fortunately it's been easier than I thought it would be the last two days but that's probably because I haven't hung out with anybody who smokes yet. Today will be the test. I'm going to visit my cousin and she and her husband both smoke (in the house to boot ).
I just have to keep telling myself...I'm strong, I can do this! I feel so much better already, no heartburn, no heart palpitations and my mouth doesn't taste like shit all the time.
If you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to worry about.
Well it's been since 1:30am New Year's since I've had my last one. Fortunately it's been easier than I thought it would be the last two days but that's probably because I haven't hung out with anybody who smokes yet. Today will be the test. I'm going to visit my cousin and she and her husband both smoke (in the house to boot ).
I just have to keep telling myself...I'm strong, I can do this! I feel so much better already, no heartburn, no heart palpitations and my mouth doesn't taste like shit all the time.
Four years ago today I quit a ten year 25+ a day habit.
What method(s) did you use to quit?
I'd never tried to quit before. Never wanted to. I loved smoking so much that I used to smoke in the shower each morning and sometimes at night too. Generally every morning though because I would shower as soon as I woke up. The last thing I did every night was smoke a cigarette in bed....had a big ashtray full of butts next to my pillow. So fucking filthy now that I think back about it. I used to use an entire asthma inhaler in a week sometimes and had the most disgusting hacky cough at the end for months and months. I sounded like a dying old man hacking up a lung each morning.
Anyway, I was pretty confident I could do it cold turkey but my bf wasn't keen and we both wanted to do it the same way so we knew how each other was feeling etc and could help each other. So we bought patches and did it exactly how the packet said. I didn't want any excuse to fuck up. It was a 12 week program -- 4 weeks x heavy strength, 4 weeks x medium strength, 4 weeks x light strength. We got to week 5 and onto the medium strength and we both forgot to put one on in the morning....and neither of us realised until the afternoon when we rang each other and said "Fuck! Have you even thought about a cigarette or the patch?!" and neither of us had. We did a few more days and forgot again...and then realised we didn't need the patches anymore.
On the day we quit, my bf bought a computer game and I bought 2 tv boxsets. He sat in the office playing computer games for a couple of days and I printed thousands and thousands of flyers for my business which I had to sign, fold and envelope. The computer game and flyers occupied our hands and kept us sane in the first few days. It helped so much. Otherwise we would have just been sitting there staring at each other and wanting to do something with our hands. I also refused to smoke weed in the form of a joint for a whole year. I was too scared it would make me crack.
I still love the feeling of smoke in my mouth when I smoke weed. If I get told I definitely only have a few months to live, I'm buying a 20 pack of Marlboro reds, grabbing a bong and going out in haze of smoke!
I agree... when I quit, I rolled a ton of VERY THIN, ALL PAPER pinners... I would smoke one every time I wanted a cig, pinners are so harsh there is no way I'd want a cig after I was done... I then went back to water filtered pieces only.
Well it's been since 1:30am New Year's since I've had my last one. Fortunately it's been easier than I thought it would be the last two days but that's probably because I haven't hung out with anybody who smokes yet. Today will be the test. I'm going to visit my cousin and she and her husband both smoke (in the house to boot ).
I just have to keep telling myself...I'm strong, I can do this! I feel so much better already, no heartburn, no heart palpitations and my mouth doesn't taste like shit all the time.
I'm so proud of you!!! You definitely have the "will power" to overcome this horrible, disgusting habit!!!
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Hope everyone is doing well with NOT SMOKING!!!
((((((( hugs to you all )))))))
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
I can't believe that it's been 1 year and 2 months since I quit, although I've been VERY tempted at times.
I really hope there are others that have also quit, or that are trying...
(((((( Good Luck! ))))))
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
Yes I did quit for a bit but unfortunately went back... I think HSB still is off (I hope)...
Soooooooooooo....
Shall we try this again??
I think a lead up to it worked before to get everyone's heads around it...
I propose a couple of weeks to set up how we are going to do this...
Anyone with me??
:think:
mmm cheese steak
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Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13
Boston 16 - 1
Boston 16 - 2
Boston 18 - 1
Boston 18 -2
I am now checking the Amtrak schedule to Philly :evil:
i might have to run downtown this weekend. just south of wrigley is a joint owned by a philly transplant.
not as good as having one in philly, but not bad either.
A little on the cuddly side already, want to get skinny so that it won't matter how much I eat.
I smoked for 20+ years, well over half of my life...Get back on the horse BD, if I can do it, anyone can!
i haven't touched a smoke in months
this is exciting
i do not even ever want a cigarette
it has even came to me hating myself for ever even looking at cigarettes
fuck you cigarettes
you bastards
i hate you all
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13
Boston 16 - 1
Boston 16 - 2
Boston 18 - 1
Boston 18 -2
please can we all quick?
anything is better than smokes
heroin... you are better off being a homeless junkie
true fact
one of my doctors looked me straight in the eyes and told me i would be better off being a heroin addict
than being a tobacco user
HEROIN, HERE I COME :twisted:
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
You know it's weird you saying that, but in my job I meet a lot of medical people and on more than one occasion I have been told that giving up cigarettes is harder than giving up heroin. Obviously I can't compare the two, having never taken heroin.
Happy New Years!
I know you can do it Jukee!!! :thumbup:
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
Well it's been since 1:30am New Year's since I've had my last one. Fortunately it's been easier than I thought it would be the last two days but that's probably because I haven't hung out with anybody who smokes yet. Today will be the test. I'm going to visit my cousin and she and her husband both smoke (in the house to boot
I just have to keep telling myself...I'm strong, I can do this! I feel so much better already, no heartburn, no heart palpitations and my mouth doesn't taste like shit all the time.
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
What method(s) did you use to quit?
I'd never tried to quit before. Never wanted to. I loved smoking so much that I used to smoke in the shower each morning and sometimes at night too. Generally every morning though because I would shower as soon as I woke up. The last thing I did every night was smoke a cigarette in bed....had a big ashtray full of butts next to my pillow. So fucking filthy now that I think back about it. I used to use an entire asthma inhaler in a week sometimes and had the most disgusting hacky cough at the end for months and months. I sounded like a dying old man hacking up a lung each morning.
Anyway, I was pretty confident I could do it cold turkey but my bf wasn't keen and we both wanted to do it the same way so we knew how each other was feeling etc and could help each other. So we bought patches and did it exactly how the packet said. I didn't want any excuse to fuck up. It was a 12 week program -- 4 weeks x heavy strength, 4 weeks x medium strength, 4 weeks x light strength. We got to week 5 and onto the medium strength and we both forgot to put one on in the morning....and neither of us realised until the afternoon when we rang each other and said "Fuck! Have you even thought about a cigarette or the patch?!" and neither of us had. We did a few more days and forgot again...and then realised we didn't need the patches anymore.
On the day we quit, my bf bought a computer game and I bought 2 tv boxsets. He sat in the office playing computer games for a couple of days and I printed thousands and thousands of flyers for my business which I had to sign, fold and envelope. The computer game and flyers occupied our hands and kept us sane in the first few days. It helped so much. Otherwise we would have just been sitting there staring at each other and wanting to do something with our hands. I also refused to smoke weed in the form of a joint for a whole year. I was too scared it would make me crack.
I still love the feeling of smoke in my mouth when I smoke weed. If I get told I definitely only have a few months to live, I'm buying a 20 pack of Marlboro reds, grabbing a bong and going out in haze of smoke!
But seriously, quitting is best thing I ever did.
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
I'm here for you Jukee :thumbup:
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad