Kicking the smokes

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  • Vedder316
    Vedder316 Posts: 205
    elmer wrote:
    Break a rib, one of the surest routes to immediatly giving up, feels like your on a single lung as it is so you don't get the urge.

    I still went back to smoking however, when I have a drink I like a ciggie.

    So I smoke, but I want to stop but I also find them to be an emotional crutch, sounds pathetic really.

    LoL I did actually break 2 about 3 years ago. I didnt smoke for about 4 weeks but as soon as I was able to I started back up. Its not so pathetic about emotional crutch. Anyone who smokes can probably lay claim to that.
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  • bettermanchick
    bettermanchick Posts: 36
    i'm using the patch now. it's been about three weeks, the day before thanksgiving actually. i found the best way is to tell everyone you know that you have already quit. the next time they see you with a cigerette, they'll either ript it out of your mouth or yell at you... a lot. I have a lot of friends and family who smoke or have smoked so they all know how tough it is.
    7 years a pack a day to none a day with a slip while drinking. i don't think it's that bad at all!
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  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,551
    You also might want to get a Nicotrol Inhaler......When I quit is saved me, I also was on Zyban or Welbutrin, one of those pills. Anyway, it is rough....I pretty much had to disappear from everyone for sometime. It was so hard to drink and not smoke, instead of a beer and a cig, it was a beer and a BEER. I unknowingly became extremely drunk several times before I realized I needed to stay away from booze for a while as well. The inhaler satisfied my physical need for the act of smoking, I mean moving my hand to the mouth repeatedly. It will take a long time before you will comfortable around smokers, my advice is to stay away from them for a LONG time....

    Good luck.....
  • PJ Pook
    PJ Pook Posts: 109
    I smoked for about 14 years. Last year I ended up with a horrible smokers cough at 29 years old. I was disgusted by myself. I quit cold turkey and haven't had a cigarette for 1 year, 4 months and I feel great. Every once in a while I get a craving but I feel so much better when I get past the craving and beat it. My husband was suppose to quit when I did with no success so I nag at him constantly. Good luck and hope it works out for you.
  • daystar143
    daystar143 Posts: 367
    Indian Summer wrote:
    I think its required that all nurses smoke....seems like the majority of them do where I work.


    Yep, it's a nasty habit I picked up in nursing school. Ty hates it and I'm trying hard to quit (I've at least cut way, way back)...so let me know how this works...I gotta do something that won't involve gaining 20 pounds.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    daystar143 wrote:
    Yep, it's a nasty habit I picked up in nursing school. Ty hates it and I'm trying hard to quit (I've at least cut way, way back)...so let me know how this works...I gotta do something that won't involve gaining 20 pounds.



    i did atkins/low carb BEFORE i quit, simply to get myself to regulate my food - and to work off the pounds i'd gained over the years between age/depression/various failed quit attempts, etc. however, i STILL went on to gain weight after quitting. i've read time and again it is FAR healthier to accept the inevitable weightgain with quitting and tackle it later if it indeed does occur. a couple extra pounds, even 20...as opposed to smoking, is healthier. don't use the fear of weight gain as a crutch or to scare you off quitting. deal with one thing at a time. :) good luck.


    for the record - i quit using wellbutrin and the nicoderm patch.....BESt combo for me. family/friends didn't even realize i quit, which is testament to the fact that this combo saved me from becoming the raving bitch i usually did when i tried to quit in the past. i truly WANTED to quit though, and that to me is the real secret to success; the utmost desire to quit. i also lost 30? pounds i think, simultaneously.....got down to my wedding weight....but yea, took the next year or so and proceeded to put it back on. still working on that, however....4 years smoke free. i'll take it, i am happier about being a non-smoker, and working on getting myself back....but sure, it's still all good too. ;)
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