| Author | Message | ||
     Hexangler |
Just like the title says, I'm still quit. Thanks for all the encouragement me brothers and sisters. I don't feel poisoned anymore! Hex | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
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| Ulywife |
Excellent job! Be proud of yourself. | ||
| Djkaplan |
Quitting was the best thing I ever did for myself. Been cigarette free since 1992. Feels good, too! | ||
| Rich |
I miss smoking. Buying them? Not so much. Good luck. | ||
| Crusty |
Congratulations, Hexangler! You're at the point where it will get easier on a daily basis. The longer you're away from cigarettes, the better everything else gets. I quit on D-Day (June 6)1990. It was one of the toughest things I ever did, but I'm very happy I did. | ||
| Jackbequick |
I quit on 21 January 1981. I think I finally have it whipped. I smoked Camel and Lucky Strike straights (no filters) and unfiltered cigarettes still smell good to me. But the rest of them are about as appealing as a burning tire. Hang in there Hex! It has got to be one of the stupidest things we do to ourselves. It just makes no sense. Jack | ||
| Indy_bueller |
I've tried a bunch of times, how did you guys do it? | ||
| Buellerandy |
quitting is the easy part, staying cigarette free is a whole different science.:P | ||
| Crusty |
Indy; One of the little tricks that helped me was when the urge to smoke would hit, I put it off for two minutes. The trick is that the urge never lasts more than a minute and a half. Another trick that helped me was every morning, when the coffee truck would come by my job, I'd grab a handful of plastic stirrers and put them in my shirt pocket. I'd chew on them all day long. They helped me with the oral part of the addiction; as well as giving me something to do with my hands. There are a lot of tricks to help if you want to quit. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"The trick is that the urge never lasts more than a minute and a half." My smoking pangs after I quit would last about 10 minutes... but if I could make it past just those 10 minutes, I was good to go until the next one. Driving was the worst. Someone asked me how long it took for me to get to work, and I said, "three cigarettes". | ||
| M1combat |
I wish I could say the same. Congrats. | ||
| Etennuly |
I never smoked, but all of my elder relatives on my dad's side and a couple on my mothers side did. All, including my dad both grandfathers many uncles and aunts died after major surgeries or long miserable hospital stays with lung, esophageal, stomach, bone, or some combination of cancers. I really don't think it shortened their lives by many years, but in each case it made the last one or two very painful for everyone involved as well as expensive. Having said all of that, I have helped a few of my female friends quit back in my pre-marrage days. The method I talked them into using was simple. I told them when you feel the urge to smoke take it out by having sex. Everyone gets so tired they can't get out to buy more. (Make sure you have the time and energy to use this method and are healthy enough to have sex.) | ||
| Nevrenuf |
quit smoking cigerettes in the middle of a strike years ago but a few years later i took up cigars and inhaled them. it took quitting my job and spending 2 weeks playing video games on the computer to get over it. but it sure was worth it. don't ever go back for any reason. my aunt was ate up so bad with cancer that she had to have a closed casket ceremony for her from what i was told. eten-i like your way but i would have died of a heart attack had i did it your way. | ||
| Hexangler |
Thanks for all the support again. I miss them sometimes, but I've decided that I've got better things to do with my body. Never have that first one, and it won't be no problem. I'll let you all know when it's four months. Hex | ||
| Danny_h__jesternut |
My deepest condolances to the tabaco companies.(15 years smoke free) | ||
| Dick8008 |
Congrats! Not a smoker but I'm sure it's a difficult thing to do. Good luck and make it 21 years! | ||
| 4cammer |
Congrats, and I hope that you stay fag free. Nasty, terrible habit. How does one quit? Go to a cancer floor at your local hospital. I have seen it first hand, and said goodbye to some that I loved. Nasty, nasty habit. That said, hardly a day goes by that I do not crave a Lucky Strike w/o filter, and I quit 18 some years ago. Nasty, nasty habit. | ||
| Hammeroid |
after 21 days you have passed the physical addiction stage. Your body is no longer craving them. Stop counting the days and don't worry about the four month mark. Your mind needs to know that you are not missing anything. If it thinks that you are depriving yourself of something you will end up fighting your will power, and you don't want to do that. As soon as you think of smokes think of something else. Do not compensate by substituting, counting days or putting the money that you would have spent on them in an account. Forget them, and don't talk about them. Stop reminding yourself. You will succeed, sean | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Hex, if you really want to feel good about. Take the money you would have spent every month, and put it into Altria stock. symbol MO That fat dividend will payoff nicely... Think of it as a reward. And for those who continue to smoke. Thank you very much. Because of you I was able to get my buell. (not joking) | ||
| Nevrenuf |
hamm, it took me two years to figure out that i don't need em any more. for some, it's worse than other's. you do need to keep your mind occupied in order to make sure you kick the habit. | ||
| Smoke |
i made sure that i always had something to chew on for the first couple of years. cookies, fruit, candy, tooth picks, straws, whatever. gained 30 lbs in 2 years.150-180. slowly backed off and have managed to stay between 150-160. eat less as i approach 160 and eat more when i approach 150. 9 years quit dec 2. best thing that you can do for yourself!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING. tim | ||
| Lions |
Aaaaauuugh..smoke all you want! the chances of a smoker dying of lung cancer are much less than a biker smooshing his life away in mere seconds! It's just amazing how many non-smokers I've outlived who've always had that "holier-than-though" attitude with me! I love a nice cig after a hearty meal... sure beats not being able to have one after sipping jello through a straw due to a terrible mishap on a twistie! | ||
| Badlionsfan |
camel snus helped me quit. smokeless tobacco pouches that don't make you spit. i bought them to use while riding with a full face helmet, that was almost 3 months ago. haven't had cig since, and now a can of 20 pouches of snus that used to last a day lasts 4 days, hopefully by spring i won't be using that anymore either. | ||
| Bads1 |
Aaaaauuugh..smoke all you want! the chances of a smoker dying of lung cancer are much less than a biker smooshing his life away in mere seconds! Your full of it to. I quit 5 years ago..... cold Turkey. I was a 3 pack a day smoker that couldn't quit. Then my oldest Brother got Cancer. I was as my family was at his bed side as he passed. It's a sight I never want to see again in my life time. 5 minutes before he passed the Doctor walked up to me (Also a family friend) and lightly grabbed my smokes in my T-shirt pocket and said "Dana look at your Brother in there... these are what did this to him". It was part of the wake up call. I quit that day and never looked back. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
seing a friend with two large scars on her head because of brain cancer is not a pretty site either. since my aunt had to have a closed casket because she was ate up so bad is not how i want to remember her. if it's in your genes, you do have a greater chance of getting it. if not then maybe you won't. good luck to those who do smoke. i don't even like to visit my mom that much because i can't stand to be around all the smoke. but i won't tell her that. | ||
| Lions |
"had to have a closed casket because she was ate up" Sounds like a few motorcycle buddies funerals I've attended over the years..who never smoked! | ||
| Metalstorm |
Someone asked me how long it took for me to get to work, and I said, "three cigarettes" lol. That sounds like me. I've found riding rather than driving cuts down my cig intake by a good 50%. I'm still trying to muster up the mental strength to quit & stay quit. The physical addiction ain't nothing compared to the mental addiction. | ||
| Brumbear |
I quit in July 1999 it wasn't a question of if I got sick from them more when I would have. You did a great thing hope you are hangin in there | ||
| Djkaplan |
"gained 30 lbs in 2 years." Oh, yeah... I forgot that part. The ugly downside of quitting. I'm sure I was an ***hole before I quit, but quitting did seem to intensify that character trait, too. |
