I think I've quit....

I've tried smoking several times in my younger years... and I never got it. I even smoked for 2 weeks once, but nope... just couldn't stick with it.

I understand there are chemicals involved, but aside from whatever buzz it gives you it just looks stupid. Remind yourself of that... or else buy some Twix or KitKat and hold 'em the same way... rubbing on chocolate lipstick and licking it off again... to me either way it looks to be about the same level of sophistication* :)


*(rubbing candy bars on your face has a dramatically lower fire hazard... and makes you more attractive to women... well, the one's I date anyway)
 
14 days and counting for me....

I'll be your sponsor buddy. :) I love cigarettes more than anyhting.... But the day i woke up and needed an inhaler to breathe was the day i said enough. I already feel better...

Gimme a buzz if you need a talk down from a craving.... :)
 
Congrats Jason!

My father has been "sober" for almost 7 months now. He started smoking at a really young age, 17, and been a heavy (up to 3 packs a day) smoker for 36 years. He wanted to quit, and for the last 5 years he tried everything: the patch, pills, gums, chinese medicine, you name it, but nothing worked. He has been twice to the hospital for lung related problems... he knew this would kill him eventually but he just couldn't stop smoking. It had been a rough ride.

Time went by and, I got married and that same week, he quit smoking. Man, that has been the best week of my life :)

Keep it up man
 
jpastuch said:
I realize I don't know how hard it is and it's commendable that he's quitting. But it's also commendable that I made good choices and just never started. It might be even more commendable, actually.

But I already got one congratulation, and this is his congratulation thread, so I won't say anymore on the subject.

However, I might start a series of threads based off the principle you suggested. For instance, I don't steal, I'm against violence, I'm a vegetarian, etc.
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We'll congratulate you when you manage to control your compulsion for posting extremely stupid sh*t for just one day.

Congrats Jason. I suggest you celebrate by banning the stupidest person on the board. I can make a couple of suggestions...
 
I have tried everything and still can't stop. It is the hardest thing that I have ever tried to do. Congrats to you and Timur. The 4th day always gets me. I sit back and watch my children and know damn well that if I keep smoking I may not see them grow old but yet I still smoke. It's such a stupid habit. I feel like a crack fiend. And it's easier to quit crack.
 
Mark Harris said:
We'll congratulate you when you manage to control your compulsion for posting extremely stupid sh*t for just one day.

Congrats Jason. I suggest you celebrate by banning the stupidest person on the board. I can make a couple of suggestions...
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Agreed. Somebody needs to stop purposely derailing threads in order to gain attention.

Best of luck, Jason!
Don't look back at this point.

PS - Never became a serious smoker but I can feel your pain.

MAH
 
Mark Harris said:
We'll congratulate you when you manage to control your compulsion for posting extremely stupid sh*t for just one day.

Congrats Jason. I suggest you celebrate by banning the stupidest person on the board. I can make a couple of suggestions...
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Word to tha herd.
 
Congratulations to those that quit, and best wishes to those that want to. I will be celebrating my one year without a cigarette this christmas. For me it just felt like it was the time to stop. I had been smoking about a pack a day for nearly 8 years. Tried once or twice before but I wasn't serious about it. When I quit a year ago it was the first 3 days that were somewhat hard but I have to say that I considered it a lot easier than what I expected. A week went by and I had almost no urges. I did it cold turkey style.

Some suggestions:

Remove yourself from other smokers.
Every smoker has his habits. IE smoking after meals, in the car etc.. These are the weak spots. Acknowledge them and be prepared for the urge.
Make yourself angry at cigarettes. I know, it sounds stupid but that's what did it for me. I grew a hatred for smoking/smokers. It made me realize how awful and disgusting I looked for all these years. That made me hate smoking even more. If you start hating it, you won't be so eager to get back into this horrible addiction.

Again, congrats on the first step. Keep it up!
 
Good for you Jason! A day at a time is right. I smoked for a good 20 years and just decided to quit cold turkey (it's really the only way IMO). It's been 3 years now. You'll notice how much better you feel, your breath & clothes won't stink...and you'll be setting a good example for your children.

Hang in there and fight the urge...it does go away.
 
I realize I don't know how hard it is and it's commendable that he's quitting. But it's also commendable that I made good choices and just never started. It might be even more commendable, actually.
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Wow...really?

PS. I've never done meth in my entire life. That is even more commendable than not smoking. Someone congratulate me!

//sarcasm

Congrats on quitting. I've never smoked myself but my ex did. She tried to quit, started again though. It's rough. She really struggled with it. So good for you for working on quitting. Just keep pushing through the cravings. :)
 
Congratulations on not doing Meth Matty.
I never robbed a bank and nobody has congratulated me but thats ok, i can handle it. I would still shake your hand if I could :Drogar-Dum(DBG):.

Jason think of it this way: every single day you have gone without, adds to the pile of what you would throw away if you slipped up. Seriously, think about that. You are building momentum here and the more distance you put between yourself and that first day, the easier it gets and the more pride you can have about it.
Sixteen years ago, I figured something was wrong when I started waking up at 2am with the urge to have a cigarette just so I could go back to sleep. I loved Marlboro lights but they owned me---two packs a day. Quit cold turkey several times and found the key was my own guilt if I allowed myself to slip up. Thats what made it stick the last time. I got to one week and could not believe it. The difference now is night and day---I am free and feel a whole lot better physically.
What was interesting was realizing all of the little trigger mechanisms I never knew I had like grabbing the car door handle (cig), cup of coffee (cig), finish lunch (cig), etc. If you get these auto impulses, just think of how much quit time you already have (and that beautiful little girl you'll walk down the isle one day!). Don't sweat those fleeting impulses---they'll pass. GO FOR IT!. World of happiness waiting for you.
 
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Congrats thus far Jason...

If in 4 days you still have stopped smoking, scarletuser will through you a birthday bash, like no other forum could
 
I didn't expect to wake up and see 4 pages :) Thanks, everyone...

I could go on and on about all the reasons why and why not, and why it's so hard or why it isn't, etc, etc... but everyone already has their own perspective. For some there is a mutual understanding. For others, there is not...

For me, whatever the individual psychology/approach/attachment to cigs for a smoker. You do it long enough, and they kinda become the "stitches" that bind your daily life together. At least for me they did... Cigs for me kinda represent the symbolic head of my own personal beast. Representative of a lot of **** that's been looming over me for years. Sounds kinda silly, I guess... But, dang... talk about sensory memory and motor memory... They become so intertwined into everything about you (well, me).

If you've never smoked... Great. awesome for you. don't start. But, open your eyes to the rest of life a bit for sure. b/c if you just have the approach on life that you are "above something" or that you are so special b/c you didn't "give in" or whatever, you'll probably miss out on a lot of really cool **** in your life too.

Oh... and if you are the type of person who is/was actually able to control the habit, control the cigs (rather than the other way around)... I'm very jealous of you :) I have a friend who smokes on weekends, and has always been able to put them down whenever he wants...

almost 4 days without tobacco or cig now :)

Oh... to whoever it was that mentioned that chantix pill... I've never used them myself.. not (personally) really into the whole pill thing to quit... but whatever works for you. The costume designer/professor in college quit using that though. Just be prepared for some crazy, funky dreams from what I understand. :)

later,
Jason
 
Jason Ramsey said:
Oh... and if you are the type of person who is/was actually able to control the habit, control the cigs (rather than the other way around)... I'm very jealous of you :) I have a friend who smokes on weekends, and has always been able to put them down whenever he wants...
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So I'm not the only one who can do that too. I still smoke when I go out to the bar. Of course that's maybe once every two to three months, so that's maybe five times a year I smoke anything. Before I was able to do this, I used to smoke about a half a pack a day for seven years or so.

It's hard to fully quit, but in the long run it's the best thing you can do.

It took me many times and once I finally did quit, I felt much better.

Another thing that helped me is to think of all the money you'll save, especially with the rising cost of cigarettes these days. A pack a day at $5.00 per pack (more around where I live, and a friend of mine in Wisconsin told me he pays nearly $7.00 for a single pack of smokes up there) will come out to $1,825 a year. Hell, that's enough to buy a brand new Canon 7D or a Nikon D300s.
 
Congrats Jason & Timmy, keep it up!

Both my parents smoked growing up so imagine 5 people in a car, three up front (me the youngest with them) and two in back) and both parents smoking for 500 miles as we drove south to meet family. I can't even tell you how bad it was.

Dad died of lung cancer, had only 30% of lungs left so he was on oxygen tank. Mother I'm sure will go out the same.

The one thing that always bothered me in high school is that I 'stunk' of smoke. I didn't smoke but all that second hand smoke passed on to me. I also was sick a lot.

Funny thing, both parents smoke but not one of the three kids ever wanted to. We never did.
 
Charli said:
Congrats Jason & Timmy, keep it up!

Both my parents smoked growing up so imagine 5 people in a car, three up front (me the youngest with them) and two in back) and both parents smoking for 500 miles as we drove south to meet family. I can't even tell you how bad it was.

Dad died of lung cancer, had only 30% of lungs left so he was on oxygen tank. Mother I'm sure will go out the same.

The one thing that always bothered me in high school is that I 'stunk' of smoke. I didn't smoke but all that second hand smoke passed on to me. I also was sick a lot.

Funny thing, both parents smoke but not one of the three kids ever wanted to. We never did.
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Charli, we had nearly the same childhood experience. Both of my parents smoking, station wagon filled with 5 kids, sometimes all 6, sitting in the back, me the youngest, with a cabin filled with smoke and only a small window crack of air as Elton John's Philedelphia Freedom blaired on the radio. And, not one of us took it up. Gee, I wonder why? Good times. good times.
 
Yeah... but do you remember when they thought smoking was GOOD for you?

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Hey man! That's awesome! Seriously!! I don't have the background of trying to quit, but I've seen some of my friends really struggle through it. YOU CAN DO IT!!
 
ZazaCast said:
Yeah... but do you remember when they thought smoking was GOOD for you?

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Reminds me of The Exorcist, which is so weird watching something like that now. Everyone in that film smoked; the doctors, the priests, and just about the entire cast but the one person possessed by the devil.

I do have to admit, it would be kinda fun to smoke a few cigs while watching an episode of Mad Men. Of course, I'd have to have a glass of hard alcohol on hand as well to complete the experience.
 
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