OK, Smoker taking the plunge!

[Quiet Thunder]

Ok, so due to my recent surgery, I havn't been able to smoke for a few days. Well, I've cheated but I only had a few. Well, today I went out and bought the patch. I also got a few packs of "Smokers Option". So, I'm officially going to quite smoking. Lycia, keep those lips wet.... ;) ;)

[Poseidon]

Good luck and yes you can do it. This April will be three years since I quit smoking. If I can do it, anyone can.

[cc_penguin]

Good luck Quiet. I havent smoked in 4.5 years and was about 1.5 packs a day. Its not an easy road by anymeans, but not impossible. But with Lycia around making those kind of deals, that should be enough to keep ya from smoking :D :D :D

[WebHead]

You can do it QT! Damn, everyone's quitting lately. Maybe I should think about trying to quit again too.

[Stanley_Kubrick]

use the force, bro. good luck.

[AlienDyne]

[quote]Originally posted by Quiet Thunder:
<strong>So, I'm officially going to quite smoking. </strong><hr></blockquote>

Good luck!
That's what I would do if I were you.
If I had the chance not to smoke for more than a couple of days I would have no problem to quit it. But since I smoke even when I'm sick it's kinda hard for me. I keep telling myself I should really try in the future although I'm not too old.

[Wayward Clam]

Just how much did Lycia have to do with this decision? :D :D :D

Cheers and good luck. Don't think of it as a health thing--imagine how much MONEY you will save!!!

:cool:

[Matridom]

I don't smoke, but i do know people who have quite. If you stick to it, you can do it.

Best of luck

[ElBatcho]

I have tried many times, I want to try again but it's so hard. Good luck your going to need it.

[Commander Klarg]

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>Cheers and good luck. Don't think of it as a health thing--imagine how much MONEY you will save!!!

:cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>

Aye; I don't smoke, but I have seen packs go for $3 around here. Do the math; 2 packs a day is $6, which over a year becomes $2190!!!! That will buy lots of toys! :D

Anyway, good luck to all trying to quit! :)

[*SlyVenom*]

Good Luck,

You can do it!!! (in my best Rob Schneider voice)

seriously though, I quit, it isn't easy and it took me years to do, but I finally did it.

The key is
If you fall and have a cigarette, it doesn't mean you're a smoker.
You are still a non-smoker, but you had a cigarette, don't have another one...
Don't say to yourself, I failed i'm a smoker again...
Just say oops I had a cig, now I need to go on with my life as a non-smoker...

[Deity]

Good Luck! I'm 1.5 years and counting. My little contribution....Tea Tree Chewing Sticks. They helped me quit. Little toothpicks with tea tree oil (minty flavor). Anytime you have a craving or start figiting and need something to do with your hands, start chewing on one. It'll really help.

I gnawed through those things soooo fast. There were many times (out at the bars when everybody else is smoking) that they saved my a$$.

[DonJ]

I quit smoking cold turkey. Once you run out of your present pack of smokes, don't go buy anymore. And, don't bum any from your friends. If you don't have anything to smoke, you won't smoke.
I know it sounds simplistic, but it worked for me.
I chewed on straws when my hands needed somthing to play with. Find a good brand...McDonald's straws get shredded up too easily.

[+Daemon+]

<marquee><h2>You can do it!!!</h2></marquee>
<marquee><h2><font color=red>Smokers, we dont need no stinken Smokers!!!</h2></font></marquee>

[Quiet Thunder]

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>Just how much did Lycia have to do with this decision? :D :D :D

Cheers and good luck. Don't think of it as a health thing--imagine how much MONEY you will save!!!

:cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>

hehehe... Reread the "Arrrrggghhhh I can't take it" thread in the steam room. :-)

[Quiet Thunder]

[quote]Originally posted by Lt. Cmdr Klarg:
<strong>

Aye; I don't smoke, but I have seen packs go for $3 around here. Do the math; 2 packs a day is $6, which over a year becomes $2190!!!! That will buy lots of toys! :D

Anyway, good luck to all trying to quit! :) </strong><hr></blockquote>

They're about 4.50 around here, so it's even more expensive. And it just keeps going up. I'm starting to smoke myself into the poor house. hehehe

[Quiet Thunder]

[quote]Originally posted by SlyVenom:
<strong>Good Luck,

You can do it!!! (in my best Rob Schneider voice)

seriously though, I quit, it isn't easy and it took me years to do, but I finally did it.

The key is
If you fall and have a cigarette, it doesn't mean you're a smoker.
You are still a non-smoker, but you had a cigarette, don't have another one...
Don't say to yourself, I failed i'm a smoker again...
Just say oops I had a cig, now I need to go on with my life as a non-smoker...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yea. I hope to be able to still have one once-in-a-while, but I have to be careful not to fall back into that pack a day habit.

[Quiet Thunder]

Well, I know it's early, but the patch seems to be working.... I feel pretty confident because I'm already pretty much several days into it. The cravings aren't as bad as other times I've tried to quit. Thankfully I still have this medication from the surgery, and it's definatly helping "ease the pain"... I definatly think this is something I can do. Thanks everyone for the votes of confidence. Nice to see that all my WD friends have my back. :D :D :D :D

[snooper2]

congrats on quiting and im glad everything is going good for you so far.

[Can't Catch Me]

When I decided to quit I also had to give up drinking. The two were too closely-joined in my mind.

Keep it up!

[Major Kong]

You can do it QT!!! Here at the facility I work at smokes are $6.00 a pack! That in and of itself would make me quit, if I were a smoker. It's not much better down in Anchorage about $4.50 a pack. :D

[Kaipora]

i've smoked for 2.5 years and "quit" 3 times. i wish you the best of luck. i hope you have the strength to do something that i don't. at 4+ bucks a pack you would think people would be motivated to quit. i spend more on cigarettes than i do on gas and food. isn't that crazy?

[Poseidon]

[quote]Originally posted by Kaipora:
<strong>i've smoked for 2.5 years and "quit" 3 times. i wish you the best of luck. i hope you have the strength to do something that i don't. at 4+ bucks a pack you would think people would be motivated to quit. i spend more on cigarettes than i do on gas and food. isn't that crazy?</strong><hr></blockquote>


That is the main reason I quit, too expensive. I started smoking right out of highschool - 1985 and was up to sometimes 2-packs a day. I will be 35 this year and will have stopped smoking over 3 years on my birthday. Do the math. I quit cold turkey - just put them down; it has been tough (my mind thinks I want a cigarette right now - but I know better) but if I can do it, so can anyone.

[*SlyVenom*]

it's not easy but I smoked for 12 years (i started when I was 13 and smoked until last year)
But, if I quit, you can quit...

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by Quiet Thunder:
<strong>Well, I know it's early, but the patch seems to be working.... I feel pretty confident because I'm already pretty much several days into it. The cravings aren't as bad as other times I've tried to quit. Thankfully I still have this medication from the surgery, and it's definatly helping "ease the pain"... I definatly think this is something I can do. Thanks everyone for the votes of confidence. Nice to see that all my WD friends have my back. :D :D :D :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

You sure it's not Lycia's motivation that is making it so much easier? :D :D :D

[jaeger]

Giving up any addiction is hard, but if you want it, you'll quit. Stick with it and consider a swanky GF4 yer prize in a few months. The money you save from not smoking will easily make up for it.

[DANIMAL]

I recently quit too. the first 3-4 days are the worst and now it's nothing.

Good Luck.

[Cleetus]

Congrats and best of luck!!!!
I truly envy you, been smoking way too long. Had to quit 7 months ago for medical reasons, made it a month until I moved in with my g/f. Now I have to convince her to quit before I will try again.
That or I will have to quit beer. And that just ain't happening.
Anyway, once again best of luck.

[cookin chef]

Think of the Queen's sister - Princess Margaret who passed away from complications of a stroke a few days ago. She smoked up to 66 cigarettes a day!!!

Now you know whay happened.

A sales guy I work with smokes up to 25 cigs a day. He parties and drinks alot. He's only 32. But he looks like a 50 something old man. He's now lactose intolerant, has a constant throat infection, calls in many sick days and has many migraines. Doctors keep telling him that he either cuts way back on smoking, partying, boozing and get more sleep or he'll be in an early grave. But it is up to him to decide when to quit.
I wish all smokers who wish to permantly stop smoking the best of luck possible.

[Renée]

QT, you can do it. I happen to now be one of those people who can smoke an occasional cigarette and never start the habit again, but way back when I was really smoking, it was hard to quit. I had better success by cutting back, but that was in the days before such helps as the patch. You will be able to do it! :) :)

[DANIMAL]

[quote]Originally posted by Renée:
<strong>QT, you can do it. I happen to now be one of those people who can smoke an occasional cigarette and never start the habit again, but way back when I was really smoking, it was hard to quit. I had better success by cutting back, but that was in the days before such helps as the patch. You will be able to do it! :) :) </strong><hr></blockquote>

that's what I would liketo do I have quit for 9 days now and would love to just have a drag or two at night but the wife thinks I'll be back to full time smoking,
I can't honestly say she would be wrong so I haven't tried yet.

[cc_penguin]

Ive been 4.5 years and would also love to have a cig, but Im scared "The one" would turn back into 1.5 pack a day habit. So I just stay away from them....