I have no motivation to stop smokimg.

acogg

Please post pictures and reasons. I just can't seem to find what I need.

arathena720

Let's see...it's no longer in style, most people think it's gross, including a lot of smokers, it's expensive as hell nowadays and will only get even more so, it will wrinkle your skin, people give you dirty looks, you can't smoke inside anywhere any more so it's a hassle, you probably don't even enjoy it, it's not impossible to quit, even other smokers will be impressed with you for quitting...this doesn't even touch health reasons.

ETA: oh, I should add that I quit cold turkey 5 years ago, pack a day habit starting at 15. Yep, it was hard. Yep, totally worth it.

MinMin97

Nah.
What else would you like to change?
Start with that.

srhelm

Hi

I had been smoking for about 30 years and started having issues breathing and wheezing at night. My kids were just moving out on their own. I lost my job and soon lost our home to for closure. We now live in a rental house. You know how people are always talking about how much smoking costs? Well I added up the cost of it at current prices and it came to around 54,000. This was about what we owed on our house that we lost. Now, I know I can't change the choices I have made in the past but I totally control my future choices and will never again give up my health or my families well being for my bad choice.

I really hope you can find the strength to give them up.
Shelley

Legs_McGee

It's stinky. Is there a scratch and sniff option on this website?

MoreBean13

You probably smell and the smell makes people not want to be around you. And it probably makes your loved ones constantly worried about losing you.

But you need to find your OWN reasons. People never successfully change anything unless they really want to.

liormintz

I'm pretty much on the same boat with you I hope to learn from your post here

poohpoohpeapod

At 52 heart disease/and or cancer are right around the corner. If that is not impetous enough , I dont know. I was like you, knowing the risks, kept doing it . Ended up in the hospital collapsed lung, needed a stent. My "numbers" cholesterol over was 183 , my hdl was very low due to smoking like 12 or something tryglycerydes fine. Numbers do not tell e verything. Stop before something happens, because it will. Russian roulette.

MinMin97

I think you've already heard all the warnings and everything else everyone is saying.

AJinBirmingham

GOOD NEWS: If you had no motivation to stop, you wouldn't be posting about it on here, so you're already closer than you think.

ice1200s

If you can't find a reason from all the things you already know, there's nothing you're gonna find here that will help you, because you've heard it all before. For me it was when cigarettes hit 85 cents a pack!

Mcgrawhaha

then you have no motivation to live... cool.

nomorepizza2

There's away more effective nicotine delivery system available - Electronic cigarettes!! I converted 5 months ago and haven't smoked tobacco since.

tsh0ck

yeah ... slowly creating cancer is awesome.

christine24t

^ Nicotine is still not good for you either.

OP, I've heard a lot of great things about Chantix. Give that a try.

Redbird99ky

how much do you smoke?

endlesoul

Premature ageing.........http://www.health24.com/Lifestyle/Stop-smoking/How-smoking-affects-your-health/Why-smoking-makes-you-look-old-20120721

http://healthyliving.msn.com/diseases/quit-smoking/15-ways-smoking-ruins-your-looks-3

http://www.sharecare.com/health/impact-nicotine-addiction-on-body/smoking-make-skin-look-older;jsessionid=435022E0E98B530B14E2F2BC42BDD4AF

PikaKnight

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Joy_Joy_/view/miss-smoking-why-454246

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Joy_Joy_/view/are-you-ever-really-ready-to-quit-smoking-454253

2essie

I decided to give up whilst I could afford it healthwise and financially.

I knew that once I retired I would have to give up because I wouldn't be able to afford them and if I got cancer I would have to give up also. So, I gave up 7 years ago whilst the choice was mine and not forced upon me.

I found it easier to give up than to lose weight. I had been smoking 40 years too.

Never give up giving up.

MelsAuntie

How about bad breath, stinking clothes and hair, yellow teeth, increased facial wrinkles, shortened lifespan, serious lung damage, and looking older than you are?

ninerbuff

Your cilia can regenerate and your chance of reducing lung cancer to that of a normal person can be attained within 10 years. I smoked and quit over 9 years ago. My lungs show no ill effect (according to physical check ups) after smoking for about 20 years.

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zombiesama

Enjoy copd or lung cancer??? Not being able to see your grandchildren grow up.

All I've got.

Redbird99ky

My reason for asking was one of economics. But then I read all the posts and saw that one poster tallied up the cost to be about 54k for them.

My sweetheart and I quit at the same time, and it generated over 200/month in money not spent. I was a pack a day smoker, she was about half that. With cigarettes at 5 bucks a pack (cheap here in KY) that tallies out to about 220 per month.

lj8576

I am a respiratory therapist and COPD is a long slow way to die. Try plugging your nose and breathing through a straw for an hour and then think about doing that 24X7. Emphysema cannot be reversed

Rssblade

You can use all the reasons above, but until YOU make the choice, you will just keep making excuses for smoking and fail,I know, I have been there, ( I stopped twenty years ago now, good luck and remember it is possible..)

NotThePest

Hi,

Came over here and read this topic, then jumped over to a medical site I subscribe here and this was the first thing that popped up:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smoking/40837

uncanny.

SinomenJen

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2363825817901&set=vb.1318026411&type=3&theater

Ineedtofeelskinny

Well for one your teeth will start to rot and you will start to stink, also you might be affecting the health of those around you. Another reason you should stop is because you are 80% more likely to get lung cancer then women who don't smoke. And smoking causesn 90% of COPD cases. I could go on and on about the reasons you shouldn't smoke, but every time you smoke you lose about 6minutes of your life, but that eventually adds up to about 20 to 40 years depending how much you smoke. You have kids, do you want them to lose you before they really have to? That's something you need to ask yourself.

I_Like_To_Exercise

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marciebrian

Let's see...it's no longer in style, most people think it's gross, including a lot of smokers, it's expensive as hell nowadays and will only get even more so, it will wrinkle your skin, people give you dirty looks, you can't smoke inside anywhere any more so it's a hassle, you probably don't even enjoy it, it's not impossible to quit, even other smokers will be impressed with you for quitting...this doesn't even touch health reasons.

ETA: oh, I should add that I quit cold turkey 5 years ago, pack a day habit starting at 15. Yep, it was hard. Yep, totally worth it.

"HANDS CLAPPING LOUDLY" I too quit cold turkey 5 years ago and for some reason it didn't bother me at all and I too was a 1 pack a day smoker. I will also say as an ex smoker that frankly it stinks. the smell is just nasty. I'm not one of those righteous ex-smokers just think that it not only is the best thing you could ever do for yourself you will feel like a new person (and side benefit, food taste better) Good luck and if you want to do this and want help along the way, send me a FR :flowerforyou:

acpgee

My GP told me that you can get away with about 25 years of smoking before getting the probability of getting related diseases increases dramatically. So if you started at 17 make sure you quit by 42 if you don't want to die of something horrible like lung emphysema.

Also as a previous poster said, after 10 years the damage done is reversed. When I quit, I found it difficult to face the idea of never smoking again because I enjoyed it, so I told myself I would quit for 10 years and then re-assess if I wanted to start again. (Ha ha, no way.)

When I quit in 1993 I used the money saved as positive reinforcement. Back then, my habit was about the price of a new CD every week. At the beginning of the week I would buy a new CD and my contract with myself was not to smoke until the gift was paid for. As time went by, I would buy bigger presents representing a longer period of time (ie designer shoes with 3 months worth of cigarette money). I did this for a year or two. It took about a year before I stopped thinking of cigarettes.

Hope you find your motivation.