Nicotine filled Broccoli???

RobsGirl_lds

It is bad that as I read this thread I am telling myself I need to do this while also wanting to step outside.

LKW59

Good for all of you!!!

I smoked as a teen and quit when I met my husband (he hated it), but then I started working at an autoparts store and every guy there smoked. So started back up and became a "closet" smoker. I am 54 now and just quit for good the day before thanksgiving (cold turkey). My eye doctor told me I have cataracts and that smoking will speed it up. It took me a couple of months to make the decision and to realize what my triggers were. Well this winter has been so bitterly cold that it became an excuse not to go out and smoke, so that helped a lot.

I don't have a lot of cravings anymore and I feel so proud of my self that I don't ever want to smoke again.

LKW59

It is bad that as I read this thread I am telling myself I need to do this while also wanting to step outside.

Nope. Been there

eddiesmith1

Good for all of you!!!

I smoked as a teen and quit when I met my husband (he hated it), but then I started working at an autoparts store and every guy there smoked. So started back up and became a "closet" smoker. I am 54 now and just quit for good the day before thanksgiving (cold turkey). My eye doctor told me I have cataracts and that smoking will speed it up. It took me a couple of months to make the decision and to realize what my triggers were. Well this winter has been so bitterly cold that it became an excuse not to go out and smoke, so that helped a lot.

I don't have a lot of cravings anymore and I feel so proud of my self that I don't ever want to smoke again.

Good For You

and yep this thread has given me a couple of cravings - Mind you my dad quit in the 70's and he still get's the odd craving

RobsGirl_lds

Good for all of you!!!

I smoked as a teen and quit when I met my husband (he hated it), but then I started working at an autoparts store and every guy there smoked. So started back up and became a "closet" smoker. I am 54 now and just quit for good the day before thanksgiving (cold turkey). My eye doctor told me I have cataracts and that smoking will speed it up. It took me a couple of months to make the decision and to realize what my triggers were. Well this winter has been so bitterly cold that it became an excuse not to go out and smoke, so that helped a lot.

I don't have a lot of cravings anymore and I feel so proud of my self that I don't ever want to smoke again.

Good For You

and yep this thread has given me a couple of cravings - Mind you my dad quit in the 70's and he still get's the odd craving

My father quit befor I was bourn and tells me he still has to fight it if he smells freshly cut wood.

LKW59

Here's a link that has some good ideas

http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-report/stop-smoking-resource-center/quit-smoking-tips.aspx?pos=1&xid=nl_everydayhealthhealthyaging_20140228

Ashes_To_Beast

I smoked for 40 years (from 13) and the only thing that worked for me was Cold Turkey. Reality is after 3 days the Nicotine and other addictions are cleared and the only thing left is psychological.

Three days is a really long time when you want to kill everyone you see. :laugh:

Tell me about it, the people around me suffered
but not as much as i did :grumble:
and it was worth every minute. OP is a pretty young guy so he may not feel the difference as dramatically as I have because it takes years of abuse for it to really impact, the rate of repair is dramatic by comparison
the first 2 weeks are really the toughest and every day it gets easier

Eh define young... 32 been smoking for 17years.
I'm going for the patch coz I have a toddler at home and last thing I want to do is be less patient with him..
Tomatoes...? I need to quit smoking, everyone knows Tomatoes are a gateway veggy, c'mon now :laugh:

I'll be 54 in july so yep 32 looks young to me :laugh: I first tried to quit around your age hopefully you have more success than i did - a lot of my life has been spent around the music business and in bars and when i was 32 you could smoke in bars still
And Corn is the worse avoids it at all costs :bigsmile: (It's actually the Monsanto product linked to the bee die off in North America - Bees dying off scares the hell out of me Like being able to eat and pollenators are a pretty core ingredient in food production of any sort)

And it's alot worst than what most of us know. The company I work for uses honey as a binding agent for the food we produce and I talk with bee keepers on a regular basis. One of them lost 75% of his bee's this year and he's not alone!

eddiesmith1

And it's alot worst than what most of us know. The company I work for uses honey as a binding agent for the food we produce and I talk with bee keepers on a regular basis. One of them lost 75% of his bee's this year and he's not alone!

I have some farmer friends, my job has me in contact with a lot of the food supply chain (I purchase for a hotel) and my wife is a market manager . I've heard a lot of stories like that in the last couple of years. Europe where the GMO with Nicitinoids are banned seems to have far less of an issue with bee die off

WendyTerry420

I smoked for 40 years (from 13) and the only thing that worked for me was Cold Turkey. Reality is after 3 days the Nicotine and other addictions are cleared and the only thing left is psychological.

Three days is a really long time when you want to kill everyone you see. :laugh:

Tell me about it, the people around me suffered
but not as much as i did :grumble:
and it was worth every minute. OP is a pretty young guy so he may not feel the difference as dramatically as I have because it takes years of abuse for it to really impact, the rate of repair is dramatic by comparison
the first 2 weeks are really the toughest and every day it gets easier

Eh define young... 32 been smoking for 17years.
I'm going for the patch coz I have a toddler at home and last thing I want to do is be less patient with him..
Tomatoes...? I need to quit smoking, everyone knows Tomatoes are a gateway veggy, c'mon now :laugh:

Oh, to be 32 again...

WendyTerry420

I smoked for 40 years (from 13) and the only thing that worked for me was Cold Turkey. Reality is after 3 days the Nicotine and other addictions are cleared and the only thing left is psychological.

Three days is a really long time when you want to kill everyone you see. :laugh:

Tell me about it, the people around me suffered
but not as much as i did :grumble:
and it was worth every minute. OP is a pretty young guy so he may not feel the difference as dramatically as I have because it takes years of abuse for it to really impact, the rate of repair is dramatic by comparison
the first 2 weeks are really the toughest and every day it gets easier

Well good for you! I have failed three times so far.

I failed at least 6 times that i remember shortest was probably a week longest was 6 months
Cold turkey worked for a couple of reasons YMMV
1 - I had hit a point where i just had it and did not want to spend the money (It's expensive in Canada)
2 - I did it in conjunction with a good friend and we challenged on another. Another Friend was sure we would both fail (we both did several times in the past so she had good reason to believe that) We just fed on one another and reached out when we needed the support (sort of like NA or AA without all the claptrap)
3 - I had support at home - though I didn't even mention it at first - My wife noticed after a couple of days when i was getting really cranky)

I hope you manage at some point , I don't begrudge people smoking (it would be pretty hypocritical after smoking for 40 years - but I will cheer on anyone who wants to quit because I've seen how that helped me)
it's a bugger to quit (And I've quit a couple of nasty habits like Coke and Speed in my youth - this was far harder- harder than Heroin according to Friends who've quit that - and that is ugly having helped a couple of friends through it) - So keep trying one time it will take
the will power to lose weight is similar I find

My sinuses made me well aware that it was time to quit the Coke. I can't say that I've entirely given up stimulants, but I can go for pretty long stretches. :laugh:


Nicotine though....it's a beast. I have anxiety issues and ADHD and a knack for poor coping skills. :blushing:

WendyTerry420

It is bad that as I read this thread I am telling myself I need to do this while also wanting to step outside.

:smokin: