STINKY SMOKERS!

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  • vickytownsendx
    vickytownsendx Posts: 2
    How long have you been a smoker? On and off since I was 14 I'm now 21

    Are you trying to quit? Yes

    Why or why not? For many reasons, my mum hates it, my friends dad died of throat cancer recently, my chest started to hurt

    Have you quit before? Yea, I was on and off

    How did you do it? Stopped buying cigarettes.

    Why didn't you stick with it? Stress, peer pressure, social smoking

    I started due to friends doing it, but I hate doing it now I went from 10/20 a day to 2 a day. I'm getting there slowly. I like swimming and its hard to hold your breath under water while smoking.

    Good luck to whoever else is quitting :-)
  • tamheath
    tamheath Posts: 702 Member
    Of course, I had to read. Yes, smoker. Yes, tried to quit numerous times. Have got to try again. Which I why I came to read this post and re-read later. All you quitters are my heros. :flowerforyou:
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Of course, I had to read. Yes, smoker. Yes, tried to quit numerous times. Have got to try again. Which I why I came to read this post and re-read later. All you quitters are my heros. :flowerforyou:

    You can do it too! It's so hard, but it's so worth it.
    After the first few months it gets much easier.


    First two months I was awful.
  • tamheath
    tamheath Posts: 702 Member
    Wow! So many quitters among us! That is so awesome!

    Sounds like a lot of us have the same triggers, too.

    p.s.: I quit using an e-cig but it took months of weening off of real cigs to really work. Now I don't use the e-cig at all! But the NJOY starter pack was only like $100 and it totally helped me kick the habit. :)

    Oh...I should mention...I do smoke hookah about 10x/year. I didn't include that in the first message. Hookah and a good turkish coffee is just too amazing a combo for me to skip it. :) But I still don't consider smoking less than once/month a "smoker," per se. :)

    I have wondered about the e-Cig. I think I might like that....
  • tamheath
    tamheath Posts: 702 Member
    Of course, I had to read. Yes, smoker. Yes, tried to quit numerous times. Have got to try again. Which I why I came to read this post and re-read later. All you quitters are my heros. :flowerforyou:

    You can do it too! It's so hard, but it's so worth it.
    After the first few months it gets much easier.


    First two months I was awful.

    Thank you! I think I just need to put on my big girl panties; understand it's gonna suck for awhile, and get the HELL over it. Perhaps with an e-cig. :smokin:
  • tamheath
    tamheath Posts: 702 Member
    Did you start by adding ANY nicotine to the mix?
  • taeliesyn
    taeliesyn Posts: 1,116 Member
    I was a smoker for about 10 years, social at first and then full time.
    Gave up a couple of times, the longest being about 11 months.
    I am now over 2 years smoke free. My OH is still a smoker, so I am stuck being around it. :(
    I gave up cold turkey, and no I don't enjoy being around when the OH/other people are smoking.
  • gavini
    gavini Posts: 248 Member
    How long have you been a smoker? am 37 now, started when i was 12, didnt inhale until i was 14 (i didnt know i wasnt doing it right until a friend showed me)

    Are you trying to quit? there is no try, do or do not. currently i am "do not" but am thinking about quiting sometime in the next few days...

    Why or why not? i really, really like smoking. the feeling it gives me, the ritual of it, the taste after a workout or after a meal or with a beer, the break/me time it gives me. i dont like the expense and how i need to clean up before i see my wife so she doesnt get upset about the smell or the health risks.

    Have you quit before? yes, 15 years ago i quit for about 8 months, for 6 weeks from july to sept this year. in 2008 or 2009 i quit a few times for a couple weeks here or there

    How did you do it? cold turkey

    Why didn't you stick with it? first time i was young and didnt see myself as a non-smoker but was at a job where i couldnt take smoke breaks and had a new girlfriend but then the job ended and i went back to it. other times i really missed it and was insanely jealous of people who were smoking and mostly i was doing it to please others but didnt want to quit myself, the 6 weeks recently, i had some sad stuff happen in my world and i used that as an excuse
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    One day soon I promise!

    I downloaded a quit smoking phone app. Since apparently I'm very good at doing things when I have an app...
  • leanne2376
    leanne2376 Posts: 217
    How long have you been a smoker?

    21 years

    Are you trying to quit?

    yes

    Why or why not?

    everytime i do i put on weight and it gets me down - so have decided to tackle my weight issue first

    Have you quit before?

    yes for 2 years

    How did you do it?

    cold turkey and exercise

    Why didn't you stick with it?

    i dont know
  • SmangeDiggs
    SmangeDiggs Posts: 238 Member
    I smoked for 8 years didnt start until i was 18 and dont know why i started..probably cause the flatties were doing it,
    I was a very happy smoker for 6yrs of that then is started to get phlegmy and coughing all the time - i sounded disgusting
    Tried giving up with patches - they made me sick, Zyban pills - they turned me crazy, cold turkey - poor will power.

    Last year i got pregnant with my 2nd - decided to stop smoking since i was going to get fat anyway (so didnt need to worry about gaining weight) and stopped. It was damn hard but i kept one of my scan photos handy for motivation.
    3 months after having my son im 25kg heavier than pre pregnency weight but i can run without coughing up my lung, no more gross phlegm but damn i still crave those disgusting things so everyday is still a challenge.

    I cant wait until i dont think about smoking anymore, it will be great to walk past someone else smoking and feel nauseas and repulsed instead of secretly trying to take deep breaths to inhale as much of the smell as possible....lawdy thats sad.
  • Vegan_Chick
    Vegan_Chick Posts: 474 Member
    I've been a non smoker for 6 years now. Me and my partner quit cold turkey together and I thought it was the gretest thing ever! Until last year I found out he was lying to me for 5 years straight saying he quit but he was smoking behind my back. Everyone knew except me. Even my dad knew! Talk about losing trust in someone. He lied to me EVERY DAY fort 5 years....straight to my face. It makes me wonder what else he is lying about. Oh well, what can you do. At least I quit and feel GREAT!!!!!!

    EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I drank a ton of mochas. Every day if I had a craving for a smoke, I would drive to the coffee shop and get a mocha. The first 6 months I spent more money on coffees than smokes. But now I am fine and I have saved so much money! Plus years of my life!
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    I've been a non smoker for 6 years now. Me and my partner quit cold turkey together and I thought it was the gretest thing ever! Until last year I found out he was lying to me for 5 years straight saying he quit but he was smoking behind my back. Everyone knew except me. Even my dad knew! Talk about losing trust in someone. He lied to me EVERY DAY fort 5 years....straight to my face. It makes me wonder what else he is lying about. Oh well, what can you do. At least I quit and feel GREAT!!!!!!

    He did pretty good if you could not smell it on him at all (ever).... I smell 'that' smell in a heartbeat.
  • Vegan_Chick
    Vegan_Chick Posts: 474 Member
    I've been a non smoker for 6 years now. Me and my partner quit cold turkey together and I thought it was the gretest thing ever! Until last year I found out he was lying to me for 5 years straight saying he quit but he was smoking behind my back. Everyone knew except me. Even my dad knew! Talk about losing trust in someone. He lied to me EVERY DAY fort 5 years....straight to my face. It makes me wonder what else he is lying about. Oh well, what can you do. At least I quit and feel GREAT!!!!!!

    He did pretty good if you could not smell it on him at all (ever).... I smell 'that' smell in a heartbeat.

    Actually I smelled it all of the time. HIs excuse was he worked in a machine shop where everyone smoked around him and that is why he always smelled like it.
  • live2dream
    live2dream Posts: 614 Member
    I started smoking when I was 14. Smoked until I was 20. When my dad got lung cancer... and whole year of watching him suffering, chemo, gasping for air, coughing up blood, and being on oxygen, and eventually dying, I quit cold turkey. It changed my life completely. I will never smoke again. It's been 10 years now. Being around smokers is horrible. My mom and sister still smoke which baffles me- especially now that it's $6 a pack and they complain about being broke. whatev. and i don't know if i can handle watching them go through the same thing my dad did. :(
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    I've been a non smoker for 6 years now. Me and my partner quit cold turkey together and I thought it was the gretest thing ever! Until last year I found out he was lying to me for 5 years straight saying he quit but he was smoking behind my back. Everyone knew except me. Even my dad knew! Talk about losing trust in someone. He lied to me EVERY DAY fort 5 years....straight to my face. It makes me wonder what else he is lying about. Oh well, what can you do. At least I quit and feel GREAT!!!!!!
    He did pretty good if you could not smell it on him at all (ever).... I smell 'that' smell in a heartbeat.
    Actually I smelled it all of the time. HIs excuse was he worked in a machine shop where everyone smoked around him and that is why he always smelled like it.
    Sorry he did that to you, but congratz on your achivement. Quitting smoking is a very big deal. Well done. ☺
  • Vegan_Chick
    Vegan_Chick Posts: 474 Member
    I started smoking when I was 14. Smoked until I was 20. When my dad got lung cancer... and whole year of watching him suffering, chemo, gasping for air, coughing up blood, and being on oxygen, and eventually dying, I quit cold turkey. It changed my life completely. I will never smoke again. It's been 10 years now. Being around smokers is horrible. My mom and sister still smoke which baffles me- especially now that it's $6 a pack and they complain about being broke. whatev. and i don't know if i can handle watching them go through the same thing my dad did. :(
    That must have been tough to deal with. I am scared that is what I will have to go through with both my parents as they are smokers. It is a horrible fate they are putting themselves in. And not to mention the children who have to watch them suffer. I know it is hard to quit. But I wish people would realize what they are doing to other people as well.
  • Vegan_Chick
    Vegan_Chick Posts: 474 Member
    I've been a non smoker for 6 years now. Me and my partner quit cold turkey together and I thought it was the gretest thing ever! Until last year I found out he was lying to me for 5 years straight saying he quit but he was smoking behind my back. Everyone knew except me. Even my dad knew! Talk about losing trust in someone. He lied to me EVERY DAY fort 5 years....straight to my face. It makes me wonder what else he is lying about. Oh well, what can you do. At least I quit and feel GREAT!!!!!!
    He did pretty good if you could not smell it on him at all (ever).... I smell 'that' smell in a heartbeat.
    Actually I smelled it all of the time. HIs excuse was he worked in a machine shop where everyone smoked around him and that is why he always smelled like it.
    Sorry he did that to you, but congratz on your achivement. Quitting smoking is a very big deal. Well done. ☺
    Yeah I'm over it now I guess.
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