Must stop Smoking and and cut down Boozing!!!

LisaLashesxx

I have chosen to give up smoking AGAIN!!!!! Like weight loss its very hard to do and commit to. I chose to loose weight this time for the last time, seen as though I have now lost 36lb and a 3rd of the way through my weight loss journey I have decided to make Saturday next 29th October 2011 the day I start.....

I would start today but have a night out to the dog racing tomorrow night with friends who smoke and I think if I am going cold turkey, then I had better be away from those that also smoke.

Its not that I smoke much, but with alcohol I am a mad woman and could smoke more than a chimney hence the reason I need to quit the booze too................or at least not drink alcohol during the week.

If there is anyone that can off any great support then this will be truley welcomed. Just like my weight loss journey, this smoke free journey and not drinking through the week will be a great effort but I WILL DO THIS THIS TIME!

Thanks for listening,

Luvs Lisa x

JaredBergeron

Im willing to help if i can... its easier when you do it together!

JaneWrastle

my husband quit by using SNUSS. Look into it. research says it is not bad for you.

Mbelzner10

I'm looking to do the same, it is so hard but why eat healthy and lose weight and then pollute our lungs right? I would love to quit cold turkey Saturday with you if you would like. It would be great to have someone to quit with me. Send me a friend request if you are interested

scapez

You'll definitely have to cut down on the boozin'...at least at first until you have better control over not smoking.

I'm great at quitting - I've done it lots of times! I'm currently at week 3 without them and I'm using the patch. Cold turkey is just too cruel for my liking.

Good luck! I know how tough it is.

Espressocycle

The two hardest things are quitting smoking and saving for retirement. The good news is that if you don't quit smoking, you don't have to save for retirement.

_Peacebone_

Woohoo go you! Cold turkey makes the nicotine withdrawl go by quicker... It's like taking off a bandaid! Gets all of that junk out of your system in the first two days and then just deal with the habit part!

Good luck!

riannenrings

i quit by reading The Easy Way To Quit Smoking by Allen Carr. Its been 1 year and 7 months since i have smoked and it does not pain me whatsoever, and really never did.

I had to read the book 1 and 1/2 times before it clicked, but when it did, i was done. and never looked back.

buy it on ebay for $6, what do you have to lose? except the price of one pack of smokes. buy it, im serious.

sarahazelnut99

its so hard to quit smoking, i dont have enough money to buy them so i end up going crazy during school craving one and i completely lose my focus. they are destroying my life.

pinkakira1

The two hardest things are quitting smoking and saving for retirement. The good news is that if you don't quit smoking, you don't have to save for retirement.

Wow that couldn't be said any better!

p1xelate

I quit cold turkey and it sucked for me but also what I learned (after a few failed attempts) that after the first week I needed to put myself back in temptation and hang out with my smoker friends I went 7 or 8 days with out seeing any of them and then starting going out and even drinking with them again. Every time I kept myself secluded I had to deal with it weeks later but when I hung out with them despite the desire to smoke I was successful and it has now been about 2 and a half years. Just my 2 cents

LisaLashesxx

Loving the reasoning for this.......I could save the cigs money for my retirement or for the kids for university.....the list is endless..thanks.x

LisaLashesxx

its so hard to quit smoking, i dont have enough money to buy them so i end up going crazy during school craving one and i completely lose my focus. they are destroying my life.

so quit with me we can support each other! xx

LisaLashesxx

i quit by reading The Easy Way To Quit Smoking by Allen Carr. Its been 1 year and 7 months since i have smoked and it does not pain me whatsoever, and really never did.

I had to read the book 1 and 1/2 times before it clicked, but when it did, i was done. and never looked back.

buy it on ebay for $6, what do you have to lose? except the price of one pack of smokes. buy it, im serious.

I am gonna do that on ebay on another tab....soon be winging its way to me. thanks.x

DarkAngel525

I've never smoked, so I have no idea how difficult it must be to quit, but I sincerely applaud you for trying!!! From past friends who don't smoke, they say it made a world of difference in their health, appearance, scent :laugh: , and wallet. Good luck to you :flowerforyou:

LisaLashesxx

I quit cold turkey and it sucked for me but also what I learned (after a few failed attempts) that after the first week I needed to put myself back in temptation and hang out with my smoker friends I went 7 or 8 days with out seeing any of them and then starting going out and even drinking with them again. Every time I kept myself secluded I had to deal with it weeks later but when I hung out with them despite the desire to smoke I was successful and it has now been about 2 and a half years. Just my 2 cents

well done that is fantastic.....my will power will be collected in bucket fulls come saturday........i think i will need to cut up lots of healthy carrot sticks to help me along...lol x

melbasc

I stopped smoking August 1 of this year. I am using an e-cig now. Mine is called Joye eGo-t. It gives the satisfaction of having something in your hand, actually produces a "vapor" so you get the effect of smoking without inhaling all of the "junk". The liquids that you use in them come in various strengths of nicotine and I am down to the lowest level now. There are all types of flavors to try and it has worked beautifully for me. No more smelly clothes or ashtrays....I was smoking about a pack a day but noticing that I was moving closer and closer to opening that second pack a day and finally said "enough"!
Good luck, and feel free to send a friend request!

taeliesyn

I would start today but have a night out to the dog racing tomorrow night with friends who smoke and I think if I am going cold turkey, then I had better be away from those that also smoke.

If there is anyone that can off any great support then this will be truley welcomed. Just like my weight loss journey, this smoke free journey and not drinking through the week will be a great effort but I WILL DO THIS THIS TIME!

I am now about 2 years smoke free, going cold turkey and having my OH smoke the entire time,
I hate to sound rude, but it's meant with the best intentions
Your first line quoted it sounds/reads like your looking for an excuse to keep smoking for a while yet. Nothing wrong with this if you're building up the willpower/momentum to quit. Just wanted to warn about being careful to not look for excuses

Your second line quoted, If you truly mean it, then you will succeed, you might suffer setbacks, but keep pushing forward.

Wishing you all the best in kicking the dirty habit of smoking, I wish my OH would find the right motivation to quit.

bear_nakey

I will be smoke free for a year as of Nov 22 you can do it!! I didn't do anything special, I had just had enough. My husband still smokes, so it was a little difficult at first, but I think once a person is really ready, then it happens. Getting past the first three days is the hardest, then it gets easier!! Good luck, you can do it!!!

judykritikos

I'm doing LivingLean - an on line wt management course. I'm maybe 20 lbs above where i want to be, but I'm "addicted" to chocolate/candy. This program doesn't help me diet, although it does have me eating better. It's more about the emotional addiction to our "main munch". This can be candy/sugar, carbs, alcohol, smoking - whatever. It's an on-line program I get
thru work, and I never realized how my hiding candy EVERYWHERE was part of my emotional tie to it. It's the same principals
for drinking/smoking/eating/sex.
I can tell you some of the basics - and when you say you HAVE to do something - or IF I DON'T, IT"LL KILL ME. Well, it's
all still the same bottomline: your choice to do it. Once you realize that unless you're on an island in the middle of the pacific - you really DON'T have to do anything. It's your CHOICE. 72 hours is what it takes to break an addiction. It's uncomfortable as hell. Once you KNOW that, you're prepared for it. Keep those cigarettes on your desk, in plain site. (We do this with our main munch - so I have my candybar 6 inches from my hand all day long). When I want it, I pick up my creed card and read it, then I make my choice NOT to eat it. One second, one minute, one day at a time.

"I'd like to eat/drink/smoke. The choice is up to me. But I WANT and DESERVE ______ (you fill in the blank - mine is to be in my size 12's). That's important to me, so for right now, I choose to continue to train myself to live a life of healthy and Living Lean. "
"I'm a bite away from a life of lardy days". Or - "I'm one smoke away from a life of clean lungs and better health".
Good luck.
Oh - they tell us DO NOT AVOID your main munch. Avoidance does NOT get rid of the desire. Confront it. On YOUR terms. Overpower it. Look at it all day long. You make your choice, again, one minute at a time. Power comes from that choice.
YOU CAN DO IT! Positive - because you WANT to and you DESERVE it, not because you have to.

Kamsmom23

I quit smoking cold turkey on June 29th, 2011. You can do it!! I have tried a few times before but somehow this time I was just motivated and didn't have many problems. Hopefully I can carry this motivation over to becoming more healthy & lose this weight. You CAN do it!!

Shock_Wave

"not that I smoke much, but with alcohol I am a mad woman and could smoke more than a chimney"

I know many people with this same habit. Alot of people say here to get your smoking under control when in fact I say drink less often. When you get to drinking it lowers your inhibitions which makes self control meaningless. Sure its a good idea to cut down your smoking to ultimately stop but when your hooked one always leads to another it just goes hand in hand. People say why pollute your lungs then try to be healthy? Its not that polluting your lungs is most folks aim its the Nicotine that people are after and smoking is the most popular and socially excepted way of instantly getting that fix. When you drink the more it effects your nervous system thus the more you crave a smoke. So back to my point drink less smoke less. I did this a long time ago and got myself to only drink once a week and that would be the only time I smoked then I really didnt care for smoking any time other than those few hours. Its not perfect but it can be a start and if you choose at that point then you can quit but again for most smokers drinking and smoking just goes hand in hand.... good luck!

RyanDanielle5101

Tomorrow (Friday) Will be one week since I quit cold turkey Good Luck

Feel free to add me if you want.

frozenfingers

You have two incredible challenges ahead, but if I can do it so can you!.. I tried to quit numerous ways, succeded twice actually. But going into the bar with my smoker friends always sabotaged me,.. with alcohol, the craving overtook me and it only took a puff each time and I was right back where I started.

About 7 years ago I had enough (again) and quit cold turkey. Baby carrots were my friend and not only helped me overcome the physical need to be holding something, but satisfied the oral fixations as well. It was better than a year before I went into a bar, and I limited myself to just a couple drinks with friends outside of the usual haunts. Seriously, once you get your sence of smell back, your friends will reak and you will want to distance yourself.

Just so you know, even after all this time, I still have the occasional urge to smoke. No way will I ever want to smell like my smoker friends again, so that urge gets squashed very easily now.

The downside is my metabolism has changed and with it a significant weight change. Which is why I am on this site today!

shelltsea

Wow, how weird! I was going to post something about this today! I have cut out my nightly glass (or 3) of red wine to help me with not smoking. I am taking baby steps! I am currently on day 4 of not smoking. I have found the that e-cig is the way to go for me. I still get the sensation that I am smoking...but without all the crap. It does have the nicotine so you get that "buzz:" that you would get from smoking. YOU CAN DO IT! Just remember that if you slip, just start over again. You will never know until you try! One day at a time!

scapez

Another thing. I've quit so many times now (and obviously failed at all previous attempts) that when I tell my friends "I'm quitting smoking again!" it's kind of like the boy that cried wolf effect. I don't have the support from them that I did in the beginning - the shine has kind of wore off.

BUT, I've learned that's ok...why? Because I don't want to focus on it 24/7. I find when I'm focused on it ALL of the time (and my friends are too) that I'm *thinking* about it all of the time. Having it on my mind isn't a good thing.

I've found what works for me now is to put it on the back burner of my mind. I don't talk about it (except for here on MFP) and I rarely even think about it. It's amazing how much I've 'forgotten' about it in just 3 short weeks.

Bigaug

Lisa,

Your last night of gambling, smoking, drinking, if there were strippers, steak, and cake it would be like heaven for sinners.

I quit the booze about 6 years ago. It was much easier than quitting smoking. When you're living with an alcoholic booze loses it allure very quickly. I just never took another drink.

I quit smoking on July 14th 2011. I used the electronic cigarettes to break the quitting barrier. I took a couple runs at it before it stuck though. The e-cigarettes do help because you can easily wean yourself off the ciggs, by 'dosing' nicotine only when you really need it. I didn't consider myself quit until I had quit the e-smokes too. To me that's like a heroin addict saying, "I'm not addicted to heroin anymore because I'm taking methadone."

I wish the best of luck with quitting, I know you can do it!
aug

kln83

I "quit" smoking in 2007. I went cold turkey and failed a couple times, but each time I attempted to quit, it was longer and longer until I no longer craved or needed a smoke. It has been 4 going on 5 years and I still crave a smoke when I go out and party. It has gotten a lot easier in the last couple years since our state banned smoking in bars. You now have to go outside to smoke and in the winter when it's 0 degrees with a -30 wind chill, smoking just doesn't seem all that important. I think as long as you are going to drink, you will never quit smoking 100%. I can have a drink without a smoke now, but those 3-4 times a year when I really go out to party, I generally end up smoking too. The next day when my throat hurts and I'm coughing up major luges, I am reminded why I quit smoking! One thing I will say, is don't discouraged with your weight loss journey if you quit. Chances are you will gain a few pounds, but once the initial craving are over, you will be able to get back on track with your weight loss. Quitting smoking is definetely worth the few extra pounds. You will feel amazing!

Shock_Wave

I "quit" smoking in 2007. I went cold turkey and failed a couple times, but each time I attempted to quit, it was longer and longer until I no longer craved or needed a smoke. It has been 4 going on 5 years and I still crave a smoke when I go out and party. It has gotten a lot easier in the last couple years since our state banned smoking in bars. You now have to go outside to smoke and in the winter when it's 0 degrees with a -30 wind chill, smoking just doesn't seem all that important. I think as long as you are going to drink, you will never quit smoking 100%. I can have a drink without a smoke now, but those 3-4 times a year when I really go out to party, I generally end up smoking too. The next day when my throat hurts and I'm coughing up major luges, I am reminded why I quit smoking! One thing I will say, is don't discouraged with your weight loss journey if you quit. Chances are you will gain a few pounds, but once the initial craving are over, you will be able to get back on track with your weight loss. Quitting smoking is definetely worth the few extra pounds. You will feel amazing!

When I used to smoke we had to go outside when it was winter too but with all the drinking I never felt it and if I did I just drank more so it didnt bother me haha Smoking a dirty habbit but the Nicotine was always relaxing.

But you post is exactly like what happened to me. The next day was aweful

1972richard

Hi, I am doing the same. Managed to stop the smoking, but finding it hard to cut down on the boozing, now going for only drinking Friday night saturday and Sunday. The social side is the hard part for me..

LisaLashesxx

ok, so almost day 1 of the quitting and I feel GOOD!!!

Bring on day 2.x