Trying Desperately to Quit Smoking & Needing Some Support

jedikrissy

Thanks everyone for your replies. I have failed my first try when I first posted this thread. But I have a new quit date and I am going to try again. Thanks again for everyone's support and stories I appreciate it so much.

anemoneprose

Hey jedikrissy, really wish you luck!

I'm trying to quit (again) myself. Had two good years without cigarettes and relapsed three years ago (stress). Right now I live in a smoking environment, and dealing with the habit and cues is harder

I really liked the Carr book. Totally made me reframe smoking, and got my attitude about it in the right place (at least).

Are you going to use NRTs? I've read that combining the patch and gum is a good way to go.

Wishing you well!

(I'm going to pick it up again tonight, actually)

blueeyess55

Hi.. This is my 5th day with out a cig.. I've smoked for 20 plus yrs.. an I'm also afraid of gainnin my weight back.. I've only been on mfp now for about a yr.. in the last 2 1/2 yrs I have dropped 84lbs.. from my heaviest weight.. I'm just takin it 1 day at a time.. .It does help to have someone quit with you .. my boss an I quit ...she's been 6 days .. I started a day later.(I'm always a day late an a dollar short..lol..).anyway the hardest thing for us is that we work in a kitchen at a hospital.. not a good thing when your tryin to lose weight ..an tryin to quit smokin.cause the food is right there all day long..wouldn't take much to gain it back.. but so far so good.. I wish you luck ..U can add me if you want .. I can use all the support I can get also.. Thanks...:bigsmile:

FlyByJuly

Read Allen Carr's EasyWay to Quit Smoking.

^^^^^^^Yes! I had already been cig-free for 5 days (with the aid of Chantix) when I decided I'd read this book, even tho I'd made it over the "hump" of the 1st three days (which had always been hard for me). I hadn't even heard of the book before I quit. But then I kept seeing references to it here on MFP. The more I read what people were saying, the more interested I was in reading it.

The book reinforced my desire and resolve to be a non-smoker. The author encourages the reader to continue smoking while reading the book, so while I was reading it, I imagined that I was still smoking.

I'm now at Day 45 of being a non-smoker. I didn't pick up my "continuing packet" of Chantix, as I didn't need it. There is a 3rd continuation of Chantix, and I won't be needing that, either. Chantix is very expensive (even after what my insurance paid) but in the end, it was worth it to me, as it did get me thru the initial "quitting." You know...where you smoke your last cigarette and you don't want another one and you don't buy any more!

What helped me most from reading Allen Carr's book was understanding the "Little Monster" and the need to keep feeding him. Now, if I do have that little fraction of a second where I think of a cig, I smile to myself, take a deep, lung-filling breath, and exhale with another huge smile, and sometimes I even say to the monster "I'm kicking YOUR *kitten* now!"

I wish you so much luck and success with your quitting. You'll never be sorry that you quit!

SanjiSun

Allen Carr should have gotten a nobel prize of some sorts

I did quit a week ago.

I second the Little Monster comments. I do that too from time to time

the book makes it so much easier compared to just using discipline and willpower.

Gentyl

I quit smoking (last December) using a really good e-cigarette, not the kind you buy at a store, but the kind that lasts a long time before you have to charge them again. It was SO easy.. and my doctors just love me for doing it. Once I started, I never looked back, never had nicotine withdrawal, nothing. If you want to know which are the best ones to buy, message me.

joytron

I was a heavy smoker (almost 2 packs/day) for 10 years. I quit smoking just over 1 year ago with Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. That book is magic! I read it in a week and then quit, just like that. I was HAPPY to quit. I didn't crave or feel bad. You mentioned you found an e-book, so please read the whole thing -- and good luck! 1 year later, I feel absolutely awesome!