I love smoking.

CyndiLuHughes

Yes...I get very cranky when I quit...I tried chantix and it literally made me sick (lets not forget about the acid trip dreams!!). My biggest hurdle is when I drink I want to smoke...my goal is to ONLY smoke when I drink....so I have decided to cut back on my drinking! If I can socialize once a month and drink/smoke then I can do it. I did that for about 5 months then I snapped at work and bought a pack on the way home....At this point I had also weaned myself off the e-cig so if I would have just kept carrying it around I think I would have been able to pass the store.

thatonegirlamy

I quit smoking in August. I didn't do it because I wanted to, but because I was starting a healthcare program at school and didn't want to be the tech that smoked and made all the patients queasy lol. I loved it too. It was my time to go outside and just relax for 10 minutes (or however long). I still miss it in a way but it's no longer a longing like it used to be. I know exactly how you feel right this second and I promise that it goes away...you bascially just need to get through the first 2 weeks and the physical cravings are gone...then get through the first month or so and the mental one leaves too. I did smoke a cigarette when I went out to a bar with my friend, but the bar/drinking is a once a year thing for me so it's not an issue. and also, it was disgusting and smelling it on people now makes me wonder why it never bothered me before lol. Hang in there!!!

Jellyphant

I do too. I had to quit because my husband despises it and it's a pricey, stinky habit. But I'll still occasionally buy a secret pack and keep it at work for when I get uber stressed/angry.

1258936

I loved smoking! Now, I am 5 years out and am repulsed by it. You really don't realize how bad you smell, how it lingers behind after you leave the room like foot stank. I had cravings for it years after I quit, usually when drinking. Now I don't want it at all. I missed it for a long time. Recently I found a great website - http://whyquit.com/whyquit/joelcigfriend.HTML this is a link to an article called " my cigarette my friend". I always thought of them as my little friends who kept me company and were there for me, but this really puts it in perspective.

Gurlyknockout

I originally quit in 2005 off the patch. I turned in to a closet smoker maybe 5 times a yr, it picked up with I got stressed (wedding planning). I hid it from my DH for yrs (hence the word closet smoker). In 2008 when the market crashed, I sold my house and was trying to buy another while living in family’s house with my DH, 3mo old and 2 bif g dogs. I started smoking full on again. It first started once in a while, then to cigars, then I said F it! I wanted the real thing... and all the time.

I quit because of the mucus drainage, coughing/ hacking, stinking, health and cost.

I quit again later in 2009. Let me tell you the cigs are different vs cigs from 2004. They are way harder to kick!! I think it has to do with them going out faster, so you smoke them faster and MORE often!! :devil:

I figured out this last time that smoking is like being addicted to any other controlling drug. You crave it, you want it, it makes you feel good, you want more of it! So you need to treat it just like a controlling drug because really that’s what it is! Stop doing it all together, no smoke only when I drink, no only when Im stressed, no 1-3 times a month... cut yourself off from it and everything linked to it. Yup that’s friends included! If you still go outside with them when they smoke, you will give in! Because your body is craving it!

I also know that once you’re a smoker, you are always a smoker. What I mean is this... just like alcohol you can never take another puff again! Years after you quit smoking your body will still remember how it felt and will want that. So I know about 1yr after I still felt like I wanted a cig after I ate. I seem to really want one when I am stressed out now that’s gone to only when something horrible has happened. So I know when someone close to me dies, I need to be on guard to NOT smoke and not hang out with those who smoke. Because I will take the bait! Always a smoker/ ongoing process.

Cut your selves off for good!! GL


ETA: The smell also now repulses me as well. I can smell if a shirt had went in a smokers house even if it was for 1hr and was aired out. Its amazing how good your smeller gets when you are off that stuff.

coe28

You guys are awesome. Congrats to those of you who have managed to quit, thank you to those of you who offer encouragement and good luck to those of you who are struggling just like me!!

This e-cig....do you get a "buzz" off it like with a cigarette or does it basically just give you something to do with your hands?

SofaKingRad_

I quit smoking today. But I really didn't want to. I like to smoke. I don't only smoke because I'm addicted to the nicotine, but because I simply enjoy it. Yeah, it stinks and makes you a social outcast, but honestly I don't care. I love smoking.

To be honest, my motivation for quitting isn't to live longer and be healthier. My motivation to quit is that it's easier for me to work out and lose weight when I don't smoke and because I'll save more money.

Anyone else in that boat?

Yes!!!!! I love to smoke. I don't anymore, but I love it. WIth the e-cig I never got the buzz though. I was disappointed in that regard.

Faericn_Rising

I smoked for 15 years..... I LOVE SMOKING.

I vape now. no smell, no diseases, can vape anywhere i want.... im vaping right now as a matter of fact.... mail me if you want some info on how to get started. Dont let crappy ecigs fool you. theres some damn good, realistic ones out there..... i am also a paid vaping blogger.

Edited to add i quit 6 months ago

YaGigi

I smoke shisha.
Once a week. It's ok and relating.

UsedToBeHusky

Yes... I am struggling also. I don't really want to stop... but it is soooooooooooooooo expensive now! :grumble:

lenniebus

I smoked for 20 years--quit 10 months ago. There's a lot I miss about the comfort of cigarettes--they were always there for me --but, I'm finding I miss them less and less, and I am saving a TON and I truly do feel much better. I know some people can have an occassional one or two, but not me--total addict--must be done forever.

p.s.--both my parents died of lung cancer--that's enough motivation for me.

Faericn_Rising

Smoking for many relaxes them. Once you quit, you'll learn now to relax on your own. That's the feeling you like and why you liked to smoke. I know. I used to smoke too.



A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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While this may be true for some, and possibly you yourself, but it is definately not true for all. There is tons of structure and ritual involved. Its definately not just a stress thing....Im sure you know this as a former smoker. For me, vaping and ecigs let me keep the ritual, and feel like life was going on everyday is it always did. but no smoke, smells, cough, sickness, or cost....


Edited to add that when i AM stressed out, i can vape constantly, ('chain smoke') and not get a tight chest, or nauseous or any of that... i just pop on a low nic cartridge and go nuts. with no nicotine stress hangover...

coe28

I smoked for 20 years--quit 10 months ago. There's a lot I miss about the comfort of cigarettes--they were always there for me --but, I'm finding I miss them less and less, and I am saving a TON and I truly do feel much better. I know some people can have an occassional one or two, but not me--total addict--must be done forever.

p.s.--both my parents died of lung cancer--that's enough motivation for me.

I can totally relate. Watched my grandpa die a painful death of COPD from 50 years of smoking. That was 3 years and I still haven't been able to stop.

coe28

I smoked for 15 years..... I LOVE SMOKING.

I vape now. no smell, no diseases, can vape anywhere i want.... im vaping right now as a matter of fact.... mail me if you want some info on how to get started. Dont let crappy ecigs fool you. theres some damn good, realistic ones out there..... i am also a paid vaping blogger.

Edited to add i quit 6 months ago

OK what is this vaping and how does it differ from e-cigs?

kmjenkins

I loved smoking too, so much that I never thought I would even want to quit. With the help of Chantix I am smoke free for one year and 11 months and looking back it is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I sure did love smoking, but now I love being healthier, more physically active and not reeking of smoke even more. Also loved being able to buy a new car because the money I save from not buying cigarettes now pays my car payment.

Good luck!

tami101

I loved smoking also. I quit October 14, 2011. I am pretty sure I would have caved in had it not been for the e-cigarette. I hardly ever use it now, but if I'm in a bar or around people smoking and I get the urge, it is nice to have it to fall back on. For me, it was the perfect solution. The refills I have now don't even have nicotine in them, I just use it for the smoking sensation.

qbdeal1

I quit smoking march 1st, best thing i ever did. I quit for a few reasons, i got scared because of the black spots on my lungs and i wanted to box again, i was smoking for 10 years, i wanted to be healthy and be in shape like i was in my younger years. Quitting the bogue is the best thing to do. Now when i have kids i can run around with them and play ball withouth huffing and puffing coughing up blood.

xilka

I quit 10 months ago after smoking a pack a day for 20 years.

My life has changed for the better in SO many ways.

I hope that you start feeling the benefits soon,

and realize that you don't actually love smoking, you're just addicted, like I was.

mains1524

i love it i just like going outside light one up and just relax and watch the people that walk by lol

coe28

and realize that you don't actually love smoking, you're just addicted, like I was.

I like this, and I really hope it's true...

mell6355

I quit in January after smoking for 15 years (I'm 30 :-() I "quit" a ton of times before, but I used the patch this time and it totally worked. There were weird days, days I didn't want to put the stupid thing on, and I wasn't the nicest person for a while, but I LOVE who I am today. I can't believe I can run, I have so much more time and more money.
For the parents out there trying to quit

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think of your little ones giving you a kiss right after you smoke. I actually caught one of mine grimmace when I kissed her goodnight... that was it for me! No more nasty kisses from mom! Now I have to get Dad to understand how nasty it is for them and for ME!

No_Finish_Line

i love smoking too but i gave up the cigarettes

still enjoy smoking regularly lol

kls13la

I quit smoking today. But I really didn't want to. I like to smoke. I don't only smoke because I'm addicted to the nicotine, but because I simply enjoy it. Yeah, it stinks and makes you a social outcast, but honestly I don't care. I love smoking.

To be honest, my motivation for quitting isn't to live longer and be healthier. My motivation to quit is that it's easier for me to work out and lose weight when I don't smoke and because I'll save more money.

Anyone else in that boat?

I also love smoking! But, you know what I love more? Not smoking. I can breathe! I can run! I no longer have smoker's cough! My teeth stay white! I don't smell! My closet doesn't smell! My house doesn't smell! I've saved thousands of dollars!

I quit cold turkey on March 22 and haven't had one since. (I had smoked around a pack a day for almost 20 years.) I still miss it sometimes. I'll mindlessly reach into my coat pocket for the security of that imaginary pack of smokes, or picture myself sitting on the back patio having one after a big meal. I'll purposely walk behind people on the street who are smoking. So, yeah. I know where you are coming from.

I never, ever in a million years thought I would be able to quit because I liked smoking so much.

You can totally do this -- the first month is the toughest, and then it starts to get easier.

FitTeenager

I also do. But I don't smoke too often maybe one or two cigarretes per weekend. I'm trying to quit to be healthier but in some way I don't feel like it affects me when I'm working out so I'm not very sure of what to do.

MemphisKitten

Oh heck yeah!! Smoking was my best friend for many years! I have not smoked a cigarette in almost a year though, and I feel better and I am in the best shape of my life right now. I am glad you made this decision. Sometimes we have to just close a chapter in our lives and open another one. You are closing the smoking chapter and opening the healthy living chapter. :flowerforyou:

ahviendha

i love smoking too. i quit for my bf, but if i actually liked to go out to bars, and actually enjoyed drinking alcohol i would definitely be sharing cigarettes.

i just smoke something else now :drinker:

ExcelWithMel

I loved smoking too. I quit 3 years ago the first week in December. It was a few months after that, I decided to get healthy, start managing my portions, and working out. I couldn't imagine being a smoker now. I could never workout like I do if I were still a smoker. I may have a craving every once in a while, but I really never want to be a smoker again.

Great job for quitting!

mandy0688

I just quit as well. Congrats. I am on Day number 10. Was it easy, no, is it hard, yes. I have a group called quiters and losers and add me so you can have some support and good luck

FJcntdwn2sknyluv

I miss it every-once and awhile.. but I switched to green to help with my anxiety.. that works SO much better than cigarettes Lol...

Just remember it takes time!.. You can do it .. took me 7 years to 'quit' smoking.. I 'quit' back in 05.. then finally last year, one made me throw up!.. So since then I have had 1 and it about made me puke...

Pretty safe to say I'm done smoking.. and happy about it:) Good for you, and yes it will get easier

scapez

I'm 45 and I've been smoking since I was 15. For most of my adult life I've been a pack a day smoker. I've always envied those who could smoke only on weekends or every now and again, but I can't...I'm all or nothing! If I could pull off just smoking occasionally, I would likely never try to quit.

I really like smoking, I do. My non-smoking friends just don't get that. When I'm not smoking I don't feel like myself; it's like me and cigarettes go hand in hand. Smoke breaks are like little happy times throughout the day. They feel like rewards.

I can't TELL you how many times I've tried to quit. Currently quitting again - on day 13 and I'm using the patch.

I'm feeling pretty good about it this time. I developed a cough a few months ago that wouldn't go away - that scared me, nothing like that had ever happened. This might sound funny, but I'm more afraid of COPD than lung cancer. That cough taught me that maybe I won't be one of those people that beats the odds. I'm happy to say that every day it lessens and I'm optimistic that it'll go away completely.