Quitting smoking?

bethvandenberg

So m doing it again...quitting smoking and was wondering who else out there may want to support that? I quit in 2010 and started again in 2011-12. Have big tri goals this year and don't want smoking as part of it.

Anyone need support during their non smoking quest as well?

wcaldwelld

good luck on the journey of quitting smoking i know it is hard to do i quit 3 years ago and was a 3 pack a day smoker... i still love smoke and the smell of it i will say i went cold turkey and gained some weight but not alot..

I will be here to support your efforts... good luck!!!

sarahmichelle91xx

I would love to be able to quit smoking, I only found the willpower both times I was pregnant but started up again literally days after each was born! I'm currently looking at getting nicotine patches etc, wishing you luck!!

WDEvy

4 months smoke free for me after 17 years of a 3 packs a week. The workouts help a LOT. Every time I get a craving I think of how much my workouts and body would suffer.

Gemmax0902

Hi,

Stopping smoking is also one of my goals in the New Year.

I will be 30 in May and if I'm still smoking by then that will have made me a smoker for half my life so far

I have given up in the past but as many of us do I started again, this time I will stop for good.

I am currently 3/4 the way through "Allen Carr's - Easy Way For Woman To Stop Smoking Without Gaining Weight" and have to say it has completly changed the way I now think about smoking. Hopefully I will be a non-smoker by the time I finish the book.

Please feel free to add me as I could do with some support with this and am only to happy to help others if I can.

Love Gemma xx

Carol_Magee

Today I celebrate 10 years of being a non-smoker. Yippee!! I smoked 2 large packs a day. I was 57 years old and smoked since I was about 16. I quit because of the cost and fear. I guess I'd be dead by now if I hadn't quit. Nicotine gum was my saving tool. The physical addiction goes away long before the habit. It took a long time before I stopped reaching for (nonexistant) cigarettes. Don't give up - you'll be happy as a non-smoker and you'll find out how smelly smoking is. Not to mention the money you'll save!

bdotshaw

I quit smoking a little over three months ago using Chantix. It's been a tough journey, but I actually tried to cheat yesterday (drunken NYE f*ckery), and the cigarette was much too strong...it burned my throat!. Two drags and it was out the window. Chantix worked amazingly well for me and I occasionally use an electronic cigarette.

Good luck on this difficult journey. Feel free to add me.

Guamybear

I quit in October when I quit drinking and started going to the gym.. I can't do one without the other.

babycakes2000

I have also quit smoking for the new year, i am finding the e ciggerette a life saver, id probably of tried to strangle my fiance by now if i didnt have it. You should think of getting one if you start to find it hard, or miss the feeling in the back of your throat from smoking. Good luck ::) Hannah

Angecus

I had my last cig on New Year's Eve. This is day 3 and so far, so good. Cold turkey was the only way to do it for me. I have been smoking a half a pack a day for 29 years. Good luck to all of us!

The_Invisible_Boy

I quit 6 1/2 years ago. I smoked 1-2 packs a day plus chewed a can of skoal a day for around 20 yrs. I tried cold turkey, hypnosis, patches and the gum. None of them worked for me. I went and did the acupuncture and walked out of there like I never smoked or chewed. It made it the easiest thing in my life. No anxiety and no cravings. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I highly recommend looking into it.

drp121274

I quit in Novemeber (for the third time). I had quit two other times on Chantix, but I quit because I found it too hard to date as a smoker - so I quit for the wrong reason. This time I quit for myself. I actually stopped using the Chantix right after I quit (even though you are supposed to keep using it). I just kept forgetting to take it, then realized, hey, I can do it without the meds

I have my health to think about now. It isn't about dating or quiting for someone else. I think that is the only way it works, if you want to quit for you!

staciarose13

My last puff of a cigarette was a week ago Tuesday. It was really really tough at first but I got generic Nicorette Lozenges and those helped SO MUCH. Although I read on reviews on Amazon that a lot of people got addicted to the lozenges, which scared me, but I only used one or two a day and they worked wonders! I haven't used any lozenges for 3 days now and I feel fine. Just tired and emotional haha.

Angecus

I made it to day 4. It's been 96 hours since my last cig. omg.

nornas42

Good luck and good for you! My fiance quit cold turkey almost 2 years ago and hasn't had once since. I totally think its doable... its not necessarily easy. The big thing that helped him was taking away some of the environmental & behavioral triggers for doing it. So, no time around other smokers, no bars, etc. Now it doesn't hold any temptation, even around his family who all smoke.

YOU HAVE THIS.

gpstrucker

Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it dozens of times

KarenJ15

I smoked over a pack a day for 31 years. Last cig was March 31, 2012. It's been over 9 months and I don't miss it at all. Many failed attempts to quit over the years, but this one is it. I don't like the smell anymore at all.

The things that helped me the most were the electronic cig (but not the kind that look like a cig, they don't "smoke" enough). And I went cold turkey with the nicotine. I used 0mg nicotine liquid for the e-cig. It satisfied the hand to mouth part of smoking, as well as the feeling of the smoke being inhaled.

I also used an app for my phone called Quit Now. I still have it to remind myself how much money I saved so far and how many cigs I have not smoked. It also shows the health benefits of not smoking as you go along.

Good luck to anyone quitting. It's hard but definitely worth it. I never realized how out of breath I was doing simple things that I would never be able to do now while exercising if I was still smoking.

CarlieeBear

I've never been a smoker...got lucky to not get addicted when I tried it as a teen. However, my bf is trying to quit. He's down from a pack/day to a half pack/day. So proud of him!

upgetupgetup

Oh yeah, most definitely. Also trying to quit. Kind of have to. Some days I almost make it, but I have zero willpower (even with patch + gum) living with smokers. Don't want to blame them, but I just am having such a hard time with it.

I did quit for over a year, once, in different conditions.

Good luck to you

upgetupgetup

Hey how's it going without the smokes? I'm on day 1 today, and it's not terrible.

MizTerry

Hey! I'm knocking on my one year anniversary of being smoke free. My date is January 16th. I smoked for 33 years and quit using Chantix, but the stuff made me incredibly loopy. Really. It was a wonder I still had a job by the time I came off of it. Cinnamon sticks helped a great deal! I chomped at least a hundred of them.