quit smoking?!

I gave up 2 yrs ago October, I did Stoptober and the app they has was great It was good knowing others were going through it with me, I saved all the money from the 1st month and spent it on me, I used gum every time I went dog walking and brushed my teeth a lot, I never like minty breathe with a ciggie.

i quit smoking
its been two years
i did nicorette lozenges, then e- cig
then tapered off that
then cinamon candies
then tapered off that

I quit after 10 years of smoking! You can do it. I've been off for 3 years and I'm so happy. I can breathe and taste things and I don't waste my money (on cigarettes anyway...nail polish is another story!).

You can do this go for it just think of all the new clothes you can buy, and how good you with be able to breath.

6 weeks ago tomorrow after 30 years. Patch the first four days, then cold turkey. No weight gain as of yet. JUST DO IT!

I quit smoking 9 yrs ago this month. Was I crabby? OH YES!! Did I gain weight? I don't think I did gain as much weight as I did the last time I quit (which only lasted 2 yrs that time) I think I actually lost weight right after I quit smoking. I was walking about 3 miles a day with my mother in law at the park. But the first time.. oh my.. I put on 90 lbs.. not all my fault. My thyroid decided it was time to shut down too. Hormones are such fun.. NOT.

Sooo. yeah, it's a difficult road depending on how you go about it. Kudos to all of you who are quitting. May you get through this with as little hiccups as possible. I may not know any of you, but I'm glad you're doing this. It's going to be worth it. Good Luck!!

I smoked 1-2 packs a day for many years. I used the step-down patches and tootsie roll pops to quit. That was 18 years ago!! Didn't gain any weight at all and felt better quickly.

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!

1st of Sept...start diet/exercise a new me!!!! tomorrow 3rd Sept Quit Smoking, now that will be the hard part....i need some support and help with is one!!! keep in touch

I quit smoking two years ago after smoking for 25 years -- Here's the deal: get an e-cig - I couldn't have quit without it and actually had two doctors tell me to get one to quit smoking. Yes, i did gain weight that i am now trying to get off, but I still don't smoke and as a matter of fact, hate the smell now. It took a while to get to the point to hate the smell, but it happened. i think the potpourri smell of the e-cig liquid helped with that. If you go the e-cig route, start out high on nicotine to help you out, then gradually go down to zero. I still use my e-cig, but no nicotine in 18+ months. I just like the taste now -- it has become somewhat of a hobby to taste the different liquids, but it isn't an all day thing with me. My 19 year old son and his friends recently quit using e-cigs and have now cut their nicotine in half. Please quit smoking. You will be happier in the long run. Good luck and reach out if you need my help. The first two weeks will be the most difficult probably.

Later this month will see me having been cigarette free for 8 years. I gave up cold turkey.

The very best of luck to you in kicking the habit. You *can* do it!

You CAN quit!

My birthday present to myself was to quit smoking, which I did 20 years ago this month! I had smoked for 25 years. I did gain about 10 lbs. at the beginning, but was able to lose that after a few months. In my experience, if you can make it without a cigarette for 30 days you have a good chance of being smoke-free. After 6 months or so I never really thought about cigarettes again.

At that time I calculated that I was spending about $20 a week on cigarettes. I put a $20 bill in a little box every Sunday morning for a year. On my *next* birthday, I took the $1,040 dollars I'd saved and bought myself a pair of beautiful diamond earrings. They are a permanent reminder that I can do whatever I choose to do with my time, my money and my life.

I have 3 friends who used Chantix and they are all smoke-free 4-5 years later.

P.S. Take up a hobby where you use your hands. I took up needlepoint and it was a wonderful way to keep my hands busy that was NOT smoking a cigarette! By the time I finished that needlepoint I no longer had cravings.

Coming up on almost six months, after 18 years of smoking.

After trying to quit periodically during my 18 years of smoking, i had relegated myself to just always being a smoker. I would always tell myself i'd quit some time down the road, but never really believed it.

My roommate, a fellow smoker, quit while reading "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" by Alan Carr. It's available online or at large bookstores. After he quit, he lent it to me. The book encourages you to smoke while reading it. What do i lose then, but a little time? I lit a cigarette, and turned the first page. By the end of the book, i had smoked my last cigarette. Now my roommate and I are both smoke free. A friend of my father is now almost two months free, after smoking for 50 + years, after reading the book.

The book doesn't try to scare you out of smoking. That kind of crap only makes non-smokers feel better about not smoking. No adult smoker has any delusions that cigarettes are healthy. We know they stink, cost a lot, and make stairs an issue. The book just gives you a better perspective on how the addiction works, and demonstrates that it's almost 100% in your mind; the nicotine cravings aren't that big of a deal; it's all the behaviors we build into our lives as smokers, to facilitate smoking, that we need to address.

The real surprise isn't that i quit smoking temporarily. I'd done that before, cold turkey. But from the moment i put out my last cigarette, i didn't have any dread about "never being able to smoke again." I got the occasional craving, but never got frustrated dealing with it. Never got grumpy, never really missed smoking. Now it's 6 months later, and i'm not so much a "former smoker" as a "non-smoker".

So... for the price of three or four packs of cigarettes, i highly recommend the book. If you get fed up with the temptation, or if you ever find yourself smoking again and want to stop, pick it up.

Today is 68 days since quitting dipping. I used to smoke in college and for me it was not that hard to give up once I graduated, but as time went on I went back to smokeless tobacco.

I have tried to quit the habit for a while and failed at a few attemps, but this time, I think it has stuck.

My advice (if you can work it out), quit right before a big change in your daily routine. Quit right before a vacation, something that gets you out of your normal routine.

For me I was dipping at work (desk job), driving, and working around the house. I quit and went on vacation and when I came back home, it had been 10 day without tobacco, which helps to show that if you can go a short time without it, you can quit it for good.

Good Luck! You will be so much happier once you can say that you "USED to smoke"

Also try http://www.stickk.com/

This is a website where you sign up and list your commitment goal. You check in and it can help you stay on top.

Also you have the option of setting it up so that it will penalize you if you slip, of course you have to be honest and tell the app that you slipped and you have to set it up, but you can set it up to draw out like $1 if you slip up and it donates that dollar to a charity that you like or don't like.

If you are pro-life you can have it set up so that if you slip up it donates $1 to a pro-choice group or something like that.... its been a few years.