Doctors orders...quit cigarettes!

09-18-2009, 04:11 PM

Good luck and way to go! I quit cigarettes 23 years ago and it was rough. Three weeks of chewing gum and I had to stop that because my mouth tasted like rubber all the time. To this day I don't chew gum anymore. I didn't pick up cigars until around '04 (I grew up around them with my great-grandfather) and never have had a craving for a cigarette. The hardest part about it is the psychological part, wanting that smoke after eating, while driving, etc. No regrets at all here.

I had a heart stent put in this summer and I told all of the heart specialists about my occasional cigar and they didn't care a bit about those. I go through a lot of cigars during the warm months but few during the cold months.

GKitty · 09-18-2009, 04:44 PM

It sounds tough, but I've found it's easier than I thought it would be.

Today is day #28 without a cig for me, so I'm in the depths of my quitting right now. I've been to a herf and had a few cigars, but no patches, gum, hypnosis, or anything. The cravings are almost completely gone. It's the reflex habit now that I'm dealing with. Looking for my cigs when I leave the house before I remember that I don't have any anymore. Reaching into my purse when I get in the car only to discover I don't have any in there because I QUIT!!

Those'll go away with time I'm sure.

Stay the course and remember why you're doing this.

Old Sailor · 09-18-2009, 06:23 PM

Thanks all, it will be tough after smoking for 37 years, but just getting out of breath climbing the stairs at work kicked me in the head to do something.

bazookajoe · 09-18-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GKitty

...Stay the course and remember why you're doing this.

Hope things go easy for you Dave, your health is the most important thing. And hopefully the cigars will help take the edge off - nice of the doc to not pressure you about that.

Sailkat · 09-18-2009, 07:35 PM

Good luck, Dave! Know you can do it!

Barteur · 09-18-2009, 08:04 PM

Good luck Dave

09-18-2009, 04:11 PM	#1
gui_tarzan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Doctors orders...quit cigarettes! Good luck and way to go! I quit cigarettes 23 years ago and it was rough. Three weeks of chewing gum and I had to stop that because my mouth tasted like rubber all the time. To this day I don't chew gum anymore. I didn't pick up cigars until around '04 (I grew up around them with my great-grandfather) and never have had a craving for a cigarette. The hardest part about it is the psychological part, wanting that smoke after eating, while driving, etc. No regrets at all here. I had a heart stent put in this summer and I told all of the heart specialists about my occasional cigar and they didn't care a bit about those. I go through a lot of cigars during the warm months but few during the cold months.

09-18-2009, 06:23 PM	#3
Old Sailor Black Ops - S.O.B. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Side Porta!! Kingsville, Ont., Canada Posts: 4,232 Trading: (22)	Re: Doctors orders...quit cigarettes! Thanks all, it will be tough after smoking for 37 years, but just getting out of breath climbing the stairs at work kicked me in the head to do something. __________________ Canadian Armed Forces 1976! Canadian Coast Guard, retired in 2012 after 32 years!!

09-18-2009, 07:35 PM	#5
Sailkat Smooth sailing Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kat Location: St. Clair Shores, MI Posts: 638 Trading: (5)	Re: Doctors orders...quit cigarettes! Good luck, Dave! Know you can do it! __________________ "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde

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Barteur Golf is life Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Eric Location: Montreal Posts: 724 Trading: (18)	Re: Doctors orders...quit cigarettes! Good luck Dave __________________

09-18-2009, 04:44 PM	#2
GKitty JAFO Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Crystal Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 1,938 Trading: (8)	Re: Doctors orders...quit cigarettes! It sounds tough, but I've found it's easier than I thought it would be. Today is day #28 without a cig for me, so I'm in the depths of my quitting right now. I've been to a herf and had a few cigars, but no patches, gum, hypnosis, or anything. The cravings are almost completely gone. It's the reflex habit now that I'm dealing with. Looking for my cigs when I leave the house before I remember that I don't have any anymore. Reaching into my purse when I get in the car only to discover I don't have any in there because I QUIT!! Those'll go away with time I'm sure. Stay the course and remember why you're doing this. __________________ A lost SOTL wandering the weird landscape of domesticity.