Quitting Cigs.

[Kreth]

Everybody good, no relapses?
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[htown]

I slipped but I am back at about thirteen days with out a cigarette.

[MrsSledn]

Mike you can do it!

I smoked on and off from 7th grade until last year. 22 years. I quit smoking around the time Crystal (GKitty) did. Early Septmeber, 2009. I found out I was pregnant and stopped. When we found out the baby stopped growing, I thought about going back to smoking. I had to tell myself, no. I would not do it regardless of the baby's status while I still carried it. When the miscarriage was final, I just didn't go back. My mom passed away from lung cancer in November of 2007 that she didn't get from smoking, and even that didn't get me to quit back then. But now, I keep that in the back of my head. I always say now, that the silver lining from my short pregnancy... It got me to quit a nasty habit that I didn't want my 7 year old to pick up.

It's been almost 8 months. I just had my first cigar, the other day. I was afraid to have a cigar thinking it would bring my craving for the quick cigarette, back. I can't say I will have a cigar everyday...

You can kick it. Don't let a slip get you down. Keep going. Take it minute by minute. Hour to hour... Day to day. Try to avoid the things that make you want to smoke.

[tomc3084]

I need to stop, man do I need to stop

[poker]

Originally Posted by tomc3084

I need to stop, man do I need to stop

You and me both.

[floydpink]

I had it kicked for 7 months and just relapsed.

[kugie]

Originally Posted by floydpink

I had it kicked for 7 months and just relapsed.

Just do it again.

I Stopped in October relapsed then stopped agin in November and started right back up again then Stopped right before Christmas and have not had one since.

Even on the last couple of jobs I have been on have been a real bear and man did I want one but I held on.
It gets easier even when those bad days happen and you really want one.

[floydpink]

I do best setting a target date and am shooting, for the 10th time, for New Years.

Couple of guys at work pushed me back into it is the excuse I'm using this time.....

[yourchoice]

I quit almost two years ago for about four months (with the help of some BOTLs). I'm ashamed that I relapsed and picked it up again. I really need to quit again....once and for all.

[kugie]

Originally Posted by yourchoice

I quit almost two years ago for about four months (with the help of some BOTLs). I'm ashamed that I relapsed and picked it up again. I really need to quit again....once and for all.

When I quit in December That was probablly the 10 th time I had done it over all. 2.5 years one time and started it back up. But for Some reason this one is different. I don't feel the the urgency and I have learned to relax a little better.
So when I want one I have a better time fighting through it.

[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by tomc3084

I need to stop, man do I need to stop

Originally Posted by poker

You and me both.

You two need to give it up,period. You have and enjoy cigars,you don't need cigarettes.That is enough.


As for the rest of you,no more relapses.That's bullsh!t.

[Kreth]

Wow, opened a can of worms with my post. Still cig free here. If I can do this, so can you. Just think of how much better those cigars will taste without the cigarettes frying your taste buds.
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[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by Kreth

Wow, opened a can of worms with my post. Still cig free here. If I can do this, so can you. Just think of how much better those cigars will taste without the cigarettes frying your taste buds.
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Not really Jeff.You asked and they spilled the beans.Better to take the heat and help than to lie to your friends
Oh and you are so right about cigars tasting better,but they know that already
Next time you guys get the urge,come back to this thread to be talked off the ledge.
You have support here.

[MrsSledn]

Originally Posted by kugie

But for Some reason this one is different. I don't feel the the urgency and I have learned to relax a little better.
So when I want one I have a better time fighting through it.

I felt the same way with quitting this time as well. I tried quitting back in the winter of 2004 or 2005. It didn't fare well. First few days weren't so bad. Then I was getting so anxious and just mad. LOL I even threw a bad working VCR against the front door one morning. After that happened, I said to myself, quitting isn't worth losing it. I called my mom in law and asked her to pick me up a pack.

I remember thinking, I will know when the time is right to quit. This time I am more at ease with my choice. I am not ready to be around multiple people smoking yet though.

[OLS]

There is only one way to quit, and surprisingly it is good for most of what ails you in the long run.
Don't mistake me for a fundamentalist or even a practicing Christian anymore. But think
back on all the things that make you smoke. If you smoke only when you drink, stop going to bars.
If you smoke when your kids stress you out, shoot em and end all that. If you smoke after a meal,
stop eating.

That all sounds fine, but in the real world, you can't get away with number two and three. But the
plain and simple fact is, tricks don't work, gum doesn't work, hypnosis doesn't work. You have to
remove from your life the triggering mechanisms. If that means going to a pipe for an occasional
non-inhaling nicotine fix or some Cohiba Minis, then get some. But for me it was weed. I could not
smoke weed and NOT smoke a cigarette after. As much as it is killing me I had to quit smoking the
weed I dearly love. No cigarettes for me now. I DID go to having a pipe on my ride home from work.
But you have to watch that. based on what I can feel, there is a risk of tongue cancer. But my
lungs are free of smoke, and if you can smoke cigs, you can handle the strong pipe tobacco. Talk
about a nic kick. I have some that makes me feel like I had a big ol bong hit. You GOT TO give up
the things that make you think of cigs or you cannot succeed.

And remember, once you quit, that buying a pack just to get you over a bad day is NOT good.
YOU KNOW WITHOUT SAYING IT, the cig is going to taste like crap, then you have 19 left to
deal with. That is the big hurdle. Find a way over it without that pack.

[htown]

Twenty days no cigs.

[68TriShield]

Originally Posted by OLS

There is only one way to quit, and surprisingly it is good for most of what ails you in the long run.
Don't mistake me for a fundamentalist or even a practicing Christian anymore. But think
back on all the things that make you smoke. If you smoke only when you drink, stop going to bars.
If you smoke when your kids stress you out, shoot em and end all that. If you smoke after a meal,
stop eating.

That all sounds fine, but in the real world, you can't get away with number two and three. But the
plain and simple fact is, tricks don't work, gum doesn't work, hypnosis doesn't work. You have to
remove from your life the triggering mechanisms. If that means going to a pipe for an occasional
non-inhaling nicotine fix or some Cohiba Minis, then get some. But for me it was weed. I could not
smoke weed and NOT smoke a cigarette after. As much as it is killing me I had to quit smoking the
weed I dearly love. No cigarettes for me now. I DID go to having a pipe on my ride home from work.
But you have to watch that. based on what I can feel, there is a risk of tongue cancer. But my
lungs are free of smoke, and if you can smoke cigs, you can handle the strong pipe tobacco. Talk
about a nic kick. I have some that makes me feel like I had a big ol bong hit. You GOT TO give up
the things that make you think of cigs or you cannot succeed.

And remember, once you quit, that buying a pack just to get you over a bad day is NOT good.
YOU KNOW WITHOUT SAYING IT, the cig is going to taste like crap, then you have 19 left to
deal with. That is the big hurdle. Find a way over it without that pack.

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

[Kreth]

So, I haven't really had any serious cravings for a cigarette since the first couple of weeks. I get minor cravings if I see someone smoking on TV, but not serious enough to want to have one. And if I'm actually around smokers, it's like car exhaust to me. I have been smoking small cigars if I have to be in the car longer than 10-15 minutes (one of my triggers).
Anyway, about a week ago, I had a dream where I was going absolutely nuts for a cigarette: turning the apartment upside-down looking for left-overs, trying to bum one. For some strange reason, it never occurred to me in the dream to just go buy a pack. When I woke up, no cravings...
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[D_A]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

I did it cold turkey as well. Giving up eating, beer, coffee, driving, walking, sitting, standing, riding, breathing, etc wasn't really feasible. It was a *****, but it is so worth it. Hang in there people, the longer you can hold out the easier it gets. Good luck.

[eber]

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

I call BS Brad. I and the wife quit cold turkey without giving up the so called triggers.

I quit cold turkey as well almost 2 years ago and I have not relapsed once, in my opinion you have to be quitting for YOU and not because anyone else wants you too. I did not change anything else about my daily activities or the people who I hung out with, many of which smoked.