Lol, been trying to quit ever since this thread started a very long time ago... Now a days, I'm working out allmost daily, pushing myself to stay in shape, and minding what I do or do not eat. But still, I smoke like a chimney. Still trying to figure out which one is actually useless, the smoking or the work-out
No joking, this is exactly how I quit I started smoking when I was 16 & I smoked 1 pk a day, quit when I was 18 with the help of weed My mom is currently quitting using Champix, so far so good
Ok i never compleatly stoped smoking, but last half of year im kinda "casual" smoker after 12 years of smoking. Thing about smoking is, one part is nicotine addiction and other part is habbit. First i reduced daily dosage to about 5-6 cigarettes /day, just enought to satisfy my nicotine addiction and i always knew im mentaly strong enough to overcome habbit of smoking every 20min. Then i didnt go out for about 10 days and bum, i managed to achive that i (almost) never think about cigarettes any more because of some sort of "addiction". Catch is, i usualy still light smoke or two on a night when i go out for a couple of beers, but thats not because i would need nicotine, but more because after couple of beers you wanna light a cigarette out of habbit and because you drink few beers and you lower your guard. I probably would manage to overcome this as well with a bit more of a mental strenght, but honestly why bother? I personaly dont care if i light few cigarettes / week in the evening while drinking beer, my main goal was to stop smoking during a day for no reason except addiction.
the timing of me reading this thread is perfect and I appreciate all the tips and comments here I have had chronic back pain (diagnosed as spondylolysis) for last 10 years; this back pain has affected me in so many ways from performing at my daily job to just plain enjoying life; it has limited my life so much; so today I finally got to meet with a surgeon and he explained to me how the spinal fusion surgery will work and its impacts in the process he asked me if I smoked and I said yes, all the while thinking what does this have to do with my surgery; he explained that smoking prevents the body from creating more blood platelets which are critical to a successful post-surgery recovery for the first time in my life I have a reason to quit smoking...I want the back surgery to go 100% and if stopping smoking helps, then it has to be done Big Tobacco is going to lose one more customer this year lol never give up the fight on this poison; cigarettes should be outlawed and any government that has its citizens' best interests would illegalize it overnight cigarettes are drugs and they should be treated like all other drugs , anything less is hypocritical
6 months cig free to the day, today for me!!!! my last was on Nov. 10, 2010--just stopped cold turkey and it was no problem, and i had smoked for 11 years at about 1 1/2 packs/day ganja's another story, but i just recently gave that up too. three weeks and counting.
had stopped smoking for 6 moths. 6 moths are over, blaah, why did i start smoking again ^( Almost lost hope to quit.
The Best way to quit smoking is to divert mind to other things when you feel smoking like viewing scenries drinking juices etc etc.
I stopped before for 18 months and started again - now Im finding it hard to stop. and procrastinating I will succeed soon
i think it just requires a firm choice and some simple evaluation of pros and cons, at least that's how i looked at it; well that and i was under heavy conviction in my heart over it... since it has no pros, the cons always outweigh it, ie. eventually dieing of emphysema / cancer / lung disease / heart disease / etc; feeling of suffocation from not getting enough oxygen; stroke or heart attack from damaged arteries; constant intake of poisonous chemicals that can cause numerous other health problems from a weakened immune system; not to mention the $2737.50/year (@ 1.5 packs/day @ $5.00/pack for me) in just cost; stinky breath and clothes; gummed up pc fans, tar stained walls, etc. (smoking in the home)... just so many things really that are not worth it in the long run should be enough for anyone to make an educated decision to quit. once these things really got in my head, quitting was no harder than riding a bicycle... over 7 months cig/nicotine free and counting for me