I quit 14 years ago with the nicoderm patches. I used them for 20 weeks instead of the reccomended 13. My doctor advised me it was better to stay on the patch if I still needed it. Have to say he was right. I used to be a two pack a day smoker. Think of all the trips I could have taken to cancun instead. Good luck. You can do it...............it's not the will power it's the don't power. Just don't and get through it, eventually the craving will pass in a minute or two. I still occassionally crave and even sometimes feel like I had one. Goes to show the power of the addiction. I have to say it is so much better to wake up and not cough a lung, I did gain some weight ( maybe only 5 lbs) but I gain weigh more being a smoker and being sedentary ............so after I quit I dropped 80 lbs........and today I feel so much better. I run, I work out and I know that my heart and my lungs are healthy. Do your body good and quit. Monique
great sucess!!! I dont really think it matters if it takes a person i week, or 5 years to compleatly stop smoking, i think it really is the Desire, and determination to be healthier. Droping 80lbs. is just short of superhuman!! I have already gained 5lbs. this last week i diddnt care so long as the smokes stayed out of my mouth. today im going to be alot better about not just eating to eat. I diddnt get to meet you last sept. hope to this year. continued progress on your diet and excersise.
great point monique it does pass if you just dont everyone has their own motivations for me it was (and still is in some ways) quite simply a mental statement i make to myself "I no longer have a choice of smoking or not smolking. The only choice I have is to quit" hope you guys have fun without us this year happy quitters :mnm:
I agree Rob, To me its a mental statement to myself... Im such a competitive bastard at sports and everything else, So I keep telling myself that cigarettes will not beat me. Ive been doing good, I started by not smoking in my car, then I went to not smoking at the house, then to not smoking on days I had my daughter... its gotten to the point now where I only smoke when I go out for drinks, ive had 5 cigarettes since last friday night, Im not goin to say im quitting yet, cuz then it will be a mental struggle, but I am doing pretty good so far
any step in the right direction is a good step jim another thing that has really helped me is that one of my best friends actually stopped smoking about 6 months prior to me signing up as a f'n quitter/loser and that has also helped saint poppy has even cut back drastically (as he has seen me and kato lose the battle and just quit) but i do not think tiny tim will ever try to be a quitter - must be a new york thing huh jim? rob
Im telling ya, its gotta be a new york thing, with all the taxes and control up here...though you would think new yorkers would be the first ones to quit, for a pack of cigarettes is 11.00 bucks now, I went to the store last friday and got a pack of smokes and 2 gallons of gas for 18.20..... thank god they havent taxed up beer and wings yet, or id moved lol
amazing isnt it oh forgot this subject is about personal responsibility and knowing that quitting/losing is okay ............ and the subject is not about government responsibility (never is is it lol) and learning that government quitting/losing is a good thing too the libertarian in me is always at work jimbo.......and these days i am having a field day.....of sorts.......as a true believer in the power of losing/quitting!!!! the best rob "Don`t need no one to blame Don`t need no disguise No sugar to sweet my brain" from the song A clean pair of eyes by david gray
I like the pic Rob.........that was a fun night. Rob it is those words from someone else that helped me quit and I am so glad I did. Monique
Well I (Faye) decided to take a break from smoking in April of 2004. I haven't had a cigarette since. I will always be a smoker but now I am a smoker on a break.... I am always scared to say I quit the habit as I know I am one puff away from starting again! I hope to not take it up again & if I make it to 100 I will on that birthday celebrate with a cigarette! LOL :mnm:
