htown 02:07 PM 12-21-2009
With the birth of my third son looming (1/15 due date), I quit smoking the day before yesterday. Please send positive energy in my direction.
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Giant & 49er Fan 02:10 PM 12-21-2009
Remember that nothing is strong enough to control your life but YOU! Especially the chemical sticks!
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TripleF 02:16 PM 12-21-2009
Uhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
Uhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
Feel it?
If you get in a pickle and want a cigarette, tell yourself you can have one in 5 minutes. Look at the clock and then do something knowing you can have on in 5 minutes.......
Do it enough times and 5 minutes becomes an hour,an hour becomes an afternnon, and so on.
:-)
It's not easy but you CAN DO IT!!!
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Blueface 02:18 PM 12-21-2009
Took me many attempts to finally quit cigarettes.
Has been since 1988 now that I haven't had one.
I finally did via a pneumonia and after getting over it, I kept setting a 30 day goal, one month at a time.
I repeated to myself that if I made it to the one year mark, I would never look back. I haven't since.
Good luck.
Not easy to do.
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DoctorBJ 02:24 PM 12-21-2009
Originally Posted by TripleF:
If you get in a pickle and want a cigarette, tell yourself you can have one in 5 minutes. Look at the clock and then do something knowing you can have on in 5 minutes.......
Do it enough times and 5 minutes becomes an hour,an hour becomes an afternnon, and so on. :-)
It's not easy but you CAN DO IT!!!
Agreed!
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68TriShield 02:54 PM 12-21-2009
Many of us have,no reason you can't do it too
:-)
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weak_link 03:10 PM 12-21-2009
I chewed the nicorette gum for years and never really quit cigs. Spent a ton of money on both.
Tried the patch and was done in a couple months. FWIW, I was smoking a pack a day and purchased the patch that said for 'pack a day smokers.' What a mistake tha was. It was like being in the 7th grade and smoking a Marlboro Red, I turned several shades of green, got the sweats and wished I had puked. I decided to give it another try and got the 1/2 pack a day kit and it worked just like it was supposed to. My cravings went way down and eventually I forgot I was a smoker.
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Starscream 03:16 PM 12-21-2009
I quit for three years, but started back up in late May or early June of this year. Don't know why, I just did. I decided to quit again this past Monday and I haven't looked back. I'll have gone a full week w/o smoking a cigarette at 7:30 this evening.
Sunflower seeds helped me quit the first time.
Nasal snuff has helped me quit this time.
Good luck, Mike.
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htown 06:26 AM 12-22-2009
On day four and feeling a little better.
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tobii3 06:30 AM 12-22-2009
Quitting cigs is easy!!
I've done it a bunch of times!!
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Riff Raff 06:55 AM 12-22-2009
I quit smoking cigarettes two years, one month and 3 days ago. I quit cold turkey and there weren't any problems. Wanna know how? I hard a heart attack.
Yeah, not the best way to accomplish it. I am thinking your way is much better. You CAN do this. Every minute without a cigarette is a small victory. One cigarette will negate all those victories. You can beat this. I am praying for you brother!
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Blueface 07:53 AM 12-22-2009
Originally Posted by tobii3:
Quitting cigs is easy!!
I've done it a bunch of times!!
:-)
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Starscream 09:03 AM 12-22-2009
Originally Posted by htown:
On day four and feeling a little better.
Keep it up, brother.
:-)
I just hit the one week mark, so we're in this together.
:-)
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htown 10:41 AM 12-22-2009
Congrats. Are you smoking cigars or are you backing off for a while?
Originally Posted by andysutherland:
Keep it up, brother.:-)
I just hit the one week mark, so we're in this together.:-)
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floydpink 10:46 AM 12-22-2009
You can do it. Set a goal, stick to it, take it one day at a time and never think "just one" will work as it just screwed me again after beating it for 7 months.
:-)
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htown 08:05 PM 12-24-2009
Day five over- man I wanted one after dinner.
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68TriShield 08:46 PM 12-24-2009
Originally Posted by htown:
Day five over- man I wanted one after dinner.
Never mind that.Pick up some smaller cigars too.If the wife and I can quit cold turkey,you can too.
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tobii3 09:10 PM 12-24-2009
On a more serious note, I quit the cigs on May 28th this year.
Ain't had one since.
I did the double whammy approach - Wellbutrin AND the Patch.
I smoked for over 20 years....you can do it, Bro!
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htown 09:26 PM 12-24-2009
Originally Posted by 68TriShield:
Never mind that.Pick up some smaller cigars too.If the wife and I can quit cold turkey,you can too.
Yeah, I smoked a Boli Bonita, but I need to buy some minutos for the car.
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