Goona need a lot of help with this one

reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
http:///forum/post/3071542
Good Luck and gods speed Teresa, do it for your family and FUTURE grandkids!
I am thinking about giving up Peanut m&m's but I feel that I might need some kind of support group and therapy.

Giving up my nightly Scotch rocks was easy but they'd have to throw my butt into rehab to get me off the Pnut M's.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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As crazy as it sounds I actually just recently took up pipe smoking as a way to help with weight loss. I am a 757 range wide body so I gotta take off the weight. It was pretty easy to give up drinking but imfortunately you can't quit food cold turkey. I figure if I can use the pipe to stave off the food cravings why not.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/3070841
i quit a long time ago ,smoked for 10 yrs when i was young and dumb(well dumber anyway)
a few years ago my friend asked me to light one up for him ,it tasted like licking an ashtray terrible.
dont know how i enjoyed them.
just think wont have to worry how many are left before you need to buy more,where the hell is my lighter?are my teeth yellow?
i am sure at $8 a pack will help you also.
just think of all the stuff you can put in your tank saving on coffin nails

good luck

You were sooo fortunate that you didn't get hooked again...I am sure your buddy could light his own cancer stick without your help....I have had at least 3 friends and my X husband who tasted for whatever reason, said it was sooo bad they didn't know why they ever smoked and next thing I knew they were smokers again.
Nicotine is very addictive and once being hooked once it is very easy to get into trouble again. You and all quiters reading this.... If you must test and can't resist, sniff an ashtray to remind yourself why you quit. Never, ever light one up and taste it that way, not even just lighting it for a friend.
Okay preaching done.
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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hey flower just got to your post.
after i lit the stick and blew it out it was nasty.
i didnt for a second want to smoke it.
actually i couldnt believe i used to enjoy it.
waste of money and lungs.
i do smoke a cigar on occasion here and there .
but really need to stop that also my wife hates the smell.
even the cigars are costing too much .
so instead of buying a cigar and wasting the money i waste the money on lottery instead.
maybe that would help the op,when you are at the store and see the smokes use the cash on lottery instead?
you get the same return .
nothing
 
U

usirchchris

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I quit after smoking for 16 years. I used the patch...you will still crave it, but it takes some of the edge off. I only did step 3. I just took it 1 minute at a time. When I craved it...I just told myself to hold one minute, then when that one was up another minute, and so on until something else distracted me, and the craving was gone. I tried to quit 7 times before I was successful. DO NOT DRINK!!! this was always my downfall. Been smoke free for 3 years now
 
cranberry

cranberry

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I quit 4 years ago. When I lived in Texas, no one smoked but me. Now that I'm in California and quit, it seems everyone smokes but me.
My mom has quit for something like 15 years. I honestly never thought she would do it. There was always a ciggy burning in the ash tray. She was my inspiration.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3076445
ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Just try not to think about it....yeah I know how dumb that sounds coming from someone who also smoked for over 30+ years.....
We're here for you
 
nina&noah

nina&noah

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I had a teacher who once quit and he had a really neat idea that might make it a little more "worth" quiting. First he showed us the mathematical computation for how much money he was spending on cigarettes a week/month/year/10 years etc... Then he said he kept a large clear jar in his bedroom. Every week he put the amount of money he would spend in cigarettes in the jar. As the days go by and you watch that jar fill up, it will remind you of not only the money you are saving, but also the years. It is very symbolic.
At the end of a year (or a date of your choice) take the money and celebrate your life. Buy yourself something nice, or go on a little trip. There will be alot of money in that jar depending on how much you smoked.
Good Luck!
 
teresaq

teresaq

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I have started slowly. I have two packs left. I am trying to only use them when I really feel the need. Other then that its gum. I need something to occupy my hand. I need some straws.
 
pezenfuego

pezenfuego

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I hope you don't mind if I ask a few semi-personal questions. How old were you when you started? At what point did you start to wish you hadn't started? Do you regret everything about it or were there some instances in which you had no regret?
I have grown up knowing that cigarettes are bad and told by everyone that had any impact on me that I shouldn't smoke. I have no intention to start and I hope that it stays this way. My big question for you is this:
When you were my age, what was your view on cigarettes? Did you grow up the same way or was "everybody" doing it.
Maybe I shouldn't ask these questions since it is probably best to get your mind off of it

Good luck in your quest, I can't begin to comprehend what it must be like for you...
 
teresaq

teresaq

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I started at 13. All my friends did and it was cool.
I still enjoy it, though that morning cough is getting to me
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3076667
I started at 13. All my friends did and it was cool.
I still enjoy it, though that morning cough is getting to me

LOL...I started at about 8....older siblings friends thought it was "CUTE" to give the little sis cigs

The sad part was I also still enjoyed it...BUT knew it was killing me...
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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about 12 yrs old also.
funny trying to hide it from the parents my dumb ass brother still smokes .he has two kids now 4 and 6 watching him do it.
in the winter we used to go into the back yard and smoke try to hide the butts in the snow,well come spring there must have beed a thousand butts between my brother and i back there.
my father would make us clean up .he never told us to quit or try to stop us .
it seemed easy for me to quit i just seemed to just not like them anymore .i would lite one up and at the most smoke half or less.so one day i thought why even bother and that was it.
i am getting the same way with coffee now.used to drink it all day now i might make a cup 2 or 3 times a week.
just dont have the taste for it anymore.
well today will be the big test for the op.
party and drinking stay strong
 
veni vidi vici

veni vidi vici

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30 years of smoking and im now into my 5th week of being smoke free.
Im taking Chantix ,it works well.The first week sucked ,particularly the first three days.But after that it has been pretty smooth sailing.
Good Luck.
 
sueandherzoo

sueandherzoo

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I don't know about anyone else but I found I was very depressed for the first few months after I quit smoking. I cried a lot and just felt like something MAJOR was gone or had died. IT felt as if I had just lost my best friend. If you've smoked for a long time it IS a major part of your life, and something that is "there for you" 24/7. When you're upset, you turn to a cigarette. When you're happy, you have a cigarette. When you've done a good job and deserve a reward, you take a cigarette break. You have one as soon as you wake up and you have one the minute before bed. Before you leave the house you make sure you have your keys and your cigarettes. You start the car then you light up. You log onto your computer and light up. After eating, cigarette was dessert. It was a part of all your emotions and all your daily routines.
Don't let anyone tell you to just "get over it" because it IS a big loss and it does feel like a death or like you've lost a good friend. Go ahead and be depressed. I used to get in my car, drive around, and just cry because I missed it so much.
It gets easier but it's NOT easy.
Oh, and the one thought that really saved me from giving into the urges was reminding myself that I COULD go ahead and have one if I wanted to but that I was CHOOSING not to. Instead of feeling deprived or frustrated that something or someone is telling you you cannot have a cigarette, empower yourself with the reminder that you are consciously choosing not to. Your choice - no one elses.
Sue
 
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