2 years of non smoking down the drain...

selfblessed · #1 08-10-2009, 09:14 PM

Yep I went 2 years a few months with out smoking cigarettes. I went on a camping trip with my wife and her family and come out of it feinding for em....

Anyone else have similar experience's and or advise. Because the truth of the matter is that I am a super guilty smoker.

scottice · #2 08-10-2009, 09:19 PM

Stay strong... you can do it!

OptimusPrime · #3 08-10-2009, 09:38 PM

I quit for a week a month or so back. But now I'm back into it. Just drove 5 miles to get a pack of cigs and a tank of gas.

Jonny B · #4 08-10-2009, 09:41 PM

Every time you finish a smoke, put it out on your arm or some other part of your body. You'll quit again in no time.

P.S. Let me know if this actually works, so I can tell other people about it. Me, I'll probably just start using the patch again.

selfblessed · #5 08-10-2009, 10:12 PM

I used the losenges. They were aweful tasting. That helped plus getting hammered drunk and realizing that I did not need to smoke when I was drunk. Now I want ot take it easy on the drinking. I feel a recluse spell coming on. I don't really feel like going out any more. I would rather stay home and (try) to write music.

But anyways...you play with fire you get burned.

bluewine · #6 08-10-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by selfblessed

I used the losenges. They were aweful tasting. That helped plus getting hammered drunk and realizing that I did not need to smoke when I was drunk. Now I want ot take it easy on the drinking. I feel a recluse spell coming on. I don't really feel like going out any more. I would rather stay home and (try) to write music.

But anyways...you play with fire you get burned.

For me not drinking and being out playing in clubs when everyone else is drinking is weird. But I am not going to lose 30 years of no drinking for nobody.

The days of drivin into work , late ,hung over and with alchol fumes burning the hairs off inside your nose are over.

Hawaii Islander · #7 08-10-2009, 10:28 PM

The only advice I can give is to stop as soon as possible again. The longer you smoke the harder it will become to quit the next time.

I quite smoking cigarettes in April 2007. I took two drags off a cigarette in October 2008 and smoked half a cigarette in December 2008 (both due to stress).

These things happen (even to the point of smoking a pack or more in some cases). That doesn't mean all the previous effort was for nothing or wasted.

You are probably in a much better place to quit now than when you first stopped smoking. Nicotine levels are likely still low and your lungs and circulatory system are in better shape than before (in most cases).

Try again and think of it as an extension of the previous two years of not smoking instead of starting over.

kanonfodr · #8 08-10-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by selfblessed

Yep I went 2 years a few months with out smoking cigarettes. I went on a camping trip with my wife and her family and come out of it feinding for em....

Anyone else have similar experience's and or advise. Because the truth of the matter is that I am a super guilty smoker.

Well dude, just get over and and don't smoke another one. Everyone's human and thus we all make mistakes. Just don't repeat yours.

Peace,
Greg

kesslari · #9 08-10-2009, 10:37 PM

The two years wasn't wasted - it was smoke free, and your body was able to recover some.
You slipped. Get back on the wagon, and get healthy again.

Michael Case · #10 08-10-2009, 10:42 PM

Just stop, you already did it once. I'm a year and 3 months smoke free and I'll get a STRONG craving every now and then.

For the record, my girlfriend smokes (not in our place), her parents smoke, and most of our friends smoke. I'm around 99% of the time, but I've managed. I just remember how difficult the first two weeks without smoking were and it keeps me clean.

Hawaii Islander · #11 08-10-2009, 10:47 PM

The other thing that helps keep me from starting up again (hate to say it because it makes me mad) is the price $89.00 per carton!

Michael Case · #12 08-10-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander

The other thing that helps keep me from starting up again (hate to say it because it makes me mad) is the price $89.00 per carton!

What!? WHO? WHOA! That's crazy.

selfblessed · #13 08-10-2009, 11:04 PM

Wow guys I never thought of it that way. Some good points/advise. My wife smokes and all of my friends smoke too. Which made it tough last time. Life I guess.

Mr Islander...I too quit April of2007. It was the first oft he month on a Sunday.

Eff it. Im done. I can't be that deep into it.

selfblessed · #14 08-10-2009, 11:05 PM

$89 is dumb. I know its not healthy and what not but geeze.

Munjibunga · #15 08-10-2009, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander

The other thing that helps keep me from starting up again (hate to say it because it makes me mad) is the price $89.00 per carton!

So for the price of ten cartons of cigarettes, you could buy a pretty nice ukulele.

I'm not going to be much help for all you smokers, but for you young'uns that might be tempted, I'll just say the easiest way to quit smoking is to not start. I've never smoked, and I quit drinking over 25 years ago, and I'd hate to think what condition I'd be in at my age if I did those things. You can get away with it when you're young, but you'll pay a price later on and, trust me, it isn't worth it.

Number27 · #16 08-10-2009, 11:10 PM

you should start a quit smoking bet with your wife and friends. everytime one of you catches another smoking, the smoker has to pay the other one 20 bux. or something like that.

Hawaii Islander · #17 08-10-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Munjibunga

So for the price of ten cartons of cigarettes, you could buy a pretty nice Bass Guitar.

I'm not going to be much help for all you smokers, but for you young'uns that might be tempted, I'll just say the easiest way to quit smoking is to not start. I've never smoked, and I quit drinking over 25 years ago, and I'd hate to think what condition I'd be in at my age if I did those things. You can get away with it when you're young, but you'll pay a price later on and, trust me, it isn't worth it.

Fixed it for you!

Hawaii Islander · #18 08-10-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Case

What!? WHO? WHOA! That's crazy.

My older brother is a non-smoker, never smoked, anti-smoker. Even he says that price is rediculous. I know that many smokers who live in my area don't have that kind of money. Many us Drum or other roll your own tobacco, but even that is going up. Black market cigarettes are probably already being sold in Hawaii because of it. The State of Hawaii is already fighting a losing battle with internet cigarette purchases.

LCW · #19 08-10-2009, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander

The only advice I can give is to stop as soon as possible again. The longer you smoke the harder it will become to quit the next time.

I quite smoking cigarettes in April 2007. I took two drags off a cigarette in October 2008 and smoked half a cigarette in December 2009 (both due to stress).

These things happen (even to the point of smoking a pack or more in some cases). That doesn't mean all the previous effort was for nothing or wasted.

You are probably in a much better place to quit now than when you first stopped smoking. Nicotine levels are likely still low and your lungs and circulatory system are in better shape than before (in most cases).

Try again and think of it as an extension of the previous two years of not smoking instead of starting over.

your from the future

just kidding i bet its a typo

Hawaii Islander · #20 08-10-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LCW

your from the future

just kidding i bet its a typo

I do get around. But not that much!

Fixed it!

Thanks!