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Lord Help Me!

#4
Quitting smoking will be the best thing you can do for your health. It's taken me a few times to be a non-smoker, but it's totally worth it. I felt a difference the day after I quit when I woke up and didn't spend as long coughing up my first lung chunk of the day.

Just remember this, every day you go without smoking gets you $5 closer to your next dream bass. At a pack a day, you'll save $1,825 a year towards your next bass.

So what do you want more? Suicide on the installment plan or cash towards your next bass? To me the answer is simple which is why I'm still a non-smoker today. :)
 
#5
I quit smoking 5 years ago and I swear to you that it was the best thing that I ever did. I smoked for about 17 years. 2 packs of Marlboro a day. Use all the help you can get. Nicorett Gum, the anti depresant pill, the patch or whatever works. You wont realize how important this can be until your out of the woods. Give it time and remember its not supposed to be easy.
 
#6
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement, guys. The money is a big part of it. My wife and I are trying to stay on a consistent budget so we can keep socking money away, but there have recently been some things that have come up that we'd both like to have. If I quit smoking we could easily have these things without changing our spending habits.

So we'd get some things we want without changing anything and my life line gets a bit longer :D
 
#9
I quit last spring (inspired by a thread like this). I tripped a few times...but i really enjoy it (being a nonsmoker). I feel better every morning...kinda like the difference between VHS and DVD (REAL dumb analogy, I know). Good luck. I smoked for 10 years. I don't really miss it at all.

Miike
 
#10
I know everybody says this but in my case it's true - if I did it, anyone can do it. It's not easy but it's the best thing I ever did. Cravings will come and they will go. Just hang in there. It slowly gets easier and the smoking dreams will eventually stop (pretty much). :hyper:
 
#11
Good luck.

The first three days are the chemical withdrawal, those are the worst of it; after that, its all behavioral, and more easily managed. Replacement behaviors help: try chewing gum, walking or exercising, gnawing toothpics, etc.

I'm coming up on my designated quitting date: september 10th (30th b-day.) I'm going to go camping way, way out, where i simply can't get smokes, and not come down for 3 days.
 
#12
Bruce B said:
I know everybody says this but in my case it's true - if I did it, anyone can do it. It's not easy but it's the best thing I ever did. Cravings will come and they will go. Just hang in there. It slowly gets easier and the smoking dreams will eventually stop (pretty much). :hyper:
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Aren't those dreams crazy? I woke up thinking I had smoked a butt multiple times. One time I went to throw out the pack I thought I had before I realized it had all been a dream. Weird. It gets better though. :)
 
#15
WillPlay4Food said:
Aren't those dreams crazy? I woke up thinking I had smoked a butt multiple times. One time I went to throw out the pack I thought I had before I realized it had all been a dream. Weird. It gets better though. :)
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I quit 4 years ago and I still get a dream once in rare while where I wake up thinking I started smoking again. The good news is for the most part I never even think about smoking anymore. I still like the smell though. :hmm:
 

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