Don't give up. Do not listen to those masochistic urges.
In the end your lungs will be much better off.
Just accept that it's going to be hell for a little while. Very little that's worth having ever comes easily.
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So I've decided to quit smoking...
- Thread starter ErebusBass
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Don't give up. Do not listen to those masochistic urges.
In the end your lungs will be much better off.
Just accept that it's going to be hell for a little while. Very little that's worth having ever comes easily.
I quit smoking about a month ago. I just quit one day.
The smokes I thought I would miss were the easy ones (after a meal, in the car, while online) but one I still crave is while mowing the yard. 4 hrs on a rider is boring.
People smoking around me don't bother me or make me want to smoke.
Best of luck to others who quit.
David
The smokes I thought I would miss were the easy ones (after a meal, in the car, while online) but one I still crave is while mowing the yard. 4 hrs on a rider is boring.
People smoking around me don't bother me or make me want to smoke.
Best of luck to others who quit.
David
Back on the wagon.
Well that's good anyway - don't give up whatever you do.
You can do it!
Everytime you think about it - tell yourself I don't smoke!
It does get easier as the days pass.
Stay strong! I have three packs of smokes left from a carton and then I'm gonna be right there with you. *runs to smoke a cig*
Go to youtube and watch videos of what cigarette does to one.
My heavy smoker friend couldn't smoke for a few weeks after watching them.
My heavy smoker friend couldn't smoke for a few weeks after watching them.
A friend once put a rubber band on her wrist, and when she got the urge she started snapping the rubber band until she had distracted herself enough to move past the crisis moment.
I got through (the last time) by first admitting that I was addicted to cigarettes, and then counting the hours I had made it smoke free. In a crisis moment I committed to one more hour, then another hour & etc. Then it became days. If you can find something to do that forces you to concentrate, it helps. You will be jittery, distracted, trying to find something for your hands to do.
With me, the urges would occasionally pop up for years, esp. things like seeing somebody on tv fire up. And it took a couple months before I quit coughing up bits of crap that broke loose from my lungs. Sleep helps ( think of all the hours you can add to your total!) and exercise helps because I think it helps the body purge the nicotine. Citrus fruit helps - replenishes the vitamin C that smoking has robbed you of. Plus it puts something healthy in your mouth instead of something that's killing you.
You'll catch yourself frisking for a pack or a lighter without even thinking of what you are doing. Be confident that you are stronger than the addiction and will beat it. Breathe deep and let it out slowly. Move on.
I quit twice for 5 years, and both times got caught in a bad bind and started up again, thinking I would just put it back down and walk away. Didn't happen. Before any time at all I was smoking more than I had 5 years earlier. I was incredibly stupid. Twice. This last time was actually the last time, 20 years this Christmas eve.
That's another thing, many people who have successfully quit can tell you the date they stopped. It's that important.
I got through (the last time) by first admitting that I was addicted to cigarettes, and then counting the hours I had made it smoke free. In a crisis moment I committed to one more hour, then another hour & etc. Then it became days. If you can find something to do that forces you to concentrate, it helps. You will be jittery, distracted, trying to find something for your hands to do.
With me, the urges would occasionally pop up for years, esp. things like seeing somebody on tv fire up. And it took a couple months before I quit coughing up bits of crap that broke loose from my lungs. Sleep helps ( think of all the hours you can add to your total!) and exercise helps because I think it helps the body purge the nicotine. Citrus fruit helps - replenishes the vitamin C that smoking has robbed you of. Plus it puts something healthy in your mouth instead of something that's killing you.
You'll catch yourself frisking for a pack or a lighter without even thinking of what you are doing. Be confident that you are stronger than the addiction and will beat it. Breathe deep and let it out slowly. Move on.
I quit twice for 5 years, and both times got caught in a bad bind and started up again, thinking I would just put it back down and walk away. Didn't happen. Before any time at all I was smoking more than I had 5 years earlier. I was incredibly stupid. Twice. This last time was actually the last time, 20 years this Christmas eve.
That's another thing, many people who have successfully quit can tell you the date they stopped. It's that important.
June 12th, 1993. That's when I quit.
Took up running as a way to burn the edge off.
Replace a bad habit with a good one.
Works.
Some chew gum, tic tacs etc.
Tom
Took up running as a way to burn the edge off.
Replace a bad habit with a good one.
Works.
Some chew gum, tic tacs etc.
Tom
i've been thinking about doing this for booze. i was in great shape before i started drinking alot now its all gone to poo.
My problem is beer.I drink too much beer then eat stuff before going to bed.
I'm substituting beer with vodka for a while and I'm buying a bike.
Just sent my bro to get me a good ol' Smirnoff.
I'm buying the bike next week.
one of the best things that kept me strong in the early days of giving up drugs and alcohol was to give myself a reward that i could only keep if i continued to abstain, in my case facial piercings that i had wanted for a long time. then when i got to 5 years i cemented the reward with tattoos on my fingers
cheers
Lucy
cheers
Lucy
um, i'm not really talking about doing it so much for the fitness aspect of it, getting fat and all. i don't care as much about that. i'm saying i've been thinking about doing it so my drinking doesnt ruin my life. which is the direction its started to take.
Sugarless gum helped me. Stay away from bars for a few weeks. Do something else with your time. Find a magazine with mostly short articles. Every time you would usually smoke, read a short article. It will take your mind off of things. Men's Health always has some really short stuff in it. Who knows? You may learn something. I did. I quit a few months ago. It's worth it. I promise.
Ok I remember you having booze problems after you posting this.In your post you wrote "shape" so I thought you were worried about the shape of your body.
Good luck man.
I'm a vegan.I never had a good eating habit,afer going vegan it went for worse.I don't get half of the calories I need for a day.
I gained 15~ kilos in the last 2 years.Only thing that changed was I started to drink beer lot more then I used to.
Beer makes me hungry so I go for pastry at 2AM after 4-5 beers 2-3 nights a week.If its summer time and college is out its every night.
Tried a few times,nothing seemed to work.Allways started back,then one day I thought f*** this and just quit.
Maybe this time I got lucky,been 8 years now.
Get this a pack cost 4.20 in Germany,thats about 1500 ayear.Since I've stopped, picked up about 30 basses all good stuff,can gig with every one.When thats not a good reason to stop
Good luck,and just think of them basses just awating for ya.
Woffle
I quit smoking just over two years ago. I had been a smoker for 33 years. The last few years, I was steadily cutting back by doing things like not smoking in the car and going outdoors to smoke (even at home). I still found the patches, gums and lozenges useless. I ended up getting a prescription for CHANTIX, which finally gave me what I needed to quit for good. The most important factor, for me, when quitting smoking was to realize that I wanted to quit and was ready to quit.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
Ok I remember you having booze problems after you posting this.In your post you wrote "shape" so I thought you were worried about the shape of your body.
Good luck man.
I'm a vegan.I never had a good eating habit,afer going vegan it went for worse.I don't get half of the calories I need for a day.
I gained 15~ kilos in the last 2 years.Only thing that changed was I started to drink beer lot more then I used to.
Beer makes me hungry so I go for pastry at 2AM after 4-5 beers 2-3 nights a week.If its summer time and college is out its every night.
i did get alot fatter after coming back from iraq from beers. i did what you did an switched to liquors, just for that. which helped my physical shape a little haha, but yeah definately didn't help my issue. when i said shape here i mean just my situation in general. and veggie chicken tenders are the S word.
