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Has anyone stopped smoking, if you did how did you get through it? Please help, my wife has already told me to go smoke, because I am being an a hole.
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I am a recent quitter. I am 19, and was a smoker since 14. Lucky for me, I had surgery comming up so I kind of had to quit smoking, but now that surgery is over, I haven't gone back nor will I. I'm not sure what advice to give you, just whatever you do, don't even have a puff. What seemed to help me was since I was always doing something with my hands(smoking) I started shuffling cards all day. I figure hey, It's better to shuffle cards all day than to smoke cigarettes all day. I also started chewing gum, because I was used to having something in my mouth as well. You might be thinking "Oh, he was a smoker for only 5 years", but 5 years is 5 years, I have cravings for a cigarette to this day. How long have you been a smoker? If you have any more questions please ask. -
BTW, good luck!
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15 years. thanks for the help.
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Good luck, sq.....
My wife needs to do this also.
I've quit chewing a couple different times, thinking she'd quit also, but nope.
But I'm going to do it again....since my insurance rates are quite aways apart, between the two options........"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams
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I have also tried many times. I seem to turn into a horses rear end as well. Been smoking for 15 years Toothpicks or maybe Dum Dums. Something to help you get over the hand to mouth thing. I'm a SCUBA freak. I can't help but think quitting smoking would help me on that front as well. Good luck to you and keep us posted. Anybody with useful information or advice would be welcome.Comment
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I am a SCUBA freak also, but I am stuck here is El Paso for now. I did notice when I was Curacao that I had trouble on a few dives. I went through tanks faster than most.Originally posted by slickdonkey7
Thanks to everybody for the help.
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Hmmmm....Originally posted by rcsodak
Do I detect a double-standard here, RC? You can chew but your wife can't smoke? Hmmm.....
As long as you quit here or there chewing, it's better than being honest and not even try to quit smoking until SHE's ready? Hmmmm....
I dare say....you sound a bit full of hypocracy for a wanna-be quitter yourself.
How long has your wife been smoking?
I wonder if anyone on this board knows if it's harder to quit the longer you have smoked?
Are you sure your wife is smoking 'cigarettes'? (Smile)
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill (Look him up
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Originally posted by His WifeHmmmm....
Do I detect a double-standard here, RC? You can chew but your wife can't smoke? Hmmm.....
As long as you quit here or there chewing, it's better than being honest and not even try to quit smoking until SHE's ready? Hmmmm....
I dare say....you sound a bit full of hypocracy for a wanna-be quitter yourself.
How long has your wife been smoking?
I wonder if anyone on this board knows if it's harder to quit the longer you have smoked?
Are you sure your wife is smoking 'cigarettes'? (Smile)
In all fairness, it seems to me that RC was saying that he's a chewer... but he's quit a few times hoping to lead by example, but went back to chewing when it didn't work.
I've been smoking for abour 4 years, but have been cutting back over the past 4 months or so.
I have no real advice to give. Sorry. Best of luck though.Comment
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Originally posted by squints
I quit by using the patch for 6 weeks. (Half the regular time)
I tapered down every two weeks.
Certain patches will allow you to cut them for smaller doses.
I did a couple things that went against the grain but have worked for me do far.
One thing is that the literature tells you to "avoid your triggers". Avoid everything that makes you want to smoke.
I think this is incorrect.
So instead of avoiding my triggers, I faced them. I still went outside with the smokers on break. I still went to the smokey bar on MNF. I still ate foods that made me want to smoke afterwards. And I concentrated hard on beating those cravings EVERY TIME.
Because I think if you can beat the cravings then, then you can beat them in the long haul.
People that avoid their triggers initially are unequipped to handle them if they have to face them down the road. Then they end up smoking again.
Build up your resistance to cravings early on by FACING them.
Hope this helps.
I know how tough it is.
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That was inspirational for me Dark Knight. I hope that can help Squints as well. thanksComment
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My mother quit, after 40+ yrs.....
...she tried the hypnosis....didn't work
...she paid big bucks for a program.....didnt work.
...then she went to a program offered at her local hospital, absolutely free...and hasn't smoked since....must be about 10yrs now.
Occasionally, when she's around smokers, and has the urge, she'll bum one, take a hit (without inhaling), and swoosh the smoke around in her mouth just to be reminded of the nasty flavor.
During her quitting, she would make sure she had plenty of carrot sticks, celery sticks, pencils, etx......
...when she wanted one, she'd put one of them in her mouth...or hold one between her fingers......
Hey, whatever works....
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams
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I hope it all works out man.
My dad had tried those hypnotists, programs, etc. Didn't work. Under his own will, he didn't smoke for three years and bam, got stressed and bought a pack one day and smoked it.
Best of luck. I remember the day I stopped smokin' some of the other stuff. Good day for me.Comment
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