Please? Help me quit smoking?

Best wishes on this, an important and vital campaign! I've no suggestions, but I do offer you moral support through the ether.

A friend of mine, who'd smoked like a chimney for years, just up and quit when his doctor told him he was looking at a serious upper-respiratory infection. Everybody thought this particular fellow was too wishy-washy to handle the discipline of a no-smoking regimen, but he astounded everyone by JUST STOPPING! That was more than 20 years ago and he's not smoked a single cigarette since (as far as anybody can tell).

Well, I smoke a pipe and have done so since about age 16. My only experience with cold-turkey stopping had to do with marijuana, which I'd smoked for about 10 years until I JUST STOPPED! My body informed me one day that enough was enough; and for once I listened.

What you're up against is tough, as you know from having kicked other substances; but something tells me you're up to the task! I think everybody's offered you good, sound advice here. I've nothing to add to what they've already stated from their own experience. But if you ever need somebody to give you a cyber-kick in the butt when temptation strikes, just drop me a line and I'll preach away!



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thanks Joe

i may take you up on the offer of moral support ! god only knows what
i'll be like when i quit next week :disturbed

We'll be here for ya, if you need to rant & rave!!!

I tried to quit in January. Cut down to about half a pack a day, then my stress level went through the roof. Found myself snapping at my kids all the time for no reason. Smoking increased to pack a day again, but at least I wasn't snapping at the kids all the time. I don't want that to be all they remember about me....

My aunt told me that when I was really ready to quit, I would. It wouldn't be easy, but she did it and she knew I would be able to when I was ready.

Good Luck!! We will all be waiting to hear that you did it. And then we may think that if you did it, maybe we can too....

I have been hearing a lot of commercials on the radio lately about a product called Bio Crave. It is supposed to help you quit or at least cut down on the number of cigarettes you smoke a day. Supposed to make you feel like you just had a cigarette when you light up and reduce your cravings. I don't know too much about it, only what the commercials say, not sure how much it costs, but if you are interested in trying it I will get the phone number to order it.

BLUE; Is this the (next week)? when you are guitting? I hope so. I want to say that I am strongly against your taking a DRUG TO KICK A DRUG. . . .

I know what you are going to face. It is not as scarey as you have been led to believe (If you want it BAD ENOUGH) Get serious, you are stronger than you give yourself credit for, young lady!!!!

You come on this site and give many of us courage and strength when we need it; so sock a little of that your own way.

Your best friend right now is learning to breathe. I mean stop, concentrate and take a full (diaphram expanding, lung filling) breath. Oxygen in cleanses your system and defeats Nicotine! Hold that breath as long as you comfortably can and then exhale s-l-o-w-l-y. It will get easier the more you do it; and the more you do it the better you will feel. When you think you NEED a smoke; get up, breathe, walk, pet your "babies" and thank who or whatever you consider God that you are never ever going to NEED any crutches ever again. :angel2:

I have faith in you (and any other member) who has taken the first step by posting to this thread and admitting that you are sick and tired of being a chimney that burns $$$ and destroys lung cells.

I smoked for over 25 yrs. and it was not easy to quit, but it was WORTH IT!!!!!!!

You can e-mail me or PM or MSN Instant Messenger me anytime (any of you). I will praise you, :,lament with you, , or curse you, , whatever the situation requires; but I will always love you.

(I promise you that )

TLK

Oh Darlene! Your post has almost given ME the courage to try to quit! I have smoked for 19 years....I am so scared to give it up....but I know I should.

Dearest Debby; I know you are scared But are you not equally scared of Loosing 1/2 a LUNG !! orCHEMOTHERAPHY !!! or how about just worrying everytime you get a cold or sore throat in the winter that it will settle in you chest and become PHNUEMONIA !! bcause your lungs are already so clogged from smoking. . . . Do any of these things SCARE you???

Not to mention shortness of breath or shortened length of time you will have with those you love. Let me know when you're
S C A R E D ENOUGH to get serious and I will be here for you. FYI, Did you know that statistics prove that it is easier to quit in spring and summer becuse of the improved air quality and the ability to be outdoors in the helps lift our spirits. . . .?

Let's make this the summer you and Blue QUIT!!! :blubturq:

Remember I do this out of

Darlene =^.".^=

Well, you've made the hardest step, and that is telling yourself that you want to quit. (I'm still struggling with that step) Okay, I've been smoking, well, most of my life (and I'm only 18) and I have quit twice. The only time I start up again is when I am around smokers. So I think the first thing you need to do is to get away from other smokers. Don't go to restruants that have smoking sections, because even that question "smoking or non" will make you nuts. Then you need to find a way to ween yourself off of the act of lighting a cigarette and bringing it to your mouth. My grandmother smoked kit-kats after she quit. Theres something called the Nicadrol inhaler. You make the same motions, but it lowers the nicotine addiction. The only problem with that is that you're still addicted to the motion. The patch will get rid of the nicotine cravings, but the fact that your mouth is unoccupied makes it hard to use. The gum may taste nasty, but if you use it after the inhaler, it will help, a lot. That was the only thing that could get me to quit. Unfortunatly, I was an idiot and got addicted again. GOOD LUCK! I'm proud of you!

Dearest Debby; I did not read your thread about "Need to Vent" until I had posted the above; coming down on you PRETTY HARD and QUITE GRAPHICALLY about "Quitting Smoking" I am sorry you are going thru so much right now with "THAT" Primate that calls himself a man. . . . . I will not judge him, but I will tell you to please, try to put your needs first once in awhile. So many of us here LOVE you so much and that is why your husband's abuse hurts us so-o-o-o-o-o. We are desperate to help you, Honey, really we are!!!! If I could I would walk all the way there and B I T C H S L A P-P-P-P-P-P-P some sense into him ! ! ! !

I know you think that "grabbing a smoke" helps calm you, but actually NICOTINE only heightens your anxiety levels in the long run. . .

Just remember that you are a in my book and an in God's eyes. Prayer helps all things and since nicotine addiction is a "Demon Inhabitation" I urge you to take authority over it and to "Curse It" in the Mighty Name and Authority of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Please write or PM me anytime and I will be here for you.

Love Ya, TLK =^.".^=

Two of my friends tried the pills to quit smoking. They took they for about 2 weeks and both of them wound up in the hospital due to thier heart! The pills are a type of anti depressant and can cause problems!
I hope it works for you with no bad side effects! Oh and it did not happen at the same time it was like 6 months apart! Please be cafeful and ask lots of questions to your doctor!

Darlene! you are such a riot to me, oh gosh! anyway, no, sweetheart, i am not mad at you,
rather, you have me halfway convinced.

i am just terrified of the Cold Turkey method, perhaps it's been ingrained in my thinking
to be so afraid of methods that rely soley on Will and Strength.

i am not big on pills, Darlene. i never have been, but, quitting smoking is going to be
one of the hardest things for me to overcome, i know it. and i am afraid of what kind
of person i will turn into. how agitated, irritable, depressed, and so on and so forth.

i think i will have to find a way to distract myself from it, and hopefully not with food

any ideas ?

i am thinking about enrolling into a Yoga class, to help with my Fibromyalgia and Depression.

i think it will be a good distraction, and will help me focus on breathing, and Spirit.

also, excercise, i am excercising so much more then usual.

i play Squash, go walking, i do Tae-Bo at home, and play Basketball !!

i am quite proud of that because it's very trying on me physically, i get so tired and weak.

and i definitley want to train in Martial Arts, like Donna, probaly JKD.

and Tai Chi.

and Debby, if i can do it, so can YOU ! and i am determined !

let's not throw the quality of our lives away, slowly. let's not make our death beds.

what do you think, monkey ? you have to be ready.

Hey Blue;
I quit smoking over 25 years ago, it all started when I had tonsilitis and couldn't swallow or inhale or anything. So I certainly
couldn't smoke and I told my ex I would quit indefinitly, well as the years went by I got further and further away from smoke ( my present husband and his family doesn't smoke.) Now I cannot stand being around smoke. It stinks in fact I made a little poem about smoking;It is NOT to offend ANYONE; It's just my feelings about smoking:

SMOKING IS A SIGN OF BEING INSECURE;
SMOKING DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE MATURE.

SMOKING IS STINKY AND SO UNCLEAN;
SMOKING GETS YOU HOOKED ON NICOTINE.

SMOKING SMELLS UP YOUR CLOTHES,HAIR AND BREATH;
SMOKING WILL EVENTUALLY PUT YOU TO DEATH!

SMOKING IS NOT WHERE IT'S AT;
SMOKING WILL NOT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING FAT!

IF YOU THINK THAT SENTENCE IS A JOKE;
LOOK AROUND, SEE HOW MANY FAT PEOPLE SMOKE!!

WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU HERE;
SMOKING STINKS ANYWHERE! :

Beckyb54

well, i will have to disagree with smoking being an insecurity,
my opinion on this is just i started smoking before i was even aware
of insecurities, or what they were.

today i smoke only from habit and addictiveness, not insecurity or fear of gaining weight.

i also dont think fat has anything to do with anything.

Becky....I am really glad you have joined us here, and I hope you stay... but just for the record....I do not smoke because I am insecure, immature, or afraid of getting fat. Please......these comments could only come from someone who has never smoked before.
I smoke because it feels good, it relaxes me...and damn it...I am addicted to it!

Debby and Blue; We can do this!! I know what I'm talking about nd I agree it has nothing to do with insecurity, or fear of fat or any other terms like that. It is something we started (God knows why; to fit in or because of peer pressure or whatever) and now it IS an addiction, but; like any addiction, we can overcome it. (excuse me Dr. King)

"Cold Turkey" is a frightening term and very mis-leading. You will not get cold, nor will you become a "full-feathered, fan-tailed symbol of a National Holiday!" Nicotine, like most drugs can be almost completely flushed from our systems in 72 hrs. I think Blue has a great idea about Yoga and increased exercise and doing things you enjoy to get your mind trained off smoking. Choose your 3 days carefully when you think your stress levels may be lowest (Debby, maybe yours would be when "Bubba" goes away on a 3 day hunting trip or something. . . . . . )

Thanks for not being MAD at me. Darlene =^.".^=

Hello and welcome to The Cat Site! I'm sorry you didn't enjoy a better reception here, in spite of your warning that you didn't want to offend anyone, but chalk it up to something-or-other and don't go away!

Here's a welcoming Blob-O-Rama for you:



I look forward to reading many more of your posts, hopefully on other subjects!



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Mr.Cat is right, i dont think i gave you a very nice WELCOME! please excuse me.

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Hi, everybody. I'm new to this site even though I have been reading it with interest for a few months now. I saw Blue's request about helping her to stop smoking. Although I have never smoked myself, I think I can offer a few tidbits.
The reason I never smoked was when I was seven years old, I watched my beloved grandfather dying of lung cancer. He was a wonderful person as well as an artist and a poet. He wrote this little ditty to me because I was always begging him to quit smoking...
"Tobacco is a filthy weed
the devil must have sown the seed.
It empties your pockets,
it soils your clothes.
It makes a chimney
out of your nose."
I've always remembered that and hate smoking to this day.
Other facts to think about...
It burns holes in your favorite pieces of furniture,
it makes your teeth yellow,
it stains your lips,
it makes your friends and family breathe the poisons,
it makes your clothes smell like a cigarette,
and it makes you unattractive to non-smokers.
If that's not motivation, I don't know what is.