After fifteen years...

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Light up World of Warcraft to take your mind off it!

I'm an Oblivion man, but yes it helps. (read loner)

 

[50cent1228]

hope it works out 4 u

 

[KAZANI]

Originally posted by: Twofootputt
:thumbsup:

I quit on St Patrick's Day in 1989.
I had been trying to quit for about two years because I was getting my a$$ thumped in the company basketball league. I quit 6-7 times & always started up again within a week. My (Now ex-) wife suggested I pray for help to quit smoking. So I said WTH, nothing else is working & said a quick "Please help me". It didn't work out exactly as I'd planned. The next day at work (Large coal-fired generating plant) I walked past a duct that was leaking & got a lungful of flue gas. I coughed so long & hard that I popped a humongous hemorrhoid out my butt. After the slice & dice surgery, I came to & waddled down the hall to the smoking room still all doped up on Demerol & lit up. When I coughed, it pulled on the stitches and was a literal pain in the a$$ to smoke. Once I got by the first week, I was good. It took 1-2 years and all of a sudden I started smelling smoke on other people and it finally smelled bad. Still, every once and a while, I'll smell someone's cigar or cigarette, and think that it smells good & I could just try one again. So watch what you pray for & good luck.

Quite an amazing story!

 

[SolMiester]

Good effort guys, I'm not doing too well at all, stopping this smoking. Been doing it since I was about 16, so about 24 years now...

I just got married and the wife is expecting, so there is every reason to quit, however I just fail after a couple of days, think 1 puff wont hurt etc etc.

I no longer smoke in the house, so just go to the garage, half the time, i dont even enjoy it.

I think its the bordom with the hands thing that gets me...I can go through the whole day while at work and not miss it, but when i get home, i need to relax!...A wine is good, but you know it just doesnt cut it without that drag......ohhhhh...LOL

 

[jamesave]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: judasmachine
I finally made the decision to just stop.

My fiance gave me those patches

Good luck on both.

It takes seven years for the lungs to recover from smoking.

Is this for real?

 

[soccerballtux]

It's more like 10 actually, but yes I've heard this as well.

 

[foghorn67]

I had 4 yesterday. Today 1 so far. Hoping I can go without another tonight.

 

[judasmachine]

I also think it's the support I'm getting from the lil lady. She's great, and puts up with my childish rants and tantrums.

Info from the CDC.

Managing Cravings from Smokefree.gov

 

[shortylickens]

Congrats.
I've been smoke free since May 18, 1979.

 

[NetGuySC]

August will be two years smoke free for me, and I still find myself trying to justify starting back. It's a helluva habit. Good luck and just take it one day, one hour at at time