OK I just smoked my last cig!!!!!
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Good Luck.
I quit smoking on Dec 23, 1998, my then girlfriends (now wife's bd). Since then, in 2000, I had about a half a pack one weekend during our wedding plans (ie, the 7 stages of hell).
I worked programming windows apps for a tobacco processor (they sell to RJR, Phillips....etc). So, I got to see the factory, and hwo the tobacco is loaded into cases via the machines.....and how during each run, tobacco does fall out on the floor.....and how after every run......every single scrap of tobacco is swept up just like DUST would be and put back in the loaders. That was step 1 to quitting.
Step 2: At this factory, I was working insane hours. About 12-14 a day on average. Since they were in tobacco country, and a tobacco compnay, they had signs everywhere throughout the IT building (about 100 employees) that said "Thank you for smoking". I probably smoked about 2.5 packs a day there......It just finally got to the point where smoking made me sick. The ventialtion there was worse then any bar I ever worked in in college, or worse then smoking a big fattee in a car without having any windows open. (Never did it
Step 3: Have a girlfriend that you love and who hates smoking.
Again Good Luck. For me the hardest part was the first two weeks, and then learning to drive without a cigarrette. (That was way harder then the first two weeks)
PS.
Nicotrol, Patch, all that other stuff didn't do jack for me.
PSS.
Quiting Smoking = Assus Guttus Lardassama for me. I quit smoking and started eating.
I quit smoking on Dec 23, 1998, my then girlfriends (now wife's bd). Since then, in 2000, I had about a half a pack one weekend during our wedding plans (ie, the 7 stages of hell).
I worked programming windows apps for a tobacco processor (they sell to RJR, Phillips....etc). So, I got to see the factory, and hwo the tobacco is loaded into cases via the machines.....and how during each run, tobacco does fall out on the floor.....and how after every run......every single scrap of tobacco is swept up just like DUST would be and put back in the loaders. That was step 1 to quitting.
Step 2: At this factory, I was working insane hours. About 12-14 a day on average. Since they were in tobacco country, and a tobacco compnay, they had signs everywhere throughout the IT building (about 100 employees) that said "Thank you for smoking". I probably smoked about 2.5 packs a day there......It just finally got to the point where smoking made me sick. The ventialtion there was worse then any bar I ever worked in in college, or worse then smoking a big fattee in a car without having any windows open. (Never did it
Step 3: Have a girlfriend that you love and who hates smoking.
Again Good Luck. For me the hardest part was the first two weeks, and then learning to drive without a cigarrette. (That was way harder then the first two weeks)
PS.
Nicotrol, Patch, all that other stuff didn't do jack for me.
PSS.
Quiting Smoking = Assus Guttus Lardassama for me. I quit smoking and started eating.
Plenty of websites state the facts about quitting, how long your body is actually in withdrawal, when your lungs start rebuilding, when your sense of taste and smell recovers etc... It's a surprisingly short period of time that your body needs to get over the habit and begin the road to recovery. Physically that is... Mentally, is where your war will be waged.
The hard part for most - is the mental habit. When you're used to the routine. Whatever your sweet spot is for that routine will be the hardest for you to overcome. Set it in your mind NOT to let crisis, circumstance or withdrawal change your determination and you'll be a long ways better off in your road to get there.
I smoked for 13 years. Over half of those years were a pack a day. I decided not to go the route of "The Patch", gum or any other cessation product. My thinking is that if I ran out or couldn't get ahold of the alternative fix - It'd be just matter of time before I fell off the wagon.
I suppose it's different for everyone. Some couldn't do it w/out a method, support group or cessation product. I simply made up my mind - and determined that it's a choice to light up, a choice to drive to the store and buy, a choice to NOT do either of those things and that I very simply had to NOT allow myself to make excuses.
The actual addiction withdrawal is over relatively quickly. It's the routine that will take the longest to abate. Even now i find myself missing the familiarity of the routine, but that's all. Just the familiarity - not the habit. Not the shortness of breath. Not the coughing, not the smell...
14 months and counting and it's not a struggle for me to remain smoke free.
The nicotine withdrawal is a battle that can be fought and won a number of ways. The mental habit and routine, is the war that you need to figure out how to win. (it helps to have encouragement and support!!)
God's Grace.
The hard part for most - is the mental habit. When you're used to the routine. Whatever your sweet spot is for that routine will be the hardest for you to overcome. Set it in your mind NOT to let crisis, circumstance or withdrawal change your determination and you'll be a long ways better off in your road to get there.
I smoked for 13 years. Over half of those years were a pack a day. I decided not to go the route of "The Patch", gum or any other cessation product. My thinking is that if I ran out or couldn't get ahold of the alternative fix - It'd be just matter of time before I fell off the wagon.
I suppose it's different for everyone. Some couldn't do it w/out a method, support group or cessation product. I simply made up my mind - and determined that it's a choice to light up, a choice to drive to the store and buy, a choice to NOT do either of those things and that I very simply had to NOT allow myself to make excuses.
The actual addiction withdrawal is over relatively quickly. It's the routine that will take the longest to abate. Even now i find myself missing the familiarity of the routine, but that's all. Just the familiarity - not the habit. Not the shortness of breath. Not the coughing, not the smell...
14 months and counting and it's not a struggle for me to remain smoke free.
The nicotine withdrawal is a battle that can be fought and won a number of ways. The mental habit and routine, is the war that you need to figure out how to win. (it helps to have encouragement and support!!)
God's Grace.
Best of luck with giving up the smokes. Sadly, my father-in-law smoked for over 50 years. His health is very poor at the moment. He's suffered from 2 aneurisms in his legs a few months earlier. Plus, there is a 7 cm aneurism on his aorta that needs to be operated on in a month or so. They were going to do that surgery on Friday, but he suffered an infection on his feet and two of his toes had to be partially amputated on Friday. This delayed the surgery on the aorta. Plus, all the years of smoking has resulted in hardening of the arteries. Some of the "plaque" broke loose a few months back and created a blood clot in is leg the had to be surgically corrected a few months back also.
You'll save lots of money by not smoking and more importantly, you'll save your health.
You'll save lots of money by not smoking and more importantly, you'll save your health.
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