Well I just went and bought 2 packs of gum and hoping that will help me, right now is the exact time I would be smoking...so...from here on out it will be more of a challenge...
Keep at it and you will succeed!
I smoked a pack a day for 4-years, then gradually cut back until I completely quit. What really helped me is that I started jogging at the same time I was quitting. I can't tell you how much that helped! If you go jogging, you will directly feel the effect the cigarettes are having on you. You'll stop and cough your head off, then you'll get PISSED at cigarettes for doing this to you. If you keep up the jogging program (even if it's only a short distance or a brisk walk), it will cause you avoid smoking so you will be able to breathe more easily.
You may have another method but this worked for me. It let me see exactly how I was being affected by the cigarettes and I noticed that I could run more and more as I smoked less and less. It also gets you in shape and you lose weight
I smoked a pack a day for 4-years, then gradually cut back until I completely quit. What really helped me is that I started jogging at the same time I was quitting. I can't tell you how much that helped! If you go jogging, you will directly feel the effect the cigarettes are having on you. You'll stop and cough your head off, then you'll get PISSED at cigarettes for doing this to you. If you keep up the jogging program (even if it's only a short distance or a brisk walk), it will cause you avoid smoking so you will be able to breathe more easily.
You may have another method but this worked for me. It let me see exactly how I was being affected by the cigarettes and I noticed that I could run more and more as I smoked less and less. It also gets you in shape and you lose weight
good luck man.
I used a program to help me realize how many cigs I was smoking ... http://www.silkquit.org
Free!
I used a program to help me realize how many cigs I was smoking ... http://www.silkquit.org
Free!
Cerpin Taxt
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- Feb 23, 2005
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I quit once, and I used the patch. It works well, IMHO. Eventually I got off the patch and was free and clear for a couple of years. Then I fell back into it this year and I'm still smoking now.
The thing I realized, and what I'm going to keep in mind for the next time I quit...
"When you get run over by a train, it isn't the caboose that kills you, its the engine."
I made the mistake of justifying to myself *ONE* cigarette. "I've been good. I can smoke one. It'll be no big deal."
WRONG.
After that it was rationalization after rationalization until I was a full-fledged addict again. It may seem harmless. It may seem like just one small reward for your accomplishments. It isn't. Don't ever smoke the first one again.
EDIT: And good luck, man. Quitting smoking is hard. You have every right to be proud of yourself... you've earned it.
The thing I realized, and what I'm going to keep in mind for the next time I quit...
"When you get run over by a train, it isn't the caboose that kills you, its the engine."
I made the mistake of justifying to myself *ONE* cigarette. "I've been good. I can smoke one. It'll be no big deal."
WRONG.
After that it was rationalization after rationalization until I was a full-fledged addict again. It may seem harmless. It may seem like just one small reward for your accomplishments. It isn't. Don't ever smoke the first one again.
EDIT: And good luck, man. Quitting smoking is hard. You have every right to be proud of yourself... you've earned it.
JasonSix78
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Good luck OP, I'm planning to quit next month on my B-day. :beer:
Awesome, thanks for posting that, it will come in handy. :beer:
-Jason
Awesome, thanks for posting that, it will come in handy. :beer:
-Jason
4 Hours - no nicotine
1 pack of gum chewed
2 clients chewed out
6 body parts nervously twitching
GAH!
1 pack of gum chewed
2 clients chewed out
6 body parts nervously twitching
GAH!
ThePresence
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- Nov 19, 2001
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Good luck!
I'm clean for 15 months after smoking pack/day for 10 years.
A little determination and some backbone is all it takes. Not saying it's easy, but you can do it.
I'm clean for 15 months after smoking pack/day for 10 years.
A little determination and some backbone is all it takes. Not saying it's easy, but you can do it.
ThePresence
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It's almost impossible to forget about it.
That's part of the addiction, you obsess over it.
What you have to do is keep telling yourself over and over that no matter how much you want it, you will not take it. Keep answering the urge and it will weaken. It takes resolve.
don't focus on it? are you kidding me lol? I have visions of cigs in my head doing the routine at the opening of Family Guy.......
ThePresence
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Another thing I found useful was that I told all my co-workers and friends that I quit. THis way if they see me smoking I'll look like a loser. Stupid, I know, but every little bit of motivation not to smoke helps.
Congratulations! I have been smoking since I was about 16 or so and just quit April 1st of this year. Haven't had the urge yet. I've even gone drinking (which I thought was impossible to do) without having one cigarette. I went to get some of that nicorette stuff but only needed it for less than a week.
I feel way better now too that I stopped. Wife is much happier as well.
I feel way better now too that I stopped. Wife is much happier as well.
Damn you foul beast of hell....j/k never had the samp's so I couldnt tell you. I do know that everyone that tried a black said they were rougher than a unfiltered camel. I thought they were smooth tho.......*twitch* *twitch* *twitch*
Congratulations, sir. I wish the best for you. I'm confident you can do it and I'd be interested in hearing a status update from yourself.
DivideBYZero
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