comeon...:shake: Until you are ready you will fail. As long as you like smoking you will continue to smoke. You can't be successful if you are quitting because you should quit. Running and working out ain't no bullet proof shield either. You just use your lung capacity to its full extent. The damage is still being done.

I got some meds.(wellbutrin) to help me quit. Went to the doctor and asked about quitting, told him Ive tried alot of other methods:Patches, gum, ect.. he told me this had a high success rate! Seems to be working for me. And it helps that my work pays 100% for meds. to quit!

Like Soupnazi, I enjoy smoking. I'm not quitting because I really want to - I'm quitting because it's an added expense I can't afford right now with my wife not working. Even at Missouri prices, $2.50 x 2 x 30 = $150 per month for both of us to smoke, and that goes up quickly if we buy cigarettes locally. We're really screwed right now financially, and cutting pretty much every corner.

So no, I didn't wake up yesterday and think "I'm done with this shit." I woke up yesterday and thought "Time to embrace the horror." And yes, I know that doesn't do much for my long term changes of staying smoke free. But there's no point in lying about it, to myself or anybody here. If my dumbass wife could hold a job, I'd still be smoking, and that's the truth.

But I'm doing fine with it so far.

Good luck to me, and Ed, and everybody else who is trying to quit.

THIS IT IS WHAT NOT TO DO....


do not drop the habbit in one day. sick, you will get sick, i got pnemona now cause i dropped it in one day



YES I KNOW I SPELLED IT WRONG

That sounds hokey to me. I'd like to hear what BRC has to say about that.

You can roll your own ciggies for about a third of what you pay for marlboros. Doesn't have the gunpowder or rat feces in it, either.

about now is the time to screw that last one in

:sulk:

A big bunch of green coughed up flem is all that is. What a croc. Your health starts to improve from day one of quitting. You are less inclined to become a home for bugs because you are moving flem out of your lungs instead of it remaining stagnet and attracting also sorts of bacteria. Thats why people get pnemonia in a hospital. Laying around not moving lets those pneumonia bugs get a hold in the lungs and viola you are really sick now.

The actual reason I brought up the diet thing is that maybe now might be a good time to start doing some sort of workout at night, 'cause working out good way to spend some of that time at night when you get bored and would light up. Which may just lead you back into the diet again...

Hee Hee ! REEEEEP ROFL

I WAS AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE YESTERDAY MY LEFT LUNG IS FULL OF FLUID MY RIGHT ABOUT HALF FULL AND ALL OF THIS STARTED AFTER I QUIT SMOKING

Well, this worked for me: 5 Years later, and not 1 cig. Went from 2-3 packs a day to none in 1 1/2 months.

1) Set your "quit date".
2) 2 weeks before quitting, switch to an all tobacco (no additives) cig. like Winston or American Spirit. This will let you get over the initial withdrawl symptoms from the additives, while still getting your nicotine fix. There is a damn good reason there are 700+ additives in a cig. and enhancing withdrawl is (IMO) one of them.
3) On your quit date, switch to the "patch" at an appropriate dosage. Reduce this over time, per patch instructions. this lets you deal with the mental aspects of the addiction (holding a cig., etc.)while still fulfilling the physical crave for nicotine.
4) Once you've tapered off the patch, with the other aspects of the addiction dealt with, it should be considerably easier for you.
-It doesn't hurt to drop your daily "cig money" into a jar/account/whatever for a few months afterward as well, and have a nice little chunk of cash to blow after a few months.

-Going this method still cost me less than I was spending on Cigs.

Granted, I was aided in this by an even better motivation. My dentist, a few hours before I decided, told me "that white spot concerns me, let's do a biopsy". Thankfully negative, but among the longest fortnight in my life.

Hope this helps. If you are both quitting, I also recommend step 1.5- Lock up all sharp/lethal objects in the household. :)

Good luck man. My advice would be to sequester yourself for a minimum of six weeks away from your smoking friends. (If your wife is still smoking than this is impossible.) after six weeks, then you can go hang out with your smoking friends, but only for 1 hour, no more. the following week, maybe make two hrs. if you go to a bar or place where people smoke, try and limit your time there to minimize the temptation for relapse. I did the gum for three days to get me over the 48 hour hump. then quit cold turkey. I was ready, just as you will be someday, hopefully now. Exercise helps some. I tried zyban another time, which did cut down the cravings, but I had to step down off of that because of the dizzy side effects I was having. hope this helps.

Okay you are now an official idiot. I'll notify AliChiefs to have your status made "Official".