:clap::clap: I am so proud of you Tim!

Congrats. I know how tough that is. :clap:

:bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

well done

Good work Fraz!! That is good shit.

Man I tell you what, I have been CRAVING smokes lately, Its still been since March 17 2006, But Man Ive been having dreams about smoking and everything

The cravings have been hitting me hard lately

Same for me slag. I have been dying to have one for about two weeks now. Just fighting them off everyday.

I just have to keep telling myself.. No matter what... Dont Pick up a Cig.. No Matter what

Its crazy that they dont ever go away eh?

Hang in there guys. You know you're better off for it.

No smokes for me now for 4 years and 5 months. I can't remember the last time I even thought about it. But I remember going through some trying times......just like being a Chiefs fan. ;)

Yeah it is. You think they are gone and out of nowhere the cravings come back. Been smoke for over six months. It's really tough when you go through rough times.

Yeah, that's what I say to myself. It'd be a waste of six months if I started back.

621 days, 23 hours, 1 minute and 6 seconds smoke free.

12439 cigarettes not smoked.</B> $2,564.73 and 3 months, 5 days of your life saved. Your quit date: 3/17/2006

well, please keep up the good work.

This thread is inspiring.

badass. Where'd you get that info from?

www.quitnet.com

Sign up tell them your stats and they will calculate it for you

I had a craving for a cig 10 years after I quit.

When you say 'craving,' what does that mean? Does that mean that you wanted to feel smoke flowing into your lungs, wanted to go buy a packet of cigarettes, what?

I have not one but two buddies who quit completely for 2 years and then started smoking again. They both said they missed it every day. I'm not sure the craving ever goes away.

At that point, it is surely a psychological issue though, yes?

Hang in there fellas. You guys are saving a shitton of dough by not buying the damn things. If it is starting to get to you, buy something nice for yourself to make up for it. that may help stave off the cravings. Best of luck men!

I think it is a physiological addiction complete with withdrawal symptoms. I've seen it compared to heroin addiction.

My cravings have been long gone. I can imagine that an extremely stressful situation could bring them back but other than that I think they're gone forever.

What a horrible curse. It sounds horrible. Good for you guys.

I hope they are. I think different people have different levels of addiction. I've seen guys smoke only while drinking then put them down. But most get truly hooked. Alcohol is very similar in its effect. Some people can have an occasional drink with dinner while others can't leave it alone.

Caffeine & nicotine are my addictions. I'll keep the coffee but I wouldn't mind kicking the cigs. It's hard.

I've just tried to quit smoking again for the (who's counting?) time. I'm hitting 35 this week and it's got me thinking about quiting really hard. I've been smoking since High School and I've quit for a stretch of 6 months in the past.

I'm trying to go cold turkey and it's been 3 days so far. I've tried the gum in the past, tasted like crap. I've never tried the patches but I hear you can have horrible nightmares from them.

I've been soooo irritable lately and been trying to hold back about snapping to family and co-workers. I have to stop for good this time. My will power is strong but is it stronger than 6 months like the last time?

Ugh! I'm getting headaches now too!

I haven't had one for a month and a half now

Just remember how much better your food, not to mention your wife, will taste after you get that disgusting smell and taste of tobacco out of your system...

Good luck.

The patches worked great for me. it was my first attempt using them after trying and failing numerous times using other methods. I followed the instructions all the way through. That seemed to be important. I know others who failed with the patch but they all tried to short-cut the process.

Good luck to you, it is surely worth the effort.

The hard part is over. It gets easier as time goes along and the nicotine gets out of your cerebal cortex. But the cravings will be there for years. they will just get farther and farther apart as time passes.

It does if you replace the craving with revulsion. My hubby cannot stand the smell or sight of cigarettes. It literally makes him want to vomit. He had a pack a day habit. It can be done.

Well it's easy to give up cigs when you still have shisha.

Thanks RJ, I may stop by and pick up some patches. If they'll help calm the irritability that'll help.

There is actually something to that. Every time you smell or see a cig you have to tell yourself how bad it smells and how repulsive it is. It's called creating your own anchors and it's very effective in many areas of life.

Have any of you experience nausea and fatigue with quitting smoking? My husband is trying to quit and he's cut back, but he says he feels the worst he's ever felt.

It sounds counter-intuative but exercise is his best bet to conquer the fatigue. It will probably help with the nausea as well. He needs fresh air. A walk outdoors around the block a few times would do him wonders.

Don't buy cigs

I remember doing that same thing, it helped quite a bit.

Cravings are still there. I am happy I quit but unfortunately I found myself snacking more. I need to have more gum around at all times.

I was also thinking that it would help as far as substituting; because I know part of it is that he gets to step away for 5 minutes, smoke the cig and destress; so since we're spiritual people, I was kinda thinking if he stepped outside to smoke, substituting that with a meditation or prayer or something like that. has anyone tried that method?

I quit many times before, I got really good at it. I could quit 4 times on one pack of Nicorette lozenges. (my choice over the gum and patch, the patch made me nausiated)
But after my recent adventures with a cardeoligist, I have no problems with quitting. :D

Good for you. stay quit. If your not around others that smoke that helps alot.....

Yeah Ed, your thread about the stints really got me thinking. I'm 35 and have been a regular smoker since I was 17. :eek: I need to quit and I need to quit for good. Maybe talking about it here at the planet will help me out. Chiefs Planet... my support group ;)

i just bought a tin of altoids and when i wanted a smoke, i would have one...

now i went through a bunch of tins of altoids, but they're way cheaper than smokes and it's been two years since i've had a cig, and honestly, i don't want one. they make clothes, houses, breath, cars all smell like crap. trust me, when sully has been off them a while, he'll realize it too.

Fortunately, other than a couple of my bowling buddies, I was about the only dumb shit still smoking in my circles.

Yep, I always heard those warnings, but they were for other people. I was invincible!


I guess not!


Hang in there man, you can do it!

I still smoke shisha occasionally as well as a few Beedi's every year. I probably also smoke about 50 cigars every year.

Seriously, do you inhale? I quit cigs for about 6 months one time. I started smoking cigars, and naturally inhaling them. Next thing you know, back on the cigs.

I'd love to be able to smoke a good cigar, but it would ruin me. I either smoke or don't smoke. Cigars would lead right back to cigarettes, I'm afraid. And I've been off the damn things far too long now to go back.

I inhale shisha and beedi's but not cigars. I can't inhale much I still compete in jiu-jitsu tournaments and that would make me wind.

Exactly, it is second nature to inhale if you are a smoker like we were.

I'm not going to do that to my lungs. I have watched someone die from suffocation due to smoking and it isn't pretty. No way I am dying that way.

That would really suck. What are shisha and beedi's?

I'd sometimes smoke beedis in college when we were at Dennys and people would think I was smoking a joint, lol

Beedi is a tobacco leaf rolled up. Wikipedia it. Shisha is smoked through a hookah and it is really light. It comes in different flavors. Grape rules. My sister is going to bring me a hookah back from the ME on her next tour. I will probably smoke it a couple times a month when I get one. Now I only have it when I go to hookah bars.

16 days and not one smoke for me. The problems with this ice storm have really tugged on my cravings for a cig but my will power has won in the end. I'm feeling so much better. Smells, tastes and breathing are so improved over these days. Not many of you may care about my progress but I'm really proud of myself. Here's to many more smoke free days :toast:

rep.

I'm always nagging on one of my good friends to give up the smokes.

Chantix has really worked for me.

Awesome glad to hear it's working for you. I went with the Commit Lozenges. I used them for 4 days and havn't since.

Good for you! Hang in there! :thumb:

I am a Former Smoker as well =)
 

About the time I first saw this post back in August I started my master plan.

I decided that I was going to quit smoking on my birthday (10/14)

So starting in August, everytime I lit up that Camel Wide I told myself that I was going to quit on my B-day

Fast forward to 10/14 had a great night, went to see George Carlin, got rip roarin drunk and prolly smoked a whole pack in just a couple hours.

Woke up the next moring feelin great reached over to the night stand to grab my pack like every other morning for what seems like forever, but this time I thought to myself, hmmmm I don't smoke anymore, and I hav'nt had a smoke since.

The wierd thing is that I hav''nt had any cravings, did'nt turn into an asshole and I know I'm never going to F**K up and get addicted to the shiat again.

Now all I have to do is drop the 20 pounds I've packed on since lol.

a~

wish me luck, tomorrow is my quit day

Good luck. Do you think you're ready?

Good luck!!

I officially made six weeks clean this morning!

Chantix was a godsend, but now I need to get on that damn treadmill.

oh yeah

I'm gonna make it happen

The thing that helped me the most was gum. Lots and lots of gum. Replace the oral fixation - worked like a charm for me.

I'm still a pack-a-day guy, but now it's wintergreen trident.

Gratz! Been since 12/5/07 for me. I feel so much better for it :thumb:

Good Luck to you, welcome to the club.

I had quit in the past and my thing then was those damn spearmint things, gonna try that with the patch.

Hell or high water, I ain't smoking no more come morning

Whatever works for you. There are no wrong answers.

Mints for me. I pop about 20 or so a day (sugar free of course). It's really not that bad, since I used to have one after every cigarette anyway.

Nice! I am feeling like I can breathe better, but I really need to start exercising/dieting now. I have been eating like a pig for 6 weeks.

I popped mints (specifically wintergreen Altoids) during and after smoking. Now, I never eat mints, as I equate it with cigarettes.

Conversely, I never chewed gum before, so now I do that, since there's no correlation between that and smoking in my obviously twisted mind.

hahaha

I tried gum, but it felt like a cigarette in the fact that I was always looking for an ash tray to dump it when I was done.

I just spit mine on the ground, hoping some anti-smoking Nazi like penchief will be the one who steps on it. When he bitches, I'll tell him that a cigarette butt wouldn't have stuck to his shoe.

:evil:

Rep!!

Congrats!! Been since 10/7/06 for me. Still have some cravings, but am still able to resist. Hope it stays that way.