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Originally Posted by chagrin
I smoked 2-3 packs of Marlboro "Reds" for 14 years (from 14-25) woke up one morning coughing up blood and quit.
I started smoking again 7 years later for 2 years. I simply tired of it and quit.
Here's what my experience taught me:
You will quit when you are strong enough and ready to quit. You can't win a fight with your body, it's a fight you can't win.
Frazod, you seem like a pretty strong willed dude from what I read on here. It's all about your will - power. Do you believe your will is strong? It is the only thing that will keep you from starting again. Think about how you would like to wake up tomorrow morning coughing blood, or unable to walk 2 blocks. Consider the punishment and IF you are ready inside, you will be successful.
Good luck dude!
P.S. As I have mentioned plenty of times here, I am a cancer survivor. Be strong!
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Wow. That's a fucked up story. Glad you made it through and stayed quit.
I'm not coughing up blood yet, but that greenish-brownish-yellowish shit that greets me every morning is bad enough.
I was strong willed enough to quit coke cold turkey, which was tough. The advice you gave above is pretty much how I felt about that.
Of course, I won't have to walk past people snorting lines outside my office building tomorrow. The hardest part is getting away from smoking, and what's got me everytime I've quit in the past is being around a bunch of smokers at a time when I though I was over it. Unfortunately, several of my friends smoke. Guess I'll be steering clear of them for awhile.