It's funny looking back on this thread and the things I was struggling with. Actually, I don't know if funny is the right word. I do know that the things that I was addicted to are different today, but the fight to overcome is the same.

There are a lot of good stories in this thread and I often look back at it when I'm feeling down. I appreciate all the candidness and especially appreciate those of you that have reached out.

Are you not smoking now?

I still miss it very frequently, and had to quit a lot of things that I really enjoy that IMO would call for smoking. Bowling, Golf etc. and that was very hard.

Playing golf without smoking is very difficult, so I haven't played since last September. My bowling team and golf buddies are not very happy with me at all.

It has been my experience that quitting an addiction requires a change of surroundings or I just cave in.

I did after my heart stents. Up at 5:30 every morning, for an 1 1/2 hour workout. Hired a incompetent PT and the whole deal. It was great until I got too carried away and incurred multiple injuries that I am still trying to recover from.

Its always been about the Nicotine for me. I started smoking when I was 12. quit when my first child was born and I was 26. A suprise Divorce put me back in the Ciggy wagon.
I don't even want to quit, but I hate it.

Yikes. and hour and a half? That is certainly part of your problem, especially if you are working muscles everyday. There has to be time for things like Yoga so you don't kill yourself.

Haven't had a single cigarette since April 28 of 2011. Smoked for like 6 years, 5 of those were a pack a day. Just decided to really push my willpower to the limits one day and see where it would take me. Here I am today.

I do still miss smoking, but I wouldn't say I have cravings or anything like that.

Oh I was, in fact at my age I found for my body it took the third recovery day instead of just two for most muscle groups.

But there is still so many options when you include cardio, that I never run out of things to do. I hated leaving after the hour and half!

Our gym also has a pool and a track. But I fell in love with weight training.

My problem was going to heavier weights than my old tendons/rotator cuff could handle. I was following the increased weight pattern the PT had exhibited, but I didn't know when to stop, and he hadn't told me. :D

The strenuous work outs also lead to a veracious appetite. Yoga just might be something to look into, thanks!

ive did it all .. you can stop anything you want too .. its mind over matter .. only one i have left is cigs .. but still like to smoke .. guess ya have to die of sumpin .....

Hi. I'm here today because I'm addicted.


To marijauna./Thurgood Jenkins

I finally quit again a couple of weeks ago. Lol, I don't think I can change anything else.

What I could've changed, I changed in January when I moved from Joplin.

post 113 has a video of that event.

Where is your video?

Congrats, man. I had smoked between a quarter to a full pack a day for almost 20 years (since freshman year of HS). Finally quit in May 2010. My uncle had been diagnosed with, and later passed away from lung cancer, and I decided it was time to quit. I used Chantix for a month, and despite the horror stories, it worked for me. I did break down about two weeks in and lit up, but just the taste of it was disgusting, so I didn't even finish it.

I've tried social smoking on a few special occasions, but it just kicks so hard in my throat that I can't do it. However, I do love being around the smell of secondhand smoke.

A video is cheating. I pulled that from memory.

Thanks man, congrats to you as well and I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. I haven't tried smoking since I quit out of fear that it's going to grip me by the ****ing devil hands again. I'm just happy that I didn't start smoking until I was in college. I bet had I started as early as you, it would have been much harder for me to drop the habit.