I Quit Smoking On December 22.

Great to here Scott.

Deciding you really want to stop is part of the first step to move forward.

Getting over the first few days/ weeks seems to be the hardest part.

Have you replaced the habit with any things else? I replaced mine with exersicing and haven't looked back.

Great for you dude..

Never been a smoker, but that obviously sounds like very wonderful news. Keep it up!

Gum and healthy food.

I eat carrot sticks and other veggies like crazy. And I chew gum like crazy.

I do need to start exercising more, that's actually one of my resolutions this year. Maybe I'll get out for a run when I'm finished working today. Been thinking about picking up a wii fit too. I know they're no replacement for a gym but it's a fun way to get some extra exercise here and there.

And I'd agree that it's all mental. If you don't really want to quit I don't think there's any pill or patch that can help you.

-Scott

Smoking is tough to quit. I have known many people who tried and failed. As a martial artist who does not smoke and knowing people who do, there is a huge noticaible difference in energy.

Congrats! Just hit my three year anniversary without 'em this weekend.

Before that, tried 3 or 4 times before it finally stuck - just needed the proper motivation. A 9 month old who's starting to really pay attention to Daddy was enough to get me through that run-down-pedestrians stage...

I tried to give off smoking many times........my consumption is 2 packs a day.....that means 40 cigarettes of 84mm daily........once I didn't smoke for 16 hours.....it was a heavy time for me......I didn't concentrate, I didn't eat or drink.......It was a bad time.....but after the first smoke everything became normal....In these way......I tried and failed so many times.

The chemical dependency never permitted my body or mind to quite smoking......I know it is killer.....still this is impossible for me.

Now My question is----- was I honest to quite smoking???? Do I want to stop this and Do I believe that I can do this.

Don't know the answers.

Thanks mate......you won the race and stopped the f***king habit.

Hope I could do this possible one day.

Got hope strength at least. Thanks.

That's Awesome.

I'm a long time smoker and I'm getting myself ready to quit
by applying the exact ideas that you mentioned, basically,
the whole idea of smoking is disgusting.

Good Luck!

Regards,
Phil Alger

I tried to quit several times but without success. So this year I think I'm going to stop with quiting!

Good for you!

good job! It's almost been 3 yrs for me not smoking. You truely have to be honest with yourself and know that you want to quit.

Funny thing for me is that I have nightmares of smoking. I wake up breathing hard and sweating thinking that I have failed myself. Then quickly realize that I was dreaming a fall back into lala land. Hope this doesn't happen to you.

Wow, Good work! Any tips on how i could convince some of my chain smoking friends into thinking the way you're thinking. They always bs about how they will quit, but they never make good on it

Congratulations!!!!!!! Keep up the good fight. To all who are thinking of quiting..DON'T..quit the habit and pick up a crutch!..I quit cigarettes and adopted smokeless tobacco and it was harder to quit, after 28 years I used the patch and will power and quit the smokeless. Luckily I have escaped any adverse effects.

Smoking is killing your health, for those who are still smoking, please think again, why destroy your health?

Good for you!!! I was never a smoker, but I do know how tough it is to quit smoking cause I have a lot of friends who do. Congratulations, I'm sure your sacrifice will do you great in the long run.

Good for you!

I smoke........

Scott

Hang in there..... You are doing a wonderful but difficult thing to quit.

Wishing you all the best.....Ricky

good for you man! I quit about 6 months ago... I've had the occasional cigarette since if I'm in a social situation when I'm drinking

its gud you have quit smoking ,never turn up again to this habit it will be very harmful

I take my hat off to you. I remember how hard it was for me to quit. I smoked at least one cig a day for months before I finally walked away for good. Keep up the good work.

Demond

Way to go! No doubt quitting smoking is one of the hardest things for someone to do! Here's to your health! Keep us posted on your continued smoke-free success!

Thanks for the story Scott!
I send my respect and congratulations for your decision to you.
May God give you the strength and whatever else will be needed so you will stay "clean"!!!
(Medics say that it usually may take round about a year to really get rid of all the craving and the adiction to the drug of nicotine. And it will take up to two years for your body to get rid of the black waste in your lunges... But the really enlighting fact is, that your body is able to take good care of itself, as long as you don´t keep him from doing so! ;-) and he is such a perfect "biomashine", that he will repair himself, if you serve to him all the necessary goods he need, like healthy food, movement, fresh air,...)
God bless,

joschu

When I quit, only first 5-7 days were real horror for me. After that everything went easy. But these 5 days....

Congratulations Scott

I was also a heavy smoker, was up to 3 1/2 packs a day (and that was when I lived in Canada, where a pack is 25 cigarettes). I quit on October 6th 1980 and to this day I consider it to be the best decision that I ever made. Had I kept that up (i.e. had I survived) I would have smoked a million cigarettes since then!

You still have an uphill battle ahead of you but it will get easier every day.

All the best to you

Bill

Thats great that you were able to stop man! Nice work!

Well done man even i trying to quit just like u ...

That's great! I wish you all the best! It's so very hard to quit an addiction...I think you are very brave!

You never lose the urge...it is an ongoing battle...so, Stay strong and good for you!

I quit around the same time as OP. So instead I chew nicoteen gum. Now I chew about 30 pieces of gum aday. Oh well. At least I can breath now.

That was quite an achievement Scott! Well done. I have been struggling as well to quit the habit... but to no avail. I wish I had more will power and determination like you.

Great to hear about people quitting.
I quit my 4 pack a day habit years ago after going to a group hypnosis session for $50. Sad part is that the hypnosis company later got shut down for being a fraud...

Hi Scott:

I never smoked but can assume that you took one of the most important steps in your life.

No matter the cravings keep up the great work and understand you can't be around tobacco even in moderation.

GREAT JOB!!!

Stay healthy and become wealthy.

Hi, I've been smokefree for 3 years. On my 27th birday I woke up and new it was time to quit. I was hacking and coughing in the morning and I didn't want to turn into one of those woman with the smokers cough and raspy voice. I used the patch to help with the cravings. But suddenly found I had a lot of time on my hands. So I took up running.

My spouse still smokes, but he smokes outside, and I haven't looked back. I am not enjoying my fitness, and food. Sure I put on about 10 more pounds but I am more in shape now then when I smoked. Congrats on your success and thank you for sharing.

Thanks I am working on quiting myself and i need all the help I can get

Thanks for all of the support guys!

It's been tough. I still want cigarettes sometimes just as bad as the day I quit, too far in to turn back now though...

My advice to anyone who wants to quit, or wants a loved one to quit, buy "Easy Way To Quit Smoking"... I tried to quit immediately after reading and failed. But when I did quit, I can honestly say it was the information in that book that helped me through it.

Thanks again for all of the replies! You guys rock!

-Scott

Hey Congrats.

For me - I quit like 8 years ago or something. Very difficult for the first 3 days. Then it gets progressively easier.

Give yourself lots of rewards, and soon, you lose the triggers.

I quit smoking 8 weeks ago. Cold turkey - just woke up one day with lungs burning and wanting my morning smoke and instead said "NO!"

Anyone who thinks smoking is just a habit and one should just quit is sadly mistaken. Smoking, according to some doctors is harder to stop then heroin. It is an addiction that is terribly hard to break.

I have never had a problem stopping any bad habit. This is an actual chemical addiction. I can feel my body craving nicotine and smoke/ I can feel my body as it goes through phusical withdrawal pains. It is agony sometimes. I can see why smokers go back to smoking to stop the misery.

The god awful part is that you know that youare destroying your lungs and yet you crave that smoke. I began to phusicall expereince the horror of having an addiction. My heart and encouragement go out to everyone stopping smoking.

I am doing it successfully - I have taken on a mindset of "I am not a smoker" By doing this it seems very odd that a non-smoker would crave a cigarette! I can really feel the split of being a non-smoker and wanting to smoke. Somehow this works for me. I no ,onger am a smoker wanting, or trying to stop. I ama non-smoker with a weird craving and I know that if I can outlast this alien urge, it will weaken and go away. I am not fighting with myself or with a bad habit - I am free only dealing with a physical condition that K know for a fact will improve if I just let my body work its miracle.

By the way, maybe this will help someone. I have found, in myself, and in friends who have tried to quit that visualizations, affirmations, ETF, accupuncture, hypnotism, patches, and pills almost never work for very long.

I believe that is because your subconscious knows that you are a smoker and wishes you would quit lying to your self and trying to cover it up in various ways. Eventually the B.S. loses to the subconscious. Old subbie knows you better that you think! It knows that you are a smoker despite what you try to tell it.

I will let you know how this works for me, but I feel 100% confident that I am not a smoker - it is a feeling and not a belief. Somehow my subconscious is informing me instead of me trying to inform it! Consciously I am only dealing with patiently awauting my body healing itself.

There is a world of difference here and when I can explain it better, I will.

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