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Good For you!! " wow why didnt we do this a long time ago?" you made the first step! that is all that matters, But in order to quit, you must want it for yourself first!! keep telling yourself all these reasons listed here that you are the most important person to your family and you want to quit for yourself so you can fullfill all your reasons for being here now! It's not easy and you don't need any of us to tell you that! if it were easy we all would not have this darn addiction! If you would like to track your progress click on this link and it will take you to a quit smoking meter download.. good luck to you We can beat this!! :thumbup: http://www.dedicateddesigns.com/qk/ my meter.. I have been quit for 1 Day, 20 hours, 13 minutes and 32 seconds (1 days). I have saved $4.70 by not smoking 29 cigarettes. I have saved 2 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
Here are some things that helped me when I HAD TO QUIT because of health problems! I WANT TO QUIT! I NEED TO QUIT! I WILL QUIT! I WILL SUCCEED!! GOOD LUCK!! DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART, HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE!!!! DRINK PLENTY OF WATER – CAN EVEN SIP WATER THROUGH A STRAW. It helps. TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND HOLD TO COUNT OF 3 AND EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH PURSED LIPS TO THE COUNT OF 5 OR 6 (EXHALE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD EXHALE CIGARETTE SMOKE). You exhale to twice the number of what you inhale. That’s the secret for your lungs. STAY AWAY FROM OTHER SMOKERS!! – THROW AWAY CIGARETTES, LIGHTERS, ASHTRAYS. KEEP YOUR HANDS BUSY. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SNACK – TRY: CARROTS SUNFLOWER SEEDS APPLES CELERY RAISINS SUGARLESS GUM SUGARLESS HARD CANDY FRUITS (RAW) VEGETABLES (RAW) CUT A DRINKING STRAW INTO CIGARETTE-SIZE PIECES AND SEAL ONE END WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER – THEN, INHALE AIR THROUGH STRAW. W A L K ! ! ! GET EXERCISE!! DON’T JUST SIT AROUND THE HOUSE – GET SOME EXERCISE!! SIT IN NON-SMOKING AREAS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC. USE STRAW TO CHEW ON. USE SWIZZLE STICKS TO CHEW ON. USE A TOOTHPICK TO KEEP HANDS BUSY. BRUSH TEETH 3-4 TIMES A DAY. ASK PEOPLE NOT TO SMOKE IN YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR CAR AND IF YOU’RE AROUND SOMEONE WHO IS SMOKING, LEAVE THE AREA. GET YOUR CAR DETAILED TO GET CIGARETTE SMOKE OUT OF IT! GET UP FROM THE TABLE AND GO OUTSIDE AND WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AFTER EATING OR GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH AFTER EATING. LIE DOWN AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS. GOOD LUCK – BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - YOU CAN SUCCEED AND QUIT FOR YOUSELF BECAUSE YOU WANT TO - NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO QUIT!!!!! |
:thumbs up Our cheer leader!!! Muffie's Mom thanks for all the engouragement!! :thumbup: I have been quit for 2 Days, 7 hours, 51 minutes and 25 seconds (2 days). I have saved $5.95 by not smoking 37 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
OK, HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS THREAD!!!??????? I am a smoker and I am having a hard time quitting. I tried to last summer, but failed miserably! I haven't read this whole thread yet, but I am going to and I will definitely join teh quitting smoking group! Good luck everyone! |
Quit Smoking Oh man, do I know how hard it is to quit smoking. It took a heart attack, then some years later, while still smoking, I found myself in the hospital about to have a quadruple bypass. To show you how much of a diehard smoker I was, the night before my bypass I had 3 cigarettes with me and I wasn't about to throw them away so like a dummy I smoked all 3 of them one after the other in the private bathroom in my hospital room. It's a good thing the doctor didn't catch me! Here are some things that helped me when I HAD TO QUIT because of health problems! Print the list off and keep it to use and go by. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I WANT TO QUIT! I NEED TO QUIT! I WILL QUIT! I WILL SUCCEED!! GOOD LUCK!! DOWN DEEP IN YOUR HEART, HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE!!!! DRINK PLENTY OF WATER – CAN EVEN SIP WATER THROUGH A STRAW. It helps. TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND HOLD TO COUNT OF 3 AND EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH PURSED LIPS TO THE COUNT OF 5 OR 6 (EXHALE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD EXHALE CIGARETTE SMOKE). You exhale to twice the number of what you inhale. That’s the secret for your lungs. STAY AWAY FROM OTHER SMOKERS!! – THROW AWAY CIGARETTES, LIGHTERS, ASHTRAYS. KEEP YOUR HANDS BUSY. IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SNACK – TRY: CARROTS SUNFLOWER SEEDS APPLES CELERY RAISINS SUGARLESS GUM SUGARLESS HARD CANDY FRUITS (RAW) VEGETABLES (RAW) CUT A DRINKING STRAW INTO CIGARETTE-SIZE PIECES AND SEAL ONE END WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER – THEN, INHALE AIR THROUGH STRAW. W A L K ! ! ! GET EXERCISE!! DON’T JUST SIT AROUND THE HOUSE – GET SOME EXERCISE!! SIT IN NON-SMOKING AREAS AT RESTAURANTS, ETC. USE STRAW TO CHEW ON. USE SWIZZLE STICKS TO CHEW ON. USE A TOOTHPICK TO KEEP HANDS BUSY. BRUSH TEETH 3-4 TIMES A DAY. ASK PEOPLE NOT TO SMOKE IN YOUR HOUSE OR IN YOUR CAR AND IF YOU’RE AROUND SOMEONE WHO IS SMOKING, LEAVE THE AREA. GET YOUR CAR DETAILED TO GET CIGARETTE SMOKE OUT OF IT! GET UP FROM THE TABLE AND GO OUTSIDE AND WALK AROUND THE HOUSE AFTER EATING OR GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH AFTER EATING. LIE DOWN AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS. GOOD LUCK – BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - YOU CAN SUCCEED AND QUIT FOR YOUSELF BECAUSE YOU WANT TO - NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO QUIT!!!!! :) :thumbup: |
I hope you smokers don't wait until you get to the point where you have BAD health and then decide to quit because the damage will already be done. The damage cannot be reversed. Believe you me, I know for a fact as I have to live with the consequences every day and it isn't fun! I was told by my Vascular Surgeon that when FEMALES start smoking at a very early age, they stunt the growth of their blood vessels when means when you grow up they will have very narrow blood vessels throughout their whole body and in turn that means they'll be very susceptible to getting a blockage anywhere in their body as well as heart problems! I am living proof of this! If anyone wants to ask any questions, please feel free to do so. :) YOU have to decide for YOURSELF that you are going to quit. YOU DO IT FOR YOU not because someone is telling or asking you to quit. In your own mind, once YOU decide to quit, you've got the battle licked already. You'll be on the road to success. Good luck to all of you who are trying to quit! :thumbup: :thumbup: |
Something I neglected to say is that you NEED to think POSITIVE about your stopping cigarette smoking. It will not help you in the least bit if you keep telling yourself "I can't do it"! If you do that, you are just setting yourself up for failure. So what you need to do is say, "I want to quit! I can quit! I will quit! I WILL SUCCEED!" GOOD LUCK! I HAVE BEEN SMOKE FREE FOR 4 YEARS NOW! :love: |
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Good tip! Don't even have the cigarettes available! PERIOD! |
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one good thing!! I never smoked in my home! So I Lucked out there! Now my car I have been using my car to smoke in! so I will take your advice on having my car detailed!!! good advice, As soon as I got in to go to work this morning Yikes It stunk so Bad I had to stop at wall greens and find some kind of smoke oder remover, I found something but I like the detail the car Idea! I plan on making an appointment! I always had a thing about washing my hands after I smoked fear of being smelly,so I would always carry hand wash w/out water in my car then pop in altoids for breath refresher, and I would always tell myself If this bothers you QUIT! well today when I got into my car, I just knew no matter if I had been using the handwash and the altoids, I am so dumb to think I did not possibly stink like a ashtray!! And I printed out your tips and I have a copy on my fridge, in My bathroom and on my front door as I leave as A reminder... thanks again :thumbup: I have been quit for 2 Days, 16 hours, 12 minutes and 2 seconds (2 days). I have saved $6.84 by not smoking 42 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
Yes absolutely - I forgot to mention that. |
For everyone that is going to quit smoking, I wish all of you the very best of luck. Just take one hour at a time - one day at a time. There are some very good tips on this thread that will help you to succeed. It will help to save your own life! What a wonderful feeling when you've licked the smoking habit! Good luck in succeeding! |
So How is everyone Doing so Far??? Comittment is the hard part and sticking to it! And believe It's just been a few days but Im hanging in there... So for all you wannabe's non-smokers come-on you can do this!!! we offer cheerleading encouragement from Muffies Mom :D were here for you!! I have been quit for 3 Days, 11 hours, 41 minutes and 1 second (3 days). I have saved $8.91 by not smoking 55 cigarettes. I have saved 4 hours and 35 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
Update: I have cut down alot but I have not quit. This is a start. |
Just some friendly advise, the more you think about smoking the more you want it. Try to devert you energy to other things like reading, working out, or playing with your little yorkie. Good luck!!!!!! |
That is such a true statement! STOP thinking about smoking! Put your mind to better use. To those of you who have already started or cut down, you have already survived the first hurdle and that is the "big decision to quit". Keep up the good work and keep thinking that way - you will succeed if you want it bad enough! |
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Yes it is!! :thumbup: download the quit counter and it will show you how much you have cut down! http://www.dedicateddesigns.com/qk/ |
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I forgot to tell you how to enter your quit meter stats into your posts! make sure that your quit meter is active ( running ) then click inside your post then hit control and f 12 and there you are! good luck! :thumbup: |
Why Quit?? How do you feel about a friend who has to go everywhere with you? Not only does he tag along all the time, but since he is so offensive and vulgar, you become unwelcome when with him. He has a peculiar odor that sticks to you wherever you go. Others think both of you stink. He controls you totally. When he says jump, you jump. Sometimes in the middle of a blizzard or storm, he wants you to come to the store and pick him up. You would give your spouse hell if he or she did that to you all the time, but you can't argue with your friend. Sometimes, when you are out at a movie or play he says he wants you to go stand in the lobby with him and miss important scenes. Since he calls all the shots in your life, you go. Your friend doesn't like your choice of clothing either. Instead of politely telling you that you have lousy taste, he burns little holes in these items so you will want to throw them out. Sometimes, he tires of the furniture and gets rid of it too. Occasionally, he gets really nasty and decides the whole house must go. He gets pretty expensive to support. Not only is his knack of property destruction costly, but you must pay to keep him with you. In fact, he will cost you thousands of dollars over your lifetime. And you can count on one thing, he will never pay you a penny in return. Often at picnics you watch others playing vigorous activities and having lots of fun doing them. But your friend won't let you. He doesn't believe in physical activity. In his opinion, you are too old to have that kind of fun. So he kind of sits on your chest and makes it difficult for you to breathe. Now you don't want to go off and play with other people when you can't breathe, do you? Your friend does not believe in being healthy. He is really repulsed by the thought of you living a long and productive life. So every chance he gets he makes you sick. He helps you catch colds and flu. Not just by running out in the middle of the lousy weather to pick him up at the store. He is more creative than that. He carries thousands of poisons with him which he constantly blows in your face. When you inhale some of them, they wipe out cilia in your lungs which would have helped you prevent these diseases. But colds and flu are just his form of child's play. He especially likes diseases that slowly cripple you—like emphysema. He considers this disease great. Once he gets you to have this, you will give up all your other friends, family, career goals, activities—everything. You will just sit home and caress him, telling him what a great friend he is while you desperately gasp for air. But eventually your friend tires of you. He decides he no longer wishes to have your company. Instead of letting you go your separate ways, he decides to kill you. He has a wonderful arsenal of weapons behind him. In fact, he has been plotting your death since the day you met him. He picked all the top killers in society and did everything in his power to ensure you would get one of them. He overworked your heart and lungs. He clogged up the arteries to your heart, brain, and every other part of your body. In case you were too strong to succumb to this, he constantly exposed you to cancer causing agents. He knew he would get you sooner or later. Well, this is the story of your "friend," your cigarette. No real friend would do all this to you. Cigarettes are the worst possible enemies you ever had. They are expensive, addictive, socially unacceptable, and deadly. Consider all this and NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF! Joel http://whyquit.com/ |
WOW! What an article and it's all so very true! I thank God that I HAD to quit!! Because I AM STILL ALIVE NOW! |
A Family's Mission to Combat Lung Cancer This Poor family... http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1488654 I have been quit for 3 Days, 19 hours, 42 minutes and 54 seconds (3 days). I have saved $9.77 by not smoking 61 cigarettes. I have saved 5 hours and 5 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
I said I couldn't go cold turkey but I would cut back considerably. Today I am so proud of myself. I didn't have my first Cig until 12:00 today. Normally by now I would have smoked about 1/2 pack. I really just didn't even think about it. Maybe I will go longer next time. My goal is to be able to cut down to just a few and then take it from there. |
Keep up the good work! Try practicing the deep breathing and keep drinking lots of water. |
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zyban users I have a doctors appt tomorrow. Maybe I'll ask about Zyban. Would the Zyban users tell me what it does for you and are there side effects? I have been having a bad cough and hard to breath after a very bad cold during the holidays. I finally deceided to go to the drs and I know smoking isnt helping. Ive only had 4 today so thats good but I need to make these lifestyle changes before its to late. Please let my know about the Zyban experience. |
On Friday the 6th I took my last pack and decide when it was gone I would be done. On the 8th I smoked my last cig. :D My Mom and Son and sister has also quit smoking. :thumbup: |
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:yelrotflm :bravo: good for you that is great!!! |
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only 4?? that is alot better than hearing a pack or two! you are doing great Sorry to hear you are so sick! I used smoke away! it really helped me! :love: I have been quit for 4 Days, 19 hours, 45 minutes and 47 seconds (4 days). I have saved $12.34 by not smoking 77 cigarettes. I have saved 6 hours and 25 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 1/6/2006 11:00 PM |
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:yelrotflm It's a goal!!! and you are on your way!! :D |
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