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luvdorkyyorkies · 03-23-2006, 04:27 AM

Hi all,
Im going crazy over here. I am on my 8th day of not smoking. Im taking the commit lozenges and they really do help with cravings. If I was not on these babies I would have caved already!
The 5th day was oddly easy, yesterday was horrid......I wanted a cigarette from the morning until I went to bed........ONEEEEEE LONGGGGGGG CONSTANT CRAVING!! But I got thru it, and today is a new day.
Do you all have any quit smoking stories? Successful or not? They dont have to be your own either, maybe a family member.
Im very dedicated to stop smoking but this will be hardest thing I have ever done. Hope the intense cravings slack off, its pretty awful.
I already feel physically better but those cigs sure do get ahold of ya. I guess I cant expect 23 yrs of addiction go "POOF" and be gone.

txshopper73 · 03-23-2006, 05:49 AM

WOW! You've got a lot of will power! I've tried to quit several times and before the day was over with, my husband would go out and buy me a new pack.

lisatodd · 03-23-2006, 06:02 AM

i have tried but didnt work....my husband said i need to try april 1st....i told him ok but i think it may just be an april fool joke. it is sooo very hard to quit. i feel for you. i have the patches. i used the patch about 5 yrs ago and i quit for about 3 months but then went out w the girls and started back. good luck to you

BamaFan121s · 03-23-2006, 06:03 AM

I quit after about 4 years....nothing compared to your 23.

Best I can remember, it was only bad for the first 2-3 weeks...and I went cold turkey with it. During that time I found I only really craved when I was driving by myself, or extremely bored, so I would find something enjoyable to constantly occupy myself.
I still get the urge every once in a blue moon when I am extremely upset/mad or when (about once a year) I get a few in me. I'll smoke one, but at this point, it is so nasty to me that it literally makes me sick and kills the urge.
Also, when the craving came up, I would start listing off the negative aspects (it can kill you, think of what the family would have to go through, it smells, cost alot of money, etc) vs the pros (because I like it). Really seemed selfish and silly to me.

You can do it! Just hang in there and be tough! You'll be so glad you did it!

KELLYLYNN · 03-23-2006, 06:08 AM

We had two guys from work that got hypotized and it worked for them, im going to try it one of these days, i hope it works for me

rrosenberry · 03-23-2006, 06:10 AM

Good luck, and good job trying, I know how hard it is, I tried it and it didn't last one day,, I guess I didn't want it bad enough... yet. We all need to quit, but it is SOOOO hard.
I heard once that the addiction is comparable to being addicted to heroin..

That is frightening.

Oscar's Mom · 03-23-2006, 06:16 AM

You are attempting the hardest thing you will ever do! But YOU CAN DO IT! My son who was about 12 at the time asked me why I smoked. I told him I liked it. He said "don't you know it will kill you"...so he asked me to quit and I did...Cold Turkey, no patches no nothing. It was murder. I had smoked for 15 years and was up to almost two packs a day. I could not get out of bed in the morning til I had a cigarette. So about three months later, I was out of town with a gal friend of mine who smoked and I bummed one...it was not that great. About 3 months after that, I smoked another one and got sick as a dog...never touched another one, but I craved them for a good 5 years. There are times today that I could pick one up and smoke it but I don't. The smell of them in someones house or to pass by someone smoking makes me kind of queasy...but I love the smell of one when it is first lit up...does that make sense??? Oh and the little boy who asked me to quit is now 23....and smoking! I am so mad at him. Good luck...just keep reminding yourself that this is something you really want to do...that you need to do...do it for yourself and you will be glad you did! Keep us posted on your progress.

Thorsmomma · 03-23-2006, 06:21 AM

My boyfriend quit after ten years+ of smoking. He started very young, and he has trie to quit a few times but started again, just because it made him feel more "in" with his friends, but now it has been over 5 months. He quit cold turkey and doesn't care for them at all anymore. You can do it!!

Bonnie's Mom · 03-23-2006, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

We had two guys from work that got hypotized and it worked for them, im going to try it one of these days, i hope it works for me

I was also going to suggest getting hypnotized. 3 people from my work have, all heavy smokers, and they haven't had one since they got hypnotized, they say they haven't wanted one. I am going to schedule my husband to go the next time they are in our town.

Good Luck!

heather_lathrop · 03-23-2006, 06:29 AM

Wow! I know how you feel. I have quite smoking twice cold turkey! I didn't have any gum or anything to help. You have the power to overcome them! Good luck! Just remember that it will get easier as the days go by! And then your whole body will start to feel better!

snickers mom · 03-23-2006, 06:58 AM

Its hard i know.... my grandmother quit cold turkey the day they told her she had lung cancer and 6m to live because of cigarettes.... and i dont smoke anymore since my lung collapsed at age 25.... a friend quit gradually when at age 20 she started coughing up blood from cigarettes....
all these stories are true if that helps... smoking is relaxing this i know but you are better off w/out it if you can ... good luck to you
i know its easier to quit in my state you can't be w/in 50ft of a building if you are smoking - and you can't smoke in clubs or bars either

Claire · 03-23-2006, 07:06 AM

I quit 7 weeks ago, I did the patch and was so successful on it that I stopped using the patch early... then something BIG happened and I was stressed out and I smoked on Friday. I have smoked one cigarette a day since then, at night, on the back porch, in the dark after everyone has gone to bed... I'm sneaky...
I heard that if you wear the patch AND smoke for the first two weeks that you are on it then your success rate for quitting will be alot higher. You get so much nicotine from the patch that smoking just makes you sick...
I'm going back on the patch, step 3, so that I can stop my now 1-a-day habit!

hle_625 · 03-23-2006, 07:10 AM

Good for you! I know that things will get better! I wish so bad that I could quit smoking but its not working for me either!

About the hypnotizing my cousin and her hubby did that a year ago and as soon as they left the place they were fine but the very next day they were both smoking again. So I guess for some people it works and for some others it doesnt!

Good luck I know you can do it!

shecass · 03-23-2006, 07:10 AM

I think I have one of the most wonderful husbands in the world. He quit gosh going on 20 years ago for me. My allergies had gotten so bad that I couldn't be around him. First he started going outside and then just smoking in the car on the way home from work. But, it didn't work I would immediately get sick, I think alot of it was from living with a smoker my dad for 19 years I developed asthma when I was younger so between that and my allergies he quit. Of course now and I most definitely wouldn't recommend this but he dipped in place of the cigarettes and he still does it to this day. I've been on him really hard because I'm afraid he is going to end up getting mouth cancer. Plus I don't want our 9 year old son to pick up the habit.

Good Luck and keep up the good work. You can do it. Just think about how much better you will feel once you get over all the cravings.

bugaboosmom · 03-23-2006, 07:38 AM

I have not yet set another quit date.

03-23-2006, 04:27 AM	#1
luvdorkyyorkies BANNED! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,681	OMG! Those DUMB cigarettes...UGH! Hi all, Im going crazy over here. I am on my 8th day of not smoking. Im taking the commit lozenges and they really do help with cravings. If I was not on these babies I would have caved already! The 5th day was oddly easy, yesterday was horrid......I wanted a cigarette from the morning until I went to bed........ONEEEEEE LONGGGGGGG CONSTANT CRAVING!! But I got thru it, and today is a new day. Do you all have any quit smoking stories? Successful or not? They dont have to be your own either, maybe a family member. Im very dedicated to stop smoking but this will be hardest thing I have ever done. Hope the intense cravings slack off, its pretty awful. I already feel physically better but those cigs sure do get ahold of ya. I guess I cant expect 23 yrs of addiction go "POOF" and be gone.

03-23-2006, 05:49 AM	#2
txshopper73 Donating YT 14K Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 14,226 Blog Entries: 1	WOW! You've got a lot of will power! I've tried to quit several times and before the day was over with, my husband would go out and buy me a new pack. __________________ As always...JMO (Just My Opinion) Kimberley

03-23-2006, 06:02 AM	#3
lisatodd Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va Posts: 4,460	i have tried but didnt work....my husband said i need to try april 1st....i told him ok but i think it may just be an april fool joke. it is sooo very hard to quit. i feel for you. i have the patches. i used the patch about 5 yrs ago and i quit for about 3 months but then went out w the girls and started back. good luck to you __________________ lisa lisa and the cult jam yorkies

03-23-2006, 06:10 AM	#6
rrosenberry & Bailey & Bella Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,164	Good luck, and good job trying, I know how hard it is, I tried it and it didn't last one day,, I guess I didn't want it bad enough... yet. We all need to quit, but it is SOOOO hard. I heard once that the addiction is comparable to being addicted to heroin.. That is frightening. __________________ Rhonda, Bailey, Josie and my angel Bella Rue' "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~Anatole France~

03-23-2006, 06:16 AM	#7
Oscar's Mom My Little Biker Dude Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,065	You are attempting the hardest thing you will ever do! But YOU CAN DO IT! My son who was about 12 at the time asked me why I smoked. I told him I liked it. He said "don't you know it will kill you"...so he asked me to quit and I did...Cold Turkey, no patches no nothing. It was murder. I had smoked for 15 years and was up to almost two packs a day. I could not get out of bed in the morning til I had a cigarette. So about three months later, I was out of town with a gal friend of mine who smoked and I bummed one...it was not that great. About 3 months after that, I smoked another one and got sick as a dog...never touched another one, but I craved them for a good 5 years. There are times today that I could pick one up and smoke it but I don't. The smell of them in someones house or to pass by someone smoking makes me kind of queasy...but I love the smell of one when it is first lit up...does that make sense??? Oh and the little boy who asked me to quit is now 23....and smoking! I am so mad at him. Good luck...just keep reminding yourself that this is something you really want to do...that you need to do...do it for yourself and you will be glad you did! Keep us posted on your progress. __________________ ****************** Debbie G. - Oscar's Mom ****** PRAYERS FOR ALL THOSE KICKING CANCER'S BUTT!!! **************** RIP SHARON 8-10-63 to 9-21-08

03-23-2006, 06:03 AM	#4
BamaFan121s Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 11,432	I quit after about 4 years....nothing compared to your 23. Best I can remember, it was only bad for the first 2-3 weeks...and I went cold turkey with it. During that time I found I only really craved when I was driving by myself, or extremely bored, so I would find something enjoyable to constantly occupy myself. I still get the urge every once in a blue moon when I am extremely upset/mad or when (about once a year) I get a few in me. I'll smoke one, but at this point, it is so nasty to me that it literally makes me sick and kills the urge. Also, when the craving came up, I would start listing off the negative aspects (it can kill you, think of what the family would have to go through, it smells, cost alot of money, etc) vs the pros (because I like it). Really seemed selfish and silly to me. You can do it! Just hang in there and be tough! You'll be so glad you did it!

03-23-2006, 06:08 AM	#5
KELLYLYNN Harley, Haley & Micah Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: pa Posts: 686	We had two guys from work that got hypotized and it worked for them, im going to try it one of these days, i hope it works for me

03-23-2006, 06:21 AM	#8
Thorsmomma I Love Thor Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,177 Blog Entries: 1	My boyfriend quit after ten years+ of smoking. He started very young, and he has trie to quit a few times but started again, just because it made him feel more "in" with his friends, but now it has been over 5 months. He quit cold turkey and doesn't care for them at all anymore. You can do it!! __________________ Hannah & Thor & Harry The boys on DOGSTER

03-23-2006, 06:29 AM	#10
heather_lathrop Gizmo and Gidget's Pet Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,326	Wow! I know how you feel. I have quite smoking twice cold turkey! I didn't have any gum or anything to help. You have the power to overcome them! Good luck! Just remember that it will get easier as the days go by! And then your whole body will start to feel better! __________________ Heather & Max - In honor of my sweet Ayden!

03-23-2006, 06:58 AM	#11
snickers mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 687	good luck to you! Its hard i know.... my grandmother quit cold turkey the day they told her she had lung cancer and 6m to live because of cigarettes.... and i dont smoke anymore since my lung collapsed at age 25.... a friend quit gradually when at age 20 she started coughing up blood from cigarettes.... all these stories are true if that helps... smoking is relaxing this i know but you are better off w/out it if you can ... good luck to you i know its easier to quit in my state you can't be w/in 50ft of a building if you are smoking - and you can't smoke in clubs or bars either

03-23-2006, 07:06 AM	#12
Claire YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 484	I quit 7 weeks ago, I did the patch and was so successful on it that I stopped using the patch early... then something BIG happened and I was stressed out and I smoked on Friday. I have smoked one cigarette a day since then, at night, on the back porch, in the dark after everyone has gone to bed... I'm sneaky... I heard that if you wear the patch AND smoke for the first two weeks that you are on it then your success rate for quitting will be alot higher. You get so much nicotine from the patch that smoking just makes you sick... I'm going back on the patch, step 3, so that I can stop my now 1-a-day habit! __________________

03-23-2006, 07:10 AM	#13
hle_625 Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 4,637	Good for you! I know that things will get better! I wish so bad that I could quit smoking but its not working for me either! About the hypnotizing my cousin and her hubby did that a year ago and as soon as they left the place they were fine but the very next day they were both smoking again. So I guess for some people it works and for some others it doesnt! Good luck I know you can do it! __________________ Heather, Chloe Lynn and Daisy May

03-23-2006, 07:10 AM	#14
shecass YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North wilkesboro, NC Posts: 2,785	I think I have one of the most wonderful husbands in the world. He quit gosh going on 20 years ago for me. My allergies had gotten so bad that I couldn't be around him. First he started going outside and then just smoking in the car on the way home from work. But, it didn't work I would immediately get sick, I think alot of it was from living with a smoker my dad for 19 years I developed asthma when I was younger so between that and my allergies he quit. Of course now and I most definitely wouldn't recommend this but he dipped in place of the cigarettes and he still does it to this day. I've been on him really hard because I'm afraid he is going to end up getting mouth cancer. Plus I don't want our 9 year old son to pick up the habit. Good Luck and keep up the good work. You can do it. Just think about how much better you will feel once you get over all the cravings. __________________ Sheila, Mollie & Wyatt Ethan my pride and joy Mollie www.dogster.com/?176293 Wyatt www.dogster.com/?205723

03-23-2006, 07:38 AM	#15
bugaboosmom Luv My Bug! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: california Posts: 1,573	Keep Up The Good Work! I have not yet set another quit date. __________________ TARMAR'S YORKIES