cant quit

[tomanypills]

I"ve quit opiates both tapering and ct and a few other things over the years. I"m tapering,ct,tapering ,ct right now but I WILL end this so why cant I quit smoking (cigs) has anyone been successful quiting ? how ? I was going to apologize cause cigs didnt seem as important as drugs but then I thought that they can/will KILL me ,ty

[HUBBY CHOO]

Let's do it, I have no idea? but let's do it!

Choo

I am game

[rooftrash]

let's go!

[HUBBY CHOO]

I am in!!

Charly

[rooftrash]

can i chew?choo?

[HUBBY CHOO]

I could respond in a very "Funny" way to that, you sort of set the table for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL  The "G: Reated version, Chewy, Gwewwwww, "Star Wars" Sure as long as you don't loode your jaw.\\LOL

Beachnut or Coopenhagen-spelling

Choo

[LadySundown]

Last year at this time I was down to four cigarettes a day. Now I'm lucky if I can make a pack last me two days. I need to quit!!!!! Been smoking too many years and that's playing the odds and setting myself up to lose.

I'M IN, TOO!!!!

Just me....LS

[rooftrash]

I walked right into that one.You funny MO FO you!Peace Bro

[rooftrash]

what's the plan?Maybe we should find a smokers forum.LOL

[FLaddict]

I know when ScottQuit   quit smoking he mentioned a website that helped him alot.. i think it was whyquit? or something like that.. google something..

[rooftrash]

Whoa!I was just kidding about the forum thing.LOL

[HUBBY CHOO]

I wish= 4/day, i need help then!! 1.5-2 packs per day depebding on stress.\\

Let's do it, Do it!

Choo

[LadySundown]

I'm kind of psyched up about this now. WE CAN DO IT!! Anyone else what to jump on the wagon??

Take Care (and less puffin) lol
LS

[rooftrash]

Friends who smoke together choke together.420?

[HUBBY CHOO]

Yup, let's change that tune!

Choo

[cinnamonstix]

SIX kids, ONE grandchild, 2 dogs, a cat(who, of course is pregnant...), a house that never stays clean no matter how hard I try, a yard the size of Alabama that I have to mow once a week...the list goes ON.....
I think that I am the SOLE idea for the old slogan:
CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Giving up smoking, too? NOOOOOOOOOOO way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least not til my youngest starts kindergarten in a few years.....lol

The nicotine and the caffeine is the only thing that keeps me SANE now that I have been pill-free for a while.

Hey, I quit the pills.....I'll wait on the smoking for a bit..... :)
But I give you all major admiration for quitting!

jenny

[tomanypills]

I justify smoking just like pills,, I was all set to quit the other day but saw a man that looked about 80 something standing in front of a senior center having a smoke and thought what the heck ,,,why quit lol. I"m with you choo, more then a pack a day. A friend quit 8 mos ago useing a laser technique, it was 275.00, dont know about insur.

[plumeagled]

OK, I am a former 30-40 cig a day smoker. Smoked for 25 years. Tried numerous times to quit. Have not smoked now for almost 5 years. Sounds silly....but start making a little mark on your pack with a pen every single time you light up. Do NOTHING else but smoke that cig. No phone, no pc, nothing at all to distract the smoking of that cig. If you smoke 25 today....you can smoke the same the next day and the next, ect....but NEVER 26. You will find that you HATE to make those marks on your pack as it feels like you are giving yourself "bad marks"! Then you'll see you're at 20 one day....and again, now you cannot go over that 20 so you start to really pay attention to when you're smoking. In my case, once I got down to 8 a day I could not seem to go below without being witchy. Oh, also, make them inconvenient to get to. Such as having them in the trunk so you have to pull over and get one out instead of reaching in your pocket or purse.Or leave them all at the office at night except the few you are going to ration during the day. Another great trick.....we all know the best part of a $100 meal is the cig after it. So, start out making yourself wait 5 minutes before you lite up. Then 10 min, you get the idea. Before long you'll realize you're plopped in front of the TV and have not had your usual ciggy! Now, I know you can't always do this part, but we went on a cruise when I got down to 8 a day. No driving, no phone, no pc...none of the usual places and things that make you reach for a cig. I have not smoked since. BEST OF LUCK! Jackie

[avisg]

I quit  a three pack habit a day on sept17,2006 , before I quit i changed up the times i smoked ,did not smoke in the car  , house, right after meals . I did not have much of a choice we found out son had cancer . That  did it for me and smoking .
Have a great day
Avis

[cinnamonstix]

Now YOUR post might have touched me a bit...you know how my son has leukemia....and yeah, maybe I should start thinking about quitting.
SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNEW I shouldn't have read this! lol
Ok, Ok.......I'll start cutting back....then I'll just have to quit, I suppose.
You're right...with our kids being sick, we should not be smoking.
RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

::::scowling at avis:::::: lol

Love ya,

jennifer

[avisg]

cinnamonstix, LOL sorry , I had to quit no one ever said your smoking gave your son cancer but on the other hand they never siad it didnt . so quiting was what i needed to do i guess not to have guilt. I didnt want to end up getting sick either and not being here for him . However everyone is diffrent my hubby still smokes just no where near him. I STILL after 7 months want to smoke every once and i while but so far soooo good . have a great day
Avis

[oxysbliss]

I havent tried to quit smoking................
but I sure as heck smoke a lot less than I ever have...
I seriously dont really know though
for me some days are better than others, some days I dont even smoke lol....other days I smoke almost a half a pack, alright maybe not that bad but ya know what I mean...or close enough to

C

[Equus]

Used to be a two pack a day girl.  Will give you my story if it will help, tho it is an odd one.

But before that, in answer to your question "if I can do this why can't I quit smoking?", I think, perhaps, it might be HARDER for a drug user, especially if he has quit using drugs, to stop smoking than someone who has always been clean (I was clean when I quit).  The reason for that is twofold (1) smoking isn't seen as "serious" as drug addition.  Among other things, it is legal.  The drive to get off the things just isn't there in the same way.  The threat of lung cancer etc is too vague.  My father died from smoking but it didn't stop me. (2) In giving up drugs you have given up a lot of mental and oral craving. Smoking is filling, to admittedly a minor degree, some of that same craving so by giving up the drugs you are actually increasing the need for cigarettes.  Until you can mentally link the two, I think you will continue to struggle.  Just my opinion..  Hang in there, we're with you!! I'll help any way I can.

[Equus]

oops...misread and misused the "comment to" space.  Was supposed to be directed to "toomanypills"

[kimmy4138]

I too need to quit smoking but good God I NEED them to help me get through the Opiate W/D's.. This W/D-ing is PURE HELLL but I hope once I get this under control.. Funny,  when I woke up from my hysterectomy I woke up a non smoker.. Didn't smoke but sure took a lot of pills.. LOL..  If I had only threw the pills out when I picked my ciggys back up a few months later I would only have one demon to beat up!!!  On day 4  of kicking the opiates, woo hoo.. maybe this time next year I will be on day 4 of no ciggys...