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The 'Quit Smoking' thread; Ver 2

OK Fuk yer it was on yesterday, me and the g/f said right thats it no more, we ripped the filters off the remaining 5 smokes we had, and she called quit line...they said they would be sending the little quit pack thingee and all was good ...for about three hours. I ended up just rubbing my face off these fuckers really got a hold of me, dropped a valuim n chilled out enuf 2 have our BBQ n shit, but like a little nico slave was off to the store 4 ma ciggys. feelin verry dissapointed in myself its morning and the packs nearly gone, havin trouble even cutting down. :( but theres always tomorow 2 try again i spose.. peace all, hope i can post my success story in here soon:)
 
I cave in when I'm around smokers, especially when I'm out because every single person I hang out with smokes. And thanks to the no-smoking indoors rule, my whole crew heads out to smoke so I inevitably head out with them to the smoking area.
 
I quit smoking around June last year when I discovered I was pregnant. Bubs is now a month old and I am proud to say I still haven't had a puff - despite heaps of people saying "oh you'll take it up again". I'm drinking moderately again too, which I thought for sure would trigger cravings. I always LOVED a ciggie with my glass of wine, but now I find I can enjoy one without it - yay!

I just don't want to smoke any more, I look at this pure, clean little baby in my care and I don't want to dirty her or harm her with ciggarette smoke because she doesn't deserve that. She came into this world with little healthy lungs and a trusting soul and that is a huge responsibility.

I didn't expect to feel like this, to be honest I didn't know if the baby would be that much of a deterrent once she was out of my belly, and the 'stigma' wasn't attached anymore. But if anything, being a mum has made my resolve stronger. Dale is still a smoker and I think she deserves at least one non-smoking parent as a good role model.

Good luck to everyone trying to quit, if you can stick it out it's really good on the other side actually. 99% of the time I don't even think about it now. The 1% where you do, you just have to ride it out and let it slide, it goes away.
 
Samadhi said:
I'm in the planning phase of quitting too, my bank balance cries every time i buy a pack. :( I also hate feeling beholden to something - i don't smoke week, am a very occasional drinker, and have no other drug vices, and it SHITS me that i smoke.

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Samadhi, I hated it for all those reasons too and let me tell you it is a beautiful thing not to have to carry a pack around with you everywhere you go... not to worry whether you've got $12 on you several times a week for fags... to have to duck out and stand in blaring sun or rain like a leper.... it is really awesome to finally be one of those people who don't have to do any of that, the people you used to envy. I don't even have to consider smokes in my everyday life. It feels like there's a gap for a while, but the gap narrows and becomes barely perceptible after a while.

This probably doesn't apply to you but I also used to suffer under a bit of a misconception that my smoking made me 'cool' - bizarre I know. It was kinda dangerous, really rock n' roll :D. But once you become a non-smoker you see people smoking and the filter ('scuse the pun!) has changed - it just makes them look weird and disgusting. Not one girl I see smoking looks more beautiful or attractive because of it, and weirdly I used to think I was.
 
Samadhi said:
I'm in the planning phase of quitting too, my bank balance cries every time i buy a pack. :( I also hate feeling beholden to something - i don't smoke week, am a very occasional drinker, and have no other drug vices, and it SHITS me that i smoke.

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Well, i'm happy to say that i've not had a cigarette since the 12th October! I feel SO much better, i've only had cravings a couple of times (to me, there is a difference between craving one and having a habitual thought pop up and letting it go)... It's so good to not be smoking and to be honest, i'm freaking proud of myself for stopping. I didn't use patches or any other replacement method either, cold turkey all the way, baby. =D

One thing that i want to ask (and the reason why I came looking for this thread) is to all you ex-smokers out there - when you quit, did you suddenly start dreaming about smoking? I certainly have - to quote myself in an email just sent to Hoptis:

It's not pleasurable either - it's usually me lighting one up without thinking about it and then realising i've been smoking a cigarette and freaking out.... so strange.
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In one dream, my boyfriend and i (we quit at the same time) kept lighting up and then looking at eachother and throwing away the cigarettes, absolutely mortified... but it happened again and again. One morning, I woke up, convinced i'd been smoking and felt so horrid, until i realised it was a dream.

As for how I feel about smoking now; i've not turned into a typical reformed smoker at all - I don't mind people smoking around me, i don't turn up my nose at all - because i understand what it's like. I am pretty ambivalent about the whole thing really - I just don't think about it now (smoking). The only time i feel yuck about it is if i accidentally walk through a waft of second-hand smoke and breathe in - i don't like that at all. Aside from that though, the idea that i ever smoked is becoming more foreign every day, and I love that.

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Well i havent had a smoke in a week but that largely because ive been pretty sick and havent even wanted one.
Maybe ill keep going after this?

Congrats Samadhi, thats such an effort to have stopped for this long!!!
 
ive quit a few times....

i can go for days, weeks without a smoke but my fault is when i go to fill up my tank in the car i instnatly put smokes in card to. without even thinking about it. then i yell at myself driving away and feel shit and continue to smoke....

ive set myself a quit time frame for after new years. well we will see...if KK quits now i will quit with her :) they say you should have quit buddies. and we buddies...so we should quit together. at the same time...shes always the one telli8ng me i will quit when i really want to ;) <3
 
Well, we're going to quit from Monday. I don't feel ready to quit, but I'm starting to think I'll just never want to quit, so I'm going to have to suck it up and do it anyway.

My downfall will be smoking in my car. I drive a long way to and from work each day and the cigarette in the car is the only good thing about it.
 
anna! said:
My downfall will be smoking in my car. I drive a long way to and from work each day and the cigarette in the car is the only good thing about it.
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Thats me in a nut shell. I smoke when i drive. I do it to relax and get through the city and freeways... I have started having chewy when i drive to try to break that habit. i keep chewy in my glove box :)
 
I quit cold turkey 4 years ago.

Relapsed last year, now back to a pack a day smoker.

The difference between then and now is it is far less acceptable.. i'm sick of feeling like an outcast degenerate so I am quitting too..

Cold turkey is the only way - There is no achievement with patches/gum.. it is just supplementing (I understand if you have been smoking for 10+ years and are using this approach thoug due to a heavy dependence on nicotine). Really, you just have to change your mindset and become a 'non smoker'. The mental addiction is the toughest hurdle imo.
 
Samadhi said:
One thing that i want to ask (and the reason why I came looking for this thread) is to all you ex-smokers out there - when you quit, did you suddenly start dreaming about smoking? I certainly have - to quote myself in an email just sent to Hoptis:
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I quit smoking 5 years ago (cold turkey and haven't had a drag since, not even on a cigar, it just seems too risky) and I still dream about it. And yeah I always feel terrible about it and relieved when I wake and realise I haven't actually been smoking.

It makes you wonder about the effect nicotine has on the brain if years later your brain is still thinking about.

The thing to remember when quitting is that you have to persevere and wait for positive results. I had chest infections for nearly a year and a half after I quit smoking on and off and I think it took nearly 2 years before I really felt the damage I'd done myself was starting to be reversed.

I mentioned this in the other thread but nearly the best thing for me quitting was something my friend said. I told him when we were out if I asked for a cigarette not to give me one. He told me to go fuck myself and that if I asked for a cigarette I would get one. It made me realise that if I wanted to quit it was something I'd actually have to do, not just lie to myself that I really wanted to.

So instead of staying at home and not going out because I'd be exposed to them, not drinking or taking drugs 'cause I'd feel like one, I just did all the regular things I did and told my cravings to silence the fuck up.
 
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I do really need to quit, I feel I'm actually starting to become ready to quit, which is a good thing. I only dawned on me the other they that I have basically been smoking on and off (mainly on) for 9 years!? and well my girlfriends wee bub has a liver disease that produces enzimes that attack her lungs, so being around a smoker doesnt help her at all. I don't smoke in her presence, but I know I've prolly got it on my clothes or something.
 
48 hours smoke free. Kind of. Today I walked really close to people on the street who were smoking and kind of inhaled a little bit extra.

Driving is hard! I have to keep my window wound up for now, because winding it down makes me think of having a cigarette.

Quitting with a buddy is good though, I've sent many an "OH MY GOD WHY DID I EVER START SMOKING?!" message. Hate the fact that I know having one right now would be amazing. Boo.
 
If I quit it will be for financial reasons only.

Smokers love smoking. Most non-smokers and anti-smokers like to think it's the addiction that keeps you coming back, but it's not.

So I've bought patches, and the plan is to quit after I get back from Falls because there is zero point in pretending that I will be able to get through the craziest period of the year without a cigarette.

Oh, and I've read Allen Carr's book. I really don't understand why that works for people.
 
I agree uan.

It totally didnt work for me, i wanted it to.Im starting to think that ill never want to give up tho.Eek.
 
lostpunk5545 said:
I quit smoking 5 years ago (cold turkey and haven't had a drag since, not even on a cigar, it just seems too risky) and I still dream about it. And yeah I always feel terrible about it and relieved when I wake and realise I haven't actually been smoking.

It makes you wonder about the effect nicotine has on the brain if years later your brain is still thinking about.

The thing to remember when quitting is that you have to persevere and wait for positive results. I had chest infections for nearly a year and a half after I quit smoking on and off and I think it took nearly 2 years before I really felt the damage I'd done myself was starting to be reversed.

I mentioned this in the other thread but nearly the best thing for me quitting was something my friend said. I told him when we were out if I asked for a cigarette not to give me one. He told me to go fuck myself and that if I asked for a cigarette I would get one. It made me realise that if I wanted to quit it was something I'd actually have to do, not just lie to myself that I really wanted to.

So instead of staying at home and not going out because I'd be exposed to them, not drinking or taking drugs 'cause I'd feel like one, I just did all the regular things I did and told my cravings to silence the fuck up.
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I agree with everything here.

The sickness thing has been bugging me - my sinus has flared up, i've become very hay-feverish (i think a mix of moving to Melbourne *very allergenic place* and not smoking has caused this), and had a throat infection - the first one i've had since having my tonsils out at 8 years old.

I honestly think it's just something I wanted to do; i've been out drinking, at parties, pubs, clubs and what I thought would be the most tempting - sitting out the back with my housemate, having a glass of wine, while she's smoking - and while the thought passed through my head, i didn't actually 'crave' one.

I'm glad we're not the only ones dreaming about it! It's not every night, but a lot of nights... I'm never enjoying it either, i always feel horrible about having one - not guilty, just blah.
 
Woo 4 days.

Yesterday was by far the worst day. Today is not so bad. However, I'm about to head off to my favourite smoking buddy's house for his birthday, which will be completely dreadful.
 
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