Quitting smoking...

[spleify]

I'm sitting outside having a beer with my brother. He's chain smoking pretty much. Thought about asking to bum one but instead I pulled out my phone and re-read this thread.

Good for you pal, stay strong with me!

Man its funny what people recommend, I too have been drinking a ton of water, and the wife and I actually went for a walk tonight before dinner.

Thanks so much to everyone for all of the success stories. I really know I can do this, especially after I do 25 push ups and can hardly breate, it reminds me of why I am quitting

[tmjohnson]

Get down wind of a smoker, people who smoke smell terrible. I actually do better when I am around somebody that smokes, still like to the smell.
Nonsmokers would say I'm crazy, but I loved to smoke, But after 36 years i made up my mind I was not going to die attached to an oxygen bottle.
Stay tough, your are not alone!!!!!!!!!!

[cfortune]

Gotta say thanks to ByteStrike for the quote "just one and everything undone". Literally had a smoke in hand tonight and put it down after repeating that phrase in my head. Lucky for me that quote popped into my head before that cigarette hit my lips and I handed it back to its rightful owner. I think I'd be pretty pissed about now if I had let myself do that.

[spleify]

Good for you cfortune. Yes that is a good saying to remember, just one and everything undone...

Stay strong I need the support...lol This will be so much better for us.

Day 4!

[AirbornePathogen]

Best of luck man. I've tried twice, and failed twice. Here's hoping you have more willpower than me in that arena. They say that nicotine is the second most addictive substance on earth, second only to heroin.

[Irving]

It's not at all the same, but I've been trying to quit drinking soda, and eating other things with processed sugars in them. It sucks because I love me some soda and cookies, and candy bars. I don't eat cookies or candy bars all that often, but telling myself that I'm not going to eat them just makes me crave them.

[spleify]

One week today!!

It aint gettin any easier either...

I yelled at the wife on Saturday for making the coffee hot......... I think I need to calmdown a little

[islandermyk]

One week today!!

It aint gettin any easier either...

I yelled at the wife on Saturday for making the coffee hot......... I think I need to calmdown a little

You know what I did to help me stop smoking?
I went ahead and bought a pack of non menthol's opened it and made it sit out for as long as I went without smoking (close to 2 weeks if I remember right). Had that little urge to spark one up... so I did, and it tasted like shit. It pretty much mentally screwed me after 3 or 4 tokes and then killed it and put it back in the same pack. I continued doing that with the same pack every time I had the urge for (close to) over a month or so, and then I got sick catching the flu... oh yeeah...I tried picking up the same pack after slightly recovering and it was over... I haven't smoked since 2006.
what I'm trying to say is it's really all in the head. When your body gets an idea that this taste like shit and start feeling nauseous close to wanting to throw up nauseous it should be easier to avoid the temptation of sparking one, and end up being irritated when you smell cigarette smoke.
I don't know... Just trying to share my past experience of how I kicked smoking. Didn't use any of that fancy smoke stuff, no pills, etc... It also helped me slow down on my drinking to a point I quit drinking If I could do it.. anyone can do it! Good luck man...

[sneakerd]

Good luck Spliefy- YOU CAN DO IT!!! Smoking is one of the few bad habits I never picked up. So- lucky me.

[DFBrews]

Good luck all those fighting the demon right now. Had my little relapse going on 3 days off them again. The morning cravings are the worst for me and getting into the car