Quitting smoking...

[zteknik]

One year-Congrats!!!
Bet most the money you saved on smokes went for ammo!

Here's how my wife quit:

"Five minutes at a time."

She would tell herself over and over "I may not be able to stay quit forever, but I can damn sure stay quit for five minutes."

Then, five minutes later, say it again.

^^^^Thats how I quit drinking as well,and a bit of help from my friends

[spleify]

This will be the year of exercise for me!!

[zteknik]

This will be the year of exercise for me!!

Sounds like a good plan.I have to start on that again myself.

[coop68]

This will be the year of exercise for me!!

congrats on quitting and keeping with it. personally i never liked smoking going through high school i played too many sports. IE: Football

now for exercise if you really want to work out look into Cross-fit its a bit pricey but its one hell of a work out. granted i am still pretty young might not be for everyone as its pretty intense.

coop

[onebadfx4]

Good luck man. I quit 9 years ago and am glad I did. I am healthier and saved a ton of cash.

[blacklabel]

Thought I'd dig this thread up and report that I'm about 4 mos since my last purchased pack of cigarettes. I've bummed a couple during that time but as a whole have been smoke free. Feels damn good.

[Jackrabbit]

It gets easier. I've been quit for almost 15 years now. Just passed the "more years quit than smoked" milestone.
Haven't actually craved one in many years.

Keep at it, it's worth it.

[islandermyk]

Thought I'd dig this thread up and report that I'm about 4 mos since my last purchased pack of cigarettes. I've bummed a couple during that time but as a whole have been smoke free. Feels damn good.

You know what helped me quit 5 or 6 years ago...?

I bought a pack and made it rot... and when I felt I was jonesing for a smoke. I'd lite one up... tried not to finish it and just put it back into the pack with the rest... shit lasted for a while until I threw it away because it mind fucked me tasting like shit.
That next cigarette you bum.. try not to finish it and keep it hanging around till you get another crave and try sparking that one up after sitting for a day or two... pretty sure that'll mess you up a little..

Other than that... be strong man! You can do it!

[nynco]

I am down to like 1 or 2 a day. I can go a week without one. I just smoke when I feel like it and put it out the second I am good. Which might be 3 puffs. I would quite if others around me did not smoke. But I have been like this for over a decade. I don't think I could ever smoke a pack a day. I am thinking about totally kicking it by summer.

[russian]

It's all in your head. There is nothing hard about quitting smoking. Just got to have the right mindset. What help me when I was quitting I had to visualize my addiction to cigarettes as a parasite, and I had to simply starve this creature by not smoking cigarettes. At that point it just become the game I win or this nasty parasite. I end up winning over 5 years now. If you have time to read this, do it. It will get you into right mindset.