I quit!

*peeks in with a lit cigarette in a hand*

Congratulations!! Oh... am I filling this thread with smoke? I'm sorry, moving along.

*leaves disgusting cig-smell behind her*

Congratulations! That is a big move. I know you can do it! Remember it's always hardest at the start (Well so I've been told).

Siddow said:

Smoking.

Four days and counting. This is a big deal, people, I need a party!

(psst...I have chantix...it won't make you feel like you're tripping, but it will make you feel like you're coming down from it!)

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I am proud of you as well as envious. Congrats...

Woo-hoo, you can do it. I know you can. I did, and I'm so glad. I took the Chantix, and the dreams are worth any of the icky feelings it gives you if you take it on an empty stomach. I'll be smoke free for six months at the end of March, and I'm really proud of myself.

I don't know you, but I am SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

I quit my heavy 20-year smoking habit in 2000 and never looked back! The quitting was the easy part. It was the decision to quit that was tough. I used a combination of The Patch and Zyban, and it worked like a dream. Oh, and something pretty funny that I used to do is cut a straw in half and stuff it with cotton. I'd suck on it whenever I got the urge. Worked like a charm!

If you ever need support, if you're ever feeling a weakness coming on, send me a private message. I'll help you through it. I've been there. I totally know what it's like.

Congratulations, Siddow. All the best...to those who'll be around you for the next few days! And, all the best to you, too.

Tim

Well done, Siddow. I quit when the price of Benson and Hedges increased from thirty cents to thirty three cents a packet (1971). I was firmly convinced nobody would want to pay so much for cigarettes. So next time I went on a month's patrol into the New Guinea jungle, I didn't take cigs with me. At the time it felt a bit like planning suicide but am I glad I did it!

So keep at it. You can do it. Congratulations

Hey, excellent, you can do it.

I'm back to three ciggies a day after puffing far too much while down South, I feel 1000 percent better.

Keep up the good work!

Good luck Siddow! And Congratulations!

Seriously.

But please be careful with Chantix. It DOES work - but it can have side effects. Serious side effects and even after effects.

Trust me on this.

If you don't believe me, ask some other folks here who know me well, like JDKiggins, MacAllister, OFG, KTC (or whatever he's calling himself these days) or even others who noticed but didn't participate.

PM me if you like.

>''<

That really is a big deal, Siddow. Best of luck to you!

Oh, keep going. I have witnessed up close how hard this can be, and how long four days can seem.

It's excellent that you're doing this! Good willpower to you. Your lungs and everyone who loves you thanks you.

Phew. The thread title had me believing Siddow was preparing us for a world-class flounce of epic proportions.

I'm relieved to find all she did was quit smoking.

Siddow, You are already one day past the point of physical withdrawl. Good job! I am seriously considering joining you. In fact, my OH was just last night figuring on a calculator how many cigs we smoke in a year's time. At one pack a day, that's 7,040 cigarettes a year of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide, etc., coating our precious lungs. Now, you are past the shakes and insane ravings. My sister kept going by replacing them with good habits like going for walks. It helped to keep her weight level which is the number one reason people fail when quitting. You go girl!

That's great. Not smoking combined with bathing makes for a very unusual writer.

1 year 3 months for me for not smoking. I've never given up bathing.

Way2go and congrats! Sid. You'll do it. I managed to and you will too!

Party time: : more !

Aw, hell, guys. Quitting is easy. I did it five or six times.

It's the staying smoke-free that's hard. I've only managed that once.

Well done, Siddow. Stick with it!

HN

Holy Crap! Good for you! I've been meaning to quit for some time now, but every time I start, something stressful in my life happens and I go right back. I actually quit for two months when I got burned, so I know I can get of the physical part, its the habit I just can't quit.

I quit twice. I have 2 daughters, but for some stupid reason, I started back.
Good luck.

Jee, thanks, Siddow, Unique. With all the smokers quitting, who the hell is going to fund the healthcare programs the candidates are sponsoring?

What, a hundred smokers paying $10 million a pack in taxes?

I think it should be people driving luxury vehicles. oh, say ... anything over 50 grand.

That would be most escalades and hummers, eh?

Siddow - keep going. It IS hard to quit. It's not just a physical habit. It's different for different people.

For me, it was physical, emotional, mental, and also spiritual. That's a whole load of addiction/habit. No wonder it's hard to quit!

I try to think of it like AA. I have to tell myself, 'No', every single day. And if I fall off the wagon - I have to get back on.

Don't fall off and stay off - get back on the darn wagon!

((hugs))

Hey girl! Are you feeling tortured and alone? No longer. It's nine in the morning and I haven't had a cig in thirteen hours. My OH doesn't know yet, I'm afraid to make or break the commitment by telling him. Sometimes you can hang on to a thing on your own, alone, but another person knows what your up to, looks once at you funny and you say, "Well the Hell with it! Why am I doing this alone?"

Thing is, every time I've done this, he's the one refuses to cooperate in any way, shape, or form. I know how he feels. When my granddaughter comes over we go out on the porch and smoke. It makes me feel a bit like a leper. I like the freedom to smoke when and where in my own house. So, I basically quit when she's over. I'd rather have a granddaughter fix, anyway. My daughter does all the back and forth to the porch. To her, this is almost like the old days when she could relax and have a cigarette. Even before the baby began, she and her OH had made a pact not to smoke in the new house. They go onto the porch in the cold. When I go visit at thier house, I flat out quit. LOL

Anyhow, I'm surprised I could write this much while jiggling. I figure 2 & 1/2 more days of keeping my fingers busy might give me something to keep working on and a far healthier body.

I'll check in with you tomorrow. Hang in.