Please, someone, bring me a cigarette!

[Guest nokomom]

I just wondered if anyone else out there had quit smoking and was going nuts? My husband and I quit a two days ago and now I want a cig so bad I am thinking about standing in front of mapco with the other vagrants asking for smokes. Dang, my daughter is in bed asleep, so I better not head out this late. Oh well, maybe I can seek out my neighbor across the street if he comes out on his porch.

Smoking seriously sucks y'all and is stupid and too expensive. Anyone who wants to give it up is more than welcome to drop of their cigs at my house.

[Guest H0TSH0T]

i am smoking one for you now.

[Guest nokomom]

i am smoking one for you now.

A*hole

[Guest H0TSH0T]

quitters never win and winners never quit.lol

[Guest nokomom]

That's real cute Hotshot. BRING ME A SMOKE. Okay, seriously. I am going outside to stalk my neighbor who smokes.

[Guest H0TSH0T]

i think it would be faster if you went to the store, im like 8hours away, what kinda smoke do you smoke?

[Guest nokomom]

Camel Lights

[Guest nokomom]

Oh and neighbor is not home. He is usually home on the weekends. This sucks.

[Guest 3pugguy]

I just wondered if anyone else out there had quit smoking and was going nuts? My husband and I quit a two days ago and now I want a cig so bad I am thinking about standing in front of mapco with the other vagrants asking for smokes. Dang, my daughter is in bed asleep, so I better not head out this late. Oh well, maybe I can seek out my neighbor across the street if he comes out on his porch.

Smoking seriously sucks y'all and is stupid and too expensive. Anyone who wants to give it up is more than welcome to drop of their cigs at my house.

Nokomom,

I quit October 1995 and have not had one since. It was, if not the hardest thing I have done, pretty danged close. So I am writing to you as one who went thru the intense cravings and battles to beat the cancer sticks.

My best advice - take in a little at a time and fight that urge like hell. Use gum, straws (a friend quit by cutting some straws into cig sized pieces and kept them where he used to carry his smokes; if he got the urge, he used a straw as a distractor).

After about the first three days, the PHYSICAL craving will lessen considerably, then you will go thru the emotional/psyche attachment to smoking and is when straws or gum will help. At about two weeks, you might hit another spell of hard craving.

Try to stay in places where you cannot smoke, also, to help (library, etc). Part of beating the addiction is finding a replacement that doesn't harm. And if you don't already, start exercising - that will help jump start the process of detoxing from nicotine (and part of the initial phase of quitting, you will feel somewhat puffy, as nicotine has a diuretic effect on the body, so you'll tend to retain at first).

PLEASE, please stick it out. Trust me on this one: as a former smoker, I guarantee you will be thankful for a long, long....long time when you beat the smoking beast. I had a breathing test a couple of years ago as part of a physical and the doctor said my lungs were as though I had never smoked - so your body will repair damage if you quit now.

Keep us posted and stay strong - YOU CAN DO THIS; MANY OTHERS HAVE (I had smoked steadily, 1 -2 packs a day, for over 20 years when I quit).

PS: my Dad died from COPD and related illnesses; he quit, after he was diagnosed with COPD. If only he had quit earlier, he would most likely still be with us.

[strickj]

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[xd shooter]

Just stick with it. I still keep a pack of Orbit gum handy in the truck & at work.

I seriously let my shooting & gun habbit take over the ciggs. Now I can afford to have more guns & ammo.

[Daniel]

I quit along with some others on this board in April of last year. We have a thread about it. April 15 2008 was my last cigarette.

Edited September 5, 2009 by Daniel

[Guest nokomom]

Just stick with it. I still keep a pack of Orbit gum handy in the truck & at work.

I seriously let my shooting & gun habbit take over the ciggs. Now I can afford to have more guns & ammo.

Health of your family and all is great but count me in on affording MORE GUNS!!! Yippeee!

Seriously thanks everyone (mostly) for support. I'm gonna go start drinkin' my wine again. It has antioxidants I hear which target "free-radicals."

[Daniel]

mostly:-\

[Guest nokomom]

mostly:-\

Shhh Daniel! If you bring me a cigarette I won't tell anyone.

[ftncityfatboy]

august 20, 2006 was the last one for me, i have my last pack pinned to the wall in my office and see it everyday. don't regret it for a minute. don't sit and think about it, change your routine - sometimes things in your routine are triggers to smoke, go to work a different way, stay at work 10 min longer so not to smoke immediately on the way home, crazy stuff like that. don't wait until you start having breathing problems b4 you quit. its too late then!!! Red wine and green tea are both good for you, both have antioxidens. I used and still use a tooth pick for that nervous habit thing, do whatever works. Try this: for every cig you smoke now, take a bullet and throw it out the window. double dose of waste of money! good luck, you will succeed.

[Guest nokomom]

ftncityfatboy, I like the idea of the last pack pinned to the wall. Maybe I can take an old empty pack to the range on Tuesday and destroy it to cement in my psyche that I'm done with this crap.

I told my poor dear husband that I was drinkin' wine and soliciting myself online and he laughed at me! (He is working tonight.)

[Guest SureShot308]

august 20, 2006 was the last one for me, i have my last pack pinned to the wall in my office and see it everyday. don't regret it for a minute. don't sit and think about it, change your routine - sometimes things in your routine are triggers to smoke, go to work a different way, stay at work 10 min longer so not to smoke immediately on the way home, crazy stuff like that. don't wait until you start having breathing problems b4 you quit. its too late then!!! Red wine and green tea are both good for you, both have antioxidens. I used and still use a tooth pick for that nervous habit thing, do whatever works. Try this: for every cig you smoke now, take a bullet and throw it out the window. double dose of waste of money! good luck, you will succeed.

Stop Drinking, Stop eating, and stop having sex, then you won't get the urge to smoke.

[ShaunM]

I quit cold turkey about 3 months ago and I am never going to start back.

[R1100R]

My wife and I quit in January and both used Chantix for about three weeks. It has

worked for us. Every once in a while I dream about smoking.

Hang in there, you will feel alot better. I am even starting to keep up with the

young Soldiers during physical training now.

[dralarms]

I've been quit since July 3, 1992. Go buy some bubble gum, it will help.

[Guest Britestar]

I quit 3 months ago, I count the day I started smoking as possibly the most stupid thing I have ever done. I had quit for years and for some stupid reason started again. But now with the help of God NEVER again. I think for me is that I actually had made up my mind, REALLY made up my mind. It will get better sooner rather than later. I will say a prayer for you. But you made a great decesion.

[Mike.357]

it only takes 72 hours (roughly) to beat the physical addcition to nicotine. Those 72 hours are about the easiest part of quitting.

The hard part is the days and months (hopefully years) that ensue.

[Motasyco]

You must first be mentaly prepared to quit and recognize that you, and only you, are in control. Don't let an undesired temporary need beat you. You must be stronger than the need. If you give in, you lost the battle. Look at the need as a weakness and if you give in you have let yourself down. Don't get beat. Be strong. Be in control. You can do it. Not only will you save money, feel better, and smell better, you'll have respect for yourself.

[~Emily~]

April 15, 2003 was the last cigarette for me. Then I was diagnosed with diabetes.

And take a read at this thread: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/general-off-topic/6759-any-quitters-here.html.