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good luck and hang in there, its really hard. I quit 17 years ago after smoking for 15 years and it was the hardest. I had to get help and take the patch.. worked like a charm.

Hang in there Spanky. I start on the 8th (w/the Chantix) and hope to be off ciggies on the 15th. I've already bought some of those plastic stir sticks to keep my fingers occupied. (something to "fiddle" with)
I think breaking the old habits will be the hardest. Like going outside in 20 degree weather at work to have a ciggie...and sitting at the computer lighting one up after another, even if I don't really smoke them. We're certainly creatures of habit.

Good luck to ALL of you...I'm not far behind.

Okay I have quit smoking

Irritable - yes
emotional time bomb - yes
grouchy - yeppers

Okay where is everybody that said they were quitting???? Where is the support group hello?

Ohhhhh, I do feel so much better.......thanks for listening

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ermm .. if i may suggest .. this kind of drastic cut down on a long term addiction to smoke can have annoying withdrawals of nicotine.

Maybe one should cut down slowly and then eventually stop.

Suddenly stopping will be difficult to adhere to.

I think I will just try and go to bed, and see if I can sleep, probably not but i am going to hope for the best.

I thought of what you said Riya, and I did take a 2 puffs and my heart raced, my head felt rushed.....
I think I will just stick to this.....

But I will say, Please..........take my apology now if I offend anyone on the threads or if i don't make any sense LOL. I will get back to normal again



I love you to BEB

Look at your post.

Almost everything you have written here reinforces how difficult quitting is.

If you keep telling yourself, and others that it is hard. It will stay that way. How can it be anything else?

You have to make it something else. Step one is recognizing those feelings for what they are. You've done that, and expressed it openly more than once.

Step two...after you have recognized the feelings, distance yourself from them. Deliberately replace them with something else. I've shared what has worked for me. You have to come up with something that works for you.

Tell us why you want to quit smoking...we will help you find another place to direct your focus.

For me it was for my health, and even more for my daughter's health. She was recently diagnosed with asthma.

What's your story?

Good morning Brave woman!!!!

You have taken the first step.

As an intelligent person you know that it takes a bit of time....if it was easy then everyone would have done it.

It is worth it.

And each day that passes makes you less of a smoker and more a non-smoker.

You will feel a bit better soon when you stop associating good things with your smoking and bad things as a consequence of non-smoking......that is the addiction talking.

Your skin will look better, so will your hair...you will feel better and (let's be honest) smell better. For the lucky kissees....you will taste a lot better.

It is all up from here.

Keep strong!!!!! I hope that helps a little

If U wait to long U could find Urself waking in a hospital room or even a coffin. Maybe that thought can help

Hang in there Spanky. I start on the 8th (w/the Chantix) and hope to be off ciggies on the 15th. I've already bought some of those plastic stir sticks to keep my fingers occupied. (something to "fiddle" with)
I think breaking the old habits will be the hardest. Like going outside in 20 degree weather at work to have a ciggie...and sitting at the computer lighting one up after another, even if I don't really smoke them. We're certainly creatures of habit.

Good luck to ALL of you...I'm not far behind.

Hang in there - some of us are using you for inspiration.

Keep going Spanky!! You can do it!!

Just think...all the money you save can be used to finance a trip to visit Mark!!

I see what you're saying, but the scare tactics unfortunately don't always work. I know a few people that have died from smoking related illnesses. It's unbelievable how powerful the addiction can be when you've seen the effects of it firsthand and still continue to smoke.
I have cut down to about half of what I was smoking a month ago and sooner or later, I'll stop altogether.