Has anyone here ever tried to quit smoking?

[Cycleguy007]

I agree-- but just telling a lot of smokers to 'buck up and quit' is deeply counterproductive in many cases.

This is where I disagree... I have long been a proponent of the power of your mind to overcome personal issues. Once a person REALLY makes up his or her mind to quit, the method used is really just elementary. Be it gum, drugs, hypnosis, laser therapy, or any of the other methods, they are simply a means to that end. I'm not knocking them, just think they are "a crutch" of sorts. But hey, whatever helps right? Just my nickels worth.

Dare I ask, how long have you been quit for? Even over a year out I was still getting cravings.

6,180 days or just under 17 years and counting- but the cravings pretty much died out after a couple years.

I should qualify all this with the fact that Mrs. CG is a smoker. :frown: (She started smoking again after 7 years! :roll

She knows how I feel about it, and says she's gonna quit "someday", but as a bar-tender, she is around smokers all day, which makes it that much more difficult. She still lacks the personal commitment to do so.

 

[The Options Menu]

This is where I disagree... I have long been a proponent of the power of your mind to overcome personal issues.

I think there should always be a strong mental prep for quitting... But I'm literally non-functional for the fist days, and only semi-functional for some weeks. And I just can't be that way. I need to be 'on' and 'on my A game' when (mostly work) problems arise...

 

[train]

I get sweats, shakes, can't sleep, can't concentrate, and generally bitchy / angry. I also get nightmares, feel like my equilibrium is off, and crave every moment. The physical addiction is bad--

When I was at my peak I used to plot how I was going to survive overseas travel or North American travel where you had to change flights in an airport without a smoking lounge. Pathetic, but I used to wear a patch just for the flight to Europe.

 

[Cycleguy007]

I think there should always be a strong mental prep for quitting... But I'm literally non-functional for the fist days, and only semi-functional for some weeks. And I just can't be that way. I need to be 'on' and 'on my A game' when (mostly work) problems arise...

I hear you TOM... and agree. Mental prep is huge and on-going.

Also agree that it can be very stressful... which is why it is such a difficult thing to do, but millions have done it, and have benefited greatly. One just needs to work out what works best for them. :great:

Having said this, when would be "quitters" start to make excuses about their choices, e.g. "I had a real bad day, and went for beers after work and I just had 1 smoke..." etc the mental battle has just been lost. :frown:

 

[The Options Menu]

Having said this, when would be "quitters" start to make excuses about their choices, e.g. "I had a real bad day, and went for beers after work and I just had 1 smoke..." etc the mental battle has just been lost. :frown:

Bill Maher, whom I don't always agree with, had the best quote on this. Something to the effect of, "It took me a decade to figure out, but when you quit smoking you actually have to never smoke again." Despite knowing better, stress and beer fairies HAVE always beaten me to this point.

 

[SillyGirl]

Bill Maher, whom I don't always agree with, had the best quote on this. Something to the effect of, "It took me a decade to figure out, but when you quit smoking you actually have to never smoke again." Despite knowing better, stress and beer fairies HAVE always beaten me to this point.

omg, that's a depressing thought.

This morning I was so cranky I came very close to tailgating the asshole who cut me off on my way to Mcdonalds. :grrrrrr::grrrrrr::grrrrrr::grrrrrr:

 

[Cycleguy007]

Bill Maher, whom I don't always agree with, had the best quote on this. Something to the effect of, "It took me a decade to figure out, but when you quit smoking you actually have to never smoke again." Despite knowing better, stress and beer fairies HAVE always beaten me to this point.

LOL RIGHT you are! I always get a kick out of a conversation that starts "How many times have you quit smoking!" (The answer should always be once.... any "others" would be failed attempts...) :tongue:

 

[Cycleguy007]

omg, that's a depressing thought.

This morning I was so cranky I came very close to tailgating the asshole who cut me off on my way to Mcdonalds. :grrrrrr:

Replacing one bad habit with another? LOL :tongue: :shock: :gasp:

 

[SillyGirl]

Replacing one bad habit with another? LOL :tongue: :shock: :gasp:

 

[Cycleguy007]

Aww SillyGirl... you KNOW we love your pussy pics! :he:

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

This morning I was so cranky I came very close to tailgating the asshole who cut me off on my way to Mcdonalds. :grrrrrr::grrrrrr::grrrrrr::grrrrrr:

McDonalds in the morning?

 

[SillyGirl]

Aww SillyGirl... you KNOW we love your pussy pics! :he:

The fact that you are not bursting into flames right now just proves that I don't have that particular superpower.

 

[SillyGirl]

McDonalds in the morning?

McDonalds anytime! :tongue:

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

McDonalds anytime! :tongue:

I can just see CG shaking his head right now.

 

[Cycleguy007]

The fact that you are not bursting into flames right now just proves that I don't have that particular superpower.

:he: (Relieved you don't possess that particular skill set!!! :shock

McDonalds anytime!

I can just see CG shaking his head right now.

See above... :arf:

 

[Art Mann]

... as a bar-tender, she is around smokers all day, which makes it that much more difficult...

A smoky bar? Hasn't that been illegal for a decade now?

 

[SillyGirl]

Day 5

Day 5

and I don't know wtf I was thinking. I'd have to cheer up significantly to be deeply depressed.

I miss dreamless sleep. Although last night's dreams were a big improvement over the nightmares.

I was thinking this morning that in my whole life, I've never hauled off and punched someone. I've slapped people, but never with a closed fist. I think I will put that on my Bucket List.

Is it too early to vacuum?

 

[Cycleguy007]

Hang in there SillyGirl! You can do this!

 

[noted8500]

Yes, hang in there. It is brutally hard. You just have to get to the point where you say to yourself, "I've gone this far, I might as well keep going".

 

[SillyGirl]

Thanks

Thanks

you guys are sweet.

So glad this day is almost over.

No smokes, no felonies, I guess things could've been a lot worse.