I'm finally gonna hang up my smoking which is long overdue.

Started when I was 14 years old (now 48).

 

2 Reasons why.

1. I feel like crap most of the time, always tired and always hacking up a lung.

2. Health insurance will charge me $100 a month starting in Jan if I still smoke.

 

I almost quit several years ago using Chantrix, stopped for 3 months but then went back after I got off Chantrix which was a mistake.

Back on Chantrix, Sunday was my first day on the medicine and hopefully this time I can kick the nasty habbit for good.

 

Any idea's or help would be appreciated. I am going to be grumpy for a bit, not my usual bubbly self :lol2:

So please bear with me if you come around me during football games lol.

I'd stay away from alcohol for a while (assuming you drink at all). Not sure on the direct relationship between the two, but I know when my smoker friends would try to quit, they'd always be lighting up as soon as they started drinking. :idunno:

 

Also, what's the deal with the electric cigarettes? Do they have any harmful health impact? I would think they could help with the craving while not actually smoking, if they don't have the nicotine.

 

Good luck!

Own it, Hellbird. Crush it! Read some mental strengthening books or listen to CD's. Your mind controls your body, not the other way around.

How easy or hard it will be to quit is up to you, Hellbird. As a guy that quit over 25 years ago (I was a three pack a day smoker) the only thing that worked was going cold turkey and convincing myself it was in my mind the other times I tried to quit. It really was quite easy once I truly had my mind made up.

Get meds if you need them. Written that Rx many times.

I'd stay away from alcohol for a while (assuming you drink at all). Not sure on the direct relationship between the two, but I know when my smoker friends would try to quit, they'd always be lighting up as soon as they started drinking. :idunno:

 

Also, what's the deal with the electric cigarettes? Do they have any harmful health impact? I would think they could help with the craving while not actually smoking, if they don't have the nicotine.

 

Good luck!

 

Well as far as drinking, I really don't drink much at all so that isn't a problem.

 

The e-cigarettes I've tried, they don't do much for me plus insurance includes them as being banned also or I pay $100 for that. They include them because they have nicotine.

Get meds if you need them. Written that Rx many times.

 

Besides Chantrix, what else helps?

Besides Chantrix, what else helps?

Willpower. I guarantee you if I can quit, anybody can. I was as hooked as a person can be.

How easy or hard it will be to quit is up to you, Hellbird. As a guy that quit over 25 years ago (I was a three pack a day smoker) the only thing that worked was going cold turkey and convincing myself it was in my mind the other times I tried to quit. It really was quite easy once I truly had my mind made up.

 

Well Sunday will be my last cigarette so I'm hoping to do the same as I did when I drank.

 

I used to drink a lot. Started in HS and then when I was in the military it became pretty bad.

My dad was an alcoholic so I would come home on leave and I was surrounded by it then also. I remember coming home on leave one time and I drank a 5th of Vodka every day. Got pretty bad. I simply woke up one day and said I didn't want to end up like my dad in that way and just quit cold turkey like you. I still will have a drink, maybe once a year when at a wedding or something, but it just does nothing for me. Not even interested in drinking anymore. When I do have a drink I don't even enjoy it at all. So I'm hoping the smoking will go the same route.

Well Sunday will be my last cigarette so I'm hoping to do the same as I did when I drank.

 

I used to drink a lot. Started in HS and then when I was in the military it became pretty bad.

My dad was an alcoholic so I would come home on leave and I was surrounded by it then also. I remember coming home on leave one time and I drank a 5th of Vodka every day. Got pretty bad. I simply woke up one day and said I didn't want to end up like my dad in that way and just quit cold turkey like you. I still will have a drink, maybe once a year when at a wedding or something, but it just does nothing for me. Not even interested in drinking anymore. When I do have a drink I don't even enjoy it at all. So I'm hoping the smoking will go the same route.

I have faith in you! In the legendary words of Townie: You can do it!

I went into cardiac arrest at the age of 43 and was DOA at the hospital until they were able to revive me with the use of the paddles several times. I was a 2 to 2 1/2 pack a day man..Stopped smoking immediately and haven't had one in over 13 years. Quiting is hard but can be done. Good luck.

I went into cardiac arrest at the age of 43 and was DOA at the hospital until they were able to revive me with the use of the paddles several times. I was a 2 to 2 1/2 pack a day man..Stopped smoking immediately and haven't had one in over 13 years. Quiting is hard but can be done. Good luck.

Similar story for me. 22 plus years smoke-free.

First, best of luck! Keep your mind focused and you'll kick the habit before you know it!

 

Second, a co-worker of mine does something called Vaping instead of smoking now. I don't know anything about it but it has helped him quit cigs.

 

Finally, I use smokeless tobacco and am planning to try to slowly cut back and then quit completely. So if you find any tricks, please let me know.

Good luck, my friend! I will say some prayers for you to have the strength to overcome your addiction as well as prayers for your family to hang in there and not kill you first!

One of my Dad's friends, who was a heavy smoker, used hypnosis to help him quit smoking. I would drive their group to UK football games sometimes when I was younger, and his friend stopped smoking, even though everyone else around him was. Could be something worth trying. I have some friends in med school who said that hypnosis works so long as you really want to believe what you're being hypnotized for.