day eight and the husband bought cigs

[fizzgig]

i'm trying to be understanding, but i am a bit irritated since it was his idea in the first place.

this is the third time he's tried to quit, but his first time trying the vaping route. he did patches and counselling the last few times and made it much longer, only to relapse (and yell at me since i wasn't quitting with him). i'm going to see if the insurance company offers any kind of support and if they don't, i'm sending him back to the county health department to pick back up with the counseling.

i knew he'd dug out some of the halfies left in my car, and then smoked the leftover pack i had in there, but i figured that would stop once those ran out. to be honest, we haven't been talking about our experiences with our no-cig endeavor, but we haven't been talking much anyway for a few weeks now (that's another story).

i'm not going to blame myself for this, though, and i'm not going to go back to the cigs, but i will help him as much as i can.

[HeiressofBickworth]

1. Don't get too upset with him

Cig manufacturers found a way to virtually guarantee customers: they over-loaded cigs with nicotine which is highly addictive. It was done on purpose. Tobacco alone doesn't contain the levels of nicotine in manufactured cigs. I hope he can overcome the addiction.
Best wishes.

[fizzgig]

2. that's why i didn't lay into him

i know how hard it is and that it's not fair to expect his experience to be the same as mine. i registered my displeasure, asked him what was different this time around and told him i'd help him explore other avenues.

but it does make me a lot more worried about money, we need every penny we're saving by moving to vaping.

[HipChick]

3. I've dug out halfies and butts before...

but then quit cold turkey

[Jenoch]

4. I quit cold turkey

on 12/05/05 after several attempts. I even quit for several times in 1985 and 1992, at least one year at a time. I have not smoked since December 2005.

[Boom Sound 416]

5. I'm on day 4

Doing good this time.

I've quit before too. This is my third real time. First time was 18 months. Second time was 3 months. Feeling good about this run.

I'd like to offer a couples ideas. I'm sure there not all new

1. Pick a date - and live carpe diem until then if you want.

2. Tell everyone. - shame and pride are powerful.

3. Clean out your home, car, clothes.

4. I like the gum myself. You can hang onto it for a long time without chewing it.

5. The toothpicks are great too (first time with these)

6. First three weeks is toughest. - just keep your eye on that prize first.


And most important of all to remember.

Life does not give you a break. Ever.

Good luck. It's always been easier for my wife too.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. What about cutting straws to the size of a cigarette?

or Just suck on a straw and pretend like he is smoking.

[pengillian101]

8. I found that worked for me! n/t

[rurallib]

19. I chewed plastic straws when I quit

chew like gum but no taste. I know its gross and odd, but I quit 40 years ago.

[Grey]

7. Have you tried Zyban...?

It worked for my daughter and me. 15 years smoke free.....

[lunatica]

9. I quit many times before I quit.

For some people it takes more time.

[progressoid]

10. Quitting is EASY!

I quit dozens of times!

Seriously though, hang in there. Keep trying. It's hard to do but worth it.

The hardest thing for me was driving. Driving and smoking just went together. Eventually I was able to kick it but on long trips I still need something. Now it's sunflower seeds.

[Arugula Latte]

11. They say most ex-smokers "quit" and fail several times before succeeding.

Hope you can both stick with it!

[grasswire]

12. I am so proud of you, fizzer...

You are a strong woman, a hard worker, and good-hearted.

I hope with all my heart that you can stay cig-free. We are all here for you.

[sweetapogee]

13. same boat-

different dock.

I'm trying to start a new bad habit, since I currently don't have any. Not as easy as I thought it would be.

[Danger Mouse]

14. i'm really happy you're trying to quit.

i wish you the best of luck.
yes, for some reason, i am posting again. eh.

[fizzgig]

15. sucker

yeah, the whole not smoking thing is actually going a lot better than i thought it would and even though they're in the house, i have pretty much no desire for them now.

[Danger Mouse]

16. i'm proud of you!

and seriously, what was i thinking, right?

[JesterCS]

17. I feel for you

Myself being a smoker. I started at 18.. now 32, and still smoking a pack a day. Going without cigs is a VERY painful process, even if its just a few hours. I get irritated, I feel the withdrawal. I know I should quit, and I do enjoy smoking, but had the morning coughing, the phlegm, and the clothes smelling. I have to smoke outside where I stay, and some of those nights it was -15 over the winter. Still I went out and suffered in the cold just to get that quick fix.

I do also smoke Cannabis, and somehow my body trained itself to want to smoke a cig WHILE smoking it. The same with drinking. I rarely drink, but when I do, its a freight train of smoking.

[fizzgig]

18. it's starting to look like the cigs were driving my other vices

it's not that i drank or smoked pot an inordinate amount, but i'm doing both even less now that i've cut the cigs.

this winter really was a killer, i would be bundled up like the kid in a christmas story just for a smoke.

[kwassa]

20. to make it a positive experience

think about the exact number of cigarettes you would have normally smoked that you did not. Add them up. That is success. Keep track of that number.

I failed many times before I finally quit for good, and the cold turkey route didn't work for me. I gradually cut back and back until I was finally down to one cigarette a day, and then quit. Because I did it that way, I had such little nicotine in my system that I had no cravings after I quit.