Gawd, I want me some nicotine

[displacedyankeedem]

But I promised my bset friend I'd quit, so I'm in quite the pickle! Anyone else trying to quit?

[rucky]

1. I quit last February

went on the patch (which I'd done many times before) - and after I ratcheted down to the 7mg, I bought that herbal supplement program Smoke Away and took that for a week or so. I don't even have cravings anymore.

I know I sound like a commercial, but it really really works!

[RodneyCK2]

2. Don't do it... don't. Quick, where are the images of blackened..

lungs and deteriorated hearts?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, here you go, tucked under the ashtray.

[Droopy]

3. Get you a big ol' chaw

Beechnut wintergreen is good.

[Placebo]

4. Mmm...*puffing away on a sweet cancer stick right now*

yummy :P

[RodneyCK2]

5. Did you not see the grotesque picture of the blackened lung?

Here, again...



Boooooogla, Booooooooogla, Booooooogla......

Scary huh?

[Placebo]

6. A tad disturbing...

but I only have like 1 cig a month, so kill me. (knocks on wood)

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Yes. I have tried twice, and failed

My best friend was my partner at SmokeEnders and once told me to meet her in the Ladies' Room with a cigarette. I thought she was joking and didn't show up, but she was serious. She has since been hospitalized twice for pneumonia, and has had to give it up. I am trying, too, and wish you well. I do know that it's not easy.:smoke:

[JohnKleeb]

11. Rhi I didnt know you were a smoker

It is hard to give up, Dad has been trying ever since I was around 6 to quit, Ive been trying to not start, and its gone good so far, now alcohol, I am sorry but I am not addicted but I have a taste for it. Good luck to you all, my best friend growing up quit a year or so back.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Yes I am and I truly regret it

I have no good excuse for it, since I never started until the year I got out of college. Most of my family has smoked at one time or another, so I think that there must be a genetic predisposition for addiction to it. Also, my Dad, his brother and sister all died of cancer, so my stupidity is unbelievable.
:dunce:

[MFUSA]

8. Very helpful support message board

http://www.quitsmoking.com/syas.htm Good luck

[olddem43]

9. Quit as if your life depended on it -

It does, of course. It gets easier after a couple of weeks but is still a struggle for about two years. Remember a few things: The greedy tobacco companies are profiting on your sure future health problems - don't continue to be their willing victim. You will save money many ways - cheaper insurance premiums - not just life ins. but often car ins. and homeowners, less damage to clothes, carpets and furniture, deterioration of home and car interiors, and of course the ever rising cost of the product. A smoking couple could easily burn up a very nice new car every 10 years, not including all the extra costs associated with smoking. A final thing - if you backslide some night while out with friends just pretend it never happened. You are not hooked again with one mistake. Good luck for one who did it a long time ago.

[PatriotGames]

10. I quit in January and it is hard sometimes!

[JohnKleeb]

12. I am not a smoker but I wish you the best of luck

Its a problem in my family sad to say.

[Dem2theMax]

13. I have a friend online who has two things to keep her constantly

reminded of the fact that she used to smoke. A wheelchair and an oxygen tank. She hardly ever leaves her house. Think of her instead of the nicotine. She's always reminding everyone on the board she posts at - she'd be happy if someone here thought about her and decided to quit, or not start back up.

[Guy_Montag]

14. what about patches, tablets etc?

I use the tablets, but then I've just restarted. On - off, the back on again...