My Kingdom for a camel! - Page 2

Javed · 01-22-2010, 10:26 PM

@happy_terd

I have never smoked and therefore no nothing about quitting.
However, I'm sure you are determined and you certainly have all our support. Good luck!

dreams · 01-22-2010, 10:34 PM

for you, happy_terd! I know you can do it!

happy_terd · 01-22-2010, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

for you, happy_terd! I know you can do it!

ty...and the same to the rest of ya.

They say the first few days is the hardest. If that is the case then 1 more "hardest" days to go.

Katti's Cat · 01-22-2010, 10:55 PM

You will know when you are over the 'hardest' day/s when your partner stops holding out the smokes to you

phenomshel · 01-23-2010, 01:22 AM

Chris quit right before Christmas. He said that the hard part wasn't the nicotine cravings, it was the behavior patterns. He tried using the gum, but it was too strong. He tried the medium dosage patch, that worked great for the first day, but found the second day that it too, was too strong. After that he did it on his own. He had one backslide, but that was behavioral rather than "I've got to have a smoke". He always grabbed a smoke when he got on the phone with someone - well, we hadn't moved his smoking supplies, so he went to call his brother, and, not thinking, grabbed a cigarette. He said he got two puffs before he remembered (when his throat started burning), and he put it out. I missed the whole thing, I was at work. He told me about it that night and man was he mad at himself about it! It's been a month now, and as far as I can tell (I'm sure he'll correct if I'm wrong), he's doing great.

m-reader · 01-23-2010, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Two full days nicotine free. My whole body is in pain. I hate my life at this moment...it will pass though.

Anyone else quiting / trying to quit this month?

Good on you mate!
I am seriously thinking of ditching the smokes again. I'd been off for about 2 years and then fell of the band wagon big time. No matter how long I stay off the smokes, it only takes me a but a puff to be back in the gutters. I didn't go back to smoking because of cravings - I did it because I'm a bloody idiot

.
You should try Allen Carr's Easy Way book - it helped me immensely last time I quit. The best thing about his book is that you are free to puff away while reading it. The book really deconstructs the whole issue of smoking addiction and how to kick it.

Best of luck to you! When going gets tough, just remember - craving lasts for a few minutes only. The rest is just your mind messing with you!

PS: Just in case you are thinking of swapping your kindom for a real camel - just come down under! We have so many of these buggers running around the outback we are trying to get rid of! Just hurry up, I hear Saudis are putting in a bid already

vivaldirules · 01-23-2010, 09:26 AM

I did good one year and had quit smoking for several weeks. But I decided that it wasn't so hard to accomplish and that I wasn't really addicted to the nicotine anyway so it would be okay if I smoked now and then so long as I didn't pick it up again as a habit. So I smoked a few with friends one night and threw them away the next day (the taste in my mouth was disgusting and wondered how I stood it the night before). A month or so later, I did it again. Then it was a couple of weeks later. Then.....you know....I was back at a pack or so a day. It took me another year and half to finally quit for good. Bottom line: once you quit don't smoke another puff ever again!

mores · 01-23-2010, 09:38 AM

Stay on course, repeat this mantra: I will not die of smoke-related cancer.

Good luck. After a few days it's just psychological, your body is way over the addiction.

m-reader · 01-23-2010, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I did good one year and had quit smoking for several weeks. But I decided that it wasn't so hard to accomplish and that I wasn't really addicted to the nicotine anyway so it would be okay if I smoked now and then so long as I didn't pick it up again as a habit. So I smoked a few with friends one night and threw them away the next day (the taste in my mouth was disgusting and wondered how I stood it the night before). A month or so later, I did it again. Then it was a couple of weeks later. Then.....you know....I was back at a pack or so a day. It took me another year and half to finally quit for good. Bottom line: once you quit don't smoke another puff ever again!

I hear you brother ... It's like being an alcoholic. You either be an alcoholic who drinks or doesn't drink.

Sweetpea · 01-23-2010, 10:02 AM

Hang in there! I've quit smoking before I even started, so I can't help you with tips. but look at the bright side! Look back at all those times where you had to smoke... Now you can use that time to read a book!

MickeyC · 01-23-2010, 10:06 AM

If I could quit, you can quit! Here's what happened to me:

I was up to about a pack and a half a day and working rotating shift. We had a large metal ashtray at the desk that was wide at the bottom, then narrowed to a vertical pipe then flared out at the top. Anyway, I was working a mid shift and smoking away. I went to stub out a cigarette and the ashtray went POOF and a cloud of ash rose up out of the top. IOW, the thing was completely filled up.

Since it was a mid shift and I wasn't too busy, I grumbled and picked the ashtray up and carried it out the back of the building to the large ashcan where you were supposed to empty the thing. I unscrewed the metal top part at the base and, when I saw what came out of the thing (remember this was all guys using this thing 24/7 and not too shy about what they put in the thing), I never touched another cigarette and that was over 40 years ago!

Whenever I got the urge, I thought of what came out of that ashtray...that was my lungs...and I immediately lost the desire.

For a couple of years, I didn't mind the smell of cigarettes and, in fact, kept ashtrays in my apartment for anybody who wanted to smoke. But then the smell started bothering me and that's when you know you are truly free of the habit!

Anyway, good luck to you. You can do it!!!!

WT Sharpe · 01-23-2010, 10:27 AM

Hang in there! I quit last year, and now my nose is beginning to notice aromas I never noticed before.

HarryT · 01-23-2010, 10:41 AM

Think how much nicer you're making the world for those around you. I sit near a girl at work who smokes. Her clothes, her coat, her hair - everything about her absolutely stinks of tobacco - it's disgusting.

rlparker · 01-23-2010, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Two full days nicotine free. ...

Hang in there happy! Here's what worked for me--don't worry about "forever", just take it a day at a time. You WILL get to the point where you don't even think about cigarettes. Yes, I speak from experience; I smoked my last cigarette in 1980.

And remember, we're all on your side.

happy_terd · 01-24-2010, 01:12 AM

Thanks for all the support. Another day gone by and I made it through without killing anyone too important.

4 more days will be 1 full smoke free week and then I will consider myself successfully tobacco free.

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01-22-2010, 10:26 PM	#16
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	@happy_terd I have never smoked and therefore no nothing about quitting. However, I'm sure you are determined and you certainly have all our support. Good luck!

01-22-2010, 10:34 PM	#17
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	for you, happy_terd! I know you can do it!

01-22-2010, 10:55 PM	#19
Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	You will know when you are over the 'hardest' day/s when your partner stops holding out the smokes to you

01-23-2010, 01:22 AM	#20
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Chris quit right before Christmas. He said that the hard part wasn't the nicotine cravings, it was the behavior patterns. He tried using the gum, but it was too strong. He tried the medium dosage patch, that worked great for the first day, but found the second day that it too, was too strong. After that he did it on his own. He had one backslide, but that was behavioral rather than "I've got to have a smoke". He always grabbed a smoke when he got on the phone with someone - well, we hadn't moved his smoking supplies, so he went to call his brother, and, not thinking, grabbed a cigarette. He said he got two puffs before he remembered (when his throat started burning), and he put it out. I missed the whole thing, I was at work. He told me about it that night and man was he mad at himself about it! It's been a month now, and as far as I can tell (I'm sure he'll correct if I'm wrong), he's doing great.

01-23-2010, 09:26 AM	#22
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I did good one year and had quit smoking for several weeks. But I decided that it wasn't so hard to accomplish and that I wasn't really addicted to the nicotine anyway so it would be okay if I smoked now and then so long as I didn't pick it up again as a habit. So I smoked a few with friends one night and threw them away the next day (the taste in my mouth was disgusting and wondered how I stood it the night before). A month or so later, I did it again. Then it was a couple of weeks later. Then.....you know....I was back at a pack or so a day. It took me another year and half to finally quit for good. Bottom line: once you quit don't smoke another puff ever again!

01-23-2010, 09:38 AM	#23
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	Stay on course, repeat this mantra: I will not die of smoke-related cancer. Good luck. After a few days it's just psychological, your body is way over the addiction.

01-23-2010, 10:02 AM	#25
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hang in there! I've quit smoking before I even started, so I can't help you with tips. but look at the bright side! Look back at all those times where you had to smoke... Now you can use that time to read a book!

01-23-2010, 10:06 AM	#26
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	If I could quit, you can quit! Here's what happened to me: I was up to about a pack and a half a day and working rotating shift. We had a large metal ashtray at the desk that was wide at the bottom, then narrowed to a vertical pipe then flared out at the top. Anyway, I was working a mid shift and smoking away. I went to stub out a cigarette and the ashtray went POOF and a cloud of ash rose up out of the top. IOW, the thing was completely filled up. Since it was a mid shift and I wasn't too busy, I grumbled and picked the ashtray up and carried it out the back of the building to the large ashcan where you were supposed to empty the thing. I unscrewed the metal top part at the base and, when I saw what came out of the thing (remember this was all guys using this thing 24/7 and not too shy about what they put in the thing), I never touched another cigarette and that was over 40 years ago! Whenever I got the urge, I thought of what came out of that ashtray...that was my lungs...and I immediately lost the desire. For a couple of years, I didn't mind the smell of cigarettes and, in fact, kept ashtrays in my apartment for anybody who wanted to smoke. But then the smell started bothering me and that's when you know you are truly free of the habit! Anyway, good luck to you. You can do it!!!!

01-23-2010, 10:27 AM	#27
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Hang in there! I quit last year, and now my nose is beginning to notice aromas I never noticed before.

01-23-2010, 10:41 AM	#28
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Think how much nicer you're making the world for those around you. I sit near a girl at work who smokes. Her clothes, her coat, her hair - everything about her absolutely stinks of tobacco - it's disgusting.

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01-24-2010, 01:12 AM	#30
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Thanks for all the support. Another day gone by and I made it through without killing anyone too important. 4 more days will be 1 full smoke free week and then I will consider myself successfully tobacco free.