JW support requested!
 

Last Tuesday evening I got home and I had enough tobacco for a couple of cigarettes (I roll my own). I had my usual after-work beer and smoked these ciggys and of course an hour or so later I was craving another smoke.

My wife was a very occasional smoker* when we met and of course hanging about with me means she's increased to a 10-a-day smoker. This is something I feel quite bad about, although it's not like I have forced her to smoke or anything!

Now I always have nicotine lozenges around for taking on plane journeys and such, so I have been chomping away on those for 5 days without a cigarette. I actually gave up for about 4 months last year (I treated myself to the Orange Trans Am in my avatar for giving up) but of course I went out one night, had a few beers and started smoking again.

So, on day 5 of giving up I am nowhere near calling myself an ex-smoker but I hope I will make it this time

If anyone wants to add words of support or anything then please do!

Finally, I know there are a lot of younger people on the forum so if I can give any advice to you without sounding patronising, don't smoke, it's not big, it's not clever, and I estimate to have spent $30,000 on cigarettes in my life already. That's a third of my mortgage I could have paid off... :cry:

*she's giving up as well and has been fantastic putting up with my short temper all week!

:| too bad for you my friend
i've seen tenths of persons trying what you're doing now, some have succeded, some not

but why not do something that could make you forget about smoking?

as I'm reading your post, you have some habits that usually came by with smoking

why not avoid your usual after-work beer? when you drink that beer you have the need to smoke
if you have a special spot for smoking, avoid it

to make these things less complicated, avoid all things that can make you remember a cigarrete

Well, I was a smoker and finally quit a couple years ago. A damn good decision, but there is no need to state the obvious.

It's a drug, and like any other drug, it sucks to be addicted, I hate to be addicted to something and that was the key point that helped me stopping. One day I just took the cigarettes packet I had at home, removed the cigs and cut them all in half, threw them in the garbage and never touched one since that day. I wasn't an heavy smoker, I have to admit it, but a very regular one and for years I always had my cigs at the same exact hour :roll: what a shitty way to spend your time.. to put smoke inside your body???????? Silly! Another good therapy is to go in places where it's damn annyoing when somebody smokes near you: train for instance. You try to stay there for a while without smoking but just having your lungs abused by others... again this helps realizing how useless and insane it is to smoke.

Don't give up :D if you really feel the need to put something in your mouth... (no gross jokes :D), eat something.. worst case you will put up some weight like it happens to some, but you can get rid of that (hopefully not 50 kg ;)), while fucked lungs remains fucked lungs :roll:

as TT says... eat a carrot, a radish, an apple, chew some sugar-free gum.

I never smoked, and I think its because of mother telling me all sorts of stories about cancersticks when I was a kid.
I even got some of my friends to stop.

You have to keep yourself busy, and practicing sports is the best way, I swear there is nothing better and of course self-discipline, and its best to keep yourself busy during the moment you would normally smoke.
There is a lot of possibilities to help you stop, a quik search on the web will give a lot of good tips.
I wish your wife and you the best of lucks.

Sir - you have my moral support... go for it.

:)

I never took to smoking & I hope you are successful in kicking the habit.

Never smoked cigerettes, but i do smoke Hooka, I dont believe there is nicotenne in hooka, im not addicted to it i do it only once every 3-4 months or so. I dont know if you will be able to do it if you just come off cold turkey. I hope you do, but you need to do this in steps if this doesnt work. Try hooka and then from there i think you will become less addicted. Stay away from beer since it seems that everytime you have a beer you wanna smoke.

Good Luck!

To be honest I have never even tried a ciggarette in my 18 years on this planet. I never found it cool and Dark teeth, smelly breath and the physical condition of a 60 year old...on my own request ?? NO THX!! And the thought pf having to buy a whole pack everyday if I get hooked scares the shit out of me. So much cash!!

This is your biggest test of will, like others suggested always try to keep chewing gum in your mouth. Good luck dude, I'm crossing my fingers. Update us on the progress :D


^^^LMAO. You asshole :P

LMAO @ Thamar...

Thanks for the kind words guys, I am going to give it my best shot. Aside from the health issues, cigarettes are $8.50 / 5 GB Pounds a pack back home in the UK, and I give enough of my money to the government in tax already!

I might treat myself to that porsche I was talking about, or a superbike, in a few months if I can keep it going! :D

Someone mentioned fitness - well, when the weather cools down and I get more fit, it would be nice to cycle to work (about 7 miles) assuming the mad Texan drivers don't run me off the road!

You only smoke because you know AUDI sucks.

I never moked in my life but as TT said and what I heard from people who quit - you just have to make a rocksolid decision and stand for it, sometimes(when you got temptations) even just as a princip of not doing it..... I hope it make sence 8)

[Nutty professor's voice] You can do it! [/Nutty professor's voice] :mrgreen: :wink:

I've heard that getting past the 3rd day really helps because you're beyond the physical addiction. Then its simply a choice. Good luck.

Since it's already been five days, you can probably already breathe easier. It feels much better already doesn't it? LOL
I'm an exsmoker as well, I'm glad I quit. You can do it!

^ You are quite right 666fast, I do feel better already!