Posted on 01/09/2006 5:26:22 AM PST by wolfcreek
There was ZERO "withdrawal" symtoms, but the first few days you "think" alot about smoking. I ate a lot of nuts.
Bottom line, you can do it without patches, gum and classes. Stop cold AND make sure there are NO cigarettes around the house so you are not tempted.
Now, look what you've done. You told me to hold the head of a dying friend and the cops arrested me while walking along Route 1 for murder and abuse of a corpse.
However, it looks like I get a last cigarette before the firing squad.
I don't know if you ever get the behavior out of your system.
I've been quit for 6 or 7 years now. I was a 2 pack a day smoker and I loved smoking. At this very minute I could pick up a cigarette and smoke it again. The physical craving is the worst and if you just cut down on the nicotine your still going to continue having the cravings.
You notice alcoholics don't get alcohol through an IV when they quit...it has to be totally gone from your life.
Honestly, you can just do it.
It gets easier after a couple of trips to the ICU, but easier isn't always better.
Don't allow yourself any excuses. I once quit for 6 years, cold turkey, but allowed divorce as an excuse to start again. It didn't solve the divorce issues. It did put me in the ICU, and on 100% disability.
You have no idea what it is like to gasp for air that just won't come, but, you can believe me, you don't want to know.
Not necessarily. I enjoy an occasional cigarette. I might smoke two a month, bumming them from friends who smoke the ones I like (American Spirits). Would you consider me a smoker?
Drowning in their own blood???
You really have no idea what you are talking about.
How many people have you watched die of lung cancer?
I was a pack a day, 30 year smoker, been quit for two years now. Nobody ever loved to smoke more than I and on occasion I would still like to have one (just one!). I tried every available aid, sometimes even in combinations (patch+gum).
The only thing that really worked was the Committ 4mg lozenge.
They really do calm the cravings and they aren't nearly as offensive as gum (they work better, too!) I used them for almost a year and eventually quit them without looking back.
They aren't cheap, but they are very effective. Evenually you'll work down to the 2mg, then nothing. If I get a craving now it only lasts a minute and I can resist it. It did take a while to get to this point. Some people just quit and never have a problem. I hate those people. Like I said, I sometimes miss it, but I don't regret my decision to quit and I hope I'm strong enough to remain smoke free. Keep trying to quit. Never give up!
"The obvious differences in appearence (the smoker's lung was totally black and brown) was enough to get anyone to quit,IMO."
I watched a girlfriend's mother in the hospital dying of lung cancer. The experience shook me up so much I had to go outside and have a cigarette. The shock effect doesn't work on everyone. I wished it had worked on me!(I also remember when you could smoke in a hospital room unless oxygen was in use.)
i quit smoking dec 30, 1985 cold turkey and left my abusive husband the same night. i was opening my thrid pack every day. i had decided i didn't want to smoke anymore. i am happy to say that i just had my 20th anniversary of stopping smoking (and the 18th anniversary of my divorce). it can be done cold turkey. but i also know people who need the support from products to help them. i don't think it matters one way or another as LONG AS YOU QUIT. it would help if you want to quit and if your wife does as well. best wishes, whatever you decide.
Just one and that was enough - I am no doctor - but here is what I was told - as the tumor forms the body fights it by surrounding it with some sort of protection as the battle rages the growth causes intense and unrelenting coughing often times resulting in a rupture of the vessels supplying blood to the lungs - that's what I witnessed - I suppose you want pictures.
Now you can go on and tell me about how it's the kidneys or the liver or other organ failure that gets them - ok go ahead. Enlighten me
enjoy
Unless you get so desparate that you try pine needles, skunk cabbage, cedar bark... anything that will smoke :>)
Don't drink coffee or alcohol for awhile. You know how much those drinks make a smoker want to light up!
Damn, that's asking a lot! I've been thinking of all the changes that might go on as a result of not smoking and I'm scaring the hell out of myself.
Speaking of coffee and alcohol, I quit those the same day I quit smoking
Did you go to jail or rehab?
The most important thing is that YOU must want to quit. It's not enough that your wife wants you to. Here's what worked for me a few years ago, and I had a 20+year pack and a half habit. Pick a day in the near future that will be your "quit" day. Plan lots of activities for that week and make sure they are in places where smoking isn't allowed. Get 4mg Commit lozenges, but don't plan on using them more than 2-3 months. Try to alternate them with Altoids when the urge hits. Use them only when the temptation to drive your car into the nearest store and buy cigarettes is overwhelming. Drink lots of water, arm yourself with low calorie snacks such as sugar free hard candies that keep your mouth busy for a while. Also, get some exercise -- walking is good. One tip about the Commit lozenges: don't bother with the 2mg size. Cut the 4mg ones in half. Saves you money.
You said that most die drowning....but now you tell me...you've watched ONE person die of lung cancer.
I can tell you from years of experience that very few "die drowning in their own blood"....
My only point to you now is to correct your sweeping generalization. Nowadays you can read much on the subject via the net...and I will point you in that direction. What you do with that info...is up to you.
It wasn't my intention to polarize you....I just have a pet peeve about some word usage...My hang-up, not yours. Ha!!
Fwiw..and FRegards,
See if you can cash in on some grant money from The Cigarette Restitution Fund. Maybe that will be a good incentive :))
Neither. I just quit.
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