quit in 1976.... 2 packs a day...smoking for 14 years...
you have to decide to quit...you have to want to quit....and you have to go cold turkey....
now after 35 years, I still have a slight urge to have a cigarette after a cup of coffee...
a nasty habbit that requires one to make a life decision and not a ‘for now I will quit but will start again when I feel better’ decision...
I quit cold turkey in March of 1986. It took five years before I quit reaching in my shirt pocket for one...
I've quit a dozen times ... sometimes a few days, once about 8 months .. and I've succombed for some idiot reason or another and get hooked immediately all over again.
The scriptural, "O miserable wretch that I am .. " blares in my prayers.
I agree. I quit November 25, 1977, cold turkey, smoked 3 packs per day. One of the worse parts was dreaming about smoking. The other day I was talking with my wife and mentioned to her that if I had not quit smoking when I did I would be dead by now.
Good for you!
Quitting takes smarts and guts. My sister-in-law is a cancer specialist and smokes a pack a day. She has tried everything and can’t quit.
Everything except just quitting. That’s what you have to do...just quit.
Dittos to that. And it helps being married to a non=smoker. You have to be so utterly miserable for a couple of weeks that once you get through that you will never let yourself go there again.
Muchael Douglas, has to make up his own mind not to smoke..
Both my father in-law (a smoker for decades) and my husband quite cold turkey. Cold Turkey works.
A plumber was coming out of a unit and stopped by his truck to have a smoke. He pulled the pack out of his pocket and offered on to another guy standing close. We watched as they lit up and then a guy on the roof took a cig from his pocket and so did a carpenter who was hanging siding - he offered one to the guy working with him.
It was contagious. Withing not more than a minute there were at least a half dozen guys smoking cigarettes. My boss said he figured he lost a couple of hours of labor a day to smoking. He was the first contractor I heard of to restrict smoking to break time only. It is a mighty addictive habit to contend with.
I quit and I am not tempted to have another one ever.
It is tough to quit. One of the reasons I hate cigs is they start controlling one’s life. A person can’t do something without stopping to have a cig. I hate them. I am glad you quit and I am glad I quit also. My husband smoked a lot years ago, and said one day he just quit. Amazing. Did you just decide one day to quit or did you have a program to go to . I did everything till one finally stuck
I quit smoking too. Started smoking in my late teens(seems that's when every one starts) and quit about 13 years later, smoked pack and a half a day. Actually quit several times before the final time. Haven't had a cigarette since 1982. First week was h*ll, it got easier after that. The cravings got less and less each day, not sure how long it took before I didn't really miss it. Several months maybe? I still craved cigarettes every once in awhile, maybe ever few months or so I'd get a craving. About 10 years or so ago, I stopped having cravings completely.
I don't even remember when I quit, but I had wanted to for a long time. I threw away a half pack, and never wanted another one after that. I saw a lady buy a carton last week, and it was $55 here in Texas. Glad I quit when they were $1.25 per pack at the PX.
I smoked for 6 years and was up to 3-1/2 packs a day. I decided at the tender age of 24 that I couldn’t keep it up as it was causing “smokers cough” and strep throat. I’m still not sure how I did it, but I quit cold turkey, had the shakes for a few days, and cried when anyone even gave me a sideways look. I got thru 2 weeks, and then 3 weeks, and I finally got to the point where you couldn’t pay me to start again. So, I figured that if I’m going to be miserable I might as well lose weight too. And I dropped 25 lbs. Of course, I was a whole lot younger then (only 25 years old) Don’t think I could handle having to go thru it again. I chewed gum - all the time. I personally probably kept the gum industry going for a few years.....
Mrs. NHD