Anyone Here Ever Successfully Quit Smoking?

[Ronny Shade]

My mom used to smoke in college. I've heard stories of this, but I can't make myself believe them. Now she's the type of person that will ask for a new table in a restaurant if it's too close to the smoking section or if she can smell any hint of smoke whatsoever.

 

[Daisy]

Yes.

I started when I was about 15 and 'quit' at 22. I would, however, still have a few when I'd go out drinking with friends who smoked. When I wasn't around people who smoked I didn't have many, but then when I started grad school in Philly in 2002 it seemed like most of my friends smoked and I realized I was smoking a lot again - to the point I was buying cigarettes because I felt guilty bumming so much off my friends. I then re-quit in November 2003 and haven't had a cigarette since.

Truthfully... this past 2 years and 9 months is the longest I've ever gone without having a single cigarette since 1985, and I've finally reached the point where I don't want one, even when I'm out drinking... even with other people who are smoking.

 

[JokerNick]

I smoke.... tried stopping once, but I enjoy it too much....

 

[LadyVader]

Like I mentioned in the other thread, I've been smoke free for 16 months, now. I quit cold turkey, but I was not a heavy smoker. Maybe 5-10 cigarettes per day off and on over the course of 20 years. I just got fed up with feeling like sh1t from it and all the health problems that were popping up as a result of it. So, I decided to quit following a weekend in Vegas with my wife. I purposefully smoked myself to being completely ill that last weekend I was smoking so that I have negative memories of smoking. And, I got determined to get into great physical shape again as a motivator to not want to start as smoking and sports just don't mesh well together. So, I sort of replaced a bad habit with a healthy one to keep me on the straight and narrow. The bottom line, though, is it really comes down to will power and I was determined to not let my life be ruled by some stinky weed (that's ridiculously expensive to boot) and that's what got me through those days where I was ready to give it up and smoke again. The first couple of months were the roughest and after that it got easier. You're smart to quit now, while you're ahead, and I wish you all the luck in the world with it. It's a horribly difficult habit to break. I'm watching my wife still struggle with trying to quit (that's right, i quit while living with another smoker).

jag

That's some Clockwork Orange s**t right there.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Like I mentioned in the other thread, I've been smoke free for 16 months, now. I quit cold turkey, but I was not a heavy smoker. Maybe 5-10 cigarettes per day off and on over the course of 20 years. I just got fed up with feeling like sh1t from it and all the health problems that were popping up as a result of it. So, I decided to quit following a weekend in Vegas with my wife. I purposefully smoked myself to being completely ill that last weekend I was smoking so that I have negative memories of smoking. And, I got determined to get into great physical shape again as a motivator to not want to start as smoking and sports just don't mesh well together. So, I sort of replaced a bad habit with a healthy one to keep me on the straight and narrow. The bottom line, though, is it really comes down to will power and I was determined to not let my life be ruled by some stinky weed (that's ridiculously expensive to boot) and that's what got me through those days where I was ready to give it up and smoke again. The first couple of months were the roughest and after that it got easier. You're smart to quit now, while you're ahead, and I wish you all the luck in the world with it. It's a horribly difficult habit to break. I'm watching my wife still struggle with trying to quit (that's right, i quit while living with another smoker).

jag

I should replace my Taco Bell habit with rigorous jogging

 

[Bill]

My mom used to smoke in college. I've heard stories of this, but I can't make myself believe them. Now she's the type of person that will ask for a new table in a restaurant if it's too close to the smoking section or if she can smell any hint of smoke whatsoever.

I'm like that and I've never smoked a day in my life. My incentive was seeing cancer patients at the hospital when I was very young. I watched my mother's health deteriorate over a period of 20 years, begging her to stop the whole time. She had a developing case of emphysema and circulatory problems. She finally did quit, and called me to tell me that I was right and she should have stopped sooner. She died two years after that of a heart infarction from the smoking. She missed my graduation from college, her grandchildren and basically living for at least another 20 or so years. And for what?

I guess it's easy to dismiss the things that may happen later to look cool now when you're young, but I never thought smoking was worth missing any of those things.

 

[Hades]

My mom used to smoke in college. I've heard stories of this, but I can't make myself believe them. Now she's the type of person that will ask for a new table in a restaurant if it's too close to the smoking section or if she can smell any hint of smoke whatsoever.

Ha, my mom's been smoking steady since she's been..uh, somewhere around 15.
She's quite healthy considering that. Maybe it'll catch up to her one of these days.

 

[November Rain]

winners never quit

 

[Hades]

winners never quit

Yeah, like when you're pregnant. ...

 

[maxwell's demon]

Like I mentioned in the other thread, I've been smoke free for 16 months, now. I quit cold turkey, but I was not a heavy smoker. Maybe 5-10 cigarettes per day off and on over the course of 20 years. I just got fed up with feeling like sh1t from it and all the health problems that were popping up as a result of it. So, I decided to quit following a weekend in Vegas with my wife. I purposefully smoked myself to being completely ill that last weekend I was smoking so that I have negative memories of smoking. And, I got determined to get into great physical shape again as a motivator to not want to start as smoking and sports just don't mesh well together. So, I sort of replaced a bad habit with a healthy one to keep me on the straight and narrow. The bottom line, though, is it really comes down to will power and I was determined to not let my life be ruled by some stinky weed (that's ridiculously expensive to boot) and that's what got me through those days where I was ready to give it up and smoke again. The first couple of months were the roughest and after that it got easier. You're smart to quit now, while you're ahead, and I wish you all the luck in the world with it. It's a horribly difficult habit to break. I'm watching my wife still struggle with trying to quit (that's right, i quit while living with another smoker).

jag

i havent had a cigarette in two months now. my habit was about like yours, not too heavy..

 

[November Rain]

Yeah, like when you're pregnant. ...

winners don't get pregnant

 

[Ronny Shade]

i havent had a cigarette in two months now. my habit was about like yours, not too heavy..

Maybe it's just me, but 10 cigarettes a day sounds fairly heavy

 

[maxwell's demon]

i was more like 5 a day, tops. and i took weekends off, usually. most days i didn't have more than 3 or 4.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

does anyone else find the thought of daisy smoking..................

Spoiler

incredibly sexy?

 

[Ronny Shade]

does anyone else find the thought of daisy smoking..................

Spoiler

incredibly sexy?

not me

 

[Obi-Ron]

does anyone else find the thought of daisy smoking..................

Spoiler

incredibly sexy?

Daisy=yes

girls who smoke=no

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

meh to that lotta yas

 

[maxwell's demon]

smoking what?

 

[Ronny Shade]

smoking what?

PCP

 

[Maxwell Smart]

I started smoking with some friends at a very young age(13 going on 14- it was the 8th grade) and I quit the summer inbetween my sophmore and junior year of high school. I quit cold turkey too, and didn't really have too much of a problem with it. I think this runs in my family or something because before I was born my dad smoked over 20 years and quit, and when he did he basically just quit and that was it. Neither one of us were heavy smokers though. I never even reached half a pack a day, 7 or 8 at the most.

 

[Alexia Dark]

I quit cold turkey when I was 13. I smoked on and off for 3 years. I simply told myself that Section Operatives can't smoke, and away the craving went. Obsession can have its benefits.

Just tell yourself that superheroes can't smoke.

Well, at least the ones who have something to lose if they suddenly slow down in a fight to cough for 10 minutes.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

My dad quit smoking... cold turkey...thats what my mom said and shes never lied to me before, so there.

 

[NOFX]

There will be tough times where you really want one, believe me. The trick is having stronger will power than the addiction and getting through those cravings without giving in. Figure out how to do that one without fail and you'll be in the clear. Congrats.

jag

There are plenty of times I get the urge to smoke throughout the day but I just keep reminding myself how much money I will save if I stop smoking. Works like a charm I said to myself I would only smoke at parties and with my friends. But than I realize none of my friends smoke and I dont get invited to parties anymore, so smoking is defintely out of the question

 

[Batty for Bats!]

I can honestly say that I love smoking.

 

[Fenrir]

Even though I'm surrounded by enough friends and room-mates who smoke more than their fair share of cigarettes and weed, they've never convinced me to try one so far. Besides, I can't stand the coarse smell.

Although I do occassionally smoke a shesha/hukka/hubbly bubbly/whatever-it-is-you-get-the-idea once a month but it's not addictive like cigarettes have been known to be so it's not something I'm worried about.