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Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:19 am  |
I quit several times, the last one lasting almost 7 months, I could kick myself in the butt for starting again! 
I am setting myself up to quit again, I've been putting it off, cause I know how hard it is...but I don't want to keep this up, I'm going to be 40 this year and I said to myself I want to be better at 40 and start looking after myself.
Any tips, stories of inspiration to help me get the monkey off my back would be truley appreciated! Thanks!  |
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Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:19 am |
moosette,
I quit 8 and a half years ago and can honestly say, I'll never go back.
Good for you moosette! I think I heard that alot of smokers quit and then go back a couple of times before they finally put the habit down for good. This was my experience too.
My method for quitting was smoking lobelia leaves...rolling them up in cigarrette papers. I was so addicted I think it would have been impossible for me to quit without doing this.
The lobelia has a substance similar to nicotine that helps soooo much with the withdrawals but it is non-addictive. I had no trouble putting the lobelia away after a few weeks. I mostly needed something to smoke because the action of smoking was as much an * spam alert * as the nicotine itself.
Good luck to you. I don't know if my method appeals to you but it certainly worked for me.
I quit about your age and it made such a difference in my skin, my energy levels and the overall quality of my life. |
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Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:25 am |
Faith I too have read the Alan Carr book, it's fantastic  |
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oily/acne prone - acne scars on chin area/Large Pores in winter. Oily in Summer. Fair, nuetral/cool complexion, burn easily. Early 20s |
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Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:31 pm |
Hi Moosette...I used to smoke Player's Filter! I quite 15 years ago...almost by mistake....it started to make me feel sick...the only thing I can think of that might have impacted my smoking habit was the fact that I stopped eating meat...once I gave up meat, - the smoking made me feel sickly...and that was that...I just couldn't smoke anymore...
Pudoodles |
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Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:08 pm |
I quit 18 years ago, cold turkey. I really wanted to quit and so did my boyfriend (now husband) so we quit together. That's what made it possible for me. There was noooooooo way I was going to start again if he wasn't going to, it became a competition in a way, who can go the longest.
The first week was hell, the first month really difficult and after that everyday got a bit easier. I found that I had to keep busy, and occupy my hands. I crocheted (sp?)and painted, tried to do things like that.
It is definitely easier if you have a quitting buddy. Just take it one day at a time. I never took another puff again and I'm soooooooo glad. |
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Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:59 am |
| rosebud wrote: |
| Faith I too have read the Alan Carr book, it's fantastic |
I liked it too! I liked that he just seemed logical and didn't talk down to us. Or try to scare us like we haven't ever heard that smoking is dangerous... |
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Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:27 am |
I think the trick is, is if you 'slip' don't beat yourself up about it and don't freak yourself out about how hard it is gonna be, because it makes it worse. Lots of people just quit totally and never give it a second thought (I'm not one of them btw!).
I also calculate what I would have spent on fags and then spend it on something nice |
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my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
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Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:11 am |
HI
My Mum smoked from the age of 13, she is now 73.
My mum tried and tried to give up. Cutting down, patches, hypnotism etc but nothing worked.
After my Dad suddenly died of a heart attack the doctors said his smoking from a very early age had not helped.
My Mum from that day gave up. That was 11 years ago.
She always says if you havent got willpower you wont do it. Also that cutting down, patches etc didnt work for her, she had to say "thats it" and throw the cig's away.
Its one of the hardest things she's ever done in her life and even now walking down the street if someone is smoking she could take it off them and finish it!
Good luck! |
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Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:33 am |
I absolutely swear by the book by Allen Carr. Before I read it, I had tried everything, nicoteen chewing gum, cold turkey, plastic ciggies, even acupuncture. A friend came in one day who used to smoke 40 a day and told me he'd given up by reading the book and didn't even want a cigarette. I read the book and it just makes you realise that all the stuff about withdrawal, side effects etc are all in your head and will only actually last a few days. It's not a brainwash, it just seemed to change everything. I read the book in one weekend (I never normally read that quickly), had my last cigarette at the end of reading it (like he suggests) and have never wanted a cigarette since. That was 15 years ago and and I can honestly say it was the best thing I've ever done.
You have to really want to quit. Please read the book, I know it's worked for so many.
Good luck. |
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:32 am |
| I've been smoke free for 19 yrs, got pregnant and just quit!! |
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Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:04 am |
I can't really answer your full question about 'maintaining' because I'm chain-smoking again.
But I did give up in a cold turkey fashion from 60 a day to zero and for over 3 years after the initial few weeks I really didn't miss it, seriously - wasn't tempted at all even when I was drinking and that's a real test for me.
I didn't use the Carr book at first but I read it after 6 weeks or so into my cold turkeying and it really gave me a boost. So I'd vote for that too. Don't know why it didn't work the second time though.  |
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Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:02 pm |
hey guys!Ive read a verry helpful tip(it worked on my mum!)
Take a strong cigarette,and smoke it while keeping your nose shut...It will taste so unbelivable disgusting cause its much more intensify...If you do this evry day for about a week,your brain will saving the taste of a cigaette as disgusting!Try it! |
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Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:32 am |
Afriend of mine switched his packet cigarettes to roll ups which he hates, it made him feel nausios every time he had one and the thought of having to go and roll one up was unapealing that he cut his intake down a lot from about 20 a day to 10!! then 5 then less until he lost interest.
He also hated the fact that poeple would think he was rolling a joint!  |
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:44 pm |
 i hate smoking !!!!!!!! BUT I CANT STOP ! i cant use the patch due to some of my meds. cant chew gum due to dentures. so next week im getting the inhaler. i used it before and it worked. but my ins. wouldnt cover it and it cost alot. well now so does cigs. but now my ins. pays and im gonna try again. so what did i do ?? go out and buy my last carton  . i really want to stop. i hate it. my boys are bashin me. the hardest part will be in the morning with coffee and after eating. eeeeee. 28yrs of smoking  that is making me sick to even say that.i really dont know what life is like without smoking. i really hope this works out. 
 lassie 1234 |
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:41 am |
im sorry for you,this have to be quite hard  perhaps you should stop on a time,were you have enough time,like on vacation,its much easier...GOOD LUCK |
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:20 am |
Maybe it would help when you would think of all the things why smoking is bad. Like it is bad for skin, also it would help to the loss of hair, it can give you problems with breating, the olding process would go faster because of smoking etc. When i think of these things, i would be scared, especially the part of hairloss and olding process. And i really care about looks, so if you are too, maybe it would help. Because what do you find importer, healthy and looks or smoking? Or you can try to smoke a sigaret from a brand that you dont like, and smoke this as much as you can, till you feel really bad, and maybe you can look at no other sigaret anymore  !!! |
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:08 am |
| thank you |
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:51 am |
hey lassie!
Im sure,its really hard to keep it,cause youve smoked for such a long time...But you have done the first steps wich is really important!And its a great thing that you wanna do this for your kids!I really really hope that you make it!
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:49 pm |
I never smoked again after following Judy Perlmutter's "Quit in 5 days" program which I did in 1995. It's based on aversion therapy, and although sickening[literally] for 3 days it is a permanent, quick fix. A short, sharp shock therapy. I also read the Alan Carr book as back up.
Good luck!
Andrevi |
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:15 am |
| Hi I am sorry, it was not meaned as a lesson. But i know some people who quit because of the things that i typed. And i have not said that it is only bad for the skin, but for everything. And you say that you dont do it for the skin but for yourself, and i understand but skin is a part from yourself also. Yes that smoking is bad everyone knows ( i hope), but sometimes people not really give it a deep thought about how bad. And i smoked to and did give it a thought, and smoked at one day a lot of sigarets from a brand i do not liked, till a was feeling bad. At that point i could not look at a sigret anymore and i also saw a program about how the longs would look if you would smoke, really scared me. And i did typed about breathing also. |
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:46 am |
 im quitting for my kids and myself. i have smoked long enough now. it is tasting awful.. i tried all of the above and it did not work with me.. i have to be the one who says im stopping. and i said it. i will be using a cartrige inhaler for awhile. i use it before and it did work but ins. stopped paying. and at almost 200.00 a box that might last a week............................well now my new ins. pays. and its funny because i will pay money for skin products and cig's.. next tuesday is my appt. with the dr. and wedsnday i will start with the program.. it sure would be nice to have alittle support thru this. because i will need it.
lassie 1234 |
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:07 pm |
You have my full support. Feel free to vent your anger if you want to and nobody cares if you go through a moody stage.Well at least I don't, I have broad shoulders, I can take anger. I have not heard of these inhalers can you please explain them to me, or tell me what search words I should use on google to find out.
Good luck. |
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:37 pm |
 hi. thx for that. everyone looks down at us smokers like we are monsters. BUT I DONT LOOK LIKE ONE  . they are called nicotrol inhalers. they come with a plastic cigar looking thingy and you put a small cartgridge in them and puff on that.. i have to admit,,,,,,,,,  they do give ya alittle buzz  you are getting nicotine from the cartgridge but i think thats all. when i stopped using them and went back to smoking, they were great when you were in a place ya couldnt smoke because you can hold it in your hand and take a puff and got your nictotine fix. but if i remember right i did stop for a couple of months.im already getting alittle cranky thinking about the days coming ahead.  but they are tasting nastier every time i light up.and everything is pissing me off right now.plus i got my period. and yes there still coming too  im so glad your offering to listen. \/please keep up with me. 
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