Any quitters here?

[WarPony]

Have you guys heard about when Rodney Dangerfield quit smoking? Him and his wife decide to only smoke after sex. He's on the same pack for 3 months and she's up to 2 packs a day.

Hoooooo haaaaaa!! I loved Dangerfield!!

I loved the one when, after a club gig, he told a cab driver to take him to the hottest woman in town and the cab driver took him Rodney's house!

[shil]

Problem with all those extra days in your life is that they’re all tacked on at the end.

[Chris C]

[toypusher]

................Seriously though, I quit three times before it finally took. The first two times I made a big deal out of it. Patches and gum and all that junk. The last time I just got fed up and threw them in the trash. Cold turkey. I couldn't tell you the date, probably 15 years ago give or take. Smartest thing I ever did.

Scott F.

I quit once and it was cold turkey! My wife had been trying to quit and using hypnotism and other stuff. It all worked (short term) for her, and I started smoking less and less to try to help her. One day at about 9AM, I lit a cigarette and it just did not taste good. I put it out and have not had one since. And it was tough for a few months. The worst was right after a meal or when I was drinking coffee or alchol (especially alchol)!

For all who want to quit - No doubt about it, it is tough, but the results are well worth it. Someone once told me that nobody quits until they are ready and I believe that is true. So, if you want to quit, you have to convince yourself that you are ready! Then just go for it!

[gailkaitschuck]

One of the best things that ever happened to me wsd that I kept feeling I had to toss my cookies each time I tried smoking as a teenager.

Ya know, when you're trying to look all cool in front of your friends but you end up hovering in the bathroom wondering if you'll be praying before the china god soon.

Eventually my pea brain said "hey, your body is trying to tell you something! It doesn't like this stuff". Luckily it sunk in.

Gail

[bledsoe3]

Ya know, when you're trying to look all cool in front of your friends but you end up hovering in the bathroom wondering if you'll be praying before the china god soon.

Eventually my pea brain said "hey, your body is trying to tell you something! It doesn't like this stuff". Luckily it sunk in.

Gail

I got that same feeling a couple of times drinking. But it never sunk in to stop.

[GeorgeTelford]

Hi all

One morning coughed blood, major panic, but it turns out to be a sinus problem due to cold. But it made me think, it was a great relief that this (episode) was nothing to worry about, but I decided to quit, I had attempted loads of times over the years but never managed more than a couple of days.

I had been smoking about 50 a day and had smoked for 24 years (18 to 42 years old)

Things I found that helped

1. when I fancied one, I took a long deep pretend draw on Imaginary cigarette and a long slow exhale
2. Take a good drink of water
3. told myself I could have one later
4. I kept my smokes and lighter with me for 3 months

Kept repeating the above, the first one really lowers the craving

[SteveH]

Quit cigarettes in '71...no big deal, just quit.

Then, in '76 I decided I'd smoke a pipe...said it wouldn't hurt me as much. Didn't even inhale. Quit that in '85 after my motherinlaw died of cancer, and that was the hardest thing I ever did in my life. Went around having uncontrolable spazums (sp?) for two weeks.

Have a friend now that I've know since '69 that is dieing of lung cancer. Very sad.

[Ira]

I haven't tried to quit in years. Plus, my doctor said I'm not getting enough nicotine in my diet.

Seriously, putting the real dangers of smoking aside, which is the main thing, the cost has gotten ridiculous. I don't even want to THINK about how much money I spend a year on this stupid habit. Yeah, I get some cool stuff from Marlboro, but I can get a lot MORE cool stuff if I saved the money by quitting.

I just can't do it, and I don't want to depress myself by trying to quit and failing. It's too damn embarrassing, especially since when you quit, EVERYONE knows about it. And then they know when you FAIL.

[toypusher]

Failure can sometimes make you stronger and allow you to go back and try again with sucess! Never know until you try!

Hope that does not sound 'preachy' - just trying to help!

[SteveH]

Ira,

I know it's easy for me to say, but you will never quit smoking just trying. You MUST make the decision you ARE GOING TO QUIT, and then do it.

[GeorgeTelford]

Ira

That was another thing I did differently, I didnt tell anyone (for ages after), in fact my father in law said I ought to consider quitting last New years eve and was suprised to find I already had months earlier.

When offered one I just said no thanks, I didnt say "no I have quit" that just leads to conversations about quitting. I didnt avoid any normal situation either ie if I would normally join the smokers for a chat I carried on doing that (mind I avoid it now, not because it gives me craving's, but because of the smell of stale smoke, it really reeks once you have given up you will realise how bad you used to smell it doesnt matter how good your personal Hygene is, if you smoke you stink)

[dmb90260]

I put down my pipe on D-Day, 6th of June in '77., age 39 I was ref'ing youth soccer and it was getting difficult keep up with the little buggers. That led to more running, less ref-ing and 28 marathons over the next 10 years. That was not so bad for someone who was so bad at sports he tripped over the foul line on a regular basis. That was three knee operatons ago. Now I can't run and walk funny but I breathe very well. Given the chance to do it again, I would have started earlier and switched to race walking a whole lot earlier.

[Grandadeo]

Quit smoking while in the Navy August 13th, 1969 after about six attempts and they were 11 cents a pack. Quit drinking in August, 1980. I never wanted to hear one of my kids say "I learned it from you." Funny thing, decided yesterday it's time to take off 45 pounds. If that works, does it mean I'll live to be 100?

Lee

[crankshaft]

I don't know if it's a record or not. But I quit smoking during
the summer of 1940.

Back in Mountain City Tenn. My cousin and I bought a pack of Wings cigarettes and had all twenty of them smoked by the time we had walked a half mile. I got sooooooo sick I couldn't see what fun there was in it so I quit the same day I started.. I was five years old.


Crankshaft.