Wellness

[bells4me]

I used the Nicoderm CQ patches & cut them in half so I had a months supply. After two weeks I was done.

[bells4me]

On 1/31/2015 depglass said:

Acquaint yourself with a few people with lung cancer. I can't even count the number of friends we've lost.

While no doubt smoking can cause lung cancer, I have had 3 friends die from it who didn't smoke a day in their life.

[BeckiWV]

It doesn't matter old this thread is. It has a lot of good advice and inspiring words. I quit in 2002, cold turkey after smoking for many years. That is what worked for me, but there is no one right or wrong way. What works for one person may not work for someone else. It can take many, many attempts sometimes before one succeeds. Sometimes you just have to keep trying. My honest opinion is when one is really, really "ready" to quit, for whatever reason, they will do it. The motivation is as important as the method IMO. Best of luck to everyone who wants and needs to quit. I think you can do it.

[Sagal]

I had smoked for over 40 years when I quit. I had growths on my vocal cords. I took Chantix with no problems except for some weird dreams (not nightmares). I think what made THE difference for me was I started using an electronic cigarette. I got the BLU cigarette with the menthol and I used them for at least thirty days after I quit smoking - they helped me SO MUCH by giving me something to smoke. Yes they have nicotine but the nicotine is not the cancer causing agent - I still have mine and when I get the urge for a cigarette I still use it. I have not smoked a real cigarette in over 6 months and know I'll never go back - GOOD LUCK - and keep us posted!

[HappyAndIKnowIt From NY]

On 11/27/2011 chickenbutt said:

Not to sound trite, but you just have to stop doing it. That's how I quit, many years ago, and most of the people I know quit that way. I was a smokin' machine back then, so it wasn't easy. Not many things are easy. But it is doable.

I, too, had a health situation brewing. Doc said I was well on my way to emphysema so I needed to stop. Plus, it had become so painful to smoke that I really needed to not be doing it.

After you stop, just stay stopped. Each new day is another day under your belt. Occupy your mind and body with other, more constructive, things. Get a hobby. Do more exercise. Whatever appeals to you, but no smoking. No doing one here and one there.

Some people find it easier to just make themselves new rules - like only 10 ciggies today. In a few days, only 5, etc. But you have to keep going forward with it and follow the new rules. Personally, I think it is easier to stop cold turkey than to whittle it down more and more. Not saying it's easy. But I am saying that if you want to do it you can. If you don't want to do it, you won't.

Keep up the good fight!

Almost exactly the words used by my father who quit more than fifty years ago. He quit cold turkey but his encouragement helped a lot of people. Your post is excellent Chickenbutt.