Wellness

[CalminHeart]

Congratulations to you! Hang in there and you'll see huge changes in your breathing and health very soon.

I quit smoking November 18, 1981. I was a 2.5 pack a day smoker and went through an experimental program one of the state university's was sponsoring at my workplace. Over a 6 week period, we actually doubled our smoking. That last week was rough....I had to stay up late and get up early to get 5 packs in. But it worked!

I could never wean myself off. It's not something I'm able to do, especially when it came to smoking.

It's been 33 years and I occasionally have a craving. It was really weird....I had a craving last week and hadn't had one in at least 2 years. But they go away fast and I'm never tempted.

[circles]

wow..Calmin....five packs a day sounds like tough love....I can't imagine...but I am glad that it worked for you.....

[snapdragons]

Hi Calmin- Thank you! I have friends that did the hypnosis thing, actually worked on them for a while, but within a year they were smoking again. WOW smoking that many cigarettes must of made you sick, did you have to leave them all in the ashtray? I had a friend that quit that way also and has never smoked again. Every time she felt the urge she would look and smell that dirty ashtray, never smoked again!

I have read so much about these ECigs, and made up my mind that this time I am quitting!

[StylishLady]

Congratulations. You'll be glad you did in more ways than one.

[Lilysmom]

Snapdragons, great that your DH is quitting with you. Think of all the money you will save. You will also feel so much better. Hang in there! LM

[June Lands]

My husband and I quit together cold turkey in 1986. You almost have to quit together as is is just not good having one person smoking and smelling like smoke while you are abstaining. Best thing you can ever do is to quit smoking. Not only possibly save your life.... save money as well. When I quit cigarettes were $1.75 a pak.... I can not believe people pay what they do today for one pak!! That alone should be incentive!

as far as the E cigs... that is questionable as I think they are going to find all kinds of dangerous ingredients in them that may hurt your health. It is better to just STOP. The E cigs are not really getting you away from smoking... it is trading one bad habit for another. Just my opinion on them.

Stick with it... it is hard to do, but if you do it for 30 days... eat a healthy diet... walk and drink lots of water... you will detox and feel so much better that that in itself will be incentive to continue your new life without cigarettes. Best wishes to you and your DH.

[Rock_chick]

I quit in 2002 and DH quit in 2010. Both times it was pretty brutal - it took me 3-4 months to start feeling REALLY better. I am SO GLAD I quit!!! It was worth it. With me I just had a lot of crazy emotional swings. He was pretty angry for a while. But it's behind us, and I always say quitting helped me become the "authentic me". Both our personalities changed with the quit. Keep it up! Pick a mantra and/or a quit song and repeat as necessary. Be kind to yourself. Say no to every extra thing you are asked to do that you can possibly bow out of for a while.

I didn't have the ecig but I discovered that heavy breathing, or using a straw to "puff" on REALLY helped me, as did a squeeze ball.

[Sunnycorle]

good luck!! I quit 6 years ago cold turkey and am so happy! I actually really ampt up my running to get thru the tough spots and it helped. I can't get over how much better I feel, how much better I smell, how muich money I save.... ITs a good thing, one day at a time!!

[nekodaisy]

Like you I needed to quit too but hubby smoked and loved it. So a year and half ago he finally decided to try the e cigs and neither one of us have had a real cigarette since.

We use the vaping ones with all the flavors. I have slowly went from 18 mgs down to 6mgs.

I wish you good luck. It is tough. I quit once for over a year and half but then Hubby came back from Saudi and we fought so much over his stench that I started again. He prefers vaping over the real thing so I am happy about that.

We don't smell like pig pen anymore but then I am sure he smelled better then both of us combined. Keep us updated.

[StylishLady]

"how much better I smell"

Wow, so true, And not just yourself. Even my leather coats and jackets smelled like ash trays. As a smoker, you never are really aware of it. Now when I'm near a smoker, I can sense it right away.

Again, congratulations to any who quit and stay that way.