I've [almost] kicked itFollow

I have to say, after lots of unsuccessful attempts to quit smoking...I'm quite proud of myself. However, I haven't entirely kicked the habit, and still require 2-3 cigarettes a day to survive without going into an absolute hellish frenzy.

I'm hoping maybe there's one or two (or more...or experienced people present) that have any advice for someone trying to get rid of that last smoke or two a day and move on to greener (and less polluted) pastures? Tips, tactics, advice, old wives tales...you name it, I want to hear it. I'll do anything to be done with this wretched habit. I've come down from 1.5-2 packs daily for the past 13 years...so this is a big step for me, just gotta kick this last bit and I'm done.

Honestly, I just stopped.

When I tried to quit it never worked. One day I just stopped smoking...until that time, nothing ever worked.

Course, I didn't smoke as much as you to begin with, I was never more than 8 - 10 a day even at my peak.

Never been a smoker, but I hear from ex-smokers I know that cold turkey is the only thing that ever worked. I suppose you should warm people close to you to stay away from you, though, and become familiar with cough drops.

I smoked about 1/2 pack a day.. with most of that after 5. Zyban made me forget to smoke. Sounds odd, but it did. No more 10:30 / 2:30 smoke breaks. etc.

I just didn't want to end up like my father in this respect. He's been smoking for ~50 years now.

Some people I have mentioned Zyban to said they had suicidal thoughts. *shrug*

Edit: I did laps around the the floor I work on, (never went outside) and chatted up my hawt co-workers, they liked the fact I was quitting.


Edited, Aug 9th 2006 at 2:10pm EDT by Fng

Crap. I thought the title was referring to puppies.


Carry on.

Lung Cancer is usually effective.

I was expecting the bucket...

I used the patch as well as Zyban/Wellbutrin. Took me two tries... first time I lasted about 5 months, second time worked better. I was nine years without a smoke as of this past January.

Basically because I know myself and know that as long as I'm still "doing" it, I run a risk of doing it to the point where I'm spending almost $10 a day on a habit that's killing me and making me stink. I mean, personally right now I think 2-3 a day is great in contrast. But I don't want to wash my hands or have to get he smell off me before I hold my baby girl, and don't want to die before she grows up, either.

And furthermore, I just have a generally addictive attitude to the point where I have trouble allowing myself just a "little" of something I like. Runs in the family, so I'm better off just kickin' it. Sounds like Cold Turkey's the key, so here's hopin' I don't pull what little hair I have left on my head off!

Edit:


That's another thing (like I mentioned above), I don't want to go through something like that, or put loved ones through it as well. I just recently had a little scare (which was another reason I pushed for quitting now), with extremely high blood pressure and some symptoms of cancer that made me go in for a physical after about 5-6 years of putting it off. Nothing wakes you up like worrying about terminal illness while you're expecting your first born in the next 2 weeks or so.

Edited, Aug 9th 2006 at 3:24pm EDT by Ryneguy

As a non-smoker, I've never understood how you can have the desire to quit and hang on for several months (or even years in some cases I've heard) and then go right back to smoking. How does this happen? What is a typical thing that would make someone start again after 5 months or longer of being off of them?

So your body begins to repair itself 20 minutes after each cigarette? Sounds good to me.

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