Kicking the habit..

[AcurInteg96]

Sign me up I've been battling to quit for a while now.

nice to have you. im chris btw.

 

[AcurInteg96]

if anyones slipped they should be banned for a week!!

slip ups are natural.

 

[8urcivic]

i dont smoke.....only drink..i cut down on that..a lot.

 

[AcurInteg96]

yeah drinking can be just as dangerous. on the rare occasion i do drink i limit myself to a buzz and refuse to go anywhere.

 

[I_rock_DC]

i smoke...i tried...i cant even go a day without smoking...fail

 

[AcurInteg96]

you willing to try. i can add you to the list.

 

[ewoo]

please add me... i've been trying to quit for awhile and nothing is working. i know its all mental and such, but its much easier said than done

how are all of you quitting? like, are yall just planning to cut down then quit, or try cold turkey or what? we should talk about that

 

[jdmjim]

i actually had a laser treatment done.www.bready2quitsmoking.comwhen i walked in there i already had in my mind that i wanted to quit. i had tried the patch and the pill before but i didn't want to make the effort on my part, which is a sincere willingness to want to stop. i was skeptable of this and really didn't believe in it, but my wife had family in new orleans that had it done and were able to quit. i actually learned alot about the addiction and habit you form. i think you get an average of 10 drags off a cig so if you smoke a pack a day thats 200 times you bring your hand up to your mouth, so that is something you have to replace. i used a bottle of water and took a drink everytime i got the urge. i also got mints (icebreakers) and chewed on them, i still do. my hardest times were after i ate and when i first woke up, thats where i had to find something else to do, i actually started eating breakfast, back to the basics. i also smoked in the car, so the first thing i did was clean it all out and get rid of the lighter. i had to develop a new pattern and someone said it on here, fill the hole left from quitting smoking. i know for me in the beginning i would go to bed early to escape cravings, but honestly it was lifted from me. i was able to claim victory over my cigarette addiction its been 2 years and 5 months for me. if i can do it any of you guys can. check you area for one of these laser treatment centers. it was the best $250.00 i ever,ever spent. jim

 

[solehead714]

Im bret.

And as far as what im doin to quit, when I have a craving I pop in a starlight mint and by the time im done with it my craving subsides. Of course its not always that easy and im sure I can speak for eveyone when I say that I give in but its helped me cut down a ton

 

[AcurInteg96]

im trying the cold turkey method. which sucks cuz im at a cookout right now and everyone knows a cig is the perfect topper to a nice filling meal.

 

[jdmjim]

just checkin in, seeing how you guys are doing?

 

[AcurInteg96]

i told you bout yesterday but i hope today is easier. im starting the cleanout phase where you lungs start to open back up so im coughing up nasty shit from the far crevices of my lung space. kinda blows. but itll mean i can breathe better.

 

[jdmjim]

oh yea, after a hot shower always got me.

 

[SLV_DB7]

Yeah, i'm slowly cutting back before i put the pack down, so far yesterday i had 5 the whole day, today i'm on 3. Once i get the numbers consistently down, i will put down the pack. Doing good so far.

about a week and a half ago i was at almost a pack a day

 

[jdmjim]

Yeah, i'm slowly cutting back before i put the pack down, so far yesterday i had 5 the whole day, today i'm on 3. Once i get the numbers consistently down, i will put down the pack. Doing good so far.

about a week and a half ago i was at almost a pack a day

great job man:thumbs up keep up the good work i wasn't really able to cut back so big propps to you.