Who here successfully quite smoking

[jrhymeammo]

Thanks to all. I appreciate it alot.

I agree with almost everything stated. I think I truely want to quit, whatever reasons may be.

I, too, used to make long lists of reasons to quit. I didnt care if I had made double or triple entries cuz it just meant it was that much important to me.

btw, I havent decided to quit yet. Just thinking REALLY strong about quiting....again.

Also, not looking forward to a week long constapation.

[daviethek]

[QUOTE=jrhymeammo]Thanks to all. I appreciate it alot.

I agree with almost everything stated. I think I truely want to quit, whatever reasons may be.

I, too, used to make long lists of reasons to quit. I didnt care if I had made double or triple entries cuz it just meant it was that much important to me.

btw, I havent decided to quit yet. Just thinking REALLY strong about quiting....again.

Also, not looking forward to a week long constapation.[/QUOTE]

So much of this is psychological. Smokers have a lot of completely fabricated media crap to contend with. The latest ( actually within the last few years) is the thing about addiction. Its common for people who have never smoked to describe tobacco addiction as this incredible soul-stealing affair.

Please consider that addiction to tobacco is probably one of the mildest addictions. It is indeed physically addicting but not even in the same freakin ball park as prescription pain killers and other hard drugs. The physical symptoms of withdrawl are in the "mild discomfort" range. Belive me, you have had worse colds and flu symptoms. They last for about a week and then it becomes a psychological struggle, whic is completely different from the physical withdrawl.

Modern medicine pisses me off. You see commercials showing everyday smokers who have smoked forever and all look full of anxiety about quitting. The next thing you see is a freakin add for a freakin drug that is supposed to ease the withdrawl of the freakin drug they are on. You don't need the drugs, you don't need the patch, you don't need the zanex and you don't need the plethera of ill-intentioned advice. When you need to quit, just do it cold turkey, be a man, and deal with it. It is not even close to the most difficult thing you have done in your life. Don't buy into all the crap. Pierce through it with your own reality.

[ForeverAutumn]

It is not even close to the most difficult thing you have done in your life.

Having never been addicted to and had to quit all of the other vices that you mention...I can honestly say that quiting smoking IS the most difficult thing that I've ever done in my life. Don't minimize the accomplishment.

[daviethek]

Having never been addicted to and had to quit all of the other vices that you mention...I can honestly say that quiting smoking IS the most difficult thing that I've ever done in my life. Don't minimize the accomplishment.

I hear you. It was just my view. I was not trying to minimize the accomplishment just add my perspective to it. Maybe I could have worded things better, but my feelings on the issue are strong. My only other withdrawls besides a 25 year addiction to cigarettes was with pain killers... twice. Both times I found the pain killer withdrawl a preview of hell for a few days. I don't remember cigarettes being like that. Difficult to quit....unquestionably. Most who stay quit usually have several trys at it before success. But I don't remember the cravings for a cig. in any way resembling tremors, ,joint pains and insomnia.

[ForeverAutumn]

I hear you. It was just my view. I was not trying to minimize the accomplishment just add my perspective to it. Maybe I could have worded things better, but my feelings on the issue are strong. My only other withdrawls besides a 25 year addiction to cigarettes was with pain killers... twice. Both times I found the pain killer withdrawl a preview of hell for a few days. I don't remember cigarettes being like that. Difficult to quit....unquestionably. Most who stay quit usually have several trys at it before success. But I don't remember the cravings for a cig. in any way resembling tremors, ,joint pains and insomnia.

I'm sure that was terrible for you. I'm sorry that you had to go through that. Glad to hear that you were successful, in any case.

[ForeverAutumn]

btw, I havent decided to quit yet. Just thinking REALLY strong about quiting....again.

Until you've made that decision and really mean it, you won't be successful. You may as well just keep on smoking and avoid the frustration of failure.

[GMichael]

Until you've made that decision and really mean it, you won't be successful. You may as well just keep on smoking and avoid the frustration of failure.

Agreed, but don't stop adding to your list. Maybe something will come along that tips the scale for you.
Maybe: Found a wife that makes living longer sound like a great idea.
or: Wife gets preggo and you want to set a good example for her.
or: Wife gets preggo and you don't want to have your kid effected by second hand smoke before they are even born.
or: Wife gave birth, etc
or: Friend gets cancer
or: Someone you know dies from cancer or heart attack or any of the other ways that smoke kills.
or: you get the idea. etc etc etc

[Smokey]

Deja Vu.....

Cigarettes are worst form of addiction.