deuces wild Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Also note how long you smoked and how long it has been since you quit.I smoked for over 30 years. I finally succeded in kicking the habit (after about 5 attempts) 2 years ago. I used Zyban and it worked like magic. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I smoked for 35 years and used Zyban myself and have not smoked now for 14 months.In fact I do not even like to be in a smoke filled room any more.It is amazing how much of a stink smoke causes, which when you are a smoker you do not notice.Even with Zyban I still needed will power, but it was the best thing I ever did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I stopped in 1983 after starting in 1965. I was on 60 a day and I just stopped. No chewing gum, Zyban or anything - they weren't around then anyway.It wasn't easy but now, I just can't imagine smoking and I find it utterly repulsive. Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not one of the "born again" non-smokers. I respect everyone's right to kill themselves so long as they don't try to kill me at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Still having a smoke here..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 My wife was a teacher (retired) and would bring home homework from students....some of which had a strong smell of smoke from the parents.Now that I do not smoke I can smell it on persons and now see how obnoxious that odor is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 I smoked during my Navy years as they were almost free issue but gave up over thirty years now.Went cold turkey and managed it.I can't stand the smell of it now but each to their own as it their own choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joysness Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Smoked for 18 years and when I quit I smoked about 50 a day.I quit cold turkey 25 years ago :D It was difficult to do but the best thing I ever did for myself.The smell of smoke and/or being in a smokey environment now gives me horrendous headaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Still smoking my pipe :D Funny but I can not stand the smell of cigaretts :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 HiWell i smoked for 16 years 30 odd a day, but as of Wednesday 23rd Feb (last week) i have quit, due to doctors orders, and so far it seems fine.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I started while I was a kid at school. We used to buy a cigarette and a match for two old pennies from the local shop. We experimented with dried grass rolled in newspaper, and dried tea leaves in a clay pipe, and made ourselves feel quite sick. I smoked quite heavily until I had a very bad cold and chest infection, with a terrible cough about twenty years ago, and coughed up flecks of blood. This scared me to death and I had NO trouble at all in packing up, and had no withdrawal symptoms. It's surprising what a little fear can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Gave up in 1984 - sheer willpower - on 40 day.Best thing I ever did........ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don't ask Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I do about 4 maybe 5 a day - sometimes less.Stopped for 3 months last year (was on 3 or 4 a day)- cold turkey - no problems at all - then suddenly started feeling messed up - ended up a quivering wreck on prozac.Plenty health problems and reasons why I should completely quit - but I can cope better with my adversities now I am back on having the odd puff at a fag :wacko: :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I, unfortunately, am still a smoker. Cannot quite bring myself to quit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Gave up at the tail end of last year, still occasionally find myself reaching for a non existant pack :blink: 40+, 30yrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I, unfortunately, am still a smoker. Cannot quite bring myself to quit...Silly boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I, unfortunately, am still a smoker. Cannot quite bring myself to quit...Silly boyIt's not easy though...........the timing has to be right so you really WANT to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 HiWell i smoked for 16 years 30 odd a day, but as of Wednesday 23rd Feb (last week) i have quit, due to doctors orders, and so far it seems fine.TonyCongratulations. One day at a time. You can do it....you are over the worse part now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 The first week was easy for me as i was laid up in bed, in the hospital, there was no temptation, now i am home again we shall see how i handle it, but as i say, so far no problems, just the little cravings, untill something else pops into my mind, then i am ok again, i find it harder to deal with at night when the rest of the family has gone to bed, then i am on my own.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 I did give up about two years ago, I did really well and didn't smoke for about 8 months... then something happened and I fell off the wagon :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Yet again post deleted no mod warning or anything not even braking rules. No pm to say it was deleted. Come on guys grow a spine. I think i deserve at least a bit of warning considering :angry:Must have been a mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 pm sent... to my knowledge no post was deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Yet again post deleted no mod warning or anything not even braking rules. No pm to say it was deleted. Come on guys grow a spine. I think i deserve at least a bit of warning considering :angry:???When posts are deleted they go into a file that mods and admin can access in case there is a need to re-instate them. I can't see anything from you in there, Besty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Test Post to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Heard a report on the radio today, which will provide a sobering thought for you who still smoke. In the last 50 years there have been at least 6,300,000 deaths in the UK, as a direct result of smoking related illnesses. That is 126,000 per annum, or 345 per day. This is in addition to all the suffering incurred whilst people are in the terminal stages of the disease. Just think what is going on inside the lungs. Think about all that gungy tar gradually closing down the fine airways. Think about the suffering of the families who are left behind. Think about the problems cause by those forced to breath your second hand smoke. Imagine that in that time a city the size of London has had it's whole population wiped out. Think about it and pack up the habit TODAY. Here is a link to the same article in a newspaper.PACK IN NOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwp Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 smoked for 28 years and my wife and i gave up in 91 and have not smoked since. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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