scuzzman Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I've been smoking since I was 16 (I'll be 21 in January) so it hasn't been that long... I'm considering trying to kick the habit, but every time I try (and I've done so quite a few times) I fail miserably. I'm wondering if anyone else here has tried to quit and, if you were successful, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I switched from fags to a pipe when I was 21 and haven't smoked a fag since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Yes, 30 years, and gave up 11 or12 years ago with the gum. I found that this gave me something to do ( taking it out of the packet) I found it a bit strong and just cued it for a short time then kept it in the side of the mouth until I needed another boost. I had new ones at the times I most needed it, after meals etc.. The other thing I did was to keep some tobacco (rolled my own) as the times I used to fret the most was when I was running out and could not get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted December 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 My major problems come in when I'm driving, especially long distances. It's not just the lack of nicotine, it's utterly the boredom... Like you said, smoking gives me something to do. I'd like to get a pipe as I think I'd smoke a lot less cigarettes and I enjoy the taste of a pipe or even a shisha occasionally... This is where I run into another problem though. Good tobacco is actually a treat - it has a very pleasing taste and scent but still, unfortunately, the physical addiction factor of nicotine... Ugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you smoke a pipe you will risk mouth cancer. I smoked for about thirty years and wish now that I had never started. Every time I get a cold, I end up with a bronchial infection, and need antibiotics. I tried several times to stop and always failed. One day during a very bad cold, I coughed so much and for so long that I coughed up blood. That scared me to death, and I threw away the rest of the packet. I proceeded to tell everyone that I know that I had packed it up and would NEVER smoke again. I found that it was the easiest thing on earth to pack up then, I just could not have faced people again, as I had been so insistent that this time it really was for good. Switching to pipes or cigars is a waste of time, you will still have increased risks of one type or another of cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I am going to have another try this New Year so will let you know how I get on :paperbag1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I stopped in 1983 following a holiday in Tunisia and illness from smoking the local cigarettes - dreadful things.The cigarettes out there have a reputation of being made from camel excrement. Excrement, yes, but I don't think it was from camels.P.S. I haven't smoked since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I had a terrible time trying to quite, never being able to last more than a couple months before I went back to smoking. I finally got a prescription for Zyban and tried it. Wow. This stuff works. It took away ANY urge to want to smoke. http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23069089/ One is supposed to take a pill a day for 3 months. I felt comfortable after 6 weeks to stop taking anymore. I have not smoked since and that was well over 2 years ago. I gave the extra pills to my sister who had a worse addiction than I did. The pills worked for her also and she has not smoked in over 1 1/2 years. The stuff is great, but fairly expensive. However, when compared to the cost of a carton of cigarettes and the cost to your health, it is a terrific deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I know people who have had great success with Zyban.The important thing with all addiction remedies is that you have to have a real positivity and want to give up. If you don't have that, you may as well not bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Have a kid :biggrin: I had smoked about 30 a day for about 16 years, and when my missus found out she was pregnant she said she would give up smoking. So I said I would also, I have never had a smoke since and my son was 34 this year.My misses has started and stopped a few times since though. It may seem hard but persevere and you will succeed :wink: Good luck cos you cant take a backup of your life :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Good luck cos you cant take a backup of your life :cool:Even Acronis cannot do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I know people who have had great success with Zyban.The important thing with all addiction remedies is that you have to have a real positivity and want to give up. If you don't have that, you may as well not bother. Indeed pops.........that is the key. :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 If your finding the hardest part of stopping is simply because you have told yourself that you have quit and will not smoke any more, try a different method. Don't say you have stopped, just say to yourself, "I don't want another one at the moment, I'll leave it for a while".Try this for a few days and with luck your length of time between lighting up will increase to the point where you can kick them completely. This method will not work for everyone but might help you and others who feel a lot of pressure on themselves once they say "I'm not smoking any more".Good luck though whichever method you choose. :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I am going to have another try this New Year so will let you know how I get on :paperbag1: Both you and scuzzman can do it. Take it one day at a time and you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I am going to have another try this New Year so will let you know how I get on :paperbag1:Both you and scuzzman can do it. Take it one day at a time and you will. Tell us all that you are DEFINITELY GOING TO SUCCEED. You will then have every incentive to do so, to avoid having to tell us that you have failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I am the worlds worst giver upper. Might give it another go soon though! :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Take it one day at a time and you will.This is the cowards way out. What you should do is take it several days at a time. I smoked a pipe from the age of 16 to nearly 60. I gave up by taking two, three and sometimes six days at a time. I started stopping by taking Monday with Wednesday, then moved on to taking Tuesday with Thursday and Friday and finally managed to take Easter Monday with Ash Wednesday, coupled with August Bank Holiday Monday and the third Saturday after Epiphany. I then suddenly realised how succesful I'de been when I was, after all, a total agnostic. I still have a few pipes in my drawer, along with some tobacco that has almost turned to snuff after nearly 15 years of storage. I do not smoke now but I have never claimed to have stopped...just in case. It is all a matter of if you "want to", or if you feel you "should do" but do not "want to". I wanted to because I was scheduled to go under the surgeons knife, and the effect of anaesthetic on smokers can be very detrimental..so......and I have never yet felt the need to return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I am the worlds worst giver upper. Might give it another go soon though! :cool:I didn't even know you smoked Nel as it isn't apparent as when you sang us a little song a few days ago, I thought you had a lovely voice! :cool: The song I am referring to can be found here:http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=22295&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you smoke a pipe you will risk mouth cancer. I smoked for about thirty years and wish now that I had never started. Every time I get a cold, I end up with a bronchial infection, and need antibiotics. I tried several times to stop and always failed. One day during a very bad cold, I coughed so much and for so long that I coughed up blood. That scared me to death, and I threw away the rest of the packet. I proceeded to tell everyone that I know that I had packed it up and would NEVER smoke again. I found that it was the easiest thing on earth to pack up then, I just could not have faced people again, as I had been so insistent that this time it really was for good. Switching to pipes or cigars is a waste of time, you will still have increased risks of one type or another of cancer.Tell us all that you are DEFINITELY GOING TO SUCCEED. You will then have every incentive to do so, to avoid having to tell us that you have failed.I have no experience of quitting 'cos I have never smoked, but it seems to me that andsome is talking a lot of sense.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I told everyone that I was quitting, and made quite a thing about it. There was NO way that I could have gone back to the filthy habit again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I wouldn't call it a filthy habit, it is less harmfully than drinking, and better for you than exercise ( less injuries ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I wouldn't call it a filthy habit, it is less harmfully than drinking, and better for you than exercise ( less injuries ). We will have to disagree on this point. As I said I used to smoke myself. It is only since giving it up that I have appreciated just how filthy it is as a habit. An evening at the pub necessitates the clothing that was worn needing a good wash to get rid of the stink. The smell gets into your hair as well. It makes your breath smell foul. I won't allow it in our house, any smoking visitors have to stand outside and take their drugs. You mentioned drinking, and yes I agree that excessive drinking is bad for the person doing it, but drinking in moderation is medically approved, especially red wine. If someone sitting next to me has a drink it does me no harm, but someone else's tobacco smoke is offensive and also bad for other peoples health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I wouldn't call it a filthy habit, it is less harmfully than drinking, and better for you than exercise ( less injuries ). We will have to disagree on this point. As I said I used to smoke myself. It is only since giving it up that I have appreciated just how filthy it is as a habit. An evening at the pub necessitates the clothing that was worn needing a good wash to get rid of the stink. The smell gets into your hair as well. It makes your breath smell foul. I won't allow it in our house, any smoking visitors have to stand outside and take their drugs. You mentioned drinking, and yes I agree that excessive drinking is bad for the person doing it, but drinking in moderation is medically approved, especially red wine. If someone sitting next to me has a drink it does me no harm, but someone else's tobacco smoke is offensive and also bad for other peoples health. I agree with everything you said andsome. When my wife was teaching, and after we quit smoking, you could tell the parents of her students who smoked as the homework papers would stink from it. One cannot appreciate how bad it smells until after one quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Us quitters are probably the most aggressive anti smokers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 I quit and am not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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