The official ''stop smoking'' support thread

Chigoria wrote:

I´m a smoker too.. although I smoke mostly between 1 - 6 fags a day which I think is not to much. It´s just to unhealthy. I once stopped for three weeks but got back to it.. my main problem is its a social thing not sooo mutch the urge for a fag. After work or visiting a friend etc, chatting and so on...
Well I know it is not good to not stop now however I WILL stopp when i am pregnant. I think as well it damages the health of the unborn baby.

Well and about drinking.. I rarly drink so I won´t have a problem not doing that for a longer while... I can not even remeber when exactly I had my last drink.. a few month back I think... ok one big reason is that my partner is teatoal (although he is Scottish - sorry to all Scots but this country has an alcohol problem  - in my opinion at least)

One to six?I smoke around 20 plus per day

chaizka!!! you smoke???? quit that! bad habit!

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TO STOP SMOKING, YOU MUST HAVE A MOTIVATING FACTOR TO HELP YOU GET THE HABIT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. THAT'S WHAT I DID.

last few years were depressing for me, and i resorted to marlboro lights menthol for calming down my senses... BAD IDEA...

i was from 1 stick a day to 1 pack per day... last december, i had this terrible cough that went to losing my voice LITERALLY for a month... there was no sound... i had difficulty talking... my throat ached badly and my breath was foul...

God gave me a beautiful voice (runs in the family... not to boast) and i cant even carry a tune... until now, i have difficulty singing... i couldnt reach my barbra songs anymore... sigh....

so that became my motivation... i loved singing more than i loved smoking... so i forced myself out of it... i said, one stick not smoked --- one day  MY VOICE WILL COME BACK TO WHAT IT WAS... LOVELY AND CHARISMATIC.. i kept repeating that over and over and over again...

after 2 months of not smoking, i sang again.. but it wasnt the same... (uploaded my songs in imeem) in my heart, i know, it will come back... it's been almost a year... so slow.... but im sticking to my plan of getting my voice back. NO THANKS TO SMOKING...

i stopped smoking... went cold turkey.. but it was worth it.....

I own 3 books on quitting quit smoking now how to quit in 3 days sleep while you quit they're NOT working!!!

i always smoke outside becos i have 2 liluns my daughter is 2 and my son is 10mths i quit when i found out i was pregnant with my daughter i only started again recently

i must have some sort of psycosis as to why i started again i used to only smoke while theyre asleep cos they both sleep through the night now my daughter has never seen me smoke before and id like to keep it that way but its getting harder bcos im now so addicted and ive only started again about 2mths ago if my son is asleep i have a quick puff while my daughter is watching cartoons then i have to change my clothes wash my hands and face rinse my mouth out so they dont smell it on me

my girl shes pretty independent but its like she knows im hanging out for a cigarette so she follows me around until i give her some stickers i look at their little faces and think i NEED to quit but its very trying UGH im frustrated at myself for starting again!

Last edited by jesjerzjes (09-24-2008 16:05)

Hey Ya’ll I just found this neat banner and I thought you’d might like it too as it really helps to put it into perspective and best of all it’s FREE! I couldn’t get the html one to work but the bbc code one works just fine….

Smoke free banner
http://www.haqur.com/script/SmokeFree/

Just popping in to say I'm on day three, and it's going really well.

No more rage, and only ONE instance of OMG-I-need-a-cigarette-NOW a day. I've resorted to nicotine gum, but I've only had a few, when the nicotine hunger gets too bad.

dolly30 wrote:

Hey Ya’ll I just found this neat banner and I thought you’d might like it too as it really helps to put it into perspective and best of all it’s FREE! I couldn’t get the html one to work but the bbc code one works just fine….

Smoke free banner
http://www.haqur.com/script/SmokeFree/

Think we could get the banner to link to here? Also, what about we have a bit of a compitition with this? people get points for each day not smoking, points taken off for having a smoke? Anyone want to collaberate on this?

bohemianmel wrote:

dolly30 wrote:

Hey Ya’ll I just found this neat banner and I thought you’d might like it too as it really helps to put it into perspective and best of all it’s FREE! I couldn’t get the html one to work but the bbc code one works just fine….

Smoke free banner
http://www.haqur.com/script/SmokeFree/

Think we could get the banner to link to here? Also, what about we have a bit of a compitition with this? people get points for each day not smoking, points taken off for having a smoke? Anyone want to collaberate on this?

That sounds like a good idea I'm going to give quitting a go monday since I have a good enough reason amoungst other things to. I'm up for it.

I quit smoking a month ago using the patch.  So far it has been going ok.  But my husband still smokes so that makes it so hard to stick with the program.  But so far I have been a good girl and not cheated.  One thing that has helped is that we never smoked in the house.  If we wanted a cig, then we had to go out.

bohemianmel wrote:

dolly30 wrote:

Hey Ya’ll I just found this neat banner and I thought you’d might like it too as it really helps to put it into perspective and best of all it’s FREE! I couldn’t get the html one to work but the bbc code one works just fine….

Smoke free banner
http://www.haqur.com/script/SmokeFree/

Think we could get the banner to link to here? Also, what about we have a bit of a compitition with this? people get points for each day not smoking, points taken off for having a smoke? Anyone want to collaberate on this?

I'm not sure what'ca mean about having the banner linking to here do ya mean like the banner having a link page?

Oh and I love the points system maybe we could have like little badges or chips that we could put in or signatures kinda like what they give out a AA meetings! I also think that members list is a great idea too!

I want my dad to stop smoking but he only keeps promising that he will ,I showed him a pic of damaged lungs and he promised he'll quit but he still didn't what must I do? and

Mat4 wrote:

I want my dad to stop smoking but he only keeps promising that he will ,I showed him a pic of damaged lungs and he promised he'll quit but he still didn't what must I do? and

Oh Mat! My heart truly goes out to you! I’m sure tears have been shed over this discussion as well…All I can say is that it’s not that your father doesn’t love you! It’s that these wicked cancer sticks are dang addicting I’m sure your father sees the pain within your eyes as you plead with him to quit. But when you get down to the plain and simple truth it has to be HIS choice he has to want to quit for him self for his own reasons and on his own time no one can make anyone quit no matter how many pamphlets or little gag gift coughing ash trays you give him in fact often times the more you harasses a smoker about quitting the more guilty they feel the more guilty they feel the more stress they have the more stress usually equals more smoking…
I know it sucks and perhaps this is just me talking outta my butt who knows!! Perhaps what you could do is sit down one night take your time and write a letter to your father about how much you love him and how much you cherish him and how you want him to be around for you and your children one day and to be healthy enough to be able to run around with them and play with them and that your afraid that if he continues smoking he may not be able to do that…but here comes the hard part after the letter is done being read don’t bring it up again (and state that you won’t in the letter as well) just let it be if it’s written well enough it will make a large enough of an impact that it will either touch him or it won’t ( chances are it will ) but it’s not up to you it’s up to him it’s his battle not yours but let him know that if he needs a comrade he’s got one.

dolly30 wrote:

bohemianmel wrote:

Currently chewing on a pacifier..i look pretty stupid but it seems to be working so far,

Congrads hehee it's does work though huh!

http://www.mambabyusa.com/pacifiers.html

I had these kind for my kids but the one I got for myself was this pretty garnet color

What colour ios garnet? Mines is just purple lol

I look like a 90s child with it in lol

I had half a ciggarette

biddybimbo wrote:

I have a healthy boy I smoked during that pregnancy but like I have already said I'm giving up for this I to have an opion and that maybe non-smokers should stop preaching.

I have help to stop smoking through someb ody who helps pregnant women give up I have had 1 unit in 15wks 5days so if that makes me a bad person then I must be.

You can quit for 9 months.  Idid many and others have as well,  it is a short time.  Yeah, you got lucky with the firt child, but what if there are problems this time.

Oh and please tell me you don't smoke around you little boy while carrying his unborn sibling..

Last edited by Pale Buttercup (09-26-2008 16:12)