One Week down….

Of not smoking!!

Cigs you will not get the best of me!

Would love to hear of how other people are kicking the habit!

Day 8 – here I come!

Congrats Jakob.

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Cigs you will not get the best of me!

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That’s it Jake! Just be more stubborn than the smokes.

You made it past the hardest part, GREAT JOB.

One day at a time, is how I am doing it. It’s been over three years, and I won’t lie to you. I think about them very once and a while still. You will think about them less and less each and every day. One day you will think, WOW its been days since I even thought about having a smoke. At that point go out and buy yourself a present. On my one year anniversary I bought myself a new St. Croix rod.

Keep up the fantastic job,
Ron

CONGRATS to both of you.

I’m working on 25 years off booze and it never goes away. I had a slip at 20 years.

Giving yourself periodic rewards is central to my thinking. It’s hard to remember that it’s GOOD for us not to use. Little reinforcement in the general media…

I had these things beat for about 2 months and thought I could have one. Biggest mistake I made. I do not smoke like I use to but I really am going to start over with the no smokes.

DO NOT have one or you will be back to square one, that I can promise you.

Keep your hands busy and after supper, go for a walk or do something or else you will just think about a smoke.

Keep at it. In another week, you won’t cough like you use to and will start to feel a bit better with no smokes.

I found the best way to quit smoking was by chewing. It has been a very long time since my last cigarette. The main thing is to just stick with it. Whenever my co-workers “go out for a smoke”, I just grab my tin of Cope and toss one in.

The other thing that I have tried, that may work for you, is that German snuff, the kind they fire up your nose as Gasthof’s. Kicks like a mule, and makes your boogers brown, but it goes great with a boot full of Warsteiner.

Good luck!

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I had these things beat for about 2 months and thought I could have one. Biggest mistake I made. I do not smoke like I use to but I really am going to start over with the no smokes.

DO NOT have one or you will be back to square one, that I can promise you.

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That was my biggest fear…..

KEEP IT UP!!!! I just came back from Mayo after two weeks of cancer surgery and treatment and it was hard to walk the halls watching some of the people. It may prevent you from being one of those people…..

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I found the best way to quit smoking was by chewing. It has been a very long time since my last cigarette. The main thing is to just stick with it. Whenever my co-workers “go out for a smoke”, I just grab my tin of Cope and toss one in.

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As a tin of Cope a day guy myself. At $4.50 /can, and a habit I have tried to quite many times and failed, I would STRONGLY suggest not to switch to Chew. No Offense. Why start another addicting habit.

[quote Why start another addicting habit.

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Why not? Guy has to have something to do in all the downtime, right?

I could understand if I said something like:

“Hey! Switch to crack, keeps you thin.”

or

“Give meth a shot, if you stay at it long enough you won’t have to worry about buying toothpaste anymore.”

Besides, a $4.50 per day chew habit is alot easier to explain to your wife then $1000 in porn website charges on the credit card.

Could be worse, you could suffer from Pica.

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I could understand if I said something like:

“Hey! Switch to crack, keeps you thin.”

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“Give meth a shot, if you stay at it long enough you won’t have to worry about buying toothpaste anymore.”

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Doh! So your saying crack was not a good switch?!??!

Thanks for the support guys!

I have $65 worth of Snus (Not chew) in the fridge. You’d think that would be enough incentive for me to stop smoking. I am pretty sure if I got though a week of no smoking, that would be it. Keep it up.

Honestly after a week I probably would be done until the next “crisis” in my life.

Good Work JAKOB!! That should extend your fishing career!!

Stick with it! There will be a day when you will not remember ever smoking or even the day you quit. Best move of your life.

-J.

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Honestly after a week I probably would be done until the next “crisis” in my life.

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Remember….smoking will NOT make your next “crisis” better

I used Chantex prescribed by my doc. Took it for a month while I smoked and then another month after I quit. I am at 1 year and 2 months of no smokeing and realy have no desire too at all anymore. I also started working out and now after 15 years of smokeing I quit for 1 year and feel better than ever and am in the best physical shape I’ve been in my entire life. You have to want to quit to get it done the last time was probably myh 7th try but I couldn’t be happier. And at $6 a pack you’ll have alot of extra money to go torwards fishing. Good Luck and Congrats on 8 days those are the hardest it only gets easier now.

To quit chewing the 2nd time I used Welbrutin (phonetic). After a week of chewing and meds you loose the need for about 10 minutes. The next time 15 to 20 minutes until you can handle it. Good luck!

Rock on dude!

Ten months ago I opened a 50 doller cacarton of cigs and oped the pac and pulled a cigarett out and about to light it when I thought What the hell am I doing. I shoved it back in the pack whitch is still in my kitchen cupbord and donL”t even have a desire for one, This after years of smothing. I am 75 years old and ride bycickel 16 miles a day and feel great now.

I am on day 43 without a cigarette thanks to chantix but as said earlier you have to want to quit first. Was not a hard decision spending the $350 a month on bait,gas and fishing tackle instead of the smokes.Been smoking 37 of the last 39 years and plan to stay off them for good this time.

Good for you, keep it going! I smoked for over twenty years before I got fed up with the smell of smoke on everything I touched. I was at the two packs a day level. I get a kick out of the guys at work who always claim they only smoke a pack a day or less. Still, they almost always have one in there mouth and if it’s a stressful day (in their mind) it’s one after the other.

It has been over thirty years for me since my last one (and they say New Years resolutions don’t work). I can’t even fathom that I use to smoke. Just the smell of smoke gets my eyes watering and leads to a stuffed head. I have never railed on anyone for smoking. I just have always had limited close contact with people that do. For me it was like a new beginning when Mn. went to the no smoking policy. It had been years since I had been in restaurants or bars after 5 pm.

Any how hope you make it. Let us know from time to time how it is going!

WS

CONGRATS on making 7 wonderful smoke FREE days!!! I had an online support group that helped me. http://www.quitnet.com
Lots of good info and helpful peeps. I just went 7 years without smoking and if I can do it,so can YOU!!!
Paul

Hey Jakob hows the battle going? I spent all my smoke money for the last month and a half on a couple new rods the other day. Best decision I ever made to quit.

Day 26 – not one smoke!!!

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Day 26 – not one smoke!!!

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That’s simply awesome
by my calculations you have saved anywhere from $100 to$ 150 bucks maybe more and I ain’t talking fish bucks

Ron