I Quit Smoking

[fester8542]

Well folks this is it. I am finally quitting smoking. Im 23 years old and have been a pack-a-day smoker since I was 12. Its time for me to quit.

Wish me luck.

I have not had a smoke since Sat evening.

[thoriphes]

don't be like my friend who quit then started again a couple months later.

good luck kicking the habit.

[telekinesis]

Newport Menthols yummmmmm, my girlfriend got me back into smoking again, I need to get us BOTH to quit!

[Aislin]

I saw this thing on TV. The smoke away system. It sounds for real.

[fester8542]

I am all set with the patches and nicotine gums and crap.

I am also sick of having a $130/mo habbit. Id much rather spend that on beer or video games.

[thoriphes]

You could almost buy a Gamecube with a free game with that much.

[kirupa]

Good luck fester - I hope it works out well for you :)

[Mik3]

That's great! I'm proud =)
stick with NOT smoking

[Niann]

I would say good luck, but luck has nothing to do with it. ;) So, I hope you quit for good. :)

Cheers!
-Niann

[Invis]

Good luck! My sister once told my grandfather to stop smoking. He did!

If a loved one explains how bad smoking really is and the consequences that affect you, it'll help you quit.

Also, it's good that you're quiting early (well 12 - 23 isn't that early), but it's better than quiting when you're like 40.

Keep it up.

Fight those cigarretes! :rambo: :ninja: HIYA!

[David]

Good luck.. If i could do it all over again, the only thing i wouldn't do is smoke.. You started at 12 - oh my god that's young..

I only wish i had the willpower..

Dave

[fester8542]

thanx folks!

I was just about to snag a smoke from my roomate before I read this thread again :THUMB:

Im not going to now :beam:

[Alex]

yeahhhhh!!!!!


kick the habbit!

:P

[reverendflash]

WAy to Go Fester!

I stopped 3 years ago, after meeting Mrs. Rev...

You'll be amazed at the new flavors & smells...

:love:

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

[ahmed]

Well done =)

[Guig0]

Me too buddy! =)


let´s make it work, shall we?

[rere420]

Fester,

I know you can stop! Plus, I am sick of picking you up butts every weekend!

Proud of ya, hon!

[TheOrangeOne]

nice one mate, best of luck to it all.
maybe these pics will help. They show what smoke does to your lungs print them out and stick on your wall if you need motivation:

smokers lung one:
http://ricksmagic.com/smoking/bad_lung.gif

smokers lung two:
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/smokerslung1.jpg

useful website:
http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/

[fester8542]

Mmmmmmm....

Now I want Pudding or something.

Congrats Guig0....Im not going to fail this time.,

[rere420]

you are so frigin disqusting, I actually thought you would come up with a lot worse of a heading then that!

[andr.in]

good for ya!

I'm 14 and I'm no smokin' :p I haven't even tried one in my life!

[rere420]

Dont ever try! I have smoked one cigarette, in almost four years and when I did it I said what the hell are you doing....

It's a crazy habit

[fester8542]

Originally posted by Syko
good for ya!

I'm 14 and I'm no smokin' :p I haven't even tried one in my life!

Dont even try man!

Or you will find yourself at 23 looking for moral support from 14 year olds on the internet! :thumb:

Just kidding buddy.

[TheOrangeOne]

how did sir walter raleigh sell cigerettes to people anyway? I can imagine the description going somthing like this:

"hi there!, I've got this GREAT idea, lemme show ya."
"first, get some paper. right? good!"
"now get some leaves, crush them up and roll them up in the paper. Make it like a pencil or somthing."
"ok, now put the paper/leaf roll in you mouth. not all of it, just the tip, leave a bit hanging."

"NOW SET FIRE TO IT AND BREATH IN THE SMOKE!"

crazy mother......

[Kajinku]

Originally posted by fester8542
thanx folks!

I was just about to snag a smoke from my roomate before I read this thread again :THUMB:

Im not going to now :beam:
Good luck with it! And once you're not addicted anymore, do what many said before me:

DO NOT START AGAIN!! EVER!!! EVEEEEEEER!!!!
I never smoked in my life, but I guess this is a pretty hard thing to not do for an ex-smoker.

[eilsoe]

hey fester! congrats! :)

I'm on a smoke stop too, haven't had a cig since saturday evening as well =)

I'm spending the next 3 weeks with my gf non-stop, so she's gonna help me :)

[fester8542]

Thats awesome eilsoe.


So you guig0 and me all basically stopped at the same time.

[eilsoe]

yeah seems so :)

good luck to ya both then ;)

[Niann]

Well hell... lets just make it the great Kirupa Smokeout then... I have been meaning to quit anyway... Any more smokers out there? Nows the time to quit. I will go home tonight and destroy the rest of the carton I have. :evil: Fester has a good point... Do I really like setting fire to $130 a month? No... Not really... Think of the money, and lung tissue that can be saved. If I can give up caffene, nicotine shouldn't be a problem. ;)

Cheers!
-Niann

[TheOrangeOne]

you gave up caffine? I could never do that. I need my early morning coffee and my half-hourly dose of chocolate.

(I guess i wouldn't make a good Mormon then....)

[SureShot]

Originally posted by fester8542
I am also sick of having a $130/mo habbit. Id much rather spend that on beer or video games.

Very well said - sure it will rot your brain, but at least you will be able to breath and wont die of smoke induced cancer (the most common kind)

You can do it dude... no doubt. We're all proud of you. I have yet to even try a cig... my whole family smokes eccept for my bro and myself and it's the best decision I have ever made.

Great work man!

[TheOrangeOne]

yeah, you go for it man. To be fair i have tried smoking a couple of times and i can sorta see why people do it. With me it relaxed me, although i've been told that the effect doesn't happen after smoking loads and all you do it for is the nicotine addiction.

Because i've tried a few, i can safely say that smoking is not for me.

[andr.in]

Originally posted by rere420
Dont ever try! I have smoked one cigarette, in almost four years and when I did it I said what the hell are you doing....

It's a crazy habit
I won't!

[fester8542]

Originally posted by SureShot
Very well said - sure it will rot your brain, but at least you will be able to breath and wont die of smoke induced cancer (the most common kind)

You can do it dude... no doubt. We're all proud of you. I have yet to even try a cig... my whole family smokes eccept for my bro and myself and it's the best decision I have ever made.

Great work man!

Thanks buddy.

Its going to be a long haul but I have to do it this time. Poppa wants a new cadillac.

Its good you never started. Although I dont recall ever making the decision to become a smoker. Its just kinda happened.

[Sintax Sinister]

Originally posted by fester8542
Although I dont recall ever making the decision to become a smoker. Its just kinda happened. And I thought I was the only one that didn't know how the hell I ever became a smoker in the first place.

[fester8542]

Originally posted by Sintax Sinister
And I thought I was the only one that didn't know how the hell I ever became a smoker in the first place.

I grew up in a house of like six smokers. I honestly think I was addicted before i started.

[andr.in]

I just had to tell ya sinister your footer is soo awesome!

[Sintax Sinister]

Originally posted by Syko
I just had to tell ya sinister your footer is soo awesome! :beam: Thanks Syko!

[fester8542]

Just checking up on Guig0 and Eilsoe.....

Have you both been able to stick with it thus far?

Im struggling but i still have not cheated.

[eilsoe]

I'm still smoke free :) Haven't had a smoke since saturday, still :)

it's not easy... :(


oh, and I'm starting in a local gym after my holidays, it's half the price per month than what the cigs cost me!!

:) hang in there fester :)

[Jubba]

I only smoke when I drink. Something about it, just can't help it.

Other than that, I don't smoke, and I think its great that you guys are quitting. :)

here's a couple of jokes about smoking that I thought were funny:


"I quit smoking a couple months ago. Its been really tough. But you know what I hated the most when I was smoking? It was those non-smokers that always said something whenever I lit up a cigarette. One time I lit up, and this woman behind me started to cough and choke. That really pissed me off, so I turned around to her and said, 'Listen, if you don't like the smoke, just move back a couple of pews all right?!'"


"So I was driving home from a party one day when I blacked out. I woke up in the ditch with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. It was then that I decided to quit smoking... those cigarettes were going to be the death of me..."

[thoriphes]

I don't smoke when I drink.

I don't drink when I smoke.

I don't smoke.

[Jubba]

yeah, I shouldn't even be smoking when I drink. Actually I should say this, "I only smoke when I'm drunk, and I don't know any better than to not smoke."

By the time that I start smoking, I have about 10 in me, and we smoke cloves when we drink. Definately messes with your head... :crazy:

[thoriphes]

well, if you think about it, doing both only shortens your lifespan faster. you're endangering your lungs and your liver.

[Jubba]

Oh, I have definately thought about it, and I don't always smoke when I drink. Its only when my friends that smoke are around and they start smoking, so I take a drag or two from them. I don't drink with them that often... maybe once a month or so. Its not like I'm smoking a pack a night, or even a full cigarette.

The shortening of my life is not something that I'm terribly worried about. Everyone else in my family is immortal (or at least it seems)

[telekinesis]

Originally posted by Jubba
I only smoke when I drink. Something about it, just can't help it.So very very true, I used to smoke a pack of Newport Regulars a night when I drink. Now I haven't bought a pack in about 3 months, but my girlfriend smokes so I always end up smoking when I am with her out of her pack. Darn women! :P

[fester8542]

Originally posted by thoriphes
well, if you think about it, doing both only shortens your lifespan faster. you're endangering your lungs and your liver.

My poor liver packed its bags and went home years ago.













I recently caught up with the little bastard.

http://www.unkind.org/pics/unkind/liver.jpg

[Digitalosophy]

i smoked newports for about 7 years, i quit for about 2 and then when my x girl started banging every1 i started again.


pretty girls dig graves

[fester8542]

Originally posted by Digitalosophy
when my x girl started banging every 1 i started again.





Sorry bro but that is the quote of the day right there :)

[Digitalosophy]

lmao

[telekinesis]

Originally posted by fester8542
Sorry bro but that is the quote of the day right there :) What he said :P

[Jubba]

lol Fester.. i didn't originally see the image... thanks for that...

and yeah... that is definately the quote of the day...

[Ranoka]

Good luck with giving up!

You could chew gum instead, lots cheaper etc...

Never touched a cigarette, anti smoker that I am. I would never go out with a smoker, and hate smokey pubs...

[fester8542]

Originally posted by Ranoka
Good luck with giving up!

You could chew gum instead, lots cheaper etc...

Never touched a cigarette, anti smoker that I am. I would never go out with a smoker, and hate smokey pubs...

Thanx for the motivation bro.

By the way. If britney spears came up to you and wanted to be your personal hump hill ....and she was a smoker....im sure you would get over it. :thumb:

Cheers!

[telekinesis]

Originally posted by fester8542
By the way. If britney spears came up to you and wanted to be your personal hump hill ....and she was a smoker....im sure you would get over it. :thumb:Now if that isn't the damned truth then I don't know what is! :P

[coreyem]

One bit of advice, that bull$hit about physical addiction is just that. You may have a physical dependence on nicotine, but in all reality, I smoked a pack a day for 5 years, and the physical addiction was never what stood in my way from quitting. It's the force of habit, and situational pressures that will make you smoke another cigarette. You've had a few drinks. Someone offers you a cigarette at the bar. That's a lot tougher then not smoking at work all day, got nothing to do with how physically addicted you are.

I "quit" when I realized that I was acting like an addict- going outside for the express purpose of smoking a cigarette makes no sense to me, and is akin to doing a line in the morning before going to work.

Anyone who's smoked for any length of time will tell you that smoking a cigarette is pleasurable, especially after a meal, getting laid, a few glasses of wine, etc. I look at cigarettes like every other vice, nice once in a while, but moderation in all things (including moderation ;) ) is the key, my friend.

Once I stopped being a cigarette addict, I started feeling free to truly enjoy a cigarette once in a while when at a bar or something, just like I enjoy a few drinks here and there, etc. etc. Do I pop a beer as soon as I open my eyes in the morning? No, that'd be pretty alcoholic of me. In the same sense, I won't keep cigarettes around and smoke 'em all day, there's no reason.

That worked for me, but then again you could be the AA type who needs to draw a line in the sand on this one and never touch a cigarette again. Who knows.

I will tell you this- however you want to look at it, if you've been smoking a pack a day for 11 years, you need to quit cold turkey for a long while before you can even start thinking about smoking in moderation. That moderation thing is something you can go back to later, after you no longer feel the need to smoke. And that'll be a while.

Oh, and you don't need any "luck" to quit smoking. Like everything else, once it becomes important enough to you, you'll do it.

When you can snatch the pebble from my hand....

my .02

-Corey

[reverendflash]

the thing that got me back into smoking every time I quit, was not the nicotine, but the act of something to do with my hands...

Certain situations screamed for me to have a cig in my hand...

Not being able to smoke in bars, and a $5/pack pricetag definitely got me to think of other ways to combat that urge.

Once the urge is gone, not smoking is easy...

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

[Digitalosophy]

well i gained about 15 pounds when i quit, oral fixation i guess

[Niann]

Yup. After the chemical addiction is gone, (which it should be almost if not all the way for you guys) the need to smoke is based on situations. The hardest part for me when I tried to quit before was driving... During the fantasic Chicago rush hour traffic, I would smoke. Well when I bought a new car I decided that I would not smoke in it. I didn't want the smell, stains, and burns on my seats. Once I got over needing to smoke in the car I smoked a lot less. Now once I get over the "need" to smoke at work, my victory will be complete. It not easy, the mind will play tricks on you, making it harder than it should be.

Oh and Rev, the $5 a pack thing help me decide that I no longer wanted to smoke as well. Thats harsh... Can you envision yourself lighting a 5 dollar bill on fire and throwing it out the window every day? I sure couldn't. ;)

Cheers!
-Niann

[Digitalosophy]

lol $5 haha try $7. ny baby!

[mjULTRA]

Oh, and you don't need any "luck" to quit smoking. Like everything else, once it becomes important enough to you, you'll do it.

So True! I quit smoking, cold turkey, on thanksgiving of 99 (pun intended). It can actually be said that i havn't smoked a cigarette since last millenium..... :)

It was pretty easy to break my habit, because i really really wanted to quit, and i couldn't stand the thought of not being in control of my own body. Its really quite easy to achieve, actually. The trick lies in not putting cigarettes in your mouth and lighting them. :)

good job fester!

[SureShot]

Originally posted by Majeye
Its really quite easy to achieve, actually. The trick lies in not putting cigarettes in your mouth and lighting them. :)

good job fester!

You should write books dude :)

[john vanlerberg]

Originally posted by Digitalosophy
i smoked newports for about 7 years, i quit for about 2 and then when my x girl started banging every1 i started again.


pretty girls dig graves


Dude, that's the main reason I started smoking too. But I don't smoke often - maybe 4 or 5 every few weeks. I drink more than I smoke. But yeah, my ex-girl started banging everyone and i started banging all the liquor I could handle :trout:.

Cya! :skull:

[SureShot]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa

I'm sorry to laugh but that was hullarious!

[john vanlerberg]

I'm glad my decrepancies and tear-jerking situations bring you laughs, smiles and good times.


I'll be sure to let you know when my dog dies :P

Cya! :thumb:

[SureShot]

*pulls foot outta his mouth*

Like I said dude, sorry to laugh but you did make it sound comical :)

[john vanlerberg]

haha yes, nono I'm glad you laughed, for I meant it to be comical :). lol it is funny though :).

*puts foot back into his mouth*

cya! and keep on laughing! :pope: