I tried a couple of years ago and failed. I'm gonna give it another shot. I'm following the recommendations of the CDC this time. I read them and they all seemed reasonable. They suggest cutting back first. I have cut down to 7 of my lovely Honduran cigarillos a day. I have smoked as many as 15 a day so I'm doing well.
The CDC advises that I tell my friends. Friends offer support and more importantly, it sucks to fail in front of friends.
I have not set a quit date yet. I'll be damned if I'll going to toss those lovely little expensive cigars before I smoke them all up. My current goal is to get down to 5 of the lovelies a day.
I really hope that I can do it. I can tell that they're hurting me.
You can do it!! You are strong! Sending good vibes to you...
Barb
PS, we leave tomorrow, return Mon. Be good while I am gone.
Enjoy yourselves, Barb. I'll do my best not to disappoint you while your gone.
I'm glad I quit, my lungs feel much better. I went from 2.5 packs a day to zero but started vaping, which really helped me but it may not be for everybody.
You can definitely do it.
I know you can do it Liz. You do everything else you set your mind to. |^|
Dennis
Liz, as I've gotten to know a little about on here, I'd say if you've made the decision, you're gonna do it. You're a pretty strong woman... |^|
..good for you, Liz....you can do this |^|
Good luck Liz. You can do it. |^| |^| |^| I stopped smoking about 3.5 years ago but not until I had throat surgery. No cancer but a benign growth. huh
They wouldn't say it was smoking related but advised that I quit. They didn't have to advise me again.
Quote from: wsantia1 on January 25, 2017, 07:02:39 AM
Good luck Liz. You can do it. |^| |^| |^| I stopped smoking about 3.5 years ago but not until I had throat surgery. No cancer but a benign growth. huh
They wouldn't say it was smoking related but advised that I quit. They didn't have to advise me again.
That's the way to go, Willie! |^|
...my Dad smoked for years...I think since high school...I think he quit when I was in college...I remember so many mornings waking up hearing him coughing and hacking in the bathroom as he got ready for work... :(
You can do it. The biggest part is wanting to do it. If you want to do it you can.
Quote from: waterboy on January 25, 2017, 10:10:00 AM
You can do it. The biggest part is wanting to do it. If you want to do it you can.
That's the bottom line, and a universal truth about most things in life.
Dennis
I told y'all that I was determined to smoke up the ones I have. I'm close. Just 12 of the little darlin's left. That's a day and a half of smoking left. Thank God I only smoke expensive imported cigars and can't get what I want without ordering it on line. I have unsubscribed form Famous Smoke Shop. I plan on using nicotine patches to wean myself gently. I know that I will suffer for a long time. I've suffered before and I can do it. This time I'll be bring on the suffering myself which sounds like kicking myself in the head for the fun of it. I'll have to keep remembering that I'll thank myself once I'm free of addiction.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on February 14, 2017, 07:37:03 PM
I'll have to keep remembering that I'll thank myself once I'm free of addiction.
You really will too! It's been 12 years this month since I quit.... I don't even think about smoking anymore, and that's after 30 years of 2 packs a day.
Dennis
If I got through the last two dreadful days without tobacco I can do anything,
I heard you have to quit drinking also when you quit so good luck.
Quote from: GeorgeG on February 19, 2017, 02:53:02 PM
I heard you have to quit drinking also when you quit so good luck.
I quit drinking in '88..29yrs ago...and didn't smoke at the time.....but when I quit, I started up again.....it was the lesser of the evils at the time...
No way that's gonna happen.
Today is day 4 and it has been the hardest day yet. I just figured out why. At 3 oclock it was time to put on a new nicotine patch. I reached to take off the old one and it wasn't there! The damn thing fell off when I was in the bath last night. No wonder I've been in misery all day. Think I'll go do WC while this one is taking affect.
You can do it Liz, keep at it. It will be so worth it. Excuse all the its in this post.
Barb
Quote from: Barb on February 21, 2017, 06:16:32 PM
You can do it Liz, keep at it. It will be so worth it. Excuse all the its in this post.
Barb
LOLOLOLOLOLOL..... wfwf
Sometimes I wonder if Barb is a closet comedian or just funny.
Barb, I forgive you all your "it's". Let me know if you have any "and's" and "but's" you need forgiveness for ;) I'm doing fine with the tobacco. I have decided that I will lick the addiction. When I really decide, it's a done deal. Thanks for letting me rant in your ear this after noon. You always make good logical sense that takes a little time to sort itself out in my emotional brain. And you always make me feel better!
Please forgive my last sentence. It starts with "And" and it's not a real sentence.
Today is my one week anniversary. It's still hard sometimes, even with the patch, but it is becoming less hard.
I coughed and hacked at first because I still had all that crap in my lungs. It has become dramatically less, but I still have a good hack when I first get moving in the morning.
Way to go girl! We're all cheering for you. |^|
Dennis
After the first week... smooth sailing. |^|
..it'll get easier from now on.... |^|
Two weeks today. I would kill for a nice stogie right now.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 02, 2017, 03:51:11 PM
Two weeks today. I would kill for a nice stogie right now.
LOL.......patience and fortitude....
Hang in there Liz. It does get better, but it takes time too.
Just think of all the good that is going to come from quitting. Is food tasting better yet? I remember having plain old french fries with catchup on day after I had quit.... I couldn't believe how great it tasted. It only gets better, you are past the worst of it!
Dennis
You'll soon get to a point where you won't think about them stogies anymore. Hang in there. You are doing a great job so far. |^| |^| |^|
The craving comes and goes in waves. I love it when I realize that I haven't been thinking about them, which turns into thinking about how much I loved them, then the huge craving comes upon me. I think about why I decided that I hate them more that I love them, and eventually I forget about them again. My "self" tells me that quitting will be worth the struggle.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 02, 2017, 06:16:10 PM
The craving comes and goes in waves. I love it when I realize that I haven't been thinking about them, which turns into thinking about how much I loved them, then the huge craving comes upon me. I think about why I decided that I hate them more that I love them, and eventually I forget about them again. My "self" tells me that quitting will be worth the struggle.
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It was 3 weeks yesterday. The only times is's hard is in the morning when I'm having coffee and after work when I'm chilling.
That's really good, Liz.
I'm supposed to quit coffee and chocolates....so far, I'm still doing one cup in the morning, sometimes decaf, but caffed helps me more...and then I binge once in a while on the Hershey Kisses still in the pantry! :-[ :-[ :-[...like right now...I want a cup and 4 kisses in the left cheek to sip the coffee across... :( :( :(
What I did was cut down until I ran out. Once I was out I refused to buy more.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 10, 2017, 06:52:01 PM
What I did was cut down until I ran out. Once I was out I refused to buy more.
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Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 10, 2017, 03:32:19 PM
It was 3 weeks yesterday. The only times is's hard is in the morning when I'm having coffee and after work when I'm chilling.
You're doing great!!!
Dennis
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 10, 2017, 06:52:01 PM
What I did was cut down until I ran out. Once I was out I refused to buy more.
Well there's always gonna be coffee here...Lucy drinks one cup every morning too...but I guess I'll just stretch out the kisses until they're gone then find some Werther's butterscotch hard candies... |eat| |eat| |eat|
The key is, you have to want to quit. If you don't, you're just wasting your time even talking about it.
Dennis
Yep! And guess what I don't want to do....
4 tobacco free four weeks today. All it took was deciding that I hated the darling Honduran cigars more than I loved them. I'm not even on the patch any more and I'm not suffering. Sometimes I can think of nothing better than a nice cigar. It's a shame that I got addicted and can no longer indulge.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 16, 2017, 06:53:44 PM
4 tobacco free four weeks today. All it took was deciding that I hated the darling Honduran cigars more than I loved them. I'm not even on the patch any more and I'm not suffering. Sometimes I can think of nothing better than a nice cigar. It's a shame that I got addicted and can no longer indulge.
Congratulations Liz. |^| |^| |^|
Quote from: LizStreithorst on March 16, 2017, 06:53:44 PM
4 tobacco free four weeks today. All it took was deciding that I hated the darling Honduran cigars more than I loved them. I'm not even on the patch any more and I'm not suffering. Sometimes I can think of nothing better than a nice cigar. It's a shame that I got addicted and can no longer indulge.
...Good for you.... |^|
Thank you gentlemen. I did a hard thing that people do every day. It will be a cold day in hell before I quit beer or home grown.
Woohooooo and kudos, Liz!
Nicely done Liz. I knew you could do it! |^|
Dennis
Congratulations, Good for you.
Good Job Liz!! I need to quit myself
Gentlemen, if someone were to appear out of nowhere and offer me a good imported cigar I would smoke it up. I'm not free of the addiction yet, I'm still just overcoming it. I will be free when the darling things that I know I hate more than I love can no longer reach me with their allure.
YOu sure have a way with words, Liz...! |^|
Thank you, Ron. You gave me my favorite compliment :-[
You're so welcome, Liz...
It has been almost 6 weeks. My body is free of nicotine. It's something in my mind yearns for it a couple times a day. I decided that I hated them more than I loved them. Once I decided that, resistance is futile. The damn things still call to me. They'll quit once they figure out that they are wasting their time.
..good for you, Liz |^| w!w |^|......nicely done
I fell off the wagon and I'm fessing up. It was last Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. I was at my local supermarket. They sell imported cigars. They aren't that great because the cigars are pretty well dried out due to not being cared for correctly. I spied tins of Punch slim panatellas and knowing that I was doing something I would regret bought one. The first half of the first cigar grossed me out. After that I was looking forward to one.
I have finally smoked them up. I only smoked a couple a day and they are little cigars but I started coughing again which is a good thing because it reminded me of a reason I hate them. The mistake I made was going off the patch. I thought I had it licked but it's not licked until you no longer think of them at all. I was not there.
I'll slap a patch on tomorrow and in the future not think I know better that the CDC.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 02, 2017, 05:33:25 PM
I fell off the wagon and I'm fessing up. It was last Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. I was at my local supermarket. They sell imported cigars. They aren't that great because the cigars are pretty well dried out due to not being cared for correctly. I spied tins of Punch slim panatellas and knowing that I was doing something I would regret bought one. The first half of the first cigar grossed me out. After that I was looking forward to one.
I have finally smoked them up. I only smoked a couple a day and they are little cigars but I started coughing again which is a good thing because it reminded me of a reason I hate them. The mistake I made was going off the patch. I thought I had it licked but it's not licked until you no longer think of them at all. I was not there.
I'll slap a patch on tomorrow and in the future not think I know better that the CDC.
....whoops.... 2c2....crap happens.....now get the patch on before bedtime.... ;)
Quote from: Mugwump on April 02, 2017, 06:02:43 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 02, 2017, 05:33:25 PM
I fell off the wagon and I'm fessing up. It was last Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. I was at my local supermarket. They sell imported cigars. They aren't that great because the cigars are pretty well dried out due to not being cared for correctly. I spied tins of Punch slim panatellas and knowing that I was doing something I would regret bought one. The first half of the first cigar grossed me out. After that I was looking forward to one.
I have finally smoked them up. I only smoked a couple a day and they are little cigars but I started coughing again which is a good thing because it reminded me of a reason I hate them. The mistake I made was going off the patch. I thought I had it licked but it's not licked until you no longer think of them at all. I was not there.
I'll slap a patch on tomorrow and in the future not think I know better that the CDC.
....whoops.... 2c2....crap happens.....now get the patch on before bedtime.... ;)
You can still do this. We're in your corner all the way. |^| |^| |^| |^| |^|
You are relying too much on the patch, it is only an aide. Will power is the way to do it. Just my two cents.
That it takes will power is a given. I'm not above using an aid. Why make the suffering worse than it has to be? The CDC recommends using aids. I screwed up 2 weeks after I ignored their advice. The CDC has studied this and has found the most likely way to success. I think they know more about the issue than you do.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 02, 2017, 07:17:13 PM
That it takes will power is a given. I'm not above using an aid. Why make the suffering worse than it has to be? The CDC recommends using aids. I screwed up 2 weeks after I ignored their advice. The CDC has studied this and has found the most likely way to success. I think they know more about the issue than you do.
...the key word here is 'aid'....fact is that it's still up to you...
Surely you don't think that I believe aids, like patches and support from friends will do it for me, do you?
Quote from: LizStreithorst on April 02, 2017, 07:34:17 PM
Surely you don't think that I believe aids, like patches and support from friends will do it for me, do you?
...then I read the first post wrong..??
" The CDC has studied this and has found the most likely way to success. I think they know more about the issue than you do."
It's what I wrote. I don't know whether or not you read it wrong.
I'm still vaping. I'm not in a big hurry to get off the fake nicotine, my lungs are way better off now than they were with the smoke.
Vape myself. Love it!! Right now i'm smoking a juice called black and blue. It is black cherry and blue raspberry. I started out with 18 mg nicotine and am now down to 10
I tried vaping. It didn't work for me.