Quit smoking support group

Bump for Liesl. We're here for you.

 

Still smoke free since the first of the year. It's the bottom of the eighth and the Cigarettes are down 5-1.

 

Isn't there some risk to smoking a cigarette and still use the gum the same day? I had a friend who quit a few months back tell me that when she had a slip, she couldn't chew the gum all that day. Was she wrong?

 

I've had three less cigarettes today than normal. I'll try to keep that trend going throughout the rest of the day.

 

If you like Twizzlers, there's something about them that seemed to help. Also, something about Oreos. It's something about the way your breath feels in the back of your throat afterward. You know, kind of like how after you eat salt and vinegar chips and you feel like you have this toxic gas coming out of your lungs? Same concept.

 

I don't know. I'd have to ask my father since he's both a retired RN and a former smoker.

 

Since zag chased everyone off the other thread, I'll post this here as well.

I quit my smokeless tobacco habit 5 weeks ago, and it sure as hell wasn't/isn't easy. Even though it was before the tax hike, money definitely was a factor. With the way things are going in this business, I just couldn't justify spending that money anymore. And having used some form of tobacco since middle school I knew the longer I waited the more likely that some health issue would pop up related to it. My epiphany was when I got a sore in my mouth that turned out to be just irritation that healed pretty quickly. But it scared the hell out of me, since I'm a worrier by nature anyway.

Liesl, I really hope you have your breakthrough soon. I have read about your efforts here and I know you're having a tough time. But I have to say that you need to stop telling yourself you can't do it. You really can if you put your mind to it. Get the patch or gum or one of the prescriptions that spnited mentioned on the other thread. They will help, but you're not going to quit until you make up your mind that you can and will do it. I tried numerous times, and it was just too easy to say I'll wait a few more weeks. At some point you'll decide that you want/have to do it now.

 

I don't know either, but I know I have used tobacco while wearing the patch, and that's probably not a good idea, either.

 

I found that when I quit it helped to have a bunch of friends doing it at the same time. I was in college at the time and was coming home for X-mas and my mom used to hate it when I smoked. So I told a few friends of mine who were smokers that I was going to quit and they said they would do the same thing. One of the guys I quit with is still smoke free, as I am, and this was about four years ago.

That's what makes this thread so great, keep it up everyone!

 

Awesome deal.. Keep it up.

 

i really dislike indignant assholes.

OOP was making a point on the other thread until some other douches chimed in. i respect OOP for his point, but in no way does the tobacco industry profit from higher national taxes.

 

Liesl, I have to chime in and say that you won't be able to quit until you actually want to quit. I know lots of people say they want to quit, but they don't truly "want" to. It's hard to explain the difference in those wants, but people who have quit get the difference. One day you will too. I have faith in you.