That's it. I'm sick and tired. I quit.

[JDostal]

JeffG once bubbled...


I changed the pattern a bit.

6 Wk @ 21 mg (I cut a chunk off so it was ~ 17mg)
2 wks @ 14
2 Wk @10
2 wk @ 7
2 wk @ 4

Oops 3.5 mths.....Rounding Error OK

I did it this way so that I could not use the "jump" between levels as an excuse to start smoking again.

Jeff

Interesting method...but hey, as long as it worked for you that's cool For a rare moment in my life I actually read (and followed!) directions. See, I wanted to be sure I followed directions exactly so that I wouldn't have the excuse to start up again because I didn't follow directions....hehe.

 

[ckharlan66]

SeaJay once bubbled...


We're still cheering you on...

I sincerely appreciate the support I have received off the board. I will get back on the bandwagon.....I just have to convince myself again that I really want to do it.

Chad

 

[JDostal]

ckharlan66 - go for it man. You can do it...

I still have an urge here and there for it. Last Sat. was my first day off the patch and I was at my girlfriend's parents house. Her step-dad chews, her little brother does, and so does half of their friends (they were having a party....yes, they are rednecks).

Anyway...I'm drinking around all these people chewing....man...talk about a massive use of willpower.

It'll get better!

 

[blackice]

SeaJay once bubbled...
...So you're a veg too?

For the last 20years, never miss it .. cause I never liked it in the first place... there is much great tasting food that is vegi.. .. go forth and experiement.

 

[blackice]

Omicron once bubbled...
ckharlan66 - go for it man. You can do it...

I still have an urge here and there for it. Last Sat. was my first day off the patch and I was at my girlfriend's parents house. Her step-dad chews, her little brother does, and so does half of their friends (they were having a party....yes, they are rednecks).

Anyway...I'm drinking around all these people chewing....man...talk about a massive use of willpower.

It'll get better!

I can relate to that.. fell from the waggon at a rugby game with friends as we were all drinking... but I see the wagon and want to climb back on... like looks better from up there...

 

[pjdc1]

I know a lot of people who I have tried to
get to stop smoking.

I tell them.... You are a strong, intelligent person;
smoking is a crutch that you dont need.

Throw it away, stand on your own two feet,
and dont look back.

Words to live by.

 

[bebo]

I've always been a pretty atypical smoker. For me it was nothing to smoke for 1-2 years and then one day I got tired and stop for 1-2 years. No sweat!! But one day (about a year ago) I just had it. I was nauseated by it and made clear to myself: no more.
I never had these HUGE cravings. But yes I had them, especially those that are really a habit, like for instance after a meal. The easiest way to fight them: say to yourself "I don't know about tomorrow or the day after, but I'm not going to smoke NOW". By the time you realize it, you will be cigarrete free.
Good luck...good choice.

 

[divemed06]

Good luck to all of you trying to quit smoking....this http://www.smokingsucks.nfld.net/gross_out/pic_gallery/black_lung_cr.jpg can't be good for diving!

"Quitting (smoking) is no time to quit!" Keep it up...find people who support you and lean on them as much as you can...you can all do it!

 

[equalize]

Congrats SeaJay !!!


Wish you the best of luck. I know how hard it is to quit. Been quiting for years. I think I am more addicted to quiting than smoking. Must have quit 1000 times.

Knowing all the reasons that smoking is bad, doesn't make it any easier to quit. Just has to be the right time. Hopefully this is it. This could be the right time for me also. This time I won't try.... I will do it.

Good Luck !

Michael

 

[diverwannabe]

I'm thinking of this not as "I gave up smokes," but as, "I'm giving myself a higher bar." Thanks for not bending the rules, MHK.

Good for you. I had tried to quit smoking many times. I was so addicted (not to cigars though- they were just occasional treats with a bunch of girl friends), that I panicked whenever I didn't have my smokes with me. Then I was faced with a challenge of having to go out on a limb. On my own. I would either make it or lose everything.

So I figured that if I could not overcome my smoking thing, how would I ever be able to face the greater challenge of being able to make it on my own.

I felt that being healthy was the greatest gift I had, so why would I want to ruin this opportunty at life and all it offered.

After that, quitting was easy. I guess that's what you call "the higher bar." I like the concept.