I quit!

phuz

I haven't had a cigarette in a week, so please excuse me if I seem a bit irritable lately. :supermad: :supermad: :supermad:

*goes back to twiddling his thumbs*

Dr. Spec

Good for you!

Rooster, how are you doing on quitting?

RuSsMaN

I'm going to quit again tomorrow.

Leave me alone.

hoosier21

Good luck to all who are quiting, I am gearing up for the big cold turkery myself.

TonyPTX

On the topic of quiting the bad habit, can I ask those who do smoke why they started in the first place? Was it peer pressure, high stress, "because it was cool"? I never picked up the nasty habit (glad I didn't) but I attribute a bit of it to never really being exposed to having the need to start for some crazy reason. I consider it maybe an educational thread for the youngin's who are browsing the forums.......cough...SiD....cough. That plus the fact that I'm just curious.

Systems

Teenage peer pressure, rebellion, & the fact that the folks smoked even though they lectured me not to. It's very addictive. I think that Keith Richards rated it the hardest thing to quit, which is saying a lot, since he's probably ingested stuff I ain't heard of.

I am trying to totally quit, altho I've managed to get it down to about a pack a yr for approx the past decade. I was able to stop being a heavy smoker for 2 reasons--I got a really bad cold & couldn't smoke for two weeks, which got me over the initial hump, and I started running 20-25 miles a wk. W/out exercise, I'd go back to heavy smoking, & did so briefly when injured.

gidrah

It was cool. I'll go "be cool" right now in the snow. I have a 2yr old daughter now.

HBombToo

When I was a kid BaseBall was the end all... I never wanted to be a football player but the baseball players with the big wad of RedMan in there cheak was really COOL. Long story short, I chewed Redman then Copenhagen and landed in South Korea while in the Army and the Cope was dry and nasty so I started smoking.

1 pack a day if I don't drink any beer after work or 2 packs when doing the Rooster.

During the day when I'd like to choke the **** out of some idiot!!! I just go burn 1 and all is well.

Oh Well...

HBomb

Ron-P

Anyone remember clove cig's? Yeah, I smoked'em for a period of 6 months. I still love the smell, but will not smoke'em. Now it's just good cuban cigar's every now and then.


Peace Out~:D

brettw22

Originally posted by ATCVenom
As for me, I have to break this audio addiction - costing me up the rear....

HOW THE HELL are you gonna come up in here and use that kind of language...........SHAME, and I mean SHAME on you................:D

HBombToo

Originally posted by Ron-P
Anyone remember clove cig's? Yeah, I smoked'em for a period of 6 months. I still love the smell, but will not smoke'em. Now it's just good cuban cigar's every now and then.


Peace Out~:D

Yep! Nice smell I must say.

HBomb

burdette

I still grab a clove cigarette once in awhile.. or more often. Always at night after the wife and kids are in bed. I suppose I never started smoking when I was young because no one ever suggested that I do, plus I didn't think I'd like standing in the parking lot at school all the time.. although.. some of those smoking chicks were pretty hot...

There is still something about a woman smoking that can cause room-boundry interference in my pants. Wouldn't want to marry or date a heavy smoker, but ...

Never understood cigars.. to me, they all stink and taste bad.

RBreak

I went through two or three packs of marlboros when I was about 17, or I should say coughed and hacked my way through. I was more curious about what was so good about it, I figured that with so many people smoking, there must be something really great about it. I finally gave up, it stunk and gave me a headache. I guess some people are cut out to smoke and some aren't. I have to say I'm glad I apparently wasn't cut out for it.

Strong Bad

There were many reasons why i never smoked.

As a child and into my late teens, I always had a problem with getting bronchitus and chest colds. I finally outgrew it and never had a problem with it since my late teens. Outdoor sports in the winter were difficult as the cold air made it hard to breathe. Smoking would have kept that around!

I swore up and down to never EVER smoke and to take fitness seriously!!! Being a fitness nut ain't so bad after all! Breathing is good!!!

Oh yeah, watching a good friends father widdle away to nothing from severe emphysema from a lifetime of smoking sort of confirms why not to smoke. In his final months before he passed on, he couldn't walk a simple flight of steps. 3 or 4 steps up and he had to sit down and catch his breath and rest. Forget about lying down and sleeping. He always had to sleep sitting up.

Not how I want to live my final days, months and years on this earth!!!

phuz

For my generation it wasn't 'cool' to smoke, but unfortunately for many of my generations parents/family it was.

Almost my entire family, my parent(s), aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. They all smoked about a pack a day or more. I grew up with it, so it was almost natural for me to have a curiosity (and maybe even a second hand addiction). I had my first smoke when I was 11 or 12, and started stealing packs from my grandparents when I was 13. I liked the feeling (the buzz, and relaxation). I was getting cartons of marlboros by the time I was 15. It eventually took over just about everything. After I eat, when I wake up, when I'm driving, just about anytime that I could have one... I did. I had a hard time getting through a whole movie at a theater or taking a short 2 or 3 hour flight without smoking. It really started to bug me. So here I am, quitting.

One thing that not many people teach is that the relaxation feeling that you get is simply the relief of withdrawal symptoms created by cigarettes in the first place. I never really understood how addictive it was untill recent years.

Oh well. I hear it only takes 2-3 weeks to get over it. I'm still waiting.......

*goes back to chewing on a pen cap*