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I'm going to quit again on Friday. I tried a few months ago and I failed.

How long did you smoke? Are you using nicorette?

 

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I smoked for 47 years and the only thing I use right now is chantix and sunflower seeds

I've smoked for 15 with one four year stoppage. I wish I never started again.

 

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Any updates opaww? I'm back on the gum, but I'm still smoking when it gets to intense.

 

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Still smoke free though it is a struggle at times

What gets to you? Mine is a screaming kid. For some reason I hear him scream and I need a smoke.

 

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Excuses, excuses. You want to be around to see your kids graduate, get married, have their own children....be smoke free and it will nearly guarantee you reaching these BIG milestones.

Fair enough.

I just enjoyed smoking and that makes it harder to quite

I do too. Very much so. That does make it a lot harder.

 

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Opaww & Austin,
You both are doing what I should be and since reading about your efforts I've decided to finally quit too. I've been thinking about it and had lots of excuses why I don't. So, I've told friends my quit date & heads up on my first 3 days as everything will irritate me...lol. Oh! The best thing-I've decided to take the $ I would have spent on cigs for my first XD

I'm on day four now.

So far so good. I'm going a little nuts, but I always do.

 

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Good for you!! cinnamon sticks might help, but they don't taste so great. With me it's the habit (hand to mouth), so I'm stocking up on alcohol...

It's worth a try.

 

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The only problem i had when i quit was i had the munchies all the time. Sort of like back in the 60's when ( oops so i have been told ) smoking pot. I think i remember the 60's

My issue is now with the gum. I lost a filling last night. Ever had the nicotine gum sit on a gaping cavity?

It's no good.

 

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I was back at 2 packs a day. I was starting to cough up blood again and I'm happy I've quit, but I very much miss it. Especially when the kid is screaming at 3am.

 

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Well it was traces of blood, it was the reason I switched to filters oh so long ago.

 

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So far so good.

I'm getting cravings, but they are event related.

 

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I appreciate the support. I'm doing well. Haven't had a serious craving over the past couple of days.

 

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Maybe you have ... a craving for a lung full of clean air ... a craving for exercise (playin' with the kiddies) without coughing up blood ... a craving to be able to say "I won!" Those sound like serious cravings to me... Continuing congratulations!

I've been craving fresh air, being stuck in the house was getting old, thankfully for me it's warmed up a bit.

 

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Figured I'd drop a line, still smoke free, craving come and go, some are pretty intense still, but I'm making it this time.

 

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I appreciate the support guys. For some reason I keep telling myself I should be through the craving phase, but it seems like that's been getting worse the last couple of days.

 

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I'm going through some sort of cravings phase. It's not been an easy week so far, but I'm still smoke free.

I did start chewing gum again, don't know if that's why I'm craving it or not.

 

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OK my fellow non-smokers......are you still hanging in there?

I am, but I'm having a hard time still. My wife still smokes, so the temptation is always present.

 

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Austin,

Is your wife supportive of you quitting? I hope she is. Hang in there. Become an example of the benefits of quitting. Maybe she'll decide to quit too!

She is supportive, but still misses me sitting outside with her (we don't smoke in the house) so to keep her happy I will sit outside with her and shoot my bow while she smokes.

It's a tough one, she says she wants to quit, but I can tell she doesn't, she just doesn't want to suffer the consequences of smoking. It's a tough one.

 

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I hope so. She's talking about it more and more.

 

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break down the $$ - make her see

She knows it, the issue is she only smokes at most a half pack a day. She's even made a pack last her a week, so it throws out the cost argument.

She's a tough one.