Day one

Good Luck. I had to get sober first and then 5 years later I stopped smoking. Truthfully, even though I used the patch, it was as hard if not harder than stopping the booze. Good Luck again

Of course, dear heart we understand, we really do. A friend who quit a year ago joined a ‘patch’ website. For info, encouragement from like kind, and such. She also ordered photos of a nicotine diseased lung and put it on her fidge, dashboard of her car, bathroom mirror and her desk at work. She’s very visual, it helped her. She got it from the American Cancer Society. hugs.

Inhale, inhale, inhale. That’s what helped me quit. Don’t say you are going to try. It gives you an out. Say you are going to do it. Keep your hands busy. Do a craft that is messy… sculpting or paper mache. Spend time in places where you never smoked. Good luck! You can do it.

Woohoo! Go as nuts as ya wanna and bitch all you will, long as you’re going for the smoke free thrill 🙂 You will make it! See me trying to do one of those twirly dances that you’re always doing? (KaThump! Well, maybe not,lol) I’m so glad you are doing this for you and sharing it with us. I’m really proud of you and I believe in you. Keep at it Lioness. You will win! 😀 Hugs and Love,

Do those deep breathing moments really often and lots of affirmations and believe! Be nice to yourself and know that you are capable of getting free of that nicotine mess. You are a gorgeous Leo and on your way! 😀

It’s amazing how all bad habits and addictions, when you get down to it, are the same (just with different consequences and some are more visible than others). I’m really trying to overcome my bad eating habits, which doesn’t sound so hard, but hmm, it is for me. Good luck! *hugs*

I will be here, and I will not care one bit if you’re bitchy or not, because I’ve been there, and man, was I ever bitchy as all hell for a couple of weeks when I first quit; nobody dared come near me. I was absolutely abominable, but that DID pass, and I did start feeling better, as I took back control from that awful demon niccotine. Of all the substances you’ve had to quit, this one is…

…perhaps the most difficult of all; some experts say it’s worse to get over cigarettes than it is heroin, but if I can do it (and I have.) you can too; you have managed great control over many of your demons; this one too shall soon enough be under your command, as much as any addiction can be under our control. 🙂

good luck I am get ready to pick another date and go from there again.

really, really good luck! I can relate to how you feel, though problem is caffeine and food. I’m with you all the way!

one second at a time my friend, with lots of coffee. keep a pen handy for the need of something in your hand, but if you must put it in your mouth, take out the ink! (lol yes, i learned that one the hard way!)

Bearing with you, dear M.E… Okay, so we won’t smoke when we hang out in your courtyard drinking starbucks in the crisp autumn air. That’s okay! Because we’ll still have personality, wit, and insight! I’m proud of you for taking the steps…be kind to yourself in the midst of it, okay? We’re rooting for YOU!!!

ryn: thanks for redirecting me to eleanor and vice versa. We have found each other. 🙂

RYN: Ahhh….you ROCK! Can we ravenously chew upon coffee- stir sticks at the same time? And twitch as we bitch?

Bravo of course you can do it. Avoid those temptation places 😉 The computer is the worst place for me. Thanks for sharing this. One day at a time. Sweet dreams & Warm hugs

I’m such an addictive person and I managed to do it. If I did you could too. I did it by doing it in a gradual manner and cutting back until it became zero. Smoke really bothers me now when we dine out.

Oh. good for you! You go girl! Have heard that Allen(Alan?) Carr`s book is useful. You find all the props you can and just quit for today.

My friend got a book that really helped her (and I thought she was incapable of ever being helped) called “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking” by Allen Carr. It costs around $15, which is cheap when you think of the cost of continuing to smoke. Why not go by Barnes & Nobel and give it a look? Might help you. My friend, who really didn’t want to quit, has been smoke free for a month now.>>>

>>>and it has been relatively painless. When I quit, I wanted to gnaw my arms off. It was a bitch. It doesn’t have to be that hard. My prayers are with you. If you don’t make it this time (I pray you will, I pray you will), you will eventually because you want to quit. Much love,

Do it do it do it do it DO IT sister!! YEAH!! I know how hard it is for many people – I wan to support you any way I can!! HH used to smoke, and he went cold turkey when I got pregnant with 8. He wasn’t fun for a few weeks, but now he is an anti smoking nazi! I love it! You GO girl!! ((((((((((((((ME))))))))))))))))

Third time’s a charm! I quit a 2.5 pack/day habit. It was really tough, physically, but the real trick is mental. One day, something just clicked in my head that cigarettes were an artifact from a person I wasn’t anymore. I didn’t wear the same kind of clothes I did when I picked up smoking, didn’t want the same things from life, wasn’t really the same person at all and smoking just didn’t

match, sent the wrong signals, did the wrong things to my body. I wanted more power over myself and didn’t feel like handing it over to a prop I didn’t need. Cigarettes determined my budget, my table, my breaktimes and how long I could sit comfortably in a movie. There was enough controlling me without letting addiction have its sway too. I used a patch, and that helped, but the key was the

mantra “it’s not who I am anymore” like losing weight telling myself I am NOT taking these thighs on that trip. You frieght the phrase with meaning- with the real meaning behind quitting, and you gotta have a good one- and then you use it as a quick hit reminder. Also,I found myself still needing to go outside and pace when I was working, only without needing a cigarette, I didn’t know I

needed the pacing. Took me a while to figure out what of smoking I still needed- something to do with my hand when I watch TV (I still knit as a substitute) something to have after eating (coffee now, thanks) something to shift when I’m stuck (just go pace around without a cig, you won’t look cool, but the cigarettes weren’t helping that anyway) You get the picture. Good LUCK!!! You can do it.

You just have to have a bigger YES behind the no you tell the nicotine when it whispers your name. I’ll be rooting for you from here!

Good luck

I would offer all the encoragement and support in the world. Go GIRL!. I’ll even keep you in my thoughts each night offering positive thoughts. (I do keep a list of people to think about before I sleep. Sometimes even when I’m supposed to be sleeping. 🙂 )

I did this, too, about three-and-a-half years ago after smoking for 30+ years. I HEAR YA, SISTAH. It’s a HARD thing… but it’s DOABLE. I gotta tell you… the freedom… it’s SO WORTH the pain. I see folks feeding their nicotine addiction now, and I thank my lucky stars it’s not me. You can get on the other side of this, too, ME. I promise. I’m sending lots of good thoughts your way.

I had many many many many goes at giving up smoking. Many failures and going back to it. Then one day it was so hard doing the first 24 hours that I decided I was no longer going to put myself through that. I carried a full closed packet of ciggerettes around with me for along time so that if someone offered I did not need to take one worried I would need one later…it worked for me xxxxx

Bestest of luck 🙂 *hugs*

I’m not quite sure how I missed this. I’m sorry I’m just visiting now to lend my support. I quit around the first of last September, but I am thinking about taking it up again. The cravings went away for months; but have just recently appeared again out of the blue. In fact, just before I got on-line I had decided to go get my first new pack of cigarettes (though I have yet to go do it.)

Please can I be a cheerleader for you? I missed this somehow but I am very very proud of you, ME. I won’t say more than that.