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 06/28/2005 05:14:43 PM · #1
I just wanted to post that I am now on my fourth month with no cigarette and this chart couldn't be more accurate. I can tell a big difference in my breathing. It is a lot easier and how wonderful it is to get up in the morning and not have chest pains. This is perhaps the best thing I have ever done.



Message edited by author 2005-06-28 17:16:45.
 06/28/2005 05:17:16 PM · #2
...and i am just a couple of days behind you, partner!

Barbara
 06/28/2005 05:18:36 PM · #3
do tell how you quit. I haven't been able to muster up the strength myself. Not until I can forget how horrible withdrawl was when I stopped drinking 2 or more pots of coffee a day. That was hell.
 06/28/2005 05:18:39 PM · #4
I haven't smoked in 17 years!!
 06/28/2005 05:21:03 PM · #5
There you are my no smoking buddy.... Do you have the exact time? I am now at the mark on the chart about lungs function increases. I have noticed a big change in the past week.

Cravings are about gone now. Only once in a while I crave one. I couldn't have done it without your help Barbara.

If anyone out there in DPC land knows anyone that smokes or is trying to quit give them this chart.

Message edited by author 2005-06-28 17:24:13.
 06/28/2005 05:23:43 PM · #6
Originally posted by phreakon:
do tell how you quit. I haven't been able to muster up the strength myself. Not until I can forget how horrible withdrawl was when I stopped drinking 2 or more pots of coffee a day. That was hell.


I changed my routine more than anything. Instead of getting up and drinking a cup of coffee and smoking a cig. I would get up and go for a walk then come back home and drink a cup of coffee. I also became more active. Took up tennis & bike riding.

Also the main reason I quit is I promised my 6 year old that if she quit sucking her thumb I would quit smoking. She kept her end of the bargain so I had to keep mine.
 06/28/2005 05:40:39 PM · #7
See, I get up and go for that run, and then I smoke a few minutes after. It seems like the excersise burns off the nicotine and makes me want to smoke more.
 06/28/2005 05:42:15 PM · #8
Well done James. Keep it up, you know it makes sense.
Been nearly 6 years for me.
 06/28/2005 05:52:41 PM · #9
Congrats! It's always good to hear that someone is making their lives better... and saving money no doubt. I have never been a smoker and don't plan on becoming one ever. I used to drink rather heavily and somehow was able to quit that without any withdrawal of any kind... I must be a freak, but Just goes to prove that if you want to do it , you can. Keep up the effort!
06/28/2005 05:55:55 PM · #10
I smoke a pack a day so at a modest $3.50/pack at 7 days a week that is $1274 year. Man I will have that 20D in no time.
 06/28/2005 05:57:00 PM · #11
I've just finished my last smoke!
Sheesh, going for sum more......stupid stupid stupid

see, just got one and it's already BUUURNING!!!!
stupid, stupid, stupid....relaxed......duhhh *scuds hears homer simpson on his head

Message edited by author 2005-06-28 18:00:01.
 06/28/2005 06:03:28 PM · #12
Wonderful! Congratulations to all of you who have quit! My hubby quit probably 20 years ago. I've never been a smoker, but my addiction is chocolate and I haven't been successful in giving that up yet. Maybe that idea of putting the money I would have spent into a camera account might be good incentive! :)

Seriously, I can buy a whole large bag of something...m&m's, mini Snickers, whatever...and they will be gone in a day. :(
 06/28/2005 06:04:24 PM · #13
I wish I could stop, don't even like the tatse of the darn things but been doing it 20 years, it's just like breathing. I say Congrats to all strong enough to quit and live longer than I'm sure I will!
 06/28/2005 06:08:03 PM · #14
I had a co worker light up one right next to me on Monday. I told him that you never realize how bad it stinks until you quit. Now I ask myself: Did I really smell like that all day? It just stinks.

Message edited by author 2005-06-28 18:12:32.
 06/28/2005 06:21:04 PM · #15
Originally posted by rex:
I just wanted to post that I am now on my fourth month with no cigarette and this chart couldn't be more accurate. I can tell a big difference in my breathing. It is a lot easier and how wonderful it is to get up in the morning and not have chest pains. This is perhaps the best thing I have ever done.



For you and your family! Way to go Rex!! My husband did this same thing about 2 years before our first child was born and I'm thankful for it everyday. Hopefully, for the fact the he'll be around with us a little longer had he not and so will we. I haven't seen him crave a smoke yet and it's been almost 5 years. Stay strong, I'm betting it only gets easier as time passes. But not ever being a smoker I wouldn't know for sure. Many of my family members have and some still do and I've seen their struggles. It seems like it's a very difficult habit to break. And I applaud all who have managed to quit or have even attempted to.
 06/28/2005 06:24:31 PM · #16
Its been about 5 months for me. I still believe I did it.

My 20 year smoker hack is gone, and I just feel so much better.
 06/28/2005 06:46:32 PM · #17
Congrats to all those that have managed to quit!

I have never tried smoking and hopefully never will.
06/28/2005 06:48:17 PM · #18
Originally posted by rex:
I had a co worker light up one right next to me on Monday. I told him that you never realize how bad it stinks until you quit. Now I ask myself: Did I really smell like that all day? It just stinks.


This is so true. On the 24th of next month it will be 1 year for me. YAY ME!!!! When I see someone light up either on T.V. or from a distance I still have a part of me that wants one, but the second I smell one I never want one again. I have made my house non-smoking and I have family and friends that don't agree but they come over and they go outside to smoke and they get ove it.

Enough about me....Congrats all who have quit, and all that are thinking about it.
 06/28/2005 06:50:36 PM · #19
congrats Rex, that is a big feat. My husband is trying to quit, he is doing great till the weekend comes and he is socialising with smokers. He doesnt smoke during the week at all. So i guess that is a start.I dont get on his back about it, because i know he wants to quit and i dont beleive in nagging.
Sounds like a great deal you made with your daughter. It is also teaching her a good lesson in life. Her negotiating skills will be top notch by the time she is an adult :)
 06/28/2005 06:53:34 PM · #20
I quit November 17th of 2003... so its been about a year and a half for me.. and I still wake up with the worst feelings of guilt because I dreamed I was smoking hehe I am 32 and started smoking at 16, so half my life have involved cigarettes. I quit using wellbutrin xl from my doctor, within 3 weeks of taking it one day I noticed I hadn't smoked but 5 cigarettes all day, after that point it took another week (and some lollipops) and I was quit for good. This was the first time I had ever tried to quit. It wasn't easy as pie, but it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I say JUST DO IT! I tell all my friends that smoke, its within your grasp to quit, JUST DO IT! Its very empowering after you know you have kicked the habit, I feel like there is nothing I can not do. :)

p.s. just wanted to edit and add: You smokers STINK! Not only do I breathe like a newborn baby now, I can smell things I never knew had a scent. Smokers... homes smell, clothes smell, hair smells... QUIT!! :)

Message edited by author 2005-06-28 18:57:23.
 06/28/2005 06:56:15 PM · #21
Originally posted by aerogurl:
I quit November 17th of 2003... so its been about a year and a half for me.. and I still wake up with the worst feelings of guilt because I dreamed I was smoking hehe I am 32 and started smoking at 16, so half my life have involved cigarettes. I quit using wellbutrin xl from my doctor, within 3 weeks of taking it one day I noticed I hadn't smoked but 5 cigarettes all day, after that point it took another week (and some lollipops) and I was quit for good. This was the first time I had ever tried to quit. It wasn't easy as pie, but it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I say JUST DO IT! I tell all my friends that smoke, its within your grasp to quit, JUST DO IT! Its very empowering after you know you have kicked the habit, I feel like there is nothing I can not do. :)


hey that is great aerogurl! (you quit on my birthday) :)
 06/28/2005 06:58:48 PM · #22
I quit Oct 16,2003. I tossed the pack and never touched them again. It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life but it has been worth it. My blood pressure is normal now, I can smell and taste things again. I don't smell like a nasty ole ashtray anymore.
On the bad side I gained a bunch of weight that I am now trying to shed,
and I am a horrible ex-smoker. I hate the smell of it and have to leave the room if someone even smells of smoke..

Congrats to all that have quit and to those who are trying to quit.. You can do it...
06/28/2005 07:11:24 PM · #23
Its been nearly 10 minutes for me, but I think I will have another soon.
 06/28/2005 07:12:11 PM · #24
my lunges were yelling me to stop
stopped a 5monthsperiod last year
now im smokefree for 3 weeks again
and this mainly feels like a monkey off my back so actually its a piece of cake
but i experienced this is a very very clever and stuborn monkey
hope this time i can kill him ..forgood!!
(i know i can ;-)
 06/28/2005 07:12:34 PM · #25
I quit (cold turkey) October 1st, 1997 (but had a one week relapse about 6 months later). Like khdoss, it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I didn't gain any weight or really much of a desire to do other things, although I had to "hyperventilate" a lot when I got the desire to smoke (deeeeep breath in, hold it, repeat until head rush). Seemed to hit the same "desire spot" as smoking. I still have to do it every now and then.

I can enjoy a cigar nowadays (and can definately feel the nicotine thru my lips), but I don't inhale. It doesn't make me want to smoke cigarettes at all, but I really don't like the way I smell (or my mouth tastes) after I finish.

All in all, I'd say it was the hardest thing I've ever done, but sooooooo worth it.
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