1 month today for me. I gotta say those e-cigarettes have been very helpful in quitting. Now I know I'm still putting about as much nicotine in me as a patch, but at least I'm not smoking :)
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Dec. 15, 2011 6:44 a.m. Marty! Dork
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Dec. 15, 2011 8:52 a.m. Brett_Murphy Dork
It gets easier, Marty.
4.5 months for me, and one thing I've noticed is that I'm brushing my teeth 1-2 extra times a day now since my sense of taste has come back. Apparently I just didn't realize how funky my mouth tasted mid-morning and mid-afternoon before.
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Dec. 15, 2011 8:56 a.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
Congrats guys, hang in there! I still have the guilt dreams after years of not smoking, but it gets easier.
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Dec. 15, 2011 9:23 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
it will be 3 years for me this march...After quitting cold turkey, I still do have cravings, but its not that often, and its typically that I just associated the act of smoking while driving or after a meal that creates the crave, not the actual cigarette...it gets easier...though I have very vivd dreams where I am smoking all the time.
Anyway, hang in there. When it gets tough, think about how proud you are to have made it as long as you have, and how you know youre tough enough to keep fighting the good fight. Before long, youll be too afraid of disappointing yourself to consider lighting another smoke. Its a healthy kind of brainswashing lol...
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Dec. 15, 2011 9:23 a.m. PubBurgers Dork
Yeah, I'm back to smoking again. Doesn't help that I'm a generally stressed out person even when smoking. Mad props to you guys who managed to quit, it sure isn't easy.
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Dec. 15, 2011 12:15 p.m. mapper Reader
18 days 13 hours 13 minutes since I quite Copenhagen after 30 years. Surprised I haven't killed anyone yet.
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Dec. 15, 2011 12:26 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
mapper wrote:
18 days 13 hours 13 minutes since I quite Copenhagen after 30 years. Surprised I haven't killed anyone yet.
I know how hard that is. It is like 10x more nicotine to free yourself of over smokes. All I can offer is that it can be done - and hide the car keys on yourself for a while if plan to have a few snorts of booze or you WILL drive to a 7-11.
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Dec. 15, 2011 7:02 p.m. Jeff Dork
Way to go guys, keep up the good work.
Pub, try again. Quit for a day. Smoke again and next week quit for two days. Every cig you don't smoke helps. Hang in there and don't beat yourself up.
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Dec. 16, 2011 7:18 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Jeff wrote:
Way to go guys, keep up the good work.
Pub, try again. Quit for a day. Smoke again and next week quit for two days. Every cig you don't smoke helps. Hang in there and don't beat yourself up.
x2 proud of you guys.
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Dec. 17, 2011 12:25 a.m. Brett_Murphy Dork
In reply to mapper:
Just stick with it. Use your debit card at the pump to pay for gas so you're not tempted to pick up a can while you're paying.
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Dec. 17, 2011 9:13 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
aussiesmg wrote:
Jeff wrote:
Way to go guys, keep up the good work.
Pub, try again. Quit for a day. Smoke again and next week quit for two days. Every cig you don't smoke helps. Hang in there and don't beat yourself up.
x2 proud of you guys.
me too. if you fall off the wagon, just remember to climb back on.
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Dec. 17, 2011 10:21 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
PubBurgers wrote:
Yeah, I'm back to smoking again. Doesn't help that I'm a generally stressed out person even when smoking. Mad props to you guys who managed to quit, it sure isn't easy.
Well, I was gonna wait till I was a year in to reply, but I'm at ten months now. FWIW, Father in law died from cancer on Wednesday. Funeral is in 3 hours. No, I'm not joking. He retired this year but never collected a check.
As my good friend angry would say every time I sparked one up: "Man, you know those things will berkeleyin kill ya, right?"
He wasn't joking.
What helped for me this time was:
Slowing down before quitting. I eliminated the "low-hanging fruit" smokes. Like having one before work instead of two. Only smoking after dinner when I got home, etc. Removing one smoke from the equation every few days, till I was down from 20+ to 2 or 3 a day. Not saying it'll work for you, but it was way better than cold turkey.
Knowing that there was a good possibility I'd relapse, but if I did, I'd immediately try again. That took some of the pressure off.
I hope that helps man. I never want to put my daughter through what my wife and I have been through in the last month; basically living at the hospital with our 6-month old baby.
Gotta go put my monkey suit on and pretend I'm not absolutely devastated by losing one of the coolest motherberkeleyers I've ever known.
-mike
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Dec. 17, 2011 10:48 a.m. Lesley SuperDork
So sorry for your loss. I hate that disease – I watched two people I care about die this year, and a childhood friend is now battling it.
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Dec. 17, 2011 10:50 a.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
So sorry for your loss poop.
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Dec. 17, 2011 12:51 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
poopie, i'm sorry about your FIL.
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Dec. 17, 2011 5:10 p.m. mapper Reader
Brett_Murphy wrote:
In reply to mapper:
Just stick with it. Use your debit card at the pump to pay for gas so you're not tempted to pick up a can while you're paying.
Actually doing pretty good. I think it's because I made the decision internally instead of relying on external motivation. When I've tried in the past because of cost, cancer scare, etc., I've failed.
Congrats to everyone who has quit. I know the urge never goes away completely.
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Dec. 17, 2011 8:47 p.m. Pat Reader
Sorry about the father in law...that's terrible. Best to you and the family.
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Dec. 18, 2011 5:05 p.m. nicksta43 Reader
I dipped four 14 years, had one in nearly 24 hrs a day during that time. It's been around three months from my last one. I purposfully din't make a big deal about keeping track of the exact date, I figured the cravings are so bad that getting through each one is a huge milestone. It has been the absolute toughest thing I've ever done in my life. The cravings are still just as strong but are starting to get less frequent.
On the plus side my quiting has encouraged my wife to quit smoking, been around two months for her. She is doing great and has been through some very challenging times and much to my delight she has managed to tough it out. Both of us have done it cold turkey.
Congratulations to Poop and everyone else who has managed to quit. We know how much will power it takes and are pulling for anyone who is still struggling.
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Dec. 18, 2011 6:15 p.m. Brett_Murphy Dork
Poop- Sorry for your loss.
Nick- I had to break every small habit (dipping after eating, dipping while fishing, dipping while working on the car, etc) in order to quite the habit at large.
I still get cravings when I pick up a wrench or fishing pole, too. It sucks.
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Dec. 18, 2011 6:21 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Poop, sorry about your f-i-l. I watched my dad die of the same thing.
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Dec. 18, 2011 7:54 p.m. wbjones SuperDork
keep it up guys.. as tough as it is, it's well worth it
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Dec. 19, 2011 12:17 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork
poopshovel wrote:
Well, I was gonna wait till I was a year in to reply, but I'm at ten months now.
Props dude. I was actually wondering if you had been able to stick with it through the stress that has been your last several months.
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Dec. 20, 2011 7:11 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
DILYSI Dave wrote:
poopshovel wrote:
Well, I was gonna wait till I was a year in to reply, but I'm at ten months now.
Props dude. I was actually wondering if you had been able to stick with it through the stress that has been your last several months.
Thanks bud. It hasn't been easy.
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:11 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
Glad youre still on the wagon poop...it gets easier bud...both the smokes, and losing someone (in time). Sorry for your loss, but I am glad youre hanging tough...
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:48 p.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit SuperDork
Sorry for your loss man, and glad you are sticking with it.
