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This is prob around my 5th try or so. Lasts a few months then I go back to smoking :D

I thought this time round I'll try and document it. But I find it hard to even just suppress the cravings this time round hard to think of anything else but SMOKE :eek:

And I have only been off smokes since Friday. Nicorette is helping a little but it's making my teeth sensitive ...

I just love the smell of the wind though :o haven't been able to smell it it ages. It smells so good, that and the early morning air. That in itself is a good enough motivation but the constant battle in my mind is making me tired :(

Anyone else going through this now?
 
Pitbull said:
This is prob around my 5th try or so. Lasts a few months then I go back to smoking :D

I thought this time round I'll try and document it. But I find it hard to even just suppress the cravings this time round hard to think of anything else but SMOKE :eek:

And I have only been off smokes since Friday. Nicorette is helping a little but it's making my teeth sensitive ...

I just love the smell of the wind though :o haven't been able to smell it it ages. It smells so good, that and the early morning air. That in itself is a good enough motivation but the constant battle in my mind is making me tired :(

Anyone else going through this now?
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I am smoke free for a whole year today:D!! yay!!!
The best thing i have ever done for myself. We got schloshed the weekend and I did not even once thought of smoking. Have to say the babelas is also a lot better.


Keep strong you will never regret it:D
 
I am thinking about stopping to, I went for 30 hours the other day without a smoke just to check.
 
Pitbull, just keep finding positive things (like the smell of the wind) that you will experience once you quit smoking. Also, take all the money you would have spent on cigarettes and put it aside to buy some nice perfume for the wife. Sure you'll both appreciate it :)

Oh yes... keep busy. As soon as you sit idle, you'll start thinking about smoking again.
 
If I can give advice (and please don't crucify me for this- i just know it worked for me): What worked for me was realizing that it was a choice to be a smoker, in the same way that you choose to eat anything.

Once you've decided to be a non-smoker, there are certain things that you don't do:
1) A Non-smoker doesn't buy, beg or borrow cigarettes
2) A Non-smoker doesn't buy, beg or borrow lighters
3) And perhaps most importantly, a non-smoker doesn't smoke

Therefore if you have made the decision to be a non-smoker, you can't do any of these things and if you find yourself doing any of these things, then you haven't made the decision yet or you don't follow through on your decision.

Now, for me, it was such a thing to realize that I'm not sticking to my decision (or on a larger scale, my own word to myself) that I couldn't get myself to smoke anymore. It is now ten months later.

Also, remember that nicotine is out of your body within three days, thereafter you are only fighting the habitual smokes- after coffee, after meals, after whatever else might float your boat. The point being that the mental addiction is the actual one you have to fight and for me it only worked once I made the decision and stuck to taking the responsibility of my decision.

Hope this helps and good luck!
 
GerhardL said:
If I can give advice (and please don't crucify me for this- i just know it worked for me): What worked for me was realizing that it was a choice to be a smoker, in the same way that you choose to eat anything.

Once you've decided to be a non-smoker, there are certain things that you don't do:
1) A Non-smoker doesn't buy, beg or borrow cigarettes
2) A Non-smoker doesn't buy, beg or borrow lighters
3) And perhaps most importantly, a non-smoker doesn't smoke

Therefore if you have made the decision to be a non-smoker, you can't do any of these things and if you find yourself doing any of these things, then you haven't made the decision yet or you don't follow through on your decision.

Now, for me, it was such a thing to realize that I'm not sticking to my decision (or on a larger scale, my own word to myself) that I couldn't get myself to smoke anymore. It is now ten months later.

Also, remember that nicotine is out of your body within three days, thereafter you are only fighting the habitual smokes- after coffee, after meals, after whatever else might float your boat. The point being that the mental addiction is the actual one you have to fight and for me it only worked once I made the decision and stuck to taking the responsibility of my decision.

Hope this helps and good luck!
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+1 Thanx mate.

I have been through this before and every time just one night of weakness puts me right back where I started :D Aint heppening this time. I have gone through this way too many times already and I just never learn. This time it's for real.
 
Pitbull said:
This is prob around my 5th try or so. Lasts a few months then I go back to smoking :D
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Now you just have to figure out how to get over that hurdle.

Luckily - for me at least - not too long after I quit my kid was born and my 02 tank wielding neighbour died of smoking related illnesses - both were strong motivators not to relapse.

Good luck.
 
bwana said:
Now you just have to figure out how to get over that hurdle.

Luckily - for me at least - not too long after I quit my kid was born and my 02 tank wielding neighbour died of smoking related illnesses - both were strong motivators not to relapse.

Good luck.
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Very true.

Will have to stay away from heavy drinking sessions with the smoking mates :o. You think just one or 2 won't hurt and then the first thing you're looking for the following morning is a pack of smokes :(.
 
Pitbull said:
+1 Thanx mate.

I have been through this before and every time just one night of weakness puts me right back where I started :D Aint heppening this time. I have gone through this way too many times already and I just never learn. This time it's for real.
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No worries, just remember one night is not the end of the world: just as one night of being a non-smoker doesn't make a smoker a non-smoker, one night of being a smoker doesn't make a non-smoker a smoker. Just don't light up the next morning!

Good luck!
 
I have been off cigs for 2 years now, went the Zyban route and worked great. As mentioned you just need to make that decision that you will never smoke again, as hard as that choice is.

But once you get to a month, then 2, then 3, next thing you are 2 years in and you will feel great. It is still hard sometimes for me, but to mess up all my hard work for what? A stinky cig that will most likely make me cotch.

You just have to push through, be positive and be determined not to smoke. For me it was almost like I have to prove to myself and everyone that I am not a weak person and I can do anything....Well I proved it and I am happy. ;)

Good luck!
 
quit smoking about 5 years ago now .. I must be honest, I crave frequently. I also tried to quit numerous times before, but I kept telling myself that smoking was the 1 thing I really enjoyed and then Id con myself back into starting again.

I still have boozing sessions and crave a smoke, and I think if you've smoked as long as I had (15 Years) and had no health issues, you will find it hard to quit ... because theres so little consequence.

I quit as a new years resolution, and I really smoked it up the night before .. and what got me through .. was remembering the way I felt the morning after new years when I woke up .. which was REALLY hungover and not wanting to see .. (nevermind smoke) a cigarette. After about 6 months .. the memory of the way I felt that morning faded, and I changed tactics a little.. I was now a non-smoker ..tossed all the ashtrays, lighters (except matches for the braai) and half empty smoke packets in the kitchen drawer .. and told my mates that my house was now a no smoking zone (I enjoyed them smoking in my lounge cause I liked inhaling the second hand smoke).

Once you hit about 2 years .. you start to realise that starting again would be a huge mistake, cause you would just be wasting the effort you put in for the 2 years you had quit for .. and after about 4 years .. you really almost never think about smoking ... (but sometimes a little craving will come creeping !)

Basically .. good luck .. If I can .. anyone can.. but I must admit .. it was one of the hardest things I ever did .. and I still think .. if I just steal a skyf .. Ill be right back into it .. so Im REALLY aware of that.

Keep strong .. it'll be worth it ..
 
To the OP - please tell me what exactly it is with Cigs that keep you addicted/craving? i started smoking last year due to stress but the main reason i smoked was to get a little bit of a head rush and the nicotine calmed me down well.i would look forward to having a smoke because i liked the the little buzz i got from it.but after a month of smoking 2-3 cigs a day i realised i should stop to the dangers.
Im just interested seriously...what do the cigs do for you? everytime i ask smokers they cant give me a nail on the head answer.
 
matt loves telkom said:
To the OP - please tell me what exactly it is with Cigs that keep you addicted/craving? i started smoking last year due to stress but the main reason i smoked was to get a little bit of a head rush and the nicotine calmed me down well.i would look forward to having a smoke because i liked the the little buzz i got from it.but after a month of smoking 2-3 cigs a day i realised i should stop to the dangers.
Im just interested seriously...what do the cigs do for you? everytime i ask smokers they cant give me a nail on the head answer.
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It's more the habit than an actual addiction. The craving hits you when you where in a habit of smoking. Let's say after eating something or at set breaks and so on. Once that craving hits you, your mind goes into fighting mode. Your mind then tries all it has to get you to get up and go smoke again. It's not so much the addiction to smoking but the habit which is the problem.
 
OMG i wish i could just get to 6 months, i always go back after 3 months of hell.

I dunno but for me when i quit smoking i am in the worst mood for weeks and weeks to the point i actually am asked to start smoking again. No it is not the habit it is the addiction, habits are easy to break craving a cigi has nothing to do with habit.
 
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