MY LAST DAY

[Palmetto Pimp]

of smoking is today!!!!
Ive quit before and Im gonna do it again, but this time for good. I need all the support I can get...I dont get any from my wife..she smokes!! And my kids are too young to appreciate it (2 and 1). Last time it seemed like Jack DTB and Bear quit together...anyone want to join me this time around??? Wish me luck......

 

[MadJack]

this is smokeless day #48 for me. you've heard this before but it's true. "IF I CAN DO, IT ANYBODY CAN!"

I can't believe that i've come this far. i was up to near 3 packs a day and smoked since i was 16........30 years of that crap!

bear convinced me that if i could just get through the first 3 days i could do it. so, all i was doing (in my mind) was quitting for 3 days. it was tough, really tough, but i pulled it off and am sitting on day #48. YOU CAN DO IT!!

another big tip i got from DTB was the jar of butts in water. i used that frequently for the first 2 weeks. put some old nasty butts in a jar of water and when you get the urge, stare at the nasty crap in the jar and even open it up and smell it. smell and see how disgusting those things are. tell yourself you're NOT going to do it anymore. they're nasty and dirty and are killing you. you will start breathing better and the coughing will stop within a few days.

good luck!!

 

[bear]

njs25g,
Go f-----g get em...Are you kidding? If Jack can do it ANYONE can

.......2 and a half months here and I'm sure DTB is still with us. Kiss your babies and then kiss those nasty butts goodbye...for them and for you.
Your wife will follow your success down the road but dont blame her if it gets tough in the early days!!!! Cause it WILL....and you'll get a little touchy, or very tough to live with for a while....Come on down here ...we'll help you out! Tough, tough...but we're a tough bunch here.. a lot tougher than nicotine! I'd still like to light up but I laugh at it now...NO PROB!
bear

 

[fletcher]

you can do it,don't need to wish you luck because i have faith in strength of numbers which you can have anytime you need it right here,there is always someone around if you feel weak.
go get them

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Thanx guys.....In my mind I just have to make it through tomorrow and I should be good. My birds are playin the g-men and thatll be tough to watch w/o but I love a good challenge..I will laughing at the urges. LOL!! Lets win some money today boys.....Still waiting to see if anyone wants to join me tomorrow or in the next couple weeks...I would love to bring someone else to the good side with me lol....

 

[visionary]

nj-Gl to you...I have quit as well, going on 4 months....problem is that was easy, its quiting gambling which is the hard part.
stay well.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Yowsa! Still hangin but admittingly chewing the gum.If ya need support give us a yell.Have to say without team support here doubt if I would have carried thru.By the way, a big thanks Bear for getting us jump started

 

[AzRusty]

I failed an insurance exam about two months ago. Went to my doctor to see if there had been some mistake. After he had reviewed my lab results I asked him.. Well, what do you think?

"You're screwed"! That's what he said looking me right in the eyes.

I said.. oh really. So what now?

Well....here's what you gotta do.

Stop smoking
Start exercising again (I lost 25 lbs about this time last year biking before work in the dark through Sun City and Sun City West.. probably the safest place in the world to bike at night or in the dark. All the cops know me) I stopped exercising and gained it all back.
Diet.. lose 30 pounds

The doctor who has no bedside manner at all said that if I don't do all this chit I'll be a full blown diabetic within five years.

So........ I'm ready to stop smoking too.
Starting tomorrow

AzRusty

 

[bear]

DTB,
My pleasure!Glad to hear that we're all still tobacco free.....Gotta add that there is no way i woulda made it without the support and suggestions from so many here.I know I came frequently and I always got that support and strength I needed. Now njs25g.......your turn...Strap em on brother...we'll help! ....this is definitely a doable thing.
Good Luck
bear

 

[wannabe whale]

njsf-good luck
jack-I am proud of your accomplishments-Iknow it must have been hard but...hope you are enjoying the rewards.
It is Sunday's like this that I remember sitting and watching the late games with my gramps and needing a cover. Those cigs killed him-wish I was there rooting with him today.
Good Luck to both of you.

 

[bear]

AZ....go get em bro!
Take it from a diabetic who just quit and shoulda done a lot more a lot earlier.
Good Luck!
bear
We're here for ya!

 

[Sick Dog]

geez just think of all the money you can gamble with that won't be going up in smoke

 

[djv]

SD you are right. I stopped 1988, 78 cents a pack. 2 x packs per day. I said well thats $1.50 rounded off. 7 x 150 + 10.50 a week. I rounded it off at 10 bucks a week, 40 bucks a month. Had it go each month into a money mkt fund. You do the math at 4% over 12.5 years now. WOW! just think what some one spends on these things a week now. You can dam near retire in 25 years on money saved by not smoking. GL



[This message has been edited by djv (edited 10-21-2001).]

 

[hello there]

njsf25g,
Not only will you be doing good for your ownself and health by not smoking, but you'll be doing us non-smokers a favor by not pissing us off with second hand pollution. If you thought non-smokers should mind their own business and not complain before when you were smoking, soon enough, you will be next to some smoker somewhere and you'll be thinkink to yourself "Damn this butt-head, stop polluting my air space." Then you'll think to yourself, "Oh man, I was one of them before." (Though No offense to the smokers...heh heh)

njsf25g, wish you all the luck and think about all the money you can save instead of buying cigarettes, u can spend it on other more useful worthwhile things like the trout on the wall singing fish, AbRoller, George Foreman cooking Grill, or gambling!!!

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Glad to see your with me AZ....we can do it...do I hear a third? lol
Thanks for all the encouragement everyone.

 

[dr. freeze]

i think i am gonna take up smoking and drop gambling.....it is cheaper....lol

 

[Simply In The Red]

I cannot speak from experience since I never have smoked but if you are trying to quit, then I hope the best for you. I constantly try to encourage my friends to quit smoking. It is a good decision for you and anyone that cares for you. More power to you and keep everyone on the forum informed how it goes. Maybe you can encourage someone else to quit smoking.

 

[Patternseeker]

Let's go, NJ! Haven't had one since Sept 26th, when I landed a horrible respiratory infection which has now cleared up and the true cravings begin. Like beer drinking time -- the worst! Quit for a year in 1997, used nicotine gum to get me through the tough times.

Here's a message I got that helped me then and now: keep trying, if you relapse, let it go and continue your battle. Nicotine is highly addictive, both physically and psychologically. We can do it, NJ!!!!

 

[skulldog]

That's some funny shit freeze.

Good luck Nf and to the rest of you NON SMOKERS

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Well 1 day down(hardest one) many more to go.....my Eagles didnt help much but they pulled it out. whooooooo