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  1. 1. Have you ever quit smoking?

    • Yes, for less than a year
      10
    • Yes, for more than a year
      45
    • Yes, many times
      10
    • No, but I want to
      1
    • No, I never will quit
      1
    • No, never smoked
      2
    • No, but I turn my oxygen tank off first
      0
  2. 2. If you quit successfully, what helped?

    • anti-depressant meds
      3
    • nicotine patches/gum
      13
    • candy/gum
      12
    • keeping hands busy
      12
    • change old habits
      14
    • doing the math for the expense
      10
    • health conditions
      10
    • admitting it's inconvenient and stinky
      7
    • guilt from family & friends
      6
    • locked self in local jail (or comparable) for a week
      0
    • other (please explain)
      32
  3. 3. How long were you a smoker?

    • less than 1 year
      3
    • 1-5 years
      1
    • 5-10 years
      11
    • 10-20 years
      38
    • 30 years or more
      16


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Posted (edited)
think I will try one of the meds like Chantix.

my mother was a heavy smoker for 40+ years and tried it all...and she quit using that chantix and my sister did as well using it...

darryl

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Darryl..."Imagination is more important than knowledge"...Albert Einstein...

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I smoked for thirty years three packs a day at the end.

My niece came to visit ,gave me a viral lung infection.

The first week it was hard to smoke. I still did it about

two or three a day. Then after a week with no intent

I never picked up another smoke. The pack laid there

on the end table with my lighter for more than two

years. I had six packs in the fridge which I just threw

away a month ago. I am not sure how long it has been,

since I never said I am quitting. Albeit I believe it has

been about ten years or more. I can tell you it has been

23 since I stopped drinking whiskey and all of its relatives.

Most of my friends smoke which does not bother me

not even in my truck with the windows up. I have to agree

with a couple of the others that said quite simply

"when you want to quit you will" . I have found in my

life when I want to do something I do it. But I can

never do it for anyone else. It has to be for me. Maybe

you just really do not want to quit.Then again I am not

a doctor of the mind. But if you really want to quit

send a hundred dollars along with a 6/7 oz side of

Wickett and Craig leather that you have held in

your hands. I will then put in the word with the

big guy upstairs who in turn will grant you the ability

to stop. If per chance you somehow defy his will ,

send me two hundred dollars the next time and a

side of leather in 8/9 oz. Remember you have to have

held it with both hands while awake on a Tuesday

during a month of the current calender year. It helps

if you had biscuits and gravy for breakfast at least

twice in the last month.If this fails I will personally

hire two of them little Irish green guys to follow you

around and stick you in the butt with a sharp knitting

needle every time you reach for the pack.

WINDY

To all those who think ..........................

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I smoked for thirty years three packs a day at the end.

My niece came to visit ,gave me a viral lung infection.

The first week it was hard to smoke. I still did it about

two or three a day. Then after a week with no intent

I never picked up another smoke. The pack laid there

on the end table with my lighter for more than two

years. I had six packs in the fridge which I just threw

away a month ago. I am not sure how long it has been,

since I never said I am quitting. Albeit I believe it has

been about ten years or more. I can tell you it has been

23 since I stopped drinking whiskey and all of its relatives.

Most of my friends smoke which does not bother me

not even in my truck with the windows up. I have to agree

with a couple of the others that said quite simply

"when you want to quit you will" . I have found in my

life when I want to do something I do it. But I can

never do it for anyone else. It has to be for me. Maybe

you just really do not want to quit.Then again I am not

a doctor of the mind. But if you really want to quit

send a hundred dollars along with a 6/7 oz side of

Wickett and Craig leather that you have held in

your hands. I will then put in the word with the

big guy upstairs who in turn will grant you the ability

to stop. If per chance you somehow defy his will ,

send me two hundred dollars the next time and a

side of leather in 8/9 oz. Remember you have to have

held it with both hands while awake on a Tuesday

during a month of the current calender year. It helps

if you had biscuits and gravy for breakfast at least

twice in the last month.If this fails I will personally

hire two of them little Irish green guys to follow you

around and stick you in the butt with a sharp knitting

needle every time you reach for the pack.

WINDY

:NEWFUNNYPOST: LOL!

Johanna, just keep trying. Most people need practice to quit. Some day you'll get there, and I hope in the meantime those little Irish green guys give you no rest!

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Johanna, I have the perfect solution for you. You can take it as a threat if you so desire. You have ONE MONTH yes you read that right. ONE MONTH, if you do not quite smoking by July 4th INDEPENDANCE DAY for all my American friends. The tin foil hat comes OFF...yes OFF.

I don't know if you saw the pics of me sandblasting in "All about Us" well you can't tell from the pics, but I am wearing the tin foil hat under that helmet that feeds me air.

Now Independance Day is the PERFECT day to say "I am INDEPENDANT" and no longer dependant on smokes. I know you can do it. If the little train did it, SO CAN YOU.

ONE MONTH Johanna, and we all know the hell you'll be in if the tin foil hat comes OFF

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I read a Stephen King short story called "Quitters, Inc." I think many years ago. People signed up to quit with this company and were followed and watched. When they smoked, loved ones were abducted and had fingers cut off. Some people were horrified and quit, some people let it happen over and over again. At seventeen the story disturbed me, as it was a perfect metaphor for all addiction. An addict will lie cheat and steal. The first couple cigarettes I smoked again were on my back porch, away from my whole family, because I was ashamed of myself. Would I cost them a finger for a cigarette? I quit drinking in 1993 and it wasn't so bad. I dieted off 100 lbs and learned to live with it. I know smoking is dumb and bad for me, but I still want to. What is wrong with me?

Beave, don't you dare take the tin foil hat off, especially while sandblasting. It's our lucky hat, and you know we need it. Hmmm Independence Day, I like that though. It falls right in between my daughter's birthday and mine, and me being smoke free would be a good gift to myself. Her father and I always celebrated our anniversary on July 4th, too. (He died of a massive heart attack at age 50, a three pack a day smoker.) See what I mean about Steven King's chopped off fingers? They are everywhere! But I walked up to the counter and said, "Give me a pack of Salem Slim Light 100s" just like I have a million times, and I dug around in the truck for a lighter that worked. I'm not proud of myself. And it tasted good and familiar and I smoked the second one. And I knew I was going to finish the pack, even if it was just one or two a day. My family just shook their heads and rolled their eyes...she's smoking again.

Johanna

 

 

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Johanna -

I would say that you have a very good track record going for you. 100 pounds is really something to be proud of! Not drinking is something to be really proud of! Just one more to go.

I've read that Stephen King story. I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. Definitely makes you think. I wonder if cutting off loved one's fingers doesn't work if cutting off the smoker's fingers and toes would? Sooner or later we wouldn't be able to light one up. I also read "Thinner". To this day I won't eat strawberry pie. Wonder why one "stuck" in my head and not the other?

Try the Chantix. Make sure you take it with food, it's a bit hard on the stomach. I took mine with supper, but I think it may have been better taking it in the morning.

I felt so good after 2 months, it was amazing, then one slip up (wasn't taking the Chantix) and I was back at the counter, ashamed and pissed off. But just having that pack was such a relief... that was a year ago. I changed some things and have not gone back to the 2 packs a day. (Less than 1 pack a day now).

There are lots of us that need some extra practice and help to get there. My best friend quit each time she was pregnant and nursing her 2 kids. Just stopped. Then after the nursing was done, poof, right back at it. She is still trying to quit for good. We talk about it, encourage each other, and bam we're both right back at it. Why is this so hard?

I wasn't a memeber during the great crash. However, I can imagine the agony

if Beaverslayer takes off that tin hat... He has me worried.

Crystal

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I'm not big into additives but the patches helped me a lot. I only used them for the first week, just to get me over that first 'I will rip your face off if you don't give me a cigarette!' phase. After that it was relatively smooth going. I still miss one every now and again. And dammit! they still smell good to me, even after nine years!

Shirley

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Johanna, I've smoked for 35 years now. I have only tried to quit once, and that took laser therapy, and hypnosis. It only lasted about 3 weeks. I know the hell people go through when they try to quit. I come from a long line of smokers, and as the Stephen King book goes, lost a lot of fingers because of it. But it is My Choice to smoke, and for whatever reason I choose to give, it is my choice.

I think that along with your own will power, the Chantrix, or the Patch or whatever, you will also get all the encouragement you need from all the people here on Leatherworkers that love you.

That being said, YOU HAVE UNTIL INDEPENDANCE DAY that's it, then the hat DOES COME OFF, your choice, as it is your choice to smoke.

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Johanna, don't give up you can quit. I did after 32 years, it can be done but it's the hardest thing I've ever done. Not only is it a physical addiction but it's also a life style addiction. You get used to taking a cig break, after meal smoke, before going to bed smoke, getting up smoke, etc. Do the patches if it helps, if they don't work go to your doctor, they can prescribe various drugs that will help a lot.

The other thing I had to do was break the life style. After meals, getting done with a task where I would normally take a smoke break, going to bed and getting up; you have to find something else to take the place of cigs at these times. Eat a piece of fresh fruit or raw veggies, get involved in something else as soon as you complete a task. Toss the ash trays and lighters (man that was hard for me), then wash all your clothes to get rid of the smoke smell. When you want a smoke go pound some leather, get on Leatherworker, read a book, anything that takes your mind away from cigs. Each month it will get easier to stay off cigs. But I have to say that whenever I REALLY get stressed, I still find myself patting my shirt pocket looking for that pack of smokes. It's been over 12 years since I quit and the urge is still there. Like going thru AA, you can't ever give in to the urge again.

If you need someone to talk to, email me and I'll give you my cell number. I'm available 24 hours a day, my phone is always with me. Would be glad to help. Keep plugging away, you'll make it.

John

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make sure you drink alot of water every day that helps a lot

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