Way OT - I'm kicking the habit

[DerianCypher]

here's an idea, and it'll work perfectly since you have a quitting partner!

Everytime you have a craving, tell your partner. Have said partner beat you into a bloody quivering sack of bones with some blunt object (a baseball bat would probably work best)

Also, if you catch your partner smoking, they get a doubly beating!

Hey, it can't be more unhealthy than smoking can it?

 

[Buttercup]

When I quit, the thing that kept me going was the realization that I could actually *smell* things! I used to revel in how much more intense things smelled, like coffee, flowers, the chicken roasting in the oven, just any old thing. Of course, being able to breathe was pretty cool too.

You can do this! It gets easier every day, until one day you no longer visualize yourself as a smoker. At that point, you aren't avoiding doing something you want to do. You just no longer want to do it.

 

[Mistwell]

And here I thought this thread was about quitting buying game books, or quitting a gaming habit.

Smoking! Who would have thought it!

 

[Emiricol]

Congratulations! I started when I was 12, and quit nearly two years ago after 15 years of pack+/day.

I couldn't do it "cold turkey" though. I tried for YEARS with gum, patches, cold turkey, what have you. I went truly psychotic each time. What finally worked for me was a silly little pill (I forget what it is called - zoloft?). It didn't get rid of the cravings, but it stopped me from coming unhinged all the time.

You can succeed with will, support, and strategies such as the ones others have mentioned. Also, brushing with baking soda, while kind of gross, really helps with the cravings.

If you don't make it - keep trying. It is worth it, as you well know

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Good luck, hope you kick it.

 

[kreynolds]

Anybody want a cigarette?

Just kidding. Seriously, congratulations to those of you that have quit.

 

[Darkness]

Hehe!

Cigarettes are quite expensive, where you are. They are about half as much here, I think (not that I ever bought any).

Same here in Austria (and I never bought any, either). American cigarette taxes must be quite high in comparison, then, neh?

Anyway... Taren, I wish you the best of luck in this; my mom and stepfather both stopped smoking over the time, too - so I can emphasize.

 

[kreynolds]

How such practice can be legal is still beyond me...

It's the American dream, baby! Or something like that.

 

[AngelTears]

I stopped when I was 19 after about two packs. Six months later I was still craving for a cigarette. a couple of months ago I started again. It all started from passive smokingI guess, I liked the feel of the smoke around me.

Luckily I smoke very rarely now. I have only had one "real" smoke, but I am looking at the pack and thinking about starting again. The funny thing is that they are really strong cigarettes and I feel like I want to take a shower afterwards, and the ashes get on your clothes...

But I shoudl go to bed.

 

[NoOneofConsequence]

I hope this helps

First of go for it - my dad quit when I was born, never looked back.


I don't know if this helps, but if you need some inspiration through tough patches, think about this:

the people who market cigarettes know that they are addictive and poisonous and they still sell them. They make you pay for the priviledge of killing yourself slowly with an addictive toxin. Everytime your addiction makes you pay for a cigarette, that money goes to making those rich bastards richer. They are profiting by your destruction.

Also, your addiction is not you. You're a person, with a whole life. Your addiction is a chemical that will kill you fifty percent of the time.

Go for it - I wish you and your spouse every success.