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dcmilkwagon

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Just totally fed up with being addicted to cigarettes. So I decided a few weeks ago, that this 4th of July was going to be my Independence day. Over the course of two weeks I gradually reduced the number of cigarettes I smoke, from 1.5 packs a day down to 0.5. :clap:

Then at 11pm on the 3rd, I smoked my last cigarette. So as I write this I have been without nicotine for a little over 44 hours. I must say that it has not been easy, as I am not using the patch, nor gum, nor a prescription. Doing it the old-fashioned way, "Cold-Turkey". I still have the cravings, but they are getting weaker. I guess the real test will be tomorrow when I go into work. If you all see on the news where a Con-Way driver went nuts behind the wheel in Iowa or Nebraska, you'll know what the reason is. :biglaugh::shift::TR10driving03::ranting2:
 
I quit cold turkey 3 years ago ... it can be done. I have been three years cig free and I dont miss it .. good luck once you make it past a week it gets easier
 
wonderring99 said:
I quit cold turkey 3 years ago ... it can be done. I have been three years cig free and I dont miss it .. good luck once you make it past a week it gets easier
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Thanks for the words of encouragement W99. It would probably be easier right now if my wife would have quit too. Both of us have been saying for years now that we wanted to quit. Guess I'm just more committed to the freedom than she is. Now if I can just keep her from dragging me back down into the pot, I'll be alright.:nutkick:
 
Good for you. Think of the money you will save.
Life insurance (independent) will also be cheaper after you've been free for a year.
 
Keep up the good work, I have been free of cigs for 2 years now, I also went cold turkey, it does get easier everyday but you will still have strong cravings from time to time, trust me, The longer you go the easier it gets.
 
I quit in July of 1988 cold turkey. Was smoking 3 packs a day. That is one of the best things I've ever done. When you realize you don't need them anymore, you will look around and say I can't believe I ever smoked. You will apoligize to friends and family for putting them through that. If I get around a smoker now it makes me sick. Good luck I know you can do it.
 
:waycool: Quit 36 years ago. Didn't even realize the importance regarding future health but now I do. Smoking will make old before your time and destroy your health in the process. I applaud everyone who can quit smoking. It is a powerful addiction and takes great effort to quit.
 
I quit a 3 & 1/2 pack a day of non-filtered cigarette habit a long time ago.
It was the hardest thing I ever did but it was worth it.
I was wreaking my lungs.

I still have a slight smokers cough,even though it was many years ago.
The way I did it was talking to my cigarettes.
I bought a new pack,and every time I was going to smoke the first one from the pack.
I would hold it in front of my face,and ask it who is going to be the boss today,you,or me?

It took about 6 & 1/2 weeks to get all of the nicotine addiction out of my system.
Then I threw the whole pack in the garbage.

I learned that nicotine has a greater addiction than marry-G-wanna,and it stays in your system longer than the dope does.
Yes I feel much better not being controlled by a rolled up piece of paper with tobacco in it.
Also given the price they cost now days,I'd have to work a part time job to support my old habit.

It takes a strong person to kick any habits.
But your a lot better off if you can over come them,in my opinion.
 
dcmilkwagon said:
Just totally fed up with being addicted to cigarettes. So I decided a few weeks ago, that this 4th of July was going to be my Independence day. Over the course of two weeks I gradually reduced the number of cigarettes I smoke, from 1.5 packs a day down to 0.5. :clap:

Then at 11pm on the 3rd, I smoked my last cigarette. So as I write this I have been without nicotine for a little over 44 hours. I must say that it has not been easy, as I am not using the patch, nor gum, nor a prescription. Doing it the old-fashioned way, "Cold-Turkey". I still have the cravings, but they are getting weaker. I guess the real test will be tomorrow when I go into work. If you all see on the news where a Con-Way driver went nuts behind the wheel in Iowa or Nebraska, you'll know what the reason is. :biglaugh::shift::TR10driving03::ranting2:
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Good for you!

I guit this weekend 3 years ago and on rare occasions still get the urge for one. But I know that one will just lead to number two.......

Congratulations, you will never regret it.
 
Good job on kicking the habit gentlemen!
Lots of great success stories!
.....I'm looking forward to reading more stories. :thumbsup:
 
Dockworker said:
Good job on kicking the habit gentlemen!
Lots of great success stories!
.....I'm looking forward to reading more stories. :thumbsup:
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I, too, appreciate reading all of these success stories. Helps to know that I'm not the only one on this board that is or has gone through this process. Thanks guys. :Bondage: I will break this bondage to nicotine, I know I will.

It's amazing how so much of smoking is just habit though. I keep catching myself reaching over to where I normally would have my pack of cigs. Naturally they aren't there anymore, and when I catch myself reaching for them I have analyzed my "desire or craving" for a cigarette, I have found that at the time that I reached for them, I'm not even really craving one, just a force of habit of lighting up one every so often I guess.
 
It is habit along with the nicotine along with other chemicals being in your system and having to fight a withdrawal from these.

I KNOW you can do it and will report shortly that it's been a long time since you've had a cigarette!! :thumbsup:
 
Good for you, it's hard to quit but not impossible. I went cold turkey after 20 years and two packs a day and have been smoke free for 10 yrs. You may gain a little weight, but don't worry about it as you can join a gym and workout much easier after your lungs get free of the gunk. I took it day by day, sometimes minute by minute, it's all about consistently making the right decision to stay off the nicotine. If you've already learned how to deal with the occasional grumpy FOM, you'll do fine quitting smoking.
 
good for you dcmilkwagon
i quit 9 years ago and every time i got the urge to light up i just told myself hey wait a minute you quit smoking. i smoked 3 packs a day and the olnly reason i didn't smoke 4 was i didn't have time
 
Well in order for me to smoke 3 & 1/2 packs a day I was lighting up after I woke up,and lighting the next one with the butt from the firsts one.
The only time I wasn't smoking was when I was taking a shower,dressing,and eating my meals,and sleeping.
However I did fall asleep sometimes waking up with the burned fingers.

The first 3 weeks were the hardest,then it got easier as time ticked by.
At the 6 week mark I was pretty good at not craving a cigarette.
I held onto the pack in my pocket a few more days then tossed them.

When I was chain smoking I was always out of breath just walking up 3,or 4 stairs and I was coughing a lot.

After a few months of being smoke free I felt so much better.
However it took a good 7 years to get a clear chest x-ray.

Yes it was very hard to stop a habit I started smoking at age 8 in rebellion to an abusive Dad.
I may have bummed him out at the time,but it was killing me long term.

So I say whoever can kick the nicotine habit,you are doing yourself a hugh favor.
 
After I finally got tired of bumming cigarettes off of my friends, I finally quit smoking about thirty years ago.
Still after all that time, I can be somewhere and smell cigarette smoke and think to myself, man that sure smells good.
People who have never smoked don't know just how addictive nicotine is.
 
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