HI Everyone :wave:

This thread was started in April 2004 when I was quitting smoking. It is now January 2005 and I am still a smoker ! Until midnight tonight when I give quitting a nother shoot !

This thread has so much helpful information in it that I am reopening it and bring it back to life....... read the links and such and then skip ahead to page 2 to be up to current date and updates
All posts up until page 2 are from my previous attempt to quit.

If you are trying to give up cigs. or have already quit smoking and want to give and share some support, tips etc about how to stay off the puff and keep losing weight, please feel free to post here.

Or if you just want to give those of us who are giving up the puff some support, post here as well lol :)

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After many years of being a smoker and always saying I would quit after I lost some weight, I finally decided to quit NOW. I am in my 3rd day as a X smoker - Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

Jude 2 a member here at DT is also trying to quit and she thought of the idea of starting a thread for everyone who is trying to quit smoking and lose weight - a double battle......

In the 3 days since I quit smoking I have lost 2 lbs.....yippee! so it CAN be done!!!!!!!!!! :)

I can not share a whole lot more right now - I need to go lay down. I am doing this quit cold turkey and have flue type things going on, but I understand that this too shall soon pass and I will be feeling much better.

I will be back later today/tonight. I will post links to online free tools and a free ebook and more to help you quit and/or stay quit. I will keep posting information here in this thread as I come across stuff to help us.

Please feel free to share your success, your struggle and your support.

Remember the BEST way to stay a X smoker is to adopt the word N.O.P.E. - not one puff ever!

At the time of this post:

I have been quit for 2 Days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 24 seconds (2 days). I have saved $11.41 by not smoking 51 cigarettes. I have saved 4 hours and 15 minutes of my life.

Beth :not:

yyeahh, way to go beth, we can do this, :cheer:
dont suffer cold turkey its hard enough , i use niquitin cq patches and have found them to be really good,
im going to tell you my story,
i decided to quit before x-mas, but set my date as the 6th jan, get the kids back to school, im not daft. it was also my birthday on the 2nd jan and had a big night out planned, my partner even bought me some patches for my birthday. so on the 5th jan. i was really nervous, but looking forward to it at the same time,i couldnt sit still all night i was pacing the floor having hot sweats,(ive been smoking since i was about 12 im now 35, its a long time really,) any way i had my last fag and went to bed, in the morning it didnt bother me one bit, i put on my patch and went to work, in fact it didnt really bother me till about five weeks, id had a little bit of stressed time and a few tears, but didnt wont a cig, then after 5 weeks i started to get really irratable infact i know why, i thought i was being clever and didnt need the patches, i thought it was me who was doing all the hard work, so i stopped wearing them and after a week then became irratable, and crying a lot, then one day after arguing with my son, which i wont go in to , i stormed up to the shop and bought 10, X-( i phoned my partner on the way back with cig in hand, and told him that im not doing this anymore its not fair on him or the kids to put them all through hell just didnt seem fair, so i smoked it, it didnt taste nice at all but it felt good. i sat in the car and smoked 2 more, whilst i was smoking these my daughter came out and saw i was crying ,she really wanted me to give up and i felt like i was letting her down the most, she said dont worry mum im proud of you what ever you do ill be proud of you :c( , but then through the rest of the night i smoked the remainder of the packet, i did feel giulty to myself and to my family as they wanted me to give up for my health so i decided to carry on quitting, so the next day i got straight back on it, bought some more patches and did well, :cheer: since then i have had a couple of slip ups whilst having a drink with friends who smoke, not as many as i did that day only one or two i carnt explain why i did its just when im with friends, but the girl who gave me a cig has now give up her self X-( which did make me mad at first, but now its made me more determind , im still using patches but im on stage 3 now and its been four weeks since my last slip up, ive only had two slip ups since the day i smoke ten, altogether ive had about 15cigs in the four months ive been give up.I know now though that i wont be having any more....


when i first gave up id managed to lose 15lb at wieght watchers, but then with x-mas i put 10 back on, i then gave up the ciggies and put the other 5 back on,plus about 4 i think, but im now just starting to get back in control, and i will do it, ill do them both,
my motto for this thread is

NEVER GIVE UP GIVING UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jude - 4 weeks puff free is wonderful! :cheer:
The fact that you got right back on track the very next day says a LOT about you - that almost never happens! Most smokers who slip, stay slipped for at least a few days.
Your doing :super:

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OK I am feeling a might better this afternoon, so I will take advantage of it and post here.

First of all like losing weight, the plan you use to quit smoking is 100% up to you. Each of us are different as are our bodies and mind sets, and even the level of addiction we have to cigs. So the way you choose to quit is yours.

I chose cold turkey as I wanted to see if I could do it this way, BUT I also am only 15 minutes from a store if I need gum, patch etc and I would do that before giving in to a puff ( I hope! ).

OK here is a LONG and I do mean LONG list of links and such to help you with stopping and/or staying puff free, as well as information, help to not gaining weight.

The best to my knowledge all this information is free ( unless content at sites changed since I last viewed it ).

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~~~These are the 3 main sites that made up my mind I would quit!~~~

1. This man was fine, healthy, had a family NO signs of any health problems and 2 months later he was dead! Warning the pictures of this man are heart wrenching!
Scroll down this site to see a picture of Bryan just 2 months before his death.
http://www.presmark.com/htmlfile/Bryan.htm

2. Pictures of a smokers lungs - I now have these printed out and hanging on my frig - http://www.presmark.com/htmlfile/pictures.htm

3. a FREE ebook you can download that takes you through the stopping smoking and staying stopped smoking - http://freestopsmoking.homestead.com/

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Many more helpful links:

101 Replacements for Lighting Up
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/101replacements.html

101 Reasons not to smoke
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/101reasons.html

10 Steps to Relapse
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/10steps2relapse.html

21 Things To Remember
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/21things.html

The 2nd Ten Commandments .....
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/2nd10command.html

41 Tips For Gaining Freedom From Nicotine
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/41tips4freedom.html

3 Post Rule
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/3postrule.html

A MESSAGE of Hope and GO POWER for all you Newbies!!
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/hope.html

About the Fear Of Quitting
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/fearofquitting.html

addiction vs habit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/boatsandbeasts.html

An Open Letter to Philip Morris
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/philipmorrisletter.html

The Awakening
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/theawakening.html

Barb Tarbox speaks
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/inspiration.html

In memory of Barb Tarbox (1962 -2003)
http://www.barbtarbox.com

Barb Tarbox video
http://tobacco.aadac.com/media_campaigns/barb_tarbox/#Video

The Bare Facts About Relapse
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/thebarefacts.html

Believe In Yourself
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/believe.html

BIG QUIT
http://homepage.mac.com/bigquit

BIRTHDAY PAGE
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/birthday.html

BONFIRE HISTORY
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/tillietoiler/bonfire_history.html

CAFFEINE, SHOULD YOU CUT BACK
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/caffeine.html

CARING FOR OUR QUIT
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/caring_for_our_quit.htm

CIGAR SMOKING AND CANCER
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/cigar.html

CELEBRITY CORNER
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/lestweforget.html

Complementary & Alternative
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/alternativemeds.html

CONSIDER
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/consider.htm

COPD DEFINITIONS
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/copd_definition.html

CWT'S STORY
http://forums.quitnet.com/aspBanjo/Message_View.asp?conference_id=10&forum_id=8&Message_ID=2044969#2044969

DANGERS OF TOBACCO
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/dangers.html

Dear Old Friends
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/nicletter.html

Desiderata
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/desiderata.html

DOCTORS OF QUITOLOGY
http://home.attbi.com/~r.pacak/

Effects of Nicotine and Withdrawal on the Brain
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/nicwithdrawal.html

ENTRANCE TO THE ELDER LODGE
http://www.geocities.com/septemberspitfires/elderentrance.html

FITDAY.COM
http://www.fitday.com

For those of you who have ever slipped
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/race.html

Freedom-repost
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/freedom.html

Friends without Faces
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/friends.html

FUJICOLOR - QNET PICTURES
http://www.fujicolor.com.au/purplkoala

fun smoke
http://www.2000greetings.com/funsmoke.htm

GERRI42'S QUIT PAGE
http://members.aol.com/Gerri42/

Health and Home page
http://www.healthandage.com/Home?gm=20&gs.type=0&gsq=smoking

How Smoking Affects Your Body
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/smokeaffects-body.html

How Smoking Affects Your Mind
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/smokeaffects-mind.html

I Am Addiction
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/iamaddiction.html

If You Started Smoking As A Teen
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/teensmoker.html

If I Quit Smoking, Will I Gain Weight?
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/weightgain.html

If Only I Could Quit Daily Meditation
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/ifonly.html

INGREDIENTS
http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/ingredients/
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/ingredients.html

Insanity
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/insanity.html

INSPIRATION (Barb Tarbox)
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/inspiration.html

JOEL'S LIBRARY
http://whyquit.com/joel

JUNKIE THINKING
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/junkiethinking.html

JUST 1
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/just1.html

JUST FOR TODAY
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibraryjustfortoday.html

KCAZ34 (1966-2002)
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/kcaz34/kcaz34.html

KEY POINTS FOR SUCESS
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/keypoints.html

LAURA CHRISTINE'S QUIT PAGE
http://xsle0.tripod.com/index.html

LESSONS FROM THE ROAD
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/lessons.html

LEST WE FORGET
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/lestweforget.html

LIBRARY DIRECTORY
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/thelibrarydirectory.html

LYNN'S LIBRARY
http://user.ksni.net/~ldever/Library.htm

MIKEB380'S HELP DESK
http://home.sc.rr.com/mikeb380

MIKEPLUS NO SMOKE BUTTONS
www.geocities.com/nosmokebuttons or www.hello.to/nosmoke

Mount smokeless
http://www.geocities.com/mtsmokeless

My Cigarette, My Friend?
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/myfriendmycig.html

MY NAME IS NICOTINE
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/mynameis.html

NICODEMONS LIES
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/nicodemonslies.html

THE NICOTINE ADDCITON STORY
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/nicaddictionstory.html

NO SMOKE LIBRARY
http://user.ksni.net/~ldever/Library.htm

NUTS. They're a fatty diet no-no, right? Wrong
http://my.webmd.com/living_better_content/dnn/article/1671.52151?DEST=WebMD&SRC=Lifeminders

NY SMOKE FREE
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/nysmokefree.html

ONE DAY AT A TIME
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/onedayatatime.html

The Patch
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/patch.html

PLEASE READ
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/please.html

The Power of the Q
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/power.html

Preparing to quit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/prepare.html

PROFILES
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/profiles.html

QPOST HANG OUT
http://groups.msn.com/PostQHangOut
http://groups.msn.com/PostQHangOut/join?iid=3619616

QUESTIONS
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/question.html

QUIT METER - very helpful - i have it on my desktop of my pc

http://www.dedicateddesigns.com/qk

Quitting
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/quitting.html

Quitting is 99% mental attitude & only 1% physical
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/99percent.html

QUIT SMOKING LINKS
http://www.roofchek.com/quit_smoking_links.html

QWORLD
http://home.woh.rr.com/pennybacker/qworld

REAL SLIPS
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/real_slips.html

Recovery Symptoms.html
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/recoverysymptoms.html

Relapzland
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/relapzland.html

Robert1's QUIT SMOKING LINKS http://www.roofchek.com/quitsmoking/quit_smoking_links.html

RUBYREAD
www.angelfire.com/blues/rubyread
http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rubyread/Carryout.html
http://www.angelfire.com/blues/rubyread/One.html

Serenity Prayer For Smokers
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/serenity.html

The Small Dark Room
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/darkroom.html

The Smokers Vow
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/smokersvow.html

SMOKING IQ
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/other/smoking.html

SMOKING CESSATIONS
http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking/library/blpostcard.htm

SMOKING IS NOT AN OPTION!! SAY WHAT??
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/smokingnotoption.html

So...Is this your first Slip Party?
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/firstslip.html

Some Things to Remember
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/somethings.html

Starting Again
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/startingagain.html

Stages of a Quit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/stagesof.html

SMOKING IQ
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/other/smoking.html

subtle reminder for your quit
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/subtle_reminder.html

THIS SUCKS
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/this_sucks.html

TILLIETOILER
www.geocities.com/purplkoala/tillietoiler/tillietoiler.html

Tips for Preparing to Quit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/tips.html

Tips on Quitting
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/tipsquitting.html

TOBACCO.ORG: WELCOME
http://www.tobacco.org/

TOBACCO USE & PREVENTION
http://www.nysmokefree.com/Websites.html

ToddL's How to Quit Smoking in Six Easy Steps
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/toddl_howtoquit.html

Tools for Dealing With Feelings
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/tools.html

Top 10 benefits of smoking
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/top10.html

TRADITIONS
http://www.geocities.com/purplkoala/q-traditions/traditions.html

WAVES OF CHANGE
http://www.angelfire.com/rock/dancer/wavesofchange.html

WEIGHT GAIN
http://www.healthcentral.com/fitorfat/fitorfatfulltext.cfm?ID=40958&storytype=CBQuestions

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU QUIT
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/whathappens.html

When Does it end?
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/whendoesit_end.html

Why I Kept a Quit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/whyi.html

Why Smoke/Why Quit
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/whysmoke_whyquit.html

whyquit.com
http://www.whyquit.com

WOMAN AND SMOKING
http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/ABCNEWSSpecial/SP_smoking_010705_index.html

Zinc
http://www.geocities.com/quitnetlibrary/zinc.html

most if not all of the following links are from a web site called the Q for quit. It is a free online support forums for people who want to quit and/or stay quit. You can join it for free by going here - http://www.quitnet.com/

Posts and Links From The Q - Please note* You MUST be logged into the Q to read the links below - membership is free

Hey Everyone,

I have been reading posts from people who are concerned about the fact that even after quitting smoking for awhile a person may contiue to experience cravings for cigarettes.

Here's a formula for gaining some perspective:


Ask yourself:

How many years did I smoke?

How many cigarattes did I smoke per day?

How many drags on a cigarette would I take?

Then, do the math as I did:

I'm not sure how many drags I took per cigarette, but I will estimate at 20 drags per smoke.

I smoked 25 smokes per day. That's 500 hits of nicotine per day ( as well as 500 hand to mouth actions per day).

I smoked for 22 years. That means if I dragged 20 times per smoke, I took a total of 4,015,000 hits of nicotine while I smoked.

Chances are I am going to have a craving for some more nicotine now and then. Chances are I am going to want to move my hand to my mouth and put somehting in my mouth a few times a day - since I used to do that motion 50 times a d ay!

I understand that there is a price to pay for quitting smoking. That price includes experiencing occasional cravings - even after being quit 192 days (what is 192 days compared to the 8,030 days that I smoked?)

People are addicted to smoking partly becuase of the fact that nicotine when inhaled provides instant gratification. It is challenging to stop doing something which provides instant gratification aftere doing it for a long period of time. Patience takes time.

If you are struggling, hang in there. Patience is developed over time and quitting smoking is such a worthwhile endeavor! Just remember - there is a price to be paid when we quit. But there are also great rewards!

[50 Years+ Smoking, Now Quit!]
BradMatthews
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=35957
Slim24
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=78600
WaltS
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=25059

[5 Packs A Day, Now Quit!]
jeffreyb
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=44916

[The story of a successful Quit]
all30
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=142376

[Funny and Inspirational]
Arcticwolf
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=176881
CanadianKnight
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=170179
MutinyFever
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=193366
Troutnut1
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=113646

[Funny]
Chicksilk
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=94367
eatcelery
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=178320
imeanit
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=73231
julie2003
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=242600
pepper38mint
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=137273
philsy
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=71076
summerbear
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=186733
sunnydaz
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=139408
Tinder
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=39951
viper01
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=170341

[How Not to Quit]
Nessi
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=97271

[Informational Cancer]
hutch
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=33329

[Informational and Sweet]
csavage
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=64852

[Informational]
4hanna
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=158655
clemrules
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=80344
Cwebb
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=91767
j9unit
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=144440
jkay
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=53826
nicless
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=34925
rpacak
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=84794

[Great and Inspirational]
leejay
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=81388

[Inspirational & COPD]
mikeb380
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=88223
purplkoala
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=60719
Tomaso
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=192626

[Fighter/Inspirational]
BilliB
http://forums.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userpage.jtml?id=72052

[Inspirational]
Conure
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=144057
cwt
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=128914
happycamper
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=47936
iyampopeye
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=99296
Jessicaybar
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=144804
keithv
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=93840
kona
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=94375
Lots2learn
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=62702
melder7777
http://forums.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userpage.jtml?id=72339
minque
http://forums.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userpage.jtml?id=194870
mnm45
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=72576
OhioGolfer
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=206010
shandre
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_UserPage.jtml?alias=shandre
Social_Scientist
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=10876
wortner
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=78989

[Motivational]
cpamama
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=64808
DaYupper
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=141843
Linfree
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=133383
murfthecat
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=162400
Robert1
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=53632
WalterRaleigh
http://forums.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userpage.jtml?id=52789
windsong
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=126186
withoutmerit
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=65617

[The Cheetos person]
SilverRain
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=57567

[Sweet]
Tiki39
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=211817

[Tragic and COPD]
Cynder
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=205109

[Tragic]
jackwill
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=127478
MaddMaxx
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=71505
tillietoiler
http://www.quitnet.com/community/profile/qn_userPage.jtml?id=39390

[1000 Days]
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how to quit:

dig way down inside and find the place that says,
no more
not ever
never again

and then just don't
no matter what

whether spouse/mom/kids/boss smoke or not
or if you gain 30 pounds (or more)
or lose every friend you ever had
or weep for hours/days/months
or that it hurts (sometimes very badly) for longer than is fun

no matter what

never met a quitster who said it was easy
(no it usually doesn't get easier in a few hours or even in a week
or more ... but consider how long we smoked.
what if it didn't get "easy" until we'd been quit for as long as we smoked?
anything shorter is a real gift. )

withdrawal from drugs is hard hard hard for most of us

does it go away?
yes

when?
when it does
(don't cheat. makes it hurt worse, longer)

use anything you need to quit
patch/gum/zyban/welbutrin
sick time
running away from home
a glorious retreat on a tropic isle
a big lock on your bedroom door
hourly trips to the junk food aisle

and don't forget the Q
live here for as long as you need to

and never never never believe your junkie side
when it whispers about smoking.
your junkie (mine too) is a liar and a killer.
don't go down the alley with her.

i never met anyone here who was glad they slipped.
never.

find the deciding place
reach down in and promise yourself
and then come what may

don't.

you CAN do it.

all of us can.




i have NEVER met someone who slipped who was glad
never
smoke and you will regret it
(possibly to your dying day)


just don't smoke
no matter what


At time of Beths Post -
I have been quit for 2 Days, 13 hours, 45 minutes and 41 seconds (2 days). I have saved $11.99 by not smoking 54 cigarettes. I have saved 4 hours and 30 minutes of my life.
N.O.P.E - NOT ONE PUFF EVER ( again ).

Beth :not:

Just found this link -

It is a free ebook you can read to help you quit and stay stopped puffing. ( not the same ebook as I already posted above ). I am calling it an ebook, but they refer to it as a ecourse.....

Read the ebook/ecourse here - http://www.quitsmokingonline.com/start.htm


Read about quitting smoking and weight gain here -
http://business-letters.com/lose-weight-diet.htm

At the time of this post:
I have been quit for 2 Days, 14 hours, 11 minutes and 2 seconds (2 days). I have saved $12.07 by not smoking 54 cigarettes. I have saved 4 hours and 30 minutes of my life.

Beth :not:

WOW, beth that is scarry ****,
i didnt go through all of them web sites just a few but i will in good time they are really interesting, just to many at once,
hope you dont think i was preaching :sb about using patches i know everyone is different and we will all find our own way without a doubt, my mum gave up cold turkey and my brother used the gum, i just felt for you having symptoms of withdrawall, its hard work i know it is and it does get easier, my slips were just a moment of madness ,and after them pictures of that poor poor man with cancer who was 2yrs younger than myself i wont be having another slip up belive me, :offtopic:
thanks for them beth,im glad ive give up and any one who is thinking of doing the same will deffinatley after seeing them lungs.. :-&

Jude no offensive taken about the patches my friend :)

I agree this is tough going it CT ( cold turkey ) but something that inside me I really want to try.

The lungs pictures my daughter seen them and said "and they make a great appetite suppressant after seeing them too" lol

That poor man sticks in my head every time I even think of wanting a cig.....

The links will be here - just go through them as you are seeking out support and or new information etc. I myself have not been to each of them yet.

Have a great smoke free day tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the time of this post:
I have been quit for 2 Days, 21 hours, 48 minutes and 44 seconds (2 days). I have saved $13.55 by not smoking 61 cigarettes. I have saved 5 hours and 5 minutes of my life.

Beth :not:

ive just been on a few more of them addresses , and the ones from quitnet.com wont let you in till you register, thought you might like to know, as everyone of them supplys the same home page asking you to register,you know what i mean!!!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BETH YOUR DOING GREAT YEEAAHH :cheer: :dc :dn :jn :wn

I posted this about those links Jude - Posts and Links From The Q - Please note* You MUST be logged into the Q to read the links below - membership is free But I must need to make the text bigger, so its more noticeable - will go do that right now :)
Thanks for pointing this out to me.

Hope your weekend goes super!

At the time of this post:
I have been quit for 3 Days, 14 hours, 2 minutes and 56 seconds (3 days). I have saved $16.70 by not smoking 75 cigarettes. I have saved 6 hours and 15 minutes of my life.

Beth :not:

Keep up the great work Beth. You can do it!

I quit Cold Turkey over four years ago. It was one of the best things I've done for myself. I was smoking 2+ packs a day and had smoked for almost 35 years. Who says I've got an addictive personality? lol :)

You Can Do It.....One Day At A Time.......kath

Forgot to mention.....I've had a meter on my computer since the day I quit. It now reads:
4Y 3M 1W 3D 3H and 36 minutes.
I have saved $14,058.98 (where did that money go?)
have not smoked 93,729 cigarettes
added 46W 3D 10H and 46 minutes to my life. (they better be darn good weeks though) :)
........Make it a great day.....kath

I only came across this one and I have to say I think it not only is a great thread but you might want to talk to the admins... John ya out there anywhere??? and ask them if you or they can even make a new form... I'm not one *sorry don't smooke* but my hubby when he's ready to get on the train again is... but I think there are alot of people out there that with a new "them" would also like to be smoke free. I like it :)
Missy9000

Goals:
- 340 pounds NOW *FAINT*
- To go down to a weight first where my scale will read it
- Every 10 pounds down from that point (remembering all the way that EVERY pound off counts toward my final goal and my health)
- 240 pounds (final goal for now and will make a new set of goals by then, but will also remember all the way that if that is hit that I MUST keep going and that someday I can/will be a normal and within range weight)

I went out to a smokey old pub on sat night, i put a fresh patch on for back up, it is hard coz ive always enjoyed smoking, i only really gave up for health reasons and i do miss not smoking, im glad ive give up ,but when your in a smokey atmosphiere like that it is harder any way i didnt have one. but i sat and watched all the people who did smoke longing for a taste, this might sound daft to some people, but i really do miss it ,
any way thats behind me now as i am a non smoker now, and they can ban smoking now for all i care,

Jude I know just how you feel my friend - really I do.

Did you know ( can't remember if I told you ) that I am using fake cigs to help me? There is NO smoke - NO N, NO nothing, you don't light it or anything, but it looks 100% like a cig, feels like a cig, and has 2 choices of "taste" Cinnamon and menthol.

I use the menthol, I puff it and even flick it lol and it has been a HUGE help to me! They cost about 2.00 a pack and each "cig" lasts about 2 days before the taste wears off. They are called smokers option.

Let me know if you feel these will help you :)

Missy Thanks for your kind words - I will talk to John about your idea :D

At The Time Of This Post :

Time Smoke-Free: 5 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes and 29 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 119

Lifetime Saved: 21 hours

Money Saved: $17.50

Beth :not:

As of this post:

I have been quit for 6 Days, 11 hours, 16 minutes and 46 seconds (6 days). I have saved $30.15 by not smoking 135 cigarettes. I have saved 11 hours and 15 minutes of my life.


I have a fresh vegs tray all ready to much on and am really finding it much easier to drink my water now that I am not drinking coffee and pop to go along with my cigs.

Also my taste buds are coming back lol and I need/want less salt sugar and such :)

Beth :not:

have you to found your not drinking much coffee since giving up,
thats wierd, i am a right tea belly, love my cups of tea, but since giving up i dont drink as many, probably because every time i had a cup of tea i lit a fag, im ok with water and pop just tea and coffee :caf: ~o)

Caffine wether it be from coffee, tea, too much chocolate or any other form will make you jittery and nervous... so having a cig makes you body think it's getting a relaxient. So no cig and then having more caffine then your body really can handle makes you want that cig even more :) Just my 1cent
Missy9000

Goals:
- 340 pounds NOW *FAINT*
- To go down to a weight first where my scale will read it
- Every 10 pounds down from that point (remembering all the way that EVERY pound off counts toward my final goal and my health)
- 240 pounds (final goal for now and will make a new set of goals by then, but will also remember all the way that if that is hit that I MUST keep going and that someday I can/will be a normal and within range weight)

Missy - I sent John a message and asked him about starting a specific forum for smokers and x smokers. I am waiting to hear back from him - he may need to think about it first one way or the other. I will keep you and everyone else that is asking me about this update here :)

Jude - NO NO NO NO NO coffee for me! I know I would so crave a cig if I had coffee, so no coffee, very little pop, I am drinking OJ and water to help flush this crap ( nicotine ) out of my system and drinking Gatorade for something different here and there.
Hot tea is a maybe for me down the road - I think I am still too early into my quit to try tea, but I do like it and hope down the road I can enjoy it again.


*Jude - just so you know we have a DT member who starts her smoking quit this Thursday - her user name is eva.sunshine, she has a journal here at DT, and we also have a DT member who is 118 days as of today into her quit - her user name here at DT is Delpha - I am not sure if she keeps a journal here or not, I need to look around, but she does belong to the Q.

I have really been relating this quit smoking goal to my weight loss and I want to share some of those thoughts here.

I am on my 7th day of not smoking and it is a CHOICE I make hundreds of times over and over and over again each day NOT to smoke.

MUCH like my eating !

Once you are aware you have a problem, and you have the tools to battle it, then you have to be all consumed with it and just attack it head on!

I have been very aware of what I eat this past week, as I did not want to eat anything that may trigger a cig craving.

In these past 7 days, I have been eating 3 - 5 servings of fruits and 3 - 5 servings of fresh/steamed/raw vegs, almost no salt, no sweets, no pop, and a well balance of carbs and protein. I have been eating more yogert, drinking much more water. WHY?

Because I am now aware - aware of what foods will cause what triggers for me.

Now I can take this awareness and turn it into a tool to help me loss weight.

So I am finding that staying aware at all times is a huge step towards eating right!

At the time of this post:
I have been quit for 6 Days, 14 hours, 29 minutes and 35 seconds (6 days). I have saved $30.78 by not smoking 138 cigarettes. I have saved 11 hours and 30 minutes of my life.

Beth :not:

WELL DONE BETH, :cheer:

not only been give up smoking for a full week but lost 3lb aswell
who said you had to put wieght on when you give up :cheer:


can i just add beth my friend :hug: i consider myself to have given up the rotten weed for three months ,not 4 wks i dont count the little slip ups, ive put to much effort in to it to have to start all over, does that make sense or am i wrong??????? :-/

Note John ( owner of DT ) moved this over to the journals section, hoping it will get noticed more, and he said if it gets popular he will give us our own section here at DT.

So please help spread the word that DT now has a support thread for wanna quit smokers and X smokers.


Thanks,
Beth :not:

No Jude your not wrong - and I do apologize for this mistake on my part.

I thought you had only stopped smoking 4 weeks ago and that your hickups were within those 4 weeks, I did not know you actually became a X smoker 3 months ago. That is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

No I 100% agree with you - a hickup ( same as a slip up lol but hickups only last a short time lol ) should not make you have to re count your time weed free.

Beth :not:

I forgot to post this!

He*l Week Is Over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made it !

Everything I heard and read said if you can make it through the first 7 days you have a very very good chance at staying a X smoker.

Here are my stats:
Time Smoke-Free: 7 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes and 33 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 149

Lifetime Saved: 1 day, 3 hours

Money Saved: $24.50

I could have never done this without the support of all of you here at DT Thank you ! :)

Beth :not:

Hope this is helpful to everyone who has or does smoke :)

Insert your own name ..........
and days of being smoke free x.

Dear ..........


It has been x days since you have quit smoking. You probably don't recognize me since you have been real busy for about x years. I am your body and I wanted to have a conversation with you.
There are some things I need to tell you and share with you. You may need them now that you are recovering and I for the first time can express them.

I am your lungs, your heart, your eyes, your liver, your blood, your skin and your mind.
For x years, ......., you have been smoking and I have been unable to talk to you. It's not that there were times when I did not try, because I did. I sent you all sorts of signals to let you know I wanted to talk to you and you were not able to hear me. You passed it off as a morning cough or dizziness and whatever you were doing for all those years was too strong for me to fight. I have been waiting for this conversation with you for years.

I must first tell you that we don't miss the smoke you filled us with. There were days when you were out, having a good time in the summer sun and I was too. I like the warm air and I even like the sun. But, ........, even on those wonderful days you would take the time to fill my lungs with smoke, my blood with carbon monoxide and my brain with nicotine. Every time I thought things were getting better and I was ready to talk to you there would be a burst of all these chemicals and I had to spend all of my energy, and YOUR energy, ......., on trying to keep you alive.

I think you get the point now and I don't want to sound critical although I may have come off that way. What I really need to tell you is that for the past x days I have been working hard with the rest of your body ,to heal from a lot of years of neglect. I guess I want to say THANK YOU.
Thank you, ......., for having the courage and the strength to quit smoking. If you have ever done anything right for me, by quitting smoking you have given me a new life. I need to tell you that it will take time for me to heal. You know how long you smoked, ........ It will take a bit of time to work with the lungs and the brain and the heart but IT WILL HAPPEN. Every cell in your body congratulates you... ....

I need to warn you about something. One of the drugs that the brain thought it liked was nicotine. That's a bad drug. It fooled me into thinking that I needed it. I never picked up a cigarette in my life and you made me addicted to Nicotine. Hey, I know it was not your fault! But there will be some difficulty the next few days and months. I, too, became addicted to that drug and it will take some time before I get rid of that. But I have a promise that I want to give you now that I can talk to you. If you promise to not smoke and to give this your very best shot, and I know how hard it is for you, I will reward you with more than great health, ........... And in time you will not only feel better but I will give you something that you thought you lost a long time ago. Remember your self-esteem and your image? Well I know who you are and I want you to know that I LOVE YOU.
In time you will feel better and be so proud of what you accomplished-This I promise you.

By the way! In this process of getting better we will be doing a lot of work inside. So please feed me and water me like you would if you were taking care of a beautiful Rose. It's time that you started tolook after yourself with love, understanding and compassion as well; we like that too. Everything you give to me during this process I will reward you with tenfold.

I believe in you, .......
I AM YOU.
I KNOW you can do this.
I don't want to have to wait another x years to have this conversation with you. Know that I love you and know that it is unconditional. It seem at times like I am working against you but know that I am working with you, .........., to heal US.

Just for Today, ......., please do not smoke. Thank you for listening to me.
I love you!


Sincerely,

Your lungs, heart, liver, blood, mind and skin and every living cell in you.

Beth :not:

Thanks beth :cheers:

Wow, great tips, help and resources on quiting the cigs - I told myself my quit date is May 6th- only two days and i'm so full of self doubt I'm terrified, yet I WANT to be a non smoker, so I'm thrilled I stumbled onto this post and will check out quit net, too. I got a ton of good info from Nicotine Anonymous on the Internet, but sadly there's no group where I'm from. :c( That sounds like it would be a tremendous help, too. Well, good luck to all - hope to be joining the non smokers soon!!

This thread is re opened as of Janury 18th 2005 -

All your smokers who want to quit post here :D

I quit at midnight tonight !

Here is a link where a lot of DT members posted at to give me ideas/tips and such on quitting that others may find helpful too - click here (http://diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41090&highlight=quit+smoking)

Beth :peace:

Hi Beth. Good for you for quitting. I too am a member of Quitnet (different user name than here, though). I would say that that site is a major reason why I am not smoking today. Just so you know, I didn't quit smoking, but just for today, and for the 1,119th day in a row, I am not going to smoke.

It wasn't always easy. There were :c( there was X-( and there were all sorts of reasons in my mind why it would be okay to have just one. But deep down I knew that it was just my mind playing tricks on me. So I made a deal with myself. I would not smoke for today, and if my reason for needing a smoke "this very instant" was still valid in the morning, I could smoke then. Funny how the moment passed, and when the morning came I realized that smoking or not smoking that cigarette wasn't going to affect the outcome.

For me, smoking is not an option. Good luck on your journey.