Trying to be smoke free!

[briano]

I have gone 9 hours without a smoke now. That is really good for me and I am not giving in to cravings. We brought our new baby home this morning and I am doing this for her.

[beets442]

I quit 22yrs ago. smokes were $1.35 a pak. I had http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluracy. It hurt to breathe, like someone is stabbing you with an icepik.
The best thing to do is stay away from people that smoke and stay away from gas stations that sell them. I chewed a piece of gum when ever i had those cravings.The cravings stopped after about 2-3 weeks.Good luck!.... Fight the good fight!

[Swinger]

I have gone 9 hours without a smoke now. That is really good for me and I am not giving in to cravings. We brought our new baby home this morning and I am doing this for her.

Good for you briano!! Your little girl will be the greatest inspiration for you on alot of things!! Keep up the good work man. Lets see a pic of the little angel that is helping you through this! Congrats to being a new Daddy also!

[briano]

I will try to get a pic up from my iPhone. I'm not very good with that kind of thing. I just had to run to the store to pick up a few things and it was hard to not get cigarettes but I made it, I got lots of gum. My jaws hurt already. Lol. I really hope I can do this, me and my gal both smoke, she quit while pregnant, but we are trying to support each other.

[fabiodriven]

I've been off the computer for a few days and I just popped back in here. I was really surprised to see my name mentioned so much!

I've been smoking for 15 years, most of which I was a light smoker. Almost three years ago I had a very big change of lifestyle. Amongst the many things that changed in my life at that time, my smoking habit was the worst. I went from an under half pack a day smoker to a pack a day. I used to be able to quit at will and I would do it for weeks or months at a time just for sh!ts and giggles. The last time I tried it wasn't happening. Now I can't smell or taste anything, I hock up loogeys all the time (especially in the morning), I wheez, etc, etc...

The time has come and I know it. Not to mention the dough I'm blowing.

They are over $6 a pack where Im at!

Try $9 a back here. God bless the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I've been debating those electric smokes for quite some time now. Maybe it's time to take a better look. If anybody has any wisdom to share about those things. What with this Reo thing ATCeeya?

[jays375]

Holy crap $9 a pack!Went deer hunting today and spent the day in my box blind.I smoked my brains out today 3 Backwoods + 1 after dinner.I will do it all over again tomorrow.Maybe it will be my New Years resoloution.

[Swinger]

I know what you mean briano- my jaw is killing me but my breath is minty fresh and not ashtray/ass! Fabio, you really pay $9 a pack- holy smokes, literally! I quit once before for 9 months and ended slipping up, dont plan on it happening again!

[badass350x]

Fabio tried the electronic cigarette, the part of that was I kept the habit of grabbing for what wasn't satisfying me! So I went right back to smoking, It is hard no matter how you look at it. I found the cold turkey way seemed too be the easiest way for me, but the habit as hung around for almost a month ,,,, as of now it seems too be gone and keeping busy is a good way too keep the mind from thinking about it. All I can say is I feel like a new man in the mornings.

[Swinger]

My father in law and brother in law both tryed chantix and said it was crazy. Suicidal dreams and they would snap like crazy about stupid stuff. I dont think Ive heard any thing good about that stuff yet! Maybe a nicoderm patch if need be, but those are pretty expensive. Im trying the cold turkey/gum approach for now and hopefully that will do it!

[just ben]

I have been smoking 20 years and smokes in ny are up to 9-10.00 bucks a pack.I remember saying I would quit if they got up to 5 bucks a pack. That price came and went and all I did was switch to the house brands at the reservation (2.90 a pack now). I think its time though,I have an 8 y/o I wanna make sure I am around for

[Swinger]

Well jump on the wagon Ben!! Everyone is doing it.... All the cool kids arent doing it.... Look how cool we look with out a cigarette hanging from our lips. Bout time for some good peer pressure, dont ya think? This could be catastrophic! Lets see how many members we can get to jump on the wagon!

[badass350x]

Jump in full force ben, let's do it not only for ourselves but our little ones and loved ones!! I'll tell you and everybody else as well as myself! Its like riding are trikes without a helmet, you never know when that one bad time might come..... like smoking you never know when that one time comes.......CANCER!

[Chazz of Blades]

Out of my closest friends, I'm the only one who doesn't smoke. I'm a 12 pack a day caffeine addict though, it's horrible for me, and is one of the hardest things to quit, but at least it only hurt me. It's hard to resist smoking sometimes though, the knowledge that any time you asked, there's at least one person who'd bum you one.

It's sad though to see my best friends, both under 18, not able to simply go for an hour long ride without having to stop and smoke.

My grandfather quit smoking, cold turkey, the day he had to pay $1 for a pack. My great-uncle quit cold turkey after he got deathly sick after smoking local stuff in Vietnam.

[Swinger]

Caffeine will get ya too. I was hooked on the big monster drinks for almost 2 years. They cost $3 ea. and was drinking 2-3 a day! If I didnt get one I would have a horrible headache. Well, I switched from those to coffee and now that Im not smoking, coffee doesnt taste too good anymore either! Its first thing in the morning now and is the hardest part of the day for me but all is well so far, hows everyone else holding up?

[atc007]

Keep up he good fight boys !! Chazz,,,hope you can come off that crap your on too. Soda,energies? No wonder some of you guys are always broke!! Holy crap,,,there is NO WAY I could feed these addictions!! I'm rootin for ya all! You can do this...But my name is Bill,And I can't resist 3 wheelers.......Please Don't tell me to go cold turkey!