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[nearace]

I am going to try to quit smoking starting monday september the 24th cold turkey,wish me luck:)

[thekathrynorchard]

Dynamite. Best of luck man. Enjoy your smokes today and look forward to being able to walk a course with clear lungs ;).

[hamiltonhacker]

You the Man!! :clap:All the best in a tough endeavour. hope you nail a hole in one on this.

Pat:fingersx:

[STR82ACE]

All the power to you nearace. DON'T GIVE IN TO IT.

The one thing I was I never started myself. :mad:

[nearace]

the real wakeup call was today golfing I teamed up with a two-some and the one person had no voice box,he had throat cancer and had lost his ability to speak,he wrote notes to communicate he said this was directly a result from smoking,the light came on and I am trying to give it up before this may happen to me.:help:

[chiantibro]

I quit over 5 years ago...it was really difficult for the first week or so, but it was well worth it. Having a spouse/partner/better-half that does not smoke helps a lot!
The shrinks say try a different routine...some people may associate their morning smoke with a coffee, so for a while have a green tea or go for a walk; a friend who quit put a fiver in his change jar for each day, and after a year was able to buy new sticks and gear.
Use anything to motivate. For everything in life I say, don't quit! But in this case: Quit!
Good luck.
:)

[BowmanvilleJim]

Fantastic decision. When I quit I replaced the cigarette with a glass of water when the cravings came but expect to have times that the cravings will be strong and don't give in.

Believe me there will come a day that you won't have a craving and you will wonder why you ever smoked.

[goshawk]

I do wish you all the best. It's one of the most difficult "habits" to break. Keep a positive attitude, and try to substitute something healthy (someone suggested a glass of water) when those cravings occur. Good luck.

[Pingnut]

It's all in your head. If you don't want to smoke you won't. I know you can do it!

[hogannut]

Drink lots of water....it flushes out your system. I chewed about 10 packs of gum per day when I quit. I think it is 36 hours when the nicotine is out of your system, so if you can get by the first week, all the cravings will be mental and not physical. Good luck, it will be the best thing you will ever do. It took me 3 times to finally quit and haven't had a smoke in 12 years. Don't fall off the wagon!!!!

[hannah]

I am going to try to quit smoking starting monday september the 24th cold turkey,wish me luck:)

Good luck to you, nasty habbit to try to kick, you can do it, our farther died last year of lung cancer, horrible, 6mths to live and we watched him die a slow funeral. Tom.

[xander.uk]

I gave up in march 2006 and still havent smoked since :)

At roughly the same time i started playing golf and am now addicted to that :confused:

I went to one of those quit smoking help groups ( dunno if you have them there ) and used patches for nightime for the 1st week.( on their advice ).

I then went cold turkey the following week.

I wish you the very best of luck...just think of the money you can save and spend on golf if you stick with it :D

[JEBS]

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[Flog]

Good luck. I quit smoking 3 years ago after a 25 year pack-a-day habit. It's easy if you want it bad enough. Just keep reminding yourself of all the great things you have to live for, it worked for me. Also, your lungs are one of the few organs that will try to regenerate themselves. They may never be perfect again, but quitting now will definitely add years to your life.
One bit of advice-- don't reward yourself with food for making it a day without a smoke, unless it's something healthy like a stick of celery or a carrot. Hard candy and stuff like that can lead to another habit that's also hard to break, but not quite as deadly as smoking. You don't want to replace one addiction with another, you want to become not addicted to anything.
Good luck man, you can do this.

[thekathrynorchard]

I think the glass of water thing someone else mentioned is a good idea and in alignment with Flog's comment on not replacing one addiction with another. Drinking a glass of water should both help to keep your mind off of it and not be terribly habit forming in any significant way.

[Divot]

I quit about 4 years ago and highly recommend it.

Not easily done but worth it in end. :)

[mccho]

I am going to try to quit smoking starting monday september the 24th cold turkey,wish me luck:)

I'm joining you brother.

Just had my, hopefully and willingly, last one.

as of 2:00pm I'm cold turkey.

[nearace]

I'm joining you brother.

Just had my, hopefully and willingly, last one.

as of 2:00pm I'm cold turkey.sweet best of luck,after my last post I may need one :rolleyes:

[hamiltonhacker]

I'm joining you brother.

Just had my, hopefully and willingly, last one.

as of 2:00pm I'm cold turkey.

Way to Go Mccho:clap::clap:

[BowmanvilleJim]

Congradulations on a great decision Mccho!

[mccho]

Congradulations on a great decision Mccho!

Thank you all...
It's been only 2 hours and I'm Jonesin' already...
I'll keep it up though.

[p-Ostal]

gooood luck!!! just :hush: and u can do it!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

[nearace]

just finished dinner,this is when the cravings are the worst,great day the job got all 8 hrs as I didnt go for a smoke 10 times at 5 minutes each lol.

[mccho]

just finished dinner,this is when the cravings are the worst,great day the job got all 8 hrs as I didnt go for a smoke 10 times at 5 minutes each lol.

Wow the whole day eh? Man, i'm getting more tempted now.

[Albert Hacker]

Bah! I quit smoking when I was 28. Quit cold turkey. I decided it was quit before I was 30 or I never would.

Defy the cravings and just quit dammit...

[hannah]

Wow the whole day eh? Man, i'm getting more tempted now.

Have a burger, and then another burger, you know what I mean.:)