I quit smoking

You'll get through it. This is an amazing decision.

If you are counting by the hour you're already doomed.

I wouldn't call it counting think most people who quit know what time it was. Thanks for the encouragement thoe.

Good luck - I'm sure it's particularly hard to do in NC. BTW, going to be in your neck of the woods the week after next - you are in the Asheville area, right?

Get some lozenges. From first hand experience, your throat will get sore as it begins to heal without the numbing effects of the smoke that has prevented your noticing it to date.

Good Luck

Be strong, you can do this!

Good luck. I recently started smoking again. Not cigs, marijuana... and I know cigs are harder to quit. I just got tired of vaping.

Good luck but sometimes I wonder if its worth it lol

Good for you i think its about a year know for me and i still get the feeling everyday

Good you are quitting. Have you tried those e-cigs?

Did you get that I wanta kill someone feeling?

Yep the first week is the hardest

14 hours? LOL... try beating the urge after 14 years. I STILL get it sometimes.

Good luck tho

stopped almost two years ago, from the first second i never had a feeling like i have to smoke anymore or to kill someone ... so, i think you started another, much harder way ... but, have luck!

Good for you. 14 hours is quite an achievement.

Try that nicorett gum, good luck !!

Good for you , I still smoke

Awesome decision !
Here's some facts from gwu.edu/quitsmoking/health.html
to keep you motivated.

20 Minutes After You Quit
The effects of quitting start to set in immediately. Less than 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your heart rate will already start to drop back towards normal levels.

( You will feel like killing someone )

2 Hours After You Quit
After two hours without a cigarette, your heart rate and blood pressure will have decreased to near healthy levels. Your peripheral circulation may also improve. You may also begin to feel nicotine withdrawals.

( You will feel like killing someone )

12 Hours After You Quit
In just 12 hours after quitting smoking, the carbon monoxide in your body decreases to normal levels, and your blood oxygen levels increase to normal.

( You will feel like killing someone )

24 Hours After You Quit
The heart attack rate for smokers is 70% higher than for non-smokers. But, believe or not, just one full day after quitting smoking, your risk for heart attack will already have begun to drop.

( You will feel like killing more than one person )

48 Hours After You Quit
At this point all nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.

( You will attempt to kill someone )

2 to 3 Weeks After You Quit
You'll finally be able to exercise and perform physical activities without feeling winded and sick. This is also the point in which most people stop feel withdrawal symptoms.

( Get a good lawyer )

1 to 9 Months After You Quit
Starting about a month after you quit, your lungs begin to regenerate. Inside them, the cilia ?the tiny hair-like organelles that push mucus out ?will start to repair themselves and function properly again.

( You're fine from here on in )

1 Year After You Quit
The one year mark is a big one. After a year without smoking, your risk for heart disease is lowered by 50% compared to when you were still smoking.

5 Years After You Quit
5 to 15 years of being smoke-free, your risk of having a stroke is the same as someone who doesn't smoke.

10 Years After You Quit
It'll take 10 years, but if you quit, eventually your risk of dying from lung cancer will drop to half that of a smoker's. Ten years after quitting, your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas also decreases.

Long Term Benefits
The long-term benefits of quitting smoking are fantastic. According to the American Heart Association, non-smokers, on average, live 14 years longer than smokers.

I stopped 27 days ago,doin ok,but eating too much now ...

Start snacking throughout the day on raw veggies, 0% yogurt, rice crackers, grapefruit slices, etc. Anything with zero or close to zero calories. Graze all day on that stuff.

Do that and that "eating too much" problem becomes a non-issue.

Good Luck

Good advice right there.

I've never quit the habit, mostly because I never aquired it nor started in the first place, but I have heard from many former long-time smokers who've quit say that it is the third week that is the killer. As in, if you can make it through that third week then you have a real shot at staying quit.

Not all ex-smokers agree on that though.

Bravo. If I had an audience here I would prompt them to give you a standing ovation. No joke.




QFT. I find it amazing that there are still holdouts out there who haven't faced the reality of that yet.

buy this book, you will laugh at your withdrawls.

http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Carrs-Ea.../dp/0615482155

You can kill some time watching Mad Men episodes or something. Good Luck.

Congratz!

Good luck TA.

Thankfully, I never developed a tobacco habit, although I do consume medical marijuana these days.

Smoking cannabis can be as bad (or worse) than smoking tobacco, so I advocate vaporization or eating edibles:





ADG

10 plus days and after that its easy. takes that long to get the junk out of your system. ifyou cant take it anymore. think about a nic patch. I found the walmart brand worked better and was about half the price

Try the E-cig,it worked for me.good luck

Tomorrow will mark a month for me. I'm still dipping, but not very fond of it. And now that it's been a month of that, I think it's time to quit that and say no more tobacco products period.

Goodluck! It's all in your head

Quitters never win
Winners never quit
Don't be a quitter

Light up, it's fun for the whole family

I have tried for like 3 maybe 4 times - never made it.So I wish U a luck man

I've quit quite a few times for a couple months to a year but I end up going back to smoking when I'm going through stressful times.

I have been vaping since this May and I still crave for an analog once in a while... good luck.

Another vote for the gum, it helped me a lot even though my jaw hurt like hell from chewing; can't remember how many years ago I quit, but it feels great, one of the best decisions I have ever made

Good luck!

good decision my friend. i quit smoking 6 months ago after 12 years of "hardcore" smoking. suddenly i sad STOP. at least in my case it works! good luck

No you didn't "quit" smoking. Quitting is not doing something anymore.

Typical smokers "i quit" then whine about smokes and start smoking again.

It takes a completely weak mind to be addicted in the first place so you will most likely smoke again.

Why dont you smokers do the rest of us a favour and smoke your fucking brains out? No one gives a fuck about you "quitting" because 99% of you fail anyway. If you want to quit do it or not. No one else is shoving smokes in your mouth and making you inhale.

At least do the rest of us a favour and shut the fuck up about it.