Trying to Quit Smoking? (the best, how many, check, family)
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Please stop. I watched my father die early from those things. Watched him caugh up his lungs. Watched him in agony as the hospital tech suctioned out his lungs, days before he died. Watched our family suffer watching him die slowly. Just stop. You already know where you are headed right now.
I know! I Know!
But it so hard to stop! You can not tell me anything about smoking I don't already know!
I just thought I would post this thread, for all of the smokers that are trying to quit.
Thanks
I am so sorry about your dad,jamesandveybe
Oh,, Okie ~ it’s good for you to stop and like you said you probably already know enough of the bad side about smoking. Starting a thread about smoking is a good idea, I don’t know how many members are still out there who want to quit but it’s a good thread idea anyway.
So the important points ~ what are you doing to HELP stop? There are many helpful things that smokers can do to help quit and those things make the difference between success and failure in their efforts. For me I got rid of all the cigarettes around me, avoided being around others who smoked, and “changed” my daily habits of everything I did EVERYTHING! Is the key word. Simple changes in every habit to retrain the brain.
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I quit for the last time about 17 years ago, right after watching a dear friend die of lung cancer. It's definitely not easy, taht's for sure. I had quite once for 12 years, then started up again and was back to a pack/day within a week. Once you do quit, it does get easier. I can't stand to be around smoke any more.
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You can do it!!!
Actually, 'we' quit in June, 1963, after our first born. About a year later while an accountant at a university, I joined a bowling team and made the mistake....yep, for about 9 months had the habit all over again. Then quit for good. Dreamed about smoking for a few months and had to really fight the urge. But for for about 42+ years, this granny has been 'smoke free'! Cannot abide even library books with smoke smell.
Now the big downside for me, personally, was being on birth control pills, cortisone for a rash on my hands from dish detergent, and increased appetite. Food, as did just about everything, provided heavenly fragrancies conducive to the over sampling of said food(s). All of the aforementioned led to the increase in the total body mass of this now non-smoker. Which then led to another change in habit forming behaviour.
Alas, this new problem was overcome and change is/was possible. I do wish the OP the best. You can do anything that you are determined to do. However, it has to be your personal decision. And it really is, one day at a time.
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What are the tips to help quit?
You can do it!!!
Cannot abide even library books with smoke smell.
Which then led to another change in habit forming behaviour.
.....in yourself!!!
