:laugha:..hear ya...good luck tomorrow
thanks all for the well wishes

good luck! give it your best shot. i've been smoke free for a couple of years. the toughest ones to put down were when i was tippin' or fishin'. it got easier every day. don't get discouraged and think about the payoff....more years to fish!

Made it thru work no problems. Couple cravings here and there. I feel really good this time. not constantly trying to convince myself to "just have one", Romancing that one cigarette. I'll have one like a reward because I've been good..... Not this time. those thoughts are gone.
I feel better allready I can take these HUGE deep breaths that would surely cause a coughing fit only a week ago.
Chewed so much gum today my jaw and head hurts though..
Day 5

KEEP GOING YOU ALL CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck guys, I'm not quitting yet maybe after I go thru these 2 cartons I have in my truck I will. I am an off and on smoker, when I feel like stopping I just stop then a few years later I have one and bam I'm on them again.

Mike,
To give more incentive , this season I'm going to be enforcing the NO SMOKING RULE On my boat !

Good Going Mike ,,, Those cravings only last a few seconds but they're maddning .. They get further and further apart until you don't get them anymore, but its tough .. especially if other life problems arise .. When you get the feeling rub your fore finger and your thumb together and picture those 2 resin sacks (lungs)you have getting pinker..

Thank god for the patch. It was weird in the van today though, kept reaching to light up unconsciously....oh yeah, I'm quitting that. Let the head games begin.........

Im 35 and have had a pack a day habit since I was 16. Heading to the hypnotist again next week, I tried it 2 yrs ago and it worked great, no side effects, no freakouts, but 6 months later I had a few more beers than usual, and started back up. I very rarely drink now and when I do I only have 3 or 4 tops, so Im hopeful this will be it. Ive had 3 other friends do the hypnosis thing and they are still smoke free, several years later.

Been off them 3 full years this past New Years. I was about 1/2 - 1 pack a day smoker from age 21 to 35. NYE 2005/2006 I had really bad Bronchitis and couldn't have smoked if I wanted to, the bronchitis lasted a week. I had been thinking about quitting so this gave me the opportunity, I made it my resolution. It was really hard, but being sick really helped. It gave me that 7-10 period that most people struggle with. I stuck with it and had some serious urges, but I was able to battle through them. 3 full years later (and 25 lbs of added weight) I really do feel much better. I would lend my support to those trying, stick with it! If I can do it, anyone can.


Good Luck!

going strong. Can't sleep and nightmares from the wellbutrin. I been thru worse
The cravings aren't bad.

Good luck guys. We're all pulling for ya!

I'm giving it a shot as well. I did ok, stopped for over a year and a half, but went back a year ago. I'm tired of it.
But what I'm doing as well, at the same time, is watching my food intake, and I'm exercising as well.
A day at a time. I'm just sick of 'em, again.:eek:

Day 7... Thats 1 week.
Haven't touched them. Haven't slept the past two nights either but I haven't smoked. Thats the important part.
hope the rest of you are still at it. :musc:

Congrats Mike ,, keep your chin up .. keep swinging .

I crumbled...keep up the great work FF....

Hey thats allright tomorrow is another day.
Progress, Not perfection..

Keep it going guys..You can do it

Slingah - jump back in the game

I'm over a month now...

What JohnR said.

Seriously bro if I did it,you can.You can get off the butts too Slingah.

Ask your doc about Wellbutrin.Don't let them push Zyban or Chantix on you.Its all the same.I'm telling you the gods honest truth,Wellbutrin works and the generic will cost you next to nothing.$14 and I've been free for over six years.

Eddie commands it dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jump back on the horse .. You got all winter .. You want to be in great shape come spring ..

yeah I tried the buproban and the bupropion with the same effect. Failure.
This time I have wellbutrin. I don't know if it's my frame of mind or what but its quite easy this time. I am not thinking about them all day long. I reach for my butts all the time but I just chuckle.
I can't sleep for sh*t. two hours at a time tops. up all night watchin the clock.
It's been a long relationship.. I'll be glad to see it go!

Yup.Sleep is all efd up....crazy dreams, lots of them, and I remember them too...just not the kind of dreams I would choose if I had a menu.....

yes very graphic nightmares here too. cold sweats and all.
I look at it as detox

Hi Mike - I quit many years ago. I had a three pak habit and know what you are going through. Keep up the battle, It is well worth it. Sleepless nights will pass. Son Jeff was told his heart attack was directly related to the smokes.

Still going. I had a stress filled day, Thursday. But did not succumb, :).

Good going Guys ,keep it up. It's tough but well worth it. I did it cold turkey a bunch of yrs back after smoking since I was a teen.

Another day, fella's. Strong strong!:wavey:

Thats right Day 10 for me.
I do think about picking up again. I'll just smoke 1 a day. Yeah thats it I'll be one of those people who only smoke on the weekends. Or i'll only smoke when I fish. Yeah thats what I'll do :smash:
The mind is a terrible thing

I also set up my bank account to automaticly withdraw 30 bucks a week into a savings acount. thats only about 1/2 of what I smoked, but this way I can at least see some kind of gain for my effort. Plus it's sort of another way to be held acountable as I do not have the money available to smoke any more.

Tell me about it! I quit drinking 11 1/2 years ago, and I think it was easier than this.:D
I know, strength is gained, when the temptation is overcome.
And strength in numbers, and accountability to another helps as well.:btu:

I saw this thread and want to wish everyone good luck with their quest.
Take it 1 day at a time, excersize, drink lots of water, read, whatever. I smoked over 15 years, both cigs and weed. It's been something >10 years since I quit both. I've got asthama to show for all that.

Just think of the money you can save for fishing!
You'll know you're on your way when you forget the exact amount of time you've quit.

Clock watchers ,,,, turn your clock away, so you can't see it if you open your eyes.. worked for me .. I use to do the countdown until the alarm went off ..

I got rid of the old lighters. I don't believe in "yets".
No options for me, this time.:btu:
Stay strong fella's.

Just checking in. How's everyone holding up?
Another day, smoke free. :kewl:

same here day 12.
I think about them constantly it's amazing how your mind wonders. I reach for them thank god they are not there or I would have lit up allready..

Smart move, dump all the ashtrays and lighters, too. Everything that has to do with butts. 12 Days:jump:, keep it up.

Slingah!! , get back to it! Nothings easy that's worthwhile! Free yourself from the little tyrants.

Just a word of support.As an X i know Keep it up you CAN do it.Slingah,it's ok get back on the horse :lama:[lama]and move on Don't Look Back.Look Ahead,that's what's in front of you.

When I quit, they said (heart lung ass.) after 5 days you were not physicly addicted any more .. To me the mental was the nut to crack .. I remember, I'd be pissed at myself for starting again . Then I'd wake up and realize it was a dream . The tobbacco industry wants you on the hook . I remember I used to get this deep cough from the bottom of my lungs and this brown lungy would come up . The back of my teeth would get brown crap on them that only the dentist could get off .. Looking back it was pretty disgusting ,, and I was young and in my prime ... wasted . If some of this applys to you ,, It will all go away .. just hang in there .. Matt ?