Any tips on quitting smoking?

Outriderdark · 02-07-2006, 11:57 PM

I'm having a heck of a time quitting.

Shaun · 02-07-2006, 11:59 PM

8 days in the hospital Morgan quit cold turkey after the quad bypass because of the eight days.

Troy · 02-08-2006, 12:12 AM

almost five weeks in the hospital did it for me.

Outriderdark · 02-08-2006, 12:13 AM

Sounds like I'm gonna need to take a fall or eat more bacon to quit smoking.

7mmag6 · 02-08-2006, 12:25 AM

I quit smoking after 20 years 10 years ago, it isnt easy,I quit drinking, I quit chew, I quit having sex, im no fun at all

FutureMarine · 02-08-2006, 12:32 AM

okay 7mm.......thanks for that.......

Maybe the gum or patch or both? Heck if i know all i have ever had was a Cuban Cigar. Kind of harsh i liked dominican more.

7mmag6 · 02-08-2006, 01:26 AM

sorry I can get annoying, I talk tough sometimes from my past, but Im actually a very nice guy

WetKnife · 02-08-2006, 01:35 AM

Cold turkey for me 2+ years the first time and I am now smoke free for nearly 2 years. No desire to go back and I believe after 20 years I am starting to show signs of Chronic Bronchitis.

7mmag6 · 02-08-2006, 01:39 AM

yep wet knife same here after I quit I developed severe asthma

7mmag6 · 02-08-2006, 01:47 AM

when I was smoking it never seemed to bother me and after I quit, its prednisone and alupent inhalers. The doc told me this is common that smoking causes things that dont show up untill after you quit

Johnny_Revolver · 02-08-2006, 05:28 AM

The gum helps, replaces one habit with another, you`ll bite the inside of you mouth alot, and your tongue which is really annoying. But seriously the key is determination. You gotta tell yourself, `you can want one all you like, but you aint getting one!` Don`t say `Well, I`ll see how I go ` say: `Thats it!, no more!! Stick it out man, in 2 weeks you`ll feel better, 3 or 4 and you can `taste ` things you couldnt before. I smoked 40 - 50 a day, I liked them alot, but I like my kids more.. Also you can`t comprehend what the things cost here, its like 12 bucks or more for 25 Marlboro, I was spending quite a few grand a year to feel like crap. You can do it! If only to prove all the nay sayers wrong!

WetKnife · 02-08-2006, 05:33 AM

Did anyone notice that a pack of smokes costs the same as 20 Wolf 7.62 x 39rounds. Everytime I go to my range I know with every trigger pull I traded once vice for another.

burd1959 · 02-08-2006, 08:28 AM

im quiting doc put me on welbuterin helped a bunch

Father Time · 02-08-2006, 08:32 AM

I've quit literally hundreds of thousands of times. Sometimes for as long as 20 or 25 minutes. I never get colds or flu, but I know that I'll pay someday. I hope the years that I am giving up are the ones where they feed me applesauce with a spoon, and I have to look at my drivers license to remember who I am.

Rave · 02-08-2006, 09:05 AM

I quit cold turkey 29 years ago,the roof of my mouth started getting sore.
You have to be motivated at the time you try,then it isn't too bad.

Otter · 02-08-2006, 09:45 AM

I quit somking when I was 23 years old, and I did some other changes at the same time. It was a whole diferent change of taste. I started drinking coffee black without sugar, stopped useing salt, mustard is about the only condiment that I use. I woke up one morning coughing up a lung and decided to quit, and I went one day at a time, for the first couple of days it was one hour at a time, after a couple of weeks I stopped dreaming about cigarettes, and I had it beat. Good luck. If we can help let us know.

"Life is too important to be taken seriously."

Beer Forever · 02-08-2006, 10:24 AM

I've been puffing for 5 years and everytime it gets harder to cut down. I am down to about five a day. I was quit for 6 months but one night at the bar squashed that. Besides, nobody likes a quiter. Everybody is different and everybodies chemical balance is effected differently, so try all the tips and see what works for you. Cold turkey is the only real way to quit.

trapfreek · 02-08-2006, 11:43 AM

I had been wanting to quit and I pulled the string and wrapper of a pack of cigerettes and for some reason decided to twist the whole pack and tear them in two and threw them in the waist basket. I don't want to sound corny or religeous but at that moment I was delivered and never had the desire to smoke again. My wife on the other hand, chewed the gum and it took her about three months to get over the craving. I think it is harder for women to quit.

NRAJOE · 02-08-2006, 02:32 PM

Dip your cigarette butt in dog doo...that should help you quit...

Stopper · 02-08-2006, 02:55 PM

find ya a girl with big hooters - everytime you think about lighting up, give them hooters a look see and you'll forget all about that cigerette in a hurry!!!!
Worked for me, haven't had a smoke nor a chew since I layed me eyes on them thar hooters!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES SIR-EEEEEEEEBOB!

02-07-2006, 11:57 PM	#1
Outriderdark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,125	Any tips on quitting smoking? I'm having a heck of a time quitting. __________________ "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows?"-Archie Bunker

02-07-2006, 11:59 PM	#2
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,619 Images: 1	8 days in the hospital Morgan quit cold turkey after the quad bypass because of the eight days. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

02-08-2006, 12:13 AM	#4
Outriderdark Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,125	Sounds like I'm gonna need to take a fall or eat more bacon to quit smoking. __________________ "Would it make you feel better, little girl, if they was thrown outta windows?"-Archie Bunker

02-08-2006, 01:26 AM	#7
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	sorry I can get annoying, I talk tough sometimes from my past, but Im actually a very nice guy Last edited by 7mmag6; 02-08-2006 at 01:30 AM.

02-08-2006, 09:05 AM	#15
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 7,053	I quit cold turkey 29 years ago,the roof of my mouth started getting sore. You have to be motivated at the time you try,then it isn't too bad. __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

02-08-2006, 12:12 AM	#3
Troy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manitoba Canada Posts: 2,505 Images: 3	almost five weeks in the hospital did it for me.

02-08-2006, 12:25 AM	#5
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	I quit smoking after 20 years 10 years ago, it isnt easy,I quit drinking, I quit chew, I quit having sex, im no fun at all

02-08-2006, 12:32 AM	#6
FutureMarine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PRK Posts: 1,952	okay 7mm.......thanks for that....... Maybe the gum or patch or both? Heck if i know all i have ever had was a Cuban Cigar. Kind of harsh i liked dominican more.

02-08-2006, 01:35 AM	#8
WetKnife Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 239	Cold turkey for me 2+ years the first time and I am now smoke free for nearly 2 years. No desire to go back and I believe after 20 years I am starting to show signs of Chronic Bronchitis.

02-08-2006, 01:39 AM	#9
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	yep wet knife same here after I quit I developed severe asthma

02-08-2006, 01:47 AM	#10
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	when I was smoking it never seemed to bother me and after I quit, its prednisone and alupent inhalers. The doc told me this is common that smoking causes things that dont show up untill after you quit

02-08-2006, 05:28 AM	#11
Johnny_Revolver Gun Liker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,222 Blog Entries: 6	The gum helps, replaces one habit with another, you`ll bite the inside of you mouth alot, and your tongue which is really annoying. But seriously the key is determination. You gotta tell yourself, `you can want one all you like, but you aint getting one!` Don`t say `Well, I`ll see how I go ` say: `Thats it!, no more!! Stick it out man, in 2 weeks you`ll feel better, 3 or 4 and you can `taste ` things you couldnt before. I smoked 40 - 50 a day, I liked them alot, but I like my kids more.. Also you can`t comprehend what the things cost here, its like 12 bucks or more for 25 Marlboro, I was spending quite a few grand a year to feel like crap. You can do it! If only to prove all the nay sayers wrong!

02-08-2006, 05:33 AM	#12
WetKnife Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 239	Did anyone notice that a pack of smokes costs the same as 20 Wolf 7.62 x 39rounds. Everytime I go to my range I know with every trigger pull I traded once vice for another.

02-08-2006, 08:28 AM	#13
burd1959 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: burton michigan Posts: 608	im quiting doc put me on welbuterin helped a bunch

02-08-2006, 08:32 AM	#14
Father Time Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 375 Images: 2	I've quit literally hundreds of thousands of times. Sometimes for as long as 20 or 25 minutes. I never get colds or flu, but I know that I'll pay someday. I hope the years that I am giving up are the ones where they feed me applesauce with a spoon, and I have to look at my drivers license to remember who I am.

02-08-2006, 09:45 AM	#16
Otter Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 980 Images: 6	I quit somking when I was 23 years old, and I did some other changes at the same time. It was a whole diferent change of taste. I started drinking coffee black without sugar, stopped useing salt, mustard is about the only condiment that I use. I woke up one morning coughing up a lung and decided to quit, and I went one day at a time, for the first couple of days it was one hour at a time, after a couple of weeks I stopped dreaming about cigarettes, and I had it beat. Good luck. If we can help let us know. "Life is too important to be taken seriously." __________________ Life is too important to be taken seriously.

02-08-2006, 10:24 AM	#17
Beer Forever Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,718	I've been puffing for 5 years and everytime it gets harder to cut down. I am down to about five a day. I was quit for 6 months but one night at the bar squashed that. Besides, nobody likes a quiter. Everybody is different and everybodies chemical balance is effected differently, so try all the tips and see what works for you. Cold turkey is the only real way to quit. __________________ Paramedic sks forever

02-08-2006, 11:43 AM	#18
trapfreek Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 491	I had been wanting to quit and I pulled the string and wrapper of a pack of cigerettes and for some reason decided to twist the whole pack and tear them in two and threw them in the waist basket. I don't want to sound corny or religeous but at that moment I was delivered and never had the desire to smoke again. My wife on the other hand, chewed the gum and it took her about three months to get over the craving. I think it is harder for women to quit. __________________ "Great minds talk about ideas, small minds talk about other people."

02-08-2006, 02:32 PM	#19
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Dip your cigarette butt in dog doo...that should help you quit...

02-08-2006, 02:55 PM	#20
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,212 Images: 1	find ya a girl with big hooters - everytime you think about lighting up, give them hooters a look see and you'll forget all about that cigerette in a hurry!!!! Worked for me, haven't had a smoke nor a chew since I layed me eyes on them thar hooters!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES SIR-EEEEEEEEBOB! __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"