Managed to quit smoking?

[faroukfarouk]

By the grace of God, I haven't smoked a cigarette in 2 or 3 year years ago. (I can't remember if it was 2012 or 2011.)

Do you still kind of like the smell, maybe?

Blessings.

 

[faroukfarouk]

So, any more quitting experiences?

 

[JesseClemmons95]

I've smoked since I was 13, I'm up to a pack a day. I want to try to quit cold turkey

 

[faroukfarouk]

I've smoked since I was 13, I'm up to a pack a day. I want to try to quit cold turkey

I hope you're successful.

Does your mom smoke, also? She probably knows you do, anyway.

 

[JesseClemmons95]

Just me and my brother smoke. Shes known since I was 14

 

[JesseClemmons95]

Did you fail several times before quitting for good?

 

[faroukfarouk]

Did you fail several times before quitting for good?

When I really wanted to quit, I quit.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Just me and my brother smoke. Shes known since I was 14

So is he older than you or younger?

I'm sure your mom would have known about your brother doing it as well.

 

[JesseClemmons95]

We're twins haha. My mom figured out when we accidentally left a pack on the kitchen counter one night

 

[faroukfarouk]

We're twins haha. My mom figured out when we accidentally left a pack on the kitchen counter one night

Was she annoyed at first, maybe?

 

[JesseClemmons95]

She was very mad

 

[faroukfarouk]

She was very mad

Has she kind of calmed down now?

 

[JesseClemmons95]

yeah, but she still don't like it.

 

[JesseClemmons95]

What age did you start smoking?

 

[faroukfarouk]

yeah, but she still don't like it.

She must have gotten used to it. Maybe she never smoked herself, though; often if moms have not, they don't understand as much, in some ways.

(Good if you can quit, though.)

 

[faroukfarouk]

What age did you start smoking?

Older than you are now; but I quit years ago.

 

[faroukfarouk]

yeah...

So does your aunt in Florida smoke, or understand your smoking?

Many women who aren't smokers expect guests not to smoke in the house; and I can understand this to some extent, I guess.

 

[TashMeyer76]

Never struggled, when I did smoke I could stop at random. It never ruled me, I haven't touched a cigarette for many many years.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Never struggled, when I did smoke I could stop at random. It never ruled me, I haven't touched a cigarette for many many years.

Ms. Tash: Sounds like even as a smoking woman you remained master - mistress - of yourself, and weren't dominated by it.

Blessings.

 

[resurrection33]

Okay so I managed to quit smoking, some while ago now. Cold turkey worked.

How have others managed to do it? (assuming you have).

Blessings.

I smoked non-filter cigarettes heavily for ten years. Maybe that is the reason I have the health problems I do today. Then I switched over to filter cigarettes. Then I tried cutting back. Cutting back isn't easy to do. You're always craving more nicotine. Finally I did it cold turkey. I let myself smoke for the rest of the day, and that was the end. Didn't even enjoy those last few. I had a weekend relapse several months later, but on Monday, I had quit again, never to start back up. That was in 1986. I have no desire for them now.

One of the major psychological problems I had with quitting cigarettes was the fear I wouldn't be able to find find another way to pass time, once I quit. It turned out to be a non-issue.