The "I quit" thread

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Oncefallen

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I noticed in a couple of other threads scattered around CC that we have a couple of people who are trying to quit smoking. Those who haven't smoked for an extended time (more than a few years) probably have no idea just how difficult it is to quit a habit that your whole day revolves around.

So here is my challenge to all the smokers of CC to drop the cancer sticks like a bad habit. I currently am on the patch and am almost smoke free. The pack I bought last week still has a couple left and when it's gone, I'm done.

This is at least my fourth, and hopefully my last, attempt at quitting in the past decade and a half.
 
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Awesome thread idea :D

My husband and I quit smoking a year and a half ago...and started vaping. I didn't do great with it at first, using like the little e-cigarettes...but we got into it more and found a bunch of stuff I won't bore you all with the details of, and I was finally able to stop smoking cigarettes completely. Quitting vaping is the next goal.

It would have been best to quit smoking without this sort of weaning myself off the nicotine, probably- I went this route because I didn't even WANT to quit smoking, though. But! This option leaves out the tar and other nasty chemicals in cigarettes, and I could breathe better after just a few weeks. If this is what gets me-and so many other smokers- off cigarettes, then I'm for it. We tried to quit smoking 4-5 times before switching to vaping, and it never lasted more than a couple weeks for me.

Anyway, whatever method you use to quit, it's so very worth it.
 
Demi777

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You can do it!! I smoked 2 years and stopped sience November last year. :D
 
Born_Again

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I quit smoking last year! I vape when needed but there are days i forget I even have it. LOL Aside from the obvious health benefits, think of the money too!! Take the money you would have spent of cigarettes and put it toward the tithe. :) Turn that bad habit into something that furthers the message of Christ!! Or put it in a cookie jar and take that vacation you always wanted... At the cost of ciggs these days, it shouldn't be long before you can afford a really nice vacation!!

God Bless!!!!

BA
 
Demi777

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Born_Again said:
I quit smoking last year! I vape when needed but there are days i forget I even have it. LOL Aside from the obvious health benefits, think of the money too!! Take the money you would have spent of cigarettes and put it toward the tithe. :) Turn that bad habit into something that furthers the message of Christ!! Or put it in a cookie jar and take that vacation you always wanted... At the cost of ciggs these days, it shouldn't be long before you can afford a really nice vacation!!

God Bless!!!!

BA
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yeah you can use the money to get more coffee :D
 
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Cool, Once! More power too you.

 
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Breanna

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Hi there Demi777 and every one , well i smoked for 31 years and tryed to quit about 23 times , tryed to give it to the Lord but all ways went back to them , i would pray but the next morning i would buy another pack . After smoking for soooooooooooooooooooooo many years i find it so hard. I dont work but ever time i get money i will all ways buy another pack . But the question is , is it a sin and wrong to even smoke ???? P. s Demi777 i would like to be your friend in Christ .:eek:
 
Dino246

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Kudos to all who have ever tried to quit, even if they failed. I was blessed to dislike smoking when I tried it, so I never started. To those who choose to try again to quit, may the Lord bless you with success, and with freedom from self-flagellation. :)
 
Demi777

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Breanna said:
Hi there Demi777 and every one , well i smoked for 31 years and tryed to quit about 23 times , tryed to give it to the Lord but all ways went back to them , i would pray but the next morning i would buy another pack . After smoking for soooooooooooooooooooooo many years i find it so hard. I dont work but ever time i get money i will all ways buy another pack . But the question is , is it a sin and wrong to even smoke ???? P. s Demi777 i would like to be your friend in Christ .:eek:
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Thanks. Yes it is a sin to smoke and all that because our body is the temple of the holy spirit and we are supoosed to keep it clean. And we give the devil a stronghold to sit on through addiction.
so yes its wrong because of those 2 answers.
 
Lynx

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Breanna said:
Hi there Demi777 and every one , well i smoked for 31 years and tryed to quit about 23 times , tryed to give it to the Lord but all ways went back to them , i would pray but the next morning i would buy another pack . After smoking for soooooooooooooooooooooo many years i find it so hard. I dont work but ever time i get money i will all ways buy another pack . But the question is , is it a sin and wrong to even smoke ???? P. s Demi777 i would like to be your friend in Christ .:eek:
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Is it a sin and wrong? Well... first, something doesn't have to be a sin to be wrong. I could cut my foot off - that's not a sin. But it sure is wrong, I need that foot!

I Corinthians 6:12 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

In other words, I have the freedom to choose to do whatever I wish, but not everything I might choose is good to do. I have the freedom to do what I wish, but I will not subject myself to something that would control me.
 
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I quit several years ago so I'll tell you the most insidious thing about it (at least for me). The first 2 to 3 weeks or even 2 to 3 months are hard, not going to kid you about that. Urges hit all the time so use the vape or the patches or the lozenge or whatever it takes. All those are better than smoking. Eat candy. Just do whatever to beat the big guy first.

But here's the insidious thing. Even about a year after you've kicked the initial habit there's still these urges that hit and hit pretty hard, but in a much different way. You find yourself in some condition (for me it was fishing or getting off work) where you ALWAYS had a cigarette, and WAY after you've quit you still get these strong "longing" urges. Even two years later. To this day, though it's very rare, I can think "Man, I would really like a cigarette right now". Even to this day and I quit 15 or so years ago. Isn't that crazy? What got me through was that I always told myself if I smoked a cigarette I'd have to go through all that again. That was always enough of an argument for me.

So I'm writing this just so you're warned or at least advised. The thing doesn't leave you alone. And it won't. It's something you have to fight for some time and don't be surprised when it jumps you from that dark little alleyway when you least expect it. Find the thing that beats it, whatever it might be for you. It's that important.
 
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Good morning Demi777 your welcome , thank you for your answer i will try to quit and leave it with the Lord and hope i can make it , but remember i am WEEK VERY week and i am not strong as i have been living a very sin full life , i:e , as not with sex or anything really bad but just with the way i use to speak with words , anger , jealousness , and so on , i have back slid for many years and some how he called me back don't know why .

God bless you as well

~~*~~ Brian ~~*~~
 
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Breanna

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Hay overthechill , that is what i am afraid of i know it would be hard the want or need for a smoke would be very strong and just from smoking for 30 + years it will be very hard , my sister inlaw is a r.n. and she told me one time that when you quit that is when things start happening to you . Her dad smoked longer then i did he quit and a few months latter he got cancer and died so she and her brother told me it would be better to keep on smoking for that reason .
 
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Breanna said:
Hay overthechill , that is what i am afraid of i know it would be hard the want or need for a smoke would be very strong and just from smoking for 30 + years it will be very hard , my sister inlaw is a r.n. and she told me one time that when you quit that is when things start happening to you . Her dad smoked longer then i did he quit and a few months latter he got cancer and died so she and her brother told me it would be better to keep on smoking for that reason .
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Cancer takes a long time to manifest itself. Certainly longer than a few months. I'm not sure where your SIL got her information and maybe it was because of this bad experience with her dad but even at 60 or older you can prolong your life AND quality of life which is equally important by quitting. Think about what you're saying here. You're going to continue to smoke to keep from getting sick? That makes zero sense. The benefits of quitting far outweigh any (if there are any) risks.

One other thing I didn't mention about quitting, which I should, was the fact that I really never had very strong urges. There were urges to smoke but I never felt they were particularly strong or uncontrollable. I did go the patch route and I sometimes supplemented the patch with the nicotine gum. Later I gave up the patch for some lozenges and eventually quit those. The urges just weren't all that.
 
Pipp

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Please pray for my dad... he's trying to quit as of 2 days ago... it's very very difficult for him.
 
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Breanna

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Hello there Pipp i will keep him in my prayers .
 
hoss2576

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overthechill said:
I did go the patch route and I sometimes supplemented the patch with the nicotine gum. Later I gave up the patch for some lozenges and eventually quit those. The urges just weren't all that.
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I want to caution anyone from ever supplementing the patch with anything additional. I am glad it worked out for you, but as a general rule, it is not advised. Depending on the strength of patch being used and how much a person was actually smoking before, if you supplement with something else you will actually RAISE the nicotine level that your body was use to.
 
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