Time to get out of the closet,,,,who smokes?

[AppyLover2]

For those of you who are quitting.

I quit cold turkey for 2 days short of 10 months last summer. I quit coughing (which is saying a lot as I had a terrible smokers cough), on the same day I quit. But I did gain weight. Been back on them for 5 months now (at the same 2+ packs a day). I lost the weight, but at what price?

Best advice....once you go off them, don't under any circumstance take a drag off another one. After a while I could smoke just one (maybe when a smoker was visiting)and it not bother me a bit, so I thought "shoot, I've got this thing beat". WRONG WRONG WRONG

I'd join your quitting group but there's no way I could quit during the winter. Being stuck inside isn't a time that I think I could be successful. Spring or summer (when I can stay busy outside) seems to be a better choice for me.

There's a really good support program on the internet called Never Take Another Puff. Might be worth your time to check it out. Hang in there. You can do it!

 

[supaspot]

if you want incentive read this ...........I went to my mothers funeral today ...shes died of COPD ( emphysema caused by a lifetime of smoking) and congestive heart failure , she was only diagnosed last october and now shes dead

patrick (my OH) smoked for 40 years and I smoked for 28 years , we thought we couldnt do it but we have been stopped 2 years now !

the phyical withdrawls are gone in three weeks or so , the psychological do take a good deal longer , but you can do it

good luck !