DadOf6 - Every time you get the urge to pick up a cigarette, think about your kids. You want to be around to see all of them go to prom, graduate from high school, college, get married, whatever, don't you? Remember every cigarette you smoke takes something like an hour off your life. And you definitely don't want to have your kids think it's OK to smoke because you do. I worshipped the ground my dad walked on and I started smoking because he smoked even though he tried everything he could think of to keep me from it. In the end I took care of him while he died of lung cancer. Do you want one of your kids to have to do that? Believe me, its something you never get over. I'm quitting for the third time with the help of Chantix. (Luckily, I don't have any problems with it.) If you are going cold turkey, you have my greatest admiration. My father and my husband both quit that way and stayed quit. Men seem to be stronger doing it that way. I've tried dozens of times cold turkey and never made it. Kris is right too, look at it as only one craving at a time, get through that one, keep busy...we can all do it!!! Another thing I do is pay myself for every cigarette I don't smoke. Here in San Antonio, my brand runs about $4.00 a pack, so every time I don't have that cigarette I want I put $0.20 in a change jar. You'd be surprised how fast that mounts up to some pretty big bucks, specially if you're a heavy smoker like I am (two packs a day). When I quit (on Mon. 5/26/08) I automatically put $8.00 a day in the jar. By the end of a month of not smoking I have $240 to spend on whatever I want. Best of luck. Carol
