I'm a smoker for 40 years and really need to quit for health reasons. I sure could use a friend for support and help. My quit date is March 4th and am getting excited but nervous. If anyone can give me some insight and advice I sure will appricate it. Have a good day everone.
Mike.. we are here for you!! I had a 225 day quit.. then smoked one cigarete in early january..... totally admonished myself.... and now back on track with a 55 day quit!
I'm here for you. :)
Welcome Mike, I smoked for 40+ also. This is my first intentional quit. I quit once for about six months when I got really sick. With the help of this site, I believe this is my final quit! Read everything suggested and follow the quit plan steps that the site lays out for you. Knowledge is power and you can beat this thing! Come to the blogs often and you will get lots of support.
Welcome!
I also smoked for 40+ years and, with the help of the Allen Carr book and all the wonderful tips and support here on this site, I quit on 7/4/12 and am still going strong!
There is also a recommended reading on quitsmokingonline.com, Read all that you can....the better informed you are, the better plan you can make for yourself. After the readings, you will need to decide which aid you will use, if any, and then make your plan, including what crave busters you will use to distract yourself when the inevitable crave hits you in the early days of your quit. I used hard candy, computer games, reading the blogs and responses here and Allen Carr. I have recently read people who do the multiplication tables in their head, or try to recite the alphabet backwards. The more craves you successfully navigate, the less frequent and intense they will become.
Stay close to us here. Ask of advice and support when you need it.
Nancy
Quit 7/4/12
Welcome Mike - congrats on choosing to stop. You'll gain so much and lose nothing.
Learning all I could about nicotine addiction was helpful for me so I knew what to expect and what to do about it. Also, my anxiety over my quit date was way worse than the day itself. Wasted a lot of energy getting myself worked up over the quit date. Think of it as your birthday, and you're giving yourself the best present ever.
Hi Mike WELCOME. I smoked for over 30 years after I ended 4 COLD TURKEY AND THE GRACE OF GOD QUIT. It's never too late. The way I look at someday,somewhere gonna stop- This is the best place today.
Hi Mike...The best advice I can offer you is to not give up on yourself during your quit. I had such a horrible time in the beginning and I kept telling myself I can't do it but with determination I am 7 months quit. Also....do not put yourself in tempting situations. I love to play bingo..but it's at a casino--filled with smoke. I stayed away for about 4 months...now I can go without the feeling of temptation.
Good Luck!!
Mike......I smoked 40+ years too......joined this site in September ........been smoke free for 6 months now......never thought it would be possible, but look at me now! I'm happy as can be......You can do it, too! Just stick close to this site......do the reccommended readings.........BUT......you gotta really WANT to quit. Good luck to you.
HEY MIKE.....U CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE......EVERYONE IS SO NICE AND WANT TO HELP.......THIS EX-COMMUNITY IS UR BEST CHANCE......TAKE THE ADVICE.....IT IS OVERPOWERING.........175,000,000 HAVE QUIT SINCE EARLY 80'S......WELL OK I WAS WRONG 175,000,001......had to add one because of u making the best choice of ur life for ur life.....u get only one body.........jim ohio
Hello Mike and welcome to EX!
The MOST important thing you can do is educate yourself about the addiction by reading, reading and more reading! PREPARE to quit by following the steps on the EX homepage (a couple days is ok!) and stay around here to learn about how to get through the first week or so...A quit PLAN as it were...so glad you are here! xo
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/LinksAAddiction.html
Helpful in your first few days:
http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_03_21_blood_sugar.html
It is ALWAYS a choice and that choice is ALWAYS yours!!!! xo
Hi Mike! Why be scared? You're not going into a pit of fire! You're doing something WONDERFUL! I agree with everyone here - please read the Allan Carr book. It's not a real long book - only 111 short pages and I truly believe they will change your life.Whyquit.com is also tremendous.
Remember we have all been where you are and we all still struggle which is why we are here.
GO MIKE GO!
Hi Mike, Welcome to the site. You received very good advice from all above. Read as much as you can on nicotine addiction, come here blog, take lots of deep breaths, drink plenty of water and laugh at everything. Always protect your quit, like it was a newborn baby, it is that important.
you can do it Mike - - read as much as you can, find supports, and think positive! We ar doing this together and you can succeed! Good Luck - I know you can I know you can :)
Welcome Mike congrats on your quit , we are here for you, great advice here on the site, i am a 45 year smoker, you can suceed , i am on 58 dats now, this is not my first quit but my last.
Mike - Well, it appears you have already met some of the other "40 years" (and more) smokers here! I am also one of those "old timers"! But, I came here, did the reading above (mainly the Carr book and http://quitsmokingonline.com/) and I quit! That was almost 1000 days ago (will be three years in June!!). So, as you can see, you can do this! That is the main reason I was able to do it - I came here and saw others, like me - people who had smoked all of their adult life - and they had done what I thought was impossible! They had quit! Wow! So, I knew I could too! Best thing I have ever done! Stay!! Read!!
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Hi Mike, welcome to our site.
You need to educate yourself on nicotine addiction.
Stay close to the site, ask questions and blog here. Read the blogs from others also. It is all helpfu. There will be so much support for you here if you stay. All the members here at EX are so helpful and supportive!
My first suggestion would be to read Allen Carr--The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. It's a quick easy read. It was so instrumental to my quit! Really, do yourself a favor and READ it!! Just click on the link I provide and start your smoke free journey
Best wishes,
Kim
http://media.wix.com/ugd/74fa87_2010cc5496521431188f905b7234a829.pdf