Topic : Trying to Quit Smoking?

1. Get a prescription of Wellbrutrin or Zyban; this takes the edge off of quitting, you have to be on it 1 to 2 weeks before you actually give them up.  

2. Pick a QUIT date.  

3. Get one of these; nicotine gum, inhaler or patch, to get you through the day, I personally used the inhaler.  

4. Post often on the message board of how you are coming along.  

5. Find something to keep hands busy.  

6. Get yourself a meter, www.silkquit.org. , it is an incentive to keep going, once your meter is going on how long you have quit.   

7. Read some of the old postings on this board, to see what worked for others, also the "archives".  

Nicotine is one drug that will tell you  "just one more time", and if you do, you are  hooked again.  

I really believe everyone that has smoked, has tried many times to put them down, hopefully this will be the right time for you !!!!!  

I, myself smoked 34 years, a pack a day. I am also a Lung Cancer survivor, minus a left lung now.  

Linda 

Nine months, one week, three days, 11 hours, 27 minutes and 37 seconds. 6851 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,294.92. Life saved: 3 weeks, 2 days, 18 hours, 55 minutes.
 

Day 2 is harder then day one was I don't know why but that is all I keep thinking about is cigs.Good thing I am to lazy to take the kids out to go get a pack. I thought about it and told my oldest that we were going for a ride to get smokes and she said "no" so that was that. Bed time soon so I think I can say I made it another day.                                                                                                                            

One day, 21 hours, 19 minutes and 24 seconds. 18 cigarettes not smoked, saving $4.33. Life saved: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
 

 I hope this gets easier. 

Well what to do???????  I did it I smoked a cig after almost 4 days. I didn't get to post last night. I spent 3 hours in the ER with my 3 year old to find out she has pneumonia. So I didn't get alot of sleep last night had to work this AM and had an awful day there and then I come home to my sick kids. I had it I needed a break. I didn't buy a pack I just had one . Do I need to reset my meter?  I am so disappointed in myself .Any advice is greatly appreciated. I will thank all in advance.  

I am so sorry that you had a bad day, to say the least. I hope that your daughter gets to feeling better. I will say a prayer for her tonight. 

First of all, you can't beat yourself up for it. If it were me going through what you described your last few days to be, I would have given in too. It takes a long time to break a habit, especially one that helps us cope with stressful situations. I have quit 3 times in the past, only to come back to square one when life gets to be too hard. I know when I started smoking again last year after not smoking for 10 months, I was going through a rough time dealing with things in my family and I just wanted ONE. Before I knew it, I was back up to a pack a day. So, now I know that if I am gonna stay smoke-free, I can't have even one because that is all it takes to slip back into old patterns. As far as resetting the meter, I think that is a personal choice. If it were me, I would. But at the same time, you also have to give yourself credit for making it through 4 days. That is quite an acheivement!!! Keep us all posted on your progress.