Light em up!

[lonelyarmywife]

Spawned by Lilith's thread about smoking in your car, I'm curious to know - how many of you are smokers, or former smokers? what did you do ti kick the habit?

Me, it was easy. I started smoking when i was fourteen. When I hooked with my boyfriend (who later became Mr. LAW) he said he didn't like smokers, so I put them down. I'm glad I did. he was worth it! :jester:

[Fangtasia]

I was a smoker....

Kicking the habit ~ I woke up one morning and said to myself i aint paying that damn much for something that'll kill me *L*....just went cold turkey from then on

[WildIrish]

I swear I just had this conversation.

I gave up serious smoking when the price skyrocketed to 85 cents a pack. It was taking too much of a bite out of my allowance. ha ha

I've had a smoke now and again, but usually only at a stag or when out drinking with the guys. And even then, I pay the price voice-wise. Blech!

[GingerV]

Never did. Don't know why I never did, but I never did. Not one. Not even when I was a deeply stupid teenager.

Right now, I just mark it up as more evidence that I'm a lucky girl...seen friends and family quit (and fail to), looks like hell. I've got nothing but respect for those who manage it.

[Pita]

Yup, I have had the nasty habit for 23 years. But I am for sure stopping by next year. I have great incentive too. :D

[jseal]

lonelyarmywife,

I smoked for many years, many years ago. I quit when my fiancé said that she sometimes didn’t like how my kisses tasted. Quitting was quite difficult, but well worth it.

[Dubblz]

I've smoked for about 40 years now..It's a bad habit,but hey,it's mine.Seems like every time I think about quitting,someone will tell me I can't smoke.I dislike the better than thou's of the world,which usually turn out to be people that used to smoke themselves,so my "Left Wing" comes out,and I keep on smokin'.At my age,it matters little,anyways.I can still get my smokes on Indian Reservations for under 10 bucks a carton,so I'm still gonna puff,lol..
:shake:

[Loulabelle]

I smoked my first cigarette at age 23 for the sake of a play I was in...I was a two a day girl for the week of the play and haven't smoked since.

[Steph]

I am 31. I have smoked since I was 13. I haven't got into too much on the board but I've recently kicked more serious shit this year so the tar is the least of my worries. :D

[BigBear57]

Yep, yep. still smokin' here too. Promised my son I'd quit but so far I haven't been able to.

[Sugarsprinkles]

I guess you could call me a "social smoker". It's something I can do, or not do, depending on my mood. A pack of cigarettes can last me a month......or more. I can have one today and not have another for years.........doesn't phase me one way or the other. I enjoy it when I do it, but I can certainly live without it.

[osuche]

I smoked in high school - socially. I haven't done it in years....except for the occasional cigar on the golf course.

[rockintime]

Nope

[Syngoodgirl2]

I quit several years ago. Hugs are much more fun. :hug:

[lakritze]

I still smoke and never really considered quiting. Do you ladies realize just how sexy you look when you light up the occasional cigar? WOW! It could become a serious fetish of mine.

[dicksbro]

Quit 7 1/2 years ago Christmas Eve. Had my last cigarette that morning and none since ... after maybe 30-35 years of smoking. I'd had a bit of a scare a month or so before thinking maybe I'd had a heart attack. Ended up I hadn't, but decided then to try and quit. Asked our family doc and prescribed Wellbuton for me to take. Took two a day and continued to smoke (finishing up what I had left of a carton). Ran out on Christmas Eve. Continued taking one Wellbuton a day for a week or two after I quit ... then nothing. Never had withdrawals or anything else. Made it seem easy.

In fairness, I've talked to others that said they weren't that successful, and so, I feel rather lucky that for me ... it worked.

:)

[WildIrish]

We do too DB.

[Lilith]

I quit in 90 so that I could have a healthy baby. I've had relapses during times of extraordinary stress but it has only been a couple times, and usually to go with mass quantities of alcohol :p

[lonelyarmywife]

Do you ladies realize just how sexy you look when you light up the occasional cigar? WOW! It could become a serious fetish of mine.

See now, I think girls smoking cigars is hot too. Vanessa Williams had one on the red carpet at some awards show several years ago - it was smoking (hahaha, pun intended)

But cigars don't bother me as much as cigerettes. I kind of like the smell, even though i've never smoked one.

P.S. 200 posts, beeyotches! :jump: :line: :cheers:

[dicksbro]

P.S. 200 posts, beeyotches! :jump: :line: :cheers:

CONGRATULATIONS
LONELYARMYWIFE
ON YOUR 200 POSTS!

You've been a great addition to our Pixie family! :)

[bare4you]

Congrats LAW! :cake:

[lonelyarmywife]

aw, thanks! you like me, you really like me!! :love:

[rabbit]

I do enjoy the occasional cigar but that is all.

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[sama1005]

I never even tried cigarettes. Have had a few cigars but the last one was 8 years ago. Mrs. Sama doesn't like them and I didn't enjoy it enough to continue.

[BIGbad]

I smoke now and don't plan on stopping unless I am forced to by a lung removal or one of my little ones asks me to.

For all of you that have quit send your last packs to me so I can save some cash! LOL!

[fredchabotnick]

I do enjoy the occasional cigar but that is all.
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I'm the same way. Which is likely to be soon since a friend just brought me back some cubans. ummm...no...I mean...some perfectly legal cigars not at all from cuba. That he certainly didn't bring back from china with bootlegged dvds and a pair of nunchucks. How the hell he got through customs is anybody's guess.

[Cheyanne]

Cobalt and I are quitting. I have a feeling that it is going to be easier for him than me because I am so dependent on that quick calm I get when I first light up. I am worried because I really get bitchy and weepy - almost like I am going thru severe PMS when I quit. I have tried most everything as an aid to quiting - patches, inhalers, pills, gum - without luck. I have never tried cold turkey because mentally I feel so dependent on that nicotine and I am leary of the withdrawls. But, since the other stuff didn't really help me, I think that cold turkey is going to be what I have to do.

Any suggestions as to how to get over the "waves of destruction" that I know will happen? Should I warn my children? Is it good that Cobalt and I are going to quit at the same time?

All I know is that I am sick of being "chained" to the damn things, and they are way to expensive anymore...

[osuche]

((((Chey)))) and ((((Cobalt)))) ~~ I have no advise, just well wishes

[Lilith]

Chey, mayhaps replace the habit with something that is as close to as calming as the puff was. I became a gum chewer and use that in times of high stress.

[Cheyanne]

I know that a lot of people have used gum/hard candy as a backup. I have never really been a gum chewer but I think I will try that and ONLY pop a piece in my mouth when I feel the need to have a cig. It is worth a try! Thanks ((((( osuche ))))) and (((((Lil)))))

[lonelyarmywife]

Try using peppermint sticks. It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.

Also, my husband swears masterbation will cure anything - perhaps you should try that when you get a craving....


good luck!

[Cheyanne]

Try using peppermint sticks. It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.

Also, my husband swears masterbation will cure anything - perhaps you should try that when you get a craving....


good luck!


ROFLMAO.. ok - I will tell my co workers that I NEED to go out to the car for my break.. :D :x:

[wyndhy]

good luck chey and cobalt!!!!!!!

and i'd say that quitting together is better than alone. not only have you got the i-totally-know-how-you-feel support but it would be even harder to quit if someone you're around all the time was still smoking.

if you don't like the candy/gum idea try celery or carrot sticks.,

if you can't do it cold turkey, don't feel dicouraged. lots of people can't do it the first time but are succesful after a few tries. and lots need the nicotine gums and patches. take and use all the help you can get.

[Coaster]

It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.




LAW...... I have something else that you can use!!! LOL

I never cared for cigarettes.... smoked a pipe occasionally in college and 20's now a cigar 5-6 times a year.

I tend to be more addicted to :d:

[scotzoidman]

I've never had any luck quitting using any kind of a substitute, tho as an older friend once told me, "someday, you WILL quit smoking...whether you do it on your own is your call"...recently, tho, all 3 smokers in the house have cut back a great deal...see, we're trying to spruce up the house one room at a time, & after taking 3 coats of paint to cover the brown stained walls, the mrs declared that we would all have to take the smoking outside...this includes her as well, & with heat & humidity at sauna levels, we all wait a little longer until we absolutely HAVE to have a puff...