Got a light?  | |  I started smoking when I was 22. Unfortunately, I have tried to quit, but it didn't get very far. In 1995 I quit for a year, because I was involved with a lady that was anti-tobacco. Started again, due to meeting someone else that smoked. In 2004, I tried with the patches. That only lasted 5 months. In 2007, it was with chantix. That lasted seven months. I am hoping the next time I try, I will be fully successful. If you are a smoker, how old were you when you started? If you quit, what did you use to get you there? Maybe you know something that I don't:)
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| | | | | | | | 1.  wisconsin26 (2006) | 6 months ago |  You did way better than me that's for sure... I tried to stop smoking in Jan. well that last 2 days.. No seriously! I used chantix but it so happened I was one that got all the side effects with it.. I was sick for weeks while on chantix.. The doctor who gave me it didn't want to rule out chantix was the main cause of me being sick.. Before i took it i was fine no headaches non sleepy anything.. anyway I ended up with awful headaches to where I'd sleep non stop, It was scary actually.. Than was sent to physical theo. I knew what it was and just stop talking them.. I think the real only way to quit is telling yourself I'm done don't buy any cigarettes and just try and stop thinking about them so much. It's not easy that much I do know.. This is something I need to do myself stop smoking!
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 geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | Thank you for your input. The first step into anything is to admit you are poweless. Thank goodness there are support groups in the time of need | |
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| | | | | 2. NonaSaile (721) | 6 months ago |  I started smoking when I was 18. It was an on-again-off-again thing with me at first, with the number of sticks ever increasing every time I went back to it. In the early years, I could stop at will. It became very difficult later on, until I had to admit that smoking was already an addiction with me - I chain smoked. During the past year, I have been trying to stop. Again. I never tried patches, or any commercial aid. What I've been doing is to keep increasing the time lapse between two smokes. My motivation: financial gain. Cigerettes are real money burners. I have been moderately successful - I still feel the need to smoke, but if I can't, it's no big deal anymore. And my consumption has really gone down.
I don't think I know any more than you, though.:) Happy mylotting!
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| geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | 18 seems to be the median age to start. I have known people to start when they are still in elementary school. It is sad, but it happens. Thanks for your comment:) | |
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| geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | Thanks for your insight. I marked this as best response, because you weren't afraid to tell it like it is. Good job | |
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 Meljep (1345) | 6 months ago | Awww - thanks! | |
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| | | | | 4. avinash_m (14) | 6 months ago |  I started smoking when I was 19..! Very young age, but I started smoking for certain reasons. I'm not a heavy smoker, as I can control my urges to smoke! Every time I feel the need for a cigarette, I try to think of something else I like, for example cooking or as I do, graphic design! Every time I feel that urge, I grab the laptop and do some graphics! It gets my mind away from thinking of smoking and keeps me away. Maybe you can try something similar! It works...
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| geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | Thanks for the comment Avinash. There comes a time in every smoker's life that tobacco will eventually be our downfall. Keeping ourselves immersed in activities, to keep our minds off the smoking, is better in the long run. Congratulations on having the will power to recognize it | |
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| | | | | 5. quitsmoking (4) | 6 months ago | I started smoking when I was 12, one of my friends convinced me to try it, then it became a sort of game, then it became just something I did. Tried to stop lots of times with willpower, patches and gum. Never tried chantix or zyban, didn't like the idea of taking a prescription drug and wasn't sure after researching them exactly how they could help. I finally quit 5 months ago without any substitute or drug or willpower. To me, and not everyone is the same, smoking was a mostly mental addiction. I could go all day from waking to finishing work without smoking then had to have one.
The best and only way to stop as far as I am concerned is an attitude change, seeing smoking for what it is and what it is doing to you as opposed to doing for you. Since stopping I have had no withdrawal and no desire to smoke again. There is a lot more I could write here but don't have room, check out my blog http://ihavequitsmoking.blogspot.com and my free report http://quitsmokingwithnick.com/10Things.pdf there are some adverts at the end of it but I hope you find the content interesting. | |
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| geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | Congratulations on your quit. They say the first six months are the hardest. I will definitely check out your links | |
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| geminikid (1071) | 6 months ago | I think the teen years are the "peer pressure years". The more you smoke, the more it becomes attractive. The euphoric feeling you get as you take a puff. I thought, because I started in my 20's, it would be easier to break free. Boy, was I wrong. Thanks for the comment Karen:) | |
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