give me reasons to quit smoking!!!!
I think I only got 2 hrs. of sleep last night!!! ugh! Thats ok though, I am trying to get back on a normal schedule. With the funk I am kinda still in, I was staying up all night and sleeping all day…no good!!! So hopefuly this will kick my butt back to the life of a normal person, lol!
I have not been doing good on my diet at all!!! Actualy pretty horrible=( I had a 2 pound gain this week. I am on day 5 of chantix now…omg I do not know how I am going to quit smoking in 3 days. I am so scared. I want this, I realy do but as gross as it is I LOVE SMOKING!!!! ugh! I said it! My main motivation to quit is money. I’m so broke but yet I justify spending $6+ a pack for something that will kill me. I know my life will be better not being a smoker, but I feel like it’s part of who I am. Smokes and food…my two bff’s!!! I know quitting will make exercise easier, and I will have more energy.
Buddys WHY am I doing this!?!?!?!? I know I don’t want to look older then I am, I don’t want to die from smoking, I hate smelling bad, I dont’ want to spend the money on it…..it’s really socially unacceptable to smoke these days…..That’s all I’ve got for now.
I am so scared, I don’t know if I’m trying to talk myself out of quitting or what, but it sucks! Why can’t a study come out and show they are good for you…..like vitamin packed cig hits the market! lol.
So buddies I need some motivation……if you’ve quit please tell me how your life is better now…..if you hate smoking bash it…….if you still smoke tell me what you don’t like about it.
Thanks=)
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Reason 1 - It stinks
Reason 2 - It’s expensive
Reason 3 - it kills you
Does this help? Sorry it’s not very soft’n’ fluffy - If you want to do it you will do it - but thats the key - yougottawanna
Sorry I won’t be that fluffy either…
I lost my mum when I was 13, and as harsh as it sounds, she loved to smoke, so much that she didn’t love me or the rest of the family enough to stop and she died at 50.
Then, at xmas 07, my dad died at 60, because of smoking he got emphysema (not sure how that is spelt) and (unrelated) he had to have a heart op and he was in a wheelchair after that, now he didn’t smoke for the last 6 years of his life, but the smoking he had done since he was young finished him off.
I have never smoked, not even tried it, I hate it - but it is your choice.
Sorry, it will be hard but think of your health and you want to live past 50/60 don’t you, for your children’s sake too? (if you have them)
I am getting married next year and my mum isn’t here to help me plan it, and my dad isn’t here to walk me down the aisle… I’ve got over the tears on that and I am getting married at the church that they are buried so they are still with me, but they’ll never see my children (when we have them)either….
It is hard, but I will offer you support as much as I can while you go through the journey.
Btw, my sister gave up (started again now annoyingly) however, she was on nicotine lozenges and said that they are really good - kept her away from cigarettes for 8 years. It really did work for her, shame she’s relapsed…
Anyway, good luck!! You can do it!!! Try to cut down first rather than “cold turkey”…
Allie xx
lol thanks shell! don’t need the fluff=)
Allie-I’m so sorry to hear @ your parents…I don’t have kids it’s just me. Thank you so much for your comment and the support.
I know I want this, I’m just scared!
Lung cancer.
That should do it right?
Hey,
Thank you - I didn’t mean to sound harsh!
You can do it, I know that it is scary, hey, why am I on here?! Because if I don’t do something about my weight now, I may not live as long as I should and there is so much to live for!
So, I am getting healthy (and hopefully slimmer) so I look and feel good and live to be an old lady )that annoys all the young yobos ;o)) and I can see my family grow and spend many many years with my lovely husband to be!
You can do it! Just try to cut down first - that is the only way I can think of doing it…
My friend took up knitting to do something with her hands lol.
That could be something good, my nan knits squares and sends them somewhere, where they are made into blankets and given to children in Romania - a good cause while you give up smoking! (saying that I can’t knit so I am one for saying about the good cause eh?!!)
Think of those walks and exercises you’ll be able to do without wheezing too!
And the lovely clothes you can buy with the slimmer you and more pennies in your purse ;o)
Go for it girlie!! xx
Hey… I’m glad you’re looking for encouragement and support to stop smoking. Smoking is not only a disgusting habit, but a highly addictive, destructive one at that. My Mom smoked when I was younger and I always hated the smell of them. I hated the sight of ash trays. They always disgusted me. Mom got skin cancer of her lips and then decided to give up. She also got colon cancer there last year… I figure, once the carcinogen is in your body, it will cause havoc with all your body parts, not just your lungs.
My Nanny (Mom’s mother) died of lung cancer 3 years ago. I remember how quickly her health deteriorated. I can remember all the “stuff” she kept coughing up and how hard it was for her to breath. At times it seemed like she was drowning in her own mucus. I can remember what her death did to my family… it tore them apart.
My Grandad (Mom’s Dad) has has throat cancer twice and gets skin cancer bouts at least once a year. He smokes like a trouper. A few weeks ago he got a pulmonary embolus (clot in his lungs) after surgery on his leg. What he coughed up was so disgusting and frightened him so much, he gave up cigarettes.
If an 83 year old man who’s been smoking since he was a teen can give up cigarettes, so can you. But it isnt easy. You have to do it for yourself. No mount of scaring-you-into-it will work. You have to want to do it for yourself. Only wehen you have 100% made up your mind, will you be able to do it. I’m not sure you have yet, if you’re looking for us to convince you. But when you have made up your mind 100%, please get in touch with a support group as well as finishing the programme you’re doing now. It’ll really help.
I quit smoking 7 weeks ago, OMG, the first, I am thinking maybe 4 to 5 weeks really sucked (I smoked for nearly 20 years). But I have been feeling SOOOO MUCH better. I can not even begin to explain. The first part is really hard. Smoking and eating were my best friends too. But I swear to you (at least for me) each day that has gone by it has gotten easier and easier. I am proud of myself now. I feel better. I am just a normal person, I have no super powers that allowed me to quit, just the desire. You can do it. It will be worth the effort. Most good things in life are
You gave the reasons why smoking is not good for you. My dad was a smoker, and unfortunately he just died from “pancreatic cancer”. The truth hurts but I just hope you find a program that will help you kick this habit.
Good Luck to you!
I am right there with you. I LOVE smoking. It makes me happy but I know I shoudl NOT do it cause it is the WORST thing we can do to ourselves. I told my boss I will work on quitting after I get to the weight I want to maintain. U really have to be READY to quit smoking to do it, I think. My mom did quit about 7 years ago. She went to a hympmotist (sp?) and quit COLD turkey. She smoked for like 30 years. With a month or so she was off blood pressure meds and now it is as if she NEVER smoked ! Dont put so much pressure on it. I say step down. If u smoke 10-20 ciggs a day now, cut out a few each week until u r down to 1-5 a day and then none — I say go at it like u would weightloss. Baby steps for success so it is not overwhelming. U can do it girl !
I quit smoking almost 9 months ago. I smoked 2 packs a day for 21 years and I too believed I smoked because I loved it and I enjoyed it. Wrong. I did it in the midst of this weight loss journey too which frightened me because I believed I would gain all kinds of weight. Wrong. And this next part will sound crazy, believe me I know, but for me, I read a book called The Easy Way To Quit Smoking. I finished the book one night at 10pm. At 1am, I had a cigarette and haven’t smoked since. I haven’t had any cravings or withdrawals. My boyfriend still smokes but it doesn’t bother me. Granted he does go outside but not for fear of me wanting one but because they stink to the high heavens now to me.
It can be done if you are committed and determined.
Good luck.
Hugs
Michelle
I quit smoking a long time ago. It wasn’t too hard for me though… I had just realized that I had gone from ONLY a social smoker to smoking more and more when I was alone, and realized it was a habit I needed to stop then and there. I was in love with the menthols, so I started smoking lighter and lighter cigs until I was down to ones that just tasted like cardboard… completely nasty, and then I was just like, “Why am I doing this? I’m not enjoying it anymore….” so I stopped.
My reasons for quitting….
1. I hate being out-of-control. If I’m doing something because I want to do it, that’s fine, but if I’m doing it because of some uncontrollable need… that’s bad (in my book).
2. It stinks! I like my hair to smell like yummy shampoo… not stale smoke.
3. It’s so unhealthy.
4. The act of smoking is unattractive, and it makes you look unattractive after you’ve been doing it for a long time. (wrinkles, yellow teeth, etc….)
5. Had to watch my grandpa die of COPD. Didn’t wanna go down that road myself…. it’s a HORRIBLE way to go. I mean, we all die, but if I have a chance to influence the way I go, I’d rather it be something quicker and not so agonizing.
6. Even if you don’t have kids, you’re guaranteed to have someone in your life who looks up to you (even if you don’t realize it). At the time I quit, I didn’t have kids, but I did have a younger brother. I don’t want to be responsible for influencing anyone who may look up to me that something so dangerous may not be so bad just because I do it.
7. THE MONEY!! As you already know, it just doesn’t make any sense to burn $5 or $6 a day! That’s nearly 2,000 dollars per year!!!
It may be motivational to you to put that 5 or 6 dollars in a jar each day that you go without buying cigarettes, and remember what you’d like to do with that money at the end of the year. (extra money for christmas gifts, take a trip, your options are endless when you’re talking about thousands of dollars!) What satisfaction it would be to do something you REALLY enjoy at the end of the year, knowing the whole time that otherwise you’d have just BURNED that money.
Keep me updated on your progress! I’m trying to talk my husband into quitting, but he isn’t ready yet….
And by the way, just cuz you don’t have kids at the moment, you may have them one day. You can do permanent damage now. It’s hard to think of the future when you don’t have any idea what it holds, (believe me, I know!) but you will no doubt have some type of family that loves you and wants you around, and will suffer along with you once you get sick.
My husband thought he would have time to quit before he had kids… Wrong! Now it’s all he can do to go outside and keep the smoke away from them. He has such a hard time when we drive out of town… I do feel for him. His only two options are to suffer in silence, or to blow cancerous second hand smoke in his kids’ faces…. Not much fun either way.
All great points on why to quit smoking.
Preparation is important too, like:
1. Lining up a support system in real life, people you can call when you have cravings
2. Avoiding places and situations where you are propelled to smoke and socializing with non-smokers for awhile
3. Replacing relaxation you get from smoking with another way of lowering stress
4. Joining support groups
5. Not beating yourself up for relapses but learning from them
6. Telling yourself that you can abstain from smoking for today. Just one day. Then tomorrow comes, commit to abstaining from smoking again for one day only. It’s easier to handle one day, baby steps.
Good luck!
I quit 7 years ago. And it was hard, don’t get me wrong. I went into 7-11 and stole a bunch of straws and cut them in half and chewed on them when I got a craving. AND everytime I got a craving and was home, I had a bucket with water a cleaner in it and started wiping down walls and did not quit until the craving was gone. And wow, my house was spotless, it smelled clean and I could see all the built up smoke, which freaked me out. If that is what it did to walls, what was it doing to my lungs? Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can be around people who smoke, you can’t at the begining. Become a homebody if you have to, just for a bit, until you feel strong enough. And I know that I will never NEVER be able to have just one ever, or I will go back to smoking. GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Oh, by the way, check out Quit Net. com, here are my stats:
2569 days, 1 hour, 24 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.
64226 cigarettes not smoked.
$12,845.00 and 16 months, 10 days, 14 hours of your life saved.
But see the last part, I’ve added over 16 months to my life by quitting. That’s time with my loved ones.
One minute at a time~ Just breathe ~
So you need reasons to quit smoking? are you serious?
Reason 1: Your Health, you don’t need them as badly as your body makes you think you do. You will be much better off when you quit. You may be more apt to work harder on getting out of that funk you are in.
Reason 2: They stink. I can’t stand the smell of cigarettes burning, my husband smokes and I have to leave the room sometimes. You may not realize it but when you smoke, in most cases it makes you smoke. I can tell when I am at work if someone walks past me who smokes. They smell like a cigarette whore. Ehh.
Reason 3: They tend to break the bank. I am sure with you currently being without work, that you don’t like having to spend your money on cigarettes. Just think of what money you are spending on them. You could use that money to buy or pay for something else. Like gym membership, or some kind of workout equiptment. Its money that you are already spending, you would just be using it on something else.
I hope you can reach deep inside of you and quit. You deserve to make your life healthier for you. You will see how much better you will feel once you get past the nicotine fix. Make sure you keep active while you are quitting so you don’t lose too much weight. We are here to support you, and I know you will need it. Its just your turn to reach out and grab ahold of that hand thats waving in front of you. Now pull yourself up and save yourself from the “cigarette monster”.
I don’t smoke because it just smells bad! Ick…the smell gets in your hair, on your clothes and everywhere!
It also gets on your walls, curtains ect if you smoke inside.
IT stains your teeth…I don’t want ugly teeth! The dentist tells me I have pretty teeth!
I think that is it, and of course all of the fun health problems and cancers that are cigarettes friends.
You are trying to convince yourself to go back to smoking because that is easier, quitting is hard. But you know what look at how far you have come! The first two weeks are the hardest. If you can get past that you can do anything. I have faith in you. Don’t be so hard on yourself. What you are doing takes guts. Tobacco is a drug, and just like a drug you are going to have to work really hard to over come it. I have totally been there. Keep it up and you will be rewarded. For me it is four years as of this month that I quit and loving every minute of it.
I know exactly how you feel. I had to quit too. Smoking is a gross habit, but it feels so good. I was reading about it and smoking gives you endorphins, so you feel really good and get a mini high from it. I stopped when i started to work out again because it made no sense to me to go to the gym and then light up a smoke. I was also talking to a work friend in her 60’s. She said the smoking was the worst mistake she ever made. She started in her 20’s like me and thought she could quit, but was never able to. Replace smoking with exercise and you’ll get the same good feeling, but it will last longer. I promise. Good luck and don’t lose hope.
-Christie
I don’t have much else to add…you already know the reasons, but I quit 3 years ago. I know you can do it!
I’ll add two more to the list…
First, I think it’s downright RUDE to smoke in front of anyone who chooses not to smoke or has quit smoking or is trying to quit smoking. Those of us who have chosen not to smoke are constantly put in situations at public places and even just walking down the street where we have to breathe in other’s smoke. So unless you are absolutely certain that there is never anyone around any time you smoke, then you are causing harm to others.
Second, to show that you are smarter than that! There are people making millions off of something that is going to kill you!! You are supporting those greedy, evil people by buying their product.
well I am thinking of you in this quest…You know I smoke too and just stopped by to wish you the best of luck and all the willpower you need to quit
You know its bad for you and expensive and all that. A lot of other people had good stories to remind you of those things so instead, I’m going to just tell you my quit story.
I didn’t quit for health, or money, or any of the reasons i should have. I quit because i was tired of being that tied to something. i was a true heavy smoker 1 to 2 packs a day for 13 years. i could barely make it between breaks at work without becoming extremely uncomfortable because i wanted a smoke so bad.
I quit four years ago. I didn’t do anything right. i went cold turkey, totally alone and almost without preparations. The closest I came to prepping was waiting until I had the house to myself for 3 days. I spent the first two days watching the clock and sleeping. I knew that if I could make it through the first few days I would be ok. and I was. it sucked, and it was hard. but that’s what keeps me from smoking again. it was so hard that I don’t want to do it again. but i’m so so so very glad i did it. and you will be too. I kept cigs in the house for months because i knew that someday i would be around smokers again and i wanted to know that i was quitting because i wanted to, not because there weren’t any cigs around.
For me the biggest revelation i had during those first few days was that the craving would actually go away. in all my years as a smoker i had never seen the ‘other’ side of a craving. i had simply smoked when i craved one. it was like a hill. the craving would get stronger and stronger and then it would subside and go away for a little while. and the next craving? no worse then the one before it. and eventually they got a lot easier.
quitnet is a great site. full of information. i knew it was there but didn’t visit it until my 3rd or 4th day. i get yearly reminders now like the one posted above. i love those. I’ve talked to lots of people who quit and we all have different takes on what it was like at first, which were the hardest days and what its like now. So please don’t take my story or anyone else’s too much to heart. your experience might be just like ours, or totally different.
what i can tell you is this:
-you will be glad you quit.
-you will feel better
-taste more
-smell more! i was so surprised by that one!
-you will have a lot more money
-you will be proud
if you want to talk at all about it please feel free to message me
I remember when I was in high school, I borrowed one of my mom’s cardigans for a swim meet because I knew I would need something to throw on between my turns, and the coach leaned over and asked me if I smoked. I was so mortified and embarrassed - of course I didn’t smoke, but my mothers cardigan stank of it. I couldn’t tell because I was breathing and smelling it all around our house all the time. When I left home, I developed an allergy to cigarette smoke that went undiagnosed for years because who has EVER heard of such a thing? My doctor, apparently, who said children of smokers who stay non-smokers often develop that very allergy as a consequence of suddenly removing themselves from that environment.
I’ve seen both sisters struggle with quitting. One quits for about 4 years, then has “just one” and smokes for another 4 years. Then her health deteriorates to a point where she can’t do it anymore and she quits for 4 years. Every time she quits she goes through two weeks of hell… the cilia in your lungs is no longer getting burned off so it starts growing and cleaning out the tar and crap, so you cough up the grossest stuff for a while, and it tickles and itches.
Still, she always breathes better, has more energy, and enjoys life more when she quits. And weight gain is a myth… unless you are so orally fixated that you have to keep your hands and mouth busy, the ability to taste food so much more intensely actually helps you savor food and may even help you LOSE weight. Interesting!
Good luck… a big step, and a hard habit to break, but when you do the benefits are enormous!