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Quitting Smoking Finally!
I have been struggling with quitting smoking for a year, but still find myself bumming them or breaking down when I am super stressed. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired! And now another yucky illness is getting in the way of my life, and obviously I can pole either. So here's my resolution: NO MORE SMOKING FOR ME EVER. I think that's the biggest thing I can do to improve my overall health. Does anyone want to join my campain? Support and prayers appreciated. Any quitters with good advice for weak moments?
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I quit 3 years ago, best thing ever! It was worth all the trouble and irritability. After I quit, I still smoked occasionally when I was drinking, now I can’t stand it- ever. I work with geriatrics and have seen so many suffer at he end of life due to smoking. Being in constant pain because you can’t breath is a terrible way to spend the last years o your life, and it’s not fair to the ones you live. Just hang in there, focus on your goal, and you’ll get through it!
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Congrats on wanting to be smoke free! I have been smoke free for 1 yr 8 mths and think it's been the best decision I've ever made. I finally drew the line when I realized that I would plan my whole day/routine around when I could smoke…how pathetic. I no longer wanted some smelly stick to be in control of when and what I did. I actually used Chantix for about 8 weeks and it worked so well that to this day I get nauseated when I smell smoke. I applaud you for resolving to be smoke free!! You can do it!
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Well done. I stopped smoking over 16 years ago, it was really hard but one of the best things I did. I stopped smoking on and off but started to smoke again when my husband underwent surgery for a subarachnoid brain haemorrhage. A year or two later I read a brilliant little book by Allen Carr and was determined to give up . I think it def worked like hypnotherapy and I just decided to quit and followed his instructions. The best thing is to think of all the benefits you get from not smoking, better health, nicer smelling hair and clothes, less wrinkles when you are older!, more cash to buy all things pole related etc. Put that little cigarette demon in his place and do anything but smoke when you are tempted as the feeling does pass and def think of the long term positives which outweigh that little moment of pleasure. Good luck.
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Congrads on taking the first step! I have been smoke-free for 4 1/2 yrs and haven't looked back. I decided to quit halfway through med-school, especially when i realized that the only thing i look forward to during the school day was the lunch break. I was a boaderline CHAIN SMOKER and was buying cigarettes by the box! I tried just quitting cold turkey but….quickly realized that was just DUMB in my case. It took a combination of nicotine patches and begging my BF NOT to buy anymore cigarettes for me to successfully quit. And like https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/bc3555ca-d89d-11df-ab19-12313b090e12 said, it got to a point when i couldnt even stand the smell of smoke anymore. I replaced cigarettes with music and drawing (i have two drawings on my profile) or i'd just go for long walks. Now i have my pole (thank to a USPDF viedo) and so far it has been the best stress reliever https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif. You have my full support!
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Woohoo!! I quit in April, for the 6th time, but this one I feel good about. I have learned different things from each time I quit, and now I know that I can NEVER HAVE JUST ONE!!!
Good luck, and you will feel better soon, I know I do!!!
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Congrats Bumby! I just got over the 90 day quitting hump and am so pumped about being a NON SMOKER forever too! It's possible! You can totally quit! I did accupuncture and I haven't touched a cig or had a craving for one since! I feel amazing, and healthy, and I smoked for 12 years!!! You can do it!
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Yay well done 😀 My sister in law decided to quit when she found out she was pregnant, and I know how tough she found it. She had cravings all the time which were terrible since she was pregnant, and she did start smoking again once or twice. She made a big collage of reasons why she decided to quit (like her scan picture, a mum running with her kids in the park, a picture of her own mum who died of cancer when she was young) and stuck it on the fridge – next to where she kept the lighters. It meant that every time she was going to light up she remembered why she wanted to quit in the first place. She did quit in the end 🙂 Good luck Brumby! Sure if you really really want to you'll get there in the end 🙂
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Thanks for all the inspiring quitting stories. You are all wonderful and cheer me up immensely. I still haven't had one. But I haven't met certain other challenges either. I haven't had a cocktail yet, with out smoking, or gone to a bar without smoking, or spent time with smoker friends without it either. I suppose those things can wait tho.
I do hate the smell of it.
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Yay good luck to you! It is very difficult but is so worth it! My husband and I are both quitters so I can empathize what you're going through. Stay strong! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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Good for you! Today is day one for me, and I can empathize how difficult it may seem at times.
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Well done !!! I gave up 6 months ago and ive saved the money up to get a stage pole !!! So worth it eeekk 🙂
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Update from 2011 – I made it to the 2 year mark of being a non smoker! 🙂
This thread just reminds me how many things have changed for the better since I started pole.
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I struggle with this addiction…I’ve quit 4 times in the past several years and I just recently started up again. I really think I need to do hypnosis or acupuncture or something. It’s like I need to have my brain reprogrammed in order to kick it once and for all. My main issue is I seriously gain about 10 pounds in the first 2 weeks of quitting. I have a small frame so it’s crushing when after 10 pounds, I can no longer fit in my clothes :-(. Then within a few months, I start smoking again and lose the weight. This happens even though I continue to eat clean and work out. That’s why I think I need hypnosis or something.
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I tried to quit seven times before I succeeded. I tried patches, gum, replacement bubblegum cigarettes, everything. In the end I just got tired enough of it all, which made me angry, which made me determined, and I quit and have never looked back (It helped that they raised prices on cigarettes in my state the week after I quit). The money I save is amazing. I did gain some initial weight right after, and yes it put me into sweatpants/teeshirts mode for a minute, but I lost whatever I gained about a month or 6 weeks or so after I quit. It just took a bit for my body to adjust. Good luck to everyone working on this, and congrats to those who have kicked the habit.
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@storypole – I used acupuncture / auricular therapy to quit smoking. I went to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and after 2 sessions I literally could not put a cigarette in my mouth without feeling sick. I am definitely a skeptic, but I had tried smoking cessation classes, prescription meds (wellbutrin), tobacco inhaler, nicotine patches, nicotine gum, snapping a rubber band on my wrist when I had urges, etc! It's definitely the best $75 I ever spent to quit smoking forever!
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