I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE

on chapter 7 of the book.

i get it. i totally get it...

Just saw Salt's post (sorry we crossed). I agree with Salt's take on it, Panama. All is well.

Salt, love your "I get it." It's like a light bulb popping. Full of promise.

Happy for you and know, without a shred of doubt, you are a non-smoker. It's bank and a bet I'd take any day. Go on with your bad self.

I started smoking when I was around thirteen years old, so I've smoked for about twelve years.

I've never really tried seriously quitting until 'bout six months back. Every so often, when I lay down at night and am trying to go to sleep, it feels like I'm not breathing right. It's not major, breathing kind of feels like it would if you ran up the stairs or something. It feels normal breath doesn't seem to supply the oxygen I need, like my lungs ability to process is diminished quite a bit. I'm 25, not sick, have no health issues, certainly not overweight (under actually) or any of the other usual suspects, so there's no other explanation for the breathing issue.

To quit, I've been using electronic cigarettes. They help a lot, even though it's expensive as hell, a bit more than real cigarettes. The longest I've made it has been..nearly two months. The only reason I've gone back to real cigarettes has been because my shipment of e-cig refills were delayed several days-week(s) and I had nothing to puff on. They're back-ordered all the friggin' time.

So, I'm giving quitting another shot. After about a couple days of no cigarettes, the breathing issue starts subside thankfully and I'm about four days smoke-free this time. I can't think of a worse thing then having to live your life not being able to breathe, and this stuff has really drove the idea home. Ain't gonna be like my great-grandfather, forced to sleep sitting up and dying with only one half of one lung left due to smoking-related lung cancer and emphysema.

okay guys, i need help. i have been slowly going down in total cigarettes per day. this was all for leading up to this day. I want to be ab le to go to work tomorrow and say, 'i havent smoked all year'. and all though it is not a big deal tomorrow, it will be later on.

i have fallen off the limit a few times but most of those times have been in the last week.

i want to smoke SO FREAKIN BAD!!!

I keep drinking water everytime i want one but I really want one. i need an intervention ASAP!!!

I think I should post this link erery day for the new quitters........

Read it, IT WORKS!

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okay guys, i need help. i have been slowly going down in total cigarettes per day. this was all for leading up to this day. I want to be ab le to go to work tomorrow and say, 'i havent smoked all year'. and all though it is not a big deal tomorrow, it will be later on.

i have fallen off the limit a few times but most of those times have been in the last week.

i want to smoke SO FREAKIN BAD!!!

I keep drinking water everytime i want one but I really want one. i need an intervention ASAP!!!

CHL... I agree. You gotta post that everyday.

Fox... You are amazing at knowing what to say at exactly the right time. You have instinctual wisdom about people I think.
I'm trying to not be much of an advisor because I really don't know much and the more I know the less I know. I fear doing more harm than good in that department. I mean licorice isn't really a helpful suggestion... lol

:)

I have to quit smoking like yesterday, last year, whatever.

I now have COPD and taking all kinds of meds.

TIRED of this but the addiction is difficult esp when I have smoked menthol to boot.

I need help to quit. I am not a young person and have no support group.

I want to breath again or at least be able to walk on a regular basis and have time for my grandkids.

I know there is no cure for COPD, I just want to not further damage myself.

Thank you GLP for the forum. It helps to read about others any get encouragement to quit. I started 10 years ago when my 7 year old was in hospital for emergency surgery and ended up in ICU. I didn't care about my health I just was trying to cope. Now I'm jonesing but holding steady. Wanted to buy some last night but didn't. I made it to 48 hours. Drank a whole bottle of champagne though. That really helped.

Thanks DF! I will try starting tomorrow!

I have to do this or I will die too soon.

Hey Panama - Just read your post. Welcome. Nice job on going from four/five to a pack a day (it's got to be brutal - like pulling a bandaid off ever so slowly -and you're a better man than I). I bet it was scary to see that flash of red light. When doing research prior to my quit some weeks back, I recall reading that some people become sensitive to light and have some transitory vision issues. If I recall correctly, the article didn't seem to say it was anything permanent or serious. That said, I only play a doctor on tv so it's probably wise to check it out with an MD if you are concerned (and, given your stated fear and request for prayer it seems you are concerned so why not see a doctor). At best, it's nothing, and at the worst, you nip it in the bud and get whatever it may be corrected.

One thing you may want to consider is that smoking four to five packs daily indicates the smokes are really a big part of your daily living (I smoked two packs a day and the smokes were central to, and the focus of, the minutes and hours comprising my days). Given this, I knew I was a nicotine addict. I would not presume to label you as such (only you have the right to do that), but, for me, as an addict I had to recognize the cunning nature of my addiction. My addiction told me I didn't have an addiction. It told me I chose to smoke because I liked it (with coffee, after a meal, after sex, before sex, during sex, after a shower, in the shower, after crossing the international dateline, after sailing the seas on dragon ships, etc...you get the drift). It also told me, insanely, that if I quit smoking that's when the shoe would drop and I'd be diagnoised with something horriffic (lung cancer, throat cancer, empha, and all other ignoble forms of death). Of course, this irrational fear would cause me to smoke more (and beome more difiant and entrenched in my addiction). Wildly insanem which, I believe, is the nature of addiction. I'm not saying any of this is what you're experiencing, but I could see it happening in my mind ("damn, I've gone from four packs a day to one pack a day and now my vision is off and I'm seeing Panama Red...I better get back to smoking four packs a day to clear this shit up."). That's how my insane thinking goes when it comes to this nicotine addiction.

That you've come to this thread and reached-out to like-minded souls indicates that you are stronger than the addiction and you will quit - and will be healthier by quitting - and you will do it along with a group of people who will cheer you on, support you, and aid you in this. I believe we will be better for having you join us and I hope you continue to come here.

Please let us know how you're doing - including the steps up to and including your doctor visit - with the knowledge you've found a safe place to land in your determination to put down the smokes.

Happy New Year o feliz ano nuevo.