Time to stop smoking!!!

Queenie324 · 11-14-2011, 08:06 AM

Well, after seeing my doctor last week and discovering my BP was high, I was put on high BP medication plus a potassium pill. I had blood and urine testing done and get my results on Wednesday.

I have a family history of heart disease, diabetes...doctor thinks I could be prediabetic. I'm 49.

So, I'm on my medication and today I picked as my quit date. Cold turkey. So far I'm doing fine and don't want to smoke. I need to do this. And I have to make this a priority in my life.

Star73 · 11-14-2011, 08:13 AM

Good luck!

My sister quit smoking after 30 years of smoking. She took Wellbutrin at first and then did it on her own. She said she feels better and also it's helped her wallet

Queenie324 · 11-15-2011, 06:23 AM

Made it through day 1 without a single puff!!!! Not that I didn't want to, and almost did, but I talked myself into not doing it and being strong.

It's up to me to be strong.............

Star73 · 11-15-2011, 05:46 PM

you are being strong and that's not easy to do with addictions! If you have a hard time, you might ask your doc about Wellbutrin or Chantix.

Queenie324 · 11-16-2011, 06:04 AM

Two days down....I've had nothing. I'm really going to try this cold turkey. I am on Pristiq and a HB pill, so I don't want to take another pill.

dano0726 · 11-21-2011, 02:53 AM

I took my last dip of smokeless tobacco (you don't want to know how many years...) on July 22, 2011 so I am now 122 days of being tobacco-free.

I know what you are going through, but I assure/promise you that it will get much better -- just tell yourself it's one minute/hour/day at a time.

Also, I joined a support group (I suggest you do as well) called KillTheCan.org that specializes in helping others quit (for good) smokeless tobacco -- there is a site specifically for smokers (QuitThePack.org?)

Once again, congratulations and remember that nothing, absolutely nothing, can make you smoke again!!!

E.W. · 11-21-2011, 04:04 AM

I think it's been 13 years for me. I used the patch and wellbutrin and still couldn't quite make it. I would go 2 or 3 days then light one up ect. Then I started walking every day
and that got me over the hump. And with walking every day instead of gaining I lost weight. After I had been without any tobaco for about 3 months I was about 10 lbs lighter than when I was smoking. I still don't say I quit I just haven't smoked in 13 years.
I was using chewing tobaco and smoking usualy about 2 packs a day. If I didn't chew I
smoked about 4 & 1/2 packs a day. I think Mark Twain said " giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world I have done it hundreds of times"

11-14-2011, 08:06 AM	#1
Queenie324 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2008 Location: St Augustine FL Posts: 4,079 Gallery: Queenie324 Stats: 249.9/194/150 5'7 WOE: LC Start Date: Restart 10/18/11	Time to stop smoking!!! Well, after seeing my doctor last week and discovering my BP was high, I was put on high BP medication plus a potassium pill. I had blood and urine testing done and get my results on Wednesday. I have a family history of heart disease, diabetes...doctor thinks I could be prediabetic. I'm 49. So, I'm on my medication and today I picked as my quit date. Cold turkey. So far I'm doing fine and don't want to smoke. I need to do this. And I have to make this a priority in my life. __________________ Barb I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. - Phillippians 4:13 I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

11-21-2011, 02:53 AM	#6
dano0726 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NW Houston Posts: 3 Gallery: dano0726 WOE: Gluten Free Start Date: February 2010	Keep up the good work!!! I took my last dip of smokeless tobacco (you don't want to know how many years...) on July 22, 2011 so I am now 122 days of being tobacco-free. I know what you are going through, but I assure/promise you that it will get much better -- just tell yourself it's one minute/hour/day at a time. Also, I joined a support group (I suggest you do as well) called KillTheCan.org that specializes in helping others quit (for good) smokeless tobacco -- there is a site specifically for smokers (QuitThePack.org?) Once again, congratulations and remember that nothing, absolutely nothing, can make you smoke again!!!

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11-14-2011, 08:13 AM	#2
Star73 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arkansas (Hypothyroidism, Gluten-free) Posts: 6,696 Gallery: Star73 Stats: 238/220/140 WOE: LC Start Date: 10/01/2012	Good luck! My sister quit smoking after 30 years of smoking. She took Wellbutrin at first and then did it on her own. She said she feels better and also it's helped her wallet

11-15-2011, 06:23 AM	#3
Queenie324 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2008 Location: St Augustine FL Posts: 4,079 Gallery: Queenie324 Stats: 249.9/194/150 5'7 WOE: LC Start Date: Restart 10/18/11	Made it through day 1 without a single puff!!!! Not that I didn't want to, and almost did, but I talked myself into not doing it and being strong. It's up to me to be strong.............

11-15-2011, 05:46 PM	#4
Star73 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arkansas (Hypothyroidism, Gluten-free) Posts: 6,696 Gallery: Star73 Stats: 238/220/140 WOE: LC Start Date: 10/01/2012	you are being strong and that's not easy to do with addictions! If you have a hard time, you might ask your doc about Wellbutrin or Chantix.

11-16-2011, 06:04 AM	#5
Queenie324 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2008 Location: St Augustine FL Posts: 4,079 Gallery: Queenie324 Stats: 249.9/194/150 5'7 WOE: LC Start Date: Restart 10/18/11	Two days down....I've had nothing. I'm really going to try this cold turkey. I am on Pristiq and a HB pill, so I don't want to take another pill.

11-21-2011, 04:04 AM	#7
E.W. Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tyrone Georgia U.S.A. Posts: 961 Gallery: E.W. Stats: 319/313/ a lot less WOE: fast5 Start Date: restart 4/10/13	I think it's been 13 years for me. I used the patch and wellbutrin and still couldn't quite make it. I would go 2 or 3 days then light one up ect. Then I started walking every day and that got me over the hump. And with walking every day instead of gaining I lost weight. After I had been without any tobaco for about 3 months I was about 10 lbs lighter than when I was smoking. I still don't say I quit I just haven't smoked in 13 years. I was using chewing tobaco and smoking usualy about 2 packs a day. If I didn't chew I smoked about 4 & 1/2 packs a day. I think Mark Twain said " giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world I have done it hundreds of times"