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Jenniferann200 said:
The First Step is The Want!... a combination of a lot of things..
  1. My Momma Dying
  2. My Weight Loss Surgery
And.. 3. The Want

And today, I am Happy to Announce that I am 6 Months Tobacco Free! No Cravings! No Withdrawals! If I can do it, I know you can do it!!!
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Congratulations Jenniferann! That was hard work, probably the hardest you'll ever do and you came out the winner!
 
I'm in my research phase. I also was told would need to quit smoking for at least 2 months prior to surgery. I'm working with my Dr. and will be getting the lozenges soon. Anyone had success with the lozenges? I have tried the gum and and patch in the past but nothing sticks.
 
I also quit cold turkey. I cut straws into cigarette size and chewed them. Hell, sometimes I just breathed through them lol I was super freaked out about never smoking again, so I would just tell myself "I don't smoke .. Today!" It may me feel like that wasn't the end of my beloved habit. And beloved it was. But all things come to an end. You CAN quit.

As far as lozenges, they test for nicotine pre surgery, so I'm not sure how much that is going to help. Good luck.
 
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missyinacage said:
I also quit cold turkey. I cut straws into cigarette size and chewed them. Hell, sometimes I just breathed through them lol I was super freaked out about never smoking again, so I would just tell myself "I don't smoke .. Today!" It may me feel like that wasn't the end of my beloved habit. And beloved it was. But all things come to an end. You CAN quit.

As far as lozenges, they test for nicotine pre surgery, so I'm how much that is going to help. Good luck.
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I would never have thought about the straws. Cool idea.
 
Jenniferann200 said:
The First Step is The Want!
I don't consider it "Quitting" it's more like Stopping! When we "Quit" something, we put a negative with it. Let's be positive and Stop Something that is a Negative!
I smoked cigarettes for nearly 20 years. I was a 2-4 pack a day smoker as well! Not Good At All!!

As Cigarette Smokers, we often find ourselves believing that it is a stress reliever.. but is it really, or is that just what we've been told??
I too, heard that all my life, and I believed it 150%! Because everytime I got stressed out to the max, I would just light one up and Sigh..
But, what if we can manipulate our way of thinking and train our minds to believe that smoking a cigarette everytime we are stressed, won't make the situation any better??
Because in reality, we will smoke a cigarette thinking that the situation will be better to handle, but it just puts more strain on us!

Think back to when you smoked your very first cigarette.. Did you really think that you would still be smoking today? Did you think that you would be "Hooked"? I don't know about you, but I didn't.
And some say that it's just a "Habit"... But is it?? I mean, say for when those of us that travel, and you're traveling in England or Australia but you are from North America and you have to drive on the left side of the road while there.. BUT you already have a habit of driving on the right side.. How do you change that habit so easily, but have a harder time to change the habit of not smoking anymore??

Like I said, you have to have The Want!
I lost My Beautiful Momma 7 months ago to Lung Cancer, 3 months into my Weight Loss Surgery Process. And trust me, I smoked like a chimney. But, watching My Momma dying made me build that "Want" to stop stronger and stronger! And I got to the point to where I wasn't enjoying it anymore. And exactly a month and a week after My Momma passed away, I went to bed a 2-4 pack a day Cigarette Smoker and woke up a Non-Smoker! I think it was a combination of a lot of things..
  1. My Momma Dying
  2. My Weight Loss Surgery
And.. 3. The Want

And today, I am Happy to Announce that I am 6 Months Tobacco Free! No Cravings! No Withdrawals! If I can do it, I know you can do it!!!
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Right on!
 
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