I quit some six months ago mostly because I just couldn't afford them. I got tired of bumming smokes from ppl and they got tired of me asking. But if I can quit anyone can and I know ppl say that but I was like you first thing in the morning and last thing before I went to bed, I was a raging alcoholic and if I had to choose between cigs and beer because I was broke which happene d to me a lot I would choose cigs every time.

I understand. I am in the same boat...except I don't smoke in the house.

I smoke more when I am talking to my neighbor then in the house. Even when I was only using the E cig I still had trouble being around other people who smoked because I am a social smoker.

And that's a problem because every where I go there are always smokers. Now my mom even started smoking just three years ago. After all those years of her nagging and bitching at me to quit. And she's in the cancer field she treats cancer patients for a living.

Well I need to think of how I can make more of an effort to quit. think I will just try to stick with the E cig after this pack is gone. Yes it's going to be exercising maximum will power. Yeah my dirty house has shown my will power LOL.

Well actually it's pretty clean now. But it took me a long time until I felt well enough to clean it. Just hope I can stay well long enough to escape these death traps. And I'm not sure it isn't the fire proof chemicals they now put in them that's killing me faster. Asinine government. I think they are trying to kill us on purpose. What's more expensive paying for fire's caused by cigs or paying for massive medical bills and hospital fees once all the cigarette smokers are sick and dieing from this new chemical? And who's to say it's not more addicting than whats already in the cigarettes naturally?

Any how it reminds me of my illegal drug days. You don't care whats in the drugs because you are addicted to them. You'll pretty much keep smoking rat poison while you are at it. But hey at least the dealers stopped selling that batch that had nail polish remover cooked in with it. That was the worst crack we ever got. And every crack head was complaining about it.

But that's neither here nor there. I want to quit either way.

It sounds like you want to quit but part of you doesnt want to quit. You have to be totally 100% be ready to quit. If not you will never conquer it. Years ago a gal at the bank said her husband smoked for 30 years and tried everything to quit.
He bought some smoke away and in three days quit cold turkey. I dont know if its still out there but she said it worked. But your the one that has to be ready 100%

I have a girlfriend who always knows she needs to quit. She always says that after Chris's trial gets over, or Sally's broken arm gets better' or the grandkids psychologist visit plays out, or her son in law she hates does this or that she ll quit. But something always comes up, She too has tried the patches and the gum. She always has a cig when she has coffee in the morning. One on the way to work. She works at Boeing so cant smoke within 3 miles of tthe place so she waits until her car is off Boeing property and then lights up and then smokes until she goes to bed.

It is very very hard.

you're right marilyanna

There are plenty of excuses not to quit. I had stopped smoking for over a year after rehab. It's always stress or some other emotional que that starts me up again. But now I'm smoking for other lame excuses like boredom or just because some one else is smoking around me. Now I can respect what alcoholics must feel at parties where non alcoholics can enjoy just a few drinks with ease.

And when I was young I quit off and on. I quite for both pregnancies and I was able to kick for a few years at a time. But now I can't even kick it for long at all. Maybe a day or two before I cave in and buy a pack. I don't feel like I use to. But neither do the cigarettes.

Come to think of it. I really do want to quit. I'm not satisfied with them any more and that is the reality I was missing. What ever the difference is they aren't the same any more and apparently neither am I. I have to try to quit again.

Well here's to tomorrow.

Thank you every one for your love and support as always. You guys help me in ways you'll never know.

This is sooooo hard.. I go through the same things.. ugh!!!... I stopped smoking inside quite a while ago and it does decrease a lot the amount smoked as well it doesn't stink up the home... I wish I knew of an easy answer..x

I am a recovering addict. I put it that way because although I quit smoking 12 years ago, I know that if I had one, I would have the whole pack. I am an addict. It got to the point where I hated myself every time I lit up a cigarette. And I would not have been able to quit without my Dr's help. No way, no how. And I promised myself that I would not be the ex-smoking witch because I know how hard it is. There are still times when I have dreams about smokes. It's hard, but it can be done.

I can't seem to kick the habit either. I do smoke outside though, so I smoke less. Especially during the winters months because I don't want to freeze in the cold. I think beyond the addiction, it is a calming technique for me.. the deep inhale/exhale..

I have tried quitting many times, but as soon as any stress shows up the first thing I do is run and buy another pack :/

I want to kick the habit so bad.. but when ever it feels like the "right time' something turns it into the wrong time. I am with you girl *hugs*

i smoke ALOT! And I dont wanna quit because its my comfort blanket

Well its not even so much that I want to quit

Truth be told I just hate the cigarettes and I'm being stupid. I KNOW it's the new fire proof shit they put in them that is making me hate them. It's probably some scheme by the government to make people quit or die off. It tastes like sin and feels even more toxic than they already were.

It is a sign of true addiction to keep using a drug long after you stop enjoying it. I think this is my rock bottom as I now realize I am not enjoying them. But it took me posting this and every one's love and support to realize that.

I haven't lit a single cigarette after my 2nd reply. Because I just can't take them any more, they are foul and retched tasting burning my throat and lungs up in ways that make me hate them. They give me a head ache. It's just time to quit them and if I really feel the urge I can use the E cigarette. I'm sure there are still health risks with it but at least it doesn't taste horrible and feel like hot death down my throat and lungs.

Even I was sitting here thinking what the hell? These make me want to quit but my psychological addiction was keeping me on them. I think I may just be over it now. I had a similar conclusion when I quit crack. It took me a while but eventually I just wasn't having fun or enjoying it any more. And then I was scared I was going to die on the street with out taking another bath or my family knowing what happened to me. I realized that, that was one of the most insane things I had done in my life. I had a house yet I was living in my car in the middle of fricking summer and didn't bath for two weeks. I smelled so horrible I wanted to jump out of my own skin. And the kicker was I hadn't even been getting high any more for a whole week! I was still chasing a high that was never coming and for what?

But hey at least I realized it. Some people die on the street and never realize that they aren't even having fun any more. They keep chasing the high and never realize that it isn't worth it. That's part of the addiction. Drugs keep you sick as long as you keep using them.

Still I think I have hit my rock bottom with them. I guess I can thank the government for it because I may not have quit if they didn't taste like straight up shit, make my house smell so horrible that when I open my door I can smell how bad my house smells. The air is stagnant and dirty. I keep throwing away money on something that leaves me unsatisfied in live. It's time to cut out the dead weight.

I wouldn't keep doing this with any thing else so why have I been smoking long after I knew I didn't like it or enjoy it any more. After all I keep lighting them up and butting them out about two puffs into it. Then moments later I light it up and do the same thing. It means I don't like them but my mind still has a craving.

I suddenly have the same identical feeling about tobacco cigarettes as I do for crack. Disdain, anger, hatred and disgust! I don't feel tempted by crack any more, if I see crack I feel anger and if I see some one else using it I feel pity. I don't even feel the love or the chemical romance for cigarettes it just the force of habit now.

Guess I was still sick and didn't know it.

I have quit twice in my life....once for seventeen years and recently for over a year and a half. Quitting is the most difficult thing I have EVER done in my life.

I can honestly say "I will never smoke again" because I will never pick up another cig again. I know better now that I am an addict and just one will trigger my addiction.

The way I quit this time was to prepare mentally by listing all the things negative about smoking and realizing there really is no positive reason. All the reasons I thought were positive like "it calms me" was false. It didn't "calm" me, it created more anxiety. The false sense was created by my mind. Realizing that I knew I could create the sense of well-being with my mind also.

I reapeated the positve things daily and thought about all the ways my life would improve if I quit. I quit on January 2nd so it would NOT be a new years resolution but a life choice. I found one thought to use whenever I craved which was "smoking one cig was like licking an ash tray". I would think very hard about licking an ash tray whenever I quit.

I am helping my third son quit now by talking him through all the things I did to quit. I had to quit cold turkey because I knew as an addict I would not quit gradually.

Some of the more positive things about quitting for me?
Saving money
improving my health
not feeling isolated from other friends
kissing my husband without feeling self conscious
no more discolored teeth
better breath

My list goes on and focusing on that helped encourage me. I made a point to develope a "new habit", a healthy one that could replace the oral and tactile fixation of a cig. The nicotine addiction was something I had to overcome by struggling through it like any other addiction. I had to wait until it was out of my body and realize that the pain of withdrawal was so much less than the long term effects.

Best wishes for your success doorknob, I know that if you put your efforts into it, you can quit smoking............xo

I would think very hard about licking an ash tray whenever I quit.

I meant here...........I would think very hard about licking an ash tray whenever I craved.

First of all i smoked for 10 years and i am now a non smoker 6 months!!! i know it seem kinda strange but i was able to do it with faith prayer and gummie bears! and i feel great when im in my manic i constantly think about them but then i remember that i feel and smell so much better so trust me youll feel tons better! oh.....and my uncle died from smoking while on the patch a blood clot in his brain and heart failure so never do that ok how it all works out!

I feel like I got screwed!!!! I'd been off the mothers for twenty years or so and that's when the 'Bipolar' came out!!! I wasn't diagnosed yet and didn't recognize the fact that I was nuts. (God knows I SHOULD have recognized it, though!!! I was doing some really crazy stuff!!!)

I was going with a goth who smoked Djarum Blacks clove cigarettes. They smelled so good!!! I bummed two off of him one evening. That was it. The next day I bought myself a pack and there I was. Right back where I use to be, a couple of decades earlier. Sigh. Even worse than before!!! I got up to two packs a day, this time!!!

It was a bitch to quit again and took a couple of tries before it stuck. But I've been off of them for over eighteen months now, so I hope I'm through.

Good luck to all who are trying to quit!!! I wish you success!!!! (((((Hugs)))))