Giving Up Smoking in General

Giving Up Smoking in General: Live until I die (1342 words)
by momm - written on 23.12.01 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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I'm not going to preach about how inconsiderate smokers are, because I was one. I'm not going to comment on how stupid they are not to heed the dangers, because I didn't. I'm not going to tell of how easy it is to give up if you really want to, because it isn't. I know I've done it. So what am I going to say? Simply, if you are in the process of trying to stop, then keep at it, you'll get there eventually but it's going to be a long, hard struggle. If I had only known all those years ago that it was going to be more difficult to stop smoking than it was to begin, would I have bothered to persevere? Who knows! I was 18 ...

The Power Of Suggestion (2520 words)
by I Like Blue - written on 30.01.02 (Very useful, 406 readings)
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In August 2000 I stopped smoking. I thought I would never stop because until that time I enjoyed smoking, it was part of me, part of my life. Yes I knew all the health risks, like all smokers do, but it is a lifestyle some people enjoy, and I was one of them. However, when I actually thought about it I only really enjoyed smoking when I got up in the mornings and after meals, the rest of the time it was just a craving, I was feeding a habit. I had been smoking for about 25 years, from the age of 11. From the age of about 20/21 I smoked 20-30 cigarettes a day. Between the ages of 21 and 36, that was a lot of cigarettes, about 9600 per year and over ...

Giving Up Smoking in General: Smoke me a kipper... I can't find a cigarette! (2603 words)
by Judgee - written on 11.01.02 (Very useful, 470 readings)
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Some people may know, others will not but I have recently given up smoking and I have not had a cigarette? today! Sounds drastic I know but as in the methods of alcoholics anonymous, you cannot give up a habit for life, until you are dead! I say this because I have actually quit smoking on numerous occasions, but have always returned to the "dreaded weed" eventually. So my first piece of advice would be to take each day at a time! Anyway, the first thing to consider when contemplating the removal of this habit is of course WHY do YOU want to give up? The main reason for failure, my own included was due to the fact that each attempt I made stemmed from ...