Stop Smoking praise thread!!

[mary]

speak up
and let us
praise the
Lord with
you all
for your
success on
being quitters!
We are
on your
side.
And so is
the Lord!

[mary]

for all
of you losers
and for those
who are trying
to become
losers.
Let
us
see
you
name
on the
list.
Let us
see how
many are
loser for
the
month of
July!

[mary]

What was I thinking?
I meant to
say we
would like
to see
how many
of you
are still
quitters!
I was very
wrong to
type losers?
I guess
that I was
thinking
about my
desire to
continue
to lose
weight.:aha

[carlos.c304]

been quit for a month now!!!!:hat

[Joyfulnoise]

Congratulations to everyone that has quit and prayers for everyone that is trying to quit.

I also am an ex-smoker, I started smoking when I was 13-I do have an addictive personality, I am obese and I am a recovering alcoholic. But I did quit before i became a Christian.

I had a severe breathing problem and the dr. could not find what the problem was even went to the hospital for tests and x-rays and something else was done, (can't think of it right now). I thought I was dying, and when they could not find out the problem I started making changes. After all athiests don't want to die.

I started eating better, and exercising, and I began working on not smoking. I did research on it and used my own tips.

Below is a list of things that I did that worked for me. I hope some of them work for others. I had smoked for 40 years and I quit on May, 4 years ago. I was up to 2 plus packs a day. My husband quit in Nov. of the same year and he had smoked since he was 9 and he used some of the tips. We are both smoke free and I seldom even think of it.

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Stop smoking tips
Some of these tips I found out about by trying them out and some of them I researched and asked people about. These tips are the ones that worked best for me.

First thing is I started smoking outside and not associate smoking with anything ,I did not smoke and drink coffe or anything else. There is a tree in my backyard and I only smoked near that tree.

You are going to want to smoke, admit it, and just go on from there. I had a pack of those little straws with the cool-ade stuff in them and those helped with the hand mouth movement. Drink lots of water and lots of orange juice, the water flushes toxins from your body and so does the orange juice and the orange juice starts replacing vitamin c that smoking leeches from the body.

When you want a cigarette then you have to do something else to get your mind off of it. The craving does not last but about 3 minutes then it leave. It will come back but again it does not last but about 3 minutes. And the cravings get farther and farther apart

Find something to do with your hands, like crochet, needlepoint, gameboy, anything that is different from what you have been doing. Try to pinpoint your trigger points and then try to change them.

My worst time was after eating . So after meals I would get a bottle of water and go for a short walk around my house . Then I started coming to the computer and playing at pogo. Just anything to break the habits.


When I want a cigarette, I tell myself sharply NO-I DON'T SMOKE ANY MORE. I know that sounds stupid but the sound of my voice out loud kinda reinforces me.Also I had read that the hand to mouth hand movement is a hard habit to break and the person said to make your smoking hand into a fist. And at the place where your thumb curls around place your mouth and inhale , hold the breath and then exhale. And that would relieve some of the urge. I thought the only thing this would do would be to make me look stupid, but I was willing to give it a chance so, I did it and it does help a little.

When I quit smoking I had already cut back a little and had already started to drink water and Orange juice, and had started smoking outside,then I got up on May 7 and never smoked at all.


I know this is long but one more thing, I have read that people that exercise have a higer chance of quitting smoking than those that do not exercise.I think 3 to 6 days is all it takes for the nicotine to get out of your body, and after that it is just habit that makes you want a cigarette. So you need to figure out what you can do to break the habits.
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I hope some of this helps others. Keep trying-

Cigarettes does kill and even when it does not kill people lose their quality of life. Your hard earned money is lining the pockets of people that create something that has you addicted. Satan is a liar, you do not need them, and you CAN quit.

[Mopsie]

I have not had a smoke in a while now! Even in the midst of all that is going on, don't even want one!!!

:yeah

[mary]

1. carlos.c304
2. Joyfulnoise
3. Mopsie

Hope to see your name added to the list!

[mary]

1. carlos.c304
2. Joyfulnoise
3. Mopsie

Hope to see your name added to the list!

would love to add
your name to this
list too.

[Butterflies]

Hi everyone,
I struggled for years on and off trying desperatley to quit. Finally in January this year was the last ciggarett for me. I used a new drug called Chantix it blocks your receptors and it worked better than any patch or gum. Just thought i would share that with you. Trust Jesus to do the rest

[mary]

We have another name to add to the list:

1. carlos.c304
2. Joyfulnoise
3. Mopsie
4. Butterflies