I hate ciggarettes. Quit and quit again. Now I have one lit...

[Skip Intro]

It never fills the hole I try to fill.

It never will.

Why am I doing it again????

[DebJ]

1. Gonna quit myself next week. I feel your pain. One of the

big struggles will be how to be online and not smoke.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Skip Intro...

It sounds to me as though you are trying to use the cigarettes as a prop, an answer for something. Have you talked to a counselor, a therapist?

Maybe s/he might be able to figure out what you need to do, what's driving you to smoke when you so clearly hate it.

Maybe you're punishing yourself? I don't know...

Of course, it is a very addictive habit. That may be why you keep doing it; the chemicals pull you back.

:hug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Take up knitting, maybe???

Crochet? Sewing?

Needlepoint? Drawing?

[Captain Boomerang]

4. You have not hit the stage of wanting to change.

Maybe you are clinging to something familiar.

[Skip Intro]

5. I think I know what it is...I only want to smoke when I drink

I have a few drinks, and enjoy the mild euphoric effect, but occasionally, it's not enough and I want to supplement it. And so, I reach for the ciggs. I've been off them for years at the time, and I won't want one tomorrow. But now, I want one. Granted, a slightly more elusive substance might do a better job, but alas, limited access to that leaves me wanting.

Still, I drew a line in the sand with these cancer sticks, yet, years on, the time comes when I still give in to the temporary(?) desire...

[gmoney]

6. have you tried eCigarettes?

There was an interesting thing Mike Malloy broadcast a few weeks ago about how they make quitting smoking very easy... you might want to read it.

http://www.charlottedennettforattorneygeneral.com/quitting/malloy_01.htm

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Same reason I am eating myself in to a XXXL coffin. :^( *hugs*

[old mark]

8. It is a tough addiction to break, but very rewarding when you finally do.

Don't give up kicking cigarettes - use any means you think may help - gum, patches, hypnosis, whatever...the addiction pissed me off so much it drove me to quit forever over 20 years ago.

They are nothing but evil and the money you spend on them supports RW politics.

Good luck.

mark

[Skip Intro]

9. I thouht I already did.

Thanks for the kind words. That goes for all who commented on this thread.

I will smoke a pack before I sleep.

I don't understand why.

Have been quit for years.

I will slay this dragon, I will kill this beast that lives to suck the life right out of me.

[old mark]

11. It really is an addiction and it is as bad as any other drug, and worse than many.

Seriously, see a doctor and get professional help - both my mother and my mother in law died from smoking related illnesses, and I really hate the fucking things...


mark

[PassingFair]

10. The only way I was able to quit at 43....

was to promise myself that I could take it up again at 63!

I still have THAT to look forward to!

(Smoke-free for 7 years......)

[Taitertots]

12. Just remember smoking won't make you feel any better, only worse

Any time you are about to smoke think about how much worse it will be next time you have to get that far.

Quit for good. Quitting, breaking down, quitting, breaking down is the worst cycle. It is easy to quit once, it is very hard to quit every week or two.

[applegrove]

13. I quit using Champix/Chantix. It separated the act of smoking from the nicoteen

getting to the pleasure receptors in my brain. Then when I felt I needed something to smoke I smoked herbal cigarettes which are just disgustingly raunchy. Now whenever I see someone smoking I think that gross raunchy feeling. I somehow managed to trick my mind into thinking smoking was disgusting on an ongoing basis. And I was like you I had quit and quit again.

Good luck to you.

There is also the quitnet.com you can go there and post when you are having a crave. People will respond to you and keep you busy (and your hands busy) until the crave passes.