How many times have you quit? - Smoking Cessation Message Board

smartgal · 07-19-2006, 02:31 PM

I'm on my 80 millionth time, but at least I had quit for six months and only smoked for one, so it seems a little easier to get back into the non-smoking habit.

Liamsmom · 07-20-2006, 04:10 PM

This is my third serious attempt and I'm at almost 6 weeks. I'm 38-almost 39 and I've smoked seriously since I was 13 how the hell did 25 yeras go by already.

smartgal · 07-20-2006, 04:50 PM

I had an inhaler, but ran out of cartridges yesterday. Today is especially hard. There was a shootout right across the street from my house and three people were killed. I'm upset and tweaked out quite a bit, and so so want a cigarette!

BarneyTheDog · 07-20-2006, 06:04 PM

A shootout? 3 dead? Across the street?

Holy crap! Sounds like the cigarettes are the least of your health problems.

Living in Australia (a relatively gun-free society) the only violence we ever see 1st hand is the odd Bar Fight and if someone gets stabbed it's headline news. Imagining what you just experienced is a hard thing to do.

I've quit twice now, the 1st time for 5 years, this time for just over 9 months.

Why did I go back after 5 years? I crashed my beloved vintage F100... The stress of seeing her mangled beyond repair was too much.

I can't tell you how impressive it is that you lived through that horrible ordeal and managed to stay smoke free. It makes my reason for going back to the fags seem tawdry and adolescent.

Stay strong!

Barney

smartgal · 07-21-2006, 02:28 PM

I did make it through last night. I think I'm just horribly depressed and that quitting smoking makes it even worse right now. My neighborhood is getting progressively worse. Four months ago, a 13 year old boy stabbed his grandmother to death (again, 4 houses down across the street), about two months ago, the police wake me up asking for keys to the gate of my backyard, as there was a suspect in it, and then yesterday, apparently some kids drove up the driveway of a house where they had a pot growing operation, and that's when the owners came out and shot the kids (one of them shot the other home owner by accident).

I know I shouldn't let the world's events affect me so deeply, and that a cigarette won't make it all better, but it sure seems like it would.