Non-smokers

TGG1SS · 06-01-2012, 12:14 AM

We had our last cigarette last Friday night at around 10PM or so.
There are times where I still want to light up, always after I eat I want to smoke, waking up in the AM and not coughing is a good thing.

We figured that we will save close to $70.00 a week by quitting the shit sticks. That is a tank of gas for one week in the Camaro!!!! over a months time it averages out to a car payment on my wife's car!!!

Has anyone else recently or not so recently quite the habit of smoking?
If you could post your experience that would be great.

Thanks

Tony

angie7 · 06-01-2012, 12:32 AM

Congrats!!!! I quit 3.5 yrs ago after 15 yrs. To be honest, I still crave them. I dont think it ever goes away you just learn to live with it!

Stay strong!

AdamZ · 06-01-2012, 12:34 AM

I gave up modding. It has been 2 weeks since my last mod. I don't think I can go much longer but I gave it a shot :/.

Congrats though. Those things are nasty. Keep at it. Just wait...in 2 months you are going to walk into a room of smokers. That nasty smell will hit you and you will think "What the **** was I doing?"

hotrodsally · 06-01-2012, 12:44 AM

Just Bumped

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193189

theragtopguy · 06-01-2012, 01:17 AM

I gave them up about 10 years ago after a couple very close friends passed away from cancer.

Haven't had one since, I am proud to say.

Good move, good luck to you!!

Bad@ssCamaro · 06-01-2012, 02:04 AM

Ok, guess I have to trump the person before me. It's been 21 years since I quit smoking cigarettes. It was my 3rd ( and thankfully last) attempt at quitting. I did the hypnosis thing once and it helped for 2 years. When I decided to finally quit I said I was not going to let this little fkr rule my life. No way No how. I overcame all the associations within a months time and like AdamZ said, I walked into a room where people had smoked and it was like I couldn't breath...it was awful. You experience something like that and you don't ever want to go back. Good luck in your endeavor and remember to not let it beat you...You are better than that

Edit: to Angie, if you still have cravings it's because you haven't overcome that association with that craving. Once you do, you will never think twice about having another cigarette. Keep trying and find out what it is and confront it and overcome it, YOU CAN DO EEET.

IrocJack · 06-01-2012, 05:52 AM

I tried a cig. one time, yuck. Now my cousin and I sneaked some of his dad's chewing tobacco yrs ago. That really tasted good till a swallowed it. : (
That was the end of my tobacco days.

Hammer St. James · 06-01-2012, 06:42 AM

Gave them up for 5 years. Picked them back up last year. Stress at my job made me do it. Helps me from reaching out and choking the shit out of certain people. I'll be dropping them again soon.

What helped me in the beginning was gum. Used to chew the snot out of it.

garcmol · 06-01-2012, 07:01 AM

How did you quit OP? Just put them down or what? I've tried repeatedly with no luck. The want is there, but the will to do it is lacking. Know what I mean?

Congrats to you and your wife!

Hammer St. James · 06-01-2012, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by garcmol

How did you quit OP? Just put them down or what? I've tried repeatedly with no luck. The want is there, but the will to do it is lacking. Know what I mean?

Congrats to you and your wife!

They say the physical addiction lasts only 3 days, the rest is all in your head.

joey0480 · 06-01-2012, 08:09 AM

Went from a pack a day to less than a pack a week. Will be joining a smoking cessation class next week. I haf.quit for quite a bit but.everyone I hang out with smokes and sometimes just fall short of resisting.

Overflow · 06-01-2012, 08:51 AM

I've never smoked, but I wish all of you trying to quit the best of luck.

It will pay off in the end!

rare991 · 06-01-2012, 09:14 AM

I quit about 4 months ago cold turkey. I only smoked for about 6 years so it wasnt to bad.

IL-Tracker · 06-01-2012, 09:50 AM

Quit in October 1992. Was 37 and had smoked since 16. Over the years, gradually smoked lighter, and lighter cigarettes (nicotine levels), so breaking the nicotine addiction wasn't that bad, but quitting the "habit" was difficult.

Remember, the first year will be tough. There will always be something new to remind you of smoking; holidays, fishing, golfing, you name it, it will take a year to get through the "cycle".

With us (wife quit the day before I did), our lives, friends, and habits changed. All for the better. Good luck to you.

(but fwiw, if I knew I would be dead in six months, I would start smoking right now - loved to smoke, and the odor of a fresh cigarette lighting up still smells good to me)

06-01-2012, 12:14 AM	#1
TGG1SS Drives: 2012 AGM Camaro 1SS M6 LS3 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 252 View My Garage	Non-smokers We had our last cigarette last Friday night at around 10PM or so. There are times where I still want to light up, always after I eat I want to smoke, waking up in the AM and not coughing is a good thing. We figured that we will save close to $70.00 a week by quitting the shit sticks. That is a tank of gas for one week in the Camaro!!!! over a months time it averages out to a car payment on my wife's car!!! Has anyone else recently or not so recently quite the habit of smoking? If you could post your experience that would be great. Thanks Tony

06-01-2012, 12:32 AM	#2
angie7 Smoked by a GIRL Drives: 2014 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 3,748 View My Garage	Congrats!!!! I quit 3.5 yrs ago after 15 yrs. To be honest, I still crave them. I dont think it ever goes away you just learn to live with it! Stay strong! __________________ 2014 2SS/RS Summit White w/ IOM interior "Powder 2.0"

06-01-2012, 12:44 AM	#4
hotrodsally The Legend Lives On Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT/RS SIM Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,776	Just Bumped http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193189 __________________ *Viva Las Vegas!*

06-01-2012, 01:17 AM	#5
theragtopguy Lifetime Philly Fan Drives: 2015 Spring Edition 2SS M-6 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South Central Florida Posts: 1,861 View My Garage	I gave them up about 10 years ago after a couple very close friends passed away from cancer. Haven't had one since, I am proud to say. Good move, good luck to you!! __________________ 2015 Green Flash, Delivered 4/10/15 CAI, NPP Exhaust, Short-throw shifter BBK LT HEADERS 1 7/8” Tune by DynoSteve via SCTx4 Tuner One of 82 GF Ragtops built in '15 out of 811 Total [/SIZE]

06-01-2012, 02:04 AM	#6
Bad@ssCamaro BeckyD Rocks :-) Drives: 2015 1SS/1LE Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: CT Posts: 5,781 View My Garage	Ok, guess I have to trump the person before me. It's been 21 years since I quit smoking cigarettes. It was my 3rd ( and thankfully last) attempt at quitting. I did the hypnosis thing once and it helped for 2 years. When I decided to finally quit I said I was not going to let this little fkr rule my life. No way No how. I overcame all the associations within a months time and like AdamZ said, I walked into a room where people had smoked and it was like I couldn't breath...it was awful. You experience something like that and you don't ever want to go back. Good luck in your endeavor and remember to not let it beat you...You are better than that Edit: to Angie, if you still have cravings it's because you haven't overcome that association with that craving. Once you do, you will never think twice about having another cigarette. Keep trying and find out what it is and confront it and overcome it, YOU CAN DO EEET. __________________ 2015 CRT 1SS/1LE RS/Recaro's/NPP/Nav/Rear vision pkg./BA speaker upgrade. Stage 3 BMR cam, ARH 1 7/8 headers, CAI, BMR 1.25 drop springs, JPSS Billet Bushings, Peddars Cradle Bushings...460 whp...so far....SOLD, but not forgotten!

06-01-2012, 12:34 AM	#3
AdamZ Account Suspended Drives: Eve - 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Fairfield, OH Posts: 11,814	I gave up modding. It has been 2 weeks since my last mod. I don't think I can go much longer but I gave it a shot :/. Congrats though. Those things are nasty. Keep at it. Just wait...in 2 months you are going to walk into a room of smokers. That nasty smell will hit you and you will think "What the **** was I doing?"

06-01-2012, 05:52 AM	#7
IrocJack Drives: 2010 2LT/RS RJT Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,683 View My Garage	I tried a cig. one time, yuck. Now my cousin and I sneaked some of his dad's chewing tobacco yrs ago. That really tasted good till a swallowed it. : ( That was the end of my tobacco days.

06-01-2012, 06:42 AM	#8
Hammer St. James Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 174	Gave them up for 5 years. Picked them back up last year. Stress at my job made me do it. Helps me from reaching out and choking the shit out of certain people. I'll be dropping them again soon. What helped me in the beginning was gum. Used to chew the snot out of it. __________________ I'm a rebel. I will not allow anyone to dictate what I do, when I do it, or who I do it with. I feel sorry for those that choose to compromise their goals, dreams, needs, and desires to appease the control of another. I believe in freedom. I am an American. -HSJ

06-01-2012, 07:01 AM	#9
garcmol Drives: 10 1LT SIM; 91 B4C sleeper Z Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ft. Mitchell, Alabama Posts: 7,198	How did you quit OP? Just put them down or what? I've tried repeatedly with no luck. The want is there, but the will to do it is lacking. Know what I mean? Congrats to you and your wife! __________________ Pedders Pace Car Package, Injen CAI, Flowmaster AT, AAC Lighting, ZL1 fascia/skirts, RKSport Ram Air hood, vented fenders, painted stripes (Gary's Customz), Honor and Valor badged (Thank you, John)

06-01-2012, 08:09 AM	#11
joey0480 Drives: 2013 Evo X Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 562	Went from a pack a day to less than a pack a week. Will be joining a smoking cessation class next week. I haf.quit for quite a bit but.everyone I hang out with smokes and sometimes just fall short of resisting. __________________ 2013 Evo X GSR (SSS, leather, exterior package)....stage 2 bro SOLD:Team L99 ADM Race Intake and Scoop Vmax Ported TB Borla-S axlebacks ARH 1 7/8 Long Tubes and Hi Flo Cats 160 Thermostat Pfdat front and rear sways and endlinks Gold Pearl Powdercoated calipers Gloss black CFD strut covers GM gill stripes ******** 12" Stealth Kicker Package

06-01-2012, 08:51 AM	#12
Overflow Space Shuttle Aficionado Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 30,897 View My Garage	I've never smoked, but I wish all of you trying to quit the best of luck. It will pay off in the end!

06-01-2012, 09:14 AM	#13
rare991 Drives: 2014 SS 1LE Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Newport News VA Posts: 896 View My Garage	I quit about 4 months ago cold turkey. I only smoked for about 6 years so it wasnt to bad.

06-01-2012, 09:50 AM	#14
IL-Tracker That's why......... Drives: Traded a 2011 2SS/RS A6 Blk Vert Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 118	Quit in October 1992. Was 37 and had smoked since 16. Over the years, gradually smoked lighter, and lighter cigarettes (nicotine levels), so breaking the nicotine addiction wasn't that bad, but quitting the "habit" was difficult. Remember, the first year will be tough. There will always be something new to remind you of smoking; holidays, fishing, golfing, you name it, it will take a year to get through the "cycle". With us (wife quit the day before I did), our lives, friends, and habits changed. All for the better. Good luck to you. (but fwiw, if I knew I would be dead in six months, I would start smoking right now - loved to smoke, and the odor of a fresh cigarette lighting up still smells good to me)