"I want to quit smoking because....."

[spring]

1. I am tired of the self loathing it makes me feel.

2. I want to spend the money on things that enrich my life.

3. I'm tired of feeling like a hypocrite. (see reason 1.)

4. It hurts my children and sets a bad example.

5. When my AH says "You don't know what it's like" I want to be able to honestly say "Yes. I do.

[Jwife22]

1. I am tired of stinking.
2. It costs to much money.
3. Heart disease runs in my family.
4. I feel like a hypocrite telling my husband to stop his addiction and me continue mine.
5. It costs to much money.
6. I want to be able to walk a few miles without feeling like I am dying.
7. I want to get into better physical shape.
8. It costs to much money.
9. I don't want to be dependent on ANYTHING.
10.I want to be able to show my AH that quitting is possible.

PS>


Oh yes, did I mention it costs to much?

[Lovestoomuch]

I want to quit smoking because I'm tired of my house stinking like smoke.

I could use the extra money.

I don't want to die.

I'm kicking and screaming though!!!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I don't want to be the founding leader of the Big Butt Club!!!

[spring]

One minute at a time Kris!

[Lovestoomuch]

I thought of another reason I want to quit.
If you ever see a woman with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth............it really doesn't look attractive.
I don't think so anyhow.
I'm going to learn how to meditate.
Ommmmmmmm
Ommmmmmmm
Ommmmmmmm
At least once I quit smoking, I can take a deep breath without gagging.
Oh.......and I can blow up balloons.
I'm kinda getting excited about this.

[spring]

Kris - I meditate twice a day! It helps! Any Manifesting CD by Dr. Wayne Dyer and I also like Brian Weiss's CD's.

[Cupicake]

I want to quit smoking because:
1. I have a hard time breathing as it is.
2. I am tired of feeling winded after walking a block.
3. I hate the way my breath smells.
4. I hate being controlled by something.
5. It should not be my favorite pass time during my lunch hour.
6. I've packed on the pounds since I got married and I'm afraid smoking may be the thing that pushes me over that edge to heart disease.
7. I want to quit it for myself this time. Not just to prove a point to AH.

[Jewelz]

I like this thread!!!

I want to quit smoking because I am tired of my daughters bookbag stinking.
I am tired of smelling like it.
I am so tired at being at work and all I am thinking about is when I will get my next smoke.
I am tired of smoking two cigarettes within ten minutes cause it'll be hours before I get another one.
I hate smoking right after I brush my teeth
My kitchen stinks (only place I smoke at)
Makes me tired
cant breathe
Dont want to die
and my most important reason is to make my daughter proud!

Jewel

[liiise]

i'm 39 and my baby is 16 months i need to be around for her

[liiise]

allen carr's easy way to stop smoking has helped dozen's of my friends quit effodlessly and my sister who posts on here as well

[Lovestoomuch]

I am tired of smoking two cigarettes within ten minutes cause it'll be hours before I get another one.

LOL
I do that too Jewelz.

[Ladybugg]

I want to quit smoking because..

1. It seems to be affecting my health more lately
2. I am soooo tired of spending my last 20 dollars on something that could kill me
3. My kitchen stinks too...the only place I smoke
4. I am tired of my dog looking at me like I am crazy when I smoke and sometimes barking at me!!
5. I have quit a lot and it is getting harder each time..I want to quit for good. I also seem to pick up when my exah relasped...4 times.
6. My energy level is twice what it is when I don't smoke

Michelle

[wounded]

I want to quit because
1. I want to live longer
2. I have asthma and will feel better
3. I want to live to see grandchildren (and I don't want them for a long time!)
4. I don't want to live on an oxygen tank
5. I hate seeing my daughter watch me kill myself by lighting up
6. I hate the smell
7. I hate the cost
8. I hate my car, house, walls and windows all being smoke coated..yuck
that one grossed me out.
9. I am stronger than to let this chemical rule me..I don't want to be an
addict anymore!
10.I want to feel pride in myself for overcoming my addiction

[RisingPhoenix]

I am GLAD I quit smoking because...

1. I feel my insides giving me a hug for doing it.
2. The satisfaction and pride I feel that I won't ever have a night of rummaging through drawers and desks like some JUNKIE looking for a spare one that I might have hidden on nights like these when I have smoked through my pack and my daughter is sleeping upstairs and I can't leave the house to go get one and "Oh ****... how am I going to get through the night" <tucking head in shame>
3. Oxygen tanks.
4. Pink lungs. (well, one day maybe)
5. No longer spreading insecticides on my insides.
6. I'm too old for this nonsense.
7. Suicide is not very attractive.
8. Ashtray breath
9. My car smells like 'mountain air' instead of a dirty ashtray.
10. Forgetting to dump the BUTTS and hide the ashtray on the back patio and my daughter finding them and saying, "Mom, whose are THOSE? You don't smoke so who's could they be???" (gulp - that one really stung)
11. EXTRA MONEY!
12. Not being winded walking up the stairs
13. Not getting that dull ache in my chest anymore when I do deep breathing during yoga.
15. Bike riding without feeling I'm going to have a heart attack.
16. No more yellow fingernails!!
17. No more hating myself with every drag I took.

[RisingPhoenix]

I promise everyone... the cravings stop. I haven't had a craving since... well, I can't remember when. Honestly. I never want one again.

<<<<hugs>>>>>>

You can do this!

[spring]

Rising!! Thank you!!! Your post made me remember ANOTHER reason I want to quit:

The SHAME and DIGUST I feel when I'm rummaging for a butt to smoke because I ran out.

[RisingPhoenix]

Spring,

I HATED that. And hated it about myself. Hated *doing* it. But the demon continued to slither around in me. I'd catch myself doing it and scream inside, "What the hell are you doing???" But then the little devil on the other shoulder said, "Oh shush. Everyone deserves ONE vice!"

Blech.

I swear.. I don't miss ANYTHING about it anymore. And I thought it was goign to feel like I had lost one of my legs.

If anything, I feel LIGHTER.

[Cupicake]

Jewelz...Loves....
I am the same way too. During lunch I am the biggest chain smoker. I think I may go through 3-4 cigs in one hour because I know that after lunch I won't go back out until the end of the day.
Wow...the addictive behavior peeks outs. Isn't this what our addicts do?

[Lovestoomuch]

There's one BIG difference Cupi.
At least we're not lieing about our addiction, how many cigarettes we smoke in an hour and how we're terrified to give them up.
We actually have a conscience about what we're doing to our bodies and to those around us who don't smoke.
So, I say we give ourselves a big hug and 2 more packs of cigarettes before we have to let them go.
LOL
Sorry.............I'm holding on till the very last second.

[marteen]

You guys can do this! If I quit, anyone can! Believe me. If you are determined, you can conquer this.

But give yourself lots of hugs and credit for trying, first of all.

You know, besides all the obvious reasons for quitting, I'm so glad that I quit because I just hated, and I mean HATED not being able to go anywhere without the familiar panic of: "Where are my cigarettes??"

I still love the feeling of being free of them! It's very liberating!

(and the bonus is that I put all my extra change every night in a piggy bank and when I get it full, I can spend it on whatever I want! It's what I call my "life" money!!!)

Good Luck Hugs,
marteen

[Lovestoomuch]

Thanks Marteen.
I still like that hypnosis thing that you had done though.
My boss had her ear lasered or something like that. It didn't work.
i've had that nicorette gum and thats got to be the nastiest tasting junk I've ever had in my mouth........cept for that one time I tried raw oysters and wasn't told you're not supposed to chew them.
Blech!!

[spring]

I took my son to school for band at 5:45 this morning. On my way home an ambulance went screaming by. I thought "Oh, I wonder if someone had a heart attack. I read that this time of the morning is the most common time of day to suffer one. Oh, God, they probably smoke. I don't want to get picked up in an ambulance at 6:00 in the morning."

Funny how my thoughts go....I wonder why I thought this..........

I don't want to hurt myself.

[jlo34]

I am so grateful and thankful that I don't smoke today, because:
1. I don't smell like smoke.
2. My oldest daughter doesn't give me that pained, desperate, disappointed, helpless look.
3. My kids are both very proud of me.
4. My husband is proud of me.
5. I'm proud of me.
6. My parents are proud of me.
7. My car no longer smells nasty...it smells.....FRESH!!
8. I no longer have to make sure I have cigarettes and a working lighter (plus back up) before I leave the house.
9. I've saved over $1000 in the past 6+ months.
10. I'm not a prisoner anymore, today, to my smoking addiction.
11. I FEEL free from the ball and chain of smoking!
12. I can breath better.
13. Now I can jog.
14. I don't haul my kids out in compromising weather so I can smoke.
15. I no longer have the mental obsession of when, how, when, etc I'll be smoking.
16. No more panick trips when I find I only have a few cigarettes left.
17. No more worrying how I'm going to smoke before I go somewhere and how many cigarettes I'll be able to smoke before I get there cause who knows how long it'll be before I'll be able to smoke another one...
18. Wow, it just feels great!!!

The fight is only as hard as I choose to make it. I can have every thing at my hands to help with getting through the cravings but none of it will mean a thing unless my head is in the game. I can't set myself up for failure. I have to believe with all my heart and mind that I can succeed a day at a time. I can't think of allowing myself to have just one cigarette, not one puff. That will set off the insanity again. I know this. That is how I have always failed. I know that by telling myself over and over again that I DON'T WANT TO SMOKE has really helped me...because whether I meant it or not, I started believing it and do everything I can to stay smoke free today!

I have also found that picking a date with absolutely no importance helps too. I also found that if I do pick up a cigarette to restart my stop immediately, not to give up. If I'm ready to give up, I'm not ready for the freedom of not smoking anymore. When a person is truly sick and tired of their addiction they will be sick and tired enough to go to any lengths to stop their addiction. Today, I am there. I pray I will always be there, one day at a time.

Good luck to all of you planning on quiting. It is SOOOOOOO wonderful. Getting past the first few weeks was the hardest....which a few weeks in view of 17 years of smoking....not too bad!

Jen

[Lovestoomuch]

I'm ready to do this!!