Qiut smoking day for AZers and support.Monday.

So many of us wait to quit until it's urgent.....

flyrv9 said:
I also quit in 1986 after suffering a collapsed lung due to a spontaneous pneumothorax. I spent 12 days in the hospital and had 3 chest tubes. I had no plans to quit before this happened; but the Dr. said there was a connection; so not wanting to go through that again, I just quit. I was 37 at the time and had been smoking for over 20 years. It was probably a blessing in disguise, as I would probably have continued to smoke.

I have a co-worker who quit several years ago after going to a quit smoking hypnosis session. I think it cost him $30 to sit there in a room full of other people. It worked for him - perhaps it's worth a shot for those here having trouble quitting.
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Bottom line for us is so many times we don't do something until we see how fragile we really can be. When you can't breath that's pretty serious.

We need to care enough about ourselves to not do this to ourselves.

The writing is on the wall everywhere and now it is even on AZ here for smokers that want to read about how and why so many of us quit.

The sooner a person quits the better. They used to say that you could quit and your body would heal up great from this smoking. Not so anymore. The truth is out everywhere that the damage that is done is done. There will still be some health issues down the line even if you quit.

Monday is coming up again and hopefully this thread with all these great testimonials like yours will help a few of our players on here take that first big step to quitting.

Quit before it is urgent. Stop the bleeding now and enjoy the rest of your life to the fullest.

Great testimonial.............
 
Monday can be another quit day.........

If you've been on the fence on quitting Monday can be your quit date.

Azers on here got your back. So much knowledge on reasons to quit and how to.

If reading this thread doesn't make you want to quit just read it again and again.

If you can make it a week you can make it a lifetime.

We all can do it.

You just need to win this battle one time........
 
Geno, ya know you're a real pain in the a ss for people that don't want to quit.

Keep up the good work.

Closing in on 56 and I can honestly say that I didn't figure that I would last long enuff to enjoy my pension or investments.

Now, I can also honestly say that the way I am feeling, I figure that I just might do that.

Haven't had any chest pains in so long, I can't remember that far back. Now that I have quit, I know for a fact that I know where those chest pains were coming from.

Felt like I was having mini heart attacks some nights. not a twinge since.

Had a good work out at the gym today.

Gonna make that a regular habit a couple of times a week. Breathe a bit hard but don't even break a sweat.

40 years of smoking, less than one year quit and I can work out like I did today. Pretty amazing, to me anyway.
 
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We all feel bad for those that are addicted and are suffering..........

The pain that is caused by this addiction in stoppable for sure.

Get some control back in your life and not be a prisoner to this addiction.

If only one person quits because of someones words on here per week, what a success.

These are just words but the impact on someones life that quitting will make is so huge.

If your reading this thread and want to quit what a better time to do it.

The time is now to step up to the plate and take on the monster in a race that you can win.

Make your commitment for this Monday and share your stories on here and what your experiencing also.

Good luck my friends.........AZers got your back.......
 
I have not read any of this thread but wanted to wish anyone trying to quit smoking my very best.

Give it a good go and don't be discouraged if you fall - keep after it; it's worth it!

Do not take your breathing for granted.

best,
brian kjc
 
I'm doing "ok" for about a week now. I don't know if I agree it's JUST the nicotine that makes me want to smoke. I feel it's the routine that goes alone with smoking I miss the most. Smoke at certain times, every day, driving to work, get to a point in the journey to work, I knew when I should spark one up in time to finish it as I was pulling into the parking lot.

I have friends and family over tonight, had a few cold ones, the sensation of wanting a smoke was worse. I drink, I smoke.

Stopped drinking, grabbed a piece of hard candy instead :banghead:
 
stutz said:
I'm doing "ok" for about a week now. I don't know if I agree it's JUST the nicotine that makes me want to smoke. I feel it's the routine that goes alone with smoking I miss the most. Smoke at certain times, every day, driving to work, get to a point in the journey to work, I knew when I should spark one up in time to finish it as I was pulling into the parking lot.

I have friends and family over tonight, had a few cold ones, the sensation of wanting a smoke was worse. I drink, I smoke.

Stopped drinking, grabbed a piece of hard candy instead :banghead:
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That's a huge hurdle. Well done!
Stick with it. You are closer than you could imagine to being free from the constant chatter in your head. Trust me, at only 2 months you will be almost, if not completely urge free.
 
I've been sober for almost 10 years. I did almost every drug in the book. I just up and quit everything one day after having a "moment of awakening" or whatever the hell they call it. I quit smoking the same day I quit everything else.

The only thing I truly miss is smoking cigarettes. They're not lying when they say it's really addictive.
 
stutz said:
I'm doing "ok" for about a week now. I don't know if I agree it's JUST the nicotine that makes me want to smoke. I feel it's the routine that goes alone with smoking I miss the most. Smoke at certain times, every day, driving to work, get to a point in the journey to work, I knew when I should spark one up in time to finish it as I was pulling into the parking lot.

I have friends and family over tonight, had a few cold ones, the sensation of wanting a smoke was worse. I drink, I smoke.

Stopped drinking, grabbed a piece of hard candy instead :banghead:
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Alcohol (and candy) is straight sugar... Sugar (and the depressant alcohol) is the worst thing a smoker's brain needs... it needs nutrition to make serotonin its looking for (megadose of B12 is the 'shortcut to serotonin production'... Calcium with D3 will also help in making serotonin). Btw did you know that any form of Alcohol is the only legal drug that you can buy (and self regulate) designed specifically to kill (pickel) brain tissue?

By using alcohol you are doing right the opposite of what your brain needs to make more serotonin... ie less living brain tissue ='s less Serotonin Production >>> pretty simple math for most people who are aware of this fact. Give yourself a chance to win the addiction battle.

Blood sugar swings will lift you up and then drop you into a deep(er) hole. Use sugar free candies and small doses of caffeine if necessary. More importantly eat correctly with no complex carbs- ie pasta's, breads etc regularly and jack up the B12 vitamin. Walk more, sleep better/more. Just an fyi- for everyone who wants to go the easy way.:smile:

Dr Hatten
 
rhatten said:
Alcohol (and candy) is straight sugar... Sugar (and the depressant alcohol) is the worst thing a smoker's brain needs... it needs nutrition to make serotonin its looking for (megadose of B12 is the 'shortcut to serotonin production'... Calcium with D3 will also help in making serotonin). Btw did you know that any form of Alcohol is the only legal drug that you can buy (and self regulate) designed specifically to kill (pickel) brain tissue?

By using alcohol you are doing right the opposite of what your brain needs to make more serotonin... ie less living brain tissue ='s less Serotonin Production >>> pretty simple math for most people who are aware of this fact. Give yourself a chance to win the addiction battle.

Blood sugar swings will lift you up and then drop you into a deep(er) hole. Use sugar free candies and small doses of caffeine if necessary. More importantly eat correctly with no complex carbs- ie pasta's, breads etc regularly and jack up the B12 vitamin. Walk more, sleep better/more. Just an fyi- for everyone who wants to go the easy way.:smile:

Dr Hatten
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You've written some good stuff here, but I'm curious as to why you think complex carbs would be bad in even modest amounts.
 
PocketSpeed11 said:
You've written some good stuff here, but I'm curious as to why you think complex carbs would be bad in even modest amounts.
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Modest amount is the high end of the limit... Most people don't know that complex carbs-glycogen (like starches -white rice, potatoes, most breads etc) has approx 8-9 times the amount of glucose (sugar) in it -per unit volume- than does the same amount of simple sugars. ie sweet tasting sugars are simple sugars.... these are glucose (sugar bowl sugar), fructose (fruit sugars), galactose etc.

Sugar is also the fastest way to cell death (behind the alcohol -sugar- already mentioned). It causes the most inflammatory response in the circulatory system and across the blood-brain barrier- it is now well understood to cause the inflammatory 'call up mechanism' (increase in cholesterol- the bad kind) and increases BP 20-50%. Most heart attach victims are after a heavy meal and at night... go figure...

Loading up on Sugar sources in the last thing a damaged body/brain needs.... plus when the push is over what does the 'reward center' look for??... more serotonin... it will get a fix if you swing it from the trees. One should avoid fast (high glycemic indexed) foods... Again moderation is at the 'high end' for most everyone. High energy out-put life styles will burn through the extra of carbs. Moderation amount is < a 1/3 of a meal btw. move your lean proteins up (lean white meats, lentils etc) in place of complex carbohydrates. These types of energy foods takes longer to break down (no sugar spike/ insulin spike) and is more nutritious that ANY Sugar foods.

Simple math.... 1 cube of potato ='s 9 cubes of table sugar. same amount of nutrition...none. 1 cube of rice ='s 7-8 cubes of table sugar. no nutrition... 1 cube of posta .... 8-9 cubes of sugar... massive insulin dump. Inflammation in the vessels and damages tissues. In medicine we call damaged cellular growth (uncontrollable cell growth) ...cancer. Loading up on sugar causes cells to become damaged... some cells die fast, some change into mutated growth patterns...cancers. There are years of Nobel prise winners on this stuff...

Lots of Sugar, especially complex carbohydrates- (sugars that really are very well disguised because they don't taste sweet like simple sugars do) are not advised when the body (brain) in trying to repair it's self. Arterio diseases pop up really fast when you fertilize it with sugars. All tissues need health nutritious food (vitamin and minerals) not empty calories (sugars- especially complex carbs) in order to 'heal' or fix themselves... this is one of the reasons the 'SICK brain tissues' don't have the power of logic... it's not being fed what it needs to think clearly. Nutrition is the way out of the illness/addiction. Lots of sugar ain't got no nutrient. Quick 'fixes' with sugars won't help with repairing the 'addiction disease'. After eating healthy (very lean diet) for a while and the drive for nicotine (fill in the blank_______) has subsided, then a moderate amount of Complex carbs (< 1/3 of a meal) can be revisited. Brain needs to recover 1st.

Most people are completely unaware of the necessary dietary change to get the brain to respond well to overcoming ANY/ALL addictions. The brain will always look for comfort. Feed it right and it will not hold the rest of your body hostage to chronic illnesses.

There you have it, hope this helps.

Randy
 
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RHatten. Thanks for the advice on the B12.

I used to use it. I believe that the next visit to the pharmacy, I will be picking some up.

Even if you are a non smoker, I don't think it will hurt to include that into a persons daily routine.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
RHatten. Thanks for the advice on the B12.

I used to use it. I believe that the next visit to the pharmacy, I will be picking some up.

Even if you are a non smoker, I don't think it will hurt to include that into a persons daily routine.
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True...Very True.
 
My brother had hypnosis done for his smoking and it really helped him. The hypnotist transferred the addiction to drinking water instead. For the longest time and even today he drinks a LOT of water. Depends on the quality of hypnotists. I have even had friends that get hypnotized and need a few more sessions to get over it completely.
 
Another weapon to fight addiction.......

rhatten said:
Modest amount is the high end of the limit... Most people don't know that complex carbs-glycogen (like starches -white rice, potatoes, most breads etc) has approx 8-9 times the amount of glucose (sugar) in it -per unit volume- than does the same amount of simple sugars. ie sweet tasting sugars are simple sugars.... these are glucose (sugar bowl sugar), fructose (fruit sugars), galactose etc.

Sugar is also the fastest way to cell death (behind the alcohol -sugar- already mentioned). It causes the most inflammatory response in the circulatory system and across the blood-brain barrier- it is now well understood to cause the inflammatory 'call up mechanism' (increase in cholesterol- the bad kind) and increases BP 20-50%. Most heart attach victims are after a heavy meal and at night... go figure...

Loading up on Sugar sources in the last thing a damaged body/brain needs.... plus when the push is over what does the 'reward center' look for??... more serotonin... it will get a fix if you swing it from the trees. One should avoid fast (high glycemic indexed) foods... Again moderation is at the 'high end' for most everyone. High energy out-put life styles will burn through the extra of carbs. Moderation amount is < a 1/3 of a meal btw. move your lean proteins up (lean white meats, lentils etc) in place of complex carbohydrates. These types of energy foods takes longer to break down (no sugar spike/ insulin spike) and is more nutritious that ANY Sugar foods.

Simple math.... 1 cube of potato ='s 9 cubes of table sugar. same amount of nutrition...none. 1 cube of rice ='s 7-8 cubes of table sugar. no nutrition... 1 cube of posta .... 8-9 cubes of sugar... massive insulin dump. Inflammation in the vessels and damages tissues. In medicine we call damaged cellular growth (uncontrollable cell growth) ...cancer. Loading up on sugar causes cells to become damaged... some cells die fast, some change into mutated growth patterns...cancers. There are years of Nobel prise winners on this stuff...

Lots of Sugar, especially complex carbohydrates- (sugars that really are very well disguised because they don't taste sweet like simple sugars do) are not advised when the body (brain) in trying to repair it's self. Arterio diseases pop up really fast when you fertilize it with sugars. All tissues need health nutritious food (vitamin and minerals) not empty calories (sugars- especially complex carbs) in order to 'heal' or fix themselves... this is one of the reasons the 'SICK brain tissues' don't have the power of logic... it's not being fed what it needs to think clearly. Nutrition is the way out of the illness/addiction. Lots of sugar ain't got no nutrient. Quick 'fixes' with sugars won't help with repairing the 'addiction disease'. After eating healthy (very lean diet) for a while and the drive for nicotine (fill in the blank_______) has subsided, then a moderate amount of Complex carbs (< 1/3 of a meal) can be revisited. Brain needs to recover 1st.

Most people are completely unaware of the necessary dietary change to get the brain to respond well to overcoming ANY/ALL addictions. The brain will always look for comfort. Feed it right and it will not hold the rest of your body hostage to chronic illnesses.

There you have it, hope this helps.

Randy
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Thanks Randy for the great info,

It makes perfect sense.

Another club in a players bag to help quit smoking.......GOOD STUFF>>...........
 
As they say in baseball, Strike one!!!!

It means that Ive smoked . can't blame anyone but myself! I do wonder how I hung around smokers for yrs -not smoking. I will do attempt number 2 ( soon,! ) mentally since I spent the 8.30 cents for another pack Ill finish them. I must admit the days did seem brighter and I did (mentally feel good) it was still like -4 . Super cold here for like48 days. How, why do we venture out in the freezing cold to smoke??? I did forget my cue in the truck during these non smoking days!!!!! don't do it!! I just successfully re-glued the stainless steel joint on. (I have the talent for that!! . good luck to the rest of the non smokers. mark
 
Make this Monday your quit smoking day celebration.........

Share your story on here for sure about how you want to quit smoking.

Take a stab at it. If it doesn't work out you can try it again next Monday.

And Mark, it would be so cool to see you smoke free the next time we meet up.

I'm pulling for you buddy.

Your one of the good guys in this pool world of our. Like to see you around for awhile.

A long while. Good Luck my friend...........
 
Well I did finish that pack I had from last week. My last cigarette was before work on Thursday morning. None since then so maybe quitting will stick this time. Had a rough weekend but made it through. Hopefully it gets easier from here on. The fact that everyone smokes at my home room makes it tougher when I am there. Definitely makes me want to smoke when everyone else is. One day at a time......
 
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