This is it! I'm quitting from SMOKING!

[vnessa]

Have you told this to yourself many times? Were you successful? or maybe tried then back in smoking again? Do you believe that once you wanted to quit smoking, you have to lessen the number of sticks a day? OR totally quit?

Share your experiences girl and guy talkers!

[skits]

I've actually done this! It's been 3 years since my last stick!
I quit cold turkey! I did it for my BF. I just decided to quit and then wala na. I have sisters and my mom who smoke, pero I just wasn't tempted. I wish I could say the same for my dieting 

[glamorous24]

hay naku mga 10000000000000000000 times ko na ata sinabi sa sarili ko yan...pero mga kakilala kong ng quit after more than 10 years ng ngso smoke talagang ang hirap ng pingdaanan nila...at first dapat i-condition mo sarili mo to quit smoking and dapat 101% kang whole heartedly decided to do it...it also depends on your lifestyle tipong mahilig kang mg hang-out w/ your group of friends na smokers din so ang tendency maiingit ka so you have to control your cravings....hindi rin ako naniniwala sa nicotine gum coz ganun rin un parang ng smoke ka na rin coz sinusupply mo parin yung nicotine sa katawan...

ang kwento sakin 6 mos dapat totally no smoking...then on your first 2 weeks pa lang meron kang withdrawal syndrome meaning irritable, depressed, medyo naloloka to control your mind not to think of smoking and maloloka din to look for alternative like eating kaya madaming tumataba pg ng ququit mg smoke....(in a span of 6 mos dapat ang total sticks niyo lang is less than 10)

pg nalagpasan mo for 6 mos yung cravings mo then there you go hindi mo na maiisip mg smoke....

basta napakahirap...but sabi nila its just all in the mind....and discipline talaga dapat if decided ka na talaga....

hindi totoo yung uunti-untiin mo....dapat kung stop as in stop!!!!

unfortunately addicted pako coz ayoko pa mawala yung overwhelming na feeling pg nakakapgsmoke ako...normally I smoke when depressed and galit to make myself calm....pero still "its all in the mind" but can't control it...huhuhuhuh

[patrisseko]

I told to myself that I have to stop smoking but it's really hard to do. It's became a part of my routine. When i tried to stop i experienced headache and mood swings and it affected my job and my relationship with my peers. Grabe noh? ganon talaga ko ka hook sa smoking.

[glamorous24]

korek sis....ako rin in a day kahit hindi depressed or galit smoke ako ng smoke...

its also my daily routine as soon as i woke up i smoke...then pg may spare time smoke again...then before eating smoke nanaman..mas malala pg after eating kasi 3 sticks in a row...then spare time smoke again then before bedtime smoke nanaman parang ngpapakamatay na ang dating....so its really hard for me kasi 5 years nako ngsmoke and ganito routine ko...lalo na napakasaram mg smoke while inside the cr....you know....and my environment smokers din.......wahahah feeling ko no chance of quiting madali ako maingit sa kanila once they have a stick to light on....and kung maubusan nga lang ako todo hanap talaga ako ng kakilala na meron dala...and if hindi duty yung kakilala ko then talagang gagawan ko pa ng paraan para lang masustain yung cravings ko...I actually had my confinement na due to smoking pero nung binalita sakin na stress lang kaya ngkaron ako costochondritis balik to the max nanaman sa smoking...

pero the best mg smoke together w/ a cup of coffee...kaya palagi akong laman ng starbucks wahahaha

[FOURever]

my bf was a chain smoker before nung friends pa lang kami at nung naging kami, di ko siya minadali na mag quit. kasi adik na siya dun eh. we played game like, for this day dapat maximum of 3 sticks lang (for one week ganun) then next week, 2 sticks na lang per day. hanggang sa one-two sticks per week na lang at hanggang nawala na sa kanya. 2 years na rin siyang di nag smoke. i feel so happy kasi achievement niya ito.

[luvsophie]

Ako rin, I couldn't quit.. but I was able to minimize. Like, I never smoke during office hours, I only smoke at night after dinner, so I only get to smoke 2-3sticks max a day. That was a major reduction from 10sticks/day before. 

[FOURever]

^hehe! that's cool sis. after few weeks, if you want, i know you can reduce the number pa.

[Stellar27]

You can do it girl!!! its just a matter of will power!

I used to be a chain - smoker, 1 pack per day ako ng Marlboro lights / Red. It took me more than 10 attempts to quit the habit.

Ngayon, glowing ang skin ko, and I felt na may baga pa ako hehe and di na ako masyado mina migraine.

Kaya mo yan.

[techgirl]

Hi mga sis!

I am not a smoker but my husband was. chain smoker siya nung mag-BF pa lang kami. then, nabawasan when we got married kasi kinontrol ko talaga. he can only smoke after meals at SA LABAS LANG NG BAHAY!  when my eldest turned 2, siya na ang sumisita sa daddy niya. he says YOSI KADIRI! BAHO DADDY! turo ko yun! 

he keeps on saying he will quit one day. then, one day ng he just said last stick ko na ito. afterwards, hindi na ako magyoyosi EVER. he quit cold turkey. 3rd year anniversary na ng pag-quit nya sa last week of november.

i'm glad he did kaya sine-celebrate namin yun every year. 

[luvsophie]

^hehe! that's cool sis. after few weeks, if you want, i know you can reduce the number pa.

Thanks sis! Will power lang talaga. Actually I can last 2 - 3 days without smoking rin mahirap lang talaga pag mag-isa ka lang and bored tapos busog 

[lloydiane]

ako rin 1million times ko na sinabi na I want to quit smoking pero smoker pa rin ako. I even tried na wag magdala para mabawasan kasi nakakahiya naman manghingi ng manghingi. mga 2 days lang na ganun and then di rin makatiis bibili na naman ako.

pero kapag kasama ko ang boylet ko or nasa paligid lang sya, napipigil ko or kaya patago. nahihiya ako kasi hindi naman sya smoker saka ayoko makipag kiss sa kanya kasi nga amoy yosi ako. kaya lang minsan kapag masyado na kaming matagal magkasama, parang gusto ko na syang pauwiin para makapagyosi na ako. LOL!

[glamorous24]

kaso bf ko smoker din 

[hot.pepper]

I have a similar story with techgirl...

Pero ako with my dad... I was in Prep (take note: I'm working na for 2 years) when a janitress died of lung cancer... I guess it affected me so much that I had a rally against my dad's smoking...

As in, di pwede pumasok sa bahay namin si dad pag amoy yosi... Yung mga yosi nya pinuputol ko... Just a scent of yosi, I don't kiss / hug him... There was even a time nga that I asked him to step out of the car (he was driving) because he smelled like yosi... hehe

Well, it worked for my dad! He hasn't smoked since then.

I don't smoke... My guy is trying to quit for me... I can't take the smoke eh... What he's doing is limiting his sticks to 4 a day... Ayaw nya biglain... Baka daw lumobo sha eh... And yes, he uses smoking as his way to de-stress...

[bec_succubus]

Im on my fifth month na of quitting, as in kahit isang puff of smoke wala. I quit cold turkey and I havent experienced any desire to light up, although, super nagkasakit ako after, as in serious bouts of cough, colds and flu. Until now, I still have smoker's cough and pleghm (the super sticky kind, na medyo gray, sorry I had to describe it). I was thinking baka may bronchitis na ako or whatever, pero I just had my chest x-ray everything is fine naman. Pero, my god, Im still coughing!!

[FOURever]

^my bf experienced that too. now, sipon na lang konting change lang ng weather. i think that the downside naman kapag you stopped kahit gaano katagal yung process ng pag deduct ng number ng stick. >.< may side effect ang pagtigil ng pag smoke. pero sis, ano sabi ng doctor sayo?

[clueless]

i quit dec 23, 2006. cold turkey. no cigarettes at all until dec 23, 2008. my husband quit before i did.

i quit because i started having really bad cough (started smoking in 1999), as in embarrassing cough. and i wanted to get pregnant. 2 years later, no more cough but i still wasn't pregnant so i said smoke na lang ulit. my husband got back into the habit as well.

then last feb, i was diagnosed with asthma and the doctor said i should quit smoking for good. i did but my husband still continued to smoke.

one weekend last june when my husband and i were out of town, we smoked 4 packs of cigarettes just between the 2 of us. and saturday-sunday lang yon. 3 days later, i had a terrible asthma attack so i said quit na talaga. so i quit again.

end september i couldn't take the pressure at work anymore. sobra akong stressed and started smoking again. thankfully, no asthma attack [yet] but i told myself i will quit in the new year or when i have my next asthma attack, whichever comes first.

good luck to me.

[MsP]

hello girls!!
quit smoking 5 months na pala next week!
happy with my decision. biglang hinto yun, tingin ko pinaka the best approach yun, will power talaga kailangan.. i stopped kasi nakaramdam nako shortness of breath, a week of terrible headache..
i know yosi lang ang dahilan, kasi been a smoker since grade 5 ako...
the first 2 weeks, naiisip ko pa sya, kasi syempre everyday ko ginagawa for the longest time.. but habang tumatagal, diko na naiisip, kahit may nakikita ako nag smoke, di ako natetempt. naisip ko din kids ko, gusto ko pa makakaita ng mga apo!!! ayoko pa ma tigok!!
lalo lang ako lumakas kumain, i aslo gained weight na din, dati 120lbs lang ako when i stopped, now 128lbs na!! problema ko lumalaki tiyan ko kakakain..
i'm lucky kasi wala naman ako naging withdrawal sickness. thank God!
dati in denial din ako, i was always saying to myself, i can't stop smoking. dami ko dahilan... but when i felt something, i thought, it's time to quit, so i did. no regrets. i just hope hindi na ako bumalik.
good luck sa mga mag-ku-quit!! kaya nyo yan!!
now i tell my friends who still smoke, bad for the health yan!!!

[bec_succubus]

^my bf experienced that too. now, sipon na lang konting change lang ng weather. i think that the downside naman kapag you stopped kahit gaano katagal yung process ng pag deduct ng number ng stick. >.< may side effect ang pagtigil ng pag smoke. pero sis, ano sabi ng doctor sayo?

My chest x-ray is super normal, ni wala akong infection whatsoever. Kaya the doctor said ok naman ako. Akala ko nga may makikita sa x-ray ko.Pero like your bf,sis,konting change lang sa weather, ayan na, may sakit na ko,like now. Every two months ata my trangkaso ako. Hay...

[FOURever]

^buti naman sis. pero bantayan mo na rin. like every 6months or 1year, pacheck up ka kay doc. nung mga within ng 1st year of not smoking, mas grabe ang sipon, ubo, sakit ng lalamunan, pag ginaw at lagnat ni bf. pero unti unti nag fade, at ngayon sipon na lang yung narinig ko sa kanya since summer. kaya mo yan sis! siguro yung adaptation ganun talaga.