Let me tell you how easy it is to smoke after 2 years....

I broke down after 2 years no smokes....

God it felt good tho........

I quit almost 2 years ago myself. I never want to smoke again.

You have to quit immediately! I'm on my 11th month, don't do this! There must be hope!

must not smoke again, clowns will eat me
must not smoke again, clowns will eat me
must not smoke again, clowns will eat me
must not smoke again, clowns will eat me
must not smoke again, clowns will eat me

I'm about to quit (I hope!) and want to start running again. I'm so tired of smoking and want to quit forever this time.

I have been on oxygen for 2 years due to 42 years of smoking. I hate to see anyone smoke except maybe george bush. Think abot stopping now.

I let it once after 8 (yes EIGHT) years and another time after a year and a half. I hate the taste, but it beckons me during stress. I've been free now for almost 5 months and I say never again. It's too hard. I won't smoke in the house, so I only get about 5 a day and spend all my time jonesing for nicotine.

I quit smoking for two years. I stopped to get gas one day and and when asked if that was all, for some reason I said "and a pack of Salem Slim Light 100's in the Box" (odd because I never smoked menthols, and my old brand was Merit) Anyway... I drove away puffing away and then couldn't figure out why I was so dizzy... then it hit me... duh... asswipe you're smoking... Then I thought, OK, I'll quit right after the pack was gone...

That was three years ago... back to 2 packs a day...

After twenty five years. First time that I 'really tried to quit' and so far so good. Really miss it first thing in the morning though - crawling the walls for a few hours.

Sometimes the autopilot just takes over. I quit for 9 years and was an exemplary ex-smoker. Then one day while driving and complaining about my job, I asked my SO for a cig and that was that, or so I thought. About 2 weeks later I started again.
Note that I had also been doing cardio every day with something called an "airgometer", a bicycle you stand on. At the time of my return to smoking, the airgometer had been broken for a week while I was waiting for a part to arrive in the mail. Exercise is the best antidote to the "hunger", IMHO.

Smoke-Free EIGHT months Monday...

i can't believe someone else did too.

quit in august 2001. picked 'em up again just this week! bummed on sunday...bought a pack on thursday. done after tonight...for REAL.

darn you, mr. newport.

I started again last month after 11 months free. I feel so stupid. 55% lung function due to chronic obsrtuctive pulmonary disease. 51 years old dammit. Let's all give ourselves some positive vibes and try again. We CAN do it.

Woof

If you have COPD it's suicidal to smoke. You'll swell up and turn blue.

After 35 years (give or take a few) I have quit for the last time. I, too, have gone a few years and started again - all it takes is that one. This is it for me *knock on wood* I just can't afford to smoke again. It'll kill me...

I found Allen Carr's book, The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, helpful. He also has a web site: http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/

Allen Carr's method to quit?

What Allen Carr's book does, is point out how miserable one is when they smoke. Here's a quote: "To me one of the tremendous joys of being a non-smoker is to be freed from that slavery, to be able to enjoy the whole of my life and not spend half of it craving a cigarette and then, when I light up, wishing I didn't have to do it."

A former 60 to 100 cigarette a day smoker, he also promotes the positives in an entertaining way. I found the book a tremendous help.

that home free.

perfect for us retreads, huh?

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_5_Great_American_Smokeout_History.asp?sitearea=PED

quit for two years, then started up again, for some reason I still can't figure out. I smoked for 10 more years, then quit again, and haven't smoked for 10 years, now.

I quit after 2 packs a day for 33 years and had no problem with it, clean for 5 months...until I was driving back to TN from KS and was absolutely falling out at the wheel. Stopped to get gas and ended up buying a pack of smokes "to make it home", and I've still not quit again. (Bad me, I've had patches sitting here ready to go for a month now, but still haven't popped the first one on.)

When I initially quit, my boss warned me the thing to watch out for was "idle hands"...those times when you just naturally reach for the pack because you've nothing else to do. To wit:

"It won't bother you until the first time you're driving into work and traffic snarls. As soon as the your car stops moving, you'll instinctively reach for your shirt pocket..."

He sure nailed it for me.

I found that Life Savers (or other small candies) help big time...you have to spend time unwrapping them, giving your idle hands a bit to do. Give you a moment to *think* rather than just react.

As an aside, I think the entire computer industry is a front for the tobacco industry. I don't know how many cigarettes I've lit sitting in front of this computer, only to take one drag and let it burn up in the ashtray while I typed replies, followed links, etc. Good that I don't smoke 'em, but bad in that I probably buy more now than before.

Hammies!

I agree, I work online 5 1/2 days a week and light many cigarettes. My target date to quit is December 1st. I wonder if I should move my computers or something to change the atmosphere and my association with smoking here.

and you shouldn't either.

Get back on the wagon baby!

I had a beedie a few times, though. It's been four years or so since the beedies.

Just put it down.