keep the faith V man. when i gave up smoking it was one of the hardest things i ever had to do. when i felt like a cigarette i would turn and look at the missus and kid. i wanted to be around for them for many years to come, that helped me no end. Prayin for ya mate

Not sure if there is any truth to this or not, but I was once told to me that if you took a teaspoon of "creme of tartar" and mixed it with a glass of orange juice it was "suppose to help flush out the nicotine from your system over night.

Anyway.....I'm going cold turkey so far...but I gotta stay away from this thing (PC) a bit more...when I was on here I'd smoke like a house on fire.

I know just how you feel John....nothing crazy about it...nicotine itself is more addictive than heroin...so its going to be a really hard struggle...just hang in there. I'm to understand that if you can make it 3 days the nicotine is out of your system and then your just fighting against the mental habit. Oh...and the toothache is also smoking related...it destroys your gums.

bump......

time for Day 3 reporting guys....  

Day 3 - 9:30am Been up for three hours, doing fine. Had a lousy day yesterday, hopefully today is better.

Smoke Free.

  

2 more days til it's out of your system......then..it's kinda like a clean install......  

With each day that passes that's one day further away from where you were when you started. Keep going John.   

I know how you can get rid of 20 UGLY pounds.. LOL BFF!!

Good Luck bud, i have never smoked, but my father did, and it was something he never kicked till it was too late, dont let it be to late.

Congrats on sticking with it - it really does get easier. The harder moments will become less frequent.

It's a very liberating thing to do.

i will support for that Yawn..
stay on target my friend..

Thanks everyone...   

Day 3 - 12:40 PM... all is well.. feeling rather good actually..although positive worse to come..  

Smoke Free.

...lurking around and watching this thread.
...pack-a-day Camel non-filters for 12 yrs. again now
..quit for ten years b4 that, cold-turkey
ten yrs. later was offered a smoke...that's all it took
s.o.b. habit was waiting for me all that time
Can you really do it?
close to ten bucks for two packs here...
66, single parent, and two kids, 10 and 12...
makes a guy stop and think.
Power to you folks.
...watching
...thinking...

See...that was part of my problem....I was buying them online for $12.49 a carton and while sitting here at the pc I was smoking like a house on fire....well actually the cigarette was....I'd light one...take a drag and it would then burn out and I'd light another one.

But consider what I'm going through now Seldom...and since you got kids that should be even more of an incentive to quit. In fact, since you can't really even tell if you have an aneurysm it might be a good idea to get an upper and lower CT scan just to check...because there are no real symptoms. If you do and they catch it then it can be monitored....otherwise you'll know when it burst and you bleed out....then its to late...something to think about!

3 days is wonderful! Good for you!! YOU HAVE THE STRENTH AND THE DETERMINATION TO DO THIS!! The worst of the physical withdrawl should be over now!! Be strong, you'll make it!!   

Keep a bag of celery around to munch on when you get the urge!