Quitting smoking

I don't smoke & I haven't heard of it. Best of luck Lady! its hard to stop. We are here if you need us!

Well, that's less than my monthly smoking expenditures.

My friend is a physician's assistant, and says it does work pretty well...better than zyban.

Good luck. I quit my last effort to quit.

Do those patches or those "fake" cigarettes-the plastic ones- help at all?

I smoked 1-2 packs a day as well as husband for more than 20 years-it finally took visiting mom in hospital for heart problems caused from years of smoking--they told her she had to quit in order to live--my husband and I got Nicorette patch next morning and stuck with it--I had tried this once before and it didn't work because at first sign of I need a cigarette to deal with this-I started smoking again--you really have to have a reason to quit instead of the CURE offered--you can get cured by many methods but your reason of sticking with it is the thing that will continue to keep you from smoking--my oldest son now 20 is a smoker--I don't judge don't preach but tried to teach for past ten years"Hey I would have never started smoking if I knew how hard it is to quit for good" most of his friends smoke even with all the warnings that we older generation as young adults never had and it's just crazy! Anyways to stop smoking--you can quit or have help by many means you just have to have a real reason in mind to stop! mine was my moms ' cardiac arrest caused by smoking-but hey some cardiac arrests are from stress that if people didn't smoke would probably be more stressed! So go figure!I can remember 25 years ago my mom possibly from guilt because she was a smoker challenged me to quit told me she would pay me $500 if I quit smoking for 6 months --I took her up on that challenge--collected the money after 6 months of not smoking then said quote "Now give me a cigarette or I just might kill someone ha-ha" but after quitting smoking for 6 months and got my reward I started again and then smoked twice as much as I ever did guess I was making up for lost time until I finally was able to quit for good --one thing though--my parents after I turned 18 bought me cigs--I will never buy my son a pack of cigarettes for as long as I live--we go to 7-11 in morning--I might buy his energy drink and junk food but then I walk out and he pays for cigs! anyways I don't think it is particular program that works in long run-- from my experience you really have to have a real reason to get through really quitting smoking and finally being done with it --good luck to you!

I'm not sure where you live but I'm working on it myself and I found two resources. NY state is actually providing one month free of your choice of patches, gum or lozenges. I opted for the lozenges and they work really well. (Google Quit Smoking and your State)
Also if you go to the website for nicorette you can get 20 pieces of their new cinnamon flavored gum for free. Plus they send you a $10 coupon off your next purchase. I'm weaning down and am playing with a quit day in my head - I know these tools are helping me go all day without smoking and I'm not exchanging it for food either!

Mperez, You have been such a success with all of this PDL stuff, that I am sure you will be a success with the smoking. I do believe that there is nothing you can't do!!!!!

Believe me there is LOTS I can't do!!!!!! Hey I'm 51 and never did find the right man to settle down with. LOL At this point in my life I don't regret it but there are those times when I wonder if I would have gotten into this financial mess in the first place had I done things differently in my life....

M..don't we all wonder. To chime in on the smoking thin..I do not smoke...but I watched my father try to quit for years. He had a good reason..he was going to die but the nicotine was so addictive. Anyway...I am sure several of you heard about this but one of the girls at work had her ears stapled to quit. I am waiting to find out how it works for her. The concept is interesting and she said it cost no more than meds or patches.

What? Her ears stapled to quit smoking? Okay, you said we've probably all heard of this. Ummm... not me. What the hell is that? Stapling your ears is supposed to make you not want to smoke? Hell, I have three piercings in one ear and two in the other and I smoke like a damn chimney! :lol:

It's also used to help u lose weight Cannr!! It's not like a piercing, it's a staple!! OUCH!
Ang

It is done on the inside of your ear. It is supposedly a fourm of accupuncture. One of the girls who had it done said she could taste a difference in the taste of cigs shortly thereafter. The use it for a variety of things..stress management, weight loss, stop smoking, acid reflux. If it really works, the whole sress manangement would be great.

Good luck with the quitting smoking. Both my husband and I smoke and it is hard to for us to quit because we never want to quit at the same time. It is getting more expensive to smoke. Here they are talking about adding another $1.00 to each pack of cigarettes for some tax. Not sure if the tax is for education or what.

Well, as I sit here and light up another cigarette..... I'm still amazed at the whole stapling thing. I must not get out much. So it works for like stress relief also? And she did it to quit smoking? And you can also do it to lose weight? Hell, can I get about 67 staples and just take care of it all? How much does something like that cost?????

Not me! Keep those staples away from my ears!!! I have always wanted a tatoo but won't because of my fear of needles. And I am a nurse go figure!

Cannr - I have not seen her lately but I will ask as soon as I do. It is a staple in each ear and they numb it before they do it. She told me it kind of feels like getting your ear pierced but not that bad. They last for 2 - 3 months and will work their way loose. She told me it is between 60 - 75 $$

That's reasonable. Hmmmmmmmm........ staple my ears. I'd feel like a cow being "tagged".

I was once going to get stapled for weight loss, then I remembered that I love food to much. Never did get that staple!!!!!

Kash - but it is supposed to help stress. And Cannr - when you are as big as I am, cow is an accurate descritpion. I am still on the fence about the whole thing. I have read so many opposing opinions. I guess it is like anything else, you have to believe in it. Like I said, it it helps control stress so I can concentrate at work and sleep, i would do it in a heart beat.

Well, roxy.... How does one "look into" this? Can you ask your friend? I mean, do I make a doctors appointment and look at him and say "Staple my ears. Tag me like a cow. I want to be stress free." :?:

Cannr leave it to you to go in there and put it that way! LOL

I have no clue. I would never have thought to do that in the first place and I never heard of it before about two weeks ago. Now I notice staples in people's ears. I wouldn't even know how to find a dr to do that. I guess you would have to find someone who does alternative medicine. But if you want to get tagged like a cow..I suggest a cowboy..preferably a hot one... then I am sure you will have no trouble getting tagged :wink:

Oh! I like the idea of getting tagged by a hot cowboy! Damn! I'm moving to Texas! Hmmm... I wonder if I do a google search on stapling. Ear tagging? Kind of like getting a chip in your dogs ear in case they get lost? Okay. I'm kidding. I'm curious about this now. You're going to make me do a search on this now. What is it called? Stapling? Stress relief? How about I just do "alternative medicine"? I'll probably get results for some sort of Voo Doo clinics with witch doctors............ :shock:

Here ya go Cannr!
staplemetoo.com/
:D
Ang

OOOHHHHH! Thanks! :D Does it come with a hot cowboy?

Ha ha Cannr i dont' think so but when i read some of it i was like :shock:
On there it talks about learning how to do this! YIKES! Now that's scary! I remember a while back when it first became the hot thing here there were many stories about people getting infections and such... now makes sense after seeing that site! :shock:
I think u would have better luck with the "HOT" cowboy!
:D
Ang

I just googled ear stapling and a plethera of web sites came up.

Any offering a hot cowboy? :shock:

How about a hot cow

Well, I'm already the cow...... :shock:

Oh man. What is a crappy day so far is getting better now. Can I "enlarge" him and use him as my wallpaper on my computer????? LOL!

OMG Cannr, i'm lmao at enlarge him! Could say something but might NOT be appropriate for this type of forum! :lol:
ha ha
Ang

:lol: YOu two are hysterical.

Well, ang, there was a "hidden" meaning there! See who caught it? YOU! :lol:

ha ha
GO FIGURE Cannr!
I kinda figured there WAS a hidden meaning!
;)
Hope this helps ur stress level today!
:D
Ang

Lmao at you both. He wold definately work for me.

looking at him maybe you would forgot all about the staple!

ok Cannr "enlarge" away

Kash!!! :oops: PYB, i would just move from being "tagged" to being lassoed.

I think I would too!

Oh, were we talking about stapling? Stapling what? How about this dudes picture to your bedroom ceiling? Oh. Did I just say that? :shock:

HA HA Cannr!
I was just thinking earlier, talk about hijacking a thread huh?
he he he
:lol:
Ang

Yah well, when the hijacker looks like that!!!! Oh OK 8)

WOW!!! Look at this dirty thread! And I thought I was the pervert around here!

You have taught us well oh great one!! I wonder if he does rodeo tricks.

Oh my...I certainly hope so.

SIZZLE

Well, I don't now about you guys, but the whole stapling thing has just totally left me . . . as I stare at my bedroom ceiling with my enlarged picture. . . . . :lol:

WOW!

Watch out for the lasso. :wink:

What the heck happened to quitting smoking!!!? HAHAHA!

actually, I'm looking forward to the lasso