Cigarette Quitters, Come Here

[Chaotic Muslem]

I love you guys... You make me feel I am living in a sane world again instead of all the absurdities and the shallow human values of Today's...

^_^ SO QUIT IT TODAY

We should all give them the deserved support till all that toxin is out of their body!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[apofomysback]

Great initiative CM - good going! 

Bakir - I don't know any other quitters so I just want you to know that I appreciate your effort - soon you'll have better health iA and who knows, maybe you'll gain weight too?  

Considering my smoking habits, the air around me is toxic...

[Chaotic Muslem]

On 11/9/2015 at 10:39 PM, apofomysback said:

Great initiative CM - good going! 

Bakir - I don't know any other quitters so I just want you to know that I appreciate your effort - soon you'll have better health iA and who knows, maybe you'll gain weight too?  

Considering my smoking habits, the air around me is toxic...

the brother with thrombosis thread also quit the smoking, i just cant spell his name

[LeftCoastMom]

I was going to put up some of these stats, but good job, CM! We need to give support to the folks trying to clean their bodies from the toxins. It is a hard walk, but so worth it!

[Hameedeh]

My husband was extremely grouchy the first two weeks after he quit smoking, but I tolerated it. 

Alhamdulillah he stopped smoking and he stopped being grouchy, too.

[apofomysback]

He stopped permanently Hameedeh?

[Hameedeh]

Yes, forever.  

[apofomysback]

Wow - that's nice. 

I guess I'll have to give this a good thought because I smoke a lot .. like a chimney! 

[Bakir]

Lol thanks! To be honest, there are many more benefits as well than those on those graphs (which honestly are awesome). I must admit I laughed at the 2 packs per week graph xD! My rate was at the very least 7 packs a week (which translates exacty in 31,50€ per week, 126€/mo xD.

What I'm enjoying right now is a clean room, fresh air, neutral/good smell, which is very appreciated. As apo said, you end up reaching a point in which there is a toxic cloud of smoke around you xD. Sadly, mosquitoes now can survive in my room xD! I will also have to find another activity to do with my hands to kill time (probably I should sketch again, which is good for my profession as well xD).

[Hameedeh]

Stopping smoking is the best thing a person can do. For themselves and for the people who live with them. Don't forget secondhand smoke has dangerous effects.

 

The World Alzheimer's Report 2014 (pages 42 – 49) brought together lots of research studies to combine their findings. In it, the authors reported a significantly increased risk of dementia in current smokers compared to people who have never smoked.

[Bakir]

Yeah! That's another one. In my houss they all smoke but when I was invited to other places they took smoking very seriously and they were right. There was a poor girl once that immediately started to cough and hardly could breathe becauss of a cig a friend started smoking. One should be careful. Another thing is that it easily invades the smell of your home (curtains, sofas, etc).

[Sumerian]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've seen people smoke all their lives and they haven't died or got cancer.

[laithAlIRAQI]

Wow - that's nice.

I guess I'll have to give this a good thought because I smoke a lot .. like a chimney!

u can dooooo it apoooo

[The Green Knight]

I once quit smoking for over three weeks and then by virtue of murphy's law something terrifying happened that had to remain for a while, and that made me unquit. I used to do a job back then and I saved a week's worth of holidays to add comfort to the withdrawal after having studied the whole mechanics of nicotine. Oh well...

[Ruq]

Another benefit is that you stop stinking.

I started smoking when i was 17 and stopped when i was about 22 (although i had the odd one since, like 1 a year or something). I havent had any at all since 2010. My absolute max was 10 a day and averaged 3-4. My main motivation for quitting was that i hated the idea of being dependant on them. My auntie has been a smoker all her life and i know she wishes she'd quit when she was young. For a long time i wasnt addicted and could go days, even weeks between ciggerettes, but the habit gradually increased. I even started smoking the odd cigar. One day i got this little plastic filter thing that you insert the ciggerette into before smoking it to filter out the tar. Well, i was shocked at all the black treacley substance left in the filter after just 1 ciggerette. I knew that i had to stop, so i gradually cut down to one a day and then 1 every 2 day and then off. I didnt find it that difficult because i knew 100% that i had to stop, but i had ciggerette dreams for years where i'd be smoking a ciggerette and it was having all these magical, wonderful effects.

Theres hardly a day goes by where i dont feel thankful that i stopped when i did. You can do it too!

On 11/10/2015 at 1:53 AM, The Batman said:

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've seen people smoke all their lives and they haven't died or got cancer.

My Grandad smoked from the age of 12 to 84 and didnt die of anything directly related to smoking. Statistically it increases your risk of certain illnesses though. This is what the NHS website says:

Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK.

Every year around 100,000 people die from smoking, with many more deaths caused by smoking-related illnesses.

Smoking increases your risk of developing more than 50 serious health conditions. Some may be fatal and others can cause irreversible long-term damage to your health.

You can become ill:

• if you smoke yourself
• through other people's smoke (passive smoking, or secondhand smoke)

Health risks

Smoking causes about 90% of lung cancers. It also causes cancer in many other parts of the body, including the:

• mouth
• lips
• throat
• voice box (larynx)
• oesophagus (the tube between your mouth and stomach)
• bladder
• kidney
• liver
• stomach
• pancreas

Smoking damages your heart and your blood circulation, increasing your risk of developing conditions such as:

• coronary heart disease
• heart attack
• stroke
• peripheral vascular disease (damaged blood vessels)
• cerebrovascular disease (damaged arteries that supply blood to your brain)

Smoking also damages your lungs, leading to conditions such as:

• chronic bronchitis (infection of the main airways in the lungs)
• emphysema (damage to the small airways in the lungs)
• pneumonia (inflammation in the lungs)

Smoking can also worsen or prolong the symptoms of respiratory conditions such as asthma, or respiratory tract infections such as the common cold.

In men, smoking can cause impotence because it limits the blood supply to the penis. It can also affect the fertility of both men and women, making it difficult for you to have children.

Secondhand smoke

Secondhand smoke comes from the tip of a lit cigarette and the smoke that the smoker breathes out.

People who breathe in secondhand smoke are at risk of getting the same health conditions as smokers, particularly lung cancer and heart disease. For example, breathing in secondhand smoke increases a non-smoker's risk of developing lung cancer or heart disease by about 25%.

Babies and children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke. A child who is exposed to smoke is at increased risk of developing respiratory infections, a chronic cough and, if they have asthma, their symptoms will get worse. They're also at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and glue ear.

Smoking during pregnancy

If you smoke when you're pregnant, you put your unborn baby's health at risk, as well as your own. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of complications such as:

• miscarriage
• premature (early) birth
• a low birth weight baby
• stillbirth

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It also inhibits healing, thats why they tell you not to smoke after an operation.

[Gaius I. Caesar]

I watched my grandmother and aunt wither and die from smoking for years. Really left an deep impression on me, to see people fall apart like that is really hard. COPD and cancer aren't worth the cigarettes; Get either one and you are marked for death.

C'mon Apo, you can do it. You got a long life ahead of you, besides you have to show me around Karachi someday.

[Chaotic Muslem]

S.T.A.R.T

 

 

 

[LeftCoastMom]

Can we ask that this thread stays up? Maybe it will offer some support to folks dealing with quitting smoking as well as other substance dependence issues by reading it. I know there are people who really benefit by getting encouragement from a more anonymous online situation as well as help in "meatspace". I have a relative fighting to stay sober. Until the doctor explained to the family how some substances affect the body and become part of its " operating system" ( he had been drinking for so many years,he wasn't drinking to get drunk, he needed the alcohol input just to feel " normal") I was less empathetic.

[Chaotic Muslem]

On 11/10/2015 at 11:11 AM, Gaius I. Caesar said:

I watched my grandmother and aunt wither and die from smoking for years. Really left an deep impression on me, to see people fall apart like that is really hard. COPD and cancer aren't worth the cigarettes; Get either one and you are marked for death.

C'mon Apo, you can do it. You got a long life ahead of you, besides you have to show me around Karachi someday.

My late grandfather also died out of lung cancer, he was heavy smoker. The memory of his last days with us is very painful.

On 11/10/2015 at 12:39 PM, LeftCoastMom said:

Can we ask that this thread stays up? Maybe it will offer some support to folks dealing with quitting smoking as well as other substance dependence issues by reading it. I know there are people who really benefit by getting encouragement from a more anonymous online situation as well as help in "meatspace". I have a relative fighting to stay sober. Until the doctor explained to the family how some substances affect the body and become part of its " operating system" ( he had been drinking for so many years,he wasn't drinking to get drunk, he needed the alcohol input just to feel " normal") I was less empathetic.

Hey LCM! I know what you mean. There is a thread called religious kids are less empathtic or something but the truth is that we believe in full responsibility of the individual regarding his decisions and their consequences.

But the way to help is not the way to judge. If someone is reaching for help we have to turn off our critical thinking regarding this person, instead we should turn on the critical thinking regarding this situation. You will notice how your empathy goes up.

[Bakir]

I loved the quit plan! Thanks CM!  

[alirex]

In 2008 i was reading Quran and saw Soore Araf Ayat No: 31 .. " But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters. " i calculated my expenses and every time cigarette strikes me that is waste. I promised Allah i will not smoke again. That day and today i never return back to smoke.

I don't know what benefit or not. I do that for Allah and that is all. And that i guess easiest for everyone who really loves Allah and want to quit anything waste or bad.

I am sharing bcoz every other way is not easy , only my way is easiest.

[apofomysback]

On 11/10/2015 at 11:11 AM, Gaius I. Caesar said:

I watched my grandmother and aunt wither and die from smoking for years. Really left an deep impression on me, to see people fall apart like that is really hard. COPD and cancer aren't worth the cigarettes; Get either one and you are marked for death.

C'mon Apo, you can do it. You got a long life ahead of you, besides you have to show me around Karachi someday.

Long life? I'm not making it past 40 what with all my ailments so that's just 10 years - you need to hurry up in that case  

[Chaotic Muslem]

Your daily dose of encouragement !

 

Empowerment

 

Why did you decide to quit?

 

 

 

Habit Breakers !

 

Replace your old habit with new one better one

[Bakir]

Btw ot is true that you look better. My sister has a company on this aesthetics stuff, and she tells me she identifies great differences between customers who smoke and those who don't. There are some oxygenation creams that reduce the effects of smoking in skin but they are not as effective as quitting smoking.

Also, curiously enough, you know the images on cig packs of lungs and all that? The wife of one of my colleagues in the uni works in the department that is responsible for those images in the government. She told us that the most effective one is actually the one that tells smoking affects the looks of our skin. Says much about how much we care about the outward and how much we ignore our health, which is what really matters...

[Chaotic Muslem]

On 11/11/2015 at 6:59 AM, Bakir said:

Btw ot is true that you look better. My sister has a company on this aesthetics stuff, and she tells me she identifies great differences between customers who smoke and those who don't. There are some oxygenation creams that reduce the effects of smoking in skin but they are not as effective as quitting smoking.

Also, curiously enough, you know the images on cig packs of lungs and all that? The wife of one of my colleagues in the uni works in the department that is responsible for those images in the government. She told us that the most effective one is actually the one that tells smoking affects the looks of our skin. Says much about how much we care about the outward and how much we ignore our health, which is what really matters...

A prof once told us that the most effective motivation for women to avoid smoking is the fear of wrinkles, as for men it is infertility.

 

But personally, i think that the most destructive effect on the look is the teeth effect :

[apofomysback]

yes - i have bad teeth

[Bakir]

God, the wrinkles... it is true that I look older than 23 because of smoking sadly, and now because I let my beard grow. The beard is staying though, because as hameedeh says, "all homes must have bread and beard" xD!

Anyway, I will be using this oxygenation cream my sister advised me to use, it can help me recover the original look of my skin before I became a smoker :p.

I'm happy I have been a whole week without approaching tobacco. I'm getting vacations soon and it will be hard but I won't ruin this great opportunity to leave it all and for once.

[Chaotic Muslem]

Interested in quitting? Motivated to quit?

Are you ready?

 

 

 

Habit is simply an addiction 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to break it! How?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Nutshell, get a new habit

 

 

 

 

 

[Chaotic Muslem]

Cut whatever you want to cut , just get this pain off....

This sentence is true for every patient who is having clots in their legs, the pain is simply unbearable. You can check yourself, ask for a hospital visit to one of those patients and ask him/her. They will mostly repeat the very same words you will hear from this woman:

It really dose not worth it

[apofomysback]

I dont feel motivated enough to quit. What's the use anyway?

[Mzwakhe]

salam dear apo,

the thing is, you have to want to quit. When you don't want to, then you wont...

What's the use anyway???

Jummah mubarak!

ws

[Haji 2003]

On 11/10/2015 at 1:53 AM, The Batman said:

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've seen people smoke all their lives and they haven't died or got cancer.

All those doctors can't be wrong:

[The Green Knight]

This whole thing is yet another proof for conspiracy theorists.

- Why is this poison still being sold? I'm sure they will admit "For the economy".

- Why there isn't innovation in med science etc to help smokers quit? "Because corporations control science", "for the economy!"

Sure there are the vile tasting nicotine chewing gums which have remained revolting from their conception two decades ago. What else?

Now, back on topic, quitting smoking is absolutely easy if you have a little willpower. But it can mean disastrous to your career if you are a student or doing a job that requires concentration. For two weeks you have no choice but to become a vegetable. Artificially administered nicotine is need to maintain the nicotine level in the blood of a smoker and the chemical regulates the uptake of glucose by the brain. A nicotine molecule will fit in a natural "key" at the "blood-brain barrier" and turn the key each time the brain wants a rush of glucose, and it often does that whenever you concentrate, get excited, start contemplating, etc. The body of a smoker stops producing its natural version of nicotine when someone becomes a smoker and higher nicotine levels in the body are detected by it, thats how the addiction begins as the body starts asking you for nicotine instead of producing its own, and each time it asks you you light a cig, or you light it anyway. When we quit, the body starts producing its own natural nicotine alternative but the process is slow, hence the withdrawals for a week or two.

Knowing the above, I applied for a vacation of two weeks at a time when work at the office was minimal. I had collected books, movies and things to make it comfortable. It worked beautifully. There was less discomfort because I was already expecting the symptoms. The feeling was very healthy.

[Bakir]

The symptoms are disgusting but after the first week you get better. I have had a tough week tbh but the improvement and that healthy feeling you say is pretty much noticeable. And THE SMELL, WOW! I was a chain smoker, all my clothes, my room, everything, had the same smell. I lived in a cloud of smoke xD.

[Chaotic Muslem]

On 11/13/2015 at 7:51 AM, Bakir said:

The symptoms are disgusting but after the first week you get better. I have had a tough week tbh but the improvement and that healthy feeling you say is pretty much noticeable. And THE SMELL, WOW! I was a chain smoker, all my clothes, my room, everything, had the same smell. I lived in a cloud of smoke xD.

Get a plant or fish or something