Comments on: quitting for health reasons

By: SHARY

SHARY — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:33:01 +0000

iam finding it so hard to stay quit but just reading that one story hit home,last year i lost my sister to emphysemia she looked terrible she begged me to stop as i to have been diagnosed with the same desease.i had been smoking for 40years and a heavy smoker at that i was smoking 50 a day.iam taking champix tablets and have almost completed the whole coarse but i still have days where i crave like mad,so soon i will be on my own its a very hard habbit to break but iam feeling much healthier than i have in a long time but i still feel i need a lot of support as i just keep looking for reasons to take it up again justifying myself please help it can be a very lonely experience,all my children are smokers they dont want me to smoke as they have seen me very sick from it so i cant really relate to anyone who is doing what i know is unhealthy and most of my family and friends are smokers cant really talk to anyone my doctor never has time regards shary.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:10:59 +0000

I am currently "trying" to quit. Tonight a good friend, who knew that I was out of cigs, showed up at my house with two packs for me. I know he means well, but I had gone a whole day without them. I am also sick with athsma, chronic broncitis,and the beginnings of copd. I have other health issues as well and I don't know if smoking affects them at all?? I just know that I cannot do this alone and came here hoping I would not have to - I really need some help. I am a 40 year smoker and have never tried to quit until this year, and have failed twice. Tried the patch and the pills. Someone out there might be willing to help.

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:52:44 +0000

note: the comments above were left on the original tale at the date and time indicated.

By: mary haddix

mary haddix — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:27:57 +0000

This is the very same reaction I had many years ago.
I am sick like you too. But I still smoke. I am so ashame of myself and my children think I am crazy. If you are trying to quit, please e-mail me and let me know how it is going. I would love to quit also. Good Luck Mary

By: quitgirl

quitgirl — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:17:51 +0000

Kevin,
This site is so awesome and it really touched me about the candor of your situation. I used to be scared to death that I would get cancer...I did..only cervical cancer, but the funny thing is that I beat it and the doctor told me it wasn't caused by smoking. That was 7 years ago when I was 24 years old. My big reason now is that I am afraid to get emphysema...there are already days when I can't even take a deep breath. These are the days that I really want to quit, but I am ready now and I will quit because if I don't....I don't think I will get a 3rd chance. Thank you for this site and all you are doing to give us an opportunity to be in on your life.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:42:58 +0000

Hi Kevin-thank you for being so honest about your addiction and emphysema. Congrats on being a non-smoker for so long, and God bless you for starting this forum. I am a newbie, intoduced myself as sick smoker-i have pulmonary fibros, not caused by smoking, but certainly severely aggravated by it. I am that guy that takes off my oxygen, turns it off and lights up-others have seem me do this plenty of times--and yes, i see it in their eyes, and sometimes i even get comments. There are times, i figure, why not-my path is near complete-i have no hope. Necodemon lies. Just because one is on oxygen, the nicodemon is still nipping the heels-oh, the looks i have gotten buying sickeretts while on oxygen-i have even lied and said "oh no-they aren't for me". Guilt. Oh, the guilt. Day two for me, and it is very hard. Yes, i have quit many times before this-that was all practice for the real thing-now. what a gluton for punishment/pain/frustration/and all the other--having quit so many times before--and here i am again-suffering the awful process of detoxing.
Hugs to you!
Turtle