I'm quitting smoking: cold turkey style

It's a tough haul, quitting smoking. But it certainly can be done.

People are different. My late husband's doctor told him that smoking with a diagnosis of heart failure would be slightly protracted suicide. He left the office and drove home, tossing his cigarettes into a river, and never smoked again.

I, on the other hand, tried and failed for decades. Then I did it.

So can you!

I started when I was 28 and quit in 2010 at age 55. What I can tell you is the effects of smoking sneak up on you. You're young now. Eventually (if not already) you'll start coughing. Then it will become a chronic cough. Further down the road you'll start getting short of breath after moderate exercise. And so it goes. Quitting now will help mitigate further damage to your lungs now.

Once the small air sacs (alveolar) in your lungs are damaged they don't heal. The tars and crap cause the sac walls to break down. That damage is not reversible.

I hope you follow-through with your desire to quit. I used the nicotine lozenges. Yeah, I became addicted to those lol, but at least I was not putting any more crap in my lungs. Eventually I quit those. I used to smoke 3 packs a day of Marlboro Reds. By God's grace, 13 years later, I only have minimal damage and my oxygen saturation is around 97%. If you quit now after 7 years you'll save yourself a future of respiratory misery. Good luck!

Update: so far so good. Sweets and energy drinks help for those cravings plaguing me every 2 or so hours

Good luck. i have never smoked but i heard it is one of the hardest addictions to quit

Someone just told me the other day cigarettes are almost 10 dollars a pack ????

Congrats

UPDATE: Well, I'm 8 hours in and i admittedly smoked a few pulls an hour ago. Just to get the edge off. But I wont give up! I'll just have to try harder. I wont disappoint y'all 👀

Good and good luck. Cold turkey is really the only thing that works.

It ain't easy, but it's the best thing for you.
You don't have to go cold turkey though.
There medications like Wellbutrin that will help with the cravings and anxiety. A doctor will gladly prescribe it.

I've never had to try to quit smoking, but I'm told cold turkey is the only way that works. I will tell you that when you're trying to break a habit, I've found it leaves a void that needs to be filled.