What Was Your Greatest Motivation To Quit Smoking?
I quit after 20 years. Mine was:
My boy, 1.5 years old, stopped hugging me after I smoked, he hated the smell. So, one day (1 year ago), I quit cold turkey.
12 Responses to “What Was Your Greatest Motivation To Quit Smoking?”
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November 13th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
my kids…my son was getting asthma from my smoking, the doctor asked if we smoked and when I told him yes, but outside the house he told us that it didn’t matter because it was still on our clothes and bodies and it was making my son sick. I bought the nicotine patch and quit that day, 5 years ago…he hasn’t had asthma since
November 13th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I realized it controlled me and I hate being controlled.
November 14th, 2009 at 3:05 am
Well is it working? Whatever works best for you
November 14th, 2009 at 4:54 am
The most easy and effective one is:
I dont HAVE to smoke.
Like you almost everybody smoking knows that cigs smell bad. Also you realize that you are hooked – you always “need” to have a pack and a lighter with you. And you always come accross people that mind smoking.
Simply become aware that -though smoking is somewhat comforting- you do not HAVE to smoke but can do it later and that life is easier if you dont have to smoke.
Avoid thinking along terms such as: “I may never smoke again- I will miss smoking” or “I have to stop”.
All these thoughts make smoking look like a reward thats being denied and it makes quitting worse.
Positive thinking makes everything easier, even quitting to smoke.
November 14th, 2009 at 8:33 am
wow good job!!!
November 14th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Being diagnosed with emphysemia and only having 75% to 80% lung capacity.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Couldn’t breathe
November 14th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
my girlfriend is pregnant with my baby…. Im 4 months clean so far!
November 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
My kids
November 14th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I quit over 5 years ago during a bad case of bronchitis. I had set a quit date for about 6 months after that, but a friend asked, “Why not stop now?”
I was tired of smoking even when I was too sick to do anything else. I threw away all my cigarettes and haven’t smoked since.
My quit date is March 9, 2001.
Liz
November 15th, 2009 at 12:00 am
My younger brother asked me to. And I hated trying to hide from my nieces and nephews, whom I refeused to see me smoking. I didn’t want to be a bad influence for them, they tend to do a lot of what Tia Ely does. So I quit. 3 years and running!
November 15th, 2009 at 6:19 am
The doctor, my husband & a few other people told me you’ll never quit.
I was so mad that, that made me quit.