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climbbjj

Social climber

Tahoe

Jun 14, 2011 - 01:27pm PT

I quit a pack a day habit a few months ago. Granted, I'd "only" been at a pack a day for 8 months and not 10 years, but still, that's a lot.

I used an e-cigarette for about a month at first. It almost completely replaced regular cigs right away. Once my cough went away and my breathing improved, the next step was to start working out hard and often. I knew if I made a change like that to my life, smoking would be too incongruous to also be in there.

Then eventually, though i'd planned to ween down on the e-cig, it simply broke, so I just jumped off nicotine altogether. It wasn't all that tough, actually at that point.

Now it's been about 6 weeks. I've smoked a few here and there, such as bumming one from a friend when out, but I haven't bought any and have gone from 20 a day to about 10 a week.

Knave

Trad climber

Jun 14, 2011 - 01:39pm PT

Silver, I just trail run more because I really can't stop eating since I quit chewing. Hopefully as I clean out I'll Become less in need of replacement behaviors. I'm committed to be finished and running helps burn the extra calories that is screwing with my climbing endeavors. I just turned 50 this year so it's about time I get more wholesome. Climbing with tobacco since I was 16. Aaarggg! Like Brandons sentiment, I hope I dodged the cancer bullet. I'll probably have a coronary now due to becoming a fat ass. Slabs here I come!

bergbryce

Mountain climber

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Jun 14, 2011 - 02:15pm PT

Keep up the good work everyone!
Getting that nicotine monkey off my back was tough but very worth it.

Your life won't be determined by the need to supply your body with a substance any more, so stick with it.
Weight gain can be temporary. Cancer is forever.

Knave

Trad climber

Jun 15, 2011 - 01:40am PT

Now problem Silver I wish you Luck and Strength. My Kids are older now but I remember when my 3 y/o daughter asked me why do I eat "Black" and could she have some, damn near choked when I heard that one. Another chew indiscretion involved a neighbor coming to our house when we first moved in with our newborn to welcome us to the hood. I had just gotten off of a long shift, had already had a beer and was spitting into the bottle and laying on the couch watching the kid out the corner of my tired eye as she swings in her swing chair. I welcome the new neighbor in and offer him a seat on the couch where my beer bottle of spit was sitting on the floor near the couch. Well he walks over to have a seat and kicks the bottle over and it lurps up onto his foot and ankle. He was wearing flip-flops and the chew was infused with viscous luggi. I was mortified and slightly uncomfortable. Should have quit then and there.

salad

climber

Escondido

Jun 17, 2011 - 03:37am PT

kinda losing count but tomorrow i think is double digits, 10 days. REALLY want to go outside and suck one down but i am not going to. lost 3 lbs but thats cause i also gave up beer (oops, slipped tonight on beer) and the ganj.

props to you guys that have gone a distance. crazy ass sh#t how that f*#king weed keeps calling and calling. im just damn motivated to make 14 days.

edit: weed meaning tobacco

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Jun 17, 2011 - 05:08am PT

Much respect and support for all those battling the tobacco monkey!!

Send It!

Peace

Karl

jfailing

Trad climber

Lone Pine

Jun 17, 2011 - 02:27pm PT

I've been a smoker for the last five years. I'm just getting over the flu and I haven't had a smoke since Saturday... I'm thinking this might be a good opportunity to quit. I mean, the first few days are supposed to be the worst right?

Kingsley

climber

Provo, Utah

Jun 18, 2011 - 07:44am PT

I couldn't have quit any of the times I quit without nicotine gum. Hats off if you can go cold. The only way I got it to stick eventually was Wellbutrin. Makes the tobacco taste like campfire dirt & kills the buzz

salad

climber

Escondido

Jun 23, 2011 - 06:40pm PT

struggling hard on day 16 but im not caving. down 3 lbs still.

scuffy b

climber

dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene

Jun 23, 2011 - 07:22pm PT

Go Man Go.
16 is a lot compared to when you aspired to reach double digits.

climber bob

Social climber

maine

Jun 24, 2011 - 08:45am PT

almost 5 months...i'm done with it...

Brandon-

climber

The Granite State.

Jun 24, 2011 - 05:27pm PT

I failed.

I'm building a house right now. 7:00 start time, so only time for coffee on the drive in. Nobody smokes or chews on the crew, so there's no place for it on the job. I get home and have a chaw.

I'm keeping it to a minimum, but it's still unfortunately a part of my life.

On the flip side, I'm not a slave to it, I have no cravings during the day at all. It's just another tobacco free workday.

Congrats to all of you who successfully kicked for good. I'll join your ranks soon.

EDIT; I have to emphasize the fact that I truly don't even have a thought of wanting tobacco crossing my mind during the day.

Largo

Sport climber

The Big Wide Open Face

Jun 24, 2011 - 06:39pm PT

No body grew up dreaming about smoking and drinking. You're a pariah now if you do either, a loser and and chump. I was all of those things and more, and the only thing better than nicotine is quitting. Once you set your mind to it, you're finished with it. As I've said, I felt like I was on LSD for the first week. I used to struggle with stopping till I understood I wasn't really committed to giving the whole thing up.

Good fortune to all who try. Not many can do it, I am told. Such a shame to die from what was so good at the start.

JL

salad

climber

Escondido

Jun 24, 2011 - 09:22pm PT

dude you didnt fail. you took a long time off, which was healthy, and slipped. now start getting serious again.

salad

climber

Escondido

Jul 20, 2011 - 02:02pm PT

6 weeks.

atchafalaya

Boulder climber

Jul 21, 2011 - 03:47pm PT

Last chew of Copenhagen, Dec. 31, 2010. Almost killed me, my wife needed a TRO for the first 2 weeks. Chewed since I was 12 growing up in the South. Still miss it often, but can't go back.

Good job all quitting that shyte! Stick with it...

scuffy b

climber

dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene

Jul 21, 2011 - 06:10pm PT

SALAD!!!!!

Alti2de

Sport climber

Columbus, Ohio

Jul 21, 2011 - 08:40pm PT

Mister E, I don't think Largo was sayin that about smokers/chewers, just pointing out that society in general kinda tends to think that way, and the attitude is becoming more and more prevalent as the stigma grows in step with the increasing number of non-smokers... I was on the tobacco tit for 10 years myself, quit, slipped and repeated 4 or 5 times before it "stuck"... It's tough for some, easier for others, all folks react differently to the lack of the nicotine I reckon... In any case, just keep truckin' till you find your particular "key" to quitting for good... I admire anyone engaging in the battle to quit... Congratulations on the decision to quit, all of you.

salad

climber

Escondido

Jul 22, 2011 - 03:30am PT

hey scuff, check your email. first hard day in a while. almost cracked but saw your enthusiam and held strong. thanks man.

a bit odd not smoking a grit while skating, but WAY fun hitting 40mph.