what motivation did u use to help u give up smoking?

Question

im going to try and kick the habit again and i was wondering if anyone on line had give up and what did they use for motivation

Answer 1

I watched both my grandmother and step-father, die from lung cancer.

It's a ghastly way to die.

My grandmother had a lung removed, plus she had emphysema. When she breathed it always sounded like she was drowning.

My step-fathers cancer couldn't be treated, because it was so advanced. He dropped over 100 lbs in less than 7 months.

They both died within a few months of each other. I quit a 2 1/2 pack a day habit while taking care of them. Nothing motives you to quit, like watching someone suffer like they did from smoking.

Answer 2

The first time I quit I was a very heavy smoker. And had smoked for many years. But this particular week I didn't have enough money to pay the bills and get enough tabacco or ciggi's to last the week. Plus I had a young son who would much rather benefit from having milk and bread in the house than a chimney smoking mother. So I decided to quit,and I did. One secret that I found was to stay away from smokers for a few days while getting started. I did however, some time later after a very bad experience start again. But only unitl I decided it was quitting time again(a new years resolution, I quit on 13 January,years ago). I did start one last time when I went out with a guy who was a smoker, drinker and into drugs.So the best I could do was smoke and drink, I am not into drugs. But again it was time to quit, so I quit!! It is not easy, but you decide you are going to do it, and you make every effort to do it!! I did once try to quit by smoking smoke after smoke after smoke,in the attempt to put myself off them.But it didn't work!! Make a decision and go for it. It is worth it!! Good luck and it is neat to not cough so much too.

Answer 3

I never smoked but my dad used to. He used me as his motivation. Someone at the lab he worked at told him that if a pregnant woman breathes in cigarette smoke the baby couldbe deformed, mentally retarded etc. He quit on the spot and has never touched another cigarette since.
A customer at the store I work told me the price of cigarettes made her quit. She said after she got married her husband was getting really pissed about her $150+ a month habit. So she calculated that if she quit smoking she'd save enough to either buy a big screen TV or go on the romantic cruise she an her husband have always wanted within a year. She tried every remedy in the book having the cruise and big screen TV as a reminder why. And when she did quit she and her husband were able to go on the cruise. The next year they bought the Big Screen TV.

Answer 4

As sad as it sounds it was my vanity. Smoking causes wrinkles, greyish skin, yellow teeth and nails and makes you stink to high heaven. There is NOTHING attractive about it and at the time I was still single and knew I didn't want to marry a smoker so why the heck would I think a mate would!

On a NON vain note...though I've never lost anyone to cancer (my family simply doesn't smoke) I couldn't imagine being the one to get it and die causing my family grief. I would never be so selfish as to put the people I love through my death just because I wanted to smoke.

Answer 5

cancer. i watched 4-5 people in my family die of lung cancer and suffer greatly from it. Hows that for motivation?

Its tough to cut the habit, i know...i still have a smoke every so often but i'm not buying packs anymore...so many different things you can try but ultimatly, you just want to want to quit, and just have to go and DO IT! WILL POWER!

Answer 6

Motivation for my mom was wanting to stick around and watch her grandkids grow up. She's taking Chantix right now and is willing to put up with some bad side effects (bloating, gassy, weight gain) to accomplish her goal. She's been on it for months and is feeling so much better already.

Answer 7

what I did was make a list of the benefits of quitting and a list of the cost of smoking (money, health, etc.).

I also started eating carrot sticks or chewing gum when i felt like smoking.

get a calendar and start crossing out the days you have not smoked and as they start to ad up, it makes it harder to start again because you will lose all that time invested.

Answer 8

my wife heather had a heart attack aged 40 she stopped smoking and so did i 14 years ago never regreted it hard to stop but worth it

Answer 9

alotta reasons...one of them was watching a show where they showed pictures of lungs of non- smoker compared to a smoker....heres a link u could try n do scroll down to see the pics!

http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_02_17_smoke_in_lung.html

Answer 10

don't tell yourself you are going to TRY to stop tell yourself you DON'T smoke.Reward yourself at the end of each week with the un-used cigarette money.GOOD LUCK IT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE