I think I'll quit, too...

[sugarbee]

anybody else want to quit smoking?  Let's all quit with Joe.

Just a thought.... 

[junior]

the quitters club.............. no air to pure
 i am in

[GA Mike]

I quit in 1983, ran out and said, that's enough. Of course, my wife and kids had been hounding me for 8 months to quit I promised them I would quit before the end of the year and held that promise. The first two days were the worse, but after that it was easier every day. The key for me was to get my mind right, no patches, just cold turkey. That may not be the best for everyone, but you have to want to quit or it won't work. Good luck to all who quit, it will change your life and add a lot to your wallet

GA Mike

[Duffy]

I've quit a couple times myself  , the second time stuck. GA Mike is right, you have to get your mind right. I convinced myself I hated the taste and anytime I would get weak, I would smoke a menthal (which I hated) - a couple puffs and that was enough.

Also, I developed a Life Savers habit!   

Good luck to all that choose to join the movement.

[Curmudgeon]

 
I quit using the Valkyrie riding method. Every time I just had to smoke I got on the bike and twisted the throttle. I found you can't light it at speed and you can't smoke at all when your smile is that big!
 

[Blackduck KS]

I quit in 80 it wasn`t easy but used tha patch to help  worked great for me
and excersize helps alot becuase addrenaline is a great susbstute for the
effects smoking has on the brain and when I felt I need one or got the urge
I kept telling myself that I didn`t smoke anymoree and it worked power of
suggestion works wonders but takes awhile becuase you been doing it for
so long your brain tries to tell you full of you know what.
what ever you do good luck and stick with it and remember God is always there to help.

[solo1]

I quit on November 22, 1963, the day that Kennedy was killed.  I have asthma and it finally occured to me that smoking was dumb for me. I had a good reason to quit and that's what it takes!   My wife still smoked at the time, so for another four days, I smoked her stubbed out Viceroys with lipstick on them, burned one heckuva lot of nose hairs with my Zippo trying to light those shorties.

Unfortunately, she didn't quit and died seven years ago, at 68 years, of COPD caused by smoking.

In the last year, I've lost two good friends to small cell lung carcinoma due to smoking.  They went quick, about 8 months in spite of all the chemo and radiation. 

I ask all my friends on this board, please try to quit.  I don't like to lose friends.

Wayne

[DavRed]

Rachel and I have ordered 12 cartons of Ciggs a month on the internet, for as long as I can remember.  Seeing this from a brother. I am in with ya'll.
 I am 51 and she is, (well... Lets just say Much Younger) It is time. No more will be ordered. Thanks NONSMOKING JOE !!!!!!!

Now I have to find a new, left side Chrome side cover. I have my lighter mounted in the middle of the one I have.....

[Black Pearl's Captain]

Ya'll are a bunch of quitters.    I hope you succeed.

Raymond

[R J]

Now I have to find a new, left side Chrome side cover. I have my lighter mounted in the middle of the one I have.....

You could use that outlet to power your tunes, heated vest, GPS or about anything ya might have on yout ride.

Mine powers my GPS.

[Rachel]

I guess if David says we are going to do it I am in! 

[Bone]

When were cigarettes 50 cents a pack ? That is when I quit.
Couldn't afford my pack a day and the pack a day for some co-workers.
You can undo the damage done to yourself. 
In May of 2006 I was so proud to run the Cleveland Marathon with my son at my side. All I wanted was to finish. My son ran at my pace cheering me along when needed, we crossed the finish line side by side.
What a wonderful feeling.

[Hoser]

Rachel and I have ordered 12 cartons of Ciggs a month on the internet, for as long as I can remember.  Seeing this from a brother. I am in with ya'll.
 I am 51 and she is, (well... Lets just say Much Younger) It is time. No more will be ordered. Thanks NONSMOKING JOE !!!!!!!

Now I have to find a new, left side Chrome side cover. I have my lighter mounted in the middle of the one I have.....

Use the lighter to power your heated gear, gps,xm radio, microwave, etc.  Oh wait, it's not a beemer, is it. 

[Momz]

Had double pneumonia and did not even know it, could stop coughing and cough syrups would not work. Wife said go to the emergency room at the local hospital. After getting admitted, they tried to check my blood oxygen levels. The doctors said that they had never seen anyone with such low levels and was still somewhat concious. I was rushed downtown to the big hospital and given lasics to get get rid of excess water and given oxygen.
After several days of antibiotics, oxygen, and other medicines along with constant blood oxygen level monitoring, I began to feel better. My doctor asked me if I smoked? I replied yes; he then asked if I had any kids and I responded in the affirmative. He asked how old my kid was and if I wanted to see my kid graduate High School. He then told me that if I smoked again when I got out of the hospital, that I would not live long enough to see my daughter graduate.
Never wanted a cigarette again! That was eight years ago.     

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

I quit in 95, the year windows 3.11 changed to windows 95. I'd chain smoked since I was 17, 2-3 packs a day, sometimes more. After all, anything I do, I do excessively, it’s just who I am!  

I'd tried to quit many times and always wound up smoking more when I restarted. Then I tired hypnosis and it worked. I walked out of the building, threw away my cigs and never wanted another one bad enough to light one up.

Every once in a while I still pat my shirt pocket and I really enjoy sitting next to someone who is smoking but I don't want one myself.

The reason I wanted to quit was simple, not health, not to be socially acceptable, not because everyone told me I should. I quit because it pissed me off to be addicted to them.

To have to drive to the store when I didn't feel like it. To have to reach for one first thing in the morning and last thing at night and constantly in between just burned my rear. And having the cherry blow off and go down my shirt constantly when I was riding didn’t help either.

[Probie (Scooter57)]

I haven't had one in about 3 months or so, not that I smoked that much anyway. Mostly went stress hit or boredom. I still get the urge every now and then, I wanted one on the way home from work but don't know why. The guy next door will fire up a stogie  and I would really like to have a nice cigar, I smell his and want one even more.

I have the non-smokers insurance at work so if I do and get hurt I will lose a lot of my coverage so I have an incentive NOT to.



I have another incentive for ya'll to think about...how much will you save???

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

I quit in 95, the year windows 3.11 changed to windows 95. I'd chain smoked since I was 17, 2-3 packs a day, sometimes more. After all, anything I do, I do excessively, it’s just who I am! 

I'd tried to quit many times and always wound up smoking more when I restarted. Then I tired hypnosis and it worked. I walked out of the building, threw away my cigs and never wanted another one bad enough to light one up.

Every once in a while I still pat my shirt pocket and I really enjoy sitting next to someone who is smoking but I don't want one myself.

The reason I wanted to quit was simple, not health, not to be socially acceptable, not because everyone told me I should. I quit because it pissed me off to be addicted to them. To have to drive to the store when I didn't feel like it. To have to reach for one first thing in the morning and last thing at night and constantly in between just burned my rear. And having the cherry blow off and go down my shirt constantly when I was riding didn’t help either.

[Oss]

it was either beer or cigarettes cause I just was plain out of money and no chance to get any until my next summer job

when i figured out that beer was one of the 4 food groups (its carbs, alcohol and bread plus liquid) it was no contect

I quit the cigarettes which gave me enough money for pizza and more beer

Life has been good since

[Bill Laslett]

Want to stop smoking ? Come to Michigan. There about $6.00 a pack here now. They just went up again ... more taxes ! More will stop now just like the last time they raised the taxes on them. Quit for your health is the best reason, more money for chrome is good too!

[Misfit]

I quit 10 years ago. It was one of the hardest things that I have ever done. It was also one of the best things that I have ever done. It's tough but believe me you will feel so much better. I wish everyone in this club would quit. I hate to see friends suffer. Those of you that stick with it will wonder why you waited so long to quit. GOOD LUCK to all that are giving this a go.

[hedgehorn]

I quit for over a year. I am smoking again. I guess the hardest thing is that I really enjoy it. Hey I was a member before and my password and email dont work so I had to create a new one. H-2 vrcc 18760 wish I could keep that #

[Willow]

Hey I was a member before and my password and email dont work so I had to create a new one. H-2 vrcc 18760 wish I could keep that #

Hedgehorn, send me an email.  Click the link at the top that says, "Contact Staff".

[ChromeDome]

The company was going No-Smoking and brought in Smoke Enders to assist all in quiting. But here are a few things I learned when I decided to quit:

1. I have to quit for me ... if I quit for any other reason or person then sooner or later I will start smoking again
2. no matter what the issue .... having a cigarette won't help
3. I have never said I will never smoke again

Good Luck to All!

[Michael K (Az.)]

I quit in 95, the year windows 3.11 changed to windows 95. I'd chain smoked since I was 17, 2-3 packs a day, sometimes more. After all, anything I do, I do excessively, it’s just who I am! 

I'd tried to quit many times and always wound up smoking more when I restarted. Then I tired hypnosis and it worked. I walked out of the building, threw away my cigs and never wanted another one bad enough to light one up.

Every once in a while I still pat my shirt pocket and I really enjoy sitting next to someone who is smoking but I don't want one myself.

The reason I wanted to quit was simple, not health, not to be socially acceptable, not because everyone told me I should. I quit because it pissed me off to be addicted to them. To have to drive to the store when I didn't feel like it. To have to reach for one first thing in the morning and last thing at night and constantly in between just burned my rear. And having the cherry blow off and go down my shirt constantly when I was riding didn’t help either.

I also quit because I didn't like something/someone telling me what to do. Just don't like being pushed and cigs were pushing!
So far, no ill effects,tho!

[Dag]

I'm 50 in a few days, and that's maybe a good day to quit... I have been smoking for 35 years. I have tried to quit, I quit for 5 years once and I was thinking about the cigarette every day. The price is about $11 for 20pk here now, that should be a good reason.

[Michael K (Az.)]

Rachel and I have ordered 12 cartons of Ciggs a month on the internet, for as long as I can remember.  Seeing this from a brother. I am in with ya'll.
 I am 51 and she is, (well... Lets just say Much Younger) It is time. No more will be ordered. Thanks NONSMOKING JOE !!!!!!!

Now I have to find a new, left side Chrome side cover. I have my lighter mounted in the middle of the one I have.....

Ah Ha! Looks like you got a new DC plug in for new electronics!! 

[Normandog]

I do say each morning that, " I will not smoke today."  I hope we are all successful in our effort to quit.

[X Ring]

Bee, Dag, Joe and everyone else trying to quit, I'm here on the sidelines cheering you on.  Of course, I won't be like Steamer and wear a Cheerleader's outfit; big, hairy man legs, not a pretty sight; but I'll be cheering you on none the less!!!

Marty

[Stanley Steamer]

silly man!!...Fifi Hellcat has been retired!!!... ... ...

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[Jabba]

I hereby PROMISE that no one, will ever see me smoke another cigarette!

I am cheating.. I have never even tried one to begin with...

Good luck all!

Jabba

[X Ring]

You don't even make a good looking cross dresser and I've seen better legs on a stick man!!!

[kickstand]

I quit yesterday  I'm ready for a padded room now going to need some help here!!!  I've been smoking for 45 years this isn't going to be easy

[sugarbee]

it's not been easy for me, either...I've cheated a bit, but at least I have cut back...that should count, right?  Maybe I can ween myself off of them dang things...

[TOPGUN351]

  JUST KIDDING THE WAY YOU SMOKE THOSE MOUNTAINS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SMOKING JOE. Hell I remember the first time we rode together I didn't know your handle was based on cigs I though it was how you rode.

Get well soon we are pulling for you. 

[kickstand]

We need to stay at one of those fancy spas for 30 days

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

JUST KIDDING THE WAY YOU SMOKE THOSE MOUNTAINS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SMOKING JOE. Hell I remember the first time we rode together I didn't know your handle was based on cigs I though it was how you rode.

Get well soon we are pulling for you. 

Its wild that everyone's assumption is the reason I'm in the hospital with a collasped lung is because of smoking...It's not in fact the doctor was amazed at how my lungs looked after all the years I've poured smoke across them . I'm 7 days clean and its my plan to never fire another one up . While smoking may or may not have played a role in me being here in the hospital I'm smart enough to see all the other folks on this " LUNG WARD " that are dying a very painful death everyday 

[R J]

JUST KIDDING THE WAY YOU SMOKE THOSE MOUNTAINS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SMOKING JOE. Hell I remember the first time we rode together I didn't know your handle was based on cigs I though it was how you rode.

Get well soon we are pulling for you. 

Its wild that everyone's assumption is the reason I'm in the hospital with a collapsed lung is because of smoking...It's not in fact the doctor was amazed at how my lungs looked after all the years I've poured smoke across them . I'm 7 days clean and its my plan to never fire another one up . While smoking may or may not have played a role in me being here in the hospital I'm smart enough to see all the other folks on this " LUNG WARD " that are dying a very painful death everyday 

3 more days of non smoking and you are just a hop skip and a jump away from being totally off of them.

You will have an urge to fire one up, but find something else to do instead.....    I quit cold turkey, 11 day hospital stay in 1982.  Was clean when I came out and have not fired one up since......   Sure left me a lot of $$$$ for Bling.............

[PharmBoy]

That is not the only way to quit, but it is the most successful.  I quit 27 years ago just like my father quit drinking.  He joined AA and it was a life saver for him, sober till the day he died.  I learned a lot from that program.  You don't really have to be tough.  All you have to do is start by telling yourself that you can do without a cigarette for 5 minutes and anyone that really wants to quit can do that.  The first few days are the hardest.  Those 5 minute streches come pretty regular, but after a few days, they turn into 30 to 60 minutes.  Keep telling yourself 5 minutes when the urge to give in is the strongest.  By now you know that 5 minutes is doable and the streches without smoking will become longer and longer.  It will not completely go away for a long time.  For me it was years, but the length of time between the craving became longer than a year at a time and then as if by magic, it never returned.  In my line of work, I have seen several individuals walking around with an oxygen bottle in tow in one hand and a cigarette in the other.  What a pittiful sight!...JTL

[Willow]

Its wild that everyone's assumption is the reason I'm in the hospital with a collasped lung is because of smoking...It's not in fact the doctor was amazed at how my lungs looked after all the years I've poured smoke across them . I'm 7 days clean and its my plan to never fire another one up . While smoking may or may not have played a role in me being here in the hospital I'm smart enough to see all the other folks on this " LUNG WARD " that are dying a very painful death everyday 

Joe, some of us are pretty sure that a pneumothorax isn't the result of smoking, but we do believe that an injured lung, even healed, may be more susceptible to the damage done by tar and nicotine.

You have made the right observations and being seven days clean is a huge beginning.

My observations on smoking cessation are that quitting "cold turkey" is the most likely to succeed; beginning to see yourself and define yourself as a nonsmoker is key; and that it's much easier if everyone in the household quits at the same time.

I don't like the term, collapsed lung.  It sounds too passive.  The lung is actually pressed down and restricted by the presence of external air in the chest cavity and it HURTS.  I whined like I never thought I would and once or twice I even begged them to give me more painkillers.  It's definitely an event that can change who you think you are.

Your reference to a painful death reminds me of the famous quote, "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa, not screaming in terror like his passengers."

May you live long, Joe, and may you hold Presley's children on your knees.

Hang tough, Joe.  One day you'll look back and see many good things that came out of this painful experience.

[Madmike]

Good luck to all you quitters.  

I been off tobacco for 15 years and still have the odd passing urge.  I quit once before that and failed because I didn't realise that if I even had 1 cigarette I was beat.  I found the toughest things to do were to break the habits when I would smoke, after a meal or with coffee.  

When my kids were small I was rolling my own and I used to leave my makings in the truck when I got home and after a while I wouldn't miss the smoke but in the morning I always had to roll a smoke as soon as I got in the truck.