quitsmokingtruths

*WARNING* This is NOT an anti-smoking page. If you came here looking for anti-tobacco propaganda or if you are an anti-cigarette fanatic you came to the WRONG place.

This IS a place where smokers who are struggling with beating the habit can come for a gut check. These pages were built by someone who beat the habit himself after years of struggling, and has no agenda other than passing along many years worth of data collected while attending The School of Hard Knocks. No conspiracies. No scare tactics (per se). No hidden agenda. Nothing but a Cold Greasy Dose of the Castor Oil of Truth ™. [MORE]

Disclaimer I AM NOT A DOCTOR. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.   I AM A SCHMOE WHO KNOWS NOT ONE IOTA OF ANYTHING USEFUL FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT. THE FEW SEEMINGLY MEDICAL FACTOIDS PRESENTED HERE WERE GLEANED FROM SOURCES THAT CAN BE LABELED “UNOFFICIAL” AT BEST. ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERGO SOMETHING AS ARDUOUS […]

I am the king of the self-improvement project. I have been known to spend days planning out how I’m going to improve my life. Quit smoking. Lose 50 pounds. Start working out. Become like a young Adonis. Learn to fly a plane. Learn to play the guitar. All in the next 2 weeks.

Life is funny. It ebbs and flows like a tide. There are moments of great joy. There are moments of irreparable grief. If you take the time to chart your life over time, and the way you feel about it you would see a hilly series of peeks and valleys. Last month? Your kids made the honor roll at school, you got a new promotion with a sweet little raise, the wife has been treating you well, and everything looks bright and sunny. Your graph would definitely show a high spot. Next month? Your wife seems unhappy for some reason you can’t quite figure out, and the same kid that made the honor roll is now in trouble for something bad. That promotion you got meant a metric ton of added responsibly nobody told you about, and to top it all off, your down deathly ill with some stupid virus that’s going around and takes weeks to shake off. Definitely a big valley on your chart.

Popular “wisdom” on smoking cessation says that you should tell your family and friends that you have stopped smoking. This alerts them to your plight, and enlists them as helpers.

Total Bullcrap.

The Docu-Drama

You may have spent a great deal of time trying to deny it, or rationalize it, or just plain avoid thinking about it, but the truth of the matter is simply:

IF YOU CONTINUE TO SMOKE YOU WILL PROBABLY DIE A PAINFUL AND LINGERING DEATH

Who the hell knows if Freud or any of the other headshrinkers that wax so esoteric about addictions and sexuality and all the other stuff they rave on and on about are right or wrong. Fact of the matter is that smoking carries with it a psychological oral component. At least 1/3 of the habit has to do with nervous energy, and oral issues.

When the shortness of breath (which is a nice little gift courtesy of the damage smoking has done to your lungs and the withdrawal symptoms) strikes you, or the need for a hit off of a smoke is beginning to overwhelm you. BREATHE.

I am not a bible thumper, or an extremely religious person. I’m not a fanatic, or someone who openly preaches to other people. You know the type of person I’m talking about. Those “in-your-face” Christian types who like to feel superior to everyone else?

It will be 3 days before you can concentrate on ANY significant thing other than the fact you want a cigarette desperately.

It will be 3 days before you get a good nights sleep.

It will be 3 days before you can go a solid MINUTE without thinking about a cigarette.

It will be 3 weeks before you can go a solid HOUR without thinking about a cigarette.

It will be 3 months before you can go a solid DAY without thinking about a cigarette.

And you will NEVER, EVER, NEVER… stop wanting one.

When you quit smoking your body will immediately begin to change, and to heal. It breaks down like this:

In the interest of “fair disclosure” I’m going to let you in on a little secret, and your not going to like it very much.

In fact… your going to be downright angry. I can’t say as I blame you.

Okay, here’s the deal

If you used this website to help you quit smoking, and it actually worked for you, then you OWE me.

That’s right motherbear, I said YOU OWE ME.