Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
i have tried to quit quite a few times... for some quitting comes easier... my grandma smoked for over 20 years, then one day just said i don't wanna do this again, and never picked another one up, never caved.... for me on the other hand, i've had over 20-30 attempts..... only two lasting more than 2 months, the longer (and last) being 3 months....

the last 5 i was committed.... and i know most will say it's an excuse, but the only reason i picked up smoking again last time, was my wife was hit by a car, and i had an hour long drive to the hosptial, half way there i was just freaking the fucking out, not knowing what to expect, how we're gonna pay for this etc etc.... i caved dramaticly, and ended up smoking again, never dropped it since (nearly a year ago now) my hair was coming out, there was no such thing as a panic attack, as i was in constant 'panic attack' mode... the only name for it would be 'panic living'....

not knowing what to expect when you got an hour drive to the hospital where your wife who was hit by a car, can drive you quite a bit insane.... needless to say, i was ready for anything that was 'stress reliving'

i hate not being able to breathe.... lately i've been noticing it alot too... i get winded carrying out the laundry basket to the car..... i get winded walking up 1 floor worth the steps... i fucking hate it.... i used to ride my bike completely across the city just for fun/having nothing else to do.... now i couldn't ride it 3 blocks without getting tired....
Read these links I pasted man, you'll come to understand it is only an association in your brain that links smoking to coping with stressful situations.

For instance, I used to go for a smoke whenever I hit a "wall" during work stuff (computer related). It was like a ritual and seemed to help me concentrate and solve the problem back then. But if you think about it, the problem is still there, whether you had that smoke or not..

As you'll learn (same as I did) by reading about it, the hardest thing to break is the HABIT -- smoking in stress, after food, whatever your ritual is/was. That is the hardest part to break, and when you experience that, the chemical addiction to nicotine is long gone. I coped with this for the first few weeks by buying lots of gums, and whenever I felt like smoking a cig (even in social situations where you'd light up just for the sake of it), I had some gum, to replace the habit of getting a cig in these various situations.

Some more encoraging reading:
What happens to your body when you stop smoking

You can do it easily man, nicotine is just a dumb chemical with 0 IQ. You're the man there. If you say you can quit, then you can quit -- smoke the weed alone :P