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Hi AllisonMac! Welcome to Kicking Butts and to eons! Checking this group out will help you face the addiction. I know it is hard when smokers are all around you. You really need to do this for yourself. Relegate one room for him to smoke, or make the bedroom smoke-free. Wash the mirrors or windows and you will be amazed at the yellow nicotine layer that comes off! And not in your lungs! Put a jar aside into which you put the money you are not spending on cigarettes (in NYC a pack is about $9- imagine how fast that will stockpile!) You CAN do it when you come to that point you can do nothing else but quit! Don't beat yourself up if you are just weaning yourself off. Whatever steps you take are on the path to being tobacco-free. Keep coming back, keep checking in. When I first found eons, I joined a bunch of groups, but soon found that THIS is the one I need. See you soon!

Hi Allison: I quit with my husband 10 years ago. He made it, I didn't. He requested (insisted, really!) that I no longer smoke in the house. Since I was the one that remained addicted, I complied out of respect for his lungs. He remains smoke free to this day... and I quit again just four days ago.

I think gprnyc has offered some great suggestions also. But if it were me wanting to quit, I would insist ( beg, cry, kick, deny sex, ha! ) that he smoke outside... Again, that's just me.

I wish you luck and success!

Hi MtnLady & gprnyc. I managed to quit for 3 months at the beginning of the year. Since it was cold out, I sweetly allowed The Man to smoke in an unused guest room. Well, you guessed it, I had a life-changing event happen and the next thing you know I was in there smoking with him. I can't be around it (in the beginning, anyway) and not fall off the wagon. This winter The Man had best be looking into getting himself a kerosene heater because I'm graciously donating the garage for his smoking enjoyment!!! It's the only solution I can think of!

Well, it sure is definitely harder to quit when someone is constantly carrying that aroma around you. But it can be done! First of all, get yourself some straws and cut them to the size of your cigarettes. When hubby lights up, you grab a straw and take puffs on it, just like it's a cigarette and inhale and exhale. The second important thing is to designate that from now on, hubby should only be allowed to smoke outside...get the house smelling normal again and youll have less cravings.
I used my straws for the first 2-3 weeks of my quit. I even drove with them in the car, because I was so used to having a butt between my fingers.
It can be done...youve got the stregth to do it, we all have it, it's just a matter of being stronger than your willpower is and that's hard.
Good luck and as we always say, stick with us for those tips and helpful hints and one day, you'll be ready to do it.

Debbie

I'm feeling encouraged by all of yall.

Thanks.......DallasJazz

AllisonMac as has been already stated by someone else you can quit with someone in the house smoking. It does make it harder at times, when I had my heart attack my brother and I were and still live under the same roof. Although we never smoked inside the house because of our 94 year old father when he came back in the house he brought the smell inside with him. At these times I would have to find something to get real busy with or find something to eat, and to keep the weight off my choice was fruit. The first two or three or four weeks were difficult at times then he decided to try one more time to quit. Did I mention that we had both been smoking for over forty years at the time, well for me it was mostly mind over the demon? It was not the easiest thing that I have ever done but it is well worth the effort. Your taste smell and length of life you can expect to have left will be some of the benefits that you will get and your other half will still be doing without there fore you will be the winner and have a better life for it.
Best of luck and check in with us often.