hobnobbinsnob
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- Nov 2, 2010
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I have tried EVERYTHING and believe me threats DO NOT work. I even told him I wouldn't marry him if he didn't quit (and I know some of your diehard nonsmokers will say 'Then why'd you marry him?'. Because you don't choose who you love and putting off marriage seemed a bit extreme). I've never been a smoker and I've never been addicted to anything (except sucking my thumb when I was a wee one) so I have absolutely no idea how hard it must be for him. I also am aware that a nicotine addiction is relatively similar in severity to a heroine addiction. I know the facts, I know the statistics.
We have tried *clears throat*
-Nicotine Gum (it burns his throat)
-Nicotine Patch (it made his skin break out into a huge hive)
-Cold Turkey (twice in fact and both times he nearly killed me)
-Gradually decreasing his cigs (he always wound up smoking more...sneaky little bast...devil)
-I wouldn't give him any money (sympathetic smoker friends would give him cigs or whole packs behind my back or he'd hunt down spare change till he found enough)
Other than that I have threatened him with everything I have in me
-Health Reasons
-Relationship Reasons
-Financial Reasons
-Parenting Reasons
-Physical looks Reasons
NOTHING WORKS!!!
And the thing is he actually does want to quit. He hates them. Hates the way he smells, hates the fights we have, hates the way they make him out of breath and stain his teeth.
I'm at my wits end. Any advice??
I'm getting a lot of "sex" motives. Unfortunately it's ineffective. The mind of an addict thinks nothing about sex when the most important thing (in this case the cigarette) has been removed. Sex incentives are futile.
We have tried *clears throat*
-Nicotine Gum (it burns his throat)
-Nicotine Patch (it made his skin break out into a huge hive)
-Cold Turkey (twice in fact and both times he nearly killed me)
-Gradually decreasing his cigs (he always wound up smoking more...sneaky little bast...devil)
-I wouldn't give him any money (sympathetic smoker friends would give him cigs or whole packs behind my back or he'd hunt down spare change till he found enough)
Other than that I have threatened him with everything I have in me
-Health Reasons
-Relationship Reasons
-Financial Reasons
-Parenting Reasons
-Physical looks Reasons
NOTHING WORKS!!!
And the thing is he actually does want to quit. He hates them. Hates the way he smells, hates the fights we have, hates the way they make him out of breath and stain his teeth.
I'm at my wits end. Any advice??
I'm getting a lot of "sex" motives. Unfortunately it's ineffective. The mind of an addict thinks nothing about sex when the most important thing (in this case the cigarette) has been removed. Sex incentives are futile.