Had a cig in my hand when I pressed play. It's in the garbage now. Day 3 goes on.

I watch a few Joel Spitzer videos weekly. I would say it has been the single best resource in helping me sustain my quit so far. 63 days and joyfully counting!!!

@jeffbyrnes3686

7 жыл бұрын

T. Patterson Same here. Very helpful videos! Agreed.

I never thought i will ever quit, I Stopped on 6th Jan 2013, watching these videos. Thank You !!!

I have been quit for 20 days now, and have been thinking of that one puff; these videos of yours have helped a lot though. Very good sir.

You saved an 11+ day quit, thank you.

11 days into my quit...these videos have been a great help

So true. One puff and done! Not worth losing your life!

It was so hard for me to accept. I let my guard down, began smoking cigars, keeping it "seperate" from my 1 year+ quit from a 20+ year cigarette addiction. As of 5/24/2013, I have still not had a cigarette in over 1 year and 4 months,but smoking those damn swisher sweets, I am again using nicotine. I had to get honest with myself. After over a year, $2000+, and 8000+ cigarettes not smoked/$ spent . . . I was a smoker again and had to reset my phone app. Stay vigilant. Thanks to Joel.

It's Day 19 for me. I've come so far that it would be ridiculous to start again now. I should have been old enough to know better the first time I started smoking. With everything I know now about how addictive cigarettes are, I realize I can never be a "casual" smoker. One cigarette and I'd be back to my old routine before I knew what hit me.

4 years smoke-free based on Joel's advice. Thanks Joel

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome zooscientist1. Check out the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-taking-a-break-from-smoking-help-you-get-rid-of-nicotine-tolerance/ I put that page together and recommend it for all longer term quitters who find my resources. Being off four years is great but as the video on top of the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-taking-a-break-from-smoking-help-you-get-rid-of-nicotine-tolerance/ discusses, it is still important to always remember why you first quit and are still committed to never take another puff. Joel

Joel Spitzer i hope you read this i want you to know that you are helping so much THANK YOU

It is an understatement to say this is an importantant point. Thanks. Can't wait to refer to this sight, because it's such a valuable resource to help folks, to get the important points in their struggle to smoking recovery.

this channel deserves way more views and subscribers

@joelspitz

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Izmail. I wish more people would utilize the channel too, but with so much clutter here on KZread and in search engines when a person types in something like "quitting smoking" or "stopping smoking", it is hard for people to ever find my resources. When I say I wish more people would find my channel and resources--its not for the purpose of making the channel bigger or that it somehow becomes more popular. I wish people would find it and utilize it because I believe it can help the ones who do to quit smoking and save their health and their lives. I realized many years ago that the channel was never going to be super big or popular. So I don't worry about how many people find the channel and I just try to produce materials and resources that can help the people who do find and utilize it, no matter how many or how few people it may be. Joel Related resources: whyquit.com/joels-videos/my-goals-for-the-resources-i-produce-to-help-people-to-quit-smoking/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/why-my-resources-are-free/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/are-people-doomed-to-fail-if-they-dont-get-professional-help-to-quit-smoking/ Video "Real world quitters" kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2tmssFuo8S3cbg.html

@izmailaushev5669

5 жыл бұрын

@@joelspitz you're welcome Joel! I have tried several approaches to quitting smoking hookah, Allen Carrs easyway, Jim laceys- the smoke stops here, laser therapy (which i think personally is overrated maybe works for others), I've tried cold Turkey without reinforcement, but why I say that I believe your approach is the best and most effective is the fact that you have consistently uploaded valuable content on all the ways ex smokers can relapse, and most importantly, you refer to how important reinforcement is, taking a day at a time, not worrying about tomorrow, moreover your ebook is free which is just amazing in and of itself, I'm going to be watching your videos for reinforcement on a regular basis and am going to put as much effort as possible to make sure this is my final quit!

@joelspitz

5 жыл бұрын

Here are two pages I have set up which focus heavily on relapse prevention issues: whyquit.com/joels-videos/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/relapse-prevention-resources/ Here are resources addressing other topics you broached here: whyquit.com/joels-videos/how-many-ways-have-you-tried-to-quit-smoking/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/ive-tried-everything-to-quit-smoking-and-nothing-works/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/what-programs-do-i-recommend/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/allen-carr-comparisons/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/miracle-aids-for-quitting-smoking/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/the-only-time-i-think-of-smoking-is-when-i-get-one-of-your-stupid-letters/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/ill-come-for-reinforcement-when-i-need-it/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/one-day-at-a-time/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-will-not-smoke-today/

@lizlemon5281

4 жыл бұрын

@@joelspitz I relapsed after 6 months, I am heartbroken but I'm trying to find the positive. I didn't know your videos existed in my first quit. I believe I needed to slip so I could educate myself further on how stupid it is to smoke . Thank you for your work . God bless you .

@joelspitz

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Liz Lemon: I am glad that you found my resources now. First, to get a quit started now on strong footing, consider going through the resources on the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-you-spare-about-an-hour-and-a-half-to-help-to-save-your-life/. As far as for "needing to slip," be careful in thinking along these terms. The page whyquit.com/joels-videos/is-relapsing-on-nicotine-a-good-learning-experience-2/ highlights why I believe it can be dangerous for future quits to write off past "slips" as in anyway a good thing. Also, using the word "slip" can be problematic. See the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/words-that-translate-to-relapse/ that addresses this issue. I have a lot of resources available here to help you to secure a quit once you have it going. See the pages whyquit.com/joels-videos/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/ and whyquit.com/joels-videos/relapse-prevention-resources/ that address this all important issue. One more thing--be careful writing to me by responding to an existing comment written by me or anyone else. The video kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIiFk7p8gZTZmc4.html explains why this is problematic. It was by chance I happen to find your response here today while I was looking for something else. If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding smoking or quitting issues always start a new comment on one of my videos for I will be notified when replies or done this way. I hope you find all of these resources helpful. Joel

Your wisdom and articulation is amazing, Joel.

Sooo true. I was off 6 months. Here we go again. My god don’t do it!!!!!!

Joel you are such a great person. So great. I appreciate your work so much I can't even tell. So good.

@joelspitz

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Joel, just wanted to let you know that I am now 2.5 years without smoking and your video helped me extremely. I was watching them before my quit and continued to watch then for a long time after I quit. I love your rational view on the situation. You made me realize that if I relapse for just that one beautiful moment, the good cigarette at the top of the mountain, if I do that - I will get the full package deal, Thank you Joel from the bottom of my heart. You changed my life and perspective, not just on smoking. I hope you are doing well, Michal

@joelspitz

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Michal: I hope you get this message here. I have a profanity filter on my channel and you had one word in your post today on a different video of mine that got caught by it. I put your post minus the one phrase above here. I think you will see it because it was responding to your earlier post here. Congratulations on 2.5 years. I am really glad that you found my resources helpful. Here are a couple of pages that your post here made me think of: whyquit.com/joels-videos/the-fallacy-of-good-cigarettes/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/who-wants-to-go-back-to-smoking/ In answer to your one question, yes I am doing well. Once again, congratulations on your two and a half years. Joel

This Video is so helpful, I have being a smoker for over 20 years, over the years I have quit a list 4 times, for years, and end up back over one puff, the addiction gets worse each time, is like is waiting for you right where you left off, but it tries to made-up the none smoking years, if any, Today is my 6th day of quitting again, and this time, I understand that I can’t never puff again, no even ones,! Because every time you go back it takes you even more years to made up your mind again...

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

As long as you keep remembering the implications of taking a puff, you have the major piece of information that can make this quit the last one you will ever need to do. All of the resources on the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/ hit home this point. This will be the last quit you will ever have to do as long as this time you stick to a personal commitment to never take another puff.

Thank you Joel ...your videos are great and are helping me out a lot

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome knolle. Glad that you are finding my videos helpful. Joel

.........after 10 years clean, you get into one of those difficult days, there you see over a table, someone's pack, what is one smoke going to do to me after a victory of a decade.....Oh lord there I went, now after 2 years hooked again, I started all over again, the cravings, all the complete circus again........

@hopelessthug

10 жыл бұрын

so you celebrated 10 years by smoking a cigarette ?

After 2.5 year quit after a Funeral for my Girlfriend I took another puff that was in 2006. Now in 2014 after that one (1) puff I'm 55 days clean. And I will NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF AGAIN.

Just slipped 2 hours before my quit timer said my addiction would end. I feel terrible, but hey, time to quit again.

@joelspitz

7 жыл бұрын

Your addiction was not about to end. Your withdrawals would likely have eased up but your addiction is there for life. Check out the video "What should I call myself?" kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooyprKWuhKSzXaQ.html. It is an important issue for you to understand if you are ever going to pull off a successful quit. Also, use the search feature on my channel to check out the following videos: The law of addiction kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZaDx7GvcZyaYLg.html "I will control my smoking now" "Should I reset my quit meter?" The power of nicotine addiction Words that translate to RELAPSE Lost long term quits

@kozmic4276

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks man your videos are great help :)

After 32 days off the cigarettes I had a slip. I am disgusted with myself. It was due to stress. My 87 year old mother had a TIA minor stroke today. She also had a bladder infection leading up to this and couldn't articulate her speech properly. I couldn't hold out any longer. I know this is no excuse and by taking that puff I must start again. I will somehow come through this addiction I have had for over 40 years.

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear this Peter. Again, sorry I did not see all of your earlier posts until yesterday. You need to recognize that there are always going to be problems that happen in your life whether you quit smoking or not--and smoking is not capable of solving any of these problems. The following resources address this issue: whyquit.com/joels-videos/there-is-no-legitimate-reason-to-relapse/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/life-goes-on-without-smoking/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/relapse-prevention-resources/ You need to make a decision now. Do you want to keep smoking. If you don't make a decision and take action on it, your addiction is going to make the decision for you. I can see from the number of comments you made on a few of my videos that you were going through many of my resources. I am going to suggest that you focus on the resources on the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-you-spare-about-an-hour-and-a-half-to-help-to-save-your-life/ Hope you find these helpful to get a new quit and hopefully a permanent quit going.

@peterc9153

6 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for your feedback here and to my other comments. And for the links to other videos. You are quite right. Nothing in life that comes at someone needs nicotine as an antidote. I will brush myself off and start again. As a 56 year old who has been been smoking since age 15 it may take a bit of brushing. But I expect you have seen many such challenges, and greater. before. Thanks.

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

"But I expect you have seen many such challenges, and greater. before. " Yes Peter, I have had people in their 70's and 80's in clinics who smoked since they were children. I have also had smokers in clinics who smoked amounts higher than what most people who say that quitting is going to be hard for them because they smoke so many cigarettes per day. Check out the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/extreme-nicotine-tolerance/ Also related is the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/whats-the-use-in-quitting-now/

@peterc9153

6 жыл бұрын

"one of my clinic graduates who was a five pack a day smoker." Thanks for the useful perspective. My challenge is certainly not in that league. Throughout the 40 years I have smoked I probably averaged about 20 cigarettes a day. Occasionally touching 25 maybe. To be consuming 100 cigarettes a day would require a proverbial conveyor belt, I would imagine. If people like that have triumphed so, indeed, should I. Thanks again.

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

I am not sure if you saw the whole background story of Joe, who was the five pack a day smoker I talked about in that video. I just assembled a new page that has the video where I talked about him as well as a newspaper article and a few commentaries that I had written over the years that related a few different stories about his quitting experience. Here is a link to that new page: whyquit.com/joels-videos/a-tribute-to-joels-friend-joe/ The reason that it is titled "A tribute to Joel's friend Joe" is that another manager of one of the quit sites I was co-managing called Freedom from Tobacco back in 2000 started a new string at the site with that title, lifting a comment I had added to an existing post on the board. She felt that his story needed a string of it's own and titled it. I basically reassembled components of that string in my video index and kept the original title from the Freedom from Tobacco board.

Thank you. God bless you

My grandpa told me when he quit 40 years ago that after 2 weeks he smoked a cigarette and slipped up. But what it did was remind him how nasty and terrible it was and actually reinforced his decision to quit. Never touched another one again. I DO NOT ENDORSE this but i think if you do slip up it can be turned into a positive in reminding yourself why your quit in the first place. I know from past experience that that one puff after not smoking for 2 weeks is terrible and nasty as hell. If possible....use it to your advantage to get back on track

@joelspitz

7 жыл бұрын

I too have encountered dozens and dozens of people who have shared your grandfather’s kind of experience with me regarding their past history-people who have been off smoking now for years and even decades. The problem is that I have encountered thousands and thousands of people in real world settings and online contacts whose experience was that what they thought or hoped would be a “good learning experience” actually turned into a full blown relapse-often resulting in years and sometimes decades of smoking. Many of these people ended up losing their life because of that one experience. Here are a number of videos that address this issue: Lost long term quitskzread.info/dash/bejne/dH6ZqtatiNDIZ9o.html I went back to smoking while in the hospital with pneumoniakzread.info/dash/bejne/pIGdlbOwYdDAn7A.html "I will control my smoking now"kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXWA0dhtlaixZNo.html The power of nicotine addictionkzread.info/dash/bejne/hqSNtNSTd5jSaKQ.html The lucky ones get hookedkzread.info/dash/bejne/mWyM2LWieNDSgZs.html "I know I will quit again"kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnykmtt_nqvIirQ.html Is relapsing on nicotine a good learning experience?kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWyMvNqoZ93Joc4.html Also, I wanted to make sure you saw the video “Comments to channel.” kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3p_ls2RhMecopM.html. You had tried to post another comment on one of my videos that I did not address. This video explains what topics I do not approve for posting in the comment sections of my videos.

@JohnnyRebKy

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and my apologizes. I was on the verge of relapse yesterday and in freak out mode about it. Im not sure which comment it was....but my apologizes. I enjoy your videos and they have been a huge help

Joel, I am a brand new quitter. I do not really have any physical symptoms, mine are all mental. What is the best way to handle the battle going on back and forth in my head. I want to quit so bad and need to for health reason but the other part of my brains says just go have one more cigarette. It’s all I seem to think about all day long.

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you here Angela. I had a technical problem with KZread where I did not see your comment here until last night. Here is a page I set up explaining the issue I was having: whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-am-seeing-comments-again/ Here are some resources addressing the issue you are inquiring about: whyquit.com/joels-videos/i-want-one/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/fixating-on-a-cigarette/ whyquit.com/joels-videos/just-think-of-something-else/

On day 14!! This is the hardest day for me

so right

Smoking is a drug addiction and if you don't tread it as a drug addiction you lose.

@joelspitz

4 жыл бұрын

From whyquit.com/joels-videos/can-people-quit-smoking-and-still-drink-alcohol/ "I always state it this way. Treat an addiction as an addiction and a person will learn to control it. Treat an addiction like a bad habit and the person won’t have a prayer. Nicotine use is an addiction."

Tell me about it Joel taken me 10 weeks or so to reset now 3 days in....

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

Here, these resources will tell you about it: :) whyquit.com/joels-videos/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/ Glad you reset your quit. Related resource for that is whyquit.com/joels-videos/should-i-reset-my-quit-meter/

But what if that one puff is from a 0 nicotine vape? I know you said in other videos that some e-juice companies still sneak nicotine in their 0mg juice but I disagree as you would feel it when you inhale. (yes I'm aware I sound like an addict trying to justify my actions lol. I'm just playing the devils advocate for how you would get back into a nicotine withdrawal cycle if you don't consume nicotine)

@joelspitz

5 жыл бұрын

Here is the page you are referring to regarding the issue of nicotine free cigarettes not always being nicotine free: whyquit.com/joels-videos/is-your-nicotine-free-electronic-cigarette-actually-nicotine-free/ As far as for relapsing without actually administering nicotine, check out the page whyquit.com/joels-videos/herbal-and-marijuana-cigarette-issues/ It explains the issues involved.

So does relapsing restart your body process of healing all over? Do you lose that too?

@joelspitz

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay in responding to you. Normally I get an email every time someone leaves a comment on one of my videos. The last couple of weeks I had not received any email alerts and just thought no one was responding. Just happen to check my channel and saw a number of comments that were posted over the past two weeks. As to your question, it depends how long the relapse lasts and what system of the body we are talking about. Here are a couple of videos that touch on one kind of repair that occur in the lung when quitting: Feel what it is like to breathe with emphysema kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZpk1tV9osreYs4.html See how smoking destroys the lungs kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2R5qqR9pZbLac4.html A short term relapse won't likely totally destroy the cilia, just slow them down or possibly paralyze them. If a person were to quit right away the long-term damage to the cilia would probably be negligible. The problem is most people who "slip" don't have short term relapses but rather end up with months, years or even decades of smoking. They may very well cause damages that will never be able to heal and those relapses often end up costing people their lives.

i Always fall back, i tried so hard

@joelspitz

8 жыл бұрын

+Hama Mutin Check the video kzread.info/dash/bejne/mImDz6eQZpTZfpc.html "I'm trying to quit smoking" and kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqiE0pqOgLu-hKw.html Treat quitting smoking as if you are fighting for your life

@Linna480

8 жыл бұрын

oh thank you so much. i appreciate it. ill check it right now. thanks again.

I was almost two months clean, last night I relapsed and smoked

@joelspitz

6 жыл бұрын

All of the resources on the page ntapblog.wordpress.com/videos-related-to-the-implications-of-a-puff-once-you-have-quit/ address the issues surrounding relapse.