Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

[madmans]

never smoked but would like to get the OH to stop smoking just wondered how hard is it?

[one2many]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I found smoking 100 times harder...I quit a zillion times before it stuck....it REALLY does depend on the person tho, I know there are peeps on here who gave up smoking no problem but struggled with the drink, for me, it was the other way around.

[mario]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

For me madman's, stopping smoking was much easier, actually i just said enough and stopped, but that was me and everyone is different, and re your oh they have to want to stop, :-) (sounds familar)

[Choochie]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

MM - for me drinking was much harder than smoking. I didn't smoke very much, but was psychologically very hooked on what I did smoke. As you can see here, though, it's a mixed bag. So glad to be free of both! This is how life is supposed to be.

[Eye on the Prize]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

On Christmas Day, I'll bde ONE year quit smoking... (I thought that would Never happen - very addicted!)

I thought quitting drinking would be Lots easier.... I quit for 2 months earlier this year, 1 month another time... and now am having a very hard time just to get in the frame of mind to quit.

[byebyebridgetjones]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I agree with Oney.
It's as individual as we are.
I gave up smoking 20 years ago after a hell of a night and two packets. Never looked back. Couldn't think of anything worse that sticking one in my gob to this day (unless it's sticking it somewhere else I suppose )

Drinking ????? Love of the mother !!!!!
I have worn it down for 18 months now, and having cracking success with Baclofen.
But it has been the struggle of my life. And I'm not exactly a weak willed person.

Get your partner off those stinky cigs. It WILL kill them. Maybe even faster than alcohol would, who knows ?

[_EndOfTheLine_]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

Smoking has to be easier- everyone encourages you to quit smoking, nobody advises you to quit drinking (unless you're real bad)

[expat3]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

SMOKING is 100 times harder (for me). Maybe because I know if I drink that in just a few hours I could do something totally stupid and humiliate myself. As with smoking I'm just slowly killing myself and never act like an arse. Being a bit sarcastic here because I really want to quit smoking. One step at a time. But I can say-I NEVER craved a drink like I do a cigarette.

[mollyka]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I found quitting smoking pretty tough, but only for about 3-4 weeks and then never really cared again. I reckon I'll probably always care a little bit about not being able to drink - so deffo smoking was easier for me.

[choice]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I think quitting smoking was 100 times harder then stopping drinking. After I stopped drinking I became so aware of my health that I just knew I had to quit smoking as well. I figured I might as well bite the bullet and stop slowly killing myself on both fronts. Oddly enough, this whole journey began because I wanted to loose a little weight. I had to cancel an appointment with a trainer because of a hangover. That's the day I found MWO. I've lost 17 pounds and feel happier and healthier then I thought possible. I still have 13 pounds to go. Honestly I think loosing weight is the toughest in all of this, because you have to eat to survive. Drinking and smoking don't do anything good and I don't miss either one.

[Ringing Cedars]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I believe the smoking is harder to quit too, but like you Coochie I believe it's time to give my body the best I can for the next (hopefully) half century. Funny, I used to say if I quit smoking or drinking I would be too perfect with no bad habits. Why would one want ANY bad habits? Duh huh....

[mylife]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

Hi Guys,

I smoked for a few years early on and I never really enjoyed it -- mostly only when I was drinking as a matter of fact! Anyway, for me, giving up smoking was so easy that I thought I had a "non addictive" personality. Haha! Joke was on me.

[Mish]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I found smoking much easier to give up because I was able to do it gradually over a longer period of time. I used the Nicorette gum, then patches. It took about a month and then that was it.
Now I'm using the meds to give up drinking. I'm finding it much easier on Baclofen.

[Lavande]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

Quitting smoking was much, much harder for me!
I had quit many times but always resumed after a few months. After receiving such wonderful support here I decided to look into a support group to quit smoking.

I found Quit Net, signed up & took all of their advice. I had never used a nicotine replacement product in the past but this time I did. You can use patches, gum, lozenges, whatever you choose & you have a much better chance at a successful quit. I still log on the website everyday like I do here. Try it

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[Chief]

Whats harder to stop smoking or drinking?

I'm on day 7 of quitting drinking and smoking, so I don't really know what the hell I was craving the first few days.....

I've been taking all the vitamins/supps and have been exercising. I'm glad to be at the end of day 7.... the alcohol and nicotine are out of my system, now it's all mental.

Never again,
Don