EP50: Reflecting On Why You Started Smoking to Quit - Kimberly Conte
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Is smoking a way for you to cope with that tough time in adolescence when you wanted to belong and you were overwhelmed emotionally? That's how Kimberly picked up smoking too. Kimberly walks us through her physical and emotional reactions to quitting, and how she was able to stay on her path through self-reflection and redirection. Enjoy her story here on the You Can Quit Smoking podcast. Hey everyone, welcome back. I'm so excited to be here with you today and with Kimberly.
Why did Kimberly start smoking as a child and how did it affect her?
Kimberly, can you introduce yourself to the audience?
My name is Kimberly Conti and I am an first time author of a memoir and I'm also a cold turkey quitter from smoking.
Right on, talk to us about your experience. What was smoking like for you? What's your story with smoking?
Gosh, I started smoking I think when I was probably eleven, twelve, maybe. My mom was a smoker and she smoked ultralights, I think, for most of my life. She still smokes now to this day. So she's been smoking for a long time. And I started smoking just because it was she said it relieved stress and is my parents had just gotten divorced and I didn't fit in anywhere at school. I was being bullied and things like that. So I'd go home and I'd steal her cigarettes and just start smoking them too for what she said true. And instead of it being true, it kind of just became a habit and the cool thing to do. And it was I noticed it was getting attention. So I just kept kind of doing it. And then, you know, I got pregnant really young with my son, 18, and I quit briefly while I was pregnant.
And then as soon as I had my son, I started smoking again. If I could smoke, I could get away. And, you know, when I had my son and my son was young and my mom and I weren't really getting along. And I think that it was a mental thing for me, you know, more than anything else. And being I had it My whole life around me, my whole life, it was something that was normal. So when you grow up with something normal, it's really hard to try to change your brain. And you know, the only reason I quit smoking culture even when I was pregnant is because I was pregnant and I had a reason to, you know what I mean? And after I had my son, I didn't have a reason to. Probably it was ten, fifteen years ago, I think, and I was making my bed.
I got winded. I bent down to do the hospital corners on my bed and I got winded and I was like, Oh, hell no. Like what you know, and I went and I talked to my husband, I was like, I'm getting winded. I'm like, is that normal? I'm like, I'm thirty years old. I'm like, it's not right. It shouldn't be getting winded. And he's like, I don't know. Cause he's he was a smoker too. So I mean, my main concern and it's gonna sound really stupid and really shallow, but my main concern was quitting smoking was big weight gain because most people when they quit, they gain weight. And if you're a female, we already have enough issues as it is with weight. Yeah. And with you know, uh how we look, we don't need anything else contributing to it.
So that was one of the major reasons I didn't want to quit for a long time because I was afraid I was gonna gain the weight. And I'm not a small person, but I'm not huge. They call them sporty. You know what I mean? Like I played softball and stuff when I was a kid. So I grew up with the athletic type figure and broad shoulders, really broad shoulders. So anything, anytime if it wait on, make sure to get real big, and I look like a winebacker. I had a real hard time, like I said, in school, baby made fun of and stuff. So that was my biggest concern was like my waking. But when I got winded, I'll tell you what, I remember it, it was I think December 28th. And I told my husband, every year we make one New Year's resolution.
People make 10, 15, they never work. You gotta make one. And he was like, what are you gonna do? And I said, well, you know what? I said I can't do this anymore. I'm getting winded make in the bed. I'm getting winded going in You know, our house is two bedrooms. It wasn't huge and I'd get winded going down the hallway.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:23
2
Why did Kimberly start smoking as a child and how did it affect her?
0:23–3:14
3
What triggered Kimberly’s first attempts to quit smoking during pregnancy?
3:14–4:52
4
How did physical symptoms like getting winded push her toward quitting?
4:52–5:40
5
What fears about weight gain and body image held her back?
5:40–8:56
6
How did Kimberly finally quit cold‑turkey on New Year’s Eve?
8:56–11:52
7
What mental tools and habits helped her stay smoke‑free?
11:52–23:28
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from You Can Quit Smoking
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