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I've had it. I had to run about a 1/2 block in the pouring rain today to a patients house and it about killed me. I'm gonna quit smoking. This not breathing well stuff has gotta stop. To those that have quit, HOW did you do it? Zyban, the patch, cold turkey? How? I have smoked since I was 24 and only tried to quit once and that was last winter. I made it 21 days on Zyban and the patch. My fatal mistake was thinking I could 'socially smoke' when I went out with friends that smoked. I also have some more motivation; Rich said if I make it a month, he will try to quit too. I have set my target date as October 7th. My class reunion will be over and I am taking that week off and having some minor surgery; an excellent time to stop. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!
SilverSurfer
09-26-02, 10:25 PM
Just smoke when you drink. That's what I do. I think cigarettes stink when I'm sober. I smoke about 2 packs a month.
Originally posted by SilverSurfer
Just smoke when you drink. That's what I do. I think cigarettes stink when I'm sober. I smoke about 2 packs a month. But once you have been a smoker, you can NEVER go back to being a social smoker. It's like cocaine. If you have ever been addicted, you can't go back to being a recreational user.
SilverSurfer
09-26-02, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by Fred
But once you have been a smoker, you can NEVER go back to being a social smoker. It's like cocaine. If you have ever been addicted, you can't go back to being a recreational user.
I don't think so. I smoked 2 packs a day for about 10 years. Just got tired of it. Now the only time I crave a smoke is when I drink. Never smoke any other time.
I'm with Silver. I smoked for 10 years also and still have a smoke every once in a while with beer. It can be done.
LPBEAR55
09-26-02, 11:55 PM
Ok, what members smoke cigarettes on the board? I do not.
Probably the equivolent of 1/2 pack a month.
Originally posted by Chip
I'm with Silver. I smoked for 10 years also and still have a smoke every once in a while with beer. It can be done. Not me buddy. It's all or nothing here.
Redcoat
09-27-02, 03:07 AM
Smoking is cooool.
You look good.
The ladeez love a man who smokes.
Smoking makes you look sophisticated.
All this health scaremongering!
I am in tip tip condition.
i dont smoke. never have. never will. i used to dip copenhagen though. i got scared when i saw my gum reeceeding at my front tooth. i quit cold turkey -- and i was plowing through a can every couple of days. death can scare you like that.
i always figured that if smokers could see some form of physical change in their body -- like the blackening lung -- that more would suddenly find the willpower to quit.
Inamorata
09-27-02, 03:32 AM
Originally posted by LarryD
i always figured that if smokers could see some form of physical change in their body -- like the blackening lung -- that more would suddenly find the willpower to quit.
You would think.
They'd have to see it right then while they are craving for it took work.
Inamorata
09-27-02, 03:33 AM
:wavey: I ~cough~ smoke.
Inamorata
09-27-02, 03:53 AM
I'm going to go burn one right now. :smoke: :smoke:
Redcoat
09-27-02, 03:55 AM
It's five to nine in the morning here....I am off to breakfast followed by a smoke.
WilliamJ
09-27-02, 07:12 AM
Allen Carr's easy Way To Stop Smoking (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076071200X/qid=1033125048/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-8071961-3720019?v=glance)
I read this book and have not a had a smoke in 6 weeks. It truly is easy. It is hard to find so search away until you get it.
Originally posted by Fred
To those that have quit, HOW did you do it? Zyban, the patch, cold turkey? How?
46 days. Cold turkey.
After the 3rd or 4th week, I was fine...
Originally posted by AfroSmurf
46 days. Cold turkey.
After the 3rd or 4th week, I was fine...
But how many people did you killl in those 3 or 4 weeks. I don't look forward to becoming the homecoming queen of Cell Block B!
QueenCityHillbilly
09-27-02, 08:07 AM
Originally posted by WilliamJ
Allen Carr's easy Way To Stop Smoking (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076071200X/qid=1033125048/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-8071961-3720019?v=glance)
I read this book and have not a had a smoke in 6 weeks.
I've got 44 pages left, and I'm looking forward to it. Smoking sucks. I fukken hate it. Wait, I love it. No wait, I hate it. I can't wait to stop. I would stop now, but the book told me to keep smoking until I finished the book.
Never have. I was raised on a tobacco farm(till I was 10), but never took up usage in any way.
muff_spelunker
09-27-02, 10:21 AM
Originally posted by AfroSmurf
46 days. Cold turkey.
After the 3rd or 4th week, I was fine...
Congratulations! I hope you are able to stop completely. Nasty habit. There is not one positive thing about smoking a tobacco cigarette.
What was your motivation? Did your live-in tell you she wouldn't marry you until you quit?
patch... but you have to want to quit.
muff_spelunker
09-27-02, 10:26 AM
Originally posted by Fred
I've had it. I had to run about a 1/2 block in the pouring rain today to a patients house and it about killed me. I'm gonna quit smoking. This not breathing well stuff has gotta stop. To those that have quit, HOW did you do it? Zyban, the patch, cold turkey? How? I have smoked since I was 24 and only tried to quit once and that was last winter. I made it 21 days on Zyban and the patch. My fatal mistake was thinking I could 'socially smoke' when I went out with friends that smoked. I also have some more motivation; Rich said if I make it a month, he will try to quit too. I have set my target date as October 7th. My class reunion will be over and I am taking that week off and having some minor surgery; an excellent time to stop. SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!
Good for you for realizing you need to quit. It's harmful to you and those around you (pets included). But why set the quit date as October 7th? Why not make today the day? If you truly want to quit, quit. Don't rationalize smoking tobacco. When the urge hits, re-read this post or remember how it made you feel, smell, taste when you smoked. I would think people in the health profession would abstain from such a vile practice, but the nurses I've known smoke like chimneys. Find something else to occupy your mouth and hands with. Maybe try a pipe.
Originally posted by Fred
But how many people did you killl in those 3 or 4 weeks. I don't look forward to becoming the homecoming queen of Cell Block B!
I almost killed three bitches. My two dogs and roommate.
Tiorted Snoil
09-27-02, 10:28 AM
Originally posted by muff_spelunker
Maybe try a pipe.
he already "smokes enough pipe"
Originally posted by muff_spelunker
Congratulations! I hope you are able to stop completely. Nasty habit. There is not one positive thing about smoking a tobacco cigarette.
What was your motivation?
I just decided that it was time to quit. Plus I'm trying to drop weight.
Originally posted by muff_spelunker
Did your live-in tell you she wouldn't marry you until you quit?
:shakehead
Sportsgirl
09-27-02, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by Redcoat
The ladeez love a man who smokes
wrong! :mad:
I think I may have mentioned this before...
Both my parents have smoked in their lifetimes. Dad smoked from the time he was 13 until he reached 25 and my sister was born. He threw a pack of cigs out the window that day (May 1958) and he hasn't smoked since. Not even a cigar with me on the golf course during vacatio - I offer every year. He said it was one of the hardest things he ever did at the time though.
On the other hand, my Mom smoked for a good 30 years until her lung collapsed when I was in college. It scared the hell out of all of us. But get this - she was released from the hospital on a Sunday and was lighting up again on Wednesday. The entire family went berzerk. My bro, sis and I threatened to never come home again if she didn't quit. So she quit. But it was hell on her. She had to make some serious diet and other habit changes to kill the urge. It has not been easy. She can't be around smoke or she freaks.
Now, my bro still smokes like a chimney. (so do my future in-laws). I don't get it. He's tried to quit multiple times and we all give him shit, but no dice. I think it's that Carolina livin' that does it to you. ;)
Anyway, Reb is right. You have to want to quit and you have to make wholesale lifestyle changes (like dieting, etc.). Don't do it half-ass or you'll never kick it.
Originally posted by muff_spelunker
But why set the quit date as October 7th? Why not make today the day? I can be an impulsive person, but with something this serious, I have to plan for it. Rich has some Zyban I am gonna get from him this weekend. I wanna buy some patches. I am also gonna try to cut down a bit by the set date.
Originally posted by muff_spelunker
Find something else to occupy your mouth and hands with. I've got that part covered! ;)
LWR VENTURES
09-27-02, 09:17 PM
Fred,
Once you decide that you are going to do it, The hard part begins. You will not be kicking one habit ,but probably hundreds of habits.IE, Smoking after eating, smoking while on line, smoking while driving,. It is not easy! Not Fun! You have already passed the first hurdle, admitting that you want to quit. A lot of smokers will say if wanted to quit ,I would. Do they really believe anyone buys that crap!!
My worst times for wanting one...
1- after I eat
2- first thing in the morning
3- after sex :D
4- when driving (and I drive all day on the job)
5- when I am out drinking with friends
6- when I play on-line
Between #1, #3 and #6, I'm in trouble!
I'm not really an addictive person. I don't like sedatives, pain pills and that kinda stuff. Why is this so damn hard?
You're gonna die someday anyway. Why suffer with trying to quit? You're gonna feel stupid for having suffered if you get hit by a truck or suddenly get killed by a penis jammed into your brain though your eye socket. If you get cancer, just increase your reckless lifestyle more.
Originally posted by sadic1
You're gonna die someday anyway. Why suffer with trying to quit? You're gonna feel stupid for having suffered if you get hit by a truck or suddenly get killed by a penis jammed into your brain though your eye socket. If you get cancer, just increase your reckless lifestyle more.
Yeah! You're right! Who needs another 20 pounds added to their ass anyway?
babydollnpink
09-28-02, 04:26 AM
Originally posted by SilverSurfer
Just smoke when you drink. That's what I do. I think cigarettes stink when I'm sober. I smoke about 2 packs a month.
I like to drink. Never smoked....don't like smoke...yuck...but....have liked some who do smoke...would rather they didn't (Couz) but would have to over look that....with the right incentive..I think it would not be TOO difficult to quit......Only smoked a cig once...choked on it...would rather choke on something else...:) Cigs are not good for you....and a smoke free world would be preferable. but......good luck to those who try to kick the habit. Thank G. my hubby didn't smoke. He would have kicked it to be with me....and would have been worth it. ....lol...yeah I think he would agree.
LWR VENTURES
09-28-02, 10:32 AM
Fred,
Dont listen to the silly talk. Of course you can get hit by a truck but that dosnt mean you should play in the street. Quiting smoking does not induce suffering. You may be uncomfortable for a while. Want to know real suffering? Try Lung disease. Only a smoker would try and talk you out of it. Misery loves company. And you would have to gain quite a bit of weight to equal the damage that smoking does to you. But if you are seeking reasons not to quit keep taking the advice of smokers. They have plenty. I quit about 6 years ago. Extremly uncomfortable for a while but there was no suffering. Altough my kids might tell you a different version, LOL.
Originally posted by sadic1
You're gonna die someday anyway. Why suffer with trying to quit? You're gonna feel stupid for having suffered if you get hit by a truck or suddenly get killed by a penis jammed into your brain though your eye socket.
Yeah...but if he quits and then he gets hit by a truck the coroner can rave about what clean lungs he had.:p
What's the difference between discomfort and suffering? And I know lung disease is much worse suffering than quitting, but there's no guarantee that he'll get lung disease, while he IS guaranteed to suffer if he quits. Not only that, but I offered a response to that situation if he should be so unfortunate to encounter it. At that point, he should start having unprotected sex and take up skydiving with very small parachutes made by his own hands. Not only that, but generally speaking, Fred SHOULD play in the street. I'm not a smoker. I'm just playing Devil's Advocate...or maybe it's just Devil. Anyway, you should go play in the street, too.
Inamorata
09-28-02, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by Fred
My worst times for wanting one...
1- after I eat
2- first thing in the morning
3- after sex :D
4- when driving (and I drive all day on the job)
5- when I am out with friends
6- when I play on-line
Same here, exactly the same times I crave for a smoke.
I only add at the movies when the characters light up. Then I want one, other wise I'm ok.
Originally posted by Sally
Yeah...but if he quits and then he gets hit by a truck the coroner can rave about what clean lungs he had.:p
Exactly. This whole "get healthy" thing is just a conspiracy by the insurance companies and those seeking organ donations. Bastards.
Originally posted by sadic1
Anyway, you should go play in the street, too. Get it right Sadistic- it's WALK the street! :rolleyes:
And i am still planning on October 7th being my stopping day. I have switched to the low-life generic brands now. They are nasty. Maybe if I smoke them for a few days, I won't miss them as bad when I quit.
mramailman
09-28-02, 06:56 PM
Originally posted by LPBEAR55
Ok, what members smoke cigarettes on the board?
Me....like a freight train.
LP
Originally posted by babydollnpink
my hubby didn't smoke. He would have kicked it to be with me....and would have been worth it. ....lol...yeah I think he would agree.
I can agree with that one.:xyzthumbs
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