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Quitting Smoking
| January 26th, 2013 at 2:47:09 PM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Dude, you're doing this in winter. I sleep 12 hours a day when I can get away with it. It'll get better come spring, and by that time you'll have mostly adjusted to the change in habit. It'll sort out, wait and see. You've already saved enough for a tank and pumps. Few more weeks and you can be out digging in the cricks =) Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
| February 15th, 2013 at 11:00:52 AM permalink | |
| AcesAndEights Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 6 Posts: 351 | How's it going JB? Still on the wagon? Just some friendly encouragement :) "You think I'm joking." -EvenBob |
| February 15th, 2013 at 4:59:53 PM permalink | |
| ewjones Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 6 Posts: 32 | I've always heard cold turkey is the best way.. I've tried to quit by weening myself off, but that hasn't worked. Although I've gone from 10-14 cigs at work down to 5-7. The cold weather was the motivation but I've got used to it now. The next step will be cutting cigs from mornings and evenings. |
| February 15th, 2013 at 9:53:47 PM permalink | |
| JB Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 10 Posts: 111 | Still going. A week or two ago I threw out the 7 cigarettes that I had left over from before quitting. However, I did buy a pack the other night because I was this close to lighting one up, although I still haven't yet. It can be a real bitch at times! And I know this doesn't "prove" anything, but here is the pack I bought the other night, with all 20 cigarettes still in it (though not all are visible) - I took this picture after starting to write this post:  |
| February 15th, 2013 at 9:59:00 PM permalink | |
| s2dbaker Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 13 Posts: 241 | Throw those out too. They do you no good. They serve no purpose. Think about the $9 you just threw away when it could have been invested better in a slot machine. |
| February 15th, 2013 at 10:07:01 PM permalink | |
| JB Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 10 Posts: 111 |
I disagree. Having them nearby provides a massive amount of comfort, plus I can take one out and pretend to smoke it (indoors!) without actually lighting it up. |
| February 20th, 2013 at 8:15:59 AM permalink | |
| JB Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 10 Posts: 111 | I survived a 3-day/2-night trip to Foxwoods, with the above full pack of cigarettes on me, and not lighting one up. I even stayed in a smoking hotel room because that's all they had available at the time I checked in. Before quitting I would normally smoke a pack a day, except at a casino, where I would smoke 2 and sometimes 3 packs a day, so casinos were definitely a "trigger" for me. The day after tomorrow is my 5-week mark. |
| February 20th, 2013 at 7:41:41 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Congratulations! Keep taking it one day at a time. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| February 21st, 2013 at 12:46:01 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5104 | I think you'll make it now, if you can avoid relapse due to getting bummed about some random personal matter flying in to mess with you [beware] I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| February 22nd, 2013 at 9:34:18 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
Whatever works do it! I think what all the taxes and restrictions have done is cut down on the chain smoking. You rarely hear of two-pack a day habits anymore. When I was a kid you heard of all kinds of peoe smoking that much. Thus cutting back becomes harder as there is less to cut back from. No offense but I do not see why anyone born since 1960 would even start. Otoh I have acquired some tobacco seed this year and am going to grow some just for fun. Mixed in water it can be a good pesticide. The President is a fink. |