Quitting smoking (HONEST!!) - Page 33

AVGWarhawk · 04-19-11, 08:00 PM

Chew gum and needle point!

Platapus · 04-19-11, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Chew gum and needle point!

Well yeah, what else would I have been talking about?

<innocent look>

frau kaleun · 04-19-11, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Frau Kaluen just needs to find something else to do with her hands and mouth.

Pfffffft. I know what to do with them, it's finding someone worth doing it to that's the problem.

As Cher Horowitz once said... "you see how picky I am about my shoes, and they only go on my feet!"

04-19-11, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Frau Kaluen just needs to find something else to do with her hands and mouth.

Yea, cause her foot will be busy
KICKING ME IN THE NADS!!!

frau kaleun · 04-19-11, 08:05 PM

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Yea, cause her foot will be busy
KICKING ME IN THE NADS!!!

I hope that chain mail is sturdy, I've got some Wolverine steel-toed shoes here somewhere...

Growler · 04-19-11, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Well, I am down to my last few cigs and I made up my mind over the weekend to quit and not buy any more. So I expect tomorrow will be my first completely smoke-free day in at least a dozen years.

Right now I'm just... tired of it. I probably won't feel that way when tomorrow morning rolls around but I'll just have to keep reminding myself how much extra money I'll have at the end of every month.

Good luck, friend. If it's time to quit, nothing will stop you. It is one of the greatest feelings in my life to be able to say that I've quit, and not once looked back since doing so. I smoked for nearly twenty years, and tried to quit many, many times. When I finally managed to "make it stick" it was like flipping a switch.

And food tastes SO GOOD again. I was a smoker for twenty years to prevent me from becoming an insufferable foodie.

AVGWarhawk · 05-20-11, 11:01 AM

Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff.

Me thinks Jim is right there with me!

August · 05-20-11, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff.

Me thinks Jim is right there with me!

Congratulations. It'll be four years for me by Labor day.

stoppro · 05-20-11, 11:51 AM

funny I can't remember when i quit I think it was 5 years ago i have no idea of the month or day.I just remember being tired of going to the store all the time for cigs so I stopped.

Anthony W. · 05-20-11, 12:02 PM

Yeah, my method of addiction cure is pretty much the same as everyone else's.

When you feel the urge, find something to work on. Make sure its something important. Call your wife and tell her you're cooking dinner that night, then get planning, then do it.

Go for a run - take a soak in the hot tub. Swimming is great, too

Good luck

the_tyrant · 05-20-11, 12:11 PM

Good luck everyone

I'm not even going to start smoking, but my crippling chocolate addiction is a problem

frau kaleun · 05-20-11, 12:21 PM

Congrats to those who have been successful...

I am but a poor backslider, who has managed to cut back by about 1/2 but so far quitting entirely is proving to be a nut I'm not yet ready to crack.

AVGWarhawk · 05-20-11, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Congrats to those who have been successful...

I am but a poor backslider, who has managed to cut back by about 1/2 but so far quitting entirely is proving to be a nut I'm not yet ready to crack.

Truth be told....mentally one needs to be ready. That was my experience.

Buy this book:

This is all I needed to get into that mental state of being ready to quit. My wife and I stopped successfully now for 2 years. I'm glad to say I'm not a smoker. My lungs applaud me!

krashkart · 05-20-11, 02:31 PM

I've reached that point where every time I go to the store for smokes I ask myself, "Are you sure you want to do this? You can turn back right now and save yourself six bucks...". I'll be making the decision to quit sooner than later. Again. I think this next time around will be attempt #20 or so.

This is a really strange habit to have. I mean, I can live without the nicotine. But there's also that feeling of having the smoke in my lungs, and every time I've failed to quit it was because I couldn't overcome the desire to feel that again. Pretty messed up, huh? Under normal circumstances we avoid inhaling smoke because it's bad for us. So what's with this urge I have to slowly suffocate myself, and how can I overcome it?

frau kaleun · 05-20-11, 03:25 PM

What I have noted over the past month or are these interesting facts:

What I don't like about smoking cigarettes
1. the expense
2. the pervasive smell in car/home/clothes etc
3. coughing like a MF first thing every morning
4. driving across state lines to avoid #1

What I do like about smoking cigarettes
1. actually smoking a cigarette

04-19-11, 08:00 PM	#481
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Chew gum and needle point! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-20-11, 11:01 AM	#487
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Today marks two years since I stopped smoking! Thankfully my wife keeps a calander of this stuff. Me thinks Jim is right there with me! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-20-11, 11:51 AM	#489
stoppro Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: vero beach fl Posts: 380 Downloads: 493 Uploads: 0	funny I can't remember when i quit I think it was 5 years ago i have no idea of the month or day.I just remember being tired of going to the store all the time for cigs so I stopped. __________________ win 10 64-msi-32gig cosair ddr4-ryzen9-5600evga gtx3060-corsair850watt-2-ssd 500 gig drives 1m2 1tig

05-20-11, 12:02 PM	#490
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Yeah, my method of addiction cure is pretty much the same as everyone else's. When you feel the urge, find something to work on. Make sure its something important. Call your wife and tell her you're cooking dinner that night, then get planning, then do it. Go for a run - take a soak in the hot tub. Swimming is great, too Good luck __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

05-20-11, 02:31 PM	#494
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	I've reached that point where every time I go to the store for smokes I ask myself, "Are you sure you want to do this? You can turn back right now and save yourself six bucks...". I'll be making the decision to quit sooner than later. Again. I think this next time around will be attempt #20 or so. This is a really strange habit to have. I mean, I can live without the nicotine. But there's also that feeling of having the smoke in my lungs, and every time I've failed to quit it was because I couldn't overcome the desire to feel that again. Pretty messed up, huh? Under normal circumstances we avoid inhaling smoke because it's bad for us. So what's with this urge I have to slowly suffocate myself, and how can I overcome it? __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

05-20-11, 12:11 PM	#491
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Good luck everyone I'm not even going to start smoking, but my crippling chocolate addiction is a problem

05-20-11, 12:21 PM	#492
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Congrats to those who have been successful... I am but a poor backslider, who has managed to cut back by about 1/2 but so far quitting entirely is proving to be a nut I'm not yet ready to crack.

05-20-11, 03:25 PM	#495
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	What I have noted over the past month or are these interesting facts: What I don't like about smoking cigarettes 1. the expense 2. the pervasive smell in car/home/clothes etc 3. coughing like a MF first thing every morning 4. driving across state lines to avoid #1 What I do like about smoking cigarettes 1. actually smoking a cigarette