Quitting smoking (HONEST!!)

[Murr44]

Try drinking lots of water. Apparently it helps to flush the nicotine out of your system.

[TarJak]

Hey Dowly that's not water!

[SpeedyPC]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Exercising is for sissies.

True but did you know sex is also exercising as well and is not for sissies.

[Jimbuna]

No update on how he's getting on yet?

Oh look!....Look what just flew by my office window

Heres how to quit smoking: Get surgery, Hospitals don't allow you to smoke and you'll be on enough pain meds that it won't matter anyways.

That's how my father quit, and he was a really heavy smoker.

[McBeck]

What I found out was the different people have different fears of what will happen when they stop smoking.

Alot of this are addressed in the book.

For my wife it was "When you have withdrawls, where does it hurt"...since my wife couldnt answer that, maybe the withdrawls wasnt that bad

For it was, when reading the book I realized that after app 3 weeks, I would feal all day, how I felt just after a smoke. That realy took away my fears.

So its different fears for different people

And you HAVE to smoke while you read the book - it will tell you when you should light up

I hope it works for you too...

[antikristuseke]

For me the worst aspect of withdrawal is the worsening of my allready annoying insomnia.

[McBeck]

Any update?

[XabbaRus]

I've decided to join Dowly and quit. Been 3 days without a smoke and it feels good. Even if my wife pops out for a ciggy I feel no need to have one.

Weird I just had one last ciggy at night then the next poof, none.

[Dowly]

Good choice, Xab.

[Jimbuna]

Latest picture of Dowly....fighting the craving

[August]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Weird I just had one last ciggy at night then the next poof, none.

Good for you XabbaRus! That is just the way to do it.

[XabbaRus]

You know what is weird. How it seems so normal. In fact my wife still pops out for a smoke and I realise how it stinks. I'm having a go at her to quit. Its not a huge amount but enough.

The big test is when we go on holiday.

[longam]

What really was an eye opener for me was why did I think I needed this? Then I realized how bad the addiction rule your life.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by McBeck

Any update?

I have received the book you suggested. I'm about a 1/4 through. The author says to continue smoking until the book is completed by the reader. Thus I continue to smoke although just the first few chapters makes me self-aware of the cigarettes. This guy smoked anywhere from 60-100 cigarettes a day. Christ, I would be dead that afternoon if I smoked that many in one day. At any rate, his points and observations are accurate concerning smoking. Currently I have read through the smoking myths concerning stress and boredom. It is an excellent book and I will follow his instructions to the letter and quit when I get to the chapter that the author states is the time to drop the poison sticks. At this point, I think I could put them down for good after reading 70 some odd pages. Thanks for the recommendation McBeck. PS, my wife is reading the book also so we can kind of be a support group for each other.