Quitting smoking (HONEST!!)

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by devnty06

will be nice to hear some of the methods they have taken to quit smoking!!!
newayz... congrats to all who had quit.

Me and AVG read a book

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by devnty06

will be nice to hear some of the methods they have taken to quit smoking!!!
newayz... congrats to all who had quit.

Yes it is good, not to smoke but you stand for spam distribution instead.....

[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.

[Lord_magerius]

So that means you're going to be meaner to all of us for a few days then

*runs*

Hmm................
I'm thinking I'm not far enuff North at this point.


Anyone know the SAFE radius for 'Woman quiting smokeing - Day 1'

[Jimbuna]

Just keep well away from Wales

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Lord_magerius

So that means you're going to be meaner to all of us for a few days then

*runs*

Actually I do my heaviest smoking sitting at home in front of the computer, so it's possible you may get lucky and I won't be here as much because I'll be trying to keep busy doing other things that don't normally signal my hands to reach for a smoke.

Originally Posted by privateer

Hmm................
I'm thinking I'm not far enuff North at this point.


Anyone know the SAFE radius for 'Woman quiting smokeing - Day 1'

OTOH, you might want to have that chain mail codpiece handy just in case I do drop in for "moral support."

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Just keep well away from Wales

Are you talking to me, or the the pair of jokers above?

If me, no worries on that score.

If the two jokers, I'm pretty sure that Wales has a standing restraining order against both of them, taken out on behalf of their many fine and (previously) innocent sheep.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Actually I do my heaviest smoking sitting at home in front of the computer, so it's possible you may get lucky and I won't be here as much because I'll be trying to keep busy doing other things that don't normally signal my hands to reach for a smoke.

When The Frau quit, that was her biggest problem.. the computer. I helped her a little by trying to change as much about her schedule as I could so she would not be hit with the old indicators. I even moved her computer to another room to try to break the visuals. I hope it helped her a little. She has been smoke free for over 15 years now.

Conga rats, hope you can kick the habit.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Platapus

When The Frau quit, that was her biggest problem.. the computer. I helped her a little by trying to change as much about her schedule as I could so she would not be hit with the old indicators. I even moved her computer to another room to try to break the visuals. I hope it helped her a little. She has been smoke free for over 15 years now.

Conga rats, hope you can kick the habit.

Thanks.

I have quit a couple of times before, but not after as long a time of being a smoker and each time I had either a job or living situation that made it easy... sometimes both, where the only time I could smoke was driving to and from work or when I was out of the house hanging with friends.

Now it's going to be harder, at home I can light up whenever I want and at work they have no problem with someone getting up for a break every couple of hours. I don't average a pack a day by any means, but still more than I ever did in the past.

Anyway - I already have some nicotine gum so at least I won't be going cold turkey on the nicotine, if I need it I'll have it. At most I hope it will keep me from breaking down and running out to buy another pack if I get a craving.

[Lord_magerius]

I'm part welsh so I can't help the sheep thing But it's good to hear you're quitting, just don't fall into the pattern I did, get stressed out and start again, though knowing you Frau, when they start talking to you telling you you want another one, you'll just stare the pack down Chuck Norris style.

[Platapus]

I honestly don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days

Originally Posted by Lord_magerius

get stressed out

Too late!!


Read the posts!! She's gonna come kick me in the Naughty Parts!!



As sure as the Sun comes up?
There will be 'that' knock on the door.

And when We all ask why?

She'll say 'because he was within range!'

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I honestly don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days

I have been hopping across the river every few weeks to buy cigarettes in Kentucky for a while now. Altho to be honest I don't know how much cheaper they are down there these days, when I started it made quite a difference but now I'm not sure; it's been ages since I looked at the local prices. At any rate I'm looking at saving between $130-140 a month once I'm done with it. Provided I don't get hooked on the gum.

Read the posts!! She's gonna come kick me in the Naughty Parts!!



As sure as the Sun comes up?
There will be 'that' knock on the door.

And when We all ask why?

She'll say 'because he was within range!'

Well, I'd have to do the math and keep an eye on the gas prices, but this could be the perfect substitute for a nicotine buzz...

[AVGWarhawk]

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.

It is a mind game...really. Smoke stinks. Makes ya smell. The house smells. Smoking stresses you out because you are always worrying if you got enough smokes for the night. If you got enough money for another pack. If you can get to the store before it closes.

Nicotine gum and other nicotine products to help you quit only prolong the process. Cold turkey!

I'm pulling for ya!


Jim and I kind of quit at the same time. (Jim, earlier in this thread I said we were two years done with the smokes. I mispoke, it was a year. We are coming up on two years next month)

It can be done Frau! I started smoking when I was about 11. Swiping cigarettes from my mom. I'm 46 now and quit 2 years ago...pretty much the begining date of this thread. McBeck recommend I read a book. "Quit Smoking the Easy Way." I purchased the book for $10.00 at Amazon. Both my wife and I read the book. We both quit. The turning point was the chapter that concerned what smoking does to the body. My wife dropped the cigarettes and never looked back after that chapter. For me, the book reversed engineered my brain to really hating what cigarettes do to your life, physically and monetarily. The day after my wife dropped the cigarettes I quit as well. Best thing I have done for myself, wife and kids.

So go get'em. Remember, after three days the nicotin is just about out of your system. The rest of it is brain power....a pack of gums helps also!

I know you can do it!

[Platapus]

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