Quitting Smoking

[Loredoctor]

Obviously that's a social issue; your family does it and it becomes normalised for you.

[drew]

Yeah, I hate doing it to my own kids...but tradition is tradition after all.











Of course I'm joking.

[thefirst]

For the first couple of weeks, I nearly lived on tic tacs and dentyne gum, now, I've come to my senses and I've been eating a lot of carrot sticks, (maybe I can improve my eyesight at the same time) My mother is the only heavy smoker that I'm in frequent contact with, but thankfully she goes upstairs to smoke when I'm at her house. D@%N, I need a carrot!!!! BRB

[thefirst]

changed my mind, I'm having some choclate cream pie. . . . . mmmmm

[Loredoctor]

changed my mind, I'm having some choclate cream pie. . . . . mmmmm

One vice for another, hey?

[thefirst]

Not a vice really, more like a reward system. Well, that's not really true either, it's more like a passion. Thankfully, I've never had to worry about buying bigger jeans, reguardless of what I eat, I've consistantly been the same size for about 6years now, so I just have to make sure I keep up my physical activities.

[Loredoctor]

Not a vice really, more like a reward system. Well, that's not really true either, it's more like a passion.

Ahhh I suppose that's true.

[SoulBiter]

I smoked for about 18 years. Ive been quit for 10 years this September.

When I finally quit was when I figured out that the only way to quit was to recognize that I can never ever smoke again. I treat cigs the way a reformed alchoholic treats alchohol. I know that if I ever smoke again, I become a pack a day man over night.

As with Cail. Exercise really helped alot.

Good luck and congrats on a great decision.

[A Gunslinger]

Stay with it first! Smoking has caused my twin brother to suffer lung cancer...he is not well.

YOU MUST stay strong! FWIW, I am proud of your smokelss week!

Stay strong!

[thefirst]

Can't tell you how sorry I am to hear about your brother, and while it's now been nearly 4 weeks, I can't say that it's gotten much easier. My grandfather, who never smoked a day in his life, died with lung problems, and he's still one of my motivations. I'd like to think that somehow, he'd be proud of me too.

[A Gunslinger]

One thing I did when I quit was to, when i had a craving (and btw, if you have gone for more than a week, first, you will have rid yourself of nearly all the nicotine in your system, rendering the fight to the psychological level), I would do something physical.

I'd drop and do 20 push-ups, some crunches, have s*x, SOMETHING to pysically remove the craving from my mind.

Every week you go clean, give yourself a reward...a pedicure, a trip to a desert bar, something.

[Cail]

Find something you enjoy doing that'd be much more difficult to do if you were smoking. Excelling at that will become more important than taking a drag.

[thefirst]

true, true, I'm already finding that I have more energy than I did, and doing ANYTHING that keeps both my hands busy seems to help.

[A Gunslinger]

true, true, I'm already finding that I have more energy than I did, and doing ANYTHING that keeps both my hands busy seems to help.

Are you gettin' spicy with us this mornin'?! Rowrf!

[thefirst]

well, I've gotten dressed already, so probably not,

[A Gunslinger]

I note with some level of chin-rubbing consideration that you said "probably".

Heh.

[thefirst]

Yes, but as the saying goes, "night time, is the right time",

[sgt.null]

YOU WILL STOP SMOKING!!!!!!!!!!

[emotional leper]

Jesus! STop frickin' posting that thing!

[sgt.null]

a public service i am.