Kevin's Watch

If I had a record function on my ancient phone I would totally have Igor say in his Russian accent, "By the hairy balls of the arch imager, pick up the phone!"

I'm going to change my location, weekly. Yes.

Two years after giving up the cigs, I'm gonna try and give up the nicotine gum....

That's an awesome goal, Stone.

Strength...

thinking about becoming a regular blood donor.

My dad's donated something like 125 times..I guess I should keep up the family tradition.

Stonemaybe wrote:Two years after giving up the cigs, I'm gonna try and give up the nicotine gum....

I started with the candy cigarettes, then the gum, then the real thing, then moved the patch, then mostly quit, but mostly switched to food non-stop.

Now if only I could stop eating.

Thing is, when you're smoking and stop, you see the benefits - food tastes better, no more coughing and wheezing, no more stinky, no more freezing outside. But the gum doesn't have any of those effects, so I think it'll be bloody hard stopping. Thinking of going for some chemical help with Champix but not sure if I can be prescribed it when I'm not smoking.

I readily admit I can not relate, as I have never been a smoker. But switching to regular gum won't cut it? At least for the oral fixation? Is the nicotine craving still as intense from the gum as from cigarettes?

I'm probably more addicted to nicotine now than I was when I smoked - wel, certainly no less addicted. Now it's just addiction, then it was addiction/image/selfportrayal.

*hugs*

More power to ya Stone, and to all smokers who are trying to quit.

Stonemaybe wrote:Thing is, when you're smoking and stop, you see the benefits - food tastes better, no more coughing and wheezing, no more stinky, no more freezing outside. But the gum doesn't have any of those effects, so I think it'll be bloody hard stopping. Thinking of going for some chemical help with Champix but not sure if I can be prescribed it when I'm not smoking.

Funny, for a while I had a lot of trouble with health issues after I quit smoking, and it seems like it's been harder on my body not smoking than actually doing so, but that is probably a result of the weight gain.
And I'm kidding about the gum to get started. That stuff is foul. And for me, the patch sucked as it felt often like someone had just punched me in the arm and had that dull pain, but it did help me get through the day without beating someone to death.
The wife did the medical thingy. I don't think it was champix but it might have been. Regardless, she had no taste for smoking after that, and pretty much still does not. She did smoke when Seafest rolled into town, and we had a few cheats after, but she has been quit for a while and I rarely but occasionally have one with my smoker friend. It always makes the cravings come back, but I resist while it is still easy to, which makes me not all that crazy about smoking these days.
But I guess since I mostly quit smoking this year, the resolution for 2009 is to stop eating as much, and exercise more. I was trying to do that throughout the year, but wasn't especially successful.

Good luck Cag! Funny, the eating thing didn't get me (though maybe that's cos I'm still addicted). The secret with the exercise thing is to find something you enjoy doing, that's not a chore! I started playing football (soccer) for a while and that was great, but I kept getting injured, which wasn't so great! Now I'm starting aeropylates (spelling?) which is great cos I can do it in my garage - always hated the idea of exercising in public like in a gym.

My new years resolution is to save more money to return to the United Kingdom.

Read a lot of books. Attend a lot of concerts. Continue to be nicer to my family. Spend more time in Boston.

Loremaster wrote:My new years resolution is to save more money to return to the United Kingdom.

That's another one of mine - thanks for reminding me.

Are you British, or just wanting to visit?

I plan to finish all my 2008 Art Projects in 2009.

Mysteweave wrote:

Loremaster wrote:My new years resolution is to save more money to return to the United Kingdom.

That's another one of mine - thanks for reminding me.

Are you British, or just wanting to visit?

I'm Australian. I want to return for a visit - I was in London in September, and I plan to move there permanently.

Big mistake man...it's nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. (Having done so for 3 years or so.)

--A

Avatar wrote:Big mistake man...it's nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. (Having done so for 3 years or so.)

--A

I disagree. I want to.

London's like that - it divides opinion! Personally it would be my idea of hell, but so many friends love it, I've learnt to keep an open mind, and I quite enjoy visiting now. Good luck Lore, but don't let anyone in immigration know about Nor....