smoking

um, i recon i will quit it, spend it on boooze instead!
jaza
merry Xmas geekos!
Nope...!!!!New years I quit.my Vow, MY Promiss!!
So all you do gooding good doers watch out....because i wont get to complain about it...
who needs nite crawler when he wont stick up for hiz fellow Butt jaza man?.....
yes 10 days I quit...please geekoes remind me or i'll get wierder!!
Love
Jaza
happy holidays..
Jason j
yes, I will quit!!
somehow..
painfully...............

 

i quit 5 years ago best thing i ever did-even tho when my comp throws a wobbler i some times think of starting again---good luck.

 

Good for you guys, that weed is a killer. I've been smoke free for 5 years also. Hey MA, it's only really bad for two weeks. I've done it often enough to know. I find that when I want a cig, even after 5 years, I take a few really deep breaths and the want is reduced/eliminated for me. Hang in there.

BTW, quitting on New Years, I found that it put too much stress on me, I quit when I was ready.

 

I leave the weed for MA
I also heard MA shares his beer!!hahahahaha

 

What's that...cough, cough....someone mention my name..cough! Hang on, let me get into my smoking jacket, and grab my glass of port and cigars.

Thats better....Jaza my man, apologies for the lack of support at your last thread, but i only get to emotional (as you understand) when confronted with personal rights issues on the morals of smoking!
I start to attack others back, and say really stupid things that i know i will regret later on....and i dont wanna do this to my online buddies and family at Majorgeeks!

I know it is a horrid and despicable act, but it is my choice, and i do enjoy it!
If i wanna die a painful cancerous death, that should be my decision, and mine alone.....however stupid it may seem to others!

Having said that, I also applaud those that have the courage and conviction to kick the habit.
Nicotine is an extremely addictive, damaging substance, that has caused more deaths than one cares to touch on, and i know (deep down) that i must also find this conviction within myself one day soon, and quit the habit if not for me, but for my family and loved ones.
I admit i have tried several times (made countless New Years resolutions) and failed miserably each time. This is not to say that it's not possible, as many others have already proven!

My personal belief is that the issue is a mindset....you really must change your way of thinking about smoking, and start to tell yourself that you dont enjoy this horrible habit anymore, you don't need it and you don't want it!

A good friend of mine was a fairly heavy smoker such as myself and was probably the last person i would expect to quit....but one day she told me that she was going to try hypnosis.
I naturally laughed this off as i believed it was a money spinning, crock of s#@t by the croney company offering it....but guess what? It worked.
It managed to change the way she thought about smoking and she has not touched a ciggy since!!

I sincerely want to wish you my very best in your attempts to Quit, and who knows, maybe you can be an inspiration for me and others to follow suit.

Please let me know how you go with this Jaz!! (you can do it man)...

Regards

Wayne

 

May be the only bad habit I never had. Yrs ago I didn't smoke just to be different and get attention. Now I'm glad I didn't for many other reasons. But to each his own. Just wondered, how many people do you know that said, "Gee, I wish I still smoked". or "I'm sorry I quit, I think I'll start again".

Jack

 

Good points there Jack.....never actually thought about it like that!

These are all part of my point about changing your mindset with regards to smoking!

Thanks dude!

 

Hey you know crawler, My friend too quit by acupuncture...What a crock.......... Jaza nonesense. dammit! it worked! even worse is he'll have a beer with me and a smoke....and no problems!! Even when I harrass him...nothing!I suppose I'm left to believeit does work, Or these people believe so much that it does work, that it really does!.
I'm in a foul mood now because I havn't had my morning ciggy And i have to go shopping too
I LOL'd crawler at your post this morn, I had to put the blame on someone...I hadnt imagined at all that MA was a smoker!
I can hardly believe that that strange one only had a single habbit. suppose i should stop sucking my thumb too! one at a time I say
OK, Ive been awake 3 hours, ok,ok 2 without my morn ciggyscrew newyears! I'm doing it today!!
All i need to say is ...im actually in a good mood
Today I have a goal...and im gonna save that 10.00$ and get my wife something nice for Christmas! Then I'm gonna play some NFS CARBON and get real upset I can't win. then I recon I'll smile and pretend Im not grouchy. And if two weeks is all it takes, then I suppose I can cheer up in about an hour and realize just how good quitting smoking will be...
Who needs a crutch when your leg works?
oooh...I need a smoke!
but I won't!!
I quit today...new years is too far away!!
totally worth it!!
Jaza
PS...ah I love ranting....

 

You go, Jaza!!!!! You da man!!!!!!! Hang in there. You'll soon get used to that clean air in your lungs.

Jack

 

i want to quit but not cold turkey. i think i will try this i will for first day only smoke one per hour, day2 smoke one every 2hours and so on so forth. you think it will work?

 

I've said that often, Strange, because then I could quit and I would have the money I wouldn't be spending on smokes to blow on other stuff.
@N5638J. It's worth the try, and if it works you'll have the money I just talked about.

 

How long have you smoked cold turkey?

If one's will and determination is strong enough, there is nothing that can't be defeated.

 

I quit smoking 15 months ago after 35 years on ciggies. If you want me to be honest with you I had the worst year's health of my life! I never was ill when I smoked! I'm over it now, it is not easy, believe me, but it is worth it.

Come June 2007 in the uk you will not be able to smoke in Pubs (bars) and restaurants and I didn't want somebody to compel me to do something so I decided to quit for me!

 

I'm up to 9 hours no ciggies..not a one!
I am 1 big giant twitch. I did the mall thing too, i'm holding on! Traffic was a nightmare, and even my wifes driving didnt cause me too smoke!!
HAHA, i'm gonna pull it off!!
Jaza

 

You go Jaz

 

26 hours! Thats got to be a Record....well for me
Jaza

 

Good luck - it is a very hard thing to do, but one of the best things you can do for your health.

I've been 4 years smoke free come Dec 2. I wasn't able to do it cold-turkey - I had to use the nicotine gum. It worked for me - then I had to wean myself off that, but that was pretty easy. I started cutting them in two, then in quarters . . . finally regular gum worked.

You can do it! Trust me, if I can - anybody can. I've got the will-power of a monkey handed a cupcake!!

 

since i decided to quit, its been about 32 hours, i think...ran outta fingers
though the last smoke was before i went to bed the evening before. Cold turkey is tough, I am still twitching, cant stop typing because i dont know what to do with my hands. sure i could think of something everything looks hazy so to speak, kinda spaced out feeling, like staring into a big void.
I havnt cheated yet, I dont want to.. though the thought crosses my mind once a minit...
Thanks alot for the support all.
helpfull
Jaza

 

Thats so great Jazagod, it will get easier, it really will. Each day, each hour you conquer gives you such a strength. Remember, if by chance you do slip it's not the end of it, pick up where you left off. I was so proud at one point I told the doctor, "no, I'm not smoking", I'm down to a couple a day. I actually thought I was not really smoking, DUH!
Wishing you good luck.

 

well Darlene still no ciggies, think I have it kicked...A little easier today, though still abit Dazy...Big eyed!!
the weird thing is...besides me... usually drinking and smokes go together, but so far I have managed not to cheat, well those models I dreamed about last night.....
hehe
well yahoo, for the 40 dollars I already saved

 

Stick with it Jaz, it will be OK in the end......Believe me my friend, if it was easy everybody would be doing it!

 

You have to find what it is that works for you. There's so much stuff out there. My doctor wanted to put me on something that could cause seizers,that alone made me decide on nothing. Have to remember by the time I quit I already had developed emphysema so breathing alone was difficult let alone adding smoke. It really turns you into an invalid, everything you try to do is like going uphill @ 30,000 feet. Illnesses turn deadly even colds. Sorry got off on a rant here. I really want to spare others what I have gone through.
Give it a try, give everything a try, one is bound to work for you. GOOD LUCK

 

That's so great, every day gets better, and $40 wow, i had a hard time after dinner, yeah I can see where drinking would be hard also.
Good for You!!!

 

i used getting sick to my advantage,
you know when you get real sick & can't smoke - then cig's REALLY STINK...
well it happened about 12 years ago,
& i've tried one or two since then - made me real dizzy & sick on the first drag...
so who said getting sick on occasion is all bad...
Smoke free, weight came back down after a couple years, 137 now & felling fine.......

 

just can't spell

 

That is my thought too. If it is worth doing as a New Years resolution it is worth doing the moment you think about it. Putting it off until some artificial date in the future just makes things harder on you.

That being said, I have yet to quit smoking even though I have noticed some what serious health effects. Horray, for being an addict I suppose.

 

Good job jaz. heh i need to quit before i get hooked

 

No one could spell worse then me, on the message box here there is an (ABC) with a check mark under it that will correct your spelling.

 

Good going Jaz. It's a toughie to go cold turkey. I quit Dec 27, 1999, just to bring in the year 2000 on a positive note. It took 5 days for the automatic hand-reach to my top pocket to stop, but after that the minute by minute cravings calmed down. I'm still trying to get my 75 year-old Mom to quit, but her Mom (my granny) died 2 weeks ago at 94. So keep with it Jaz, and ten days from now, you'll be telling your pals "That wasn't so hard - I shoulda quit years ago."
.

 

i am down to 1 every 2 hours lol and even then i dont feel like having one. so i am so close to being broke of them.

i am so glad i am not like Duane Chapman (aka Dog the bounty hunter) he was smoking 4 packs a day.



keep on it Jaza it will be over with soon.

 

Good Going, both you and Jaza. I knew a guy who smokes 4 packs a day (rest his soul).

 

The official Quit Smoking thread. Only a couple or three takers brave enough so far.

 

Good going, guys . . . you've come this far, you can go all the way!

 

I quit cold turkey. Now im clean and fat and it feels weird but its ok.

 

I have disappeared for a few days.. Thanks for the post...seems I heard MA says he picks one day outa 365 ,any day, rather than thee day!
I did the the same on the 22, or was it the 23rd??
Anyhoo, Its 6:45 PM atlantic time, and I still havnt sneeked a single siggy!
1 or 2 days is a full week with no "a'LA'Butt!
Ready when you are MA...your turn
who needs Newyears to smarten up and save money?
As if Christmas Is'nt expensive enough...
Blessings all, and thanks for the support....
I'm Pullin it Off!!
twitch,Twitch

 

I can't read the entire thread but I saw a friend of mine smoking tonight and felt a little bad. Not that it's my fault but she's only 15! And she is a pretty girl... too bad.

 

she'll quit soon enough Sailor, Especially these days...not as cool as it was when I was 15

 

Is this your first time trying to quit? Incredible! love the - twitch, twitch

 

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