Gonna quit smoking & drinking...

Started by DarkStaR, August 07, 2008, 04:16:36 PM

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DesmoDiva

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Quote from: ducpainter on December 20, 2009, 03:53:20 AM
The brand I was smoking was costing +$50/week @ 1pack/day.

See. I told you that ya get an automatic pay raise, when you quit.  :D
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DarkStaR

I've tried to quit smoking twice since this thread was started.  First attempt was for about 2 months.  Second attempt was for about a month.

I FAIL.

Now, I quit smoking and drinking on a daily basis for a couple hours at a time.  [roll]


ducpainter

Quote from: DarkStaR on December 20, 2009, 01:39:12 PM
I've tried to quit smoking twice since this thread was started.  First attempt was for about 2 months.  Second attempt was for about a month.

I FAIL.

Now, I quit smoking and drinking on a daily basis for a couple hours at a time.  [roll]


Maybe try one at a time bro...

...and sorry to steal your thread.

I'll split them if you like.
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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DarkStaR

Quote from: ducpainter on December 20, 2009, 02:05:36 PM
...

...and sorry to steal your thread.

I'll split them if you like.

Don't worry about it, It's all good.  [thumbsup]

I just can't find a reason good enough to make me quit.  I guess personal health isn't good enough for me.

What made you quit?


ducpainter

Quote from: DarkStaR on December 20, 2009, 02:22:07 PM
Don't worry about it, It's all good.  [thumbsup]

I just can't find a reason good enough to make me quit.  I guess personal health isn't good enough for me.

What made you quit?


I'd been smoking longer than most people here have been alive.

I want to be around for my son and T.

I was waking up every morning choking...

could barely walk across my field...

it was hard to work.

I got tired of spending almost $75 a week to poison myself.

I realize that I'm just a week in and it will always be a temptation. I really think I'm up to it.

I really thought it would be harder. I've tried before.

I guess it was time.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



Ddan

That's really what it comes down to, you get sick of it.  Quitting isn't hard, finding and maintaining the resolve is.
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Quote from: ducpainter on December 20, 2009, 03:53:20 AM
The brand I was smoking was costing +$50/week @ 1pack/day.

That's enough of a spiff.

Much more fun to spend that on lighting up tires.  [thumbsup]
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ducpainter

So...

a couple of observations.

The nicotine addiction does not seem to be the problem...the nicotine leaves your body relatively quickly.

It's the brainwashing.

I was told that quitting would be hard...

that I'd be ugly...

and always want a butt.

I really don't want to smoke...if I'm standing around the thought of smoking crosses my mind, but there doesn't seem to be any real 'craving'.

I guess I'll add that I read a book to quit.

The fact I read a book is remarkable...I'm not a reader.

If you want to quit try reading...



it's working for me.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



ducpainter

"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."



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