Stop Smoking?
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thumperjack
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get ur grandma to bribe you 5k to quit for one year. you'll do it. may 08 baby. the fucked up thing is that i still am getting cravings sometimes, like during finals. i've had no tabacoo since may 28th and no gum/nicotine at all since mid july.
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The Mysterious Flying Pum
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Allen Carr
+1 for Alen Carr. I quit 6 years ago an never smoked a cigarette again :-)
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Hypomixolydian
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Stopping smoking involves just one thing. Just plain STOP!
I quit more than 10 years ago and can't stand the sight or smell of them anymore. Unfortunately in Holland people can still smoke in public places such as restaurants. Many a nice meal has been spoilt by some inconsiderate cunt with a cigarette polluting the atmosphere. Luckily, as of July next year smoking in restaurants won't be allowed. Hoo-fucking-ray.
Alan Carr says a few interesting things in his book. I read it just after I quit so it was a while ago. I hope I haven't misparaphrased. but here are a few things I remember:
1) He says something along the lines of how the mindset of people giving up is all wrong. Basically that when people give up something they see it as "giving up". They are sacrificing or losing something. But he suggests rather than seeing it as losing, see it more as gaining or winning. In the case of cigarrettes you are gaining freedom from addiction as well as the health benefits.
2) Apparently, 90% of nicotine is dispelled from the body within an hour of smoking which is why people crave another cigarette. To replenish the lost nicotine. You won't die of nicotine withdrawal.
For me the first day was the hardest. I remember at the time saying to myself that all I have to do is get past the first day. I set a kind of finishing post for myself. I felt once I accomplished that then victory was mine. We don't fully understand how the mind works but somehow the psychology of the situation made giving up easy once I got through that day. From the second day on I have never craved a cigarette since.
3) Do you still want to continue being a slave to the tobacco companies? Because in essence they have you by the short and curlies if you continue smoking. As you no doubt are aware, there are over 4000 chemicals in cigarettes, many of them designed to make you addicted. They dictate how you behave. Are you going to allow that? Fuck 'em I say.
4) This is not from Alan Carr's book but let me say that I am a very weak willed person. So if I can do it, then anyone can.
There were a couple of pysiological symptoms for me after quitting that weren't so pleasant. For about 3 months I didn't have a decent shit and had problems sleeping for a while. But it's a small price to pay.
Just Stop!!
Here is a link to some interesting anti smoking videos from Australian TV over the last 30 years or so.
http://www.quit.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=1640
I quit more than 10 years ago and can't stand the sight or smell of them anymore. Unfortunately in Holland people can still smoke in public places such as restaurants. Many a nice meal has been spoilt by some inconsiderate cunt with a cigarette polluting the atmosphere. Luckily, as of July next year smoking in restaurants won't be allowed. Hoo-fucking-ray.
Alan Carr says a few interesting things in his book. I read it just after I quit so it was a while ago. I hope I haven't misparaphrased. but here are a few things I remember:
1) He says something along the lines of how the mindset of people giving up is all wrong. Basically that when people give up something they see it as "giving up". They are sacrificing or losing something. But he suggests rather than seeing it as losing, see it more as gaining or winning. In the case of cigarrettes you are gaining freedom from addiction as well as the health benefits.
2) Apparently, 90% of nicotine is dispelled from the body within an hour of smoking which is why people crave another cigarette. To replenish the lost nicotine. You won't die of nicotine withdrawal.
For me the first day was the hardest. I remember at the time saying to myself that all I have to do is get past the first day. I set a kind of finishing post for myself. I felt once I accomplished that then victory was mine. We don't fully understand how the mind works but somehow the psychology of the situation made giving up easy once I got through that day. From the second day on I have never craved a cigarette since.
3) Do you still want to continue being a slave to the tobacco companies? Because in essence they have you by the short and curlies if you continue smoking. As you no doubt are aware, there are over 4000 chemicals in cigarettes, many of them designed to make you addicted. They dictate how you behave. Are you going to allow that? Fuck 'em I say.
4) This is not from Alan Carr's book but let me say that I am a very weak willed person. So if I can do it, then anyone can.
There were a couple of pysiological symptoms for me after quitting that weren't so pleasant. For about 3 months I didn't have a decent shit and had problems sleeping for a while. But it's a small price to pay.
Just Stop!!
Here is a link to some interesting anti smoking videos from Australian TV over the last 30 years or so.
http://www.quit.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=1640
I've been on again/off again the past few years, and frankly it's getting old. I badly want to quit, but between the girlfriend and I one of us always breaks down eventually and then we're back in it.
This thread has inspired me to try again - down with the brown leaf!
I will say this: I think the hardest scenario for quitting is when you don't smoke much to begin with. Generally we'll smoke five a day max, and my best friend is like this also. Being a light smoker has its own unique psychological grip, because it makes it so easy to rationalize that it's ok.
Honestly I don't even like the cigs that much, and usually don't have my first one until after work and dinner, around 10:30 or 11:00pm. They're just my little breaks when practising or recording. I don't even smoke socially since I don't go out much anymore. So it seems like such a PITA to go through the withdrawl and such just to cut out 3-5 cigs a day...
This thread has inspired me to try again - down with the brown leaf!
I will say this: I think the hardest scenario for quitting is when you don't smoke much to begin with. Generally we'll smoke five a day max, and my best friend is like this also. Being a light smoker has its own unique psychological grip, because it makes it so easy to rationalize that it's ok.
Honestly I don't even like the cigs that much, and usually don't have my first one until after work and dinner, around 10:30 or 11:00pm. They're just my little breaks when practising or recording. I don't even smoke socially since I don't go out much anymore. So it seems like such a PITA to go through the withdrawl and such just to cut out 3-5 cigs a day...
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ultrasonyk
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I spoke to my doctor about this once and he reckoned if you smoked just one or two cigs a day the potential health damage would be negligible...and possibly would outweigh the potentially greater damage caused by stress.jamester wrote: So it seems like such a PITA to go through the withdrawl and such just to cut out 3-5 cigs a day...
I'm thinking about quitting altogether tho...I'm not sure I could stick to such a ration.