How to keep yourself together...
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
I've done the same, now nine days off. I don't have any tips though, except to keep busy.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
I guess you need to find something else to do instead of smoking, every time the urge hits. Replacing a nicotine addiction with a caffeine / sugar addiction probably wouldn't be a good idea, though :-S How about just getting up, to walk around the office, and get a cup of water, or something like that?
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
I know that Nicotine patches has helped friends of mine to give up smoking. My brother gave up with the help of acupuncture.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
Hi Sid From last 4 years i have been trying to quit smoking. But any how every cigarette is my last one so if anyone have some good solution for it then please help both of us
Thanks and Regards Sandeep If you want something you never had, do something you have never done!
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
WARNING: I've never touched a cigarette all my life, nor held a beer, so (ironically ;P) I might not be the best person to ask for advice. The trick, I believe, is not to tell yourself "I won't smoke again. Evah." That way, you give yourself infinite time to attain your goal, and won't be as committed. Your mind goes, "Hey, let me smoke just this once; I'll stop from next week" Rather, you start in small steps, which make easy goals, and keep moving the goal posts further. First start by promising yourself not to smoke for half a day at a time. Once you can go through half a day with no problems, make it one whole day, then increase it to a week, and so on. Good luck, and read the warning again. :-D
Cheers, Vıkram.
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I know that Nicotine patches has helped friends of mine to give up smoking. My brother gave up with the help of acupuncture.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
I quit :) I really did. I don't know how. But I remember one fine morning I felt that smoke-related smell is very bad. I hate it and a very bad smell was coming out from my shirt. So I quit. Trick: Hate Ciger Good Luck
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I think your sig is funnier - it actually made me chuckle.:laugh:
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
Chew gum?
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
My woman read a book called "the easy way" Alan Carr i think wrote it http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/[^] After she finished it she put it (the book) down and hasn't touched a ciggie since. She'd tried the gum, patches etc etc but this has been by far the best.. Bryce
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
BTW - was this the girlfriend that you posted about last week? If so, how did your weekend go? Keep it Kid Sister Safe.:-D
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WARNING: I've never touched a cigarette all my life, nor held a beer, so (ironically ;P) I might not be the best person to ask for advice. The trick, I believe, is not to tell yourself "I won't smoke again. Evah." That way, you give yourself infinite time to attain your goal, and won't be as committed. Your mind goes, "Hey, let me smoke just this once; I'll stop from next week" Rather, you start in small steps, which make easy goals, and keep moving the goal posts further. First start by promising yourself not to smoke for half a day at a time. Once you can go through half a day with no problems, make it one whole day, then increase it to a week, and so on. Good luck, and read the warning again. :-D
Cheers, Vıkram.
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byalmightybobVikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Hey, let me smoke just this once; I'll stop from next week"
Same is happening with me
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Rather, you start in small steps, which make easy goals, and keep moving the goal posts further. First start by promising yourself not to smoke for half a day at a time. Once you can go through half a day with no problems, make it one whole day, then increase it to a week, and so on.
Also tried this one by not smoking for whole day but very next day i smoke more than twice ... i think my will power is not good enough to quit it :(
Thanks and Regards Sandeep If you want something you never had, do something you have never done!
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
After smoking 3 packs of Marlboros a day for about 10 or 15 years, my father quit smoking cold turkey. This was about 40 years ago. To reinforce his desired change of behavior, he kept a pack of cigarettes in his pocket. Sheesh - don't know how he did it. Anyhow, he's been clean since. However, and this may or may not help you kick the habit, the doctors say that they can still see damage to his lungs in his Xrays. They have healed over the years, but 40 years later his lungs still show the damage.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
I quit from 20-30 a day 9 months ago, cold turkey. Its not really too bad, though I would advise you to take some days off work until the physical symptoms have gone - 3 days or so. The secret is actually not wanting to smoke any more, otherwise you might as well just light up now..
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BTW - was this the girlfriend that you posted about last week? If so, how did your weekend go? Keep it Kid Sister Safe.:-D
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My weekend went extremely well. Saturday, I babysat my niece, so my sister could prepare her place for the party. On Sunday, I went to said party to celebrate my niece's first birthday. Nice people, useful presents (sandbox, two inflatable baby pools, toys, a bobbycar, etc.) and great prosecco... On monday evening, I met with Elif. First, we went to enjoy the view from "Schloßpark" (Castle Park), but it was too windy to stay up there for long. We then had a small candlelight dinner. We spent the better part of yesterday outside in the sun, enjoying ourselves and each other's company. We bought a new bottle of wine (the nice one fell down :( ) and had Paella for dinner. We went to bed early (relaxing is tiring) and it really was hard to get up and even harder to leave this morning. We'll see each other again this weekend, but for now, we both have jobs to attend to. Gna!
Cheers, Sebastian -- Ceterum censeo, borlandem esse delendam.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
* Get a quit counter application on your desktop so that you can see how much money (and life) you are saving * Get more exercise to get the most out of your newly cleansed system * Don't let the nicotine pushers make you stupid ever again.
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Hi all, I need some help. After 6 years, I have joined the club of non-smokers again. My girlfriend told me that she didn't fancy kissing someone who tasted like an ashtray, and asked me if I could reduce my cigarette consumption. I told her that I could not, and I would just stop altogether. Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again. Any tipps? And no, I don't want to smoke again. Sid
Sebastian Schneider wrote:
Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again.
First off, I have never smoked a cigarette, however.... In leaving the hospital in 2001, I had been on a heavy morphine drip for almost 2 months.... The net effect was a strong addiction to opiates. The hospital gave me a regiment for reducing the medicine and a prescription for an opiate. Morphine has a strong tolerance effect, you want more, not less, so even with a different opiate and reducing volumes, it was extremely difficult. But I hate even the idea of being addicted to something, so stubbornness won out against the issues. Prior to that back in the early 90's I drank hard whiskey for a few months, even though physical addiction was not strong, mental addiction had set in. 1) Have something to do, idle mind, idle hands means all you think about is the craving. This seems simple, but it isn't because you find yourself thinking about it even during a stop light. Get a pet programming project, even if it never gets finished, design it heavily during all idle hours. Or find something else to distract you, what ever works for you. I used my origami to keep my hands busy at every chance I could. Origami no matter how easy it looks, requires concentration. I also got work to grant me a pet project so that I knew what ever I did would eventually get used. And I designed or programmed a major rewrite of our product. 2) I will agree about the ultimatum part, in part. Don't give yourself a mandate to suffer, but do remind yourself you can make it through this. Positive rather than neutral or negative reminders. Remind yourself of the reward. Be aware of physical symptoms, don't ignore them. I don't know how strongly you are addicted, so I don't know if you can cold-turkey it or reduce it with a patch. You are the expert there, because it is you. I stopped the alcohol cold-turkey, threw my last bottle of black-label in the dumpster (rather harshly) and stubborned my way through the rest. 3) Recognize you are never done. This step may be a permanent step, but every now and then in the future you will say, "wow it sure would feel good if I...." Prepare yourself for this now, don't say it won't happen to you. An alcoholic is always an alcoholic even when he stops drinking, a smoker usually has idle cravings for ages. Prepare yourself: that you are strong enough to make the l
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I quit from 20-30 a day 9 months ago, cold turkey. Its not really too bad, though I would advise you to take some days off work until the physical symptoms have gone - 3 days or so. The secret is actually not wanting to smoke any more, otherwise you might as well just light up now..
The wanting part was easy. The last year, it was just a habit, something you did on certain occasions (such as: before lunch, after lunch, on the hour, ... well, on every opportunity). I have seen my share of examples: One of my neighbours lost both legs, another one died of lung cancer. I don't want to smoke again, but I still feel the physical longing, trying to influence me to smoke "one last ciggie". I bought a pack of Fisherman's Friends Cool Cassis. They taste extremely well, and they seem to work as a replacement to keep me occupied.
Cheers, Sebastian -- Ceterum censeo, borlandem esse delendam.
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Sebastian Schneider wrote:
Now I am back in the office and I feel that urge to smoke that I was so afraid of. I actually start getting up, only to sit down again.
First off, I have never smoked a cigarette, however.... In leaving the hospital in 2001, I had been on a heavy morphine drip for almost 2 months.... The net effect was a strong addiction to opiates. The hospital gave me a regiment for reducing the medicine and a prescription for an opiate. Morphine has a strong tolerance effect, you want more, not less, so even with a different opiate and reducing volumes, it was extremely difficult. But I hate even the idea of being addicted to something, so stubbornness won out against the issues. Prior to that back in the early 90's I drank hard whiskey for a few months, even though physical addiction was not strong, mental addiction had set in. 1) Have something to do, idle mind, idle hands means all you think about is the craving. This seems simple, but it isn't because you find yourself thinking about it even during a stop light. Get a pet programming project, even if it never gets finished, design it heavily during all idle hours. Or find something else to distract you, what ever works for you. I used my origami to keep my hands busy at every chance I could. Origami no matter how easy it looks, requires concentration. I also got work to grant me a pet project so that I knew what ever I did would eventually get used. And I designed or programmed a major rewrite of our product. 2) I will agree about the ultimatum part, in part. Don't give yourself a mandate to suffer, but do remind yourself you can make it through this. Positive rather than neutral or negative reminders. Remind yourself of the reward. Be aware of physical symptoms, don't ignore them. I don't know how strongly you are addicted, so I don't know if you can cold-turkey it or reduce it with a patch. You are the expert there, because it is you. I stopped the alcohol cold-turkey, threw my last bottle of black-label in the dumpster (rather harshly) and stubborned my way through the rest. 3) Recognize you are never done. This step may be a permanent step, but every now and then in the future you will say, "wow it sure would feel good if I...." Prepare yourself for this now, don't say it won't happen to you. An alcoholic is always an alcoholic even when he stops drinking, a smoker usually has idle cravings for ages. Prepare yourself: that you are strong enough to make the l
I normally wouldn't pick on such a sobering and well thoughtout answer, but one bit made me chuckle because of the image it conjoured up (sorry).
El Corazon wrote:
The hospital gave me a regiment for reducing the medicine
I just had this vision of a bunch of soldiers holding you down, shouting at you. Apart from that, it was a poignant tale.
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