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It's that time of year again!

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  • G Gary R Wheeler

    January 1, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary that I quit smoking. Starting smoking was the dumbest fucking thing I've ever done, and quitting is one of the smartest.

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    Sounds like quitting smoking was pretty easy for you. Do you think you could do the same with that nasty bad habit of cussing!? :laugh:

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    • G Gary R Wheeler

      January 1, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary that I quit smoking. Starting smoking was the dumbest fucking thing I've ever done, and quitting is one of the smartest.

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      Glad to hear that dude. Good Job. :thumbsup: Please take a look at my CP signature

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      • I Igor Kushnarev

        January 1, 2011 I'm going to quit smoking... :)

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        Igor Kushnarev wrote:

        January 1, 2011 I'm going to quit smoking...

        Really do you need 2 more days for that? please quit immediately. Thank you. Please take a look at my CP signature

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        • H Henry Minute

          My New Years Resolution Eat, drink, smoke and be merry.

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          I was thinking of just using last year's but with one enormous addition - a whole year on the wagon.

          What is the point of that? Either give it up or don't. Don't faff about. Did you know that one of the signs of alcoholism is to give it up for a 'period', just to prove that you can?

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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          Henry Minute wrote:

          My New Years Resolution Eat, drink, smoke and be merry.

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          • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

            7 months and it's been a struggle but worth it. But I smoked off and on for 45 years!

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            Great dude. cheers.

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            • R regalsoft

              Sounds like quitting smoking was pretty easy for you. Do you think you could do the same with that nasty bad habit of cussing!? :laugh:

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              regalsoft wrote:

              nasty bad habit of cussing!?

              There is nothing wrong with cussing. :laugh: :laugh:

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              • R Rob Philpott

                New years resolutions that is. Ah yes time to stop smoking again, its tradition after all, a bit like presents at Christmas and Eggs at Easter. Anybody got any good ones? I was thinking of just using last year's but with one enormous addition - a whole year on the wagon. Has anyone ever attempted such a feat, and if so was it a good idea? I'm slightly concerned it will be make dull(er).

                Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                My resolution is to quit smoking...oh wait, I did that already last March and still going strong. :) I wouldn't do a year on the wagon unless I switched to Mary Jane or something. I see no useful purpose in deliberately giving up the ability to self medicate as necessary. However, that being said, the ancient Stoic philosophers whom I have a lot of time for had a concept of "voluntary discomfort" which is designed to inoculate a person so that when involuntary discomfort strikes they will be better prepared to handle it so in that vein I say go for it. At the very least you will be a very popular guy to bring to parties to be the driver.


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                • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                  7 months and it's been a struggle but worth it. But I smoked off and on for 45 years!

                  I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]
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                  Hey congratulations! It's been over 9 months for me and I smoked mostly on for about 25 years.


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                  • W wizardzz

                    Goodluck, when I quit smoking I got an insatiable hunger and gained 20 pounds which I've yet to shed. I also drank a lot more for a short period. When my friends would light up at a bar or party, I would just drink more to distract myself.

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                    Yup exactly the same for me 20 pounds and drinking a *lot* more at parties.


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                    • M Member 96

                      Hey congratulations! It's been over 9 months for me and I smoked mostly on for about 25 years.


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                      John C wrote:

                      Hey congratulations!

                      Thanks you too! It's a hard habit to kick. The only reason I was able to quit this time with reasonable success is that I quit drinking several years ago and you can't do one without the other.

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                      • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

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                        Hey congratulations!

                        Thanks you too! It's a hard habit to kick. The only reason I was able to quit this time with reasonable success is that I quit drinking several years ago and you can't do one without the other.

                        I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]
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                        I chalk it up to cold turkey and the actual desire to quit this time for serious and not just as a "I really should quit" kind of thing like I did a million times before. Ironically though I drank like a fish for months at every opportunity to help me quit and I think it really did help a lot.


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                          I chalk it up to cold turkey and the actual desire to quit this time for serious and not just as a "I really should quit" kind of thing like I did a million times before. Ironically though I drank like a fish for months at every opportunity to help me quit and I think it really did help a lot.


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                          Everybody has a system to quit and for you drinking helped. I quit years ago for 8 years but stress finally overtook me and I started again.

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                          • R regalsoft

                            Sounds like quitting smoking was pretty easy for you. Do you think you could do the same with that nasty bad habit of cussing!? :laugh:

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                            regalsoft wrote:

                            Sounds like quitting smoking was pretty easy for you.

                            It wasn't easy at all.

                            regalsoft wrote:

                            Do you think you could do the same with that nasty bad habit of cussing!?

                            As far as the cussing goes, I use it as I think is appropriate, based on the emphasis required and the audience.

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