Why is it when you're trying to quit smoking...
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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When I gave up in '04, one of the bits of advice I was given was to take the money I would have spent on cigarettes and put it in a jar each day. After a couple of weeks, empty the jar and go buy yourself a present. after a couple of months, empty the jar again, and buy yourself a damn good present! It brings home just how much money you have spent of tobacco, and how much nicer things you can have without it. It's not easy, no - I did it with the patches, which helped - but it was well worth it. I can breathe, I can smell things I never could before, things taste different - some better, some worse: I had to give up wine for a few years because it tasted horrible. And smokers stink, which I never knew before! (Both my parents were heavy smokers, so sometimes it was hard to see the other side of the car as a kid.) Keep with it, it's worth it. You'll get there, just remember we're here to encourage you if you need it!
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I'm not a heavy smoker but saving $1500+ a year is definitely something to work towards.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do
Speaking not as a voyeur but a fellow traveller it's a penance for one of the dumbest things you've ever done - but certainly worth it.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
I started in the 60s and we didn't know the dangers then. When I was in the military cigs came with c-rations and the stress I was under at the time made it impossible to quit. Yes it's the stupidest thing I've ever done but I did quit! Been about 7-8 years now!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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Don’t think about smoking, think about why you need to give up, and what a waste of your money and health it is if you continue. I gave up after many years, but started a second time, and hated myself for it. Since I gave up completely I feel so much better.
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Don’t think about smoking, think about why you need to give up, and what a waste of your money and health it is if you continue. I gave up after many years, but started a second time, and hated myself for it. Since I gave up completely I feel so much better.
What got me was that some people just never learn: My mother was a heavy smoker, and it was the cigarettes that caused the cancer that killed her. But as soon as the funeral service was over, some people were lighting up like their lives depended on it ... :sigh:
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When I gave up in '04, one of the bits of advice I was given was to take the money I would have spent on cigarettes and put it in a jar each day. After a couple of weeks, empty the jar and go buy yourself a present. after a couple of months, empty the jar again, and buy yourself a damn good present! It brings home just how much money you have spent of tobacco, and how much nicer things you can have without it. It's not easy, no - I did it with the patches, which helped - but it was well worth it. I can breathe, I can smell things I never could before, things taste different - some better, some worse: I had to give up wine for a few years because it tasted horrible. And smokers stink, which I never knew before! (Both my parents were heavy smokers, so sometimes it was hard to see the other side of the car as a kid.) Keep with it, it's worth it. You'll get there, just remember we're here to encourage you if you need it!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I've known smokers that could smoke over two packs a day and I thought that was excessive. It makes my 12-16 smokes a day pale in comparison.
Member 7989122 wrote:
$5 a day
It's $7 a pack here and that's at a tobacco shop. The price at gas stations and convenience stores is upwards of $9. And the cost here is 70% tax to boot (which govm't increases every couple of years). It's like they want their taxpayers to live longer :laugh:
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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If you are not 100% ready, it won't happen. I've seen it so many times before. I tried a number of times; acupuncture, hypnotherapy, cutting down, gum. None of it worked until I was ready then it was easy. Went cold turkey one day (long time ago) and have never missed it or craved another cigarette because I was completely ready. It's the reality of beating tobacco addiction but I hope you manage to kick the filthy habit.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End
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I started in the 60s and we didn't know the dangers then. When I was in the military cigs came with c-rations and the stress I was under at the time made it impossible to quit. Yes it's the stupidest thing I've ever done but I did quit! Been about 7-8 years now!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
I started smoking in AIT when the unwritten rule was that while in formation (at ease) you were required to have your SMART book OR a cigarette in your hand. After a few weeks, I had memorized the book and started bumming cigs. :sigh: I plan to quit soon. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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Use the patch. And abstain from alcohol until you're cured. Worked for us who smoked a pack a day for 22 years. My ex-smoking sister (busy body) got both my wife and I the patch for Christmas... really?? Best present ever. :thumbsup:
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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I had no desire to quit, but the world is not shaped for smokers at this point. I switched to vaping. It's fine, scratches the itch, and costs so much less: about $25/month, not counting the rig. The only downside is dealing with the annoying people at the shops that are really, really into it. Those guys kinda suck.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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**Warning:**There's no non-smoker like an ex-smoker. I quit smoking 'cold turkey' on January 1, 1991, a week after my wife and I found out she was pregnant with our daughter. After the first couple of days I realized that if I ever picked up another cigarette, I would never truly quit. It would be quit, start, quit, start, over and over again. Keeping that in the back of my mind helped me stay away from the damned things. The physical symptoms of quitting (feeling like all your nerve endings are on fire, irritation, inability to relax) faded over the course of the first couple of weeks. Chewing gum helped with some of the physical habits around smoking. The mental components took a lot longer to get over. I realized that I planned my whole fucking life around opportunities to smoke. Drive to work, 2 cigarettes. Smoke break in the morning, at lunch, and in the afternoon. Drive home from work, 2 cigarettes. It's appalling when you figure out how much of your existence is wrapped up in that pathetic little cylinder of burning brown sh!t. It's been 27+ years. Starting smoking was the dumbest fucking thing I ever did, especially since I did it to "fit in" (God, I was such an asshole). Quitting was the smartest thing. Good luck.Software Zen:
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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I quit smoking years ago - now I just burst into flames without any warning whatsoever. (Actually never smoked - both my parents did and they managed to raise 5 kids that can't stand it!) Its a hard trek - good luck.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave
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I had no desire to quit, but the world is not shaped for smokers at this point. I switched to vaping. It's fine, scratches the itch, and costs so much less: about $25/month, not counting the rig. The only downside is dealing with the annoying people at the shops that are really, really into it. Those guys kinda suck.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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I gave vaping a try but it never provided the same experience as real smoking so I stopped using it.
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I had the same problem until I invested in a rig that actually had some horsepower. Of course, YMMV.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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**Warning:**There's no non-smoker like an ex-smoker. I quit smoking 'cold turkey' on January 1, 1991, a week after my wife and I found out she was pregnant with our daughter. After the first couple of days I realized that if I ever picked up another cigarette, I would never truly quit. It would be quit, start, quit, start, over and over again. Keeping that in the back of my mind helped me stay away from the damned things. The physical symptoms of quitting (feeling like all your nerve endings are on fire, irritation, inability to relax) faded over the course of the first couple of weeks. Chewing gum helped with some of the physical habits around smoking. The mental components took a lot longer to get over. I realized that I planned my whole fucking life around opportunities to smoke. Drive to work, 2 cigarettes. Smoke break in the morning, at lunch, and in the afternoon. Drive home from work, 2 cigarettes. It's appalling when you figure out how much of your existence is wrapped up in that pathetic little cylinder of burning brown sh!t. It's been 27+ years. Starting smoking was the dumbest fucking thing I ever did, especially since I did it to "fit in" (God, I was such an asshole). Quitting was the smartest thing. Good luck.Software Zen:
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especially since I did it to "fit in"
When I started high school, I knew only 4 people out of the 1200 kids in the school. I started smoking first year so I could meet new people and I met lots of interesting people. Not that it's justified but I was was that token nerdy kid they make memes about when I started high school.
Gary Wheeler wrote:
I realized that I planned my whole f***ing life around opportunities to smoke.
I have found that to be true as well. God forbid I miss one of my scheduled smoke breaks or Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde. At least I can hold myself to never smoking in the car; it makes the interior smell like an ashtray and destroys the upholstery.
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I had no desire to quit, but the world is not shaped for smokers at this point. I switched to vaping. It's fine, scratches the itch, and costs so much less: about $25/month, not counting the rig. The only downside is dealing with the annoying people at the shops that are really, really into it. Those guys kinda suck.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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You can do it! Good luck! Keep up the excellent efforts. You will succeed! :rose::rose:
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I've known smokers that could smoke over two packs a day and I thought that was excessive. It makes my 12-16 smokes a day pale in comparison.
Member 7989122 wrote:
$5 a day
It's $7 a pack here and that's at a tobacco shop. The price at gas stations and convenience stores is upwards of $9. And the cost here is 70% tax to boot (which govm't increases every couple of years). It's like they want their taxpayers to live longer :laugh:
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Foothill wrote:
It's $7 a pack here and that's at a tobacco shop. The price at gas stations and convenience stores is upwards of $9. And the cost here is 70% tax to boot (which govm't increases every couple of years). It's like they want their taxpayers to live longer :laugh:
You lucky, lucky bastard. I don't smoke but my Missus does and I've had the luxury of paying for them for many years of the marriage. When we started going out in 1988 you could buy a carton of 10 packets of 25 Winfield (well known brand) for aout AUD$20.00. Now for a single packet of 40's of Horizon, Bonds etc (never existed < 2000) will now set you back about AUD$41.00. Stupid elephanting elephanter didn't start till 19 and watched her Grandmother get her voice box removed in the 70's from throat cancer and from 1998 to 2013 when he died watched her Father live through years of Emphysema, oxygen tanks and looking like an emaciated AIDS victim. Give 'em up, waste of elephanting time.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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In my personal experience and based on your comment, you are not ready to quit smoking. I am an ex-smoker who smoked 1+ packs a day for 23 years. I have been tobacco free for 12+ years. When I was ready to quit smoking (after years of trying to quit) I did not think about smoking and wishing I could smoke. I later learned that this feeling you are describing is related to failed attempts in quitting. In summary, you are psychologically not ready to quit. you have not hit your rock bottom. good luck. ping me if you need any support, etc. Edit: Important note, wanting to quit smoking is NOT the same things as needing to quit smoking. You will only quit something when you have decided that you truly "need" to quit it.
Slacker007 wrote:
I am an ex-smoker who smoked 1+ packs a day for 23 years. I have been tobacco free for 12+ years.
From memory you are young than me. How young did you start?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
