CCC 31/10/13

OriginalGriff

Nah - I stocked up earlier on in the year! (This is the same wine box I opened in February - does that count as hoarding? :laugh: )

The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

walterhevedeich

OriginalGriff wrote:

I gave up smoking!

How?

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Rage

He gave up sex as well, so he did not need that after-sex cigarette anymore.

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Nagy Vilmos

DNFTT

speramus in juniperus

Nagy Vilmos

I don't know about Griff, but I decided I wasn't enjoying it anymore and just stopped. No drama - except a filthy temper for a couple of weeks - and now I haven't smoked for over four [or maybe it's five] years.

speramus in juniperus

OriginalGriff

Patches. Each one lasted a week. Horrible. I didn't sleep properly - I had incredibly lucid dreams the whole time - and my sense of smell came back with a bang. My sense of taste changed dramatically (I still can't eat as hot chillies as I enjoyed when I smoked). I hung onto the final patch for four weeks, like a comfort blanket, even though it had run out of nicotine ages ago. Not an experience I would want to go through again. I think what kept me going was that I was not enjoying smoking any more: I smoked because I had to. International flights were a living hell! Motivation is important IMHO: if you don't actually want to give up, you won't. If you "think you should" it's probably a lot, lot harder than if you "want to stop". I also didn't destroy my tobacco on Day One, because I didn't want to not smoke because I didn't have any - I wanted to not smoke because I didn't want a cigarette (if that makes any sense). When I took off the final patch, I chucked the tobacco because I didn't need it any more. One of the motivators was to put the price of the cigarettes I would have smoked in a jar every day. At the end of the first month, take it all, and go spend it on a present for yourself, then again after six months - it's surprising how much free cash you get! But completely worth it. I breathe better, I don't get the colds and such I used to, I don't stink all the time, I don't have burns in my shirts, I don't have yellow fingers, I'm much better off financially looking at the price of a pack now, I don't wake up and have to search for the cigarette I dreamt I was smoking... :laugh:

The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

David Goebet

my first thought was "halloween" ... no that's wrong for sure i mean cmon who really thinks a ccc is that easy ... but ... it was ... nearly the right answer dang it :laugh: but remember - i now totally know the answer of the ccc on Christmas - or should i say "Christween" ?

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