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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Just think of all the money you are going to save!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but the rewards are enormous. After a couple of weeks you'll start feeling better, food tastes better and you'll be able to breathe better. Good luck...stick with it!
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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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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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.
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It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but the rewards are enormous. After a couple of weeks you'll start feeling better, food tastes better and you'll be able to breathe better. Good luck...stick with it!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Think of the bad smelling clothes and the stinging cough if you had a cold. :thumbsup:
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
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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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Plus not dying young is a big plus. My wife's father smoked like a chimney and died at 57 of lung cancer. In addition, I am told, food tastes better and you can smell flowers and things. I never smoked myself so I can't verify that part. However, after living in Germany for six years where everyone, it seemed, smoked, I developed a smoker's cough which, after 25+ years, has finally gone away. So giving up smoking is a public health improvement, not just your own. I applaud you for trying, stick with it. I am told the first couple of weeks are the hardest.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Thanks. It's my first time actually trying to quit long term. I do quit every day for about 8 whole hours. :-\
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Foothill wrote:
I do quit every day for about 8 whole hours.
While you sleep? :)
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but the rewards are enormous. After a couple of weeks you'll start feeling better, food tastes better and you'll be able to breathe better. Good luck...stick with it!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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
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all you can think about is smoking. Arrgh, this is going to be f*****g hard.....:~
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To help you stick with it, we require a daily log on this forum of how many days you have gone without smoking and a tally of how much money you have saved so far. :-D You will receive encouragement and support from all of us. :cool:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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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.
I don't want to wait until I hit rock bottom before I quit. I think 24 years, give or take, of smoking is good enough. I'm only a couple of hours into it so I think that I am a little nervous at this point in time. I've got a patch on but I am struggling to keep my mind wandering to the idea.
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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:
you are psychologically not ready to quit. you have not hit your rock bottom
Exactly, at some point hopefully your brain says enough is enough. At that point you'd be surprised at your resolve. 22+ years for me, and pretty much everyone I know smokes, and yes I still do think about it on occasion. If I can do it anybody can, good luck to you!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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To help you stick with it, we require a daily log on this forum of how many days you have gone without smoking and a tally of how much money you have saved so far. :-D You will receive encouragement and support from all of us. :cool:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I don't want to wait until I hit rock bottom before I quit. I think 24 years, give or take, of smoking is good enough. I'm only a couple of hours into it so I think that I am a little nervous at this point in time. I've got a patch on but I am struggling to keep my mind wandering to the idea.
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Then post back when you have been tobacco free for 6 months, a year, 12+ years. I know my post may read a little weird and not supportive, but I speak the truth. I know what I am talking about with this subject of addiction. Good luck. :thumbsup:
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Foothill wrote:
I do quit every day for about 8 whole hours.
While you sleep? :)
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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I don't want to wait until I hit rock bottom before I quit. I think 24 years, give or take, of smoking is good enough. I'm only a couple of hours into it so I think that I am a little nervous at this point in time. I've got a patch on but I am struggling to keep my mind wandering to the idea.
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I found the patch to be more trouble then what is worth ($$$). I used gum exclusively as you can chew a piece when you would normally light up. It helps with the normal light-up psychology of smoking. Follow the instructions, tapering off as recommended, and soon you will be smoke free. Took me about 3-4 months, not rushing anything. First 21-30 days are the most difficult. It is important to note that in 12+ years of being tobacco free, I have not once wished I could smoke again -- the difference between wanting to quit and needing to quit. Just saying.
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I don't want to wait until I hit rock bottom before I quit. I think 24 years, give or take, of smoking is good enough. I'm only a couple of hours into it so I think that I am a little nervous at this point in time. I've got a patch on but I am struggling to keep my mind wandering to the idea.
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As with any addiction, hopefully at some point your brain says enough is enough damnit! At that point you'd be surprised at your increased resolve. 22+ years for me, and pretty much everyone I know smokes, yes I still do think about it on occasion. If I can do it, anybody can, good luck to you!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Then post back when you have been tobacco free for 6 months, a year, 12+ years. I know my post may read a little weird and not supportive, but I speak the truth. I know what I am talking about with this subject of addiction. Good luck. :thumbsup:
Thanks for the support. It really wasn't that far from the mark. Do I really have to quit smoking? Not really. Is it a wise decision to quit smoking? Yes, very much so. The attempt at quitting is the culmination of an internal war of pros vs cons in my head for the last four years. The cons finally started outweighing the pros.
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