Life Quitting Smoking - Page 7

Frazod · 08-15-2005, 05:49 PM

Both the wife and I need to quit, and since we've tried to quit at the same time before, and THAT REALLY SUCKED, I took the plunge first.

Haven't had a cigarette since last night. I've quit several times in the past, sometimes for up to three months - quitting ain't the problem - it's staying quit that kicks my ass.

Any advice on non-smoking methods/products or encouragement would be appreciated.

**BigRedChief** · 08-16-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by memyselfI

but lucky for me, he's rather orally fixated.

Way too much information.

C-Mac · 08-16-2005, 03:26 PM

Smoke Away

**HemiEd** · 08-16-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Hey Tim, your thread inspired me, I am going to do it to. NASA could have used the crap I coughed up this morning to glue the tiles back on the Space Shuttle.

I just want to kill, mame and mutilate! If one more person walks in my office with a problem I am going to throw them through the window! I need nicotene!

Hang in there Tim!

bringbackmarty · 08-16-2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

To be fair you had a couple other motivating quit factors, right?

Yes - mom-60, dad-60, and grandma-76 all died within five years of one another and tobacco abuse was listed as the presumed cause of the fatal cancers on all three death certificates. But it took all three to motivate me apparently. I finally quit one month after my mom died (she was last to go) They also all died before I turned twenty six. The tobacco companies killed people with their products folks, I got none of that tobacco settlement money, of course I never tried, and my son who turns seven tomorrow, only has one grandparent he's ever known.

Frazod · 08-16-2005, 07:00 PM

I might well be done with this crap.

I just caved in and fired one up. TASTED AND SMELLED LIKE SHIT. I took three drags off the damned thing and crushed it out. I have absolutely no desire to have another one.

Yuck.

ChiefsFan1965 · 08-16-2005, 07:00 PM

I forgot to mention my nicotine replacement was called Nicotrol Inhaler. It's a little plastic thing that is about the size of a cigarette and you place a nicotine cartridge inside it. In the beginning, I would use one cartridge a day (eventually about one every 4 days) and I would take all my normal smoke breaks outside, etc and just replaced cigs with this thing. It felt like a cig between my fingers so that helped as well. Whenever I had the urge to smoke, I had that dang thing with me allll the time. Finally after four months, I took the nicotine out of it. I kept the plastic thing in my pocket for up to a year and would just hold it sometimes like it was a cig LOL/ it worked for me. I just added up; I haven't smoked in 959 days (Jan 1, 2003) and I usually smoked 25 a day. That's 23,975 cigarettes that I haven't smoked....Wonder if I put them in single file lines, how many lengths of a football field is that...rofl...

**Bowser** · 08-16-2005, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I might well be done with this crap.

I just caved in and fired one up. TASTED AND SMELLED LIKE SHIT. I took three drags off the damned thing and crushed it out. I have absolutely no desire to have another one.

Yuck.

That's a good thing, right?

4th and Long · 08-16-2005, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

That's a good thing, right?

Depends on whether or not he follows that up with a box of Twinkies and a 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk. Oral fixation is a bitch.

**Bowser** · 08-16-2005, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

Depends on whether or not he follows that up with a box of Twinkies and a 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk. Oral fixation is a bitch.

Glad I never got hooked on the stuff (or tried it, for that matter). Nicotine is apparently one bitch of a drug to kick......

08-16-2005, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I might well be done with this crap.

I just caved in and fired one up. TASTED AND SMELLED LIKE SHIT. I took three drags off the damned thing and crushed it out. I have absolutely no desire to have another one.

Yuck.

Kick ass. I hurled when I tried the cope about a month after I quit. Seriously.

Unfortunately I fell off the wagon a few weeks back. I chewed 4 or 5 pouches of RedMan & Levi before I realized that I was probably gonna ween myself back on the cope if I didn't get it under control quickly.

Frazod · 08-16-2005, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

That's a good thing, right?

Well, I'm all conflicted. I still WANT a cigarette. But I've gone long enough that the smell and taste are now totally disgusting to me. So now I DON'T want a cigarette.

So I'm basically just really, really pissed off.

But I'm not smoking.

God, did my mouth always taste like this? I just gargled and still taste the smoke, only from three drags. Gag.

4th and Long · 08-16-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Well, I'm all conflicted. I still WANT a cigarette. But I've gone long enough that the smell and taste are now totally disgusting to me. So now I DON'T want a cigarette.

So I'm basically just really, really pissed off.

But I'm not smoking.

God, did my mouth always taste like this? I just gargled and still taste the smoke, only from three drags. Gag.

Go over and whisper in the old lady's ear that you wanna eat at the Y tonight. That should get the other taste out of your mouth.

Frazod · 08-16-2005, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

Go over and whisper in the old lady's ear that you wanna eat at the Y tonight. That should get the other taste out of your mouth.

Dude, Aunt Flow's visiting. I'll stick with the smoky taste, thank you very much.

4th and Long · 08-16-2005, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Dude, Aunt Flow's visiting. I'll stick with the smoky taste, thank you very much.

Sorry bub. I always hate when that bitch shows up uninvited.

Fairplay · 08-16-2005, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

Go over and whisper in the old lady's ear that you wanna eat at the Y tonight. That should get the other taste out of your mouth.

Heh!

08-15-2005, 05:49 PM
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-656615	Quitting Smoking Both the wife and I need to quit, and since we've tried to quit at the same time before, and THAT REALLY SUCKED, I took the plunge first. Haven't had a cigarette since last night. I've quit several times in the past, sometimes for up to three months - quitting ain't the problem - it's staying quit that kicks my ass. Any advice on non-smoking methods/products or encouragement would be appreciated.
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08-16-2005, 03:26 PM	#92
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08-16-2005, 07:00 PM	#95
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-656615	I might well be done with this crap. I just caved in and fired one up. TASTED AND SMELLED LIKE SHIT. I took three drags off the damned thing and crushed it out. I have absolutely no desire to have another one. Yuck.
Posts: 121,727

08-16-2005, 07:00 PM	#96
ChiefsFan1965 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10004900	I forgot to mention my nicotine replacement was called Nicotrol Inhaler. It's a little plastic thing that is about the size of a cigarette and you place a nicotine cartridge inside it. In the beginning, I would use one cartridge a day (eventually about one every 4 days) and I would take all my normal smoke breaks outside, etc and just replaced cigs with this thing. It felt like a cig between my fingers so that helped as well. Whenever I had the urge to smoke, I had that dang thing with me allll the time. Finally after four months, I took the nicotine out of it. I kept the plastic thing in my pocket for up to a year and would just hold it sometimes like it was a cig LOL/ it worked for me. I just added up; I haven't smoked in 959 days (Jan 1, 2003) and I usually smoked 25 a day. That's 23,975 cigarettes that I haven't smoked....Wonder if I put them in single file lines, how many lengths of a football field is that...rofl...
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