Misc Do you smoke cigarettes? - Page 11

Sucky · 07-29-2012, 11:28 AM

Just curious if anyone else smokes here. I smoke on and off (not addicted). Just bought some cigs at a store though.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-13-2012, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefspants

What is up with you lately?! Your flirtation with positivity and optimism is, well,refreshing.

Well, if you must ask, I found this new...

Oh well, **** it.

**Lumpy** · 09-13-2012, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

If excuses are your excuse, you'll never quit.

Focus on YOU. Don't worry about all the extraneous bullshit we all deal with each day. Take a deep breath, walk away, say "**** it!" or whatever.

You can do this. I know you can. Dig deep and stop giving yourself an easy out.

Good luck!

Thanks, Dane. I truly appreciate the encouragement. I do. Unfortunately, there's that whole "focus on YOU" that's the problem. I can't focus on me. I focus on taking care of everyone, making sure that shit gets done, then I have all of the idiots that make my life a living hell because they're too ignorant to know how to do their jobs. I'm just going around in circles and it feels like my head is about to explode!

If I do take a deep breath, walk away, and say **** it, my ass will be taking in the country scenery somewhere, (Italy? That would be nice), with a wine glass in my hand. I shit you not. I need a damn vacation... BADLY!

No phone, no boss, no puppy crapping all over the place, no shooting up the beetus cat w/ insulin, (my cat has teh beetus), no idiot teachers, no dumb bastards cutting me off, (how can these assholes not see a big Jeep?!), no bill collectors, no ****sticks calling during dinner to ask me to complete a phone survey or donate my hard-earned money, and, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY, no dishes/laundry/house to clean!! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

/vent

Whoa. I kind of feel better.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-13-2012, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

Thanks, Dane. I truly appreciate the encouragement. I do. Unfortunately, there's that whole "focus on YOU" that's the problem. I can't focus on me. I focus on taking care of everyone, making sure that shit gets done, then I have all of the idiots that make my life a living hell because they're too ignorant to know how to do their jobs. I'm just going around in circles and if feels like my head is about to explode!

Welcome! This is life for 99% of us Americans, so enjoy the ride! Getting angry, agitated, frustrated or damn right pissed off is part of the daily routine, even in Hollywood.

Being able to restrain yourself and enjoy life, in spite of all that, is what happiness is truly about.

It'll all pass soon enough. You and Gonzo will soon be sitting in Montana in 2040, while Mini Gonzo and Mini Lumpy are killing animals and cooking them while you're in a pup tent trying to find each other's misplaced erogenous zones. It's only a matter of time before you're without worry.

Well, until the first grandchild arrives.

**Lumpy** · 09-13-2012, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Welcome! This is life for 99% of us Americans, so enjoy the ride! Getting angry, agitated, frustrated or damn right pissed off is part of the daily routine, even in Hollywood.

Being able to restrain yourself and enjoy life, in spite of all that, is what happiness is truly about.

It'll all pass soon enough. You and Gonzo will soon be sitting in Montana in 2040, while Mini Gonzo and Mini Lumpy are killing animals and cooking them while you're in a pup tent trying to find each other's misplaced erogenous zones. It's only a matter of time before you're without worry.

Well, until the first grandchild arrives.

Yeah, except that the 99% probably gets to take a real vacation. My vacations consist of me driving 5 hours to visit my parents. Of course, in the last 4 years or so, I haven't even been able to do that, (w/ the exception of traveling on my days off). Hell, getting 1 day off is a struggle.

"Mini Lumpy"?! Eh, that will never happen. We're done having kids. I wouldn't mind living in Montana though!

Well, I need to get up in 4 hours to get ready for work.

Like I said, though, I'll try to quit again. I just need to get my life in order first.

Thanks again, Dane. I do appreciate the encouragement.

Assud · 09-13-2012, 02:24 AM

I enjoy smoking cigarettes, but I certainly do not advocate the use of tobacco. You live and then you die, and thanks to modern medicine most people live well past their due. Smoking can be seen as an affirmation of life, but I'm sure there are much healthier ways of obtaining the same affirmation.. Whatever that means.

Chiefspants · 09-13-2012, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, if you must ask, I found this new...

Oh well, **** it.

Al Bundy · 09-13-2012, 02:30 AM

Nope, never have. I smoked half of one in sixth grade and hated it.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 09-13-2012, 01:22 PM

The Chiefs make me want to smoke banana peels.

Pants · 09-13-2012, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

More power to all of you that are wanting/trying to quit! I went 3 weeks on the patch, (w/ the e-cig, and an occasional cig to help along the way). But, alas, I'm smoking again. Yeah, I know.

It never ****ing fails that whenever I try to do something to better myself, someone or something annoys the shit out of me. I just have way too much stress right now. And, sadly, smoking is the only thing that calms my nerves.

I'm not going to give up and never try to quit again. I will try again. I just need things to calm down, people to do their ****ing jobs, a puppy to quit pissing and shitting on the floor, and the annoying idiots in my life to jump off of an aids bridge.

/sigh

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that nicotine does not really calm you down in a strictly physical sense. I think it's a placebo effect type thing with smokers. A lot of the time we just associate stress relief with smoking a cigarette.

Having said that, placebo effects can certainly have a high efficacy so cigarettes can certainly relieve stress in people. But what I'm trying to say here is that maybe you can learn to associate a different activity with stress relief? I know it's way easier said than done, but you really have to arm yourself with a bunch of mental weapons when it comes to dealing with that shitty ****ing addiction.

**Lumpy** · 09-13-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pants

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that nicotine does not really calm you down in a strictly physical sense. I think it's a placebo effect type thing with smokers. A lot of the time we just associate stress relief with smoking a cigarette.

Having said that, placebo effects can certainly have a high efficacy so cigarettes can certainly relieve stress in people. But what I'm trying to say here is that maybe you can learn to associate a different activity with stress relief? I know it's way easier said than done, but you really have to arm yourself with a bunch of mental weapons when it comes to dealing with that shitty ****ing addiction.

It's a mental thing. I agree. I've been smoking for so long that my body craves the nicotine in one form or another. Even more so when I'm extremely stressed out. When I don't get enough nicotine, I get the shakes and have anxiety attacks. It can get scary at times.

On top of all of that, I just found out that my LDL cholesterol level is extremely high. I'm suppose to cut-out all fried foods, exercise more, and quit drinking.

In other words, I'm in for a complete lifestyle change. If I can just get through the next week or so, I'm going to pick a day and do all of that and try to stop smoking again.

Sully · 09-13-2012, 08:10 PM

I'm rare, I guess
Been smoking for about six years. Started when I was 30.
I ****ing hate it. It completely owns me right now, and I can't seem to find any willpower to quit.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 09-13-2012, 08:21 PM

I smoke roughly a pack of Salem Gold shorts a day. I'm not proud of it. I watched my dad die from his 3rd bout with cancer but I still smoke. I gave it up for 11 years while I was married, bought a pack the day we separated 8 years ago and have been at it again since.

Discuss Thrower · 09-13-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

I'm rare, I guess
Been smoking for about six years. Started when I was 30.
I ****ing hate it. It completely owns me right now, and I can't seem to find any willpower to quit.

30? Late bloomer?

NewChief · 09-13-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

30? Late bloomer?

One of our good friends did the same shit. We were all smokers back in college when we partied our asses off, but she never smoked through all those years despite the fact she was around it constantly. Most of us quit as we got older and had families. Then she gets married, has kids, becomes a nurse... and STARTS SMOKING AT 33 YEARS OLD. WTF??

We've all quit years ago, but she's still smoking away.

Discuss Thrower · 09-13-2012, 08:43 PM

That's just odd.. Of course I'm the douche that botches about smoking when I allowed peer pressure to persuade me into smoking over one summer.

07-29-2012, 11:28 AM
Sucky Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Casino cash: $10004900	Do you smoke cigarettes? Just curious if anyone else smokes here. I smoke on and off (not addicted). Just bought some cigs at a store though.
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09-13-2012, 02:24 AM	#155
Assud Rookie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Seattle Casino cash: $10004900	I enjoy smoking cigarettes, but I certainly do not advocate the use of tobacco. You live and then you die, and thanks to modern medicine most people live well past their due. Smoking can be seen as an affirmation of life, but I'm sure there are much healthier ways of obtaining the same affirmation.. Whatever that means.
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09-13-2012, 02:30 AM	#157
Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5391831	Nope, never have. I smoked half of one in sixth grade and hated it.
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09-13-2012, 08:10 PM	#161
Sully It Goes On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $10026331	I'm rare, I guess Been smoking for about six years. Started when I was 30. I ****ing hate it. It completely owns me right now, and I can't seem to find any willpower to quit. __________________ "And I don't wish that girl any bad luck," he said, "but I hope she gets hit with a car." - Tommy Lasorda
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09-13-2012, 08:21 PM	#162
Dr. Johnny Fever stax of wax Join Date: Feb 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	I smoke roughly a pack of Salem Gold shorts a day. I'm not proud of it. I watched my dad die from his 3rd bout with cancer but I still smoke. I gave it up for 11 years while I was married, bought a pack the day we separated 8 years ago and have been at it again since. __________________ courtesy of BoneKrusher "Baseball? It's just a game. As simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, a business and sometimes a religion." Ernie Harwell
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Discuss Thrower "You like to drink?" Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "I like to drink." Casino cash: $3256869	That's just odd.. Of course I'm the douche that botches about smoking when I allowed peer pressure to persuade me into smoking over one summer. __________________ Chiefs 2016 Opponents: Home: JAX, TEN, NO, TB, NYJ. Away: HOU, IND, ATL, CAR, PIT Chiefs 2017 Opponents: Home: BUF, MIA, PHI, WSH, AFC North. Away: NE, NYJ, NYG, DAL, AFC South
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