Smoking - I quit

[FatBusinessman]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
GODAMMIT SOMEONE GIVE ME A CIGARETTE NOW!

Solidarity, brother!

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by FatBusinessman

Solidarity, brother!

Eric Idle's rolling a bifta !!!!!!!!

 

[Gumbo]

Have you noticed how much CJ, Johnny_Darko and DaGaffer are posting recently, they are getting sucked in you know, they'll be one of us soon....

edit I'm having to edit far too much today, I think it's the heat :/

 

[Jonny_Darko]

Right, well it's 17:25. Off home in 5 mins.

Home will be tougher than work, as I have nothing to do with my fingers (!).

Going to the gym, and I usually light up for a refreshing burst of death after a good workout so I'll have to watch that one.

I'll report in tomorrow morning, hopefully with news of a successfully smoke-free evening!

Whipped? You with me?

 

[mank!]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
Going to the gym, and I usually light up for a refreshing burst of death after a good workout so I'll have to watch that one.

Get fit then pollute your lungs!

 

[whipped]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
Whipped? You with me?

I shall report in tomorrow, if I go to work. Having a temperature and feeling like shit is not good during these lovely summer days

 

[Yoni]

all the best Johnny I like lazerus substituted smoking with exercise and it worked untill I finally decided to go clubbing and after 6 months fell again to nicotine :|

However giving up smoking nicotine is something that I will acheive one day

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by Y0ni

However giving up smoking nicotine is something that I will acheive one day

Yes, you won't be able to smoke when they remove your lungs.

 

[Yoni]

very true leggy

 

[FatBusinessman]

Originally posted by Gumbo
Have you noticed how much CJ, Johnny_Darko and DaGaffer are posting recently, they are getting sucked in you know, they'll be one of us soon....

<pedant>

Three of us, surely?

</pedant>

 

[Gumbo]

I thought it was pretty awful grammer as i wrote it really, and again when I edited it, but in the end I just thought fuckit!

 

[The-Don]

Your signature excuses you, Gumbo

 

[old.Fweddy]

Originally posted by FatBusinessman
<pedant>

Three of us, surely?

</pedant>

Not at all. It's a corporate merger.

 

[Meatballs]

When you guys all started smoking, did you actually enjoy inhaling or what? I like the smell of some brands of fags, (others fucking reek though), and generally dont mind inhaling it from afar, but whenever I've tried smoking, its just like a really unpleasant taste in the mouth/coughing, I have a few puffs of friends cigars sometimes just to piss around sometimes, but they're not really that enjoyable either. Did you have to work hard at it to get into it or something?

 

[whipped]

I hope you put your patch on this morning Jonny and resisted temptation.

I am going to work today. Still ill, but there's no way I'm missing a lovely hot day like this, sat at home. As my mum always said, "Paracetomal every 4 hours and a good mental attitude will cure anything"

Besides, I have friends to go out with tonight and it's a bit cheeky if I have the day off and then go out and get largered

 

[Jonny_Darko]

Well I've made it this far but CJ will be in soon to tempt me. Had a coughing fit last night I couldn't believe. The blood wasn't coming out but I could tell it ripped somethig inside...

I have not put a patch on because I'd prefer to go cold turkey. Got one on me however, and it's going on if things get tough.

 

[whipped]

God lad. Don't let CJ get under your skin. Just call him a Northen Numpty or something if he starts ribbing you. Or better yet, see if he fancies joining the quiting band wagon.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Switch to crack cocaine instead. You'll never look back and you'll soon forget about nicotene!

 

[Jonny_Darko]

It's 17:00 on Wednesday!

Made it for over 24 hrs now with not even a slight craving. I didn't even bother putting that patch on in the end.

This is crazy, usually I'd be a gibbering wreck by now but for some reason I feel totally fine.

I'll report back in the morning, hopefully still clean.

 

[Furr]

its too hot to smoke

 

[whipped]

I'm off out tonight for beer and pizza. Let's see if I can make it through the night.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
It's 17:00 on Wednesday!

Made it for over 24 hrs now with not even a slight craving. I didn't even bother putting that patch on in the end.

This is crazy, usually I'd be a gibbering wreck by now but for some reason I feel totally fine.

I'll report back in the morning, hopefully still clean.

24 hours? The physical addiction is out of your system now. The rest is all mental. The more you realise that, the morel likely you'll quit. You realise your brain is telling you bad things so your brain counteracts it and behaves well! Aww, isn't Mr. Brain sweet?

 

[echo]

/CAST +10 CRAVINGS




No one likes a quitter!

 

[Quige]

Originally posted by Damini
See, what I did to give up was to use nicotine patches and get fat.

My clothes smell a lot nicer, but they're all in the cupboard because I've out grown them.

Its sad but true. So... my way of quitting was to hole myself up in my room with videos, nicorette patches and enough sugar based foods to kill nineteen diabetics.

<empathy> so, so very, very true ... hello world, don't mind me over here, with my XXL T-Shirts </empathy>

I'm still glad I gave up the ol' evil nicotine tho,

.. of course the thing that finally worked for me, well it's a bit extreme I grant you, but getting the misses pregnant, effective in the long run ,

but seriously, all the best to those trying to quit. As other's have said the physical addition goes very fast, the rest is just head stuff and habit from now on. Once I realised that, I saw that things like going out for fag break at work, were more about just stoping work for a bit, and going and having a chat with a mate, than the cigarette - so I went out with them anyway, they had their fags, I took along a drink. For me I did tell everyone, and if they tried any undermining behaviours I just told them to sod off.

I did use a patch treatment, one you slept with it on, and though it did upset my sleep initially, I got used to it, and the benefit of waking up without a nicotine craving was worth it - the morning always being a dangerous time ... once you smoke in the morning you know you are going to smoke through out the day.

The patch helped me down and off the nicotine, but after that I found that these sort of things helped;

Pepper your calendar with 'anniversaries', start frequent ... at the beginning it's very much, get through the hours & the days take care of themselves, get through the days and then the weeks, etc, Buy yourself treats with the money you haven't spent on fags. Ultimately you're going to be saving money, but that's not important now. Always be mindful of how long you have been without smoking, how hard that time has been, and how you aren't going to waste it all by caving in. Tell yourself what an idiot that would make you.

Everytime you feel an urge, actively remind yourself of all the reasons you don't want to be smoking, go through the arguments, convince yourself that this is what you want and that you will triumph.If thinking about painful death works for you, think on the many and varied ways smoking provides.

As time goes on and you get through stressful times without smoking make sure to remember those times and congratulate yourself on getting through. Be shameless, tell someone close, how hard it was to get through that situation, hopefully they'll congratulate you, tell you how well you've managed. Next time it'll be easier to get through that dangerous situation.

Try and think of all the situations you might be tempted to have a cig in. Try and work out what your response will be in advance. The mental part of the addiction is a sneaky thing. About a year and half after giving up, I was walking along and saw an almost unsmoked fag on the pavement. Suddenly out of nowhere this immense impulse to bend down pick it up and smoke it came apon me. Something I had never done before (your own fag butts from the bin yes, but not from a stranger's discard.) It was like I'd never imagined this scenario, didn't have that port blocked at the firewall, no guards in place, and my addiction had stuck at me through the unexpected opening. Luckily I had no way to light it up.

If you end up having a fag, don't just give up giving up & don't beat yourself up too much - it was just a slip, everyone one is human, everyone is fallable, the point is to not give up, just go back to trying.

Well these are some things that helped me. So maybe they might help you ... Good luck.

 

[old.D0LLySh33p]

I quit about a month ago after a week in Amsterdam.

Since then I've only had half a packet...

doh!

 

[Quige]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
I have not put a patch on because I'd prefer to go cold turkey. Got one on me however, and it's going on if things get tough.

... might be worth keeping some gum on you too. Slap a patch on and it's going to take a while to get into you. The gum is a fast hit even if it tastes real bad. hold things off until the patch can kick in.

 

[Jonny_Darko]

Right, hello all, thanks for the continued support.

It's now day 3. Last night I thought about smoking twice, but quickly put the thought out of my mind. (Once by eating a grapefruit, once by, well, telling myself to stop being a pussy.)

Cold turkey wemt quite well yesterday. Again I have the patch on me but I'm hoping not to have to open it?

Whipped, how'd you do? And do I need to whip you, or is your "Beneath a steal sky" headline a clever pun or a cock-up?

 

[whipped]

Hmmm, I wondered if anyone would notice the pun, as I couldn't find the download on the SCUMMVM site.

Went for Pizza and beer last night and didn't get tempted once, apart from the walk there. Everyone smoking bifftas was a bit hard, but being ill helped.

 

[echo]

Good lad, I just went to the shops for a 20 deck of Embassy

Keep going!

 

[Tom]

Keep it up Jonny, if you want a ciggie just remember that if you give in, its another week or so wasted. You're stronger than that!