no, and this doesn't help. trust meEverah wrote:You know, another thing that might work, have ten of your friends use your next bottle of Guiness Draught as an ash tray, then 'accidentally' drink it in one gulp. See if that helps. Otherwise, you're gonna have to resort to sheer will power or my crappy sense of humor. The second may save you from smoking but will almost certainly push you to drinking.
So i'm trying something new. Quitting smoking
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I'm sorry.MrPotatoes wrote:not yet
no, and this doesn't help. trust meEverah wrote:You know, another thing that might work, have ten of your friends use your next bottle of Guiness Draught as an ash tray, then 'accidentally' drink it in one gulp. See if that helps. Otherwise, you're gonna have to resort to sheer will power or my crappy sense of humor. The second may save you from smoking but will almost certainly push you to drinking.
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MrPotatoes, I've been here before. Stick in there. Quitting is the best thing you can do for yourself and your family.
The withdrawal will pass. If you don't quit, emphysema will not pass. I know: 40% of both of my lungs is dead air space and scar tissue. My wife worries every time the weather gets hot or dusty that she might have to take me to the hospital.
I quit in 1985, about 10 years or so later than I should have. (Well, I never should have started, but...)
Do yourself a big favor, stick with it. If you aren't married you probably will be, do your wife a favor.

The withdrawal will pass. If you don't quit, emphysema will not pass. I know: 40% of both of my lungs is dead air space and scar tissue. My wife worries every time the weather gets hot or dusty that she might have to take me to the hospital.
I quit in 1985, about 10 years or so later than I should have. (Well, I never should have started, but...)
Do yourself a big favor, stick with it. If you aren't married you probably will be, do your wife a favor.
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yea, i honestly feel alot better today than i did yesterday. i only have a very minor headache and no shivers, fever like feeling or the shakes. can't belive i went down that fast. but i'm waiting for it to come back. good timesBill H wrote:MrPotatoes, I've been here before. Stick in there. Quitting is the best thing you can do for yourself and your family.
The withdrawal will pass. If you don't quit, emphysema will not pass. I know: 40% of both of my lungs is dead air space and scar tissue. My wife worries every time the weather gets hot or dusty that she might have to take me to the hospital.
I quit in 1985, about 10 years or so later than I should have. (Well, I never should have started, but...)
Do yourself a big favor, stick with it. If you aren't married you probably will be, do your wife a favor.
oh actually, i'm very lightheaded. i forgot to mention that
yeah, i know because i've done it. it only wanted me to have a ciggy after the vomiting. to take the taste out of my mouth.Everah wrote:I'm sorry.MrPotatoes wrote:not yet
no, and this doesn't help. trust meEverah wrote:You know, another thing that might work, have ten of your friends use your next bottle of Guiness Draught as an ash tray, then 'accidentally' drink it in one gulp. See if that helps. Otherwise, you're gonna have to resort to sheer will power or my crappy sense of humor. The second may save you from smoking but will almost certainly push you to drinking.
at least it wasn't a bottle of chum *shudder*
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Having never smoked myslef I've never needed to quit but I know plenty of people who've tried and failed. Several times. You what's *always* the thing that starts them smoking again? Being in the pub. If we go to the pub all the other smokers start smoking, the people trying to quit start drinking and then they let their gaurd down and start smoking. Keep away from the pub for a couple of weeks 
It's curious... my flat mate tried quitting a fair few times and always started again even if he didn't go to the pub but it was always whilst drinking.... even if just a few beers. Apparently "beer goes down better with a ciggy.."
It's curious... my flat mate tried quitting a fair few times and always started again even if he didn't go to the pub but it was always whilst drinking.... even if just a few beers. Apparently "beer goes down better with a ciggy.."
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way to notice.d11wtq wrote:Having never smoked myslef I've never needed to quit but I know plenty of people who've tried and failed. Several times. You what's *always* the thing that starts them smoking again? Being in the pub. If we go to the pub all the other smokers start smoking, the people trying to quit start drinking and then they let their gaurd down and start smoking. Keep away from the pub for a couple of weeks
It's curious... my flat mate tried quitting a fair few times and always started again even if he didn't go to the pub but it was always whilst drinking.... even if just a few beers. Apparently "beer goes down better with a ciggy.."
yea, that's a very big thing. so i'm staying away for awhile. for some reason smoking and drinking goes together very well and i don't get it myself. and since we can smoke in some of the bars here i'm not gonna even bother to go
Or move to a city that bans smoking in public facilities - like pubs. Columbus & Dublin Ohio both do so. It makes visiting a bar so much more enjoyable.d11wtq wrote:Having never smoked myslef I've never needed to quit but I know plenty of people who've tried and failed. Several times. You what's *always* the thing that starts them smoking again? Being in the pub. If we go to the pub all the other smokers start smoking, the people trying to quit start drinking and then they let their gaurd down and start smoking. Keep away from the pub for a couple of weeks
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That would cover a vast number of public venues - including pubs (some of them) in the UKRoja wrote:Or move to a city that bans smoking in public facilities - like pubs. Columbus & Dublin Ohio both do so. It makes visiting a bar so much more enjoyable.d11wtq wrote:Having never smoked myslef I've never needed to quit but I know plenty of people who've tried and failed. Several times. You what's *always* the thing that starts them smoking again? Being in the pub. If we go to the pub all the other smokers start smoking, the people trying to quit start drinking and then they let their gaurd down and start smoking. Keep away from the pub for a couple of weeks
EDIT | Anyone from Durham it's the New Inn on the hill, Saints Bar near the river and Wetherspoons on north road
seems I heard on NPR a few months back that some city in Washington was going to ban it on streets tooRoja wrote:Or move to a city that bans smoking in public facilities - like pubs. Columbus & Dublin Ohio both do so. It makes visiting a bar so much more enjoyable.
something to that effect, my facts are definitely not 100% straight on this, but I do recall being taken aback by the story...I'm pretty sure it was Melissa Block reporting.
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I've been smoking for 7 years and 3 months ago I stopped...
tricks that helped me. (I didnt cheated once in the past 3 months and I had no craving whasoever)
I never took anything to chew or patch or nothing, I was smoking around 1 pack a day. And on fri and sat night it went up to 2-3 depending if I was clubbing or not.
Let me first say that I HATE doing cardio (treadmills) but I forced myself and started ruinning 5 min every 2 days
then 10 min. and beleive me, it does help.
The thing is nobody can help you stop, you have to decide by yourself.
tricks that helped me. (I didnt cheated once in the past 3 months and I had no craving whasoever)
I never took anything to chew or patch or nothing, I was smoking around 1 pack a day. And on fri and sat night it went up to 2-3 depending if I was clubbing or not.
Let me first say that I HATE doing cardio (treadmills) but I forced myself and started ruinning 5 min every 2 days
then 10 min. and beleive me, it does help.
The thing is nobody can help you stop, you have to decide by yourself.