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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:16 am
by MrPotatoes
not yet
Everah 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.

no, and this doesn't help. trust me
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:48 am
by RobertGonzalez
MrPotatoes wrote:not yet
Everah 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.

no, and this doesn't help. trust me
I'm sorry.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:58 am
by Bill H
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.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:58 am
by MrPotatoes
Bill 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.

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 times
oh actually, i'm very lightheaded. i forgot to mention that
Everah wrote:MrPotatoes wrote:not yet
Everah 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.

no, and this doesn't help. trust me
I'm sorry.

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.
at least it wasn't a bottle of chum *shudder*
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:09 am
by Bill H
but i'm waiting for it to come back.
It may come back. But each time it does (if it does) it will pass. And each time it does (if it does) it will be a little less bad. And the day will come, it will come, that it doesn't come back. That's a promise.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:13 am
by Burrito
good that you stuck with it...that first day is the hardest. I think if you can make it past the next 3 or 4, you're good to go...taco bell good to go even.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:29 am
by Chris Corbyn
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.."

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:33 am
by Charles256
only time I EVER think of smoking is if I'm drinking....
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:34 am
by MrPotatoes
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.."

way to notice.
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
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:36 am
by Burrito
I only smoke when I'm on river trips and at casinos.
on the river, I roll my own so it's kind of a deterent from smoking a lot, and I rarely go to casinos so I don't smoke a bunch there either.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:05 pm
by Roja
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

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.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:23 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Roja wrote: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

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.
That would cover a vast number of public venues - including pubs (some of them) in the UK

I agree, non-smokey pubs are far nicer places for non-smokers. I used to go to a few pubs as a student where you were allowed to smoke yet it wasn't smokey since it didn't seem to attract smokers.
EDIT | Anyone from Durham it's the New Inn on the hill, Saints Bar near the river and Wetherspoons on north road

Non-smokey.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:38 pm
by Burrito
Roja 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.
seems I heard on NPR a few months back that some city in Washington was going to ban it on streets too
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:49 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I had heard of a sity near us that was going to try the same thing. Indoor smoking has been banned for quite some time around here (Fremont, Newark, Union City area) so I wouldn't at all be surprised if they try that around here.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:54 pm
by Draco_03
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.