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Boy do I want a cigarette

Never smoked cigarettes -- My parents used to then my sister then grandma -- we would have dinner and then they would start I think that is waht totally turned me off. Mary Jane and Cigars on the other hand .....
 
bentalphanerd said:
Its an evil addiction. I've been smoking for about 20 years...can't stop. Each time I try I go weird (o.k weird-er) . After a day I seriously can't remember what I'm doing from one minute to the next ....after about 2 weeks of that I give up giving up.

Stay strong IGG - that stuff'll kill you.
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After about a month that stuff fades, Bent. You just stop and hang in there. No other way, IMO, other than cold turkey. Find a nicotine substitute and that helps take the edge off.

thehotpepper.com said:
So I guess you haven't tried American Spirit Cayenne?
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I'm an ass for Googling this. My brand was AS, so i thought it was something new. Call me gullible. :rolleyes:
 
fineexampl said:
After about a month that stuff fades, Bent. You just stop and hang in there. No other way, IMO, other than cold turkey. Find a nicotine substitute and that helps take the edge off.
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Will do...when i find four weeks in a row to lose it in.

stoopid responsibilities get in the way :D
 
I've cut back dramatically(like a smoke every few days or so.....a pack will last me 3 weeks now), but i'm still finding it hard to shake off completely. Dirty rat bastard tobacco companies....
 
I just quit 5 months ago when I was going through interview process to become a paramedic. I quit cold turkey, but with the idea that I could start again once I was in. Now Im 5 months in, I keep thinking "How stupid would I feel if I started again!" And also, count how many people are glad they quit, Vs. how many are glad they started smoking again. I keep running that through my head over and over, seems to work.

Im finding boredom+tiredness=me wanna suck on a lung biscuit, so I try and keep busy a lot more now. In fact, I started gardening from boredom, which led me to chillies, which led me here. So, therefore, if you quit smoking, you will join thp.com! Simple!
 
McGoo said:
I just quit 5 months ago when I was going through interview process to become a paramedic. I quit cold turkey, but with the idea that I could start again once I was in. Now Im 5 months in, I keep thinking "How stupid would I feel if I started again!" And also, count how many people are glad they quit, Vs. how many are glad they started smoking again. I keep running that through my head over and over, seems to work.

Im finding boredom+tiredness=me wanna suck on a lung biscuit, so I try and keep busy a lot more now. In fact, I started gardening from boredom, which led me to chillies, which led me here. So, therefore, if you quit smoking, you will join thp.com! Simple!
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Ya, boredom and/or heavy drinking makes me ramp up my lung rocket usage big time. So i have to be really careful when i start rocking the vodka or gin hard.
 
I'm not addicted either - I can quit anytime I want. In fact, I've quit at least two dozen times in the last three years.

Mike
 
fineexampl said:
I'm an ass for Googling this. My brand was AS, so i thought it was something new. Call me gullible. :rolleyes:
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Heh. Sounds believable doesn't it?
 
I smoked cig's for about 7 years & up to 2 packs a day. it was a bitch quiting!!
I quit!! that morning, come afternoon I'm chain smoking. :lol:

it was a on off deal over a year w/o any help except my own will power.
& I finally quit smoking.

I haven't had a cig in the past 9 years.
it'd take alot of stress or ? before I'd ever crave a cig ever again. even if I did have a couple I doubt I'd ever make it a habit again.
though I can taste the flavor just thinking of them.
 
imaguitargod said:
Me too....mmmm...Marloboro Reds and Newports......NO! Snap out of it! You don't want one!
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Marlboro Reds and Newports??!? Listen, son, if you're gonna fall off the wagon, at least make it one helluva bounce.....you want, no, you need LUCKY STRIKES!
 
imaguitargod said:
Me too....mmmm...Marloboro Reds and Newports......NO! Snap out of it! You don't want one!
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Haha when i first started smoking, just like all kids I smoked marlboro reds cause i thought i was a badass.


Then I moved to newports, but got tired of those and started smoking those marlboro 72s, in the little short boxes. Plus they were always 3 for 2 back then.
 
I hear ya man. I'm 28 and have been smoking since I was 14. I'm a snob about it though, I'll only smoke American Spirits or Nat Shermans. I know I should stop, but the problem is, I love to smoke.
 
*glances around*

Ok, I will only say this where my mother can't hear it, but I really ought to thank her for riding all of three of our asses about The Evils of Cigarettes. If I had ever started smoking, I would be a chain smoker, and I would probably never be able to quit.

*glances around again*

Ok, if any of you show her this, I'll swear you hacked my account.
 
I somehow managed to never start. I smoked a half a pack when I was 14 or 15 and maybe a couple of packs over the "first turned 21 year" in the bar, but luckily never got addicted. I think it may have been because I bartended for 15 years and got second hand smoke so much that I will probably die of lung cancer anyway.
 
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