Slappie 9 #1 April 4, 2005 I've made it 12 hours!! 7 of them I was asleep though. I promised my dad I would quit for my birthday if he made it a year. He made his one year on March 6th. So I'm trying... Wish me luck and lemme know any tricks you guys used. 21 years seems like a long time, until you put it up against my dad's 58 years. Went to the doc last week to get advice. He prescribed Zyban & a small low dose Xanax pill if and when I get really fired up to help calm me down. I also bought some sunflower seeds. While I was in the liquor store Saturday night I got a box of cocktail straws. Man this is ROUGH!! Oh ya can't forget the patch CQ stage 1.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #2 April 4, 2005 Yay! Good for you!! Hope all those distractions and meds help. One thing I did was to actually admit to myself and those around me when I was craving a ciggie. I said it out loud, let it be OK to want one, and then just didn't follow through. It seemed to work better than denying that I was seriously jonesing. Good luck! you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huka551 0 #3 April 4, 2005 OK now I really want one! Muff Brother 3723 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #4 April 4, 2005 Oh trust me everyone who works with me are all being very nice to me. I'm not denying anything. I'll be the first to admit I'm jonesing really bad. I also decided I'm not going to change my routine. I can't.. That's how I live. I had my coffee this morning, and it was hard, but I made it.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #5 April 4, 2005 Good for you! You can always do what my mom did - she just decided to see how long she could go without one. That was in 1972. I think she finally got rid of her last pack sometime in the early 90s. (I guess she figured she'd gone long enough...)"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #6 April 4, 2005 Get something that will keep your hands busy, like a stress ball. Good luck!*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #7 April 4, 2005 Postpone them... tell yourself you'll have one in 5-min. After that time passes, tell yourself you'll have one in 10-minutes. In the mean-time, stay busy. I've been off them for 8-yrs. My wife(she worked for DEA) told me they are about as addictive as heroin. It's ROUGH... but, you can do it! The best of luck to you! You'll do it!!!Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #8 April 4, 2005 Just say to yourself "Self, I don't smoke anymore."Slappie, you don't smoke anymore. That's so like... "yesterday" i'm so sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #9 April 4, 2005 I dropped a three pack-a-day habit 17 years ago. The most important thing you need to do at this point is to start altering your environment. In order to become a non smoker, you need to place yourself, quite deliberately, in non-smoking situations. For example, sit in the non smoking section of restaurants. Stay away, for a time, from your friends who smoke (some will get offended by this, but those who are truly interested in your success, will understand), wash ALL your clothes and bedding. Clean, stem to stern your car. Get rid of all your ashtrays. These are just a few of the things I did this time that I didn't do last time. Controlling your environment is the only thing you can do. Take the bull by the horns and get it done. Good Luck. Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #10 April 4, 2005 Quote Just say to yourself "Self, I don't smoke anymore." Slappie, you don't smoke anymore. That's so like... "yesterday" i'm so sure. HAHA That's awesome! Can cocktail straws kill me? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 April 4, 2005 QuoteCan cocktail straws kill me? Maybe, if you tried to smoke them..."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #12 April 4, 2005 Cool! Congrats! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #13 April 4, 2005 OMG!! I WANT A FUCKING CIGARETTE!!!! ok ok straw instead.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #14 April 4, 2005 It's OK to want one. Just stay strong. You can dooo iiiiiiit!!! you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #15 April 4, 2005 don't provide him with false hope Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #16 April 4, 2005 Hey, I did it cold turkey - no gum, no patch, no straws, and minimal assualts. It's not false hope, it's true strength, and Slappie my friend, you've got it. The first few weeks are an absolute bitch though... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heidihagen 0 #17 April 4, 2005 ...let this thread die. it's easier when your not reminded (friends too) and don't count the hours as they pass! pm'di didn't lose my mind, i sold it on ebay. .:need a container to fit 5'4", 110 lb. cypres ready & able to fit a 170 main (or slightly smaller):.[/ce Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #18 April 4, 2005 you aren't making this easy for me Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #19 April 4, 2005 Quote...let this thread die. it's easier when your not reminded (friends too) and don't count the hours as they pass! pm'd Hunny I'm down to counting the mins!! I can talk about it. Only thing that's on my mind at the moment anyways. So don't let this thread die... As for Buried do your best bro.. you can't break my will power. Not even the lure of freedom in the air and the rush of a skydive would make me smoke again. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #20 April 4, 2005 You know what? Farts on jump run suck (unless I'm quietly and anonymously enjoying the havok I've wreaked), but I'll even take what Jesse deals over ciggie breath two inches from my nose. (GAG!) you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heidihagen 0 #21 April 4, 2005 maybe cold turkey isn't the best way? you know, gradually --only after meals & when you drink (that way can be tricky tho!!!)i didn't lose my mind, i sold it on ebay. .:need a container to fit 5'4", 110 lb. cypres ready & able to fit a 170 main (or slightly smaller):.[/ce Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #22 April 4, 2005 Quotemaybe cold turkey isn't the best way? you know, gradually --only after meals & when you drink (that way can be tricky tho!!!) you can do cold turkey - my grand dad did. and he smoked a carton and a half a day plus a handful of cigars. lung cancer got him 18 years later anyway...Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #23 April 4, 2005 Quotemaybe cold turkey isn't the best way? you know, gradually --only after meals & when you drink (that way can be tricky tho!!!) I actually thought about that. But if I'm smoking, I'm still smoking. When I woke up this morning I still had 5 cigarettes in a pack with my lighter on the bedside table. GF brought me a cup of coffee and I looked at that pack after a couple sips. Though what the hell, I have 5 left in this pack... Let's just finish it off. I then handed the pack the lighter and the ashtray to my GF and she put them away for me. Having a rough day today because I'm completely bored at work. It has been super slow today. Normally is at the begining of the months in my business. So I've had a alot of sit on my ass time with nothing to do... I had a routine, I would work for an hour and a half, go smoke relax and come back to my office and get back to work. If I sit in my office to long, my body tells me it's time to go smoke. I just took a walk around the building avoiding the front porch where I might run into someone smoking. Damn I want to kill someone... I think it might be time for a xanax I just have to add to those of you who have kicked the habit. Man do I respect you. Oh and this thread is my therapy. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #24 April 5, 2005 36 and a half hours! The first 72 are the worst... I'm just quiting by the hour. I don't need to smoke this hour. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #25 April 5, 2005 Yay! Stay strong!"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
