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smoking

October 06, 2005, 11:05:37 PM

trying to quit smoking guys.man what a day its been.hadn't had a cig since i went to bed last night until about 5 minutes ago.man what a rush.went from 2 packs a day to 1 cig today.!! it was kinda rough the first 20 minutes this morning when i got up.kept wanting to reach for one.got a bit easier as the day progressed until....they came home from school!!!oh no!!!!then she came home from work.no really,she has been a real help.i finally pushed her buttons earlier this evening though.the real pain is going to be tomorrow afternoon when we are having a birthday party for the youngest.that means a whole lot of aaaaahhhhhgggg!!!help me please!someone....anyone!

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Reply #1 – October 07, 2005, 02:08:35 AM

drink coffee ormouitan dew.`Chew gum

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Reply #2 – October 07, 2005, 05:06:58 AM

Mountain Dew to me is the same as a beer, if I have one in my hand, I gotta have the cig in another.

Hats off to ya' though. My wife and I are doing the same thing, and it sin't easy. Gets easier after a couple days.

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Reply #3 – October 07, 2005, 10:36:27 AM

just think. your kids will be able to breath and you won't stink like a stale cig butt anymore. That should help keep one or two of those things away from yah.

I feel for yah though. i have been watching my mom try to quit for years. I know it is very hard. Best of luck to yah.

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Reply #4 – October 07, 2005, 10:42:45 AM

I'm not sure that replacing nicotine with caffine is the best idea. While caffine isn't nearly as bad, it can still damage you.

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Reply #5 – October 07, 2005, 11:05:45 AM

thanks for the encouraging words guys.day 2 has started and all is well - for now.yeah,i have started to drink more soda over the last couple days now.a pepper drinker myself.man where my sides hurtin this morning.gotta buy some carrot sticks or something to replace that routine.

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Reply #6 – October 07, 2005, 11:09:40 AM

suckers worked for my mom for a while. maybe you can find some sugar free ones.

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Reply #7 – October 07, 2005, 11:12:13 AM

Here's a tip for you, once you quit for good NEVER pick up another one again.... Its only a matter of time if you do one here one there and you WILL be a full-time smoker again....

I quit for 7 months and in July I smoked on vacation

like an a$$ hole, and guess what I'm back to a pack a day like an idiot. SO ONCE YOU QUIT NEVER PICK UP AGAIN... Now I have to do it all over again....

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Reply #8 – October 07, 2005, 12:48:34 PM

Best of luck to you man. I enjoy one every now and then but never really picked up a pack-a-day habit or anything. I hope you can kick it.

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Reply #9 – October 07, 2005, 12:56:41 PM

i have to say, i have a lot of respect for you for quitting smoking

im personally a non-smoker, and both of my parents are heavy smokers, and theres times im woken up in the middle in the might by coughing fits, people thinking im a smoker because i smell like smoke, my lungs will burn if im not at the house for say two days, and i come home

its rough man, keep that in mind when it comes to your family, you wont smell like smoke, they wont put up with smoke, your lungs somewhat clear up a bit, its definatly a good thing

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Reply #10 – October 07, 2005, 05:13:25 PM

Yes, that's the good thing about lungs, they heal. Here's an interesting timeline I found online, I'm sure you've seen it before.

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After 8 hours:

* Carbon monoxide in your body drops
* Oxygen level in your blood increases to normal

After 2 days:

* You sense of smell and taste will improve. You will enjoy your food more.
* Your risk of heart attack begins to decrease.

After 3 – 4 days:

* Bronchial tubes relax and your lung capacity will have increased, making breathing easier.

After 2 weeks:

* Blood flow improves; nicotine has passed from your body

Within 2 weeks to 3 months:

* Circulation will improve, making walking and running easier; lung functioning increases up to 30%

Within 6 to 9 months:

* You’ll experience less coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath

After 1 year:

* Your risk of heart disease will be about half of what it would have been if you continued to smoke

After 5 years:

* Your risk of stroke will be substantially reduced; within 5 to 15 years after quitting, it becomes about the same as a non-smokers.

After 10 years:

* Your risk of dying from lung cancer will be about half of what it would have been if you had continued to smoke.
* Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas will also decrease.

Within 15 years:

* Your risk of dying from a heart attack is equal to a person who never smoked.

Now I need to quit. I don't even like to tell people that I do smoke, but it's the sad truth. Probably been on-and-off for a year and a half now.

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Reply #11 – October 07, 2005, 05:34:11 PM

I smoked when I was a kid, the quit in 1989 after a four day stay in the hospital due to athsma. Then around about 1997, I started smoking again. It was innocent enough - I was at a party with my brothet and one of his friends handed me a Colt cigar. My judgment being impaired from the alcohol (one of three times in my life I was drunk) I said "what the hell" and smoked it. It tastes and felt good, so the next day I bought a pack. There are five in a pack. That first pack lasted two days. Eventually I was smoking four packs a day, so I decided that cigarettes would be better for me and cheaper. I continued to smoke for another few years until another four day vacation in the hospital smartened me up again. That was in February 2002, and I haven't smoked since. This time I'm certaiin I'll never take the habit up again. In addition to it being much harder to actually smoke (no bars, no restaurants, and not at work) the ed things now cost over $10/pack! No goded way I'd ever pay that...

One thing I will say though - with the first time and the second time I quit, even years later, there are times that I crave a smoke. It'll never happen, of course, but the cravings are there occasionally

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Reply #12 – October 07, 2005, 06:03:48 PM

I think it was Mark Twain who said "Quitting smoking is easy. I've doen it thousands of times."

I would smoke every summer in high school (my job required me to) and when football season would come around I would just chew. A lot of my buddies have quit by switching to chew for a while. Once you've chewed for a while, it's a lot easier so quit that.

Nick

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Reply #13 – October 07, 2005, 06:41:39 PM

Quote from: stuntmannick

I would smoke every summer in high school (my job required me to)

What kind of job was that? The only thing I know of that you get paid to smoke is in health surveys, tests and stuff like that.

I don't smoke. After dealing with my fathers smoking my whole life, I don't think I ever will. It's expensive and annoying. I hate leaving the house smelling like smoke. Probably half the people I knew in high school thought I smoked because of it.

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Reply #14 – October 07, 2005, 09:15:19 PM

My Grandmother is dieing from a lung disease. She smoked for over 35 years. Its gotten to the point were she can't even walk through the local wal-mart without using a nebulizer (breathing machine). I will never smoke because of this. She is only in her late 60's, old yes but I know she would feal ten times better if she had never smoked....