So it's now officially 24 hours since my lost smoke...

[DiabloTX]

Its step 3 in Diablos process of becomming a metrosexual! 

Fixed!



I know it's not a Preenus but it's close enough.  OH NOEZ!!111!!!!11!1

[JB88]

its raining cars.

haleluja.

 

[ROX]

Keep going Diablo

The only bad thing that happened to me was I gained some weight.  But to quote my wife (a nurse) "You can lose weight...but you can't lose cancer."

Hang in there....we BELIEVE in you!


ROX

[Elfie]

Over 48 hours into it and it feels remarkably normal.  In other words, I have no over-whelming need to run 10 miles to the convenience store and buy me a pack.  So far the amazing thing is I can smell things I couldn't before (damn cats!) and taste things more completely now.  After only 2 days into it.  I wonder what 2 weeks into it is going to be like.  Thanks for the platitudes fellas, I won't let you down.

I just made it past the 3 month mark myself. I didn't use lozenges or gum or patches, I just did it cold turkey (and a lot of prayer). Keep up the good work, you've made it 2 days, you can also make it the rest of your life.

[ROX]

Diablo....Keep going bro!

You are stronger than something out to kill you.

If it were an assailant with a knife...would you give in?



YOU CAN DO IT!




ROX

[AKIron]

In Texas, we'd say it was "queer" or "oklahoma-like" but never "daft". 

McBait?

Stick with it, you will thank yourself.

[Nefarious]

Keep going DiabloTX!

I have been smoke free since Feb 3 of 2007. I smoked for 14 years, not very long in some smokers lives, but long enough to know what it is like to quit.

My advice? Straws... Cut them in thirds. Chew them. Try to avoid social situations like bars or parties for at least 6 months. The first time back in a social situation is tough, be prepared to fight the urge, the first time I stepped foot inside a bar after I quit, I got really sick the day after, not because I drank too much... Well, maybe a little, but I really think the second hand smoke got to me.

Once you reach a year, the smell can still be antagonizing, but the urge to smoke was gone for me.

 

[BTW]

And things are going well.  Interestingly enough it's not something I decided to do but just happened.  I smoked my last cig lastnight at 11 pm and didn't feel like going to the store to get more.  $4/pack = $4/gallon gas...so, getting tired of having to shell out more and more $ for my sins, I decided I just didn't feel like getting more because of the cost and was feeling incredibly lazy.  I had bought a 3-tube pack of Commit lozenges about this time last year but quit using them after about 3 lozenges.  I decided to use them lastnight in lieu of getting some more cigs.  Surprisingly they didn't taste as bad as I remembered and the first one I took did a pretty good job of calming me down.  Right now I'm on my 5th one in 24 hours and doing pretty damn good.  The first 24 hours have always been very difficult for me but this time it wasn't bad at all.  It's kind of wierd to quit without really making my mind up to quit, I'm just doing it.  $4 x 30 days = $120 per month I'll be saving.  That's a lot of bread, man...a lot of bread. 

The trick to quitting is building up a reserve of happy memories while not smoking ( i.e., redefining yourself as a non-smoker but that sounds like psychobabble). I had at least 30 failed attempts. But they weren't a waste of time. During those failed attempts I made memories as a non-smoker. The last two failed attempts, I went back because of allergies. I would be quit for 6 months or so and all of a sudden I  would develop terrible allergies. Last time this happened I went to a doctor and he got the allergies under control. That was 2 1/2 years ago and I haven't had a cigarette since. I don't miss it, I don't think about it, and don't ya know my allergies went away about 4 months ago. So now I'm a non smoker without allergies

[Getback]

That is great. Supposebly nicotine leaves the system in men after just 3 days and 4 days for women.

[LePaul]

I was hoping HiTech would drop in and tell us how his efforts to quit went.

I recall he used Chantix, which is in the news for having more problematic side effects

[JB88]

I was hoping HiTech would drop in and tell us how his efforts to quit went.

I recall he used Chantix, which is in the news for having more problematic side effects

chantix = warping?

[Mustaine]

Fixed!

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I know it's not a Preenus but it's close enough.  OH NOEZ!!111!!!!11!1

 

<Click...sizzle> compliments of the horrible state of Illinois $63 for 2 cartons, that's $3.20 a pack or 16¢ for each luxurious Camel Ultra Light.

I even have a hookup in TN, KY, GA, and other tobacco southern states.

I will personally fight the good anti-prohibition fight for you bro! It's the 30's all over again, heck I may even end up getting Canadian smokes like Capone

[DiabloTX]

So tonight I got to meet one of my hero's, Mr. Gene "Failure Is Not An Option" Kranz.  This was a thrill that is indescribable.  It was a surprise from my mother in law, she bought my wife and I tickets to the annual Lunar Rendezvous "movie night" and what did we get?  One hour of Gene Kranz speaking of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions with special coverage of Apollo 13.  It was so freaking incredible to sit there and hear it from him instead of watching "Apollo 13" again.  Mr. Kranz has been a personal hero of mine for quite a while and this will be something I'll never, ever forget.  I had a personal laugh when, in the middle of his speech, he explained that Mission Control at that time lived off of a diet of "black coffee, cigarettes, and prayer."  A great man, one hell of an American. 



Again, thanks for the words of encouragement.  It's been over 96 hours now things are A-OK.  Maintaining an even keel has been easier than I was expecting and no nicotine fits so far.  It is about 98% mental as this one has been th easiest and all I've changed was my mental attitude.  Thanks guys!

[SD67]

Mustaine... you do know that 9/10 men who have tried Camels prefer women.

[Pei]

Mustaine... you do know that 9/10 men who have tried Camels prefer women.

I thought 9/10 men who have tried camels became suicide bombers?