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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: kilz on January 02, 2015, 06:26:37 PM
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I quit smoking cold turkey Jan 1.
Looking for others that quit cold Turkey that wants to share tips and trucks with me.
I am not taking anything no chantex no patches no nicorett gum no nothing.
It's only been two days and I really want to hurt people lol
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The thing that helped me the most was knowing I wanted to quit. Once I finally decide to really do it... the quit a million times comes to mind....and I made it through the first day it was easy to just ignore the craving. Drink water, chew on straws. The water keeps your mind busy between drinking it, handling the bottle and looking for places to relieve yourself. The straw is just something to stick in your mouth like you use to do, and they are pretty much very low fat :)
Keep at it, it is very much worth it! Even beer taste better if you can believe that!
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Its tough. My wife and I put into a jar every week what I was spending on cigs. Decided I would get to spend it on whatever I wanted after I had quit good. Man the cash added up fast, even 30 years ago. I spent it on r/c airplanes.
Like I said it was tough. Had hemmoroids from the stress, headaches, and pretty grouchy for a couple weeks, then got better slowly. Keep at it and you will whip it, don't let it whip you.
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the first 2-3 weeks are the hardest. don't go where theres a lot of smoking going on. stay out of bars and such.
find something to pre-occupy yourself so you don't think about it....
if someone or something stresses you out(pisses you off) get away from it.
eat food with empty calories, if you can.
expect to put on weight no matter what..... I put on 25+ when I quit
good luck and best wishes. in the end you'll be better off and have more money in your pocket!
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I chewed the hell outta coffee straws....worked for me
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Good for you!
Wish I could. Will one day. But right now isnt the time for being grouchy.
Ya think Id learn. Already been through Chemo once.
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only tip you need, don't put a smoke in your mouth. It will be so damn hard, but it's worth it. Within a few years you'll wonder why you ever breathed filthy smoke into your luings
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Quitters...
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Congrats Kilz!!
What Fugitive said..
I quit cold turkey about 10 years ago.. after having smoked for 20 years.
Some will tell you they crave a cigarette every day the rest of their lives.. I won't. I rarely crave one.
But like he said, the thing is you have to want to quit. If you want to, you will. If you don't, no amount of drugs, patches, hypnosis, ..etc will make you quit.
Get through 3 days.. after that, its all mental.
You can do it!
:salute
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I used a vapor cig only for 6 months then didn't feel like charging it any more and just stopped and didnt care to smoke at all any more. April will be 4 yrs not even a drag. Good luck to you.
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After my heart attack I knew I had to quit and used zero nicotine ecigs. It will be a year this week.
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I quit smoking cold turkey Jan 1.
Looking for others that quit cold Turkey that wants to share tips and trucks with me.
I am not taking anything no chantex no patches no nicorett gum no nothing.
It's only been two days and I really want to hurt people lol
Pray :pray :pray :pray :pray.....and do it , you can, if the humans would be designed to smoke would have an exhaust pipe on top top their heads!
I did quit also, july 2013, after one of my best friends 38 yo, got diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Kilz...try either the gum or patches for a couple of weeks. Some states provide them free of charge. Do some research.
Kudos to you for you effort. Drink a lot of water thru a straw when you get the urge for a smoke. Stay away from booze.
After 2 weeks, you're pretty much over the hump.
Congrats for your wise decision!!
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Don't go to the store... if you can help it (so easy just to impulse buy...)
and clean...even if it is clean....clean it some more
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Thanks everyone for your replies.
It's so hard but I'm determined.
My kids are my inspiration but your tips are helpful.
Will keep everyone posted.
Till I have internet imma be killing the craps out of zombies
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Yes, straws, toothpicks, cloves ( dry kind in the spice aisle ). Cold water helps too. I kept a bottle slushy in the freezer at work. 8 years here. Too many dead friends, you know?
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Good luck kilz. I've never smoked, but I watched my Dad struggle with it for many years.
Do NOT beat yourself up if it gets the better of you, nor should you accept it.
:salute
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Alike Scherf I've never smoked, but my father has. Starting at the age of 8 to not feel so hungry at the end of the war through his entire career during the time when smoking was allowed and common even in the smallest office rooms filled with easily flammable papers. He quit cold turkey at his mother's funeral in 1997 and hasn't smoked ever since. No tricks, substitutes, nothing. Just a decision, knowing some day's may be harder than others. My wife did the same way over a decade ago. Both having the attitude that 150-200 pounds of human flesh must be stronger than one gram of dried leaves in a paper tube.
Nicotine gums and patches are merely air refresheners and will keep you hooked, sometimes even adding the dose. A friend tried the gum until once getting shakes and shivers and other poisoning symptoms from the stronger gums he had bought because the shop had run out of the milder ones.
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There you go. Smartest move of your life.
Don't fall for the minds Jedi trick, "If I just smoke one more, I will feel better and not need another smoke." It just resets the clock and makes it harder.
Win those wars one at the time.
Start a walking program. It can be as simple as parking a little further away. If you go to a store, circle the store first. Walk as fast as practical.
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I quit smoking cold turkey Jan 1.
Looking for others that quit cold Turkey that wants to share tips and trucks with me.
I am not taking anything no chantex no patches no nicorett gum no nothing.
It's only been two days and I really want to hurt people lol
Well , I went to the electrical cig or E-cig . Been three months to day with out a real cig . I can smell again all ready .No more smoke going down my lungs just vapor .
GOOD luck and hang with it and if you feel you just got to smoke don't go back . Get a vapor cig to get your nic . I can not even be in the room with some one smoking a regular cig now smell's so bad and I smoke for 30 year's pack a day or better .
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Keep a baggie with a few wet cigarette butts in your pocket. Open the bag and smell them whenever you want to smoke. You won't want one.
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Keep a baggie with a few wet cigarette butts in your pocket. Open the bag and smell them whenever you want to smoke. You won't want one.
When I read 'keep a baggie' I was expecting to see something else than wet cigarettes lol. I was wondering how's that going to help :)
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1. Every time you want a cigarette brush your teeth instead.
2. You must exercise to release the frustration and anger that would or can accumulate during a normal week that "when smoking would not be stressful". Endorphins are the natural drug your body releases during and after events such as sex or workingout.
3. Weight gain will happen if diet is not looked after.
And last... watch a video about lung and throat cancer anytime you feel like you are having a "Weak moment" a picture is worth a thousand words.
You will achieve your goal... If you are stubborn enough to see it through. :salute
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quit smoking cold turkey 3 yrs ago.. after 20+ yrs smoking.. no gum, no drugs, no e cig. nothing. cold turkey.
i found it suprisingly easy. I probably would have done it earlier if i hadn't heard my whole life how difficult it supposedly is.
i agree with what someone said early in the thread. i just had to decide to do it.. it occured to me i go 8 hours every night without smoking. i've gone 12 hours in airplanes and airports without it. and i lived... so decided around xmas of 2011 i would do it when my supply ran out (used to buy 8 cartons a month at the end).. i smoked my last cig, and that was that.
the cravings go away.. the stupid ritual changes.. (i remember the oddity of realizing how much a habit it had became.. certain places i'd always light up, every day on the way to work, etc. etc... now i can't even remember those.)
the biggest thing I noticed was the real heavy craving only lasted about as long as it took to smoke a cigarette, so once you're thru the 5 minutes, you just carry on and it's no biggie.
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I don't think the cravings ever go away . My father smoked most of his live and a few year's right before he died we were deer hunting and he told me he was setting there , now he had quit like 10 year's ago at this time and said I was setting there and I felt like I was craving something and he could not figure out what it's was until he said he reached in top front pocket to get a cig and at this time it hit him he was craving a cig after all those year's .
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I don't think the cravings ever go away .
yes they do.
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Well , I went to the electrical cig or E-cig . Been three months to day with out a real cig . I can smell again all ready .No more smoke going down my lungs just vapor .
GOOD luck and hang with it and if you feel you just got to smoke don't go back . Get a vapor cig to get your nic . I can not even be in the room with some one smoking a regular cig now smell's so bad and I smoke for 30 year's pack a day or better .
Keep in mind this is an addiction to a drug. E smoke is just another way to stay addicted to nicotine.
Smoking is often labeled a habit so don't full yourself. It is a drug addiction.
Yes the craving go away. One should be careful though. You are always only one puff away from turning stupid.
One neat thing happens when you quite and it is a defining moment. You start to smell people that smoke and it starts to stink.
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I know I am still getting my nicotine but I am cutting down the nicotine every month in the juice until I get to zero then I be done . That's the plan anyway . I know what you mean about addiction way to well so it be hard to tell me any thing about it .
I was addicted to the bottle for a long time as other thing's but I do not crave to drink now (quit in 1999) but it took me like five year's before I got like that . Just trip's me out that father had the cravings for a cig after all those year's of quitting that time .
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Do not get drunk with smoke enablers, if you do get drunk be with a positive influence that loves you.
If you get around smokers and want one, say no to yourself and walk away, preferably going to the gym or some other type of work.
:noid
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I quit smoking as a side effect of me taking wellbutrin to help with a car accident I had about 7 years ago. I took wellbutrin for about a month but within 1 week of taking it I stopped smoking without even realizing it. about 5 days into it, somebody asked me for a cigarrete then I realized I had none. first time in 20 years.
others in my company have taking wellbutrin and successfully quit as our company went smoke free last year.
semp
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Surprisingly day three I'm not feeling the need.
I am having breathing problems today.
Don't know if that's normal.
Coughing is starting to happen, I know that's normal
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I quit smoking cold turkey Jan 1.
Looking for others that quit cold Turkey that wants to share tips and trucks with me.
I am not taking anything no chantex no patches no nicorett gum no nothing.
It's only been two days and I really want to hurt people lol
Just quit Copenhagen after 35 years on Jan 1. I just chew some gum and yell at anyone who talks to me. Pretty simple really...
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I quit after 12 years of smoking back in 2003. I find I can have 1-3 cigarettes a year during special or holiday functions, but I would not recommend this to most people.
I quit cold turkey in 2003 but chewed Nicorette gum for about a year afterwards. I found the gum was more addicting than cigarettes due to the fact it was acceptable in every location at the time.
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Good Luck, I'm smoke free for 7 years after being a 2 to 3 pack a day of winston reds for almost 30 years.
Curious why you are not trying chantex ? It worked very well for me.
HiTech
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I went cold turkey, and the best advice that I have is to use that pissed off feeling to stay determined not to throw those hard fought days away. Keep piling on those days, until they turn to weeks, then months, then years...... but only concentrate on that day at hand (each day being a step towards feeling better).
Be careful of those triggers that you used to fire up thoughtless number of times: after drink, after coffee, after meal, after waking up, etc. Stay determined and pissed off .... including how much they cost and also how much they stink. I can't say that I used any substitute like carrot sticks or mints (but I would suggest to have some on hand).
Another thing that pissed me off about smoking was how out of shape I had become...... loading my truck became a chore, followed by violent coughing and gasping for air.
:salute and wtfg :aok
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Good Luck, I'm smoke free for 7 years after being a 2 to 3 pack a day of winston reds for almost 30 years.
Curious why you are not trying chantex ? It worked very well for me.
HiTech
Chantex way up Here is expensive.
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Chantex way up Here is expensive.
how much you spend a month on cigarettes.
semp
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I quit after 12 years of smoking back in 2003. I find I can have 1-3 cigarettes a year during special or holiday functions, but I would not recommend this to most people.
I quit cold turkey in 2003 but chewed Nicorette gum for about a year afterwards. I found the gum was more addicting than cigarettes due to the fact it was acceptable in every location at the time.
12 years Jan 1. I have sucked nicotine lozenges most days since then. They're more addictive than cigarettes ever were. We (Aust.) had a supply problem so I ordered 12 boxes from Walmart and stalked the DHL depot at the airport after following the path of the package on line.
I checked and the long term effects of nicotine replacements are nil. I think the only way I can quit is to start smoking again. All good though, but little kids think you're a grumpy old man for not sharing your sweets.
Good luck to all cigarette quitters - worst habit ever.
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You won't quit unless you want to. Then, you really just quit. I stopped 27 years ago after 1 to 2 packs a day for 10 or so years.
I just wanted to quit.
The more you think about it, the more you "try", the more you are reminded of it and tempted. Try this, walk up to a door, then start smacking your head into it. Now, "try" to quit :)
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You won't quit unless you want to. Then, you really just quit. I stopped 27 years ago after 1 to 2 packs a day for 10 or so years.
I just wanted to quit.
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that's my experience.. just gotta make the decision. i had finally had enough.. sick of waking up reaming brown crap out of my nose, hacking up garbage out of my lungs every morning at 36 yrs old. said to myself, lets just stop this, it's stupid and a waste of money and i'm getting nothing out of it.
i'll just add: sure it's a drug.. but nicotine withdrawal is not dangerous and cigarette smoking is a learned behaviour. you can unlearn it.
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I don't care what anyone says, the e-cig is the greatest invention ever. I quit cigarettes because I was in the hospital without nicotine for several days. I stayed quit because of zero nicotine e-cigs.
Even still I get cravings and puff an e-cig every now and then. Not sure I wouldn't light up if I didn't have that option. I know several people that quit the smokes with e-cigs and I bet they are glad they didn't listen to the macho "just quit cold turkey" nay sayers.
Do whatever works for you.
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I know several people that quit the smokes with e-cigs and I bet they are glad they didn't listen to the macho "just quit cold turkey" nay sayers.
Do whatever works for you.
true! smoking actual burning tobacco is the real health/quality of life problem.
but if you want to quit nicotine, at some point you have to quit nicotine.
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true! smoking actual burning tobacco is the real health/quality of life problem.
but if you want to quit nicotine, at some point you have to quit nicotine.
I think the addiction plus the habit combines to make it so difficult. With the E-cig you can control the nicotine level and drop it to zero while still satisfying the craving somewhat. That has worked for several people I know.
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I think the addiction plus the habit combines to make it so difficult. With the E-cig you can control the nicotine level and drop it to zero while still satisfying the craving somewhat. That has worked for several people I know.
This is my second time I went to the e-cig . I went two year's with them the first time . I could smell and taste again for the first time in 40 year's but slipped up and smoked a cigar and started smoking cigar's . Now I am back to the e-cig again two months now and just now starting to get my smell and taste back again .
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Congrats on quitting! Do not stop! Keep hydrated and exercise. This flushes the system. I quit two years ago with E-Cig. Went from pack and half of Marlboro lights a day and have stepped all the way down to occasional puffing on an e-cig with a 0% nicotine level. Good luck Sir!
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This is my second time I went to the e-cig . I went two year's with them the first time . I could smell and taste again for the first time in 40 year's but slipped up and smoked a cigar and started smoking cigar's . Now I am back to the e-cig again two months now and just now starting to get my smell and taste back again .
Cigars are my bane. Even now 16 years after I quit I can't go into a cigar/smoke shop. I love me a good cigar.
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I was actually lucky - I had hip surgery and couldn't move - and the wife refused to buy any for me.
They had given me an incentive thing a ma jig - see pic
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Incentive_spirometer.jpg/330px-Incentive_spirometer.jpg)
every time I felt the urge - I did the exercises they recommended, it helped remove the breathing in and out smoking urge, while also causing some serious coughing jags that reminded me why I actually wanted to quit. - I swear it was the best way to do it without -nicoderm, etc
4 years in march - no urges what so ever - once in a while I see someone light up and think- that looks good - then remind myself
1. you can't breath like a normal person now - (30 years of smoking causes some definite damage ) why go back to that?
2. At today's prices - figure 20 dollars a day saved- i was a 2 packer-
3. I actually can take a deep breath and not feel like I have to cough a lung out
4. 20 dollars a day
5. My clothes don't smell like an ashtray
6. 20 dollars a day
7. my breath doesn't small like an ashtray - you don't smell that if you smoke- but believe me it is true, it is an awful smell - I feel so bad that I subjected my kids to that awful smelling breath
8. 20 dollars a day
9. sex is better- way !!
10. 20 dollars a day
11. headaches, hangovers, virtually disappeared
12. 20 dollars a day x 7 x 52= any new car payments- or that motorcycle you been thinking about - or that kickass gaming rig you could never really afford
there are a lot of incentives - if you have kids - see # 7
if not - see # 12
good luck - it isn't easy - but it really isn't hard either- it is as hard as you make it, literally one day at a time works- I maytomorrow, but today i won't, or I may this afternoon, but this morning i won't... etc - it works if you work it...
NwBie
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I have a good friend who works with addicts of various types. Exercise is a big deal. First, it burns cravings though second it burns trace nicotine from your system. Trace nicotine makes it more difficult to resist urges as it induced urges. Third, simple aspirin. This lessons the headaches and helps restore blood pressure in the absence of nicotine.
All that being said I've never smoked so I only know what she told me relative to smoking. I used to be addicted to Dr Pepper and those simple steps worked to stop that addiction cold turkey. 20 years of addiction ended. Lost 25 lbs as a bonus.
Boo
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One thing about e-cig's . They are not all the same . Those little small ones are a wast of money . If you get a e-cig get something like this . Here is a pic of mine . I just cut back to a lower nic last week .
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y313/LittleGeorgeJr/0105151423-00_zps574ed42f.jpg) (http://s1025.photobucket.com/user/LittleGeorgeJr/media/0105151423-00_zps574ed42f.jpg.html)
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Surprisingly day three I'm not feeling the need.
I am having breathing problems today.
Don't know if that's normal.
Coughing is starting to happen, I know that's normal
Hey Kilz - Just saw this thread. Im in the same boat as you, feeling better already but had some hacking this morning. Using the gum btw. I can actually feel (or think I feel) my blood pressure lessen. Hang tough bro, Im with you <S>
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I have actually broke. Found out last night my 12 year old daughter was having sexual conversation with a 15 year old so instead of killing kids and putting bullet holes in phones I smoked 4 cigarettes. Startingbober tho
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There's nothing that says you have to quit on Jan 1.
You quit when you want to. Good luck!!
You can do it!
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I promised my daughters that I would quit when I retired from the military and did so, it was rough for a couple of weeks but it's been nine years now. Chewing on tooth picks or coffee straws helps.
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the hacking is part of the withdrawal, you're lungs are trying to clear themselves out. if you want to know what your lungs look like,
take a look at your computer power supply. I worked on one, that the power supply failed of a heavy smoker. the tar and nicotine
was dripping off the fan blades. it was so bad I had to work on it outside, my house wreaked for 3 days after I fixed it and got rid of it.
hope that helps!
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This Copenhagen quit is a bit different. Interesting factoids:
1. pH in a chewers mouth changes over the years they dip. When you stop, it's so acidic it causes sores AFTER you quit. I can verify this.
2. I now wake up at 1:30am, 4:00am and 5am everyday...go figure that one.
3. Geographic tongue....I'll let you look that beaut up yourselves
4. Withdrawal is over. Now it's the triggers...after meals, when I get on planes, long drives.
5. Everything already tastes better.
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Not trying to rain on anyone's parade but how does this thread not get moved? I fail to see what it has to do with the game.
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Just checking in....
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Not trying to rain on anyone's parade but how does this thread not get moved? I fail to see what it has to do with the game.
Ummm how about pm skuzzy, also considering hitech replied I don't think it's a problem
Also last I knew this was posted in Aces High General Discussion. Is this not a general discussion?
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It's definitely different for everyone. Some quit easily, but I know people walking around with multiple coronary stents who still smoke. Cold turkey isn't best for everyone. Some need Chantix or nicotine replacement therapy. Whatever works for you.
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Not trying to rain on anyone's parade but how does this thread not get moved? I fail to see what it has to do with the game.
Way to be a dick and not even post on topic.
If he gets to act like a back seat moderator the isn't your post considered trolling since your not a mod.
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Way to be a dick and not even post on topic.
If he gets to act like a back seat moderator the isn't your post considered trolling since your not a mod.
Let it go Killz, it's just the lack of nicotine talking.
HANG IN THERE BUDDY, YOU CAN DO IT!
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Let it go Killz, it's just the lack of nicotine talking.
HANG IN THERE BUDDY, YOU CAN DO IT!
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This Copenhagen quit is a bit different. Interesting factoids:
1. pH in a chewers mouth changes over the years they dip. When you stop, it's so acidic it causes sores AFTER you quit. I can verify this.
2. I now wake up at 1:30am, 4:00am and 5am everyday...go figure that one.
3. Geographic tongue....I'll let you look that beaut up yourselves
4. Withdrawal is over. Now it's the triggers...after meals, when I get on planes, long drives.
5. Everything already tastes better.
I need to quit chewing and I want to but I am NOT looking forward to the withdrawals. I tried in Chicago but I wound up a complete basket case. Probably going to have to see a doc before I do it but at 5.75 a can it's time
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Way to be a dick and not even post on topic.
If he gets to act like a back seat moderator the isn't your post considered trolling since your not a mod.
Calm down. I was simply asking a question and qualified it by stating that I wasn't trying to rain on your thread. First of all:
Also last I knew this was posted in Aces High General Discussion. Is this not a general discussion?
General Discussion is listed as: Open forum for the general discussion of Aces High.
My thread on a WWII documentary series was moved to the O Club, Earl's thread on the largest plane was moved to Aircraft and Vehicles and his thread on the Piper crash was moved to the O Club. All those threads and countless more had more to do with flying and the premise of the game than a quitting smoking thread so I asked why.
Secondly, every thread in this forum, the O Club, is a general discussion so by your logic should they all be moved to the General Discussion forum? If so then where do game specific discussions go?
Skuzzy's had a quick trigger finger on moving things and if the rules were changing I simply wanted to know what was and what was not allowed as it didn't make any sense to me. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Sup kilz <S> Alaska is legal now (wink wink)
greens
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I need to quit chewing and I want to but I am NOT looking forward to the withdrawals. I tried in Chicago but I wound up a complete basket case. Probably going to have to see a doc before I do it but at 5.75 a can it's time
1 week now. Actually it's been ok. Its not even a pain in the ass...tough to describe. Since we chewing guys take in about 5 times more nicotine than smokers, I kinda thought I'd want to kill people...but it only lasted 3 days. Now it's just managing the triggers.
I have a lot more money in mah pocket, lol
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Sup kilz <S> Alaska is legal now (wink wink)
greens
Lol not Here yet bro. They are fighting it. They already extended it for another 90s mother smurfers
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Quiting is very hard for me. I tried so many times and keep going back. Its just tempting to smoke after a good meal or wanting to do a #2. I've cut down alot recently but i still wana stop completely. Its a really bad habit especially hanging around family and getting work done. I'm still trying.
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Quiting is very hard for me. I tried so many times and keep going back. Its just tempting to smoke after a good meal or wanting to do a #2. I've cut down alot recently but i still wana stop completely. Its a really bad habit especially hanging around family and getting work done. I'm still trying.
It's very hard just keep at it bro