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Licked most of them , but i still have one left, Today me and the "Evil Weed" have it out. I Put on the patch and am going to take control. What really gets me is this stuff is legal. I am no angel, been around the block once or twice, been mixed up into things i should not have been, quitting and taking control back was a piece of cake compared to this stuff. I have just had it it, the cost is too much, physically and financially.


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I ~just~succumbed to another trip to th' local Quik-Rip. Swore I'd start takin' th' pills this AM. Insidious brain chemistry won out over that. Again.

I beat it for four years a decade ago, felt too good I guess. Just ONE and I was back in th' club.

Everything you said, I mirror here and agree with. This is the meanest thing on-planet to overcome. I will awaken tomorrow and eat a pill. Today is lost. The second time is worse than the first.
 
Mornin' John.
 
thanks
got a cup of coffee here
it doesnt help


can i pour you guys some?



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Half way thru th' first pot... That's what trigger'd th' trip.
 
I feel for you guys. I never really started smoking. Tried it, of course, as a kid, but I also had asthma, and that pretty well took care of any real interest in tobacco.

Guess there is a silver lining in most any cloud...
 
True story: After 42 years of smoking, I'd finally had enough. Used Commit lozenges (NFI), and stopping smoking was pretty easy. Problem was, I was still addicted to nicotene. The lozenges were running me about $70/wk.; the same as cigarettes were. Was hooked on the lozenges for about 1 1/2 years! Finally switched to Tic Tack mints ( it was an oral fixation, more than the nicotene ), and did Tic Tacks for another 1 1/2 years. Long story short: the sugar from the Tic Tacks did MAJOR damage to my teeth, and the last of my dental appointments is tomorrow ($5,800 total before insurance). Moral of the story? Use the patches, & chew a toothpick! Bob Hunt
 
Mark - I quit on December 11th with a 2 pack a day habit. Made up my mind, did some research and used Nicorette gum, the 4 mg kind. Believe it or not used the gum for only a week and haven't smoked since (knock on wood). The gum let me put a burst of nicotene in my system when I needed it. Just be careful if you use it to be sure you chew it correctly.

Like my dad liked to say - "first I cut out drinking, then I cut out smoking, then I cut out women, now I'm cutting out paper dolls".

GOOD LUCK

Bud
 
Yeah, Bob. Well aware of the pitfalls of surrogate nicotine. Gotta make changes in behavior as well as fight the actual addiction.

...and th' fact that I've th' willpower of a RAT doesn't help. :devilgrin:
 
DrEntropy said:
...and th' fact that I've th' willpower of a RAT doesn't help. :devilgrin:
Click to expand...

Hummmmm.... RAT spelled backwards is T A R.... maybe that has something to do with kicking the habit.... :devilgrin:
(I have too much time on my hands)
 
Had a segue FLASH:

RAT...

TAR....

Uncle Remus...

Nicotine addiction IS TH' <span style="color: #CC0000">TAR BABY</span>!!!! :shocked:
 
Then I wish I could get out of that briar patch!
 
HAng in there...I was an addict myself. Quit in 1987...and have never looked back. Best thing (or at least in the top 5) I've ever done
 
Doc, I know what yer goin' through, cigs are tough to quit. I quit the bleedin' things about 23 years ago, after smoking about a pack a day for 15 years or so (started smokin' when I was 17).

It took about a year, did it in "stages":

>First, I quit smoking in the car;

>Then, I quit smoking in my house (at this point I was down to about 1/2 pack a day;

> Then, I quit smoking during work hours;

> The last bastion was while I was drinking: that took about 3 months.

Finally, success after about 13 months. Never really looked back. Also, after about 7 months I moved to a new city and most of my friends there did not smoke. That was a huge help, actually!

I still smoke a nice cigar a few times per year, but no ciggies.

I wouldn't recommend my "staged" thing to anyone, really, you gotta do what's best for you.

Good luck, don't fall off the wagon!! :wall:
 
Here in Appalachia we don't smoke our tobaccy...

<spit>

(Monkey still firmly attached)
 
Wow, Mark! That's what I've been doing... not in th' hovel, not in th' "German car" (Her request), cut down to 1/2 pack now.

Tomorrow is the drop-dead end. Wake up and take th' pill that worked the first time. After four years of bein' a non-smoker I allowed stress and personal angst to overcome my judgment. Never again. Seven days hence my ~physical~ addiction will be over. The mental one is a bit more daunting but I'm determined it won't best me.

We'll see....
 
I never seriously got into the butts, but loved good cigars. Gave them up after a very short (on the golf course/clubhouse) love affair and now I know that one would be too many and a thousand wouldn't be enough.

I only smoked them sparingly, when relaxing, but quiting those things was the hardest thing that I ever did. That was over (8) years ago and now that this was mentioned, I still get a craving. Sometimes it goes for months, and nothing, then for two days or so, it's constant craving. Then it will disappear for a while.

I keep remembering the commercial that was filmed to look like the inside of a lung and heart with a wave of smoke roaring in and that turns the craving right off.
 
well, it is about bedtime and i have made it, thu one day. even had a friend stop by and lite up in front of me, sure smelled good...Resistance is NOT futile.

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Bob, you mention the damage caused by sugar. Did you all know that if the sugar manufacturers went to the FDA today, sugar would be classified as a controlled substance?
 
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