14-08-2003 07:12									#1
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A rather short while ago I started smoking because of assorted reasons - mostly stress and such. I hate it, and I also really don't need the lung damage. Yet even this early in the game I don't seem to be able to stop.

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	14-08-2003 07:17									#2
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welcoem to my world I smoke for alooong time. I enjoy it, but I want to stop. Cant do it.

The only thing I havent tried is hanging up pictures of damaged lungs in my car, room, or bathroom. THat would probably work.

	14-08-2003 07:17									#3
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Try one of the patches or whatnot to quit smoking.

Or, just quit it. Make the resolve. If you have strong enough willpower, you'll be fine.

(I always hated smoking more for economic reasons, i.e. it costs like the ****, than health reasons. Money is the main reason I don't. Health is the second. Also, they're related, because not smoking now saves money on healthcare later.)

	14-08-2003 07:18									#4
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Have you tried those nicotine gums? I don't mean starting with the intention of actually quitting; can you just switch your addiction over to straight nicotine so you get a cheaper and less harmful fix? I hear it's just not as satisfying as actually smoking, but maybe you can rough it just enough to spare your wallet and lungs, just give your gums or something cancer instead...

	14-08-2003 07:19									#5
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dont. Nico-gum and patches are money traps. Your best bet is a couple pounds of choclate, 4 days off work and a girlfriend to help

	14-08-2003 07:20									#6
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I can't stand people who smoke..... why would anyone, ever, in their right minds want to inhale that ****

	14-08-2003 07:21									#7
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it actually feels good

	14-08-2003 07:23									#8
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Find something else to feel good at.

Ask your girlfriend if she'll "reward" you for quitting smoking

	14-08-2003 07:25									#9
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or ask her to punish you if you dont...yikes. no sex

	14-08-2003 07:30									#10
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You need a reason to quit. I used to smoke a pack a day and I wanted to quit. Then I met my husband and he didn't like smoking. The day after I met him I quit. You need friends and a lot of things to do for awhile. Just do it. Decide that you're going to do it and just do it. I don't think you need those patches and such. They just continue your nicotine addiction.

	14-08-2003 07:31									#11
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Don't see the point in gums/patches. If anything, I might switch to the pipe entirely for money and lungs.
Best idea: Get a girlfriend.

	14-08-2003 07:33									#12
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I never started smoking cigs, although I do enjoy a good cigar every once in a while.

	14-08-2003 07:33									#13
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I didn't smoke for a few days and felt great, then me grandma smoked a cigarette right in front of me. Damn.

	14-08-2003 07:36									#14
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The valuable lesson: Keep away from your grandma while you're trying to quit smoking.

	14-08-2003 07:36									#15
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Yeah, don't hang out with smokers while you're trying to quit. Avoid movies where people smoke too.

	14-08-2003 07:37									#16
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mrmitchell: I live with me grandma

	14-08-2003 07:38									#17
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80% of my friends and 100% of family are smokers. It's a wonder I held out for 18 years...

	14-08-2003 07:39									#18
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Ask her nicely.

	14-08-2003 07:40									#19
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Ouch. Then quit with your grandma. Convince her if you can that smoking is bad for you and simply too expensive, and that you're trying to quit and am wondering if for support that she can quit too.

	14-08-2003 07:41									#20
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I tried that before I smoked

	14-08-2003 08:39									#21
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The nicotine patches have the best rate of success. Here are a couple of hints:

(1) Set the date for quitting a few weeks in advance. Make a list of reasons why you want to quit, and keep going over it as the date approaches. Advertise your effort to friends whom you know will be supportive. Steel your resolve as the day approaches.
(2) Start with the highest dose patch. Put one on the day you have picked to quit. While it is advisable that you cease smoking once you've put on the patch, in fact many people cheat a little the first few days. If you do so, keep track of your cheating, minimize the number and resolve to taper off over a period of a few days.
(3) Stay with the patch a sufficient period of time. The error I hear most often is people quitting the patch after only a week or two. The idea behind the patch is to break ther withdrawal-reward cycle of smoking. When you smoke you get a rapid bolus of nicotine that is absorbed through the lung almost as rapidly as if it had been injected. The level begins to drop within an hour or two, and the smoker begins to undergo a mini-withdrawal. By reaching for a cigarette to treat this craving the smoker reinforces his habit in two ways, by relieving the craving and by giving himself another jolt of nicotine. The patch provides a steady level of nicotine, breaking the withdrawal-reward cycle, but it takes time for your brain to detoxify. I generally recommend that someone trying to quit spend at least 4 to 8 weeks on the first dose strength, 2 to 4 on the second and finally 2 to 4 weeks on the third strength. You may have minor craving for a week or two when you start the patch, but it will be much milder than going cold turkey. You may even have slight craving whenever you reduce the dose, but by the time you finally finish with the patch treatment you won't feel a thing. Afterwards you may have mild cravings for up to a year, but maintaining your abstinence is do-able.

	14-08-2003 09:46									#22
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I tried on several times to get into smoking over the past year. Just couldn't do it.

Was mostly curious about it. Just wasn't appealing.

Now onto morphine.

	14-08-2003 09:54									#23
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"I hate smoking."

Me too. Waite a minute I'm smoking since I was 16.

	14-08-2003 09:57									#24
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory or ask her to punish you if you dont...yikes. no sex

Never worked with my former girlfriends. My current gf tried to threaten with this "it's me or cigarete" argument. I choosed sigarete, she surrendered.

	14-08-2003 10:52									#25
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Who can resist your sturdy Siberian charm .

I'm one of the lucky few who can smoke, then forget to buy cigarettes for 3 months, then have a smoke here and there.

	14-08-2003 11:15									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Saras Who can resist your sturdy Siberian charm .

Few b!tches sertainly could. I guess they had outstanding magic resistance or did a successful save throw.

quote: I'm one of the lucky few who can smoke, then forget to buy cigarettes for 3 months, then have a smoke here and there.

You're lucky indeed.

	14-08-2003 11:17									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Serb Few b!tches sertainly could. I guess they had outstanding magic resistance or did a successful save throw.

	14-08-2003 11:20									#28
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Stop laughing, they broken my heart.

	14-08-2003 11:25									#29
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Ask Azazel to beat the hell out of you if you fail to quit in a week or so. That should provide a very strong incentive.

	14-08-2003 11:25									#30
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I smoke occasionally, as in once every couple months or so, but for some reason I never crave cigarettes.