I started smoking about 20 years ago. In those 20 years, I've attempted to stop at least 5-6 times. No matter how long I've gone without, I always come back to it. I think it goes back to what a counselor said at a Smoking Cesstation (sp?) my job sponsored a few years go. In order to overcome an addiction, you have to WANT to quit it psychologically and commit to it. And that's just it - I don't think that I truly WANT to quit.
I'm with Sean at this point. I quit trying to quit. I used to say I'm in between quitings but I'm only kidding myself. The one thing I WILL NOT EVER DO is smoke in front of my kids. I never smoke in the house or around my kids.
Quote:The one thing I WILL NOT EVER DUE is smoke in front of my kids. I never smoke in the house or around my kids.
I applaud you for that Grumpy. Children should never need to walk around looking down at the floor all the time to make sure there not stepping on a hot cigarette. :-D
Quote:Children should never need to walk around looking down at the floor all the time to make sure there not stepping on a hot cigarette.
Yeah, but they shouldnt have to walk around looking down so they dont step on their dad either. :roflmao:
So the thing that made me not want to smoke for the past year was cycling. I was riding my bike around 1,000 miles a month. Then, winter hit, and I haven't ridden in a few months. So I think that the lack of that distraction has caused my mind to wander.
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I'm pretty sure it was Opium, Magus...just like everyone else in England at that time, they got it real cheap from India...ahhhhh...without opium, we'd never have Alice in Wonderland either
<center>In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.</center>
Quote:The Sign of Four opens with an alarming scene:
Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined arm-chair with a long sigh of satisfaction.
A little later in the story Holmes states,
"It is cocaine," he said, "a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?"
Dent was correct... I thought it was Heroine because I remembered the needle and the puncture marks, forgot the explanation though. I was mistaken, sorry.
You're workin' with a professional here. You bunch of losers!! NICE FUCKING MODEL!!!
I have tried quitting 3 times.. i am 27 now and started smoking when i was 12. i have tried everything from zyban to the patch to getting hypnotized to quitting cold turkey.. the patch worked but as soon as i was done wiht the 12 weeks of the patch. i was smoking 5 days later.. i now again, smoke 2 packs a day of marlboro menthols.
Quote:the patch worked but as soon as i was done wiht the 12 weeks of the patch. i was smoking 5 days later.. i now again, smoke 2 packs a day of marlboro menthols.
If I remember correctly, I think you are supposed to replace those "wanting to smoke-type" habits with other behaviours........kind of like behavior modification therapy.
Quitting smoking is really tough. They (doctors) say it is easier to kick a heroine habit than it is to quit smoking.
the patch worked but as soon as i was done wiht the 12 weeks of the patch. i was smoking 5 days later
Arpi, table for one, in the Brokenjaw section.......
i dont get it
I love him. He's like those happy old people who become known for sitting by the side of a busy street and waving to passing cars. People drive by regularly and beep just to see him and get him to wave to them.
That's just like our Arpi... except he doesn't wave or anything. He just says mean things to you.
GonzoStyle Wrote:I pledge my undying love for Arpi, any retraction of this undying love is to be ignored.
Nominated for," 2005 poster of the year", by 4 out of 6 mods!
HITTING BOTTOM ISN'T A WEEKEND RETREAT! IT'S NOT A SEMINAR! ONLY AFTER YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING ARE YOU FREE TO DO ANYTHING! YOU SEE, YOU LISTEN, BUT YOU DON'T GET IT! YOU HAVE TO FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW!
I've been smoking for the last 15 years. I started when i was 14. I never really smoked alot. Maybe 8 to 10 aday. Now i'm down too 2 or three a day. I might even quit one day soon.