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 Posted: Sun, 8th Oct 2006 21:45 Post subject: Smoking |
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Has anyone ever tried to quit smoking, and succeeded in it?
I've been smoking for five years now, and I really want to quit. Quitting is for everybody different I guess, but all pointers are welcome...
(Not sure if this topic belongs in this section, but smoking truly is a bitch...)
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Oct 2006 22:00 Post subject: |
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i quit a few times in my life without problems. call me an idiot for starting again all the time  i just went cold turkey
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Grale
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Oct 2006 22:22 Post subject: |
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ThOMaZ
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Don't buy packs anymore  it sounds silly but just don't carry a lot of money around anymore. you have to go buy the newspaper? just take enough money to buy the newspaper so you don't have any change left for a pack of cigarettes
Some people have rubber rings around their wrists.
and everytime they think of smoking, they make it slap againt your wrist. after a while smoking will be associated with pain, and you won't feel that need anymore
hope this helps
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 12:12 Post subject: |
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They've got them anti-smoking ads over here too. They seem to help for people who are younger than me and have never started smoking. There's a growing awareness that smoking is very bad for you, those ads are keeping the younger generation from ever starting and it seems to work.
Unfortunately, for people who already smoke these ads do nothing. Warning messages on cigarette packs also: nothing. Maybe if the ads were more "gory" I would think twice to light another cig...
Quit smoking websites have helped me to smoke less, they are indeed a great help. The more knowlegde one has on the subject of nicotine addiction, the more likely one will succesfully quit.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 19:42 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 20:12 Post subject: |
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it doesnt have to be about willpower, depends on what method you go for.
NRT is just a money maker and still puts nicotine in the body and stopping dead can work for some but can be very hard.both need good willpower to succeed
its all the mind chaps.
i HIGHLY recommend allen carr's easy way, tried everything before this and failed, this book just works.(for me and millions of others anyway), no willpower no NRT no scare tactics
its amazing and ive recomended this a couple of heavy smokers that also tried various methods which resulted in failure, there now non-smokers
http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/
http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000051830,00.html
http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780141885704,00.html?sym=SYN
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews6967.html
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 20:20 Post subject: |
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My step-dad was a heavy smoker for almost 30 years, he used this to quit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyban
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 20:38 Post subject: |
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important is that you wanto stop. if you wanto stop then you need willpower, if you dont have either it wont work
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Oct 2006 21:31 Post subject: |
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| nouseforaname wrote: | | Here all the packs have warning labels on them. Dunno, I guess it helps a litte when you're thinking about lighting up and you have to look at something on the pack that basically says 'hey idiot, these will kill you!' |
Wow those are pretty harsh! They should put them on cigarette packets over here too.
Here is what I used! lol!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_resolution
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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miragui
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Oct 2006 07:18 Post subject: |
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I quit smoking 4 years ago and I'm still very happy about it yes I have put on some weight but overall I feel much better. For me the first week of quiting was hard because of the physical addiction, the next few weeks it was the mental addiction that bugged me you those moments you're stressed, bored, empty handed, reading, surfing the net, drinking with friends etc. those are the hardest moments. Every time you want to light up a smoke try to do something else (just don't eat to much the moment you quit smoking as your metabolism slows down wich results in gaining weight  ) I wish you good luck with your effort to quit smoking.
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Oct 2006 08:51 Post subject: |
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I hate it when they say tobacco makes you impotent fuckign bullshit!!
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chiv
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Oct 2006 09:10 Post subject: |
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what ever happened to good old will power? you dont need crutches like patches and disturbing images, or stories of other people having smoking related problems
you either have a reason to quit, or you want to keep smoking, its not that big of a deal. if you like smoking, keep on doing it. if you think its a shitty habbit, then thats all the motivation you should need.
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Oct 2006 11:15 Post subject: |
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My mother is dying because of a life of smoking. The problem is that she quit 10 years ago but her lungs continue to degrade to the point now she is on oxygen. Your lungs DO NOT repair themselves and continue to get worse.
Once she dies my dad will be lost without her and no doubt he will pass on very quickly too.
Smoking is for people who want to kill themselves and the people around them.
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Oct 2006 12:53 Post subject: |
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@ KnightRider2006:
I'm sorry to hear that about your mother. I'm quite sure lungs can repair themselves after quiting smoking, as long as they are not damaged too badly (i.e. you haven't smoked for decades on end). Quiting smoking results in a lot of coughing, you're coughing up dead cells destroyed by the tar and the poison you're inhaling. That should make place for new cells to grow...
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SycoShaman
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that doesnt work for everyone.
Ive tried it and all it did was give me the fuckin munchies. Like ridiculous levels of munched. I went back to my dr and as soon as i said that, she said it wouldnt work for me
I dunno if its a common effect or not
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| Posted: Thu, 12th Oct 2006 04:47 Post subject: |
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i do not do smoke often but it angers me that they tell me i cannot smoke in pubs and nightclubs. i can understand a restuarant but no pubs is crazy
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| pistolshrimp wrote: | | SycoShaman wrote: |
that doesnt work for everyone.
Ive tried it and all it did was give me the fuckin munchies. Like ridiculous levels of munched. I went back to my dr and as soon as i said that, she said it wouldnt work for me
I dunno if its a common effect or not |
Zyban is a type of anti depressent. You have to be really carefull with that shit. My girlfriend went on that and she was a mess. She was shaking so badly, and talking about sucide. I had to try 2 different doctors before I got her in. I slept on her couch that night. She had be on previous anti depressents so I KNOW they were still in her system along with the Zyban. |
Really?
I guess i couldnt take zyban if i wanted to. im on antidepressents/relaxing medication.
For anxiety and stress.
It may not be aparent on here, but im a big ball of stress most of the time.
Half of it is shit i cause myself, half of it is life and being unlucky. |
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I always wondered. How do you get prescription for antidepressants or some other heavy meds? People often said I was on prozac or something. I want to at least try it.
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SycoShaman
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| WaldoJ wrote: | | I always wondered. How do you get prescription for antidepressants or some other heavy meds? People often said I was on prozac or something. I want to at least try it. |
You have to have a reason. |
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