jimjack on 16/12/2006 at 04:34
I've never smoked a cigarette. Our next door neighbour is always out having his smoke and hawking out great wads of phlegm and cattarhh. He's like forty or something. If your not into anything that keeps you active then getting yourself into sports in a committed way keeps you too busy to stand in the sidelines having a fag. Also..Go check out the Bodies in Motion exhibit if it ever hits your town. Its here in vancouver...and have a look at the lungs of a smoker. I guarantee that will put you off smoking. Brutal.
Shayde on 16/12/2006 at 06:02
Quote Posted by Malygris
Maybe his problem stems from how he's using it? According to what I was told by my doctor, he should still be smoking regularly if he's only been taking Zyban for a week. My doctor had me continue smoking regularly for the first two weeks I was on Zyban, and then stop completely
His doctor told him to smoke normally for a week and then stop completely. He has been a little better the last few days though.
fett - he has fucked himself up with the smoking. No sense of smell at all, no lung capacity. He just started scuba diving which inspired the quitting, thank god as I have been trying to convince him to cut down for years.
Gillie - we worked out that I would save R200 a month and my husband would save R600. We are going to use that money to go to Thailand.
Last night was a family gathering and they all smoke - nightmare. Clever solution to other people smoking around me; just made sure to hold my nephew all evening, no one smokes around the baby. Of course it did spark the nagging from my mother in law to have one of my own but it was worth it.
Also - people are real cunts! Why the hell would you taunt someone who is trying to quit by waving a lit cigarette in their face/ describing how good it is etc? I honestly believe that I should be allowed to kill someone who pulls that shit!
Mortal Monkey on 16/12/2006 at 06:21
Quote Posted by Shayde
Also - people are real cunts! Why the hell would you taunt someone who is trying to quit by waving a lit cigarette in their face/ describing how good it is etc? I honestly believe that I should be allowed to kill someone who pulls that shit!
Didn't you read the warning stickers? The ones with "Warning: Smoking turns you into a cunt"?
Seriously though, they're just jealous. And why should you kill them when they will be dying slow, painful deaths in a few years anyway?
Shadow Creepr on 16/12/2006 at 09:35
I quit in 2000 and (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=932371#post932371) went cold turkey. You have to WANT to quit to be able to quit. At the time I was in the house with another smoker and he followed suit after 2 months when he saw I stuck to it. Do it for yourself (if you are determined to see it through) and if your husband sees you stick with it maybe he will see it's not so bad.
Dia on 16/12/2006 at 14:30
Quote Posted by Shayde
My husband on the other hand is a total nutcase! He is shaking and sweating and oh so grumpy.
I tried to quit smoking a few years ago by using Zyban; I had the same symptoms as your husband. Turned out, the Zyban just made things worse; it made me feel unpleasantly wired and more irritable than if I'd just tried to quit cold turkey.
Shadow's right - you have to really
want to quit. It's something you have to want for yourself and it won't work if you're quitting just because of the influence of others.
If your husband honestly wants to quit, maybe he should try another type of stop-smoking aid. There's plenty of alternatives: everything from nicotine lollipops and gum to the patch. If all else fails, there's always the cold turkey route.
Good luck.
Mr.Duck on 16/12/2006 at 23:46
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pavlovscat on 17/12/2006 at 03:00
Good luck, Shayde. I've watched several friends quit, some of them many times. It's certainly not an easy task. Check out the (
http://www.bodyworlds.com/index.html) BodyWorlds exhibit if it comes to your region. We saw it in Houston & one friend who has smoked for around 20 years quit after she saw the smoker's lungs. Pretty revolting stuff. She swears she has not had a craving since back in May when we saw the exhibit.
Shayde on 17/12/2006 at 08:51
Well the good news is; I won the poker tournament. full house kings over tens winning hand woopah!
The bad news is I had 3 glasses of wine and then stole a few drags from my best friend in the parking lot.
And the super-fun-deluxe-guilt part is that I haven't told my husband. Not just 'cause I think it will make it harder for him but because I feel really weak and wretched about it. I am a horrible person.
So as of right now I have been clean of smoke for 10 hours, though I recon the guilt will do as good a job of killing me as the cancer would have.
This is a lot harder than I ever expected. :(
Gray on 20/12/2006 at 03:31
I have successfully quit smoking.
Several times.
Every time is entirely, undeniably successfull. For several weeks, or, occasionally, months. This time, I haven't smoked since August. It's not willpower, it's lack of funds. I can't afford it.
I have never used nicotine substitutes. I can't tell you if they work.
And oh yes, I'll never smoke again. Until the next time.
Scots Taffer on 20/12/2006 at 05:08
Quote Posted by Shayde
Well the good news is; I won the poker tournament. full house kings over tens winning hand woopah!
The bad news is I had 3 glasses of wine and then stole a few drags from my best friend in the parking lot.
Congratulations and commiserations - what did you win out of the tournament?
And jesus, Duckeh, I'd never seen that
one before. I'm in hysterics here...
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