Comments on: 46 Hours and Counting

By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:14:05 +0000

zz – Thanks for the tips. Appreciate the help.

Elizabeth – Aw, very cool! Good luck with the quitting.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:03:12 +0000

Thanks to Sarah over at achildsromance.org, you and Miss Britt, I’m finally giving in and quitting. As soon as my brand new pack runs out.

Good luck!

By: greeneyezz

greeneyezz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:59:34 +0000

Also, I forgot to mention (and don’t know it it was said already above)…

You really need to change your associations with the act of smoking. Times, places, activities.

Meaning, if you typically have a cigarette in the back parking lot of your job after you eat lunch, you want to do something different. Use the Front entrance and go for a walk or something. Anything else than what you typically would do.

You have a well established pattern goin’ and the associations to your smoking needs to be broken and different (healthier) patterns established.

I quit over 14 years ago after smoking a pack a day. When I first quit, I distintively recall ‘panicing’ over what to ‘do with my time’ that that typicaly been filled with activities sourounding my ’smoking activity’….putting on my makeup in the morning, finishing breafast, lunch, dinner, on the phone, before bed…etc etc.

Change up your routine.

I hope this helps.

~ZZ

By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:38:30 +0000

Greeneyezz – Thanks, just days away now!

Lylalou – Thanks very much. Yeah, the Chantix was a no-go for me since I’m already on several mood pills. Doc said no way. So it’ll be patches for me come Monday. Every time I’ve quit it’s been cold turkey, anyway. Course, your doctor’s remark made me smile. Yeah, I’d rather feel nauseous than need chemo.

By: lylalou

lylalou — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:05:21 +0000

Congrats and good luck on the quitting! It’s been 2 weeks smoke free for me, and it’s honestly been the hardest two weeks ever. I’m taking Chatix, that prescription stop smoking aide and I think it’s helped more than any of the others I’ve tried. The side effects kick my ass and I feel like hell all the time, but I think it will be worth it in the end. When I complained to my doctor about being nauseous all the time she said to me “yea, well chemo will do that to you too. Only it’ll be worse, you’ll be bald AND nauseous”.

By: Greeneyezz

Greeneyezz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:25:04 +0000

“one day at a time”

Or “one minute at a time” which ever one works for you.

Good luck.

~ZZ

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By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:03:49 +0000

akaMonty – Yeah, you should try it some time.

Avitable – Cool!

By: Avitable

Avitable — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:45:35 +0000

I’ll join your quitterati thing. I’m going to quit watching animal porn on Thursday nights.