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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:49 pm
Oh, and here's another sneaky little board trick. You sort of want to talk about the neighbors, but are unsure about putting it out there for everybody to read. So, you can still talk about it but sneak it into the smoking thread or the workout thread. I do that from time to time. It is fun.

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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 10:02 pm
heh...yeah, well...I didn't really mean pounds, but not that you mention it. ;D The neighbor thing is just so stinking rediculous...and is ab-so-freakin-lutely assinine and I have to quit thinking about it because it pisses me off because of how stupid it really is...and the sad thing is this person honestly thinks they have the right of it. Oh and this quitting smoking has made me ubersensitive to alot of stuff and get this...I always heard that if you quit, taste and smell gets better....I never thought much about it, but taste hasn't improved much but I have started picking up weird smells. Some in a good way...and some in a not so good way...so there is some validity to that.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 8:05 am
Nick, I was just going to say that I am not too aware of an improvement in my taste buds since I quit on April Fools Day, but smells are a whole different story. I feel like I never smelled anything before and I have been finally given the ability to smell. I am enjoying the good ones but those bad ones are so annoying. Some are just downright nasty! While I don't mind smelling the tobaccos, I can appreciate how it may bother the non smokers. I complained to my dr and to my trainer at the gym about putting on some weight after quitting smoking, but they both assured me that a few extra pounds can be worked off with the exercise and they are not near as harmful to your health as the smoking was. I do think that one's nerves and ability to be tolerant get pretty damaged during the first little while of quitting, but it does get better. Day by day, 2minutes at a time, it can be done, and you will do it. Keep up your effort; it can be done because if I can after smoking for 40 years, I am positive that you can too.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 2:41 pm
Nick, I totally relate. Gave up alcohol 24 yrs. ago and smoking 4 yrs. ago. Giving up the alcohol was WAY easier! Hang in there. It will get better each day and the rewards are immeasurable.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 8:07 pm
Day 24. still having cravings but less of them and not nearly as strong. Oh and Nick, I was eating anything that wasn't running away from me for the first 2 week but that seems to be going away now.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 8:35 pm
You're doing great, everyone! YAY!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 7:25 pm
Day 7! My neighbors can bite me!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 8:34 pm
That's the attitude Nick!!! Good for you!!! 
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 5:53 am
Tomorrow is 4 weeks, I can't believe it.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 8:12 am
Wow,all you guys are so great,you make me want to quit!I've tried one time and I used the patches and as long as I had the patches on I was fine,but I pretty much talked myself into smokeing,which I was so mad at myself. I went A whole 2 days,The hardest part was getting up in the morning and having my coffee without a cigarette.I kept feeling like I was forgetting to do something.I'm going to try again soon.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 8:40 am

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 9:23 am
Unbelievable, LL!!! it only seems like two weeks to me. Way to go! You are going to make it this time. And Nick, you are definitely over a hump. The first one is the very hardest. There will be more to come, but you are definitely through the worst one after the first week. Mictay, welcome. You can read and post here whether you are quitting or not. Maybe you will get inspired again. As you know, or maybe found out, you have to have pretty strong determination, maybe get a running head start with a nicotine substitute and then just go for it flat out with no looking back, no side detours. Maybe you could change the coffee routine to get over that cig with coffee hump. Have orange juice instead? Or some other drink with caffeine? Tea? Or go for a walk before coffee?
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 9:53 am
Congrats everyone! Keep up the good work. I found I had to give up coffee when I gave up smoking--too much of a trigger when I had a cup of coffee. Don't even miss either now. Like Juju said, once you are over the hump, it gets easier!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:12 am
Yep, gotta watch the triggers. I had to give up the occasional beer or drink (or going out with friends who were going to drink or smoke) for about 6 months. Also had to have a pack of cinnamon gum in the car at all times, because smoking while driving was an ingrained habit. Like Juju said, ...hmm, something about an easy hump... uh, humping is easier when you're not short of breath from smoking!
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:32 am
Thanks for the advice!My grandmother smoked for thirty years and the doctor told her she had the starting of emphazema(sp?)and she never picked up a cigarette after that!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:35 am
"humping is easier when you're not short of breath from smoking!" Love it and so true!! Congrats to everyone who is fighting the fight!!
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 11:30 am
YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! I gave up coffee for a few months while I was quitting. I also kept mints in the car and would pop a piece of Nicorette in my mouth when I woke up. Whatever it takes.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 2:13 pm
Mictay, don't wait until you get the start of emphesema. That could be cutting it too close. There is nothing to say you (or any of us) will be as lucky as your grandmother.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 5:45 pm
Day 8 My big thing is first in the morning. I always had to have that first cig right when I woke up. Even before I showered...it was grab coffee and step outside to have a smoke. I think that's been the toughest for me...that and the obligatory after dinner smoke. I really thought the coffee would be the worst trigger for me...but the hardest for me is first thing in the morning.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 8:54 pm
Sit-ups first thing in the morning? LOL. That might get your mind off the smokes.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 5:42 am
Nick, try a glass of orange juice instead of the coffee, it will help, it so doesn't go with a cigarette and is good for you too. I hit the month mark, I have to keep reminding myself not to get too comfortable because I know from experience that I will always be one puff away from a pack a day.
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 4:26 pm
I haven't got a clue what day it is, Tuesday night I got sick with this intestinal flu, I thought I would die, yesterday Iwished I would and today I am starting to think I just might make it. Not going anywhere else on the board, just checking in here. Being sick helps not smoking but there has to be easier ways lol.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 9:27 pm
Aww, Llkool, I hope the bug gets out of you soon and you're back to feeling like your wonderful usual self. Drink lots of water and all that (when you can). Congrats on the one month mark!! You're doing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 9:28 pm
Congrats to Nick! This is a great gift to your kids. 
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 9:40 pm
Thanks, Babyruth! Going on Day 12. :D
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