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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:31 pm
SK, you are doing great! Your time will come any day now!! Boberg, way to go!! You have a great new perspective now!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:36 pm
SK, that is great news, you sound like me, they started tasting like shit and I kept thinking why am I still smoking LOL I think its cuz you are past the physical withdrawl, you just have to get past the reachy reachy and you are home free!! I cant wait to hear how you like Carr's book.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:39 pm
Boberg!!! 2 whole freakin days!!! wow!!! YOU ROCK!! I agree with SK, you are amazing, I am loving your posts! I cant remember, did Oldtex say she was getting the book too???
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 10:13 pm
Dang-Diddle-Dong! I just wrote a much too long post and got kicked-off by AOL (hole)! Perhaps it was a good thing. Pamy, I'm planning on getting the book on my next trip to "town". My long post was the reason I'm turned off by self-help type of books, lectures, etc. Perhaps I'll post it in the Gripe thread or something at another time. Thanks everyone for all of your positive posts. I'm not ready to give up! It's such so easy to give-in. I still like the taste. Wish I didn't. I smoke menthol and wonder if that has anything to do with it? Anyone have any ideas on that?
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 11:09 pm
Oldtex, I was a menthol smoker. You could put any non-menthol cig in front of me and I wouldn't smoke it no matter much I wanted a cig. I still miss the menthol. I don't have an suggestions to help. If anyone lurking knows of any tips on this, it would be helpful. Oldtex, I'm starting to think the menthol may have been why the cigs still taste good for us. May be that they always will, and we just have to work harder to keep our distance.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 5:17 am
I smoke menthol cigs, since I was a teenager. I've always heard that menthol was harder to quit, maybe a myth , I don't know. All my life , people have bummed a Kool from me and I'm taking about regular, non menthol cig smokers. They usually say that they like a menthol once in a while for a extra kick or buzz.I wouldn't be shocked to know the menthol , along with the nicotine made it worse. Meme, I've been the same, can't stand non menthol. waving at Twinkie !!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:26 am
Old tex, I am opposite, hate menthol..would drive 10 miles to find a regular cig before even touching menthol LOL Oldtex...maybe a menthol type gum??? have you tried eating an apple, etc when the urge hits ya?? I also am not a big self help book fan but Carr doesnt really write that way...he writes like a friend talking to you. I gotta run to work but maybe ya could google about replacements for menthol urges....
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:35 am
Yay, Boberg and Slothk!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!! Oldtex, we'll still be around when you reach the point of *wanting* to quit, rather than feeling like you ought to. Hang in there, it will come eventually. For about the last 25 of my 36 years of smoking it was menthol all the way, although I'd smoke regular ones if there were no menthols available. Heck, I would have smoked anything available. According to this article menthol smokers seem to have a little more trouble quitting than others, but more in the *trying* to and *staying* quit department, rather than the actual quitting.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 7:59 am
I did not smoke menthols, so don't know about that. Would menthol cough drops work? Oldtex, I am not big on self-help books either, and when the book was first being touted in here seven or so years ago I was very skeptical. In fact, TVClubhouse lost an excellent member who was trying to quit smoking and took extreme offense to somebody breezing in here and saying all you had to do to quit was read the freaking book. LOL. But with Chantix on the scene and seemingly making it so much easier to quit, I am now recommending the book. The book explains in plain English things you probably already know but haven't thought about.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 8:35 am
Lumbelle, thanks ! And, that link was interesting. As a rule, I find self-help books to be shite, but there's always that exception to every rule and I like what I hear about Carrs book. It's like he tell you what you already know, but somehow you end up making connections that are new and eye opening. I can't wait to see if it helps.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 9:07 am
Slothk, the Carr book didn't do anything for me at the time, but it can't hurt, and it did obviously help some.
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 9:46 am
Lumbele, thanks for the link. 'Menthol smokers who did quit were almost twice as likely to relapse and were also less likely to stop over a sustained period of time, the team found.' This has always been my problem...I can quit and have many times. I think that's why the book didn't help me. It's staying quit that has been my problem. I'm going to get some menthol cough drops per Juju's suggestion. This way when I'm tempted I'll try it. It's worth a try.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 9:49 am
Meme, Sloth, Oldtex....I too was a menthol smoker. I too would refuse anything but a menthol...the others tasted too yucky! lol But my DH who smoked regulars didn't mind smoking one of mine if he was out... Oldtex sorry you lost your long post on self help books. This is not your typical "self help" book, in fact I would say it is a book that details and explains addiction and how it works, specifically with nicotine. I never even thought of this as a "self help" book...I thought of it as a book about smoking, written by an ex smoker about what all he learned when he researched why it is so hard to quit. You do not know me and have no reason to trust me...but if you can make a leap of faith and go get that book (you can also probably get it from your library)...I think you will be glad you did. You want this quit...I know you do, I see the want to in your posts. You are already taking the Chantix.... Give Sloth a couple of days and I bet she will be telling you also what a great book it is...lol Just in case anyone is wondering....it is 2 days, 17 hours, and 20minutes...lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 10:04 am
By the time I get back to this thread, Boberg will have been smokeless for THREE DAYS!!!
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 2:15 pm
GGGGGRRRRRR, GGGGGRRRRRR, THE BEAST IS HOLLERING LOUDLY RIGHT NOW! I have no intention of giving in but I need to tell someone. Really it had been a great day so far, many consecutive minutes, maybe even an hour or two without thinking about it....now all of a sudden, after lunch...Whammy! Deep breath in, slowly blow out....this too shall pass.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 3:05 pm
Holler back, Boberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't worry, these Whammy moments will become fewer and fewer. Just stick it out for a few mins and it will pass. Hang in there!
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 3:12 pm
Boberg it's all part of the process! Do something with your hands. Focus on something else...anything else! Go clean the toilet!!! LOL Ya wouldn't want to do that and smoke!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 4:32 pm
Do something fun or eat something fun, Boberg! Or clean something with bleach! Cigs taste and smell awful after that bleach smell. Or just yell! You can do it! You can conquer the beast!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 4:47 pm
Boberg, hope you outlasted the urge!! You're doing great, you're just now getting into the mental game and I have to tell you it is more of a challenge than the physical game of addiction. I honestly could not have weened myself off the slowly, an abrupt "end of discussion" situation is what worked best for me. Smoking was not an option, so I had to deal and take many fast walks when I got hit with the urge. Oh, and I came in here and wished death/carnage/mayhem on all these nice people who never did anything mean to me. Juju and Twinkie took it very well, I have to say. Boberg, just keep reminding yourself that you are only screwing yourself by giving in. You will have to make up all that ground again. Don't do it. One foot in front of the other . . . For anyone who, like me, is very unhappy with their post-smoking body but has to get into a swimsuit in the near future, there is a new-fangled contraption out called a "swim-dress." It is incredibly groovy, it is basically a mini-dress with a swimsuit attached underneath (all made of swimsuit material). I got one made by Sunsets in an island-fabulous pattern, and I was extremely comfortable hanging out by the pool in the Keys. It made me comfortable with my body until I have a chance to lose this ex-smoker weight-gain. The getting sun thing would not have happened unless I'd found the swimdress, so yay me and yay for Colossus taking me to find something that would make me happy under the circumstances (I'm telling you he has been a DREAM with this non-smoking thing, I hope every one of you has one just like him for support).
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 5:56 pm
GAL, I've got a good one too. He's put up with a lot from me since I quit smoking and he's been soooo supportive. I don't even want to think about all the weight I've gained since I quit. YAAAA for you at finding that great swim dress! Glad you had fun! Did you do the sunset/sunrise thing on Key West?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:23 pm
You know we did, Twinkie. The sunset thing was on the deck of our room and Colossus recorded it, so that was fun with the cat-dancer-dude and other board-walkers who had crowds, and the applause when the sun finally hit the deck. Very beautiful.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:36 pm
Cool idea GAL... is it like this?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:49 pm
That's it, Dahli!!! Mine has blue, white, brown, green and turquoise waves going through it. And the bust is gathered with strings and a small hoop in the middle, so you can make any neckline you want by twining or knotting the strings.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 7:06 pm
My brother sucked on peppermints to get over the menthol in cigs.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Boberg either went for a realllly long walk, or she has a lot of toilets in her house. Or she is smoking up a storm. LOL.
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