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SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
However you go about it, just quit smoking. Cigarettes killed both of my dad's parents entirely too early in their lives. They killed both of my wifes parents as well. My father used to smoke three packs a day, but cold turkeyed them based on pressure from my sister and I when we were 5 and 8 years old. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
Well, my brother's wife is s Spanish lady. A real Senora.But she smokes. I never smoked in my life, except maybe around a dead comrade below a mountain, when we passed a cigarette and a flask of wine around like Communion. Tullio |
Len Send message Joined: 15 Mar 10 Posts: 52 Credit: 11,725,173 RAC: 86 |
I disagree Chris. The step-down method doesn't work for EVERYONE. I stopped 10 years ago cold-turkey-never smoked again. I didn't want to be quite that harsh on the man. However, Mark, you now have at least some incentive to prove to us ex-smokers that you can do it. I too simply stopped smoking. In the '70s I was in training and assisted at two post mortems of road accident victims. One was a smoker, one was a non-smoker; both from a rural area. Their lungs were totally different looking organs. One had pink lungs the other grey. - It was not smoking that killed either of them. That was just the state of their lungs. I gave up very shortly after that. I went from 30-40 a day to none. I used a method based on ridding the body of nicotine AND breaking all my habits at once, then selectively taking up only those I wished to continue with. It took two weeks. First, realise that most of your smoking is habit. So is coffee, tea, carbonated caffeine drinks, alcohol, sitting in your favourite chair after meals, and all the other things that you do by habit. Prepare to stop doing them all for two weeks. After two weeks you can take up whatever other habits you want to. Then, to rid the body of nicotine, realise that nicotine is slightly soluble in water, and use water to flush it out. Water on the inside. Drink only water, and drink more than you need. This will help flush out the nicotine. (which must go to stop the cravings) It will also help make you feel fuller before meals to drink a large glass of water about 5 minutes before the meal. This will help prevent the weight gain that often accompanies smoking cessation. Water on the outside. Make a ritual out of this:
Next day, use ice-water to thoroughly scrub up to the elbows. Then continue as the previous day. Next day, the whole arms. Then the arms and feet; arms and lower legs; arms and whole legs; arms, legs and face/head; arms, legs, head, upper torso; whole body.
I think I am. Therefore I am. I think. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22203 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Mark, a two stage pledge: First $15 after one month, then another $15 after six months. All the best Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
B-Man Send message Joined: 11 Feb 01 Posts: 253 Credit: 147,366 RAC: 0 |
I gave $25 instead of the promised $15. Good luck buddy |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Last day of ciggy butts....just got a few left. Then dealing with the habitual triggers. And start feeling better when I walk out of the gas station a couple of times a week with an extra $25.00 still in my pocket. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Go man go :-) Thanks.... BTW, anybody so similarly inclined is welcome to join in with me. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
TRuEQ & TuVaLu Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 505 Credit: 69,523,653 RAC: 10 |
Now almost free of smokes for 9 mounths and I've been a smoker for about 30 years. Now when I don't smoke I wonder why the heck are there cigarettes for sale everywhere. What are their purpose? I am alot healthier and happier without them. Quit smoking is the way to go!!! TRuEQ & TuVaLu |
mikeej42 Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 109 Credit: 791,875,385 RAC: 9 |
Marc, What is the final tally you have accepted for your incentive? |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Marc, What is the final tally you have accepted for your incentive? Hard to say exactly....some offers were made via PM, some have deferred for a longer time than one month, some have already been donated to the GPUUG fundraiser. But for my purposes, I will total it at $900.00... Or about 4-1/2 months worth of nasty sticks. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And I shall be out for the evening.... Going to Lori's for DVDs and pizza. Her son shall be joining us. I'll be havin' the last butt I got on the way over. See ya in the smoke free New Year, and thank you very much to all who have pledged to support both myself and this fundraiser. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
Have a good night and good luck with the smoking (or lack of) john3760 |
Len Send message Joined: 15 Mar 10 Posts: 52 Credit: 11,725,173 RAC: 86 |
Good luck to you, both in this endeavour and life in general. I know this is not your only challenge. I hope 2012 brings us all some cheer. I think I am. Therefore I am. I think. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Well.... Day 1 underway. Hardest part was waking up and not lighting up several to start my day. Good thing I didn't leave myself any in the house. Or car...filled it up with gas yesterday, so I can avoid that trip. No ashtrays here, will be filling the soda cans full of butts with water and out in the garbage with them. Gotta stay busy instead of sitting here on the couch thinking about it. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Fingers crossed Mark. You can do it. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
rebest Send message Joined: 16 Apr 00 Posts: 1296 Credit: 45,357,093 RAC: 0 |
Hey Mark. I'm a wee bit late to the game. My apologies. My old man smoked and suffered his first heart attack at 30. He quit, but the damage done was too much. His second heart attack killed him at 39. This was long before by-pass and stent surgery was available. Being the idiot that I was, I started smoking at 12 and smoked for 11 years before I quit for good. If you go 90 days, I'll kick in another hundred. That's an even $1,000 on you if you don't make it. Maybe that extra zero will help you get over the top! No cigarette is worth a thousand bucks. Go for it. Join the PACK! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Getting a bit cranky... But I'm not gonna break down and buy another pack. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Still hanging in there folks. The kittyman is pretty ornery about now...LOL. Back to work today...that should help keep my mind offa it. This weekend will probably be tough, used to kicking back when the workweek ends and grabbing that pack of Pall Malls. Just gotta drive by the gas station without stopping in for some. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Still hanging in there folks. Your'e doing great Mark! We are all routing for you! Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22203 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Message to Kitties - sit on Kityman's lap, pin his arms down, cuddle him and make sure he's a good boy. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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