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perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
As of yesterday he was still holding strong. He posted over in Lunatics forum. Yupper. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
Len Send message Joined: 15 Mar 10 Posts: 52 Credit: 11,725,173 RAC: 86 |
Hang in there Mark. I'm still rooting for you. 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 |
I won, you owe. Still sux, the craving is arrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Dave Stegner Send message Joined: 20 Oct 04 Posts: 540 Credit: 65,583,328 RAC: 27 |
Keep it up Mark, I am about to join you. Glad your back. Dave |
shizaru Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 |
Cangrats, hang in there & welcome back! Forums just weren't the same without you... |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Cangrats, hang in there & welcome back! Yeah, and I just wasn't the same without y'all either........or them dang cigs...... Somebody......when does the craving go away??????????? Still has me tearing my hair out and I don't know how long I can endure it. I did go to the gas stations today, filled up...got a half tank of gas, can of coffee, powereball ticket, and he had my usual pack of cigs on the counter............OMG......I said NO.........got a bit of a puzzled look after all these years, but drove away with another handful of cash in my hand.......LOLouch. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Len Send message Joined: 15 Mar 10 Posts: 52 Credit: 11,725,173 RAC: 86 |
Cangrats, hang in there & welcome back! Your post here tells you, if you listen, when the craving will go away. Currently you are not an ex-smoker, but someone trying to give up cigarettes. Its two things:
Mentally, you have to make the change of habit from being someone trying to give up smoking, to being an ex-smoker. That takes more determination than starting the "trying to give up" phase.
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 |
Cangrats, hang in there & welcome back! I am slaying my dragons one by one........desire by desire......I just wish they would stop coming, or my strength may fail me......I think the physical dragon, Puff, has gone away.......it's the emotional dragon.....Poof, that seem to wanna stick around......... Relax on the couch after a nice meal........shaZaaaaaam.......have a few beers.......shaZaaaaaaam.......whap, whop, who's your daddy? So far, I have been the daddy.......the kitties help......it's nice to know that I am not smoking for them as well. But it's real shitty for my dang impulses. And not helping my mood any. Sorry for that. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
I did go to the gas stations today, filled up...got a half tank of gas, can of coffee, powereball ticket, and he had my usual pack of cigs on the counter
Actually that sounds like the clerk had gotten the pack down and ready for him, not that Mark ordered them. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I did go to the gas stations today, filled up...got a half tank of gas, can of coffee, powereball ticket, and he had my usual pack of cigs on the counter Correct......LOL. I didn't come THAT close. He was just so used to me popping in for a tanka, a ticket, and cigs, that HE got them out and plopped them down on the counter in front of me. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
So its not only your bad habits that have to be changed. Keep going Mark there's a whole lot of us out here who are backing you up. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
+1 Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
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Len Send message Joined: 15 Mar 10 Posts: 52 Credit: 11,725,173 RAC: 86 |
So its not only your bad habits that have to be changed. Indeed it is not just the bad habits. This: Relax on the couch after a nice meal........shaZaaaaaam.......have a few beers.......shaZaaaaaaam.......whap, whop, who's your daddy? Tells you that it is the normal everyday habits that trigger the craving. They are the things that give the other dragon strength. Breaking ALL your habits at once involves 'No couch after a nice meal; No 'few beers'. Those are the triggers. The bell that makes the dog salivate. Why give the dragon attacks of opportunity? The water routine does more than the flushing and scrubbing away of nicotine. It also replaces many of the habits with a new routine, which helps attack both Dragons at once. All the best of luck Mark. I really am rooting for you. ... and anyone else your lead inspires to follow suit. Len I think I am. Therefore I am. I think. |
Bill Lumley Send message Joined: 21 Aug 04 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,874,082 RAC: 1 |
here is a little definition of one word that everybody thinks they know what it means and we use it frequently .... that word is the word DECIDE: comes from the two Latin words DE = "put to" CIDE = "DEATH" hint insectiCIDE, herbiCIDE we often use the word decide and choice liberally and believe they are one and the same ... the difference is one comes from the head and one from the heart. Purpose in your heart my friend and it will be permanent! Good Luck! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Welcome back Mark! Have not really noticed any change in taste yet, but I do seem to be getting a bit more sense of smell lately. And it's nice coming home from work and not having the house smell so much of stale smoke. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
IFRS Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 1736 Credit: 259,180,282 RAC: 0 |
So, i´m at about a week to lost (?) U$ 100,00??? Crap...better go back to work and make some then. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Don't worry about noticing a change in your sense of taste, or smell. Let me explain: When I my brother quit smoking a few years back it took him a long time to realise that things were tasting "different". The change was slow and steady, not a sudden switch being thrown. He said he realised when chomping his way through one of Gran's scones (or more likely knowing us, a dozen of them!), it tasted "fresher", but he knew it had just come out of the oven long enough to cool to "eating temperature".... (In earlier years we both suffered burns to our tongues due to being in too much of a hurry to translate the HOT scones from the cooling tray to our stomachs) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Welcome back Mark! Indeed, welcome back. It was a little strange without you here. You seem to be doing better with your nonsmoking than I am with my weight loss. On the taste thing, that makes me think. I have a friend who smokes, and he also puts a ton of salt on his food "to make it taste better." He even salts pizza, which to me is one of the saltiest things there is. He mixes salt and pepper into his ketchup before dipping his fries in it, while I brush most of the salt off my fries (if I eat them at all). I wonder if he would find he needs less salt if he quit smoking. He recently went on a med for his blood pressure, but he hasn't cut down on the salt (or the smoking) even though it affects BP. Stale smoke smell: if I spend a couple hours at my friend's house in the evening, I can't stand myself the next morning until I wash my hair, and I really hate it if I have to wear the same pants the next day. Anyway, it sounds like you're going to force me to make that donation I keep threatening. Now, what's the current balance on my credit card...? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Anyway, it sounds like you're going to force me to make that donation I keep threatening. Now, what's the current balance on my credit card...? As noted in the GPUUG thread, $25 this morning to the upload/download server drive. If you fail now, you owe it $50 more. (Don't fail.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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