Is the fact that Shirl and I are quitting smoking as of RIGHT NOW.
I'll keep ya updated as to our "recovery"
The $5000 a year savings..yes I said $5000 a year..will nicely pay for our annual pilgimige (sp?) to Mexico!!!!!
and for those who know us on chat....NO.. we are not getting so silly as to be contemplating "marriage"........YET! Posted by Samazon (Member # 408) on :
I quit a while back too, Dave. I've even been able to enjoy the occasional beer and not feel the urge to light up, which surprised me!
Good luck in your effort to be smoke-free!
Sam
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Go guys go!
-dan
Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
Good for you both!
I've been smoke free since June! It was hard, but I just put it in day to day compartments. ( I didn't smoke yesterday, so I can make it today).
I'm here for any moral support you need! I'm also living proof you CAN drink beer and NOT smoke!
If I did it, you can do it!
Posted by david drane (Member # 507) on :
Don't worry about Mexico Dave, 5 big ones would give you a pretty good time in Australia. Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
dave you mean i can kiss you now.....and not taste an ash tray?....hahahahahahahha ok next goes the meat.....
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Hay Paint.... Thats a pretty personal thing to say!!!!!!!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Ol' Paint ain't got no couth!
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Even if he did.....I betcha he wouldnt comb it!
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Congrats you two!!!!
Posted by Henry Barker (Member # 174) on :
Great Effort!!
In 91 I was working for Simple Minds, one of the lighting crew had a book Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking, we all laughed....but 13 of the crew on that tour stopped smoking by reading that book. I was one of them....I had no willpower whatsoever, I also had a bad habit of shoving all sorts of powder up my nose, and really enjoyed an accompanying cigarette.
It worked for me over 10 years now and I was a Marlboro 2 pack a day type.
Funnily enough I met a guy yesterday up here with the Cranberries and he asked after all these years if I was still a non-smoker.
The book I mention is published in Europe by Penguin Health, I've seen it on amazon if you need a little back up. Hope it works out and you enjoy many more trips to Mexico!!
Posted by Steve Purcell (Member # 1140) on :
One bit of advice:
Don't count the days since you last smoked.
Don't keep track at all.
Quit forever starting right now.
Good Luck! Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Congratulations Dave and Shirley!
Gonna be some grouchy days ahead, but you can do it! It's been 5 years for me. If I can do it, anybody can!
Sue Posted by Steve Nuttle (Member # 2645) on :
Horray for the two of you! You're right this is of no interest to any one but your friends and fellow letterheads. Best of luck, you CAN do it!!! Keep us posted.
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
So....The question that noboby has dared to ask is: Now what do you do after sex???
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Awesome! I quit November 14, 1990 and haven't had one since. I do howeve live on Trident peppermint gum, Still have to put something in my mouth after a really good meal. That was the hardest part for me...sitting around with a coffee and a really good glass of port after a stellar meal and dying for a cigarette.
Congrats!
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
Quitting is EASY ... I did it HUNDREDS of times ...
The last time worked ... dropped a 2 pack a day habit - cold turkey - new years day 15 years ago. After trying to quit many times during the last five years that I smoked, I must have been ready because the last time was easy, after the first two weeks I didn't have any cravings at all. I wish the same for you and Shirley
Posted by Mark Smith (Member # 298) on :
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO
I quit 6 years ago, never going back
Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :
Good for you guy's.
Here is a little tip for you. If your nerves get all edgy try taking Brewers Yeast Tablets....take as many as you need. The nerve endings HAD a natural coating....nicotine destroyed that coating...and was replaced by a coating from the nicotine...however it doesn't last long...that is why people get all farkeled and nervous when they don't smoke. Brewers yeast starts to re-build the natural coating on the nerves....and keeps them in check while your system starts to re-build naturally.
I quit 22 years ago...that's what my doctor recommended....it worked for me (or maybe it was just a plecebo effect?) Oh-Well...it did work.
Remember...you have to be smarter than the cigerettes...it is all just an illusion anyway.
Posted by TransLab (Member # 470) on :
That Brewers yeast sounds like just the thing.
Preferably in liquid form .... after fermentation ... will definatly settle jagged nerves.
Posted by LEE ATTEWELL (Member # 2407) on :
It's not the smoking that bothered me...It's the bursting into flames that got me
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Thanks for the encouragement folks.
The update is that, as of "day one", we haven't smoked.
I have consumed 5 dill pickles more than I would normally consume but I figure they aren't too fattening! And my sudden love affair with dill pickles will probably fade soon too.
I don't intend to bore people too much so the next update will be after "week one" and the next after "month one." And then after "year one".
Here's hoping we succeed.
Posted by Mark Smith (Member # 298) on :
Dave, if you need encouragement email me: mark@estimatesoftware.com or call me 888-304-3300. You can do this any time. Nothing's more important to your life than succeeding and sometimes a good venting can curb the need for a smoke.
Deep breathing really helps trick your body that you've had a cigarette, too.
Just remember : the one thing you can never do is put a cigarette in your mouth again. For the first 6 months, EVERYTHING else is OK. You can shave off the extra pounds later.
Posted by Henry Barker (Member # 174) on :
Dave,
You have alot of encouragement here.....I would just say if it gets hard try the book...as I say I just laughed at it in the begining, and like many others was one of those people who just tried abit to stop even while suffering from bronchitis and then when I thought no one saw me, leave catering and out to the truck for a quick puff, and the first time I drove my semi in heavy traffic...had to stop and buy a new pack! as mentioned above in the 80's I had other expensive habits, so willpower was not No1 on my list of achievements.
I was in Rome the day I quit, had 800cigs under the bed in the truck, gave them to another truckdriver and said the mother-in-law can have them when we get up to Stockholm...that was it...no cravings...no urge to replace with a patch...nothing, and I have NO willpower. The book doesn't put you under pressure, it doesn't frighten you, it just makes you look at things in a different way....I was absolutely amazed, its over 10 years and the other habit died a death too.
The guy who wrote the book was a 100 a day accountant...who thought he ought to do something before he killed himself....I believe he is known all over the world now.
Book or no book....best of luck Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
Does this mean I'll be able to sleep in the house when I visit!!???
A:)
Best of luck to both of you!
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Way to go Dave, your heart as well as your wallet is going to thank you... Big Time!
Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Henry,
I'm curious if that is the same book that helped some of my friends quit. They told me about it, and then passed it off to other friends, so I've never did see it. I'd love to get it for my sister;)
Sue
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
I quit smoking many times.Each time got harder. It didn't get easier with practice. Been 22 years now since I stopped.
I decided to change as many of the patterns as I could. Instead of going to the coffee shop I normally went to every morning, I went somewhere else. Sit in a different chair and position at dinner. Re arrange your life so you don't behave as someone controlled by patterns, because now buddy, you're taking charge!
I wish you success and the satisfaction that comes with victory. Let the battle commense.
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
W.C. Fields said; "Quitting is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it a thousand times!"
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I started smoking when I was 11 in 1955. In boot camp 10 years later we were not allowed to smoke for the first 4 days, but everybody in my outfit went right back to it as soon as they lit the smoking lamp. I tried MANY times to taper off, to no avail. I finally hit the low point in 1971 smoking 4 packs a day and cigarettes went to 50 cents a pack in the machines. I knew I had a 4 day record to beat and that's what did it for me - once I passed that mark, and it was TOUGH, I didn't want to go back on it and ever have to try a restart. I compensated with sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, gum, candy ANYthing was better than the habit, and eventually I got off the seeds & stuff.
I had the craving for 10 years, however - but I never succommed. I also had a habit of reaching for my shirt (cig) pocket whenever I smelled a whiff of the smoke or saw somebody light up, just auto pilot response, which was why I did most of the smoking I had done, I'm sure.
I can't believe how much people pay for the things these days, we got cigarettes for 11 cents a pack in the Navy. Clean for 31 years now, and believe me, it's worth it! Whatever trick it takes for you stay with the program. Good Luck! _____________________________________
BTW - I've had extensive health exams lately at the V.A. Hospital and the fact that I ever smoked shows up on their machines. After 31 years. The sooner you get off of it, the better you will fare.
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