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    • B
      bertoni
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      I love the old fags too but got to give up due to high cholesterol:( Just gone 24 hours without one…it does get easier right?!

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      • DougNgD
        DougNg
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        It takes about a month before withdrawal symptoms are gone

        The first week is the worst

        That's when I was going cold turkey (I tried this a few times, never got past two weeks)

        With the ecigarette, I was "a cranky asshole" according to Jody for the first week, and after that, was back to normal. This is probably because I'm still getting nicotine from the ecig. Though I've gone from 18mg/ml to 12mg/ml in the last couple months, and have no desire to go any lower. I figure I'll be a lifelong smoker, one way or another. If I dose myself at too low a level, I might be tempted to go back to regular cigarettes (analogs as what vapers refer to them)

        I've noticed big changes in my health since I stopped smoking analogs

        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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          bertoni
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          Not been shakin too much…could murder a wee one right about now though...and cos it's high cholesterol I don't even get to binge out on chocolate bikkies. Life's a biatch!!!

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          • M
            milosz
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            Have been stopping and starting in fits for the last month or so. Have a couple left here that I'm telling myself are it. Once I go to bed, done.

            Need to quit to get on with weight-loss plan, save money ($7/pack * 7 days/week…), etc.. - but I enjoy going out too much, and that's inevitably to a bar, where I inevitably have a couple of drinks and then a cigarette. And I spend most of my workday alone, driving from jobsite to jobsite, and smoke too much while doing that.

            sordid smoking history:
            Never smoked up through high school - my parents did 'til I was 16 and I hated cigarettes.
            Then I started waiting tables the summer before college, started doing E every couple of weeks (mmm, menthol), ramped up to about a pack a day for 2-3 years. Cut down when I left the restaurant industry, but in art school it was still a reinforced habit - on breaks go outside with the smokers. When I dropped out of school and quit going to bars I stopped completely for five and a half or six years.

            Picked it up a couple of years back when I started working security in a bar, quit for five months early this year because my girlfriend asked me to, started again when we broke up.

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            • DougNgD
              DougNg
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              Four months today smoke free!!!

              (I keep forgetting the exact day I quit smoking until Jody reminded me last night that I quit on her birthday)

              I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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              • simoncS
                simonc
                Banned
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                I'm not a smoker per say, I got over that about ten years ago, but I am getting a box of these for xmas!  55 ring gauge by 5.5 inches Woo f*ckin' Hoo!

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                • DougNgD
                  DougNg
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                  Still smoke free

                  Will be six months on Feb 6th

                  Pretty happy with this ecig device. No desire to ever go back to regular cigarettes

                  I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                  • madmondayM
                    madmonday
                    Raw and Unwashed
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                    congrats DougNg,  with all u had going on -move, new gig, etc- it's great to see you didn't fall of the wagon

                    head high, middle finger higher

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                      bertoni
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                      Congrats Doug! I'll be at 3 months 8 feb. Not goin too bad with no replacement fags! Keep it up my good man 😉

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                      • jimmyJ
                        jimmy
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                        i am a non smoker, just wanted to say good on you doug!!

                        i loose on average a close family/friend to smoking every 2 years…....... so I've become one of these people that preaches about how bad smoking is.

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                        • DougNgD
                          DougNg
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                          Thanks guys. The move wasn't too stressful (work paid for my relocation expenses) but work is becoming increasingly demanding (long hours). This thing definitely takes the edge off when I have a big wig (think someone who reports directly to the President) is breathing down my neck

                          Having a support system like Jody is a big plus too

                          My health has definitely taken an upturn, I can run as fast and as far as I could when I was 22, but you wouldn't be able to tell right now since I'm sick as a dog 😞

                          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                          • guillaumeG
                            guillaume
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                            Up until recently I had been cutting down, a half pack a day to perhaps a quarter pack. I was real happy with myself. I had been wanting to get into better shape for a while and reach that next plateau in terms of fitness. I'm not out of shape or anything, I just wanted to be healthier and have a little more money in pocket. Anyone who is a smoker and lives in New York knows exactly what I'm talking about. But within the past six weeks though I've not only returned to smoking more, I have also exceeded my amount per day. With it now being a pack to two a day. It's really no excuse but when you find out that your long time girlfriend with whom you live with reveals to you that she has been sleeping with her co worker, you tend to resort vices such as this as McCallan. I only hope that I can break this smoking habit soon enough.

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                              ADDIC
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                              36 days without a cigarette. cold turkey.

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
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                                Day 3 of cold turkey.  I ache all over and am in a shit mood….......................

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  bertoni
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                                  @Giles:

                                  Day 3 of cold turkey.  I ache all over and am in a shit mood….......................

                                  Hang in there G, it gets easier I swear!

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                                  • DougNgD
                                    DougNg
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                                    It gets better after the first week

                                    The first seven days, it probably would have been wise to institutionalize me

                                    I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                    • madmondayM
                                      madmonday
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                                      Hang in there G, I really feel bad for Madame Buttonfly & your Pappi.  You are difficult enough as it is.  I won't pm you with any of my questions till you pass seven days smoke free, by that time the edge should be off a little bit.

                                      head high, middle finger higher

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                                      • jbphoto23J
                                        jbphoto23
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                                        Stay strong G it's worth it in the long run!
                                        good luck sir.

                                        www.JoshBustosPhoto.com

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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          @monday:

                                          Hang in there G, I really feel bad for Madame Buttonfly & your Pappi.  You are difficult enough as it is.  I won't pm you with any of my questions till you pass seven days smoke free, by that time the edge should be off a little bit.

                                          Thanks.  Madame Buttonfly also gave up, but she was more of a social (i.e. with a drink) smoker.  I, on the otherhand,  was a proper smoker, so we are in ths together, but she is getting pissed off with my tetchiness…..........

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • BeatleB
                                            Beatle
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                                            Don´t know if that helps, but when I did quit for a year I used a simple trick..

                                            always had one cigarette with me - and I kept telling myself if I really needed to smoke - I could.

                                            We can do anything

                                            http://bybeatle.com

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