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    bertoni
    Joined: 17 Oct 2010

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

    last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 15:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      jimmy
      Joined: 17 Dec 2010

      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.

      last edited by 27 Jan 2011, 22:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        DougNg
        Joined: 24 Sept 2009

        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

        last edited by 28 Jan 2011, 15:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          guillaume
          Joined: 12 Nov 2010

          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.

          last edited by 29 Jan 2011, 17:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            ADDIC
            Joined: 26 Feb 2010

            36 days without a cigarette. cold turkey.

            last edited by 30 Jan 2011, 06:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              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

              last edited by 3 Feb 2011, 11:25 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                bertoni
                Joined: 17 Oct 2010

                @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!

                last edited by 3 Feb 2011, 11:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  DougNg
                  Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                  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

                  last edited by 3 Feb 2011, 11:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    madmonday
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                    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

                    last edited by 3 Feb 2011, 14:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      jbphoto23
                      Joined: 12 Oct 2010

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

                      www.JoshBustosPhoto.com

                      last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 00:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        @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

                        last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 09:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Beatle
                          Joined: 8 Dec 2009

                          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

                          last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 09:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            injunjack
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                            Or you might wanna try these:

                            last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 10:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Jii
                              Joined: 4 Oct 2010

                              I quit smoking in 1996 (and have only had 4 or 5 cigarrettes after that, of which the last one was in 2005 or so). It will get easier with time but I still had urges a couple of years ago. In fact, dreamt about smoking last night (really stressed out from work at the moment)…

                              Smoking doesn't fit my self image anymore so I doubt I'll ever start again but I do consider myself a smoke-a-holic for life.

                              Quitting has easily been the best decision I have made so far in my life. A big thumbs up to all quitters!

                              AIAN HA-TO!

                              last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 12:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                My trouble is that I have given up for years at least 3 times in the past…..............Pathetic............

                                "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

                                last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 14:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  DougNg
                                  Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                  This is precisely why I'm sticking with the ecig at a low dose of nicotine. I've quit before and then come back to smoking when I'm stressed. I've kind of given up the idea of being a true "non smoker"

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

                                  last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 15:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    I don't go back when I am stressed, I go back when I think I've been off them long enough to have one just once in a while.  I have no facility to learn from past mistakes when it comes to smoking….....................

                                    "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

                                    last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 15:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      bertoni
                                      Joined: 17 Oct 2010

                                      Idem G. Last time I started again (after my third time stopping) I thought i'd have one with a beer now and again…Problem was I started to want a beer everyday! It's a slippery slope that we forget all too easily. Once a smoker always a smoker...just like an alcoholic. We can't do the occasional one now and again...and more's the pity 😞

                                      last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 15:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Guest
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                                        Quitting is tough but not impossible!
                                        Plus with the saved $ buy more IH

                                        last edited by 4 Feb 2011, 17:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          Like I need more  🙂 ?

                                          "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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