Smokin' Olds

[owrstrich]

those altoids sours freak me out...

but not as much as this... http://www.altoids.com/products.do

i go with the sugar free sour gum now and then...

you gotta eat...

owrstrich

[Oldman]

Well it is now almost Monday AM and the world has not yet fallin' in on me. Not sure how I feel. Light headed...maybe. Crawleys... ya like things moving under my skin in waves--running hot then cold.

I don't find myself looking to pick up or grab a cig. as I "programed" myself with the phrase..."I don't smoke." So other than the inside feelings  of hot / cold / things crawling I have no desire to smoke again. I don't need anything in my hands or to chew on anything. If fact I think I've only eaten two of the Altonids since lunch.

For what it is worth I was burning at least 30 packs per week if not more. Making the decision to believe in myself that "I don't smoke" has made a  big difference. It eliminated the option. In fact a few feet away there is an open pack and lighter. I cannot use them as I don't smoke.

[iceman]

Good job Old's. Another thing to watch for is the triggers that used to lead you to want to smoke ie. just after a meal or while having a cold one etc. If you can bust past those you have it wooped my friend. :)

[tsquared]

Hang in there Olds. It's hard but worth it. We're rooting for you.
T2

[asa]

Whew!! You had me scared there, Olds - I, too, thought you were quitting "good" smoking and leaving all of us to fend for ourselves with the BS.

But soon you'll hear, "Lungs to brain: can't thank you enough; wow, this feels good!"

We're with you Raye - keep it up, and know it's for the best. It really is - know it and believe it.

Best regards and good luck,
     Art

[Oldman]

Well today is hump day (Wed) so it has to be down hill from here.... BTW while I was not smoking them all---many just burning up I was going through about 30 packs per week.  That is about $81.00 per week, or $4,212.00 per year... EEK~~! Now if I can get my wife to quit that should be about $64.00 per week  as she goes through 20 packs per week but those smokes are the expensive kind...no cheap crap for her lungs.

Mother lives with me and she is a good 30 packs per week as well. She can only smoke in her room and man o man do I ever have that room vented 24/7. Susan smokes outside now.

[Oldman]

icerat4: Maybe try something like this i hear this works great.Good luck pops

Pops?  Boy~~bring your sorry A$$ on down here, and I will show you Pops! Ever been gator fishin'? We always looking for new gator bait.

Step One:
Take a smart A$$ Yankee and place him in boat.
Step Two:
Tie a good rope around him.
Step Three:
Throw him into the water.
Step Four:
Wait until gator has a good hold on that smart A$$ Yankee before you head slowly to the shore.
Step Five:
Don't shoot Gator in the head until he has finished with the bait or you might hit and kill that Smart A$$ Yankee. Wait until all that can be seen is the rope sticking out of the gator's mouth then shoot the gator in the head in an effort to save one smart A$$ Yankee... by then of course it is to late.
Step Six:
Invite the Smart A$$ Yankee's wife to a gator tail cook out. Telling her that the meal is complements of her late husband.


Pops uh? ? ? ?

[LilSmoker]

Well done Olds, and stick with it, it does get easier ;)

I quit in January, i used to smoke 40-50 a day!  :o, at the time i was in denial, i used to say "ah it's ok, i don't smoke that many" but in reality i most definately did.

I was going to have a new form of treatment, it has a 98% success rate, but just after christmas, something clicked in my head, and i thought that's it i'm quitting, i had a few cigs left in a pack, i threw them in the bin, and that was it for me up until the present.

I do get the odd time where i fancy a cig, but it soon passes, especially when i realise how much i would be letting myself down.

It was funny the other day, i told everybody "hey i'm smoking again" they were all shoked until they realised i'd bought a BS, which is the only smoking i need nowdays ;)

I have gained a bit of weight, which is strange for me, as i was always very lean, but losing the weight is easier to deal with than the smoking.

Anyway, if i can quit anybody can, good luck with, and now you'll live longer to enjoy all those lovely BS sessions  ;)

[Oldman]

Well it is over.  Nothing anymore. Since yesterday the only time I give thought tp smoking is when I see my wife light up.

Next, I will have to change coffee brand as the one I have been drinking now taste like crap.

I'm glad this is now over with.
Olds

[manxman]

$4,212.00 per year...

Now the big decision is what to spend all that extra money on! ;D ;D

[tsquared]

Spending money ?That's always easy for me--toys for my boat!
Glad you stuck with it, Olds--we need our elder statesman around here. :D
T2

[3rensho]

Fantastic Olds.  Glad to hear it's going well.  Getting your sense of taste back is quite an experience.  I had never appreciated how dumbed down my sense of taste was until about two years after I quit.  A dungeness crab had never tasted so sweet - especially in Tofino in B.C. 

Tom