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GoldDalek
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Posts: 663
Location: Back after a while away
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:17 am |
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Right, here we go.
As of 4 minutes ago, I have given up. I usually smoke about 20 a day (more if I'm at home) so this should be fun
A mate of mine gave me a really good tip for the hand-to-mouth reflex action. Get yourself a straw (white is best) and cut to the length of a fag and then stuff a small piece of sponge in on end. Looks like a fag, feels like a fag and if you try and light it, you get a burning plastic smell.
I also have a little Firefox extension that will be using. Every time I use the computer I see the little Quitzilla icon which if you hover the mouse over tells how many cigarettes you have not smoked since your stop date and the cost of these. The figures soon assist you to stay off the cigs. http://www.quitometro.org/quitomzilla_en.php |
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bombardier
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:39 am |
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Luther Blissett
Elite Baiter
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Posts: 1029
Location: Watford, Middle East
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:41 am |
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^^^ This FF extension sounds just the thing. I'll install it when I'm at home later today.
With the help of this thread I have almost stopped smoking already. Currently on about 4 a day (previously 20+) and reducing by one every 3 days. Plus, I'm not smoking anymore at home or when going out. This may not be the mainstream way of doing it, but I think it'll work for me... |
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bombardier
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Sun May 27, 2007 1:05 pm |
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Luther Blissett
Elite Baiter
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Posts: 1029
Location: Watford, Middle East
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Sun May 27, 2007 1:45 pm |
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Way to go!
The cost factor of smoking is, in my location, unfortunately not much of an incentive as a packet costs about 80 pence (20 pence only if you buy the ones made in Egypt, but even at my most desparate I wouldn't smoke those).
I reckon, though, that the number of fags not smoked should provide enough of an incentive.
In short, the mission is: Number of Eater posts up, number of fags down! |
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Kryall
Master Baiter
Joined: 22 Dec 2005
Posts: 211
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Sun May 27, 2007 4:17 pm |
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Congrats on the impressive milestone, Bombardier! It's always refreshing to see willpower prevail. |
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GoldDalek
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Posts: 663
Location: Back after a while away
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Sun May 27, 2007 7:01 pm |
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10 hours (nearly), 15 fags and �4 saved so far and I'm climbing the bloody walls.
Going out for a walk now and leaving my wallet and cash at home so I don't get tempted. I'll probably get wet, but hey-ho. |
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bombardier
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Sun May 27, 2007 7:54 pm |
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Slightlyoutofit
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 14310
Location: Foraging for Nuts.
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Tue May 29, 2007 7:58 pm |
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I don't want to tempt fate, but the last couple of days have been unreal.
I've not even thought about smoking, much less had any cravings. It's almost as if the only time I think about smoking is because I'm suprised that I haven't thought about it (work it out).
I reckon I might finally be there.
That said, I'll probably be gagging for a B&H in 5 minutes because I've written this. |
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bombardier
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Tue May 29, 2007 8:17 pm |
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Anti-419
Elite Baiter
Joined: 28 Jul 2004
Posts: 1804
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Tue May 29, 2007 9:42 pm |
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Good luck...
My bro-in-law quit smoking by cold turkey too. He never lit a cigarrette since he started... it's been 6-7 years since he quit. He was smoking for over 20 years before he quit.
My sister made him quit. It's one of her conditions for marriage. |
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Gnasher
Baiting Guru
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 2849
Location: Centre Stage in the Theatre of Cruelty
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Tue May 29, 2007 9:45 pm |
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Treading on thin ice with cranky non-smokers with hair-trigger tempers but anyway....... some people find quitting easier than others because they haven't developed a chemical/physiological dependency on nicotine. It's not the act of smoking they need so much as the actual nicotine. However, for many smokers the 'pleasure' is in the act of smoking rather than getting a nicotine fix (although it's a bonus) and it becomes more of a habit than anything else. When I quit I found the first week or so difficult but I knew what my 'smoking triggers' were and so deliberately avoided those situations and it was amazing how quickly I found myself not even thinking about smoking, let alone 'needing' a cigarette. However, I do know how hard it is for smokers who have become dependant/addicted to nicotine because they have to go through a genuine withdrawal process. So congrats to all of you who have toughed it out and good luck for continued success. |
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bombardier
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:02 pm |
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Shiver Metimbers
419Eater Admin
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Posts: 7469
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:12 pm |
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Like Leslie Nielson at the end of Airplane, good luck. We're all counting on you |
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Malleus
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 17 May 2007
Posts: 76
Location: In my top secret hideout
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:19 pm |
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I still smoke.
I'm currently on huge 500gram amoxicillin capsules trying to get rid of a chest infection.
That should keep you focused. |
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Slightlyoutofit
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 14310
Location: Foraging for Nuts.
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:45 pm |
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@bombardier,
Don't worry. I'm still with you. I haven't really thought a lot about smoking recently so haven't really bothered posting in this thread. It's not a sign that I've fallen off the wagon!!!
3 weeks and 4 days? Is it really that long? I must admit, I haven't been keeping count, but it feels like we only gave up a yesterday. I didn't realise it was so long. |
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God will see you true for all this you have done to me you bastard. - Collins Kalu
MAY THE HAND THAT TYPE ON KEYBORD BECOME STRICKEN AND TRANSMIT VIRUS TO YOU ENTIRE BODY. - Dr Linda Akeem
oh what a mess its time cabbage punks like u will be expose for trully what they are. - David Cole |
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Poison Ivy
419Eater is my life
Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 351
Location: England UK
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:08 pm |
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Well done you lot!! I'm quitting when the ban comes in (I think!) |
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bombardier
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:10 pm |
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Shiver Metimbers
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:19 pm |
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You might want to re-word your previous post Bombardier |
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kleindoofy
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Location: Europe
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:26 pm |
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bombardier wrote: |
... iv,e smoked for 28 years ... |
bombardier wrote: |
... I haven't smoked for 3 weeks, 4 days and 7 hours, saving 1,013.32 cigarettes and �177.33 . |
I've never smoked, so I'm about �71,511.65 ahead of you.
Hey, we're talking about one of these at list price!
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:42 pm |
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kleindoofy wrote: |
I've never smoked, so I'm about �71,511.65 ahead of you. |
That's a very sexy motorbike. |
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Herb Sewell
419Eater is my life
Joined: 19 Aug 2006
Posts: 406
Location: Atascadero State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
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Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:15 am |
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Way to go, Bomb. I'm rooting for ya. |
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Gnasher
Baiting Guru
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 2849
Location: Centre Stage in the Theatre of Cruelty
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Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:21 am |
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Good on ya Bomb! You've passed another '3' milestone (3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks, etc). The next one is 3 months and you won't even be counting by then. |
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"they are in deed the swinders rotating about in the net and searching for whom they will stylishly defraud your belongings" A. Moron
"Please pray harder for God to guide and protect us during our travelling because flight airplane i observe is a very big risky" Abdul Karibu
"WE DOESN'T LIKE HOW DISOBIDIENT YOU ARE!" Coco Law Chambers
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Eight
Retired Moderator
Joined: 11 Sep 2004
Posts: 8710
Location: UK
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Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:34 am |
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I'm still stopped from last August (yay me!) and I just installed that FF extension for fun - over �2,100 saved so far.
I'm still finding that there are circumstances when I think about smoking - one was when I was away for a week at a place I have been to loads of times, always as a smoker, and once was when I had a weekend at a place I have never been to before, so I have no idea what that trigger was. Also, every time I check into a hotel, I still feel the urge to light up after I have unpacked. Most of the other triggers have just ceased, and life is more comfortable generally for not smoking. And I've not turned rabidly anti-smoking, which I am really pleased about.
Good luck to the ones who are struggling, and congrats to the ones who are quitting. |
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Agi Hammerthief
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 671
Location: .de
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Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:40 pm |
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