Stopping Smoking

"Not Responding" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Last weekend I listed a packet of [censored] (if I'd been honest, I'd have said
two packs) as part of my essential kit for a day's bike ride. Made me
think "why don't I stop smoking?".

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday night
and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up smoking for
Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm probably OK for
the short term.

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

Probably a good idea.

Similarly, I am also used to the withdrawel symptoms. Actually, now, when I
think of a cigarrette, I think of the reality of *actually* smoking. When I
think of the sickness, bad smell, lung cancer and the money I would waste it
puts me off the whole idea :-)

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Quoted message said:

Last weekend I listed a packet of [censored] (if I'd been honest, I'd have
said two packs) as part of my essential kit for a day's bike ride.
Made me think "why don't I stop smoking?".

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up
smoking for Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm
probably OK for the short term.

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

I gave up about 24 ish years ago.

I didn't smoke or even touch a cigarette at all since until about three
years ago. The only time I now smoke is when I'm 'out with the lads' or
have had a few drinks whilst out somewhere. I generally have a couple
while I'm out. BUT, what really hammers home to me how disgusting it is
as a habit is the next morning when I can't taste anything, my throat is
sore, my lungs feel like there's only about 1 cc available for use, my
hair, clothes, and everything near me smells of tobacco, and I feel
generally [censored], which doesn't mean I was drunk either ... 😉

I then gon't smoke again until the next time I have 'a few'.

As I don't drink much at all, maybe go out once a month, and don't
always smoke while I'm out, I effectively, according to my doctor, don't
smoke.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

"Not Responding" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Last weekend I listed a packet of [censored] (if I'd been honest, I'd have
said two packs) as part of my essential kit for a day's bike ride. Made
me think "why don't I stop smoking?".

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up
smoking for Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm
probably OK for the short term.

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

I gave up in 1972 (aged 22) having started when I was 9, stopped when I was
10 and started again when I was 15. I was amazed that after a few days all
the pangs had gone. At todays prices I am £48000 better off - 1 XT rear mech
costs just 9 days smoking.

I can't see why you wouldn't want to give it up for ever. State one
redeeming feature of smoking (besides "it satisfies my craving for
nicotine"😉.

John

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up
smoking for Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm
probably OK for the short term.

P.S. Well done. Middle posting - is this a first?

John

Quoted message said:

I gave up in 1972 (aged 22) having started when I was 9, stopped when I

was

Quoted message said:

10 and started again when I was 15. I was amazed that after a few days all
the pangs had gone. At todays prices I am £48000 better off - 1 XT rear

mech

Quoted message said:

costs just 9 days smoking.

I can't see why you wouldn't want to give it up for ever. State one
redeeming feature of smoking (besides "it satisfies my craving for
nicotine"😉.

John

Go for it; I gave up over a year ago having previously gone 12 years
off 7 on , I ended up buying packets of 10 to emphasise the waste of
money.

MartinM said:

Go for it; I gave up over a year ago having previously gone 12 years
off 7 on , I ended up buying packets of 10 to emphasise the waste of
money.

I'm going to start smoking. Then I can give up and suddenly have more
money ?!?!?

--
Amazon: "If you are interested in 'Asimov's I-Robot',
you may also be interested in 'Garfield - The Movie'.
... erm, how do they figure that one out?

Paul - [censored] wrote:

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Quoted message said:

I gave up about 24 ish years ago.

I didn't smoke or even touch a cigarette at all since until about three
years ago. The only time I now smoke is when I'm 'out with the lads' or
have had a few drinks whilst out somewhere. I generally have a couple
while I'm out. BUT, what really hammers home to me how disgusting it is
as a habit is the next morning when I can't taste anything, my throat is
sore, my lungs feel like there's only about 1 cc available for use, my
hair, clothes, and everything near me smells of tobacco, and I feel
generally [censored], which doesn't mean I was drunk either ... 😉

I then gon't smoke again until the next time I have 'a few'.

As I don't drink much at all, maybe go out once a month, and don't
always smoke while I'm out, I effectively, according to my doctor, don't
smoke.

I wish I could do this. If I smoke, the next thing I know its 20 a day.
I've often said, if I could average 2-3 a day I would. Ho hum, 18
months now.

Not Responding said:

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up
smoking for Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm
probably OK for the short term.

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

That's the important bit. If you don't actually want to it's unlikely to
happen.

--
Dave...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
future of the human race. - H. G. Wells

Not Responding said:

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

Then you probably wont.

I smoked for 5 years, I gave up a bunch of times but rarely for more than a
week. Then one day I decided I *really* wanted to stop, so I did. That
was almost 8 years ago and I wouldn't dream of touching a [censored] now - the
thought of it repulses me.

--
Brian Wakem

61, never smoked but one cigarette in my life. Why? Mum and Dad and lodgers,
times were tough then - all coming down stairs coughing their lungs up cos
it was 'cool' to smoke! Thought to my young self that's stupid - still think
its stupid! £4.80 a packet to to slowly kill yer self. nah thats dumb!

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Paul - [censored] wrote:

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Quoted message said:

I gave up about 24 ish years ago.

I didn't smoke or even touch a cigarette at all since until about
three years ago. The only time I now smoke is when I'm 'out with the
lads' or have had a few drinks whilst out somewhere. I generally
have a couple while I'm out. BUT, what really hammers home to me
how disgusting it is as a habit is the next morning when I can't
taste anything, my throat is sore, my lungs feel like there's only
about 1 cc available for use, my hair, clothes, and everything near
me smells of tobacco, and I feel generally [censored], which doesn't mean
I was drunk either ... 😉 I then gon't smoke again until the next
time I have 'a few'.

As I don't drink much at all, maybe go out once a month, and don't
always smoke while I'm out, I effectively, according to my doctor,
don't smoke.

I wish I could do this. If I smoke, the next thing I know its 20 a
day.

I thought that too .. and it probably would be for me if I smoked more
regularly.

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I've often said, if I could average 2-3 a day I would.

I tried that, but it had to be, for me, either I smoke or I don't. I
couldn't handle a 'halfway house'. Smoking whilst I am out is, I think,
self-controlling due to the after-effects. I strongly suspect that if I
smoked more frequently then once a month (at most I guess) I could
_very_ easily get back into the habit. The fact that I don't go out
drinking much helps a lot.

Quoted message said:

Ho hum,
18 months now.

Nice one .. 😉

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

Brian Wakem said:

Not Responding said:

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

Then you probably wont.

I smoked for 5 years, I gave up a bunch of times but rarely for more than a
week. Then one day I decided I *really* wanted to stop, so I did. That
was almost 8 years ago and I wouldn't dream of touching a [censored] now - the
thought of it repulses me.

As somebody said, "Giving smoking is easy - I've done it hundreds of times."

I stopped and started a few times between 7 years old and 22. By 25 I'd
even lost interest in smoking other people's when I was well tanked up
in bars or clubs. Maybe I'm just lucky that way.

I'm looking forward to the smoking ban coming in for pubs etc. I used to
see it as a personal choice issue, and would have been completely
opposed to such a ban, but the growing evidence that it harms other
people - and my experience of what bar staff get exposed to - has
convinced me that it is crazy to make other people suffer from the smoke
produced by tobacco addicts.

If people must have nicotine as a social drug, snuff should be the
delivery method.

--
Joe * If I cannot be free I'll be cheap

Then why not stop altogether - then there'd be no need justify the fact that
you do smoke, albeit occasionally. On the other hand, if you like a [censored] then
have one
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Quoted message said:

Last weekend I listed a packet of [censored] (if I'd been honest, I'd have
said two packs) as part of my essential kit for a day's bike ride.
Made me think "why don't I stop smoking?".

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning. Most years I give up
smoking for Lent so I'm familiar with the withdrawel symptoms so I'm
probably OK for the short term.

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

I gave up about 24 ish years ago.

I didn't smoke or even touch a cigarette at all since until about three
years ago. The only time I now smoke is when I'm 'out with the lads' or
have had a few drinks whilst out somewhere. I generally have a couple
while I'm out. BUT, what really hammers home to me how disgusting it is
as a habit is the next morning when I can't taste anything, my throat is
sore, my lungs feel like there's only about 1 cc available for use, my
hair, clothes, and everything near me smells of tobacco, and I feel
generally [censored], which doesn't mean I was drunk either ... 😉

I then gon't smoke again until the next time I have 'a few'.

As I don't drink much at all, maybe go out once a month, and don't
always smoke while I'm out, I effectively, according to my doctor, don't
smoke.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

JLB said:

Brian Wakem said:

Not Responding said:

Just not really sure if I actually want to give up for *ever*.

Then you probably wont.

I smoked for 5 years, I gave up a bunch of times but rarely for more
than a
week. Then one day I decided I *really* wanted to stop, so I did. That
was almost 8 years ago and I wouldn't dream of touching a [censored] now - the
thought of it repulses me.

As somebody said, "Giving smoking is easy - I've done it hundreds of
times."

I stopped and started a few times between 7 years old and 22. By 25 I'd
even lost interest in smoking other people's when I was well tanked up
in bars or clubs. Maybe I'm just lucky that way.

I'm looking forward to the smoking ban coming in for pubs etc. I used to
see it as a personal choice issue, and would have been completely
opposed to such a ban, but the growing evidence that it harms other
people - and my experience of what bar staff get exposed to - has
convinced me that it is crazy to make other people suffer from the smoke
produced by tobacco addicts.

If people must have nicotine as a social drug, snuff should be the
delivery method.

I went to an international school and remember the Scandinavian
contingent being very keen on snuss. It's ground up tobacco mixed with
something acidic - you put it under your lip and the nicotine is
absorbed through the skin. It has the consistency of slightly damp
coffee grounds and it takes about half a term's practice before you can
keep it in a coherent ball and not end up with a gob full of particles.

Illegal now. The EU banned it except in Scandinavia.

Brian Storer composed the following;:

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Then why not stop altogether - then there'd be no need justify the
fact that you do smoke, albeit occasionally. On the other hand, if
you like a [censored] then have one

I have, effectively and on any measurable scale used by Doctors and
Insurance Companies .. 😉

Actually writing it down has made me think about it a bit more and to be
honest I do feel like smoking quite a lot, despite not having smoked
during the day since I was 21 (I'm now 45), I suppose I choose not to.

I only smoke when I have, perhaps too many, drinks, which isn't often is
all. If I fancied a smoke during the day I would have one, but I never
have and so I won't. I guess drink alters my perceptions slightly and
enough to break down any barrier I use when I haven't had a drink.
Actually it doesn't need 'too many drinks' either, I have smoked before
when I've only had one drink. I'm guessing a drink in the smoky,
lively, comfortable environment of a pub is a trigger to the 'craving'
and I allow it to happen.

Just sat down with the wife and we've worked out I had about 12 to 16
cigarettes last year. I don't smoke every time I have a drink, just as
I don't drink alcohol every time we go out.

I'd guess an addiction is an addiction however long one hasn't given in
to it.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

JLB composed the following;:

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If people must have nicotine as a social drug, snuff should be the
delivery method.

As I'm an ex-miner from many years ago, at a time when I smoked
regularly, I can say that snuff is a good substitute for smoking.
Everyone who smoked took snuff down t'pit with them, as any flame or
spark of any kind is a bit of a safety hazard.

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... 😉
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

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and said

Quoted message said:

So I stopped. Just put ciggies and lighter in desk drawer on Sunday
night and left them there on Monday morning.> Just not really sure if

I actually want to give up for *ever*.

I am at nearly 10 months now, can breathe and taste so much better.

try alt.support.stop-smoking a news group.

tends to be a bit leftpondian for my taste but in among
all the "whoo you're doing great" is a gem

http://www.quitbuddies.org/

a website(with [sometimes] an oh so amusing front page).

and
http://www.as3.info/
a non-smokers chat room

some (most) of the chatters tend to be leftpondian
so room can seem empty at what is to UKans
peak time but perseverance will turn up a UKan.

--
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

Paul - censored said:

Actually it doesn't need 'too many drinks' either, I have smoked before
when I've only had one drink. I'm guessing a drink in the smoky,
lively, comfortable environment of a pub is a trigger to the 'craving'
and I allow it to happen.

Then when the smoking ban rolls in, you'll probably find yourself
stopping altogether.

Jon

JLB said:

I'm looking forward to the smoking ban coming in for pubs etc.

So am I. I'm convinced that passive smoking gives me hangovers. If I drink
in a smoky pub, even just 3 or 4 beers, I've usually got a hangover but if I
drink at home or at friends (only a couple of my friends smoke and they
usually do it out side) I can drink a whole lot more and not be hungover.

I hardly go to pubs because of this. When smoking is banned I'm sure I'll
probably go more often.
--
Mark

1x1 wheel, 3x2 wheels & 1x3 wheels.