I feel like murdering someone

[Narcissism is fun]

You just added 10 years of promiscuous sex onto your life, enjoy it

(Can I ask you why you started smoking?, if remembering dosen't make you want to start again lol )

 

[kevbo]

You just added 10 years of promiscuous sex onto your life, enjoy it

(Can I ask you why you started smoking?, if remembering dosen't make you want to start again lol )

Stress

It was October 2006, my mom was arrested and my sister was having a baby. We all lived together.

 

[dj415]

Stress never ends!

 

[kevbo]

I've still got 170 Marlboro Lights left from my visit to LA and since they now cost over $12 a 20 pack here in Ireland I think I'll be going real easy on them from now on myself.

good god

I was bitching about $5.00!

Although my dad pays almost $10 a pack...

 

[LilBit]

Yet another reason to love North Carolina. Last time I bought a pack, it was about $3.

 

[Lightsage]

I haven't had a cigarette in four months.

I need my stress relief...

It doesn't really bother me that much... I just can't afford them right now... Not at these prices!

 

[metta]

Congratulations Kevbo....keep it up...just take it one moment at a time.


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp

Smokers can get help finding a Quitline® phone counseling program in their area by calling the ACS at 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345).

People who use telephone counseling stop smoking at twice the rate of those who don't get this type of help. With guidance from a counselor, quitters can avoid common mistakes that may self-destruct a quit attempt.

20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drops.
(Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification, Mahmud, A, Feely, J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183.)
12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1988, p. 202)
2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)
1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)
1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)
10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decrease.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. vi, 131, 148, 152, 155, 164,166)
15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker's.
(US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)

 

[dj415]

Shit, I've "quit" so many times I'm going to live forever.

Dammit!

 

[JUB]

Hang in there! Your lungs are going to thank you for it!

 

[kevbo]

Well... it's been 3 days.

I'm starting to get out of that stage where I keep telling myself, "One cig wont hurt"

Good.

 

[metta]

Excellent Job Kevbo!!!

We are pulling for ya!!!!!​

 

[Rex]

My record was 5 days. Then I left work one day (it was when I was working at a bar) and I had a really stressful night, said to hell with it and had one in my garage when I got home.

 

[ixthrock]

my longest was two months, i think.
the ex pissed me off, we were having an argument about who could and who could not change...
so i quit. and he didn't change.

roll-yer-own buglers are less than $2 a pack
and so yummy.

good going, kevbo, I may join your ranks someday but probably
*puff*
not tonight.

 

[gmoney]

Well... it's been 3 days.

I'm starting to get out of that stage where I keep telling myself, "One cig wont hurt"

Good.

You never get over that stage! I 'quit' once for 2 years. Then I thought one would be ok. I've been smoking ever since!

 

[frankfrank]

Congratulations Kev!!! I support your efforts unconditionally - please avoid the strong temptations to turn back

Really, the same comments to you as well, Lightsage.

Without exception, I am ALWAYS very happy to see somebody stop smoking.

My same feelings and support for arabbb, gmoney, noelie and xthrock should you ever decide to follow through on your desire to quit. The hard part is actually deciding to quit.

I feel the same about anybody else who has quit, is quitting, or is thinking about quitting. I've had three good friends die from smoking in as many years, and they were all around 60 years old. I am so thankful I never got started.

I can't even find it in myself to walk away from something like dark chocolate, for which the addiction is "nothing" compared to smoking's addiction. However, if it was a dangerous substance, I think it would be a lot easier to stop...

GOOD LUCK, and I mean this sincerely from the heart.

 

[Steely]

Hang in there, hopefully you'll quit for good. Maybe if I share my experience with you you'll learn something and be able to do what I couldn't.

I quit once for two months. Then I went to a party, got drunk and smoked all my friends cigarettes. Back to square one. It's hard when friends and family smoke.

Then I quit for two weeks, only because I caught the flu. I was so sick I didn't feel the withdrawals that time though. After it passed I had the best week of my life... Until I started getting tired all the time and realized I wasn't sleeping well due to not having that one cigarette before bed... A third of a cigarette eventually led to a lot of cigarettes a day. Back to square one...

So, learn from my mistakes. The only thing I know for sure is to watch out for smoking friends/family and that you can never ever just have one or part of one without rebooting the entire addiction. I wish you the best of luck.

 

[Paws]

I always feel like murdering a few people and I don't even smoke.

 

[doorslammer]

Kevbo I'm feelin it with you. In 43 days the hardest part was not beating the shit out of the gardener at 8:30 this morning for running the leaf blower full throttle at the window for 20 goddamn minutes when its raining.

 

[Lightsage]

Well. Someone I know has become determined to buy me a carton of cigs so I don't go crazy on the booze on election day and as an early birthday present...

I won't ever want a cigarette again. I'll have enough to last me through college.