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Post by Gray Lensman on Oct 3, 2008 4:21:13 GMT
It's a good thing you're trying, Gal, and I know it won't be easy... but good luck with it nonetheless.  |
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Post by Alrik on Oct 3, 2008 11:15:10 GMT
I'm pro for chocolate as a "substitute drug".  A quick question in "my" high sensitivity forum revealed around 10 people who freely called themselves "addicted" to chocolate ! ) (Me included. ) |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Oct 3, 2008 13:14:38 GMT
I'd love to be addicted to chocolate, but it goes straight to my waistline, sadly! ;D
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Post by Ubereil on Oct 3, 2008 13:29:45 GMT
I love not being addicted to chokolate, but being able to enjoy it in moderate amounts! Übereil |
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Post by Galadriel on Oct 3, 2008 14:54:20 GMT
@ Alrik
I don't want to get rid of one addiction to start a new one, certainly not one that goes straight to my hips
@ Fille
Chewing gum only makes me more nervous, don't think that is an option for me ;D
4.5 days without a smoke and still going strong. The fact that I never was a heavy smoker and I only started about 3 years ago (after being quit for ten years) makes it a lot easier I think. And my friends here and in RL are very supportive. Thx guys! 
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Post by Hildor on Oct 3, 2008 18:04:55 GMT
How come you started smoking?
A friend of mine said quitting smoking is merely a psychological problem to him. Nothing went wrong until he saw someone else smoking. And then the need for a cigarette came back, only because he saw someone else smoking.
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Post by Galadriel on Oct 3, 2008 18:40:38 GMT
I was smoking around the age of 18, met my (now ex) husband and he forced me to quit or he would break up with me. That's why i stopped smoking, but i never wanted to stop. But I managed not to smoke for 10 years, apart from one cigarette once a year or so. Then with all my marriage probs I started smoking behind his back again, untill he found out. Big arguement of course, but I didn't budge this time. Anyway, you all know I've been through a hard time now, and now that everything is ok again, new job, new house, new boyfriend, i feel i can do it again. This time I want to stop smoking and I'm doing it for me, my son and my bf. Someone gave me the idea to put the money I would normally spend on cigarettes aside and save up for something nice, I might do that. Sounds good.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Oct 4, 2008 0:52:03 GMT
From the book, How to Hold a Crocodile: How to stop smoking, Chinese-styleA Chinese peasant's method: Take a batel nut, and make a hole in it. Fill the hole with tobacco tar. Place the nut in boiling water for two hours, remove it. Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, sniff the nut instead. After three days you should no longer feel the need to smoke. |
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Post by met on Oct 4, 2008 2:26:28 GMT
Drinking a glass of fruit juice when you would normally have a smoke helps - it clears your mouth. And changing your habits to avoid the normal triggers - like if you have one waiting for a bus for example, walk to the next stop instead. If you're puttng aside the money you'd normally spend to save up for something nice, keep a picture of what your saving for nearby - a reminder. And of course if you keep typing, your fingers are busy! So even more reasons to be here!  |
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Oct 5, 2008 23:31:57 GMT
Actually, reminds me of another cure I heard. A man wanted to quit smoking, so his wife made him a deal. "Whenever you want to suck on a cigarette, you can suck on my [censored] instead." That was enough incentive and stress relief to stop smoking. It may not be Gal's thing, though. |
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Post by Galadriel on Oct 6, 2008 4:52:25 GMT
Actually, reminds me of another cure I heard. A man wanted to quit smoking, so his wife made him a deal. "Whenever you want to suck on a cigarette, you can suck on my [censored] instead." That was enough incentive and stress relief to stop smoking. It may not be Gal's thing, though.
7 days and still no smoke, I went out this weekend, thought it would be hard because lots of people are smoking, but no, not at all. Even when a guy from our group offered me one, or blew his smoke in my face, the only thing i could think of was: "Yuk, go away with your chimney!"
I think I'm doing pretty darn good ;D |
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Post by Flix on Oct 6, 2008 5:37:11 GMT
Oh, that's so rude! So I'm taking a class in tort law and did you know in the US blowing smoke in someone's face could constitute a battery? You really can bring a lawsuit against someone for anything. Great job so far!  Good luck continuing not to smoke! |
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Oct 6, 2008 9:55:09 GMT
"Whenever you want to suck on a cigarette, you can suck on my [censored] instead." Isn't that a kind of selfish offer? 
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Post by Hildor on Oct 6, 2008 15:04:17 GMT
It's a win-win situation.
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Post by Galadriel on Oct 6, 2008 15:08:51 GMT
"Whenever you want to suck on a cigarette, you can suck on my [censored] instead."
Suck on my thumb instead? ;D
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Post by Hildor on Oct 6, 2008 15:11:30 GMT
Please Galadriel, don't make this forum NSFW by typing the t-word.
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Post by Alrik on Oct 7, 2008 11:49:09 GMT
Oh, now I understand what the strange "T-Energy" in Sacred and Sacred 2 means ... ;D
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Oct 12, 2008 4:34:14 GMT
I won't be around for the next few days. Still recovering from "food poisoning".
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Post by Flix on Oct 12, 2008 5:27:53 GMT
Feel better! |
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Oct 12, 2008 6:10:14 GMT
You bet... I still feel somewhat giddy after taking some medication. No, I didn't see a doctor: I was too sick and lethargic to even get out of the house. =/
But a nice dose of rice water seems to have helped with the dehydration. ;D
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