Early New Year's resolution

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

 Plus, Lonny said that he needs a cigarette when he gets off my bike.  ;D

How about if I just smoke the tire? ;)

[spyderchick]

@&$@#!!!  I'll bend your &@%#$@# $#@ over and #$%@ you until you #@$% the ^%$#@ @#$ ^%&@# &@#$ like a %$#@ *&&%$!!!!!!!!!!

 :o

I'm fine.  Nothing to see here.  Move along, people....

Breathe...breathe deeply...nice clean crisp cold air. Your lungs are rejoicing and you're beginning to relax.

Seriously, most people like to do things with their hands...so get a ball of rubberbands. Who you hit with them is your business. Also, for the "oral fixation" thing...chew gum...regular, not sugarless. Why? Because chewing too much sugarless gum can cause diahrrea, and the regular gum loses it's sugar effect on your treeth if you chew for more than 20 minutes.

Ok...now go puch some bricks or something. ;D

[Protein Filled]

That's too funny... A friends wife turns into a monstrous btich time she quits smoking (couple times a year).  She's otherwise quite a nice person...

Hey, I know that woman... Oh wait, the one I know turns into a monstrous b.tch about once a month, not twice a year!

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Hey, I know that woman... Oh wait, the one I know turns into a monstrous b.tch about once a month, not twice a year!

I'll bet she feels threatened by your hobby too, huh? ;)

[Burt Munro]

Anybody see the ad's on TV for the new birth control pill?  Causes a woman to only have a period 4 times a year.  Wonder about the side effects though...
does that mean she becomes super b1tchy 4 times a year to make up for the 8 opportunities she misses?  ;D

[cornercamping]

Anybody see the ad's on TV for the new birth control pill?  Causes a woman to only have a period 4 times a year.  Wonder about the side effects though...
does that mean she becomes super b1tchy 4 times a year to make up for the 8 opportunities she misses?  ;D

No.  She still is b1tchy all year long because the pill caused her to gain weight, so you lose anyways  ;D

[spyderchick]

Y'all are treadin' on real thin ice again... >:( :o ;) :P

[TrackBrat]

Anybody see the ad's on TV for the new birth control pill?  Causes a woman to only have a period 4 times a year.  Wonder about the side effects though...
does that mean she becomes super b1tchy 4 times a year to make up for the 8 opportunities she misses?  ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D  Depends on the mood, the type of liquor in the cabinet, and if the pill is "worth it"!   ;D ;D ;)

[dylanfan53]

Chris,
You can do it.  But if my experience is typical it will be more of a marathon than a sprint.  Add to that some weird type of depression because I had to quit doing something that I really, really enjoyed.

Over time the craving that seems unsurmountable now will diminish.  If you've quit before you know that there comes a time when you realize it's been x hours since you wanted a cigarette, then 2x hours, then 3x hours, etc.  It took a couple years before I felt that I might be able to stay away.  I wasn't kidding myself though.  I had quit before only to light up again at stressful events like the death of a close friend.

YMMV, but I was helped by the patch.  It took the edge off and helped me get over the worst part. I think it's important to stay with the whole schedule though.

I could write a novel about the joys and misunderstandings of tobacco.  Most non-smokers don't understand at all.  All they see is the addiction.  They don't consider that there are reasons why people smoke or people wouldn't risk cancer and social abandonment to do it. There are benefits to nicotine, positive effects on the brain,  that they don't understand.  I once read an article written by a cardiac doctor who despite his occupation, was a chain smoker and was dying of lung cancer.  The article was an epiphany for me and actually helped me to quit by explaining the effects of nicotine and why my brain wanted it.  It also explained how effective the cigarette is as a delivery method.  Just as effective as a needle.  Nicotine hits your brain within 6 or 7 seconds and its strength and effect is metered by how the smoker drags on the cigarette.  For instance, you may notice that you inhale deeply when you need to relax and take short puffs when you want to wake yourself up a bit.

I wish you all the luck in the world.  I love waking up in the morning with clear lungs!  I love not stinking up my car and clothes.  Most of all, I actually have enjoyed time spent with my aging parents more.  They never approved of my smoking and I would cut visits short just so I could escape and smoke.

Persist, and when you are tempted remember you'll just have to go through this quitting hell again so you're screwed either way.  You might as well not do it.  Get up and get your mind on something else!  Go sit in the garage on that new bike and make vroom noises!

Sorry to be so long...

[H-man]

Don't be sorry for the length of that post Don.  I really enjoyed reading it.

Hmmm... I wonder if that means I have voyueristic tendencies?  It was addresses to Chris.  Well, I guess that's yet another sign that I should be working for our govenment ;D

[dylanfan53]

Don't be sorry for the length of that post Don.  I really enjoyed reading it.

Thanks. Go Chris.   :)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

As of 10:00 PM Christmas Eve, it's been 50 hours since I quit.  Not so much as a cheater puff.  The depth of my misery varies moment to moment, and I'm still in that stage where my throat feels swolen and I might strangle if I don't have a smoke.  From having quit before, I know that this feeling will be gone in about a week.  I'll keep toughing it out.

On another subject.  Lordy!  I just fell in love with my cousin's 2&1/2 year old daughter at the family party tonight.  Thank God I don't have one of those.  I'd be so screwed.  Forget racing.  I can picture it now.
"Daddy?  Buy me a pony."
"Honey, we live in the city."
"Please?"
"Sigh. What kind of pony do you want, dear."
"A blue one."
"Honey, ponies don't come in blue."
"I really want a blue one, daddy."
"Sigh.  I'll see what I can do."