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lonelyarmywife
07-26-2005, 12:09 PM
Spawned by Lilith's thread about smoking in your car, I'm curious to know - how many of you are smokers, or former smokers? what did you do ti kick the habit?
Me, it was easy. I started smoking when i was fourteen. When I hooked with my boyfriend (who later became Mr. LAW) he said he didn't like smokers, so I put them down. I'm glad I did. he was worth it! :jester:
Fangtasia
07-26-2005, 01:31 PM
I was a smoker....
Kicking the habit ~ I woke up one morning and said to myself i aint paying that damn much for something that'll kill me *L*....just went cold turkey from then on
WildIrish
07-26-2005, 01:38 PM
I swear I just had this conversation.
I gave up serious smoking when the price skyrocketed to 85 cents a pack. It was taking too much of a bite out of my allowance. ha ha
I've had a smoke now and again, but usually only at a stag or when out drinking with the guys. And even then, I pay the price voice-wise. Blech!
GingerV
07-26-2005, 01:40 PM
Never did. Don't know why I never did, but I never did. Not one. Not even when I was a deeply stupid teenager.
Right now, I just mark it up as more evidence that I'm a lucky girl...seen friends and family quit (and fail to), looks like hell. I've got nothing but respect for those who manage it.
Yup, I have had the nasty habit for 23 years. But I am for sure stopping by next year. I have great incentive too. :D
jseal
07-26-2005, 02:46 PM
lonelyarmywife,
I smoked for many years, many years ago. I quit when my fiancé said that she sometimes didn’t like how my kisses tasted. Quitting was quite difficult, but well worth it.
Dubblz
07-26-2005, 02:58 PM
I've smoked for about 40 years now..It's a bad habit,but hey,it's mine.Seems like every time I think about quitting,someone will tell me I can't smoke.I dislike the better than thou's of the world,which usually turn out to be people that used to smoke themselves,so my "Left Wing" comes out,and I keep on smokin'.At my age,it matters little,anyways.I can still get my smokes on Indian Reservations for under 10 bucks a carton,so I'm still gonna puff,lol..
:shake:
Loulabelle
07-26-2005, 03:06 PM
I smoked my first cigarette at age 23 for the sake of a play I was in...I was a two a day girl for the week of the play and haven't smoked since.
Steph
07-26-2005, 08:09 PM
I am 31. I have smoked since I was 13. I haven't got into too much on the board but I've recently kicked more serious shit this year so the tar is the least of my worries. :D
BigBear57
07-26-2005, 08:29 PM
Yep, yep. still smokin' here too. Promised my son I'd quit but so far I haven't been able to.
Sugarsprinkles
07-26-2005, 11:06 PM
I guess you could call me a "social smoker". It's something I can do, or not do, depending on my mood. A pack of cigarettes can last me a month......or more. I can have one today and not have another for years.........doesn't phase me one way or the other. I enjoy it when I do it, but I can certainly live without it.
osuche
07-26-2005, 11:13 PM
I smoked in high school - socially. I haven't done it in years....except for the occasional cigar on the golf course.
rockintime
07-26-2005, 11:40 PM
Nope
Syngoodgirl2
07-27-2005, 12:20 AM
I quit several years ago. Hugs are much more fun. :hug:
lakritze
07-27-2005, 03:28 PM
I still smoke and never really considered quiting. Do you ladies realize just how sexy you look when you light up the occasional cigar? WOW! It could become a serious fetish of mine.
dicksbro
07-27-2005, 03:46 PM
Quit 7 1/2 years ago Christmas Eve. Had my last cigarette that morning and none since ... after maybe 30-35 years of smoking. I'd had a bit of a scare a month or so before thinking maybe I'd had a heart attack. Ended up I hadn't, but decided then to try and quit. Asked our family doc and prescribed Wellbuton for me to take. Took two a day and continued to smoke (finishing up what I had left of a carton). Ran out on Christmas Eve. Continued taking one Wellbuton a day for a week or two after I quit ... then nothing. Never had withdrawals or anything else. Made it seem easy.
In fairness, I've talked to others that said they weren't that successful, and so, I feel rather lucky that for me ... it worked.
:)
WildIrish
07-27-2005, 04:02 PM
We do too DB.
Lilith
07-28-2005, 01:45 PM
I quit in 90 so that I could have a healthy baby. I've had relapses during times of extraordinary stress but it has only been a couple times, and usually to go with mass quantities of alcohol :p
lonelyarmywife
07-29-2005, 10:27 PM
Do you ladies realize just how sexy you look when you light up the occasional cigar? WOW! It could become a serious fetish of mine.
See now, I think girls smoking cigars is hot too. Vanessa Williams had one on the red carpet at some awards show several years ago - it was smoking (hahaha, pun intended)
But cigars don't bother me as much as cigerettes. I kind of like the smell, even though i've never smoked one.
P.S. 200 posts, beeyotches! :jump: :line: :cheers:
dicksbro
07-30-2005, 06:30 AM
P.S. 200 posts, beeyotches! :jump: :line: :cheers:
CONGRATULATIONS
LONELYARMYWIFE
ON YOUR 200 POSTS!
You've been a great addition to our Pixie family! :)
bare4you
07-30-2005, 08:20 AM
Congrats LAW! :cake:
lonelyarmywife
07-30-2005, 09:48 AM
aw, thanks! you like me, you really like me!! :love:
rabbit
07-31-2005, 07:52 PM
I do enjoy the occasional cigar but that is all.
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sama1005
07-31-2005, 11:12 PM
I never even tried cigarettes. Have had a few cigars but the last one was 8 years ago. Mrs. Sama doesn't like them and I didn't enjoy it enough to continue.
BIGbad
08-07-2005, 10:21 PM
I smoke now and don't plan on stopping unless I am forced to by a lung removal or one of my little ones asks me to.
For all of you that have quit send your last packs to me so I can save some cash! LOL!
fredchabotnick
08-08-2005, 08:38 PM
I do enjoy the occasional cigar but that is all.
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I'm the same way. Which is likely to be soon since a friend just brought me back some cubans. ummm...no...I mean...some perfectly legal cigars not at all from cuba. That he certainly didn't bring back from china with bootlegged dvds and a pair of nunchucks. How the hell he got through customs is anybody's guess.
Cheyanne
08-13-2005, 08:24 PM
Cobalt and I are quitting. I have a feeling that it is going to be easier for him than me because I am so dependent on that quick calm I get when I first light up. I am worried because I really get bitchy and weepy - almost like I am going thru severe PMS when I quit. I have tried most everything as an aid to quiting - patches, inhalers, pills, gum - without luck. I have never tried cold turkey because mentally I feel so dependent on that nicotine and I am leary of the withdrawls. But, since the other stuff didn't really help me, I think that cold turkey is going to be what I have to do.
Any suggestions as to how to get over the "waves of destruction" that I know will happen? Should I warn my children? Is it good that Cobalt and I are going to quit at the same time?
All I know is that I am sick of being "chained" to the damn things, and they are way to expensive anymore...
osuche
08-13-2005, 09:45 PM
((((Chey)))) and ((((Cobalt)))) ~~ I have no advise, just well wishes
Lilith
08-13-2005, 10:22 PM
Chey, mayhaps replace the habit with something that is as close to as calming as the puff was. I became a gum chewer and use that in times of high stress.
Cheyanne
08-14-2005, 08:28 AM
I know that a lot of people have used gum/hard candy as a backup. I have never really been a gum chewer but I think I will try that and ONLY pop a piece in my mouth when I feel the need to have a cig. It is worth a try! Thanks ((((( osuche ))))) and (((((Lil)))))
lonelyarmywife
08-14-2005, 06:01 PM
Try using peppermint sticks. It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.
Also, my husband swears masterbation will cure anything - perhaps you should try that when you get a craving....
good luck!
Cheyanne
08-14-2005, 10:39 PM
Try using peppermint sticks. It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.
Also, my husband swears masterbation will cure anything - perhaps you should try that when you get a craving....
good luck!
ROFLMAO.. ok - I will tell my co workers that I NEED to go out to the car for my break.. :D :x:
wyndhy
08-15-2005, 11:00 AM
good luck chey and cobalt!!!!!!!
and i'd say that quitting together is better than alone. not only have you got the i-totally-know-how-you-feel support but it would be even harder to quit if someone you're around all the time was still smoking.
if you don't like the candy/gum idea try celery or carrot sticks.,
if you can't do it cold turkey, don't feel dicouraged. lots of people can't do it the first time but are succesful after a few tries. and lots need the nicotine gums and patches. take and use all the help you can get.
Coaster
08-15-2005, 01:00 PM
It satisfies the oral fixation and the need to have something in your hand.
LAW...... I have something else that you can use!!! LOL
I never cared for cigarettes.... smoked a pipe occasionally in college and 20's now a cigar 5-6 times a year.
I tend to be more addicted to :d:
scotzoidman
08-18-2005, 12:48 AM
I've never had any luck quitting using any kind of a substitute, tho as an older friend once told me, "someday, you WILL quit smoking...whether you do it on your own is your call"...recently, tho, all 3 smokers in the house have cut back a great deal...see, we're trying to spruce up the house one room at a time, & after taking 3 coats of paint to cover the brown stained walls, the mrs declared that we would all have to take the smoking outside...this includes her as well, & with heat & humidity at sauna levels, we all wait a little longer until we absolutely HAVE to have a puff...
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