Giveintowin

Congrats Steve on quitting. The things that you mentioned seem to be a very expensive price to pay for smoking. All the best and keep us posted.

It's great that you've decided to quit and also making good use of a bad time as it is. Congrats. Keep us posted on how you are going.

Welcome Mike!!! So nice to see you here. :-)

I completely disagree. And many experts disagree also. Perhaps you could research what some other countries have done which has shown success. And making something illegal like arsenic worked! Arsenic was a leading cause of death at one point and now it isn't. I do think most smokers would tire of going to the drug dealer for their cigarettes. They would tire of hiding it from the cops etc. They would be more concerned about what harmful might be in the tobacco (unregulated) etc. This argument is a little tired. I've heard it before and it never made sense. It seems similar to other arguments I hear that are inflexible and circular.

Please don't tell me to take personal responsibility. You do not know what I do. But the tobacco companies have more blood on their hands than I do. I only hurt myself. They hurt millions. I take no responsibility for what they have done. You are confusing the two.

NOPE!

I never said anything about self hatred. My argument was that smoking should be illegal, much like cyanide is.

How do I follow the bunny?

Just in case no-one noticed. I’m here. ?

I'm not sure what's happening here but it begs the compelling eternal question. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Wow I had that too!!! I worked with disabled people and thought once your body has a problem- why bother? Congrats Steve. Day 4 was the hardest day for me. You are doing it and soon that part of your brain you're talking about will have no argument.

No I didn't know that. I thought I might shrink them in the dryer.

And todays bad nonsense video is another one from the 70's. Obviously pre-feminist movement. I'm not sure what they are singing. Sounds like, "slowly I'm a lady". And before anyone starts thinking they are hot just remember they would be in their 80's now...or of course gone to God.

I iron my t-shirts. I don't like ironing but I don't like unironed t-shirts. I am very conflicted by this at the moment since I need a t-shirt to wear to the gym today and I don't want to iron it.

That so cracked me up! That's totally your style bunny! Um also I don't know if anyone else picked up on the Jack and Jillar thing.

I just wanted to say I'm grateful that quatrain has welcomed us so graciously. Thanks.

It's amazing how we can twist things in our mind to protect ourselves. "I'm not like other smokers." Yeah right!! That's classic. You're also immune to cancer and everything else bad that can happen because of my addiction.

NOPE!

I can’t help but wonder if you would be saying this if you lived with smoking related illness like so many do.

Welcome and congrats on deciding to quit. Anxiety is worsened by smoking since nicotine is a stimulant. What you feel initially when you first quit is withdrawal and this is not what you will feel like in time. Which is calmer.

I just realised this probably looks much worse from the front.

I thought I'd lighten the mood and post a funny video or two. I hope you join me in posting yours.

Aww congrats! This is a great milestone. Worth celebrating.

You can search for a member. When you click into the search field a menu appears on the left and you can select member and then search for a name. I'm not sure if that helps.