JB 883

Not much I can add. Maybe on top of the things you plan to do to Quit, also examine exact details of what caused you to relapse the last times and try to avoid those pitfalls. Most important is to not have any temptation around if at all possible.

Freedom isn't but maybe Bubba or Bertha (in the women's joint) offers some really good romance?

Funny how there is talk about cigarette flavors (especially some of the ones Camel made years ago) yet we all know smokers cannot taste worth a damn. It would be like trying to convince a mostly deaf person about how great a stereo sounds.

What if someone wanted their quit to be harder? What if someone wanted to struggle MORE?

I think Doreen knows better than anyone on this board about why it is good to keep the quit. Just make sure you really fight like hell if you have to to NOT smoke. We have plenty of people come and go, I think a lot of them make it to about the third week then relapse. Do not be one of them. If you DO have to replace with a different bad habit, I recommend soda. My poison is Pepsi. The other day me and my room mate went to the grocery and get this - with all the cans and bottles, we had over 100 pounds of soda in the house... But yeah there is like this stigma that smokers have to deal with. Once we quit smoking and STAY quit, we don;t have to go to some designated "cancer up" area roughly 100 miles away, people do not talk crap about how we are killing ourselves, etc... Tell tobacco to go to hell. It has NO place in your life. Oh yeah, the "nicobitch" (as nonsmokingjo calls it) is going to fuss, scream, yell, bitch, fight, pout, and beg for you to feed it some more nicotine. But, like a child throwing a tantrum, it eventually gives up and one day you notice it "politely asks" for nicotine and you tell it "no" and it goes away again for the day

What exactly does the royal family do? Are they like the government of the land? IS it something political? I mean America doesn't really have a "royal family". There is that whole Kardashian fiasco but I think it is a felony to refer to them as anything polite.

How come her user name is just " ... " ? I am fairly new around here so not sure but yeah it does kind of bite when members seem all about quitting and participating here then just... gone. One speculation (probably the most popular) is they lost their quit but just did not want to talk about it.

looking good. I sure hope back when you did smoke you didn't throw the butts in the grass. Either way though, there is something honest about making the yard look good. Honest work.

Not sure how to say this but i kind of wish this thread was not created. It isn't exactly a fun or feel-good thread like most around here but who knows, maybe some people need this kind of reality jolt. It does suck but I guess she decided to die on her own terms, even if that meant a rotten way to go. Passing on is probably never a fun experience, probably always painful but how many people get to choose the method of their own demise? What i cannot even imagine is what it is like losing a friend of 65 years. You two were probably scared together in pre-school and grew up to be seniors together. For hating the addiction, yes. who among us can say they do not hate it. Some quit smoking cause they get pissed off at the cigarettes. So Doreen, you do not seem to be around as much, how are things going in real life with everything?

Grand daughter, not losing one's feet, ego... Good reasons, typical. And cbDave - if someone asked keith richards what keeps him from smoking, he would say - "nothing". I have made up my mind - Keith Richards is rough looking enough, i do not want ANY ONE of you relapsing. Look what is happening to him!

We often get craves. the longer since our last cancer stick though, the weaker the craves. Sometimes i think "Yeah i could just drive to the store 1/2 a mile away and buy a pack, it would not be a big deal." But then I think of the steps it would take to re-enter the smoking world. In no particular order - Going and buying them. Waste some more cash. Knowing I would just have to go through "quitting" again. Screw that. Probably getting sick. Smelling horrid. I like to look good and smelling like someone puked in an ashtray doesn't compliment my style well. But then there is the REAL fun part... People saying annoying crap like, "I thought you quit... You know that will kill you... Then another fun part - When trying to quit again, no one taking it seriously. Like "Oh yeah, she is "quitting" smoking again. Let's see how long this one lasts". Things like dropping a bad habit or getting married - you have exactly ONE opportunity to do it and people take you serious. After that it is like a broken record. I will admit here that i have "quit" many times in the past. Usually for a good four hours. But I never told anyone I was trying to quit until last October. So TLDR - I stay quit because i do not feel like hearing anyone be smart ass about it if I smoked again.

It is true that in our 40's we kind of start to realize we will die one day. No need to speed up the process. Picking a week when your husband is gone - good idea. I think for anyone planning on quitting who wants a solid quit, maybe pick a day in the near future where outside stress will be as little as possible. I started my "quit" on a Friday so I would have the weekend to suffer the first three days of the quit.

Oh yes, sometimes a nasty crave hits hard. Keep in mind it only lasts a couple moments. Maube three minutes out of the day, if that. That means the nicobitch is not pestering for the other 1437 minutes in a day.

I imagine for someone who is on their death bed from a smoking related problem or even just in really bad shape - They probably never fathomed it could happen. Back when they were kids experimenting with cigarettes. But as far as illness and death - About 1984 or 85, my step dad had some kind of illness from smoking. I remember breakfast one Sunday when my dad was sitting there wheezing. My step mom was insisting he go to the doctor, he argued but finally gave in. Doctor told him that if he kept smoking, he would not leave the hospital alive next time. 33 years later, he is still around and still keeping the quit. Also close to the same time, maybe a couple years before, one of my step dad's co-workers lived in our neighborhood, the same building in fact. When I was real little, i would go over and visit him and his wife. They were about mid-50's maybe. The husband, Bill, died of lung cancer from smoking. I remember my dad showing me the article in the company news letter. Of course my dad preached about the dangers of smoking. Another death was late 1980's when my dentist died of some kind of smoking cause. In both those cases, it just seemed like it was almost overnight. I guess Bill would be passed away at this point regardless but I kind of miss him and his wife. They were "cool" grown-ups who were not going to bitch at me or treat me like an unwanted step child. lml, it is unclear if you relapsed or not but if so, you NEED to quit. There are people in your life that want you to be around for a longer time than what a smoker might last. Smoking just robs us of everything. Even non-smokers sometimes have to suffer because of a smoker's habit.

lml you didnt take it back up did you? I mean cause like "hit close to home" Also for Sunny - I just read one of your blog entries and it mentions your husband smokes. Any chance you could get him to quit? I know you thought that already. The thing is that it is harder to stop or even maintain a "quit" when there is strong temptation. And just think - having real-life support would be way more effective than just being on a website. Yeah forums can be good but have limits.

I enjoyed it. I had no thoughts of quitting. No one actually died from this. Basically hanging onto a smoking habit just got to be a pain in the butt. The greedy feds keep raising taxes in them, and making rollies, while cheap, is a PITA. It was messy, extra cleaning, made everything stink. It just got to a point where it wasn't worth the hassles. I do not like being inconvenienced. More trouble than it was worth.

Oh yeah, we all have moments where we think "just one" but as long as we do not give in. See. if you HAD given in to "just one", right now you would be going nuts wanting "just one more". But you are not. So, all is well.

I am a bit surprised. We have plenty who join this board and are quitting but then they don't last even three days. You made it like 26 days according to the ticker thingy. Ok so you have to start over but think of this - you avoided at least the 500+ cancer sticks in that time. So it is like this - maybe you smoked yesterday. HOPEFULLY you are reading this thread before lighting up again. Right now than is the time to say, "Ok, f*** the cigarette, I had a bad moment but NO MORE." You can do this. You have GOT to quit those god damn cigarettes. You know you can do this and so do the rest of us here.

reci - yes i did quit seven months ago. But I saw this video and decided to start again just so i could be inspired to quit again. Just look at the guy in the video - he went from pretty boy to mild hipster in nine months. Amazing effects of quitting! I wonder what effect quitting has on women? But for the gents - After three years of quitting smoking, one can look like this. Keep the quit you sexy b*****ds.

That is inspirational. I am going to stop smoking today.

NOPE is an expression some smokers use to mean "Not one puff ever". It is about not smoking again. The expression you want is "Oh hell no". That is when someone wants you to clean their house.

Funny this thread came up, I started a similar one on another forum about the "vintage" electronic goods that are broken yet priced like they are brand new. So about 75% of the "vintage" electronics on ebay. But aboit hair care - For the most part, expensive hair products are a ripoff. You are correct. Yeah they might smell good and are endorsed by some guy with a fancy accent but they are not going to change the texture of your hair. The texture of your hair is genetic. The main ingredient in expensive shampoo/conditioner is snake oil. I have tried several expensive ones myself but they worked no better than El Cheapo brands. To be honest, the best shampoo I have tried is tres-emme, like $4 for a quart size bottle at Wal-fart. Suave shampoo sucks but they have this $3 small bottle of leave-in conditioner that is awesome. Use like 1/2 a dime-size bit, get your hands a little wet, rub them together, then work it through your hair. One bottle lasts a few months even with daily use. I do not know the brand you got, I assume Arbonne or Wen? Yes they are ungodly expensive. If they are so super great though, how come they are not even sold in stores? If you want to be Jennifer Aniston, probably flat-ironing your hair after wash (after it is dry) is the best bet. An even BETTER bet is find a style that works best with one's hair texture. Thick and coarse is easier to care for when it is shorter.

Jesus christ so it seems around here the weather jumped from the worst of winter to the worst of summer overnight. Like one day I was driving down the snow and ice covered road in a blizzard, tailgaters exactly 1/4 of an inch off my ass, then the very next day it is hot, thick, humid, oppressive heat. Alright so I lied, we had like two whole days of "spring". You know spring? Yeah, that season when it is cool at night, warm 72 in the day, sunny, slight breeze, kids flying kites, picnics, etc. NOPE, didn't happen this year cause mother nature is a c*** wipe. It just sucks cause instead of being able to go outside and enjoy the weather, it has already been hot and gross. You know like go outside and it feels sticky and icky.

If there is some apocalypse, we would have a lot bigger problems than whether or not we could gt our caffeine and sugar fix. Alex Jones aside... Maybe cut back but completely depriving yourself of those two things also will be hell. What made smoking an easier habit to quit is that it is really vile, expensive, and it is nearly a crime to light up anymore. If you do this, do so slowly. Some people get on this health kick after quitting tobacco. They decide to go to the gym, walk to work, eat healthy, finishing their degree, stay away from anything bad. The problem is they do all this at once. And it works for a little while. But then the motivation wears off and they go back to everything bad. Drinking, smoking, drugs, bad food, being a slouch... They soon find out that depriving yourself of fun things and exercise just are not natural, otherwise everyone would do it. For me, yes I am hooked on sugar something horrid. I ain't about to give that up. No desire to quit that one.

I do not believe there is a correlation between cleaning and smoking. My room mate has never done either one in her entire life.