Attention Buttheads

Good on ya buddy! I was thinking the ultimatum was the other. Whew!! :biggrin:



Ice, I quit 10 or 11 months ago, just threw it down one day after thinking to myself that I did not want my daughter to grow up associating that smell with Dad. I am 31 and started at 14. Up and quit, have not touched one since.

Now, the hardest part for me was "subsituting". That led to a different problem that I had to tone back down. Be careful there is my best advice.

I know have lost an inch on my beer gut, have a clearer head as of late and no smokes or even think about em.

You and others joining in, you won't be sorry.


I applaud you.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

April 23rd is my birthday. Turning the big 3-0! I know I need to quit soon, and the 30th birthday would be a good jump off to trying to quit. I just don't think I can do it now though.

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Yep, I'll be 29. One more year in the twunny's. :(

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

April 23rd is my birthday. Turning the big 3-0! I know I need to quit soon, and the 30th birthday would be a good jump off to trying to quit. I just don't think I can do it now though.

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J, just do it. What are you really waiting for is the question to ask yourself.

You took the time to post you should quit, so as Yoda would say, there is no try, do or do not.


And happy birthday!

Sugar-free hard candies will become your friend. ;)

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Originally Posted by Buzzworthy

J, just do it. What are you really waiting for is the question to ask yourself.

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Thanks Buzz. I am weak though. I'll admit, I love to smoke. I know I need to quit for health reasons, but it tastes so damn good!

cigs don't taste good, pipes taste good.

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Originally Posted by lemon boy

cigs don't taste good, pipes taste good.

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:biggrin:

J, cigs taste fucking horrible after you don't have one for 2 weeks.

I see excuses, you are not ready to quit.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

Thanks Buzz. I am weak though. I'll admit, I love to smoke. I know I need to quit for health reasons, but it tastes so damn good!

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Next time I see you I would love to tell you "man, you don't stink".


Think you can do it by then? You have months till I am out that way again.

stopped smoking while sober was a cinch. when booze is involved, it's a different story. though CO is making it easier by legislating smoking from bars and eating establishments.

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Originally Posted by 72Twenty

Sugar-free hard candies will become your friend. ;)

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For me it was Trident Blue Sugar-free Gum. Had to wean myself off that later so I wouldn't walk around looking like a cow chewing its cud.

Buzz - he gets it. Stop sounding like an overbearing ex-smoker. ;)

PM sent ice

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Originally Posted by A-wreck

Alright fine.
1 pack a day of Parliaments.

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mmmmm... Parliaments /Homer drool

Good on ya ice and everybody else joining in. I smoked for 20 years and quit almost 10 years ago; August 26, 1996. As long as you REALLY want to, or at least commit that you HAVE too, you'll do it. NO cheating. Your last cigarette has to be your last. Burn that day into your memory. I clearly remember my last smoke. I did the patch for a week to take the edge off and was good to go from there on. Every once in a while I still get a whiff of one and it smells like a great steak. However, most of the time they just really smell like shit to me now. Standing next to a smoker in the elevator who's fresh off their break is enough to keep me off of them forever. I couldn't even imagine starting again.

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Originally Posted by SquawMan

sorry to gross you smokers out, but sometimes pictures are the only way

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Sorry about your uncle...


but those pictures have no affect on smokers. Sad but true.

my dad smoked for nigh on 30 years and finally quit when I was 15. He used the Nicoderm CQ patch for a while and then weaned himself off it to chewing bubble gum. He was a gum chewing machine, I tell you. But he hasnt smoked since and it has been smoke-free for 10 years!

So stock up on Winterfresh & Dubble Bubble. :-P

Good Luck! I will have to think of something to give up too as a show of solidarity. :cool:

Jibij: Mine was at 10pm on July 3rd, 2003. Really. My last dip had been the week before.

Well I don't smoke, but I'm trying to quite masturbating...




But seriously, the world thanks you. You will be happy if you are able to stick with it.

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Originally Posted by leroy jenkins

But seriously, the world thanks you. You will be happy if you are able to stick with it.

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I expect that eventually I will be happier than I am now. But "Happy"? Like I'll be stoked all the time and just sit around giggling?

Maybe not.

Take the long view.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html

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Originally Posted by road trip

Ms. road trip is finishing (god willing) her Masters Thesis on predictors of quit success rates.

You have #1 covered (quit in numbers).

Next up, using medication and involving a professional and / or quit center assistance.

Good luck, mang. With the whole world going smoke free (which I absolutely love as NJ just went smoke free this weekend), it'll be easier for you.

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At first I thought that said Mrs. Roadtrip and was gonna ask: whatwhatwhat? All that red wine is catching up to me.

Question: Once Ice is walking around grinning all happy and shit, who takes over the whole sarcastic/snarky/cranky old man of TGR crown? Paging Mr. Pinnnner....

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Originally Posted by iceman

I expect that eventually I will be happier than I am now. But "Happy"? Like I'll be stoked all the time and just sit around giggling?

Maybe not.

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No, not sitting around all the time giggling, more like standing on top of a ridge yelling down at your freinds to hurry up thinking about how you never used to be this fast. Believe me, theres plenty of joy right there.

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Originally Posted by leroy jenkins

more like standing on top of a ridge yelling down at your freinds to hurry up

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Well, maybe we stopped to enjoy some tobacco down there.

My biggest problem is that I really like smoking.
I don't really want to quit but I know it's a good thing for me to do.

If there are any bets placed, the smart money is on me caving first.
Not that I want to cave but.......................you know.

I've smoked for nearly 10 years now (shit... that long already?!?) and I really need to quit too. Much as I like it, it tastes like shit, costs me a fortune and I know it's killing me.

Monday sounds like a good day, so if it's alright by you (Ice and co) I'll be joining you as smoke free from Monday :)

This is great - congrats to all setting the goal!

Trying to think of something I'm addicted to that I can give up to join and lend moral support. I know! I'll give up the TGR board....wait, that won't work....

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Originally Posted by watersnowdirt

This is great - congrats to all setting the goal!

Trying to think of something I'm addicted to that I can give up to join and lend moral support. I know! I'll give up the TGR board....wait, that won't work....

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As posted in Gimp Central, I'm off cookies again. As long as no one offers me homemade ones, I think I can hang in there.

Sick and ashamed and happy (and not going to repeat my other idea),
d.

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Originally Posted by majortom

Monday sounds like a good day, so if it's alright by you (Ice and co) I'll be joining you as smoke free from Monday :)

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Fuck yeah man. Post in the thread in Gimp Central, it should be fairly comical on Monday.

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Originally Posted by gincognito

Sick and ashamed and happy (and not going to repeat my other idea),
d.

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Gin's decided to give up chastity just to help us out.

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Originally Posted by iceman

Gin's decided to give up chastity just to help us out.

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I'll be thinking of you guys the whole time...

Sick and ashamed and happy (and that's gonna make it that much harder...umm...more difficult),
d.

Careful there, gin......heh.

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Originally Posted by gincognito

I'll be thinking of you guys the whole time...

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"Who's your favorite New Kid? Call me Joey.... call me Donnie....."

OK, I'll take up smoking on the 24th just to even things out a bit. Someone has to be looking out for big tobacco.
So how much will I need to be smoking to cover all you quitters?

Wait, you weren't all talking about smocking, were you? Because I don't think I could ever do that.

Wanted to bump this even tho there's a thread in Gimp Central... because, well... this is awesome.

Good luck everybody!

:yourock:

Any more takers?

I'm not staring at you, Splat, really.

In solidarity I will give up being an insufferable know-it-all on Monday. That may be harder than giving up smoking was...


My housemate still smokes. I've known him for years and backpacked a lot with him. He's taller than me and used to be a lot faster. I'd always be catching up to him. Now it's the other way around, I'm the one waiting at the top of the mountain while he stops to take breathers.

Congrats and good luck to all!