I'm quitting smoking.

[QUOTE=Riddler]Now I got my profile set up... my quit time is in about 30 minutes.[/QUOTE]

right on.. it's just cool to see how much $ you're saving and everything.
I actually opened up a separate savings "tobacco$" account. And I actually got addicted to saving money for a while. It was crazy. I never have had that before. Within 8 months I had several thousand (for real) and bought a truck.
If I was still smoking I would not have my truck. That's a fact. The more money I saw going into that account the more I wanted to put in. It really was a different feeling for me.

Quitnet has lots of support there. I've spent a little time in the chat rooms there and the people are supportive. There is also "expert chats" like quiting classes that you can partake in. I really mostly just liked the stats it provided.
You can set it to automatically e-mail you your stats everyday or every week or whatever..

I hope you quit dude..

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oKP1-zzzs#t=00m13s"]I Smoke my Merit to the butt like it's the last mother f*cker left.[/URL]

Fvck a cigarette doe like. Budsmokers only, budsmokers only

[QUOTE=Lakerlove420]
I actually opened up a separate savings "tobacco$" account. And I actually got addicted to saving money for a while. It was crazy. I never have had that before. Within 8 months I had several thousand (for real) and bought a truck.
If I was still smoking I would not have my truck. That's a fact. The more money I saw going into that account the more I wanted to put in. It really was a different feeling for me.[/QUOTE]


I'm gonna do that too.

thanks for the tip.

[QUOTE=Riddler]I'm gonna do that too.

thanks for the tip.[/QUOTE]

consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..
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[QUOTE=Lakerlove420]consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..
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[SIZE="3"](DON'T SMOKE!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE]



yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.

:banana:


just smoked my last cigarette... My quit time just started.

Good luck.

I smoked, very casually, while in college. Never did get a hook in me, which I'm thankful for.

BUT...and this is for all the smokers out there...I ended up with a rare genetic deficiency that resulted in a rapidly progressing form of emphysema.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Usually not detected until mid-life (I was in my 30's). [url]http://alpha1.org/[/url]

I went from running hoops with guys half my age to on oxygen, 24/7, in the space of about 5 years.

You have no idea what it's like when your lungs are shutting down. Imagine the most out of breath you've ever been...the scary out of breath...and think about having that desperate need for air all the time. Slowly walking across a room. Bending over. Sitting.

I ended up having a double lung transplant after nearly dying, and am in great health now. My chest hurts ever day from where they sawed through my sternum and wired it back together. I have to take 30 pills a day to guard against rejection, which can h=appen at any time.

Oh, smokers? If you get that sick, they usually won't give you a transplant. Odds of you slipping back into smoking are too high. At best you'll get one lung, which isn't much of an improvement.

I spent my first 25-30 years of life basically ignoring advice given to me. Was pretty sure I knew everything anyway. But if you listen to only one thing in your life, listen to this.

Don't smoke. If you do, quit TODAY.

Good luck! Don't let anyone convince you it's too hard or not worth it. And whatever works for you is the right way to do it.

[QUOTE=Riddler]yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.[/QUOTE]

Healthy snacks at hand all the time. Carrots, celery, apples...whatever you can stomach...always around. It'll help guard against the really bad food choices.

[QUOTE=Riddler]yea but the money I'm going to be spending on food the next few weeks is going to be outrageous.

not to mention the $60 I just spent on the patch and gum.



But eventually... I will be saving money... hopefully I don't replace this habit with food and become a fat @ss.... even for a guy as skinny as me, it's possible.[/QUOTE]

I have gained some weight.. also I quit just before turning 30 so. .. the last year and a half I have changed a bit...
now in my 30's and I love food even more now. Things taste..
I have more taste going on... I like food. My taste buds are in full effect now that I quit smoking...


I should go for a jog

[QUOTE=Lakerlove420]consider the money you drop into that account gone.
It would have been smoked up anyway right?
Just try to forget about it...you will be surprised how fast it stacks up.
Everybodys situation is different..I don't know if you have a good job or what
but try and save and it will feel good ..
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[SIZE="3"](DON'T SMOKE!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

oh yea... And most importantly... I'll be having better sex.

[QUOTE=JMT]Good luck.

I smoked, very casually, while in college. Never did get a hook in me, which I'm thankful for.

BUT...and this is for all the smokers out there...I ended up with a rare genetic deficiency that resulted in a rapidly progressing form of emphysema.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. Usually not detected until mid-life (I was in my 30's). [url]http://alpha1.org/[/url]

I went from running hoops with guys half my age to on oxygen, 24/7, in the space of about 5 years.

You have no idea what it's like when your lungs are shutting down. Imagine the most out of breath you've ever been...the scary out of breath...and think about having that desperate need for air all the time. Slowly walking across a room. Bending over. Sitting.

I ended up having a double lung transplant after nearly dying, and am in great health now. My chest hurts ever day from where they sawed through my sternum and wired it back together. I have to take 30 pills a day to guard against rejection, which can h=appen at any time.

Oh, smokers? If you get that sick, they usually won't give you a transplant. Odds of you slipping back into smoking are too high. At best you'll get one lung, which isn't much of an improvement.

I spent my first 25-30 years of life basically ignoring advice given to me. Was pretty sure I knew everything anyway. But if you listen to only one thing in your life, listen to this.

Don't smoke. If you do, quit TODAY.

Good luck! Don't let anyone convince you it's too hard or not worth it. And whatever works for you is the right way to do it.[/QUOTE]

Damn bro... [U]I am so sorry[/U] to hear about your lungs and everything that you have been through..
I don't know what to say man... that is rough.

Any of you teenagers (or adults) that come into this thread better learn something from all of this conversation going on. Just quit fellas..
Hard days ahead...best quit today...... please think about it.

[QUOTE=Abd El-Krim]Before I actually stopped, I first cut down on the ritual smoking. No cig when first waking up, no cig after a meal, no cig before bed, etc. This got me down to probably 4-5 per day.

Around that point I told everybody I knew that I had quit, and was forced to smoke when nobody else was around. And I couldn't reek of smoke either. Anyway, eventually I was down to just one or two per day whenever I could sneak them at which point stopping was easy.

One other thing I did was always keep cigarettes in the house, for months after I quit. The strongest ingrained behavior for me was buying cigarettes when I didn't have any. If the thought occurred to me that I had no cigarettes, muscle memory kicked in and 20 minutes later I was 3 into a new pack. Crazy stuff.[/QUOTE]

I think it's when people like you realize that smoking pretty much controls your life, you decide it's time to quit.

Schedules have to be planned around when you can take a break for a smoke. Plus smokers use cigarettes as an excuse not to work. Smokers=less efficient.

[QUOTE=Riddler]wish me luck.

going cold turkey.


$hit aint gonna be comfortable for the next few weeks.[/QUOTE]

And in 5 years you are going to get hit by a car and die....

**** that shit....just smoke, if your times comes it comes

ya i failed quitting for the 3rd attempt

but ill try again in summer, got some nicotine gum but that doesnt work at all

Next up, quit posting.

^^Anybody more besides me feels mad and fustrated about a fukin ugly nerd like that talking trash to everybody?

[QUOTE=DeuceWallaces]Next up, quit posting.[/QUOTE]

good luck Deuce.. I know you can do it..

[QUOTE=Javat_90]^^Anybody more besides me feels mad and fustrated about a fukin ugly nerd like that talking trash to everybody?[/QUOTE]

Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.

[QUOTE=DeuceWallaces]Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.[/QUOTE]

Hey cutie, u want to hang out or something on saturday?

[QUOTE=DeuceWallaces]Hey tough guy, why don't you get off your troll account.[/QUOTE]

If he does, he'll just hop onto one of the other ten alternate accounts he already has. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=BankShot]If he does, he'll just hop onto one of the other ten alternate accounts he already has. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

Nah, actually, this is the only one I have. Thanks for the idea tho.

But its cute to watch a couple of nerds stick for each other. Like in highschool where all the bullied kids (bankshot, DW...etc) would finally gather together in a sole force and plan their revenge on society.

[QUOTE=Javat_90]Nah, actually, this is the only one I have. Thanks for the idea tho.

But its cute to watch a couple of nerds stick for each other. Like in highschool where all the bullied kids (bankshot, DW...etc) would finally gather together in a sole force and plan their revenge on society.[/QUOTE]

Its funny that your idea of "revenge on society" is f*cking with some over-defensive trolling alternate account on an internet message board.

Calling me a nerd and inferring that i was picked on in highschool??? Man now that really insults me to the core. :rolleyes:

Is there a a particular reason you are so butt-hurt.... or is this just how you are naturally?? :roll:

[QUOTE=BankShot]Its funny that your idea of "revenge on society" is f*cking with some over-defensive trolling alternate account on an internet message board.

[b]Calling me a nerd and inferring that i was picked on in highschool??? Man now that really insults me to the core.[/b] :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

You and I both know this is true, and that it really stricked to your heart.

So please, dont pretend to take it all smoothly. Or at least learn to lie and take some acting lessons.



On another side note, anybody noticed BankShot is like the easiest poster to rile-up in this boards? Only takes couple of words to get him started. :oldlol:

At least DW has a bit more of "i dont care what u say" attitude.

[QUOTE=Javat_90]You and I both know this is true, and that it really stricked to your heart.
So please, dont pretend to take it all smoothly. Or at least learn to lie and take some acting lessons
On another side note, anybody noticed BankShot is like the easiest poster to rile-up in this boards? Only takes couple of words to get him started. :oldlol:
At least DW has a bit more of "i dont care what u say" attitude.[/QUOTE]

1.) [I]stricked[/I]??? :facepalm

2.) Again, its sad that you think "nerd" and inferring being unpopular in highschool is an insult. :rolleyes:

3.) It seems as though you are the one getting riled up. Why so butt-hurt??? :roll:

Now go ahead and run along, son.

[CENTER]:dancin :hammertime: :djparty :hammertime: :dancin [/CENTER]

[I]Of which failed poster of the past are you an alternate account of?[/I]


:roll: :roll: :roll:

As for the original post.... after smoking for pretty much 8 years straight, i quit cold-turkey 41 days ago and haven't smoked a single cig. :rockon:

[QUOTE=Javat_90][I]Of which failed poster of the past are you an alternate account of?[/I]
:roll: :roll: :roll:[/QUOTE]

The more relevant question....

Javat: of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account??? :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=BankShot]The more relevant question....

Javat: of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account??? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]


*I think you`re butt-hurt clap clap clap* :roll:

[QUOTE=Lakerlove420]Damn bro... [U]I am so sorry[/U] to hear about your lungs and everything that you have been through..
I don't know what to say man... that is rough.

Any of you teenagers (or adults) that come into this thread better learn something from all of this conversation going on. Just quit fellas..
Hard days ahead...best quit today...... please think about it.[/QUOTE]

Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now. Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer. It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.

[QUOTE=BankShot]As for the original post.... after smoking for pretty much 8 years straight, i quit cold-turkey 41 days ago and haven't smoked a single cig. :rockon:[/QUOTE]

:cheers: Way to go!

[QUOTE=Javat_90]*I think you`re butt-hurt clap clap clap* :roll:[/QUOTE]

Way to not only dodge the question asserting the extremity of your contempt, but also fail to correctly mock me. I have two questions for you, Javat:

Of which failed poster of the past are you a pathetic alternate account?? :rolleyes:

Is there a particular reason you're so overwhelmingy butt-hurt, or is this just truly who you are?? :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=JMT]:cheers: Way to go![/QUOTE]

Thanks.... aside from the obvious health benefits from not smoking, I've probably already saved upward of $200. :hammertime:

Cold turkey isn't the way to go. I chain smoked from 14-24. Then I decided to quit slowly. Instead of 2 packs a day, I cut it down to 1 pack and then just replace the moments when I usually smoke with something else like coffee, a banana, an apple, or water. Cause part of the problem is habit, not just a chemical addiction. After a while I smoked less and less. Took around 6 months before I didn't smoke at all anymore. I also cut out drinking/going to the bar for a while cause I tended to smoke when I drank. So for about a year I didn't drink.

[QUOTE=JMT]Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now.[B] Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer.[/B] It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.[/QUOTE]

:eek: :eek:
:rockon: :rockon:

[QUOTE=New York Knicks]Cold turkey isn't the way to go. I chain smoked from 14-24. Then I decided to quit slowly. Instead of 2 packs a day, I cut it down to 1 pack and then just replace the moments when I usually smoke with something else like coffee, a banana, an apple, or water. Cause part of the problem is habit, not just a chemical addiction. After a while I smoked less and less. Took around 6 months before I didn't smoke at all anymore. I also cut out drinking/going to the bar for a while cause I tended to smoke when I drank. So for about a year I didn't drink.[/QUOTE]

Different methods work for different people.

For me it was either cut it out completely, or nothing. I couldn't "quit slowly" and phase it out of my life.

[QUOTE=BankShot]Different methods work for different people.

For me it was either cut it out completely, or nothing. I couldn't "quit slowly" and phase it out of my life.[/QUOTE]
yep, I also had great success going cold turkey. Haven touched a ciggie in 11 years at this point and have no desire to ever again.

[QUOTE=JMT]Appreciate the good words, but my life is great now. [B]Swam the mile leg ina triathlon last summer.[/B] It was a struggle getting here, but it's a great place to be.

Just hope one person quits or decides not to start based on this thread.[/QUOTE]

Damn dude. And I'm worried about swimming 300 meters in a pool in 2.5 weeks for my sprint triathlon. More motivation for me I guess.

[QUOTE=Lakerlove420]


[B]474 days, 8 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds smoke free.

9487 cigarettes not smoked.

$2,612.50 and 2 months, 12 days, 11 hours of your life saved.

Your quit date: 10/29/2009 10:00:00 PM[/B]

[/QUOTE]



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First Night was horrible.... but it's starting to get better.

Nice!! good job Riddler
stay the course bro..