Cutting down on my smoking nearly killed me! - Page 2

TheEnforcer · 10-05-2005

Guess I was lucky when it came to cigarettes as when I was about 7-8 my next door neighbor and I got out my parents old golf clubs which they hadn't used for many years and found a really old package of Salem menthol cigarettes in one of the puches on the bag and proceeded to smoke almost an entire pack... needless to say I got saick as a dog and that was that for smoking cigarettes. LOL

I did use chewing tobacco for a couple of years in jr high and high school and chewed 9 tins of copenhagen and 2-3 pouches of Red Man a week. Quit cold turkey my junior year though.

Smoked a pipe with Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco while I was in the service and my first few years in college while studying. I actually miss that. My father has an amazing pipe collection as he almost always gets a new pipe when they travel abroad.

pushpills · 10-05-2005

diet pills that contain ephedrine like thermbuterol will help you cut down, they give you a little nicotine like buzz that keeps goin, and then when you smoke the combination is a bit more of a kick than you'd like so you dont smoke the whole cig.

Grump · 10-05-2005

I quit illegal drugs. Simple but not easy as stated above, booze, came next, ditto on the simple not...

Almost 16 years totally clean and mostly sober (2 lapses).

Smokes?? Very harmful to those around me for me to try and quit. If you smell anything like tobacco I will set you on fire and try to smoke you during these times. And thats one of the nicer things I do

No success yet, but each try I go a little bit longer and learn a few things about myself and tobacco which help the next time.

Keep trying and one of these times you will surprise yourself. My current practice is to try and do something else first (anything) each time I find myself reaching for a smoke. Every few minute delay means a little bit of progress. This has gotten be just below 2 packs a day from 3+.

TheEnforcer · 10-05-2005

I wish good fortune on anyone trying to quit. Considering both my parents are lifelong smokers (one cigarettes and one pipe tobacco) it's pretty lucky that I had that nasty encounter at a young age.

selena · 10-05-2005

I had a similiar progression, Grump. First went the powder and nearly all pills. Next weed. Fast forward a handful or so of years, then tobacco. Now my drinking is practically nil, compared to how it has been at times.

I still love a glass of wine and/or a xanax though. I don't seem to have the ability to relax naturally.

Trev · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by voodooman

Trev,

Make the transition, your wife will love you for it.

http://www.moistsnuff.com/

I can't do snuff

I've had my face rebuilt on one side and have no "proper" sinus on either because of it , if I blow my nose wrong it could end up behind my eye socket. The plus side is I've got $$$ of titanium in my face. The wife is going to scrap me before I get burried

Trev · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

Quitting smoking cigarettes is probably the hardest habit to break. I truly wonder if you did a scientific study and compared cigarettes to some illegal drugs on the addictiveness and ability to quit said addiction how they would compare.....

They did such a survey here in the UK, NECA had smack heads, heroin addicts and every possible addict known, all of them smokers and various addicts and ALL could quit "their" drug of choice - none managed to stop smoking. Most "chose" smoking over "their" drug of choice in the end.

TheEnforcer · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by Trev

They did such a survey here in the UK, NECA had smack heads, heroin addicts and every possible addict known, all of them smokers and various addicts and ALL could quit "their" drug of choice - none managed to stop smoking. Most "chose" smoking over "their" drug of choice in the end.

Damn.. that's just nuts....

Trev · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

Damn.. that's just nuts....

Tell me about it

They're using it in the "Stop smoking Sunderland" campaign.

One of Toni's friends works for NECA, and she says the most addicts need a fix, remove the smokes then it's another story all together.

voodooman · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by pushpills

diet pills that contain ephedrine .

That is used for Crystal Meth mister.

Newton · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by Trev

Tell me about it

They're using it in the "Stop smoking Sunderland" campaign.

One of Toni's friends works for NECA, and she says the most addicts need a fix, remove the smokes then it's another story all together.

You sure its not the abondoned cars on fire they are talking about?

pushpills · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by voodooman

That is used for Crystal Meth mister.

so? i said take the diet pills, not switch to smoking meth.

Red · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by pushpills

so? i said take the diet pills, not switch to smoking meth.

Ephedra will fuck your system up so bad. It speeds up your heart rate, while constricting your blood vessles causing your blood pressure to soar. Same as methamphetamine, that's why it's an ingredient. Makes no difference if you smoke or ingest it, the effect on your heart is there.

pushpills · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by Red

Ephedra will fuck your system up so bad. It speeds up your heart rate, while constricting your blood vessles causing your blood pressure to soar. Same as methamphetamine, that's why it's an ingredient. Makes no difference if you smoke or ingest it, the effect on your heart is there.

lol, yea well welcome to the world of cigarette smoking! does the same thing!

Dravyk · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by Trev

I can't do snuff

I've had my face rebuilt on one side and have no "proper" sinus on either because of it , if I blow my nose wrong it could end up behind my eye socket. The plus side is I've got $$$ of titanium in my face. The wife is going to scrap me before I get burried

You need a new avatar ...

Red · 10-05-2005

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Originally Posted by pushpills

lol, yea well welcome to the world of cigarette smoking! does the same thing!

Not to the same degree. And not 6-8 hours continuously.
IMHO, of all the possible ways to help quit smoking, that would be the absolute worst.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Newton

You sure its not the abondoned cars on fire they are talking about?

hahahaha, it probably was.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Dravyk

You need a new avatar ...

Me likes.

hannibal · 10-06-2005

Get this book http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/

Tried and failed many times...patches, gum, cold turkey...you name it.

20 years of smoking was over once I read it, from 12 years old, to 32, no shit.

For the price of two packs of smokes you can't go wrong.

It doesn't try to scare you off smoking with talk of cancer etc, it works on ya noggin...in mysterious ways

You may now return to regular programming.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by hannibal

Get this book http://www.allencarrseasyway.com/

Tried and failed many times...patches, gum, cold turkey...you name it.

20 years of smoking was over once I read it, from 12 years old, to 32, no shit.

For the price of two packs of smokes you can't go wrong.

It doesn't try to scare you off smoking with talk of cancer etc, it works on ya noggin...in mysterious ways

You may now return to regular programming.

Thanks for the link, anything is worth a shot. I never knew Richard Branson was an ex smoker.

Welcome to Oprano as well

Newton · 10-06-2005

Welcome to Oprano hannibal

thanks for the great link will check it out ..

Red · 10-06-2005

Welcome to Oprano Hannibal.

MorganGrayson · 10-06-2005

Welcome, Hannibal!

Thanks for the advice on the book! Five points!

Dravyk · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Trev

Me likes.

Sweet!!

Welcome to the board, Hannibal!

selena · 10-06-2005

This is kind of a sweet motivational tool from http://www.quitnet.com

The site has a great deal of information/support. I never posted there much, because I did not what to hang out with a bunch of people who were talking about wanting to smoke.

My personal stats:

My Stats:
Your Quit Date is: 8/13/2001

Is this still your
Quit Date? Yes No Time Smoke-Free: 1515 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 36 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 53045

Lifetime Saved: 13 months, 15 days, 4 hours

Money Saved: $8,616.56

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by selena

This is kind of a sweet motivational tool from http://www.quitnet.com

The site has a great deal of information/support. I never posted there much, because I did not what to hang out with a bunch of people who were talking about wanting to smoke.

My personal stats:

My Stats:
Your Quit Date is: 8/13/2001

Is this still your
Quit Date? Yes No Time Smoke-Free: 1515 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 36 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 53045

Lifetime Saved: 13 months, 15 days, 4 hours

Money Saved: $8,616.56

lmao, I thought I'd seen it all.... good link selena

selena · 10-06-2005

Thanks, Trev!

I know the money saved has got to be higher, because it is calculating it on the cost of my brand of smokes when I quit.

I felt faintly ill when I looked at the number not smoked, to be truthful.

hannibal · 10-06-2005

Thanks for the welcome everyone

Give the book a go Trev, you won't regret it.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by selena

Thanks, Trev!

I know the money saved has got to be higher, because it is calculating it on the cost of my brand of smokes when I quit.

I felt faintly ill when I looked at the number not smoked, to be truthful.

Looking at the "Lifetime Saved" is another chiller.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by hannibal

Thanks for the welcome everyone

Give the book a go Trev, you won't regret it.

I'm going to, plus it's cheaper than a couple of packs of smokes... I pay US$ for the book and UK£ for smokes.

Again thanks

ReighlynnRaine · 10-06-2005

Welcome Hannibal.

As for switching smoking for diet pills.

Uhm no. It's like trading up in the world of vices. While smoking is definatly bad for you, diet pills are worse. Completely ignoring the long term health risks, if you smoke to many cigs at one time you'll get a nasty cough and maybe barf your brains out. Take too many diet pills at one time and hello aneurism.

Trev · 10-06-2005

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Originally Posted by ReighlynnRaine

Welcome Hannibal.

As for switching smoking for diet pills.

Uhm no. It's like trading up in the world of vices. While smoking is definatly bad for you, diet pills are worse. Completely ignoring the long term health risks, if you smoke to many cigs at one time you'll get a nasty cough and maybe barf your brains out. Take too many diet pills at one time and hello aneurism.

Watch out for decongestant pills, the Boots home brand are full of ephedrine's. Nightmare.

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Grump Buys wine at Publix! Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 170	Re: Cutting down on my smoking nearly killed me! I quit illegal drugs. Simple but not easy as stated above, booze, came next, ditto on the simple not... Almost 16 years totally clean and mostly sober (2 lapses). Smokes?? Very harmful to those around me for me to try and quit. If you smell anything like tobacco I will set you on fire and try to smoke you during these times. And thats one of the nicer things I do No success yet, but each try I go a little bit longer and learn a few things about myself and tobacco which help the next time. Keep trying and one of these times you will surprise yourself. My current practice is to try and do something else first (anything) each time I find myself reaching for a smoke. Every few minute delay means a little bit of progress. This has gotten be just below 2 packs a day from 3+.

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