One-Eyed Richmond Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Judge Roughneck on November 27, 2013, 02:12:00 PM
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has anyone successful quit the nicotine?
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If you count quitting it at birth then yes. ;D
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Gerks quit but he isn't successful. He is a failure in life.
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aint that the truth
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aint that the truth
Yeah that's why I said it FFS :banghead
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has anyone successful quit the nicotine?
yes
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thank you for elaborating :banghead
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thank you for elaborating :banghead
You asked a question
I answered it
You didn't ask how or why
Just if people had quit
Thanks ;D
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the how part
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the how part
Just stopped one day
Thought:
1/ what a waste of money
2/ And having watched people close die of smoking related illnesses ... well didn't want to end up like that
Fair to say that I am now one of the biggest anti-skoming advocates around, won't even let people smoke in our house
Bottom line is if you really want to quit, you will quit no matter how tough it is
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Cue Al with his smoking isn't bad rant
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Never started. Disgusting habit.
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Cue Al with his smoking isn't bad rant
Sure!
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Yeah similar to WP thought but I likened it to being single and going out. Importantly it was not about the money but more about the effect it has long term.
Now I have about 1 or 2 a year around festive season and feel sick every time and don't even finish it.
Never hit the patches or anything like that.
Anyone see that 60 min special of that Greek Island where average age is 90 odd and some old bloke smoking at 100.
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Never smoked. Seeing my late Dad get his lungs pumped out :-X in the intensive care unit of the Western General Hospital after he had a respiratory arrest when I was 11, was enough to put me off smoking for life.
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Started smoking at 17
First tried to quit when I was around 22 ...lasted around 5 hours.
Had my first serious attempt when I was 25 ....lasted 6 months , I then decided I could have one every now and then...was a pack a day smoker again before I knew it.
Next decade I spent trying to quit...would last 2 weeks here 2 months there. One stage I was addicted to nicabate lossenges.
All up I must of had around 20 unsuccessful attempts...then one day , four years ago I just stopped and have not looked back.
This year I celebrated my 40 th birthday with running a half marathon.
Don't miss smoking at all.
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Yep 10 years ago, probably the main point is you have to really want too and you will.
I got the book from quit and thought it was pretty stupid, put it away and dragged it out every now and then while I continued to smoke.
After about a year gave it a go, it's hard at first but it gets easier, unfortunately after about 6 months or so hit a bit if a rough patch and at that stage thinking it wasn't that hard gave myself a passage yo have 1 or 2 when I had a beer, big MISTAKE that was and before long was back on em.
Was so angry with myself 2nd time I got the lowest nico patch and wore it for the first week and yep pretty much went cold turkey from there, never touched one since and won't.
The patches take the edge off, but like I said you've got to want it.. We are creatures of habit, break the habit and you're on the way good luck