Quitting is Contagious

[nab]

WAY TO GO PAUG!!! Seriously impressive guys!  I wonder if as many of you would have attempted stopping if it weren't for this thread  :?

Not at all. Honestly, I had tried when it resurfaced a few times, made it a couple days here, a couple days there, but then nab got involved, then jj, and then I realized the only time Uncleeb smoked was around me, and if we were out, I didn't want to be a bad influence on my friend, or deter him in any way from quitting, and knew I needed to quit too, and so this was as good a time as any. So I told him, I smoked my last cig last night, don't bother asking me for one next time we're out. I won't have any. I'm done. And that was that. Well, it wasn't that easy, shit, it's still hard. Last night was hard. It gets easier, but it doesn't go away.

Anyhow, no need to feel bad mbw, you'll do it whenever you feel like it, if you ever feel like it. I'll tell you this though, it's easier with the support of friends and when you know others are going thru the same thing you are. It helped me at least.

I know with 100% certainty that support from members on this site has contributed greatly to my success. 


Accountability: It Rocks

[Superfreakie]

this thread makes me feel like shit.

Ser.  The closest I've been in a while is that I'm leaving my smokes at home when I go to work.  Somehow, knowing they're at home allows me to not rush to the gas station on lunch break for a pack, and that buys me 8 hours of not smoking.

All good things in all good time. What you have to do is weigh the vice against others you could take up that might have healthier repercussions. For example, three weeks of no smoking translates into one night with a hot escort. Four weeks no smoking and she will shit on your stomach and call you Hitler. Or a month of no smoking permits you to purchase an eight ball of Columbian flake. You see, if you look at it this way, pared down to basic economics, you eliminate the guilty emotions behind quitting.

[kellerb]

this thread makes me feel like shit.

Ser.  The closest I've been in a while is that I'm leaving my smokes at home when I go to work.  Somehow, knowing they're at home allows me to not rush to the gas station on lunch break for a pack, and that buys me 8 hours of not smoking.

All good things in all good time. What you have to do is weigh the vice against others you could take up that might have healthier repercussions. For example, three weeks of no smoking translates into one night with a hot escort. Four weeks no smoking and she will shit on your stomach and call you Hitler. Or a month of no smoking permits you to purchase an eight ball of Columbian flake. You see, if you look at it this way, pared down to basic economics, you eliminate the guilty emotions behind quitting.

Ahh, that sounds similar to strategic productive procrastination, which I excel at

[nab]

8 weeks for me tomorrow.


How are you fellas doing?

[justjezmund]

starting up week seven.  i love it.  Ive even starting running last week.

[khalpin]

starting up week seven.  i love it.  Ive even starting running last week.

Glad to hear it, Chris!

[Buffalo Budd]

4.5 months this week for me and I feel great.  Still get urges when I'm around it but not a craving for it.  It's a social thing now as opposed to a nicoteine craving.  Sucks that I found out a friend of mine who'd quit last Oct started up again last week. 

[sls.stormyrider]

  to all

[WhatstheUse?]

to all

[postjack]

I started running this year, and I can say it is WAY better then smoking. especially running in the early morning, makes me feel amazing all day.

[justjezmund]

I started running this year, and I can say it is WAY better then smoking. especially running in the early morning, makes me feel amazing all day.

def better than smoking.  I have only been out twice in a weeks time, and haven't gotta myself to the point of going out before work yet.  But i am planning on it wed morning, ive been kinda excited to do it. 

[Superfreakie]

pffft. look at the lot of you.

just a bunch of good for nothing non-smokers  :wink:

[gah]

Day 53 today.

That is all, and a good day to you, sirs.

:-)

[rowjimmy]

Day 53 today.

That is all, and a good day to you, sirs.

:-)

Good to hear.
I was worried that your absence was due to embarrassment about having to post a "oops, I relapsed @ jazzfest" message in this thread.

Keep it up, dude!

[Buffalo Budd]

Day 53 today.

That is all, and a good day to you, sirs.

:-)

Where the hell have you been, we've been worried sick.
Oh yeah, and congrats