I am going to be one irritable B*TCH for a while..

[andyzee]

Maybe she quit, maybe she didn't. I wish Kris the best, either way. I've battled cigarettes for years. I've finally gotten to the point where I'll smoke a few cigs when I drink. I actually smoked a shit load when Bob and I went to that music festival. Was able to stop the day I got home. It is what it is. I may start rolling my cigs when I drink so I'm a bit more mindful of each one.

Wus!

Your Quit Date is: 8/11/2005 6:00:00 PM

Time Smoke-Free: 1133 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes and 31 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 33994

Lifetime Saved: 8 months, 19 days, 16 hours

Money Saved: $4,758.60

 

[Paul]

Yikes, according to Zee's pic, if Kris kept smoking, she'd grow a Peener!!!

 

[Moe Ghoul]

yeah, and that foot looks fine, a good pedicure and some Robitussin'll fix that right up. Hang in there Kris, if ya stumbled, get up and keep going.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yikes, according to Zee's pic, if Kris kept smoking, she'd grow a Peener!!!

ahahahahahahahhaa

 

[RootDKJ]

Nice stats Andyzee. Quitting was one of the best things I have ever done. I don't miss it at all.

Your Quit Date is: 4/21/2002 10:30:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free: 2341 days, 37 minutes and 53 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 58526
Lifetime Saved: 14 months, 27 days, 1 hour
Money Saved: $15,362.81

 

[andyzee]

Nice stats Andyzee. Quitting was one of the best things I have ever done. I don't miss it at all.

Your Quit Date is: 4/21/2002 10:30:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free: 2341 days, 37 minutes and 53 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 58526
Lifetime Saved: 14 months, 27 days, 1 hour
Money Saved: $15,362.81

Nice!

 

[RootDKJ]

it's amazing how quickly those numbers add up

 

[krisskis]

How you doing Kris. Hope you're still smoke free!

I dont want to talk about it :-(

 

[krisskis]

Went out to Fire Island on Labor Day weekend and lit up while drinking...not good. Im smoking everyday again, but cutting down especially at work...its getting cold again to be outside. Im also working out more. I dont want to be huffing and puffing while skiing.

Im trying...anyone who smokes/smoked knows what its like to quit. Just bought a new box of patches. I ran out....and i gave in >:-(

 

[severine]

Went out to Fire Island on Labor Day weekend and lit up while drinking...not good. Im smoking everyday again, but cutting down especially at work...its getting cold again to be outside. Im also working out more. I dont want to be huffing and puffing while skiing.

Im trying...anyone who smokes/smoked knows what its like to quit. Just bought a new box of patches. I ran out....and i gave in >:-(

((HUGS)) You'll get there!!! I have never smoked, but I've seen my parents go through struggles to quit. My mom had quit for 15 years before she returned to it at a stressful time in her life several years ago (and continues to smoke to this day ). My father had a heart attack in 2005, was told the cigs were worse for him than anything he ate... he quit for several months after they revived him (yes, he was technically dead and had to be revived...twice). But being around my mom and others who smoke wore on him and he's back at it. :angry: It's hard to watch the ones you love destroy themselves.

Think of your kids. You want to see them grow up and have families of their own, right? Drop the cigs now!!! You can do it!!!!!!!

 

[o3jeff]

Took me 3 times to actually quit for good, You have to want to do it for yourself. First 2 times it was to get girlfriend/family off my back and it didn't last for more than a month or two, last time I did it for myself and haven't smoked since 10/2002.

 

[RootDKJ]

I used Zyban to help me quit. I tried to quit 4 time over a span of 3 years. Talk to your Dr to see if that might be a good option for you. It was pretty expensive, at the time, it cost me just over what I was paying for smokes anyhow but each time, it was totally effective. Zyban will help you kick your physical dependency on nicotine, it's up to you to break the mental dependencies. I also found it very helpful to chat with others who were going through the same hell I was, as well as those who had quit longer. Also drinking lots of water helped.

Use some of the other resources on Quitnet and drink lots of water. The stats are a major motivator though. The road to being smoke free is long and a very steep up hill climb. There were times for me, when I couldn't imagine how I'd make it. Looking backwards, I realize it wasn't so bad. You can do it!

 

[Marc]

According to Mitch Hedburg, stopping smoking is as hard as it is to start flossing. I'm inclined to agree, even though I've never smoked a cig.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

According to Mitch Hedburg, stopping smoking is as hard as it is to start flossing. I'm inclined to agree, even though I've never smoked a cig.

Isn't flossing easy...I really feel that marijuana is a good substitute for Tobacco/Nicotene..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

According to Mitch Hedburg, stopping smoking is as hard as it is to start flossing. I'm inclined to agree, even though I've never smoked a cig.

I tried flossing with a cig in my mouth, he's right.

 

[andyzee]

Went out to Fire Island on Labor Day weekend and lit up while drinking...not good. Im smoking everyday again, but cutting down especially at work...its getting cold again to be outside. Im also working out more. I dont want to be huffing and puffing while skiing.

Im trying...anyone who smokes/smoked knows what its like to quit. Just bought a new box of patches. I ran out....and i gave in >:-(

I once quit for 9 years and then started again. Hopefully I learned from my experience and will stay smoke free. One thing I do know, forget the cutting back, cold turkey is the only way to go. Try it again.

 

[drjeff]

According to Mitch Hedburg, stopping smoking is as hard as it is to start flossing. I'm inclined to agree, even though I've never smoked a cig.

Oh, don't bother flossing, it's really bad for business in my line of work!

 

[deadheadskier]

Isn't flossing easy...I really feel that marijuana is a good substitute for Tobacco/Nicotene..

only time I quit for an extended period (3 months) involved copious amounts of fruit from the doolittle tree. that was in college though with limited responsibilities.....don't have that option these days.

....need to make another run at it soon. I've gotten my butt of the couch and working out four days a week, quittin' cigs is the next step towards where I want to be health wise.

 

[Geoff]

Oh, don't bother flossing, it's really bad for business in my line of work!

My dad's a retired Oral Surgeon. Other than from a hygenist, I've never flossed a day in my life. Until my last checkup a few months ago, I'd only ever had one cavity. Those daily flouride pills growing up were like an anti-cavity superpower. When I was a kid, my dad led a crusade to add flouride to the water supply and the wingnuts shot it down with letters to the editor about dumping poison in the water supply. Unfortunately, at age 50 I've put enough wear on my teeth that I'm starting to get some decay. It's like needing reading glasses. I can deal with it but it's certainly a change.

 

[drjeff]

My dad's a retired Oral Surgeon. Other than from a hygenist, I've never flossed a day in my life. Until my last checkup a few months ago, I'd only ever had one cavity. Those daily flouride pills growing up were like an anti-cavity superpower. When I was a kid, my dad led a crusade to add flouride to the water supply and the wingnuts shot it down with letters to the editor about dumping poison in the water supply. Unfortunately, at age 50 I've put enough wear on my teeth that I'm starting to get some decay. It's like needing reading glasses. I can deal with it but it's certainly a change.

Those same basic anti-fluoride wing-nuts are still out there today . And in-spite of what almost 50 years of fluoridation research shows with respect to decay prevention and it's SAFETY, they still get a rather passionate(albeit gullable) crowd who likes to argue with science

As I like to put it to what is stereotypically a home schooling mother of about 6 kids when she refuses fluoride treatments for her kids and asks me what the consequences might be, my answer "you'll likely be paying me more $$ for fillings for your kids in the coming years"