The Weekend Thread - 4th of July 2009

[RootDKJ]

at what point did the thought of having a cigarette become unappealing?

I'm going to go with 7 months...but read on.

I used Zyban to help me quit. Zyban totally reduced my physical dependencies, so all I had to deal with was the psychological ones. You take 1 pill once a day for a week, then you take 2, for the next 3-6 months. They tell you to plan your quit sometime in the 1st 21 days after you start taking it.

I quit after 10. The Zyaban was doing it's job, and when I did smoke (espically the cig with the morning coffee) I didn't feel the "hit" in the chest anymore. At that point, I was like "why bother"

7 years ago, I wasn't skiing, mostly because I couldn't afford it. I made myself a promise that if I stayed quit until December, I'd go out and buy myself a new pair of ski boots (I had some rad 210 K2 TRC Comps lying around). One day in December, while driving on the Garden State Parkway I heard a commercial on the radio for Princeton Ski Shops annual ski show and sale at Giant Stadium. I got off at the next exit, turned the car around and bought a pair of boots.

The first time I went out skiing, I found lost love from my childhood. After my first run, I made a pact with myself to trade tobacco for skis. For life.

So for me, it was 7 months. Sorry for the long winded story. I hope that helps.

Set rewards for your self so the longer you go without smoking, the bigger the reward.

1 day
3 days
1 week
2 weeks
1 month

Write down in advance what your rewards will be and post them someplace where you will see it every day.

 

[dmc]

Going to light a nice fire tonight and smoke the cuban cigars I picked up in Germany last week...
Tomorrow - Jam on Long Island with the band...
Sunday... chill... And wonder if i still have a job....

 

[campgottagopee]

Saturday--Playing in the IBHAN (I'll Be Home At Noon) tourney at my club---just a fun annual tourney for the local drunks. Then over to friends for their "Pond Party" w/ great food and Rock-n-Roll

Sunday--Playing Sunday Skins Game, then home for BBQ w/ friends and play date for our dogs.

Monday---Build stone wall around new deck we just had done

Tuesday---Golf--mow lawn

Wednesday---Back to the grind

Everyone be safe

 

[RootDKJ]

Sunday... chill... And wonder if i still have a job....

yikes! hope that works out for you

 

[Warp Daddy]

yikes! hope that works out for you

Ditto -----------------------hope all goes well for you DMC

 

[Warp Daddy]

Good for you DHS. Stay strong and you can do it!

Root's Quit Date is: 4/21/2002 10:30:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free: 2628 days, 23 hours, 2 minutes and 28 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 65724

Lifetime Saved: 16 months, 22 days, 1 hour

Money Saved: $17,252.81

Intersting stats Root

For kicks i had roughly figured our net savings over 34 years for 2 of us( each 2 packs a day ) with a modest interest return on those savings, and NOT counting elimating Medical bills etc ------------ to be approximately get this : $250,000. Yep a quarter of a mill . Just a very crude ballpark figure but man it DOES add up

 

[dmc]

yikes! hope that works out for you

Thanks..
I think some people want to see me go but most want me to stay..
My attitude on AZ is pretty much what you get in the real world... It gets me in trouble but it usually exposes something that needs to be addressed...

 

[deadheadskier]

Intersting stats Root

For kicks i had roughly figured our net savings over 34 years for 2 of us( each 2 packs a day ) with a modest interest return on those savings, and NOT counting elimating Medical bills etc ------------ to be approximately get this : $250,000. Yep a quarter of a mill . Just a very crude ballpark figure but man it DOES add up

Each morning, I intend on electronically depositing the money I would have spent on smoking everyday into a savings account and at the end of the year dropping it into my IRA. Quitnet has me at roughly $3500 savings per year, which would be well over half my annual contribution limits.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Each morning, I intend on electronically depositing the money I would have spent on smoking everyday into a savings account and at the end of the year dropping it into my IRA. Quitnet has me at roughly $3500 savings per year, which would be well over half my annual contribution limits.

Great strategy and a Wonderful INCENTIVE -------------------------I'm ROOTING for ya !!

 

[RootDKJ]

Great strategy and a Wonderful INCENTIVE -------------------------I'm ROOTING for ya !!

+1 If you need any help or motivation with your quit, feel free to reach out to me.

 

[Warp Daddy]

OH BTW the Queen as a Visual reminder/incentive for the day SHE quit planted a great Blue Spruce in our Backyard. Well the damn thing is now probably is between 50-60 ft high and a beauty

 

[dmc]

Each morning, I intend on electronically depositing the money I would have spent on smoking everyday into a savings account and at the end of the year dropping it into my IRA. Quitnet has me at roughly $3500 savings per year, which would be well over half my annual contribution limits.

nice... really cool... you can do it...

 

[Mildcat]

Hitting the New England Summer Nationals today. It's actually nice weather for it! No plans for the rest of the weekend except working around the house.

 

[campgottagopee]

Celebrating Independence Day by giving up cigarettes, which probably means my other focus for the weekend will be trying not to kill anyone who so much as breathes the wrong way around me. :lol:

If monsoon season decides to end, I'll probably play some tennis with J.

DH, wish all the best of luck!!!!! I've quit several times, but always start back up again. Like I've always said, "quitting is easy, not starting again is the hard part". Again, stick with it!!!

 

[WoodCore]

Celebrating Independence Day by giving up cigarettes, which probably means my other focus for the weekend will be trying not to kill anyone who so much as breathes the wrong way around me. :lol:

If monsoon season decides to end, I'll probably play some tennis with J.

You can do it!!! I just quit about five months ago after smoking a pack and a half a day for 20+ years and in retrospect it really wasn't that bad! Best part is that once I quit it opened the door to the all the things in life I had always wanted to do but would have a hard time enjoying, like mountain biking.

Yes, I still think about a smoking a cigarette just about everyday but then I think about the money I'm not throwing out the window and think about the fact that I can actually pedal up that next hill without puking up a lung and the urge suddenly goes away.

Anyway, best of luck!

 

[deadheadskier]

Thanks again everyone for the support.

What am I doing right now? Having a bender on my last night of being a smoker. :lol:


tomorrow, I will be a nicotine free man. Happy Independence day everyone!

 

[RootDKJ]

Thanks again everyone for the support.

What am I doing right now? Having a bender on my last night of being a smoker. :lol:


tomorrow, I will be a nicotine free man. Happy Independence day everyone!

I didn't drink for 5 months when I quit. Zyban and alcohol *might* cause seizures

 

[severine]

Way to go, DHS, on the new life set before you! You can do it!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I just had a marlboro light damn was that good i get pretty blunted when i get ciggy with it because i only smoke one or so cancer sticks per month. Good luck dhs

 

[Geoff]

Thanks again everyone for the support.

What am I doing right now? Having a bender on my last night of being a smoker. :lol:


tomorrow, I will be a nicotine free man. Happy Independence day everyone!

My last cigarette was in 1989. Good luck with that. Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. It's amazing how addictive tobacco is.