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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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08/26/07 01:02 PM
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DC, How's it going? You hanging in there?  TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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08/28/07 03:28 PM
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Well, I took the plunge. It's only been two months but hopefully the worse is over.
Congratulations. My dad quit after almost 50 years of smoking 10 years ago. He is still off of the cigs. My grandfather died of emphysema. My uncle had it too, he was on oxygen and died when he got a "bad" tank. He died because he couldn't get oxygen. A horrible death. Both were heavy smokers.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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08/28/07 03:30 PM
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DC Of course this won't do you any good, but I look at a craving as a contraction...it's gets worse and worse and then slowly subsides. TIS Lordy, is that how it is? I had 36 hours of back labor...nothing I can imagine more painful!! ::scared::
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Re: Quitting Smoking
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08/28/07 04:10 PM
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NO PATCH! It CAN hurt. Causes bad side effects in some people. I know several people who tried using that patch and wound up getting pretty sick from it. I wouldn't touch that patch with a ten foot poll. Really? The patch is how my dad finally quit. That's excellent that it helped him to quit. Good for him! It's tough. And I don't doubt that there are others out there who used the patch and successfully quit smoking without any side effects from it. I personally wouldn't use it because like I said in my post it caused bad side effects in " SOME" people that I know and caused " SEVERAL" of them to get pretty sick.
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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08/28/07 04:17 PM
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Better off with the gum if you're gonna use nicotine replacement in the beginning - at least it keeps your mouth busy...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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08/28/07 09:13 PM
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Thanks again everyone for all of your encouragement.  So far, so good for me. It's been two and a half months. I still get cravings every day, however the temptation thus far has lessened considerably. I've been doing reading on quitting and find that one symptom I'm victim to is insomnia.  I've always been a light sleeper but I'm getting very little these days. I read one can expect to put on some weight, usually in the first 3 months. I expect it but I am trying to not change my eating habits too much and in that respect I have been doing pretty good. I am not a huge person, and I read 5 - 8 lbs is average but one can gain as much as 20 or more. I'll hope for the 5/8.  See, I'm starting to think long term instead of one day at a time!!!  Before it was how to NOT smoke a cigaret for that hour or that day. Again, thanks everyone and a special thanks to sweet Mig for sending me an encouragement card.  Thanks Miggie! TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Don Cardi]
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08/28/07 09:47 PM
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Cardi, You doing ok????  Getting better? TIS Let me say hello to SB as well. Nice to see you around. 
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"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: Beth E]
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09/01/07 05:40 PM
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Fight the good fight TIS!!!! Keep going strong. Aww! Thanks Beth. If I cave in I'll probably be a big chicken shit and be afraid to say so.  You guys might kick my ass. Not gonna happen! Not gonna happen! Not gonna happen!!!!! TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Quitting Smoking
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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09/02/07 10:06 PM
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DC, Just checking in. You hanging in there my friend?  I've been getting the urge daily even still but am having an easier time resisting. Actually TIS, I'm doing ok. This is what, 2 weeks for me now? Yes, it is. I also find the urge creeping up on a daily basis at certain times of the day. Again, I think that those are really "habitual" urges and not "withdrawal" urges. You know what I mean? I do find that the real "withdrawal" urges are becoming less frequent. In the first week they would happen several times a day. Then there was that really bad one that I had in that first week, remember my HELP PM? And truthfully, ever since that really bad one, they are coming less frequently, and maybe once a day, at most. What is scary is that while I look at a cigarette and tell myself that it would be so foolish to go back after being smoke free for a couple of weeks, at the same time I look at that same cigarette and realize that I can pick it up and start smoking again like I never even stopped. I have to be truthful and tell you that there are certain situations that I am in at certain times of the day, where I actually miss the enjoyment that I used to get from smoking. For example this morning I was lying on the beach reading a book, totally relaxed, and while I didn't really crave a cigarette or feel any kind of nicotine withdrawal, I did miss smoking and enjoying one in that relaxed setting that I was in. Hope you're doing well with it TIS.
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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