I'm Really, Really Gonna Do It This Time
no if, buts, maybes or feeble excuses this time
Monday, May 14, 2007 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I tried & failed several times before, but this time I've gone 3 days without a smoke and I'm coping well with it.....very, very well, in fact. Yep, I get cravings from time to time, but my resolve is not to give in to them and I haven't...haven't even used the nicotine patches or the gum, yet my willpower is holding strong.
Best part about it is that mrs starkers is giving up with me, meaning that we can give each other moral support & encouragement along the way. Even more of a deterrent/incentive, mrs starkers senior (mum) has told me that I'll go over her knee if she catches me lighting up again.
Yep, we're gonna do it this time....no more filthy smokes.
Best part about it is that mrs starkers is giving up with me, meaning that we can give each other moral support & encouragement along the way. Even more of a deterrent/incentive, mrs starkers senior (mum) has told me that I'll go over her knee if she catches me lighting up again.
Yep, we're gonna do it this time....no more filthy smokes.
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Jafo
Reply #2 Monday, May 14, 2007 8:49 AM
Reply #2 Monday, May 14, 2007 8:49 AM
no more filthy smokes
Jafo sticks to the clean ones....may as well be choosy...
ZubaZ
Reply #3 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:03 AM
Reply #3 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:03 AM
When i was in university I ran out of money. I was digging in seat cushions for change to buy smokes. At that point I realized I might have a problem. 
The first week is the hardest. Good luck.
The first week is the hardest. Good luck.
Alternate Setting
Reply #4 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:18 AM
Reply #4 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:18 AM
It's one of those battles in life that it's nice to win - so go win it 
Good luck Starkers
(ps. don't be too proud to use the gum if it helps - it's what finally got me free)
Good luck Starkers
(ps. don't be too proud to use the gum if it helps - it's what finally got me free)
Ton-K300
Reply #5 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:51 AM
Reply #5 Monday, May 14, 2007 9:51 AM
First week is the hardest but by then you should 'feel' cleaner to. Try sweets or even wine to get rid of the craving. (worked for me) U can do it!!
U can do it!!
ZubaZ
Reply #7 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:03 AM
I've heard that cocaine helps too.
Reply #7 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:03 AM
Try sweets or even wine to get rid of the craving.
I've heard that cocaine helps too.
PoSmedley
Reply #8 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:06 AM
Reply #8 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:06 AM
All my best wishes for you and the Mrs.!
If you have any secrets to share, please do. I go in this Friday for soem surgery involving my own smoking habit. I'll be coming home with a morphine pump I will have to keep in for a little while and I'm hoping it will dope me up enough to not wanna smoke the first few days and give me an edge on quitting.
I wish you and the wife continued success and may it get easier everyday you go without.
If you have any secrets to share, please do. I go in this Friday for soem surgery involving my own smoking habit. I'll be coming home with a morphine pump I will have to keep in for a little while and I'm hoping it will dope me up enough to not wanna smoke the first few days and give me an edge on quitting.
I wish you and the wife continued success and may it get easier everyday you go without.
unclerob
Reply #9 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:16 AM
Reply #9 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:16 AM
I wish everyone all the best in their battle to quit smoking.
It's a great thing you're doing for your health and the health of your family and as a side bonus you can save quite a bit of money by quitting the habit.
I applaud your efforts, stay focused & determined, you'll get there!!!
It's a great thing you're doing for your health and the health of your family and as a side bonus you can save quite a bit of money by quitting the habit.
I applaud your efforts, stay focused & determined, you'll get there!!!
Bandit4edu
Reply #10 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:39 AM
Reply #10 Monday, May 14, 2007 10:39 AM
I know you can do this!...ain't never been no addiction that could whoop no pirate!
starkers
Reply #11 Monday, May 14, 2007 12:49 PM
Reply #11 Monday, May 14, 2007 12:49 PM
Thank you everyone for your encouragement & best wishes, it is much appreciated.
I think the reason I always failed before was that I didn't have the proper mind-set to quit, an idea I that should but never the determination/commitment. This time, however, I have, plus the mind-set of mrs starkers to help keep me focussed...not to mention the $3000+ a year we can put to much better use.
Never too proud...we have a couple of packs of Nicabate sitting right here on my puter desk, should we happen to suffer one those too hard to resist cravings. I think part of the trick for us was not trying to go cold turkey, but rather to plan an exit strategy over time. We were smoking between 2 & 4 50 gram packs of roll-your-own tobacco a week, but the last time we decided to buy just ONE pack and MAKE it last us a month. By the end of it we had cut down to just one or two smokes a day and found it much easier to go without entirely on Quit Day. Another thing that helped was having to go outside, not smoking in the house as a courtesy to my non-smoking mother who shares with us.
Quitting the smokes is different for everyone, and what worked for us may not work for all, so sorry Po`, there aren't any secrets, just that your desire to quit smoking has to be stronger than the reason to continue. Everyone here has given us support and encouragement, so mrs starkers & I would like to pay it forward and wish you all the best in your endeavour to quit as well.....oh, and all the best for your surgery, here's hoping it all goes well for you.
There are no clean smokes....just going into our fourth day now, and already the smell of burning tobacco is bloody awful.
I think the reason I always failed before was that I didn't have the proper mind-set to quit, an idea I that should but never the determination/commitment. This time, however, I have, plus the mind-set of mrs starkers to help keep me focussed...not to mention the $3000+ a year we can put to much better use.
don't be too proud to use the gum if it helps - it's what finally got me
free
free
Never too proud...we have a couple of packs of Nicabate sitting right here on my puter desk, should we happen to suffer one those too hard to resist cravings. I think part of the trick for us was not trying to go cold turkey, but rather to plan an exit strategy over time. We were smoking between 2 & 4 50 gram packs of roll-your-own tobacco a week, but the last time we decided to buy just ONE pack and MAKE it last us a month. By the end of it we had cut down to just one or two smokes a day and found it much easier to go without entirely on Quit Day. Another thing that helped was having to go outside, not smoking in the house as a courtesy to my non-smoking mother who shares with us.
Quitting the smokes is different for everyone, and what worked for us may not work for all, so sorry Po`, there aren't any secrets, just that your desire to quit smoking has to be stronger than the reason to continue. Everyone here has given us support and encouragement, so mrs starkers & I would like to pay it forward and wish you all the best in your endeavour to quit as well.....oh, and all the best for your surgery, here's hoping it all goes well for you.
Jafo sticks to the clean ones...
There are no clean smokes....just going into our fourth day now, and already the smell of burning tobacco is bloody awful.
ArileenDesign
Reply #12 Monday, May 14, 2007 12:58 PM
Reply #12 Monday, May 14, 2007 12:58 PM
Keep up the effort
And if you have a secret to stop smoke give us
i'm really interested
And if you have a secret to stop smoke give us
i'm really interested
Fairyy~
Reply #13 Monday, May 14, 2007 1:17 PM
Its been 6 years that I quit and you will find the smell will be really unpleasant and you will wonder how you lived without noticing it..good luck, it gets easier , I promise..
Reply #13 Monday, May 14, 2007 1:17 PM
ust going into our fourth day now, and already the smell of burning tobacco is bloody awful.
Its been 6 years that I quit and you will find the smell will be really unpleasant and you will wonder how you lived without noticing it..good luck, it gets easier , I promise..
Philly0381
Reply #15 Monday, May 14, 2007 2:42 PM
No truer advice can be given. I'm approaching 60 and I probably smoked atleast a third of those years, if not more.
Life, unfortunatley is all about choices. No matter what excuses we come up with, we as individuals choose all of our nasty habits, they don't choose us.
After getting rid a several of my own over the years the advice I usually give someone trying to stop what ever the habit maybe is "no one can make you stop, no patch, pill or weekly meeting really works unless you want to stop." Guess what, if you want to stop you don't need all the other stuff. Think about it.
Of course my way of thinking usually puts some people out of work!!
I'm still trying to free myself of one last lingering obsession CHOCOLATE!
Reply #15 Monday, May 14, 2007 2:42 PM
Quitting the smokes is different for everyone, and what worked for us may not work for all
No truer advice can be given. I'm approaching 60 and I probably smoked atleast a third of those years, if not more.
Life, unfortunatley is all about choices. No matter what excuses we come up with, we as individuals choose all of our nasty habits, they don't choose us.
After getting rid a several of my own over the years the advice I usually give someone trying to stop what ever the habit maybe is "no one can make you stop, no patch, pill or weekly meeting really works unless you want to stop." Guess what, if you want to stop you don't need all the other stuff. Think about it.
Of course my way of thinking usually puts some people out of work!!
I'm still trying to free myself of one last lingering obsession CHOCOLATE!
tjesterb
Reply #16 Monday, May 14, 2007 3:15 PM
Reply #16 Monday, May 14, 2007 3:15 PM
Good luck, Starkers. It'll keep getting easier! I haven't lit one up on over 9 years now.
WOM
Reply #17 Monday, May 14, 2007 3:49 PM
Reply #17 Monday, May 14, 2007 3:49 PM
I smoked for 43 of my 60 years. Been 1 1/2 years since I quit and the smoke of others doesn't really bother me that much, its the craving I get from time to time. Sure wish that would go away.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #18 Monday, May 14, 2007 4:15 PM
Reply #18 Monday, May 14, 2007 4:15 PM
mmmmmmm...camels and coffee...breakfast of champions.
anyways....good luck mister...you'll feel better and have more money.
(nicotine causes caffeine to metabolise 3 times faster)
anyways....good luck mister...you'll feel better and have more money.
(nicotine causes caffeine to metabolise 3 times faster)
starkers
Reply #19 Monday, May 14, 2007 4:29 PM
Aaarrrghh, 'ow true that be....thar'll ne'er be no addickshun that can git me ta smokin' that thar vile weed agin.
Dunno if it's true or not, but some say mixing a bit of camel dung into the tobacco really helps. Upon thinking about it, that might just work.....if the taste of camel crap isn't enough to put you off, I guess nothing much else would.
Thank you, Fairyy~, for the encouragement & words of reassurance....tho I'm dreading to think how I'll feel about the smell after 6 years if after only 4 days it's beginning to smell like smouldering Yeti poo.
Thanks for the best wishes, vStyler, we appreciate it. And no, it's not easy, but then again, it's not that hard this time around, either. I think the difference is being TRULY COMMITTED to quitting, whereas in the past I/we weren't 100% prepared and found it far too easy to say "oh, thank you" when a smokes were on offer. Not this time around, though, no more coffin nails for me/us. Tell ya what, on quit night we threw away around 10 to 15 smokes - and with me being a real tight arse when it comes waste - that's really saying something.
You're spot on there....my doctor confirmed what I already knew (being I failed to quit umpteen times before) the power to stop is in my head and ain't sold over any pharmacy counter in the form of gum or patches, lozenges or pills. We've got some gum for just in case the cravings become too difficult, but ultimately it comes down to us really wanting it for ourselves and family.
We've a ways to go, but we're that confident that one day we'll be able to say that as well.
Reply #19 Monday, May 14, 2007 4:29 PM
I know you can do this!...ain't never been no addiction that could whoop no pirate!
Aaarrrghh, 'ow true that be....thar'll ne'er be no addickshun that can git me ta smokin' that thar vile weed agin.
And if you have a secret to stop smoke give us i'm really interested
Dunno if it's true or not, but some say mixing a bit of camel dung into the tobacco really helps. Upon thinking about it, that might just work.....if the taste of camel crap isn't enough to put you off, I guess nothing much else would.
Its been 6 years that I quit and you will find the smell will be really unpleasant and you will wonder how you lived without noticing it..good luck, it gets easier , I promise..
Thank you, Fairyy~, for the encouragement & words of reassurance....tho I'm dreading to think how I'll feel about the smell after 6 years if after only 4 days it's beginning to smell like smouldering Yeti poo.
Good luck man.. it AINT easy.
Thanks for the best wishes, vStyler, we appreciate it. And no, it's not easy, but then again, it's not that hard this time around, either. I think the difference is being TRULY COMMITTED to quitting, whereas in the past I/we weren't 100% prepared and found it far too easy to say "oh, thank you" when a smokes were on offer. Not this time around, though, no more coffin nails for me/us. Tell ya what, on quit night we threw away around 10 to 15 smokes - and with me being a real tight arse when it comes waste - that's really saying something.
After getting rid a several of my own over the years the advice I usually give someone trying to stop what ever the habit maybe is "no one can make you stop, no patch, pill or weekly meeting really works unless you want to stop." Guess what, if you want to stop you don't need all the other stuff. Think about it.
You're spot on there....my doctor confirmed what I already knew (being I failed to quit umpteen times before) the power to stop is in my head and ain't sold over any pharmacy counter in the form of gum or patches, lozenges or pills. We've got some gum for just in case the cravings become too difficult, but ultimately it comes down to us really wanting it for ourselves and family.
I haven't lit one up on over 9 years now.
We've a ways to go, but we're that confident that one day we'll be able to say that as well.
CerebroJD
Reply #20 Monday, May 14, 2007 6:15 PM
I have some ideas to keep you guys occupied...
Reply #20 Monday, May 14, 2007 6:15 PM
Best part about it is that mrs starkers is giving up with me, meaning that we can give each other moral support & encouragement along the way.
I have some ideas to keep you guys occupied...
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Reply #1 Monday, May 14, 2007 8:47 AM