Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 20, 2008, 01:42:35 PM
Any suggestions as to what to do, that doesn't involve a cigarette?
Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 20, 2008, 01:44:49 PM
Either posting about wanting a cigarette just somehow made the craving go away..... or it was just really coincidental timing.
Nevermind I guess.
Post by: K Frame on September 20, 2008, 01:47:10 PM
Maybe you just found your release.
Better get a laptop with an air card so you can post whenever you need to.
Post by: Mabs2 on September 20, 2008, 02:43:51 PM
But they make you look cool...
If you think LUNG CANCER IS COOL.
Some people do!
Tough call, mang.
Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 20, 2008, 02:58:03 PM
It sucks that it also causes cancer. I quit because of <----- but I miss being able to go outside while stressed out, stare at the sky, and enjoy the effects of nicotine.
I'm hoping that eventually I'll just forget about the pleasurable effects of smoking and stop craving it when stressed, upset, or angry. I'm not going to substitute it for another substance though because:
A) Almost all substitutes are illegal and I don't do drugs (never have).
and
B) Alcohol is legal, but I barely ever drink because my pancreas can't handle that many carbohydrates. I've only probably had 1 or 2 scotch on the rocks since the beginning of the year and no other forms of alcohol (except for if Listerine has alcohol, but I don't swallow obviously).
and
C) Harm-free nicotine substitutes exist, but I think you'd have to be a billionaire to use them permanently, and ultimately the goal is to become disciplined, not to let my body control me.
The trouble is that I really want to quit, and have been good about it so far, but I miss it enough that I even have had dreams with me smoking, and then getting upset that I failed myself by giving in, only to wake up and realize that I haven't actually had a cigarette. I've had that dream 4-5 times so far.
Post by: ArfinGreebly on September 20, 2008, 03:07:58 PM
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(except for if Listerine has alcohol, but I don't swallow obviously)
I tried Listerine once. But I didn't inhale.
Post by: Declaration Day on September 20, 2008, 03:49:04 PM
I tried Listerine once. But I didn't inhale.
I tried snorting coke once, but got an ice cube jammed up my nose.
Post by: S. Williamson on September 20, 2008, 04:04:58 PM
Post by: Desertdog on September 20, 2008, 04:40:28 PM
You should now be clean of nicotine so it is probably now an emotional problem. Don't drink as that will make it worse. Strenuous exercise should help.
Post by: Tallpine on September 21, 2008, 03:19:27 PM
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Any suggestions as to what to do, that doesn't involve a cigarette?
Google "clinton" and "cigar"
Post by: S. Williamson on September 21, 2008, 04:11:55 PM
Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 21, 2008, 04:14:00 PM
1. The running will bring down your blood pressure.
2. It will burn up your adrenaline.
3. It will counter act the constriction response in your extremities.
4. You will be farther away from the idiot that is causing your stress.
5. By being farther away from said idiot. You will not be arrested for choking him/her out.
So run .Cheese run.
Jim a frequent runner
Post by: The Annoyed Man on September 22, 2008, 12:54:32 AM
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In all seriousness, are you into video games? They've helped me in a number of ways, including smoking reduction and stress reduction.
Not really to be honest, but it's funny you ask as my brother works in the industry now and gets pretty much any video game for free as a perk, so my father recently bought a PS3 and my brother keeps sending a box of games every week or so.
I have yet to try it out, but my father plays often. I've been kept too busy with law school apps: round two, and work to get a chance to sit down and even so much as turn the darn thing on.
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My Mom used to wig out my Dad so bad he would run up and down the street to calm down. So next time you get stressed out go for a run. Don't jog. Run.
1. The running will bring down your blood pressure.
2. It will burn up your adrenaline.
3. It will counter act the constriction response in your extremities.
4. You will be farther away from the idiot that is causing your stress.
5. By being farther away from said idiot. You will not be arrested for choking him/her out.
So run .Cheese run.
Jim a frequent runner
1. The running will bring down your blood pressure.
2. It will burn up your adrenaline.
3. It will counter act the constriction response in your extremities.
4. You will be farther away from the idiot that is causing your stress.
5. By being farther away from said idiot. You will not be arrested for choking him/her out.
So run .Cheese run.
Jim a frequent runner
I've tried hitting the gym, but not running or cycling.... maybe I'll try that.
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Google "clinton" and "cigar"
Google returns results about a crazy ex president with a psychotic wife..... must be some mixup. Was there another more specific term to look up instead.
Post by: Uncle Bubba on September 22, 2008, 03:21:48 AM
It wasn't the physical addiction, it was, like you said, wanting the whole experience, the familiar ritual.
He stuck it out and had been off the coffin nails for about ten years at the time I knew him.
Hang in there.