Quitting Smoking

[tomEisenbraun]

haha, i know! what the heck, I've been perpetually kicking it for about a month and a half. and by perpetually, i mean having to start over.

but so many times, that movie thing happens, where I'm like "hey, wait a minute....it's not as bad as i thought. i want in on that!" and so it goes.

right now I've weened myself to pipe tobacco and I've been smoking pipe once a day at night. I'm going to run out of money for that even quicker than cigarettes though. and there will times where i just don't have enough time for it. and that'll start weaning me off it. i don't need mouth cancer, either.

[megisnotreal]

I've quit smoking seven times, and started smoking eight times.

[EC]

well, it's definitely getting easier.  i thought i'd have a hard time if i drank, but not so.  i think it helps that i can't smoke inside, and it's cold outside.  i miss it every once in a while.  writing is hard.  i usually like to write outside while i smoke.  or mull something over while i smoke.  so that's a bit weird.  maybe i'll have to take up some other mulling process.  i'm still not convinced that i'll never smoke again.  but then again, maybe i won't.

my body is seriously puffy, though.  i've got this band around my belly, it's like i'm wearing a life preserver.  i feel like i'm probably releasing toxins from my liver and my lungs, and so all the water retention is dilluting the poisons.  i fucking hope so, because otherwise, i put on what looks like 8 pounds in a week.  

at least i wouldn't drown in a ferry accident...

[EC]

Hey Meg, I thought about you last night. I saw Robin Trower at the Mercy Lounge and I was probably one of the youngest people there! (and it was packed). It was pretty surreal, guys in their mid 50's air guitaring and yelling to the Hendrix and Zeppelin playing over the PA the 45 minutes before Trower came on...

jesus.
that reminds me of a 50th birthday i attended where, and i swear to god this happened, all the men stood around the tv and watched the woodstock dvd and played air guitar and shit.  i was one of the oldest people at the concert i was at tonight.  but an old customer from a restaurant i worked at saw me and told me i looked like i was getting younger.

i told her it was the life preserver i was wearing. ;)

[ycartrob]

Sparky said he wanted me to tell you to keep stop smoking. He said he used to smoke when he was in the Navy and it's hard to quit, but you can do it.

He told me to tell you to watch this video when you have a nic fit and the craving will go away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyibzBmdHic

[EC]

Sparky said he wanted me to tell you to keep stop smoking. He said he used to smoke when he was in the Navy and it's hard to quit, but you can do it.

He told me to tell you to watch this video when you have a nic fit and the craving will go away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyibzBmdHic

mother of PEARL, tracy, you are so awesome.  you're like this helping hand of feeling good.  i think a lot of you.

[whothrewthecake]

sparky has the sweetest face of any dog ever. i wish i had some sparky in my life.

[EAZYE]

godspeed tons of will power to you EC i hope you can do it as i have failed miserably more times than i care to remember.

[EC]

godspeed tons of will power to you EC i hope you can do it as i have failed miserably more times than i care to remember.

thanks, etwvigO :)

guys, i'm totally doing it.  2.5 weeks.  i hardly even think about it now.  i'm sleeping okay.  my body's still not quite back to normal, but it's getting there.  my fella is smoking less as a result, as is my roommate.  i'm breathing better.  i'm singing better.  it's pretty fucked up at first, but it really gets easier if you can stick it out.

by pretty fucked up, i mean emotionally and physically, i was a big  mess for the first week at least.  but now, the only thing that bugs me is the fact that i don't seem to be digesting food very well.  

[Jaimoe]

How is it when you go out drinking EC?

[suebeeboo]

you're an inspiration, Jellyfish

That's an inspiration for sure!  EC, keep up the good work!  Quitting smoking is as hard as quitting heroin, not like I know first hand, but that's what I've heard.....shake-tremble-sweat-visions of babies crawling on the ceiling...........

[EC]

How is it when you go out drinking EC?

well, i don't really drink, so....




















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whooo. sorry.  yeah, it's been fine.  you can't smoke inside anywhere, so i'm not really around it, and when i have been, it hasn't bugged me.  which is good.    

[Jaimoe]

Another question for you "quitters": Have you quit cold turkey on smoking herb? Being completely smoke free requires quitting both in my books. The reason for this is that I know quite a few people that have quit smoking cigarettes but are chronic pot smokers.

[SiOuxTribe]

Megan, whatever you do keep at it.  My brother turned 30 in May and made a claim that he wouldnt smoke another cigarette past 30. Cold Turkey.  He went okay until I saw him smoke again a week ago.  He couldn't do it!  I lost alot of respect for him that day.  I turned my back to him and muttered 'cocksucker' under my breath.  We shared a laugh.
Anyway, I'm proud of you.   I hold only the highest respect and dignity for people who quit smoking and keep their word.  Dependency on superficial substances is a weakness.   You are not weak!

Anyone who lies, is a weakling.
-Lakota proverb

[ali]

great news EC... and hang in there with the life preserver, it'll go!!! it takes a while for the body to get over something like nicotine... but you're much better off without it!

[EC]

He couldn't do it!  I lost alot of respect for him that day.  I turned my back to him and muttered 'cocksucker' under my breath.  We shared a laugh.
Anyway, I'm proud of you.   I hold only the highest respect and dignity for people who quit smoking and keep their word.  Dependency on superficial substances is a weakness.   You are not weak!

Anyone who lies, is a weakling.
-Lakota proverb

Now look here, Dakota.  Nicotine withdrawal is (apparently) worse than heroin.  It's not a weakness, it's an addiction, and you gotta take it easy on people because it's pretty fucking hard.  I hear where you're coming from, but it sounded a wee bit harsh. ;)

[tomEisenbraun]

fuck. worse than heroin? fuck.

even my "small" addiction is enough to keep me roped. it's pissing me off, because my lungs are pretty much done for by now. that and all I have is Parliament Lights, which I thought I liked until I realized today that I actually don't.

But shit, worse than heroin? This is gonna take some serious work.

[SiOuxTribe]

Now look here, Dakota.  Nicotine withdrawal is (apparently) worse than heroin.  It's not a weakness, it's an addiction, and you gotta take it easy on people because it's pretty fucking hard.  I hear where you're coming from, but it sounded a wee bit harsh. ;)

Why did you start?

[tomEisenbraun]

Good frickin' question.

[ycartrob]

Why did you start?

I started smoking (14) because I thought it made me look cool, then I figured out I was cool anyway and didn't need to smoke, but then I couldn't quit (not cool) but then I eventually did, and then I found out I wasn't so cool after all, however, I didn't really care.

Whew! Life is a trip...