Eh... as I told other people, the future health prospects aren't what motivate me to stop smoking. What's making me stop is that I want more energy and that I am tired of feeling like a slave to addiction.
I quit!
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Eh... as I told other people, the future health prospects aren't what motivate me to stop smoking. What's making me stop is that I want more energy and that I am tired of feeling like a slave to addiction.
Come on, Zak. Be a man. If you want to quit, quit. Don't blame the government for giving you the freedom to poison yourself in the manner of your choosing.
PS Congrats, Leo.
i looked for this thread two or three times and all i could see was two pages of threads. must've been some kind of server glitch.
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purchased a bicycle at wal-mart for 56 bucks, a 15 speed mountain bike.
it's a bare bones bike with cheap parts, i've already replaced the pedals, neck (the part where the handlebars goes), seat, and rear tire.
i've put on a good light, water bottle, pump bracket, parts bag, rear carrier, and odometer.
i've also purchased a helmet (which i never use), knee, elbow, and wrist pads. i've also purchased a pair of riding gloves.
i've found that i actually like riding a bike. i put anywhere from 14 to 35 miles on my bike a day.
i guess the average is somewhere between 20 and 25 miles a day.
thanks man.
2 months 4 days for me.
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purchased a bicycle at wal-mart for 56 bucks, a 15 speed mountain bike.
it's a bare bones bike with cheap parts, i've already replaced the pedals, neck (the part where the handlebars goes), seat, and rear tire.
i've put on a good light, water bottle, pump bracket, parts bag, rear carrier, and odometer.
i've also purchased a helmet (which i never use), knee, elbow, and wrist pads. i've also purchased a pair of riding gloves.
i've found that i actually like riding a bike. i put anywhere from 14 to 35 miles on my bike a day.
i guess the average is somewhere between 20 and 25 miles a day.
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for all of you giving up smoking:
KEEP IT UP!!!
KEEP IT UP!!!
there are times when i want a cigarette so bad . . . i can see why so many have a hard time quitting.
it's been 2 months 3 weeks and 4 days since i puffed a cigarette and i still go to bed thinking i gotta check the ashtrays for lit cigarettes.
I haven't had that experience you are talking about (looking in the ash tray).
For a few weeks I had no craving... but lately I have been very stressed (always on the move) and I find myself driving around looking for tobacco shops. When I am in the grocery store, I can't help staring at the cigarette shelf. And when I am at work, I have to watch my coworkers smoke.
Fuck, even talking about this is making me want to smoke again. It got real easy for a long while.. but sometimes it comes back very strong like it is now.
Fight the urges, I mean it's merely a psychological footprint of how previously you dealt with certain things in your life (like stress), try some other methods of dealing with it.
Smoking doesn't aid stress at all, it might sooth a smoker while and just after smoking but within 10-15 minutes they are usually edgy again and looking for another cigarette. It's not a cycle worth repeating for cost, for health and because I doubt you'd ever want to find yourself dependent on something like smoking for dealing with stress as it's similar to Heroine addicts using drugs for escapism (Dependency is a horrid state to be in).
I know what usually cause problems with smokers that quit is other parties, either their partners, work collegues or people they hang with tend to smoke too. This is a problem because of secondary smoke, I mean they smoke a cigarette in front of you and you breath in their exhaled air, this stimulates those regions of the brain that have developed in regards to escalation of Nicotine so you start getting cravings.
It will take a while for your brains to re-adapt from chemical dependancies, The longer you've been smoking prior to quitting the longer it will take, But the brain is a clever organ it can remap it's neural network on the basis of whether an area is stimulated or not, so it's up to you to keep the stimulation from smoking to as near zero as possible. (even memories can play a part in stimulating those regions and of course that's why you get cravings)
Smoking doesn't aid stress at all, it might sooth a smoker while and just after smoking but within 10-15 minutes they are usually edgy again and looking for another cigarette. It's not a cycle worth repeating for cost, for health and because I doubt you'd ever want to find yourself dependent on something like smoking for dealing with stress as it's similar to Heroine addicts using drugs for escapism (Dependency is a horrid state to be in).
I know what usually cause problems with smokers that quit is other parties, either their partners, work collegues or people they hang with tend to smoke too. This is a problem because of secondary smoke, I mean they smoke a cigarette in front of you and you breath in their exhaled air, this stimulates those regions of the brain that have developed in regards to escalation of Nicotine so you start getting cravings.
It will take a while for your brains to re-adapt from chemical dependancies, The longer you've been smoking prior to quitting the longer it will take, But the brain is a clever organ it can remap it's neural network on the basis of whether an area is stimulated or not, so it's up to you to keep the stimulation from smoking to as near zero as possible. (even memories can play a part in stimulating those regions and of course that's why you get cravings)
you gotta stay strong.
it was pretty easy for me at first too.
but i keep thinking i'll just buy a pack and start again.
fuck! (damn, didn't you just say that?)
it's been 3 months 3 weeks and 5 days since i puffed a cigarette.
according to my silkquit applet i haven't smoked, get this, 3,796 cigarettes!
i have saved $569 and added 13 days to my life.
the intensity and frequency of my urges have diminished but haven't completely disappeared.
how's it going with you absane?
zak,
when are you going to join us?
you know you want to quit.
according to my silkquit applet i haven't smoked, get this, 3,796 cigarettes!
i have saved $569 and added 13 days to my life.
the intensity and frequency of my urges have diminished but haven't completely disappeared.
how's it going with you absane?
zak,
when are you going to join us?
you know you want to quit.
38 months for me. It was a piece of cake after that first two week nightmare. Very rarely I get some desire to smoke, but not anything I'd call an 'urge'. More like a touch of nostalgia for playing with the smoke. Blowing smoke rings. Etc.
Interesting how experiences differ.
Interesting how experiences differ.
Easy as pie now. Not a single craving lasting more than 1/2 a second now.