Damn. When does the overwhelming urge to smoke go away?

It's just every now and then. Talk about a major distraction. On a good note, I already feel more energetic.

1/12/2010 9:27:21 AM

gotta stick with it until about week 2 and then the overwhelming urge goes away

1/12/2010 9:32:55 AM

Jolly Ranchers save the day, LAWL.

1/12/2010 9:33:16 AM

Chew metric fucktons of gum

1/12/2010 9:33:48 AM

Just not the sugar-free type of gum... you know what that does...

1/12/2010 10:25:42 AM

I've found that most people smoke when they reach that awkward pause in social interactions where nothing is happening. It relaxes you and gives you something social to do at the same time. If you can limit these situations and/or be aware that that's one reason you want to smoke it might help.

It's like when Dale Gribble said his reason for smoking was because he didn't know what to do with his hands when he's talking.

Or maybe I'm just a dumbass, I don't know.

1/12/2010 10:29:08 AM

^I think there's a lot of truth to that. Hell, half the people I've known who smoked usually started during periods of stress in their lives.

And it is a very social thing.

greeches...that's one more thing to LIKE as far as I'm concerned.

1/12/2010 10:38:13 AM

I feel your pain. message_topic.aspx?topic=585482&page=2

I've been chewing metric fucktons of gum

Quote :

"Just not the sugar-free type of gum."

what's wrong with sugarfree? that's all I have...

I've found that drinking IPAs makes me want a dip them most....

1/12/2010 10:45:27 AM

sugar-free, like yellow 5, makes your junk shrink

that's what i heard

1/12/2010 10:46:31 AM

testicles.




that is all.

1/12/2010 10:49:15 AM

ah nvm, misread.

DAMMIT.

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1/12/2010 10:49:33 AM

from other thread:

day 21, cig-free

i miss it in the morning with my coffee and I miss it after dinner

i don't miss a stinky car, stinky hands, stinky breath and spending $25/week

1/12/2010 10:50:45 AM

You never realize how bad it smells until you quit.

Next to one of the shop guys this morning, all I could smell was ASHTRAY.

1/12/2010 11:07:08 AM

http://thenothingreport.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-poop-for-sugar-free-tomorrow.html

http://forums.childrenwithdiabetes.com/showthread.php?t=10699

Quote :

"The warning comes after doctors came across two patients who had chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain and dangerously excessive weight loss. After lengthy investigations which could not identify why the patients were losing so much weight and had chronic diarrhea and pains, a detailed analysis of eating habits put the problem down to eating too much chewing gum with sorbitol."

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM. Reason : ddd]

1/12/2010 11:22:12 AM

yeah, too much sorbitol makes for crazy gas and diarrhea by drawing water into your intestine

1/12/2010 12:18:05 PM

day 12 for me mang

keep on fightin the good fight

1/12/2010 12:23:34 PM

I have been trying to quit dipping, which my doctor told me is WAY harder than quitting smoking.

I was a can a day dipper for about 3 years. After New Years I made it about 3 days before I almost put my head through a wall. I have decided rather than cold turkey to try to ween myself off of it first. I am down to a can every 3-4 days now, which is fantastic for me.

1/12/2010 12:41:17 PM

How you feelin?

I was finishing lunch today and felt like I would just about die for a smoke.

1/12/2010 12:41:52 PM

^^ I can attest to quitting dipping being much tougher than quitting smoking (that's not to say that quitting smoking is easy). as for quitting: gum (lots of it), water (lots of it), keeping busy (all the time), and don't rule out medication... I took Wellbutrin and it really did cut down on withdrawal symptoms.



[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 12:44 PM. Reason : .]

1/12/2010 12:43:26 PM

im doin alright with it

friends are helpin by bein a dick to me

but sunday was toughest cause i was day drinkin at slims. i think the ban and the fact that it was freezing out were the only reasons i didnt bum one

1/12/2010 12:45:08 PM

So far so good. No smokes today.

It's funny because I've had decent energy today for the first time in god knows when.

I'll have acute jones attacks every now and then, but they go away fairly soon. Nobody has died yet as a result of my temper.

1/12/2010 4:39:10 PM

i don't get winded anymore

my smoker's hack is just about nonexistent

1/12/2010 4:49:40 PM

one thing that helped me quit smoking was exercising everyday. Do something aerobic if you have time, if you smoke, it will make the workout so much harder, or it did for me. The first few weeks were the hardest.

1/12/2010 5:17:02 PM

Quote :

"It's like when Dale Gribble said his reason for smoking was because he didn't know what to do with his hands when he's talking."

I know the feeling. I would hardly smoke during the day, but as soon as I had a drink in one hand I really wanted a smoke in the other.

When I stopped smoking I wasn't able to pace myself by going back and forth between a sip and a drag and ended up getting drunk much faster than I anticipated for a good while.

1/12/2010 5:24:30 PM