H E L P !!!!!!!!

[badata]

I've recently stopped smoking (1 week to be exact) and i'm having a HORRIBLE time right now. It is worse now than it has ever been. I am ready to leave my house and go buy a pack!!!!

God bless you Jeff.......for everything.......you had some good suggestions!!! I'm still wanting one REALLY bad. The more time goes by the more I want to smoke. I've been keeping myself VERY busy and its NOT working!!!!!

thanks everyone.

michael

 

[maytagbear]

Michael--

I am not a smoker, but I know from quitting (alcohol)

Do anything you have to, but don't go back. Wash windows. Take your dog for a walk. Call a hotline.

Do anything legal, but don't pick up the first one.

I care, so does everyone else here.

Email in profile works, just remove the part in ALL CAPS.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[DADoES]

Every $ you save, put it in a piggy bank for VINTAGE GOODIES!

DO NOT ever get a used computer from a smoker. It'll blow stink if not cleaned thoroughly (like, with a water hose, detergent & scrub brush).

 

[58limited]

You are at the worst point now, it'll start getting better in the next day or two. I'm not a smoker but I helped my mom and a couple of my staff members quit. The initial part is about two weeks, with the worst cravings being at about the 1 week point, then it starts getting better. You will always have times that you want a smoke after this, but just do something else to keep your mind off of it. A big part of smoking is holding the cigarette: my mom always had to keep her fingers busy after quitting: twirling a pen, playing solitaire, etc.

 

[badata]

thanks

thanks guys!!! i appreciate the comments!!!

michael

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: Believe it or not:

Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. I hope that this helps you, as well as others trying to quit as well...

Good Luck with your effort, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[chachp]

I am an ex-smoker!

I can tell you first hand it does get better but it takes a couple of days. Are you using anything like the patch? That does help to ease that feeling. The physical aspect is gone in a day or so. It's the rest that takes time but stick with it. It's been almost 10 years since I've had a smoke and every once in a while I think about it but nothing like I used to. Quitting is well worth the discomfort you feel today.

 

[gadgetgary]

Good Luck Michael

More$$$ for those 'Vintage' goodies that can be stored in your basement(ducks and runs).....

Do I hear a Maytag in your near future?

 

[toggleswitch]

Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking

If you need something to do with your hands, my ethnic group uses these things a "fidget-toy", as seen in the linkie.

My father was a really bad chain smoker who could not go up a flight of stairs by his 30's due to breathing problems. For decades after he gave up smoking he kept a roll of Life-savers peppermint candy around to pop into his mouth when he had the urge. (I wonder if oral fixations are hereditary?)

I am extremely proud of you and I know your efforts will pay off great dividends. In the meantime I will stay away from your UMS- Ugly Mood Swings! Good luck and be strong!

Worry beads - Wikipedia

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[laundromat]

worst addiction

I started smoking when I was 11 years old.I smoked Lucky Strike non filters(my grandfather's stash)and later on,Marlboro 100's.I decided in 1997, 30 years later,to quit and did it "cold turkey"I was determined to win the battle.It was really difficult.However,waking up not being able to breathe,and at the same time wanting a cigarette didn't make much sense to me.That's when I quit.Yes I craved more but found bananas and chewing gum helped curve the desire.I was more in toon with being serious with myself and seeing the addiction needed to end or I would surely die.Not long afterwords,my father was dignosed with cancer.He smoked for 50 years.The cancer spread from his bones to his lungs then finaly,his brain.

 

[jasonl]

Glenn

I work on pc's on a daily basis, and you can tell the ones that belonged to a smoker. AAAGGHHHH!!!! I have to take the thing outside and blow with compressed air. It gets in all the fans, the drives (bad cd and floppy drives are common), the power supply, under the motherboard, etc. And even after all that blowing, it still stinks LOL.

I had my one and only Cigarette when I was small. A Marlboro. Or shall I say, my one and only puff. It was NASTY and made me cough all over the place.

 

[frigilux]

Whenever I had cravings, I'd just keep repeating (out loud!) "I don't smoke cigarettes. I don't smoke!" It'll distract you from your craving.

The best deterrent, though, is to get a length of 2x4 and hit yourself square in the face with it. That'll get your mind off cigarettes IMMEDIATELY; I guarantee it.

Good luck, be strong! Many of us here have been there. We're rooting for you!

 

[hoover1060]

Last night...

When I talked to Michael before I went to sleep he told me he was having a rough time. I told him he'd find lots of support here from friends and people who had walked the same path before.
I also suggested a good stiff drink and going to sleep...

Michael I can't tell you how proud I am of you, you're doing just fine and you'll make it.

Keep the faith babe, you're almost at the finish line!

 

[jaxsunst]

A friend of minds swears that clove oil, one drop on the tonge(sp) will stop cravings. I haven't tried it (still smoke about one pack a week).

 

[whirlcool]

Back in the days when they used to allow smoking on airplanes you could easily tell if the plane had a pressure leak. Just look for the brown nicotine stains on the fuselage!

I bought a used piano one time (a vintage upright) from someone who smoked. We never were able to get the smoke smell out. I think the nicotine is sticky and tarry and sticks to all the parts, both internal and external. That piano stunk our house up!

Best of luck in your efforts to quit. I just know you can do it. Perseverence, my freind.

 

[westytoploader]

Interesting that you mentioned the smell of smoke in electronics...I'm all too familiar with that. Quite a few of the old 8088-though-80386 computers I dragged home years ago to tinker with belonged to smokers; the smell of stale cigarettes filled the room every time I fired them up. It wasn't something I could wipe off with rubbing alcohol, either. I also noticed that the smoke caused the characteristic yellowing sometimes seen in the plastic components...especially the drive faceplates or plastic trimpiece on the front.

The local computer guy here is in his 70's and still smokes Marlboros like a CHIMNEY. I've taken quite a few things to him over the years and every time, I could hardly breathe when I walk in the shop, and whatever I brought back needed a good cleaning and took a while to air out. Gross!

And don't get me started about smoke residue on vacuums...

 

[vinvac]

Michael

Wishing you the best!! I know it is hard but this is what I tell my friends and co-workers that are trying to quit. Go wash a wall (if you smoke in the house) then look at the water and be reminded that that is how your lungs look after smoking.

I have never smoked but both of my parents were chain smokers. I can remember washing walls down and the water being an awfull brown, sticky and smelly mess. The whole time wondering how any one could do that to themselves. Then my mom died of a massive heart attack (at the age of 57) and my dad died with emphazyma along with throat cancer. He was only 72 when he died. It bothers me sometimes wondering if just living with that during my younger life will have any affect on me.

I don't mean to sound so gloomy, but I think it helps to be reminded of what you are truly trying to avoid...BE STRONG!!
and Know that there are a ton of us with you in spirit.

Morgan

 

[DADoES]

Smoking was allowed in the ISP store/office for many years, long before I started working there 8.5 years ago. The owner smoked (as did many of the employees through the years), and it may be recalled I've mentioned in the last several years how his health problems have snowballed. The current owner of the store (our ISP office was in an area in back) decided a several years ago that due to complaints from his customers, all smoking must be done in the storage area (several pieces of network equipment were located there), and then later in a rear service hallway.

Anyway, in cleaning up our area for shutting down the ISP operations, I feel like I'm licking an ashtray all the time. It's not just dust and dirt, everything has that icky, ashy, sticky characteristic.

 

[gadgetgary]

"Sticky and tarry and sticks to all the parts"

-Go wash a wall (if you smoke in the house) then look at the water and be reminded that that is how your lungs look after smoking.

This is exactly what we found on the Maytags that we got this weekend(see 'A Maytag Lead' in the Imperial Forum). The washer and dryer were covered with a thick yellow film and we supspect that it was from cigarette smoke. After much scrubbing, the film disappeared and the true white porcelain was shining.