4r3s's quitting smoking Journal

Ron

Subscribed. Keep it up man, You now have solid proof that you are bigger than that habit. Keep those updates coming, I showed this thread to my coworkers and they are now following it too

4r3s

I've been packing the same lunch essentially for the past year or maybe longer and I think taste is starting to come back. I feel like today was the first time I've ever eaten what I usually bring. Looking forward to making tacos tonight for dinner!

superchargedg

^^^lol

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ZOLE

Hey man. Haven't checked into the forum in a while. Congrats on quitting, that's great! If you ever want to take your mind off things feel free to call me or stop by my house for a beer or two. We could also go for a jog around the neighborhood or even over to the cemetary down the road from me (it's actually quite nice).

On another note, I'll be around this weekend and if the weather cooperates I'll see you at the York road cruise.

b1adesofcha0s

Jog around a cemetary sounds fun

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shadoquad

I've done it, although if I'm honest, I had to stop half way and crack open a cold one.

ZOLE

Yeah, the only problem is that you may feel a little stiff afterwards (Bad-Dum-CH).

shadoquad

4r3s

day 5 = success. I find myself on occasion, like after dinner, walking subconciously over to where I used to keep my smokes at home, look in the basket and see no smokes, and then think to myself "oh yeah, I don't smoke anymore." Still breaking the mental habit thats for sure. I know I'm only on day 6 and these things take time.

So this morning I totally forgot to put my patch on. I stepped out the door started the car, and I sat that there. Something didn't feel right and it took me a few minutes to figure it out. Thankfully I caught myself before it was too late and went back inside and put the patch on. Today could have been a pretty rough day had I truly forgotten.

spinhead

You should probably put a spare patch in your wallet or your car. It would suck *** to leave for work having forgotten to put a patch on.

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4r3s

probably a good idea.

TJ - I've tried cold turkey a few times and failed miserably, like only a few hours miserably. The patch is designed with 3 steps, each step gradually reduces the amount of nicotine your body receives. So weening off the patch is built into the system. In total its a 10 week process: 6 weeks step 1, 2 weeks step 2, and 2 weeks step 3. I've been debating cutting 2 weeks off step 1 but I really want to be comitted to this so I think for once I am just going to follow the directions to the letter. I mean seriously 10 weeks is a drop in the bucket compared to smoking the rest of my life.

b1adesofcha0s

Keep it up man

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Ron

How's it going bud?

4r3s

A little irratible today but overall I'm trying to stay in a good mood. Just have to keep reminding myself not to take it out on the people around me. They are not the real reason I feel the way I do right now and lashing out at them is not a good thing to do. Even if I have made it clear to them when I started to quit that I might be edgy and if I become short with you don't take it personally. But yeah still no smoking for me, I'm still sticking to my guns. I found a nice quote to help me through the long term on a site someone earlier in this thread suggested.

The law of Addiction:
"Administration of a drug to an addict will cause re-establishment of chemical dependance upon the addictive substance."

Then I added a no smoking sign under it so when people come into my office they don't think I was a former heroin addict or something like that lol I like the phrase, its a nice reminder that all it takes is one slip up to be back to cigarettes ruling my life which is inspiration for me to not even think I'll be okay with just one drag here or there.

tjlazer

You have to remember that you will have to get off those patches at some point, as they are still giving you your nicotine fix... They are just a different vehicle. Cold Turky is the best way man... You can do it.

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