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Non-Smoker In Training, Daily Journal
my own personal Hell | 21OCT03 | King Prout

Posted on 10/21/2003 8:02:57 AM PDT by King Prout

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To: 4mycountry
yeah... but, WHOSE head?
:)
41 posted on 10/21/2003 9:16:03 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: King Prout; SheLion
Bless you. I wish you and your friend all the luck in the world. A couple of prayers won't hurt either.

Welcome to your new life.
42 posted on 10/21/2003 9:17:27 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I have a plan. I need a dead monkey, empty liquor bottles and a vacuum cleaner.)
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To: King Prout; All
What shall allow me to succeed is my vanity.
I am extremely vain about my given word.
I gave my word to a gravely sick man.
That's about as strait a bond as I can imagine.
I am not "quitting smoking", I am merely honoring my word.
43 posted on 10/21/2003 9:18:36 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I never smoke indoors, so that's no problem.
De-stinking my pickup truck, though... hrmn... any way to steam-clean a pickup's cab?
44 posted on 10/21/2003 9:24:28 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Apples are a great way to help with beating tobacco. I recall chomping apples, pears, etc and this helped me a lot.
I had previously reduced the nicotine content in the cigarettes I was buying (went from red Winstons to gold Light Winstons to white pack Ultra Light Winstons) but this resulted in buying more packs. When you're hooked, you're hooked. There are no half-way measures to get unhooked.
45 posted on 10/21/2003 9:26:10 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: gtech
well, as to being a "non-smoker" and adopting all that that label entails, I'll draw the line at being a sactimonious prick to smokers ;)
46 posted on 10/21/2003 9:27:02 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: King Prout
That will be tricky.
47 posted on 10/21/2003 9:28:57 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: gtech
Thanks, and I'm sure Dean welcomes your prayers.
48 posted on 10/21/2003 9:29:25 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: Trampled by Lambs
I don't have any advice for you in your struggle.
I am stopping cold.
The last time I quit, I stopped cold and stayed smoke free for 18 months (until I went out drinking one night with some friends who smoked... "one cig won't hurt" is such a mistaken notion). That was nine years ago, thereabouts.

Nicotine as an addictive agent is comprable to heroin.
That's a big baass monkey to shrug off.
Some people stop cold, and it works.
Some people use patches or gum, and it works.
Some people try everything under the sun, and nothing works.
I don't know why this is.
For me, this time, it is a matter of honoring my word to a gravely ill, perhaps moribund, friend. My word to nicotine addiction is as King Kong is to a spider monkey.
For me, this suffices.

Good luck in your eforts to quit.
49 posted on 10/21/2003 9:38:56 AM PDT by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: King Prout
I smoked pack/day for 40 yrs. Quit Mar. '98. The patches got me through altho I still miss cigarettes. In Sept. husband was diagnosed with oat cell cancer (from smoking) altho he too quit Mar. '98. Undergoing chemo & radiation now. Just hang in there. You can do this.
50 posted on 10/21/2003 9:39:12 AM PDT by DixieCapricorn
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To: King Prout
I'll draw the line at being a sactimonious prick to smokers ;)

Bless you.

Your friend will be in my prayers.

And I wish you luck with stopping your smoking habit.And my suggestion is that you look at it that way, breaking an old habit in order to keep your word to your friend. Looking at the task as just an annoying habit is a mind game. By slightly altering your routine it will be a bit easier. if you liked a cigarette with your morning coffee, have a glass of milk or a cup of tea. if you smoked when you had a beer, drink a glass of wine instead. Think about the "triggers" and alter them.

Again, all the luck to you.

51 posted on 10/21/2003 9:49:41 AM PDT by Gabz (Smoke-gnatzies - small minds buzzing in your business - SWAT'EM)
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To: Trampled by Lambs
When you want to be quit (free) more than you want to smoke, you will be able to quit. That does not mean it will be easy at all. It is a mindset, a mind game, even if you are using nic. replacement. Nicorette and www.quitnet.com helped me the most.

It is sad when we can't even quit for the most important people in the world (our children). When my ds was 5 he said 'will you teach me how to smoke?'. Even that didn't stop me at the time. I did quit though, in January - and he is 7 now.

Good luck in your struggle. Many of us have been there, but it really is a great feeling to be free..just a struggle to break free.
52 posted on 10/21/2003 9:49:48 AM PDT by shattered
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To: King Prout
I wish you luck in your battle. You seem to be ready, that is, you have a reason to quit. One that is very important to you. I think that will see you through.

(If you are feeling horrible, please don't feel that it is a cop out to use a replacement. I did use the Nicorette gum and it helped out a lot. After a couple months I just didn't need it anymore, no problems.)
53 posted on 10/21/2003 9:52:41 AM PDT by shattered
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To: wirestripper
My boss had failed at multiple attempts to quit, over a number of years. A little over two years ago, he did Zyban and hasn't has a cigarette since. I hope it works as well for you as it did for him.
54 posted on 10/21/2003 10:23:39 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
I (smoker for 30 years) and my father (60 years) both quit 5 months ago. Believe it or not, we used SmokeAway (you might have seen it advertised on cable TV) and it really worked.
55 posted on 10/21/2003 10:30:31 AM PDT by CaptRon
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To: T Minus Four
It probably didn't hurt that tea contains nicotine, either. :)
56 posted on 10/21/2003 10:38:04 AM PDT by Grit (Tolerance for all but the intolerant...and those who tolerate intolerance etc etc)
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To: King Prout
I quit five days ago.

I haven't hurt anyone, yet but boy do I want to.

L

57 posted on 10/21/2003 10:41:31 AM PDT by Lurker (Some people say you shouldn't kick a man when he's down. I say there's no better time to do it.)
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To: King Prout
well, as to being a "non-smoker" and adopting all that that label entails, I'll draw the line at being a sactimonious prick to smokers ;)

You will be an EX-smoker not a NON-smoker. No sanctimony required. :)

Good luck to you, sir. I'm sure that you will do it. Besides, quitting is easy - I've done it 100 times. ;)

58 posted on 10/21/2003 10:47:31 AM PDT by Grit (Tolerance for all but the intolerant...and those who tolerate intolerance etc etc)
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To: Grit
Me too. I think it was try Number 102 or so that finally did it.
59 posted on 10/21/2003 11:16:16 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: CaptRon
Believe it or not, we used SmokeAway (you might have seen it advertised on cable TV) and it really worked.

I am curious -- what exactly is SmokeAway? The commercials that I have seen really give no clue as to what the product actually is.

60 posted on 10/21/2003 11:17:46 AM PDT by Grit (Tolerance for all but the intolerant...and those who tolerate intolerance etc etc)
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