Smoking (shame thread)
08-12-12, 06:48 PM
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Its been 9 years since I quit my pack-a-day-for-30 years habit. I did the patch for 10 weeks. What got me through was the improved health I felt from the get-go. The last week on the 7mg patch, then finally going without any patch was the worst.
I'm too much of a coward to die an agonizing, lingering death. I wanna go fast.
I'm too much of a coward to die an agonizing, lingering death. I wanna go fast.
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08-14-12, 08:43 AM
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My only memory of my grandfather is a smoke-filled house with him sitting in his recliner smoking. He died when I was 10 from emphysema and pneumonia. That was enough for me to not even consider cigarettes.
Quit for the health reasons, quit to save money, quit to improve your cycling times. Whatever works for you, just quit! $14/carton, 10 packs/carton, 1 pack/day = $511 a year.
Quit for the health reasons, quit to save money, quit to improve your cycling times. Whatever works for you, just quit! $14/carton, 10 packs/carton, 1 pack/day = $511 a year.
08-14-12, 09:10 AM
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My only memory of my grandfather is a smoke-filled house with him sitting in his recliner smoking. He died when I was 10 from emphysema and pneumonia. That was enough for me to not even consider cigarettes.
Quit for the health reasons, quit to save money, quit to improve your cycling times. Whatever works for you, just quit! $14/carton, 10 packs/carton, 1 pack/day = $511 a year.
Quit for the health reasons, quit to save money, quit to improve your cycling times. Whatever works for you, just quit! $14/carton, 10 packs/carton, 1 pack/day = $511 a year.
08-14-12, 11:43 AM
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08-19-12, 02:05 AM
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I gave up smoking 37 years ago after my chain smoking (5 packs a day) brother quit. I figured if he could quit, anyone could quit. We went from huffing and puffing after walking a block to running a couple of marathons after we turned 50. Best thing I ever did. Make up your mind, and you can do it.
08-19-12, 02:26 AM
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Apologies if I got too preachy, or too graphic, or was out of line there. I will also admit my post was only marginally relevant to the OP. Please forgive me, that stuff had been welling up for a little while and tonight it bubbled over.
Additionally: "nobody" quits on the first try. You didn't give up on bicycle challenges when they weren't easy so don't give up on improving your health by eliminating tobacco. Tried to quit once? twice? three hundred and fifteen times? Try again.
Additionally: "nobody" quits on the first try. You didn't give up on bicycle challenges when they weren't easy so don't give up on improving your health by eliminating tobacco. Tried to quit once? twice? three hundred and fifteen times? Try again.
08-20-12, 02:15 PM
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I tried Chantix. Being a hopeless addict I went overboard with all of the "quit times" suggested and just let "My Quit" run its own course then weaned off very slow over the month by taking smaller and smaller amounts. 25 months later---not a puff of anything.
After my success my wife used it. She quit for 5 months until she quit riding with me and peer pressure from local ******* "Wow, it just doesn't seem normal with you not smoking." Crap) got her smoking again.
She turned 50 last month. Today she is on life support in Redmond medical center in Rome, GA. She has not been awake since last Wednesday. They are draining junk from her lungs that looks like baby poop running through the tube. She's only breathing by assistance and has so many tubes going through her sweet lips and tape over her "chipmunk" cheeks that it only bits an pieces that resemble her beautiful face. The latest news is that "this may not be a successful hospitalization".
That's all I can type now as I can't see the screen well through the tears. I hope you can't get shocked by water dripping on a keyboard.
Please........don't do anything for yourself. Quit for the ones you love, they love you the same and don't need to go through the pain because of a dumbass, nasty habit.
08-20-12, 02:24 PM
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I'm so sorry for what your going through rright now, I can't imagine how it feels to have a love one in that condition. I hope she pulls through.
08-23-12, 10:39 AM
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While I don't smoke, I am a nutritionist.
One of the fun facts is that as smoking rates decreased in the US, obesity rates went up.
Now correlation is not causation, but it seems to me many folks out there simply switched from smoking to eating more and drinking sugar water. Cancer or obesity-diabetes-heart attack, pick your poison.
One of the fun facts is that as smoking rates decreased in the US, obesity rates went up.
Now correlation is not causation, but it seems to me many folks out there simply switched from smoking to eating more and drinking sugar water. Cancer or obesity-diabetes-heart attack, pick your poison.
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While I don't smoke, I am a nutritionist.
One of the fun facts is that as smoking rates decreased in the US, obesity rates went up.
Now correlation is not causation, but it seems to me many folks out there simply switched from smoking to eating more and drinking sugar water. Cancer or obesity-diabetes-heart attack, pick your poison.
One of the fun facts is that as smoking rates decreased in the US, obesity rates went up.
Now correlation is not causation, but it seems to me many folks out there simply switched from smoking to eating more and drinking sugar water. Cancer or obesity-diabetes-heart attack, pick your poison.
08-23-12, 06:40 PM
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I smoked for 40 years, then when the COPD got bad enough, I finally got motivated (or angry) enough to quit. That was in March, 2008. I stopped using puffers a year or so ago. I feel much better now.
For those of you trying to quit right now, keep trying. It's great to be able to breathe properly again.
For those of you trying to quit right now, keep trying. It's great to be able to breathe properly again.
08-23-12, 07:39 PM
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Any other success stories using chantix? I've cut down to 10 smokes per day since making this thread but that still sucks.
08-23-12, 07:43 PM
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It made me moody after six weeks, so I only did half the course. I still haven't smoked in four and a half years, though.
08-23-12, 07:47 PM
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I'm 31, I've smoked since I was 14. I'll quit when my financial situation is secure enough that I don't have to worry about showing up at a job interview transformed into Gollum from withdrawal, or when money forces the issue, which may be sooner rather than later.
I don't feel like an ass smoking on breaks. If anything, I think it makes a more identifiable example for people who consider taking up riding, but are reluctant. It's a little more grounded in reality for people. I expect we've all known somebody that wanted to get more active and fit, but worried that they couldn't live like the health nuts and sports superstars you see as the usual faces for things. But me... if a 350 lb guy with a pack a day habit can get his tank of a bike, his fat ass and 50-100 lb of cargo up and moving, other imperfect people can, too.
I don't feel like an ass smoking on breaks. If anything, I think it makes a more identifiable example for people who consider taking up riding, but are reluctant. It's a little more grounded in reality for people. I expect we've all known somebody that wanted to get more active and fit, but worried that they couldn't live like the health nuts and sports superstars you see as the usual faces for things. But me... if a 350 lb guy with a pack a day habit can get his tank of a bike, his fat ass and 50-100 lb of cargo up and moving, other imperfect people can, too.
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07-13-15, 12:34 AM
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I am not a smoker, but a friend of mine went through trying to quit. Said he had to take ice cold showers at 3am in the morning to get over the urge. Now he's been clean for a year.
It's tough quitting. Good luck! Stay strong!
It's tough quitting. Good luck! Stay strong!
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