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A.M. Thomas

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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2009, 03:04:31 PM »
When I was younger they only told us that smoking was bad for your health. If someone had told me that there was no way I'd be able to quit without wanting to jump off a cliff, I would have put them down.

Erika, have you tried Chantix®?  It was the only way my dad could quit after smoking for 35+ years.  That, and his teeth started falling out from all the cigarettes.

Petey, can I recommend something?



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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2009, 03:11:09 PM »
Chantix has some pretty bad side effects. And I'm not willing to mess with my brain chemistry that much.

I think when I do succeed, the patch will be the way to go. But I'm just not ready yet. I had to come to that realization. Last year was the first time I even remotely wanted to quit... they say you have to try a few times before you're successful.

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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2009, 03:12:58 PM »
Ditto.  I smoked at least a pack a day (by the time I quit I was up to a little over a pack/day of American Spirits, which are really strong and tarr-y) for something like 11 years (I started casually at 16 and really went for it in college).  I used the patch to quit and had awesome dreams but was a miserable bastard for 3 months (I almost started a physical fight for no reason at a Beck/Beth Orton concert) and then temporarily got pretty fat.  Now I have asthma!  Don't be like me!  I'm like a very watered-down Yul Brynner.
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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2009, 03:22:42 PM »
was a miserable bastard for 3 months (I almost started a physical fight for no reason at a Beck/Beth Orton concert)

Me too (not the part about starting a fight at a Beck concert, just that I was miserable). I sincerely believe that the misery that occurred during quitting is one of the main things that keeps me from going back to it. I don't want to relive that, ever. That's one of the reasons I'm suspicious of smoking cessation aids that make it easier or more painless.



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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2009, 03:45:47 PM »
I took a week off of work before the holidays to do a cold turkey detox. It's going well. I made one 6 month cold turkey stretch about 2 years ago and then fell back to a terrible nicorette/smoking/nicorette AND smoking cycle.
Threw away the nicorette and smokes that week, stayed home and was a miserable wretch.

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« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2009, 03:47:49 PM »
When I was younger they only told us that smoking was bad for your health. If someone had told me that there was no way I'd be able to quit without wanting to jump off a cliff, I would have put them down.

Erika, have you tried Chantix®?  It was the only way my dad could quit after smoking for 35+ years.  That, and his teeth started falling out from all the cigarettes.

Petey, can I recommend something?




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« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2009, 03:50:13 PM »
The dreams you have on the patch are completely insane. Soul-shaking and crazy.
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« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2009, 03:51:59 PM »
Ditto.  I smoked at least a pack a day (by the time I quit I was up to a little over a pack/day of American Spirits, which are really strong and tarr-y) for something like 11 years (I started casually at 16 and really went for it in college).  I used the patch to quit and had awesome dreams but was a miserable bastard for 3 months (I almost started a physical fight for no reason at a Beck/Beth Orton concert) and then temporarily got pretty fat.  Now I have asthma!  Don't be like me!  I'm like a very watered-down Yul Brynner.

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« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2009, 04:40:18 PM »
And, besides that, what's the fucking point of smoking cigarettes anyway?

i didnt start smoking until i was twenty-two.  i would say, personally, ive always been an anxious, panic-ridden individual who enjoys being a wallflower; i mean, i truly appreciate the patience of people watching from afar.  eventually, as an adult, that doesnt play too well in branching out and discovering new things, mostly because it creates the general opinion that if youre quiet, you must be shy, rather than, "maybe i just dont want to let everything in my head come spilling out of my mouth."

at some point, i needed time to step out and be alone without people thinking "something must be wrong" (a very common reaction when i do this without smoking), but i realized that smoking would give me the cloak i needed...and there it is.  this is always why i was (am?) a social smoker; i most definitely do not smoke when i am alone- its boring.  

it may sound strange and nonsensical, but it is what it is.   :-\

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« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2009, 06:43:19 PM »
Shyness and introversion suffer a wholly unfair stigma in our society.  There is nothing wrong with not being annoyingly outgoing.

I'm an anxious person as well.  To the point of an anxiety disorder that comes and goes at times.  In all honesty, quitting smoking also caused a noticable portion of my chronic anxiety to actually subside, simply by virtue of being able to breathe better.

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« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2009, 08:52:07 PM »
Shit, this thread makes me want to try out the patch.  Little night tripping.

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« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2009, 10:17:52 PM »
Shit, this thread makes me want to try out the patch.  Little night tripping.

Yeah, will it work for nonsmokers?  I am very, very bored.  That's historically not a good scene for me.  Maybe this patch thing is just what i've been looking for.
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« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2009, 10:57:04 PM »
Thanks, Omah.  It was actually pretty embarrassing.  At least I didn't do it 1,000 times.

The patch will probably work on anyone, but it has nicotine in it, which is pretty addictive.  I have no idea what getting addicted to non-tobacco nicotine products would be like, or what it would do to you.
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« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2009, 11:28:59 PM »
I bet you could mix the patch with Ambien for some real good times.

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« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2009, 11:45:32 PM »
Smoking isn't that bad. Just ask Doug TenNapel! 

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