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Think Hoose should write a book on stopping !
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain
Or maybe a book on not stopping.....
To paraphrase Thomas Edison - I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.....
It's a continuing mystery to me working with active addicts/alcoholics why some 'get it' and quit, others understand logically that they should stop, but just can't bring themselves to do it. They keep this internal dialogue/battle going until they go mad or die (and I'm not joking). Very sad.
I've often thought, I wish I had a 'magic sentence' I could say that would make the penny drop and they could see the truth, but sadly I don't have one. Addiction is cunning, baffling and very powerful.
hi
RR
well did stop for 3 months and felt that the penny had dropped then I do not allow myself to bbe a foeld of internal battle because de[ression can set in with me. I keep the dialogue to a minimum too. "Battled" for a long time at one point.
anyway- i am not a quitter and i am trying something that gets me accepting my desire to smoke and feel free to and choosing whether to at each given moment. You practice for a week where it does not matter if you slip then you introduce at a deeper level , the real consequences of taking a cigarette. A day in the practice and I have only cfhosen the odd one, chosing not to most of the time. Increasingly OK with the discomfort of withdrawal.
thanks for all the support here-it DOES HELP
x
I'm trying to give up too- can't say its working at the moment but I'm going to keep on trying......
I gave up about 5 years ago (although I also didn't smoke while pregnant or when my son was tiny) I've no idea why but it was incredibly easy for me, I was smoking around 25 Drum roll-ups a day and just decided one day to stop and never had a craving, any withdrawal symptoms or a moments doubt.
I just wish I could find a way to convince my other half he should quit.
keep at it Vikki -you will get there.
well done Seraphina -wish i could do that
thanks Lillian.
keeping positive and not letting them dominate me too much. What is tough is not knowing why i make such a meal of this. In other aspects of myself i am quite disciplined and controlled. Such a waste of money, afford it or not.
did feel embarrassed about my smoking after my race on Sunday with all these good runners about. Smoking didnt belong there somehow. I only snook in one as a result.
trying to find new motivation now.
iI thought you had given up !!!!
trying to find new motivation now. How about... YOU ARE GOING TO DIE !
I mentioned it before but will say it again. Try this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smoking-Today-without-Gaining-Weight/dp/0593055365/ref=pd_sim_b_5
for £6 what have you got to loose? In fact if you email me your address I will post you my copy for free. It has worked for me. And just in case you are wondering I am not the type to go for this self improvement stuff hypnosis type stuff usually.
We're not talking about many smokers Hoose, We are talking about YOU
If you put as much effort into giving up, as you talking about giving up you would have stopped years back !
Hi Mr Guy- do actually have the book and tried it - didnt work though may try it again.
true DTS -can argue with that.
dealt with a lot but this has an hold on me like nothing else. Not good as I am health conscious and a runner at heart.
Yeah, Dave -- give the poor guy a break. Think of the really positive contribution Hoose makes.
After all, the Exchequer can do with every penny it can get during the recession, and the tax on fags is quite a few pennies. Not only does it cover Hoose's healthcare costs, but there's enough left over to help finance a futile middle eastern war or two. Of course it benefits the private sector: there's the shopkeeper and the fag factory worker. I expect dear old Tory friend Ken Clarke is feeling the pinch as well, these days, so I'll bet he's grateful. Besides, without Hoose, where would the writers of self-help books be? Drawing benefit, of course.
Then, as time goes on and the emphysema progresses it will provide a lttle extra bit of work for the guy who makes the disabled parking badges, the people who make and deliver the bottled oxygen and the folks who make the adult nappies because there's not enough puff anymore to get to the loo in time.
Then there's you and me, Dave. We benefit too. Hoose'll probably be drawing a pension for ten years less than the rest of us, so more for you and me, eh?
So lay off the poor guy, he's doing a grand job.
Teehee
Love it
(ps Been taking the piss out of Hoose since we both said we were giving up 5 years ago)
Of course we are !!!!
But then again he does manage to stick his head over the parapet often enough to get it shot at...
If he jut said right I'm giving up, and then did so, rather than the never ending cycle of giving up, then remorse then self pity..
Hoose has been giving up for the 6 years that I've been on the forum, So as I posted last week, He could have written half a dozen books about it
It's your problem, not mine. Every time you feel like lighting up you have a choice. Your decision, not anyone else's. .
BTW, I quit four and a half years ago. I watched my father die of emphysema. But, hey, it's your life, what's left of it.
This thread is about my struggle, I dont go on outside of it and i know there are others who have the same struggle. I know you stopped DTS and I am pleased about your successs. If just saying and and doing it worked for me I would have stopped years ago. Of course I am wondering why you feel it is necessary to take the piss -to convince yourself that you have truly finished or what?
I dont stick my head out -you look for it.
Anway I will have a whinge and some more stops perhaps. I will support others too. There is nothing you can say that will do more than anger me slightly. Dont make me a victin =I am a fighter in ways you could not imagine.
I have a few idea of what is wrong with them Themo- but i will allow them to painfully discover for themselves.
thanks minor
Well done!
yes it is my problem but I believe that sharing problems sometimes helps.