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Post by gadgets88 on Dec 23, 2007 23:07:51 GMT 8
Lung cancer and cirrhosis of the liver kills (fast).
You don't really want to throw your life away that way.
Don't light up contemplating about quitting, Whoopie dear!
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Post by whoopi on Dec 26, 2007 15:22:10 GMT 8
NELSON, i hope your wife is doing better? sent her lots of positive vibes, i hope you're holding up well too. i agree with you, life is so short, yet, well.... let's just have a bowl of noodle sometime, eh? happy holidays  |
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 3, 2008 10:25:00 GMT 8
Wife is doing fine. Thanks for your positive vibes. Lots of people caring (and sending help). We're going back to the hospital today. The saga continues... Don't worry about me. I've read photography books on Africa, and very much of South Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, and our very own Phils, and also China, yes). What I'm going through doesn't compare with the horrors the poor go through every single day. Besides, Allegra said he liked my attitude and mental toughness? So I have to put up to that image as well. Lots of young bikers here looking for examples, so we set examples. So, examples meant doing the right thing, even if it pushes us to the limits. To smoke or not to smoke? That is the question P.S. It's not like, I'm saying SMOKING is bad to YOUR health. What I'm saying is.. SMOKING is bad in GENERAL. It's polluting, it's expensive, it's bad habit, it's bad example. Some people can smoke and not get sick. They even live long healthy. People get sick basically of genetic (DNA) instructions, their predisposition to a particular sickness, and the abuse it can take. But if you were genetically superior and can abuse that body, and live a long healthy life, it makes comprehension difficult to other people because there is no logic. So maybe the only real argument for NOT smoking, is to set a good example. Or maybe the reason i'm writing too much is because I love to write, it has nothing to do with accurate information in my post! I'm not smoking, and I feel like going crazy everyday. Some of the sharpest mind smokes... even the surgeons chain smoke, I tell you... |
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gwynn
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Post by gwynn on Jan 3, 2008 12:54:58 GMT 8
from 30 sticks daily average in 2007...
now averaging 5 sticks, since january 1, 2008
fighting to have it lowered further and eventually gone...
thanks to mtbiking, my kids and my wife!
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is it ok to log my personal "fight" to quit smoking here?
hope to serve as example and motivation to others as well...
regards
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 3, 2008 13:20:00 GMT 8
go ahead man!
i myself smoke free for 3 days and counting...i got the feeling i can win it this time. ;D
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jrzm
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Post by jrzm on Jan 3, 2008 13:41:57 GMT 8
Just quit also, Dec 31, 12mdnight was the last drag. 3 days and counting too for me.
To sir gywnn and Lamok - i'll also post my personal fight - I'm sure we'll need all the help we can get to defeat this nasty habit once and for all.
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Post by whoopi on Jan 3, 2008 14:06:23 GMT 8
aaarggh i'm smoking more everyday, can finish close to pack a day now  |
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Post by bongjumper on Jan 3, 2008 14:16:32 GMT 8
Goodluck to you Tolits and jrzm... For the first day to one month. never ever minggle with smokers or never try to taste a single pup of cigarette. I know it's hard to do it but help yourself to quit smoking... I'm a smokers too a year ago and I know what you feel now...  If you smokes again, you will never quit smoKing anymore for the rest of your life... |
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 3, 2008 14:19:31 GMT 8
aaarggh i'm smoking more everyday, can finish close to pack a day now yup, that's what i've noticed too lately...what i did last december 31 was to smoke until my sinuses ached...got this BIG headache that i was almost ready to puke. that's my last memory of smoking...now i don't crave for it like my previous failed attempts |
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Post by whoopi on Jan 3, 2008 15:27:45 GMT 8
aaarggh i'm smoking more everyday, can finish close to pack a day now yup, that's what i've noticed too lately...what i did last december 31 was to smoke until my sinuses ached...got this BIG headache that i was almost ready to puke. that's my last memory of smoking...now i don't crave for it like my previous failed attempts so basically your advise is to smoke myself ill till i quit ;D |
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Post by arcireyes on Jan 3, 2008 15:31:28 GMT 8
to qwynn, jrzm and lamok, from a smoke junkie who quit and dumped the habit six years ago after almost 32 years of nicotine addiction: 1. NEVER, EVER touch a stick of cigarette. Throw all your cigarettes in your home or office drawers. 2. Avoid, as much as you can, events like drinking sessions, which triggers the urge to smoke again. 3. Have a candy handy in the pocket, it helps once the urge becomes very strong. Drinking a lot of water also helps. 4. Avoid the company of heavy smokers (who don't have any intention of quitting, as well as who wouldn't want you to succeed) they're the No. 1 agent of temptation  5. The first few weeks to the first month is very very hard, like a real steep uphill climb. Go granny hehehe and crank it up. 6. After the first month, the tastebud slowly recovers and food suddenly becomes tasteful. 7. After a couple of months cigarette fume suddenly becomes obnoxious. It's mind over matter, mind game lang yan....kayang-kaya yan. GOOD LUCK and may our tribe of quitters increase. Get into the other addiction.........be an uphill junkie  |
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Post by harry on Jan 3, 2008 15:34:00 GMT 8
Good luck guys, I smoked my last stick last september, you can do it!!! :-) Btw, if Im not mistaken Prof Charlie Barkins, was inspired to quit smoking too. I never thought quiting cigs can be this good, coming from a used to be chain smoker. Not smoking is really allot better than smoking, its hard at first but you can do it! :-) Good luck!
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 3, 2008 16:10:36 GMT 8
i can still remember bongjumper's reaction when i lit a cigarette when we met in UP...oh!  hehehe! ;D anyway, thank you bong, arci, harry, guys for the support..we need that. whoopi, believe it or not, i read somewhere that it was one of the techniques employed by doctors before to patients wishing to quit...blow a massive amount of smoke in the person's face using a sort of smoke machine until he can't take it anymore. |
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Post by ice on Jan 3, 2008 16:23:50 GMT 8
 since new year's day, i have been limiting myself to seven sticks in the office on ordinary days. why seven sticks? it's the capacity of the cig case my officemate gifted me for christmas. my so-called self-discipline! hehehe! curahee!
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Post by boyg on Jan 3, 2008 18:28:26 GMT 8
My wife and I quit smoking 4 years ago and have been clean ever since, walang daya. It's the best thing you can do for your body. Everything just felt better after a few weeks. And when we both took up biking, the benefits became evident talaga.
Go for it and stand fast, it's just one habit to kick and we could all use the extra money for upgrades for our bikes hehe
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jrzm
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I think this bike's a keeper...
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Post by jrzm on Jan 3, 2008 20:51:20 GMT 8
I think what makes this quitting thing difficult is that thru the years of smoking, I did it with almost everything else. You know, drinking, hanging out, fixing the bike, after meals, in the crapper, in the car, traffic, coffee break, at the buko stop and at aling pina, etc. etc...
I tried limiting sticks on previous attempt to quit but eventually i went back to almost a pack a day. Cold turkey would be the best way, i guess. Difficult, but doable. Thanks for all the support guys!!!
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Post by xctofi on Jan 3, 2008 21:00:49 GMT 8
im sure you guys wont be able to do it.hahahaha!!!! prove me wrong!
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 3, 2008 21:32:50 GMT 8
dang you tofi! what's the reverse of "reverse psychology"?..psychology? ;D yeah! that's what you are doing...now i'm gonna prove you are right and earn the wrath of the people who supported us. hehe! |
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Post by g.b.b on Jan 4, 2008 2:18:37 GMT 8
tolits is a certified poser here in "smoking thread" ;D
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Post by g.b.b on Jan 4, 2008 2:37:51 GMT 8
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"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." - John F. Kennedy
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Post by § Ö L Ø ƒ L ¡ g h † ™ on Jan 4, 2008 4:30:35 GMT 8
This is my theme:.......... ( 20 years smoker! ) 1 pack a day! Now, im a smoke free man....
So, never say, "I can't." Just keep trying!!!
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gwynn
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KAPAG dehins KA NAG HELMET, SIRA ULO MO!
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Post by gwynn on Jan 4, 2008 9:30:08 GMT 8
thanks for all the encouragement guys!!!
we can do it....this time!
update: 3 sticks lang kahapon! yahoo!
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 4, 2008 10:55:55 GMT 8
4th day and counting...amazingly i almost forgot that i used to smoke!... now i'm confident but i think i gained a pound already.  |
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Post by Dragunov on Jan 4, 2008 11:12:58 GMT 8
Lamok+ Smoke= Dead Mosquito Lamok+ Weed = Laughing mosquito ;D weed is better than cigar, no chemicals to kill you ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 4, 2008 11:33:52 GMT 8
Suggestion from a non-smoker... Try GUMMI BEARS... I eat them for a different reason. Don't ask why...  |
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Post by boyg on Jan 4, 2008 12:13:58 GMT 8
weed is better than cigar, no chemicals to kill you ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D AGREE! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Ben Dover on Jan 4, 2008 12:29:55 GMT 8
Suggestion from a non-smoker... Try GUMMI BEARS... I eat them for a different reason. Don't ask why... hmm...for happy thoughts?..... ...or was that care bears? |
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 4, 2008 13:02:05 GMT 8
Sometimes, Lamok, I think you're either a mindreader or simply a genius. Maybe both. |
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edleedesigns
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Post by edleedesigns on Jan 4, 2008 13:25:16 GMT 8
average of 5-7 sticks a day.( for 22 years since grade 6)..started jan 1,2008 1/4 of a stick, jan2,2008 3 puffs. jan 3 did not touch any.....jan 4, 2008 (tempted) day not not finish yet......
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Post by knobbyist on Jan 4, 2008 14:06:19 GMT 8
@edleedesigns
deym... you started quite early in life. congrats on your effort to kick the habit. heres hoping you succeed.
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If you smokes again, you will never quit smoKing anymore for the rest of your life... 
