Thread: can't afford fuel..... give up smokes

Originally Posted by skidmark77

I might have too talk about all my vices
lets see.....
smokes
women
porn
and those delightful crispy blue m&ms.

Hmmmm.



Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

'Twas mine, too.

My son took it up at about 17 so I said I'd give up if he did. He reckoned I'd never make it as I'd tried acupuncture, hypnosis, Seventh Day Adventist method, cold turkey, nicorettes, et al.

So I got the patches which were a 10 week course. By the end of 6 weeks I hadn't had a fag and I was no longer craving. I haven't had once since and I cannot imagine ever going back to them.

.....

Sounds familiar - before I married my late wife she gave up smoking in a similar deal with her 15 year old.

John

I think about quitting but havn't been motivated to try properly. It's also the only thing that gets me away from my desk. I work through lunch as it is.

My wife also smokes and doesn't want to quite at this point.

I do still enjoy it.

Guess I may need to look into the nicorete inhalers.

i work with a guy who smokes 100+ amokes a day, eats $50 worth of takeaway and drinks $30 a day of grogg if i could spend that on the landie i'd be a happy man

Originally Posted by vnx205

In fact unless he smoked in his sleep, it's closer to one every 9.6 minutes.

As you said, holy crap!!

when i gave up i was smoking so heavily i would light one as i was putting one out in the ash tray...

i spent 16-18 hours a day at the keyboard or on a computer somewhere programming, managing and building up an isp...

you dont realise you are doing it till something happens to make you step back and look...

Originally Posted by incisor

when i gave up i was smoking so heavily i would light one as i was putting one out in the ash tray...

i spent 16-18 hours a day at the keyboard or on a computer somewhere programming, managing and building up an isp...

you dont realise you are doing it till something happens to make you step back and look...

IT does that to you. You turn away from the screen and notice that you have been sitting there for hours.

I gave up also, 1971, when Styvesant were 37c a pack of 20!

Forgot to take my smokes to work one day, thought I'd bum one off a workmate, decided to wait until lunch, then decided to wait until I got home, then thought no, I'll wait until the next morning...............I never smoked again.

Like some of you we have smokers at work and when they return from their many smokes during the day (a contentious issue due to the time wasted) they stink. I often wonder how a non smoking partner puts up with it.

Originally Posted by RichardK

I gave up also, 1971, when Styvesant were 37c a pack of 20!

Forgot to take my smokes to work one day, thought I'd bum one off a workmate, decided to wait until lunch, then decided to wait until I got home, then thought no, I'll wait until the next morning...............I never smoked again.

Like some of you we have smokers at work and when they return from their many smokes during the day (a contentious issue due to the time wasted) they stink. I often wonder how a non smoking partner puts up with it.

I use my smoke breaks to check things with others. I also don't go off for coffe or lunch like others. I'm normally more available than the non smokers.