I started smoking again against my better will, family problems, and im just using it as a way to calm down. Except most of my friends seem to think i'll drop dead at any time, and that i cant smoke while were going drinking. I wouldnt mind quitting, but it stresses me, and i can be pretty irritable and i dont want to fall out with them. I cant afford to use nicorette or the patches and I dont feel like doing the cold turkey again.

any advice?

I tried to quit about 100 times. My longest period of abstention was three months, and I was a real bitch to be around, even moreso than usual. I finally decided it just ain't happening. But over the years I have cut down from a pack a day to two packs a week. Generally about a pack and a half on the weekend and about half a pack the rest of the week (which works out to two cigs a day on weekdays). Sometimes I go three or four days during the week without ever having or even wanting one, which used to be unthinkable.

I'm hoping to eventually keep cutting back until I get down to nothing, or to the occasional odd one or two on the weekend, but I'm not holding my breath for it to happen. Because, you know, I smoke and I don't have the lung capacity to hold my breath for very long.

what is OT?

timbernardis Wrote:
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> what is OT?

OT is Off-Topic. It means, this thread isn't about the Stones, it is off-topic. Sometimes when we've said or read every single thing we can think of about the Stones for the moment, it is nice to go somewhere else. As long as we don't overdo it, 'cause this is a Stones board.

i've been trying to start the past few years. the habit just never seems to last more than 3 or 4 days. frustraing.

One thing about smoking: Don't Stop. I love smoking....

JumpingKentFlash

Kent you crack me up sometimes man! LOLOLOLOLOL I smoke too.

I ain't stupid, I'm just guitarded.

Kent, stop it. It will make your hair go thin, your eyes will pop out and your face will swell.



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Rank: Smoking IS cool.....
Limbo: Too late mate. This pic shows you that all the stuff you mention already has happened.



JumpingKentFlash

LOL!!!

Just a friendly tip - You've got to quit smoking when you've reached your 30's, though.
By that time it's not that cool and rebellious anymore.
Actually it's quite patehetic, if you're not Keef Richards, that is.

I will give you one good reason to quit smonking:
You will see more Stones show.
And you will be able to hear their next albums!
If you don't quit smoking you might be gone before the Stones,
what a horrible thought, to miss shows or albums!

Bjornulf

If you smoke a pack a day, you are close to the price of patches, aren't you?

took me years of failed attempts. i think working up the willpower slow as it can seem, is all that works. i got sick of constant need for a lil expensive stick of shit. and they dont calm you down. forced myself not to think of em. drank a lot of fizzy drinks. and tried some accupuncture. well it worked. 2 years later never felt better. they are not missed one bit. oh yeh the smoking ban here/ireland helped too. if possible get some chinese help. sure worked here!

Mttlacroix - try some strong Swedish snuff! Much better.

Luckily I don't smoke. And don't intend to!