Hey Ginnie! is your smoking getting less??

[altair4]

I hope your finding it easier to stop smoking as time goes on..

If your finding it difficult...smoke tea leaves as a substitute(grab the zig zag papers) it's disgusting but it worked for me!

Paul

and no I don't smoke dope or do drugs

[Ginnie]

altair4 said:

I hope your finding it easier to stop smoking as time goes on..

You really smoked tea leaves?
Uggh. I don't think I'll try that.
Local health stores have non-tobacco, non-nicotine cigarettes. I tried them but they are awful.
Just cold turkey I guess - with the help of mints and gum.

[altair4]

whatever works...good!! mints & gums

something +ve is better than nothing -ve

you CAN do it

you just have to ween yourself off the habit(it's ingrained in your SUBCONSCIOUS) when was the last time you picked up a smokew WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT!

also don't go to the pub with your mates with for a little while..just the association with them around you smoking will trigger you and you will be puffing in no time

try VISUALSATION everytime you pick up a smoke,picture in your mind DISEASED,CANCEROUS LUNGS(UGGGGGHHHH!!!!!! SHHHIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!!) because that could one day be a REALITY

for now MINTS & GUMS!!!

Paul (NZ)

[Ginnie]

What I've been trying to do is visualize the withdrawal symptoms as the physical effects of toxins being eliminated from my body.
So when I get a head rush I think 'oh, good, more toxins gone'. At least that's the way it should go in theory. In reality, I kind of panic and become some kind of cartoon character. ;D

[Al Johnston]

I'm reminded of the Smith & Jones head to head dialogue when Griff Rhys-Jones was comparing two sets of lungs he'd seen:

"One was all black and filled with tar and pus - the guy who'd died of smoking, while the other was all pink and fleshy and healthy looking..."

"So what did that guy die of?"

"Dunno - having his lungs ripped out, I suppose..."

[LunarOrbit]

There is already a thread for this here.