Glenn's "Cold Turkey" shoot out

[*Glenn* 854]

Just had a wee nap... now I feel like crap... I so am craving for a ciggy... and a beer. I'll have a beer but not the other.. don't have any and dont want the habit (addiction) ever... again. I have to win this... not the other prick

[Jacko 2156]

Good luck man, Know how ya feel.

Ive given up 3 times, and beer has been my downfall every time. Beer+durry and coffee+durry are built in to my brain...

Nicotine sucks ass. Ive tried everything too, have a whole bag full of patches and gum, and about $300US worth of e-cigs and cartridges, and im still an addicted wanker. None of it works. Gum tastes so fricken bad you need to have a durry just to get rid of the taste! Patches give me hellish headaches, E-cigs dont fix the problem either.

You guys rekon that book is the go then? Ill go hunt it down, It better be one fockin good read!

Stay strong man, If your anything like me I play silly little head games with myself and convince myself that just one more is a good idea....

Edited September 21, 2010 by Jacko

[Apex 693]

Of course gum and all that sh*t doesn’t work, all you are essentially doing is quitting Nicotine, how does giving yourself nicotine to quit nicotine make sense? The only way to quit is to get it out of your system and keep it out, cutting down doesn’t help, there is no variation of addiction be it a 5 a day smoker of a 40 a day smoker, the addiction is the same.

No one smokes for the taste or because they are board they smoke because they are a drug addict, take the nicotine away from cigarettes and there would be no smokers, they don’t relax you they simply feed your addiction to the drug making you feel relaxed for 10 minutes.

If you want to actually quite read the book properly, finish it, I read it in two day and was cured of my addiction.

Edited September 21, 2010 by resident know it all

[ducatiss 1]

Stay strong man, If your anything like me I play silly little head games with myself and convince myself that just one more is a good idea....

It the head games that get you, thats what the book eliminates, or at least helps you cope with. Get into that book Glen - read it every night, you will find that it helps maintain the motivation.

[antil33t 90]

GL Glenn, I know how hard it was for my grandparents when they gave up.

But I'm giving up coke... 4L a day isn't so good for you after a while

[Lucan 196]

GL Glenn, I know how hard it was for my grandparents when they gave up.

But I'm giving up coke... 4L a day isn't so good for you after a while

/\ You must piss acid!

GL Glenn...Afternoon nap though? Maybe you shouldn't be waking up at 3am

[Jacko 2156]

4L a day! Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGHMixrko4

Ill go have a look for it tommorrow. Heard of it before, but just thought another BS quit smoking thing.

[antil33t 90]

I actually had difficulty sleeping... Turns out you sleep real well if you don't drink masses of caffine all day.

[bellicose 9]

.But I'm giving up coke... 4L a day isn't so good for you after a while

How're your teeth mate? 5 litres of coke a day for 6 years killed mine.

[antil33t 90]

How're your teeth mate? 5 litres of coke a day for 6 years killed mine.

I had to have one cracked tooth removed, a few fillings, Surprisingly OK though...

[Nobimmer 694]

I tried quitting a few months ago. Found myself getting really angry at every little thing which wouldn't even cross my mind before. Stopped cold turkey for 4 days and then gave up. Am now smoking way less but still should probably stop all together.

Good luck fella.

[Apex 693]

Problem is you’re getting angry because your body wants drugs, not because you are actually angry, having a smoke just rewards the bug. It’s really easy to justify starting again to calm the bug down. It goes away after a couple of weeks.. Even after quitting for 10 months I find as soon as I have a big night and scab a few fags that anger you speak of rears its ugly head a few days later, normally directed at the wrong person and it’s at that stage I think I could start again… It’s a tricky drug and it finds its way in very fast, its easy to get addicted too, one smoke and your addicted and in a state of nicotine withdrawal, it’s as easy to quit too though once you re programme your thinking.

Edited September 21, 2010 by resident know it all

[Wom 0]

ah yep, did the cold turkey thing February 2006 and haven't looked back

I found the first 3 days the worst

next couple of weeks was tough

but once I got to a month it was going really well

after 2 months I didn't have any cravings and was able to hang out with my mates who smoke (in the house too )

I actually found the worst part was when I watched TV or a movie and one of the characters is smoking (hint, don't watch Band of Brothers for the next few months)

Graham is right on the money with everything he has said here

if you get in the right mindset, you can do it

my old boss, she gave up so she could have a 2nd child

she gave up for a total of 2 years, and then one day at work she started smoking again because her friend had just been hired in the same office and is a smoker; my boss wanted to socialise with her friend every hour and the only way she thought she could do that was to go have a smoke

weak

[tire 10]

Good luck Glenn! Guess I should stay out of your hair for a couple of weeks.

[1rotty 40]

Go for it Glenn-hopefully this might inspire the rest of us-God knows I need to stop!!!!

last time I tried,after about 4 weeks I found myself chasing & screaming at my dog round the paddock for no reason at all WTF-drugs wffft

[ED1RTY 2]

I havn't smoked for 2.5 months now either Glenn, you will defiantly notice the difference after the first two weeks.

I carry a bottle of water with me everywhere. If I ever feel like a cig i just drink water. I find it hard to not smoke when Im drinking so havn't been drinking as much either. All up on average been saving around 130 per week on smokes and booze..

This has given me the opportunity to go to Metallica in Adelaide. Something I wouldn't have been able to do if I was still smoking. When you start to see the benefits of not having them you will wonder why the hell you did it all those years!

Good on you Glenn, GOod luck mate!

P.S Graham is on the money really. It's all a mindset!

Edited September 22, 2010 by KSMYRS

[dubman 39]

Good luck Glenn!

My grandad stopped smoking before he was nearly 70, because he had the goal of seeing me graduate uni. If you set yourself a goal other than how much money you'll save, i'm sure you'll be better motivated. I know its damn hard to quit, as all my uncles smoke, and they still havent stopped after years of nagging.

[*Glenn* 854]

Thanks Chris and everyone else.. I haven't purchased cigarettes since last week... had my last on Monday morning at 3.00am .. havent touched one since. Last night was hard going though, kept waking up with the hot & colds. Glad I got a nap yesterday arvo. I feel like crap ATM & I'm home a bit early again.. even so its nearly 3.00pm and I got to work at 4.30am. I agree with Graham too , I'm reading the book and I'm not using any substitutes

[HELLBM 1557]

Good stuff Glen.

Two types of people in this world - Smokers and non- Smokers. Once your mindset exists as a non- Smoker it all becomes clear. Discard the terms quiting, giving up and ex (they`re likened to cutting a limb off, very painful). `Non Smoker` has a great feel to it.

Regards Ray

[Cale 36]

On ya Glenn.

Seen a few peeps give up smoking with Carr's book.

[dreadful1 7]

Good Luck Glenn on quitting, noticed everytime I go to yours my clothes smell like smoke haha but not anymore it seems like.

All the best!

[kerry 10]

take my hat off to you glenn.

Ive been smoking 18 years now and my wife hates me for it, tells me every night when those adds come on tv that thats what im going to be like .... i still enjoy it to much to even consider it at the moment but im also starting to come to terms with the badness off it and keeping wife happy might be a positive thing .

[*Glenn* 854]

Kerry... stop smoking... spend the money on your car... let the neighbour keep the wife happy

J Joking... ATM I feel like killing something... anyone got a 325 Vanos steel block engine they want stripping, cleaned , parts label'd , so long as I can keep the block ?.. has to be 325 not 320 and not alloy

Edited September 22, 2010 by *Glenn*

[melowpuf 19]

Kerry... stop smoking... spend the money on your car... let the neighbour keep the wife happy

J Joking... ATM I feel like killing something... anyone got a 325 Vanos steel block engine they want stripping, cleaned , parts label'd , so long as I can keep the block ?.. has to be 325 not 320 and not alloy

What is the difference between the Vanos and Non Vanos Block? I have a couple of Non Vanos blocks..

[hybrid 1043]

Sweet ... I did cold turkey 3 times ... with 2 year gaps in between.

Have remained quit for nearly two years this time around and will remain so as I have no interest in starting again.

The first 2 weeks are pretty rough, But it does get easier. Its just a mind set that you have to set yourself the goal of not smoking.

1 month mark youll start to get your smell/taste back (youll know what I mean )

3 month mark youll start to stop thinking about them .. and if you can hold out on the 6 month 'F**k it ill just have one itll be sweet' mark then youll be home free.

The next thing after this is youll actually start to hate smokers ... it f**ken reeks hahaha