SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Incubus

Y'all are doing brilliantly!

Go you gaea getting past using the patches.

I've had visual cues all weekend as I've spent time with two smokers. One of them is a heavy smoker and I've been breathing in her second-hand smoke whilst I've been teaching her things on the computer which has been quite unpleasant. Just that breathing in what has become vile tasting smoke has made it really easy to put any thoughts of smoking out of my head.

Don't give up giving up!

i deal with visuals most days and mostly they dont bother me in fact ive started to look at what is odd about smoking, perhaps this way of thinking will help me on my journey....

being around it can trigger instant heart burn for me or not i think it depends on the brand...most brands i can handle they smell different as well...

when it comes to the brand i chose the scent is distinct and almost tempting and no heartburn occurs its really strange.

10 full weeks behind me as of today beginning my 11th....wow...go me...too


digging my in

[OS Butch]

10 complete weeks! That is grand, gaea. If you don't mind, tell me how many times had you tried to quit, if any, and the longest period you made it previously.

I cannot count how many times over the past 40 years. I had quit for 9 years about 30 years ago. Boy, now there is a regret!

Originally Posted by gaea

i deal with visuals most days and mostly they dont bother me in fact ive started to look at what is odd about smoking, perhaps this way of thinking will help me on my journey....

being around it can trigger instant heart burn for me or not i think it depends on the brand...most brands i can handle they smell different as well...

when it comes to the brand i chose the scent is distinct and almost tempting and no heartburn occurs its really strange.

10 full weeks behind me as of today beginning my 11th....wow...go me...too


digging my in

Originally Posted by OS Butch

Good morning Incubus. If I remember correctly. don't you have COPD? I have a very good friend that has this and as a curosity we never smoke around her and if we even have sniffles of a cold, we do not go visit, it could be deadly to her. Small price for us to pay for our friend.

If it were me and I had that, I would certainly ask people to not smoke around me. I never have people smoke inside my home, even when I was smoking. I believe that they could abstain for the short time they are visiting or they could out to the back porch as I had always done.
Of course out in public, it is your choice whether or not to go into a place where there is smoking. Here there are more and more smoking bans so it is pretty easy to dine and do most things without having to deal with the smoking folks.

Please put you and your health first

I do indeed have copd OSButch. To be fair, I think it is the first time I've ever sat so close to a heavy smoker in the whole time I've not been smoking, so it's not usually something I have to deal with.

It just doesn't feel right to ask smokers not to smoke around me, not if I want to visit them in their own houses where they usually smoke inside. I'm going to be telling them about how fabulous it is not to smoke and how much better I feel because I gave up and that I am the example of what happens if you don't give up anyway.

My friends were shocked at how debilitated I have become due to copd so I know I've made them consider their own smoking habits.

Originally Posted by OS Butch

Hey! I just realized I have completed 3 weeks and am being beginning my 4th week of being a non smoker!

Have a grand smoke free week everyone

Woooohooooo...almost a whole month if the universe and you will it.

Originally Posted by gaea

i deal with visuals most days and mostly they dont bother me in fact ive started to look at what is odd about smoking, perhaps this way of thinking will help me on my journey....

being around it can trigger instant heart burn for me or not i think it depends on the brand...most brands i can handle they smell different as well...

when it comes to the brand i chose the scent is distinct and almost tempting and no heartburn occurs its really strange.

10 full weeks behind me as of today beginning my 11th....wow...go me...too


digging my in

Whoa! You've come so far gaea.

I'm glad I can't smell. It means it's one less trigger. The visuals are an odd one. They don't get me all the time, just sometimes.

D'yanno, I see folks smoking around town nowadays and it almost always makes me think, 'jeez I'm glad I don't smoke now'.

I've had the bestest excuse to smoke. I've had one of the worst bits of news I could possibly get. My housemate (and ex) is selling the house we've lived in for 13yrs. If that's not a good excuse I don't know what is but I'm diggin' in m'Harley boot heels and I'm not going to give her that power over me.

[gaea]

Inc I'm gonna rep you when I get home right now I'm
just coming from the doc 3rd time strep in six months got me a trip to the surgeons to remove the tonsils we will see I'm exhausted.

Originally Posted by gaea

Inc I'm gonna rep you when I get home right now I'm
just coming from the doc 3rd time strep in six months got me a trip to the surgeons to remove the tonsils we will see I'm exhausted.

You're getting the right bits of you fixed gaea...bad throats are smoking related surely? Get it all done. I've had two chest full-on chest infections since I stopped instead of the usuall 5!! Get yer throat sorted out and maybe you can stop them huh?

It was fantastic to prove to my ex-lover that all my tooth infections over the last few years since I've known her have been smoking related. I know she's going to try give up........again! I shall support her every step if necessary.



<<<had tonsils out at 6yrs old

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Incubus

You're getting the right bits of you fixed gaea...bad throats are smoking related surely? Get it all done. I've had two chest full-on chest infections since I stopped instead of the usuall 5!! Get yer throat sorted out and maybe you can stop them huh?

It was fantastic to prove to my ex-lover that all my tooth infections over the last few years since I've known her have been smoking related. I know she's going to try give up........again! I shall support her every step if necessary.



<<<had tonsils out at 6yrs old

Well ill be darned if they don't go cutting on me Ive had it with the strep this year...and then some i average strep twice a year...

no one has ever brough up removing my tonsils before now.

[OS Butch]

Good morning and Happy Smoke-free Thursday!

Good morning gaea and Incubus!

Gaea, I hope you get that strep taken care of even if it means surgery! At 53, I still have my tonsils and I guess I am pretty lucky to never had strep! Maybe I did when I was really young and just don't remember!

[gaea]

Originally Posted by OS Butch

Good morning and Happy Smoke-free Thursday!

Good morning gaea and Incubus!

Gaea, I hope you get that strep taken care of even if it means surgery! At 53, I still have my tonsils and I guess I am pretty lucky to never had strep! Maybe I did when I was really young and just don't remember!

I see the ent today at 9:20 am the thing aout strep is it isnt just a sore throat its physically exhausting and wipes me out every time i get it...and thus far this is the third time this year...i also loose my voice near completely and have to strain to be heard...as of today my throat still hurts and i am on some strong antibiotics.

diggin my :blkueheels: in