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Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:11 am
by FlintRiverFowler
No more smoking. No more fast food. Only drinking on the weekends...as opposed to every day like I have been.
"Much too young to feel this damn old", and it's all the poison that I'm putting in my body that makes me feel like shit.
Today is day two with no cigs and I'm one irritable asshole.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:14 am
by Olly
FlintRiverFowler wrote:No more smoking. No more fast food. Only drinking on the weekends...as opposed to every day like I have been.
"Much too young to feel this damn old", and it's all the poison that I'm putting in my body that makes me feel like shit.
Today is day two with no cigs and I'm one irritable asshole.
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Good luck! I figured about how much I was spending on smokes a month then started throwing that into a savings account and ended up using that money to pay for a large part of my four wheeler.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:36 am
by assateague
FlintRiverFowler wrote:No more smoking. No more fast food. Only drinking on the weekends...as opposed to every day like I have been.
"Much too young to feel this damn old", and it's all the poison that I'm putting in my body that makes me feel like shit.
Today is day two with no cigs and I'm one irritable asshole.
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The nicotine gum is the ticket. The Equate cinnamon tastes just like Big Red, is half the price of Nicorette, and will fuck you UP. If I hadn't gone to Vegas, I'd still be quit.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:38 am
by FlintRiverFowler
I'm using grizzly as my nicotene gum. I hate that shit.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:38 am
by assateague
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:33 am
by (MT)Montanafowler
FlintRiverFowler wrote:No more smoking. No more fast food. Only drinking on the weekends...as opposed to every day like I have been.
"Much too young to feel this damn old", and it's all the poison that I'm putting in my body that makes me feel like shit.
Today is day two with no cigs and I'm one irritable asshole.
if i get fast food, i try to go to hippie fast food places. Way healthier, no fried stuff and the selection is better than shit that all tastes the same. luckily here we have quite a few, and they aren't bad tasting either. a big ass black bean burrito with chicken and hummus and other shit is pretty good for 7 bucks.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:38 am
by NuffDaddy
Good luck. I quit eating fast food last summer and felt 100x better.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:19 am
by bill herian
Less booze, no smokes, better diet.
No horse wins the triple crown. Be sure to make yourself a few allowances. I have lots of freinds who say they are going to quit smoking/chewing, start working out regularily, and eat better, all at the same time. Never seems to work. Start with one, and once it becomes habit, focus on the next thing.
Good luck!
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:22 am
by Weston81
If you don't chew Equate cinnamon then fuck you!
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:31 pm
by Ducky192
I was a 22 beer a day drinker for 14 years and quit cold turkey two years ago. I try not to eat fast food anymore. Still gotta quit the smoking but I am 35 and was feeling like I was 70!
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:32 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
bill herian wrote:Less booze, no smokes, better diet.
No horse wins the triple crown. Be sure to make yourself a few allowances. I have lots of freinds who say they are going to quit smoking/chewing, start working out regularily, and eat better, all at the same time. Never seems to work. Start with one, and once it becomes habit, focus on the next thing.
Good luck!
Solid advice. I've done the no smoking no fast food thing before and lasted a while. Knowing how much better I felt then is my motivation for that... Cutting back on booze... We will see what happens. I haven't drank in three days now and it really hasn't bothered me. I'm more of a frequent drinker than a heavy drinker. 3-5 beers a night is a hell of a lot less than my college days of 12-14 per night.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:07 pm
by bill herian
I know what you mean. I drink often, but I seldom get drunk anymore.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 3:15 pm
by rebelp74
Everytime you feel the urge for a cigarette do some push ups. It'll give you something to replace the urge with plus help put you in better shape.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:45 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
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Gnarly head authentic red. Calming my nerves.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:23 pm
by Olly
I'd say the biggest factor in your success to quit the smoking is going to be the wife. If she's still smoking it's going to be very hard for you to quit.
It's been over 2 years since I quit and I still find myself thinking about smoking a few times a month.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:29 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
She only smoked when I brought the cigs home.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:30 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
The biggest factor is all the assholes i work with smoking. They're the reason I've been smoking so much the last 6 months.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:56 pm
by Olly
FlintRiverFowler wrote:She only smoked when I brought the cigs home.
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You're a bad influence

Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:04 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
I just got her to put a dip in ahahaha
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:12 pm
by Olly
FlintRiverFowler wrote:I just got her to put a dip in ahahaha
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Should have videotaped her reaction.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:00 pm
by Weston81
Oh, this is gonna end with you holding her hair over the toilet.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:27 pm
by (MT)Montanafowler
Weston81 wrote:Oh, this is gonna end with you holding her hair over the toilet.
it's going to be projectile awesome everywhere

Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:22 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
Well I just went over and drank a few beers with the neighbor and let our labs play around. Got back and my dip was gone. She was putting in five minute dips and spitting them out. It's ok her moms nickname in highschool was Skoal sister... must run in the family.
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Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 8:43 pm
by Mornin Beef
Skoal citrus for quitting cigs during the day. Skoal straight when drinking beer. Good luck and if it gets too harsh try getting on those e mail cigs.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:09 pm
by Tiler_J
No one like a quitter! But, good luck to you! I have tried to quit smokes a few dozen times in the last twenty years. I have not been successful yet.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:45 pm
by assateague
Same here. I've quit once for a year and a half, and once for four months. Didn't take. I suspect it'll kill me one day, if it hasn't already.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:28 pm
by Mornin Beef
assateague wrote:Same here. I've quit once for a year and a half, and once for four months. Didn't take. I suspect it'll kill me one day, if it hasn't already.
*Too morose for Saturday night fun time chat*
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:34 pm
by assateague
Not morose at all. Ain't skeert.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:46 pm
by Mornin Beef
assateague wrote:Not morose at all. Ain't skeert.
Im talking about for me.
Re: Givin it up

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Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:02 pm
by Tiler_J
My wife's grandmother had a funny response while talking to a doctor about her smoking. It has stuck with me for years. The doc asked if she was worried about getting lung cancer from smoking, she told him "Smokes don't give you lung cancer, lungs give you lung cancer!"

She was one of my favorite in-law drinking buddies.