" S o r n i" <
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> Shaun Rimmer wrote:
> > Been around 12+ hours since the last one. {Withdrawal
> > withdrawn}
>
> At first I thought you'd left your job at a bakery. (Note
> to self: GET YOUR FRIGGIN' EYES CHECKED, YA GIT!)
>
> Great move, Shaun -- it's going to be the hardest but best
> thing you've
ever
> done.
No, it will not be the hardest thing I have done, even to
date (and I have quite before, heh, several times). But yes,
smart move, thanks.
> Sounds like you're not using the gum or patches? Are you
> MAD, man?!?
(Ask
> a silly question.
) However, if you CAN do it without
> the chemical
help,
> it's better in the long run, as you're off the nicotine
> that much sooner.
The longgest I ever managed to quit for was 9 months, and
that was c/t too.
> I quit smoking (VERY heavily) back in 1991 -- got into
> running and working out, then riding -- and all was well
> until I attended a convention in
2000.
> Started smoking cigars, and next thing you know I'm buying
> boxes of 'em
off
> the internet and inhaling the bejeezus out of them.
>
> Got away with it for quite a while (and lost a lot of
> weight!), but eventually I was hacking at the start of
> rides and generally sucking wind. When I bought a few
> cartons of Kools toward the end, I knew I had to quit.
Yep, happens to so many, including my pops. My bane's the
spleephs, mon - any tobacco at all and I'm back at square
one. So, now I'll have to smoke straight greens, which will
be tough for me ',;~}~
> hard addiction, that.
It is. I was into H (I.V.) for 2 - 3 years and that was a
walk in the park to quit by comparison.
> Best of luck,
>
> Bill "if I can do it you can too" S.
>
> PS: Might as well enjoy the symptoms -- free trip! (Like
> you need help
in
> that area ;-)
Heheheheh, cheers!
Shaun aRe's keyborad is meltung.