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Pastimes : New Year's Resolutions - 2006 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (30)	1/4/2006 9:17:48 PM
From: SmokedJoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 163

I used the delay & rubber band technique started by waiting 10 minutes longer to take the first puff while driving to work. At work i relied on the rubber band snap on my wrist to defer the habit. Problem was I got fired for lack of productivity because my wrist swelled up ( keyboard inept ) so i substituted Baileys for cream in my coffee, hey I may be an alcoholic, but i quit smoking the cheap stuff. Besides homegrown rules!

To: Carolyn who wrote (30)	1/5/2006 2:28:19 AM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 163

I quit cold turkey after 26 years of smoking and at the end, 3-1/2 packs a day. You have to be self-motivated. Mine was money. Cartons went in one jump from $3.50/carton to $10/carton (1980), an increase of $65/month. I tested myself 6 weeks after quitting at our softball team's after game bar stop. 2 deep drags and I almost fainted. Not a puff since then. However, I did gain 95 lb in the next 6 years, from 268 to 363. Apparently I had a hand to mouth problem (can't remember the medical term) and after quitting smoking, it turns out that I only switched from ciggies to extra food and never actually overcame the problem, just switched the satisfier. I had to have a stomach stapling surgery and I lost 142 lb in 9 months. Apparently I never cured the real problem because 18 years later, I'm back to 365 lbs and need a walker to go more than 10 ft at a time. Next is an electric powered scooter/chair that I can't afford the accessories for, like ramps and a lift to carry it on my car. Normal sized people can get away with lighter duty accessories, but I need heavy duty stuff to handle the equipment required for my weight that keeps creeping up. The bottom line is to do what you need to do to find out why you're really "smoking" and then work on that problem and not fool yourself by just quitting smoking. I started smoking at 14 yrs of age, quit at 41 yrs and still have the original problem 25 years later with all the expense and grief it causes. Isn't that a sad story - boo hoo hoo, woe is me.