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To: goldworldnet who wrote (3)	7/1/2018 1:40:31 PM
From: John Carragher	4 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet Honey_Bee locogringo prometheus1976 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 199

i quit for one year. THEN on the fourth of july, i lit up a cig... i used the excuse it was necessary to light off fire works for the kids. Within the week i was back up to 2 1/2 packs a day. about two or three years later i bet a friend a case of liquor, of their choice, who started to smoke again. I figured i needed a financial cost to not start smoking again. Well i won and became hooked on alcohol. oops fortunately, i have stopped both some time again. Decades ago..... it can be done.... alcohol was much harder to quit than smoking for me. For many others they can never give up cigs. good luck, never take the first cig or you are off to the races all over again. john

To: goldworldnet who wrote (3)	7/1/2018 2:42:23 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	3 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet Honey_Bee locogringo Respond to of 199

That should get you across the finish line... GZ

To: goldworldnet who wrote (3)	7/3/2018 7:50:58 PM
From: Honey_Bee	3 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet GROUND ZERO™ locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 199

Thinking of you and wishing you all the strength and courage you will need to win this battle!

To: goldworldnet who wrote (3)	7/4/2018 12:25:14 PM
From: locogringo	5 Recommendations Recommended By goldworldnet GROUND ZERO™ Honey_Bee John Carragher Thehammer Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 199

I'm going to use nicotine patches for a while, but I'm determined to succeed. These are the 3 biggest tips given to me by many people. (Some are repeats from private notes to you) I'm approaching 10 years and miss it every day. I still have dreams about smoking and wake up feeling guilty. 1. Never ever take the 1st puff from anybody. As said here, just because you quit once, it's not easier to do it again. 2. Find an alternative. Mine is strong coffee. The caffeine stimulates you like the nicotine. The patches work, but try to put a new one on during a bathroom run at 3 or 4 in the morning so the nicotine level is higher when you wake up. 3. Remember, you only have to quit for a few minutes each time. It's amazing how fast the brain will move on to something else in a few minutes. Avoid dwelling over it or thinking about it. Today I can sit next to smokers or stand next to them. The smell is glorious, but the urge is no longer there. Another tip is to break some old associations. If you smoked when drinking (I actually smoked less), avoid it for a while. If you needed a smoke with each coffee, then skip my coffee tip, and use an energy drink. (many are very hurtful to teeth, so be careful here). I could not make a phone call without going out to the garage and having one. I quit making phone calls and used email and texting instead. It can be done. Camels, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall (all non-filters) for 50 years. Now I can swim a mile non-stop 3x/week, and ski 2 or 3 runs in a row without wheezing or pretending to fix my boot.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (3)	7/4/2018 1:53:16 PM
From: teevee	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 199

Good luck.....I tried quitting many times, from 2 weeks to 2 years, and each time I had a cigarette, it was like "hello old friend" and I was back at again within a day at a pack a day. I finally went cold turkey 21 years ago and stayed off tobacco. The urge to smoke did diminish over time, but took about 8 years before the urge finally left completely. Each time you have the urge, I suggest going for a walk until the urge passes, and it will. Supposedly, it is easier to quit heroin than nicotine addiction.