Smoking & air consumption

[Conrad]

I'm glad to hear you are having success. Stick with it. I am just quitting also and man it's tough. Been smoking 30 yrs, although tried to make up for it by being extra active, hiking ( high altidtude), running, Soccer, Hockey. Good luck and looking forward to more bottom time LOL

[lottie]

Conrad - congrats on just quitting. It's hard some days and other days, I dont miss it at all...its just at particular times or tasks that I do that i feel for a ciggie - I just get out some carrots and chew on them!!! I think i'm eating more carrots than i smoked ciggies ROFL

[thalassamania]

I'm so glad to hear that you've quit. It is hard, today (and that's more than 20 years later) if I hear a phone ring like the one I had in my office my Pavlovian juices start to flow and I want a butt, even though I find the smell and taste repulsive). The best advice I can give you is to break any old habits that you associated with smoking. A lot of the desire to smoke, after the first few days, is operant conditioning. If you can substitute new activities of ways of doing things or surroundings it will be a big help.

We're all pulling for you.

[Papa Bear]

If your going to smoke, please smoke a Philip-Morris product! It is the best preforming stock in the world for the last 10 years! They also signed a contract with China to build a number of factories! Caching!

[lottie]

Papa - this thread is about stopping smoking plus, I don't think we get Phillip Morris products in the Caribbean

[lottie]

Thal - it's amazing what can trigger old memories - The only old habits I have which make me feel as though I want a ciggie is sitting at my computer. But I wouldn't wanna change that to stop the urge as it'd mean not being able to talk with you guys.....but if I had more money, less time on the PC and more time in the water...hmmmmmm

[fooddude]

Well, I have never been a smoker like all of you who've posted before me, but I too, have used scuba as a way of stopping a bad, disgusting habit of mine.

Hello, my name is Steven and I'm a fingernail biter. I mean, I was. I used to bite so far down that my nail beds would burn in tap water, let alone saltwater. So, I stopped many times like smokers do. The easiest thing to do is to quit... it's not starting back up that's the hard part.

I stopped for almost 2 years one time when my wife and I became pregnant because I knew that a picture would be taken with my baby's hand curled around one of my fingers, and who wants to look at it the way it was. That was powerful motivation. Only lasted so long.

Now I stopped for good (3 years and counting) because of the burning sensation during and after a dive (or surfing, etc) It was horribly distracting. So I stopped.

Now I am a proud carrier of 10 fingernails that I need to trim very often. It used to be easier to use my mouth than finding a nail clipper, but hey, small sacrifice.

FYI: I never bit my nails at work in the hospital due to fear of disease, but soon as I cleaned up and got in the car, it was time to feast! It's been a long famine, and I'm glad.

Lottie and the others, keep up the good work. Hang in, it's tough.

Any other hard habits others have stopped? Tell us. We're here for you.

[thalassamania]

Thal - it's amazing what can trigger old memories - The only old habits I have which make me feel as though I want a ciggie is sitting at my computer. But I wouldn't wanna change that to stop the urge as it'd mean not being able to talk with you guys.....but if I had more money, less time on the PC and more time in the water...hmmmmmm

Substitute a new habit, when you turn on your confuser have a small bite of your favorite food, or a lollypop or ... ? It really helps.

[lottie]

yeah but Thal..my favourite food is chocolate and i've already put on half a stone...tried lollipops before and had to have two cavities filled in (plus people at working saying numerous innuendos)....

Now where did I put those carrots............

[Papa Bear]

Papa - this thread is about stopping smoking plus, I don't think we get Phillip Morris products in the Caribbean

I know it is hard! I lost my best friend to the dam things! Stopped for smokes on his way to the hospital for his 5th and final heart attack at 49! His attitude was "Everything in life will finally kill you"! It is surly not PC to yellow your teeth and blacken your lungs, but we all do things that aren't good for us!

Good luck, they say the more you try the better your chance of stopping!