[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

So here we are, day three. At the moment, no real cravings, but a pretty wicked withdrawal headache. I honestly prefer the headache to the cravings.

[Terez]

Good job, RLY. I also noticed the smell on other smokers after just 24 hours of not smoking. That smell on a smoker's clothes doesn't really trigger the cravings so much as actually walking past someone who is smoking.

[Menandore]

When I stop smoking the smell from others smoking is awful. It doesn't make me want to smoke at all. But seeing people smoking does, even if it's only on telly. I've gone a full two days now and it's stating to get easier.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I just wish I could stop leaping to my feet to go outside and smoke. I'm starting to feel a little silly.

[caladanbrood]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 15 2009, 01:18 AM, said:

What the hell do nonsmokers DO all day? This is a boring meaningless existence!

We go around kissing people who's mouth doesn't taste of ash, for one thing

Good luck though dude, sounds like it's gonna be hellishly hard work, but I'm sure you can make it

[Zanth13]

saw this on failblog lol

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[HoosierDaddy]

caladanbrood, on Jul 15 2009, 06:16 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 15 2009, 01:18 AM, said:

What the hell do nonsmokers DO all day? This is a boring meaningless existence!

We go around kissing people who's mouth doesn't taste of ash, for one thing

Good luck though dude, sounds like it's gonna be hellishly hard work, but I'm sure you can make it

Keep your and Apt's illicit love affair off of my screen, please.

[Gothos]

well, personally, on withdrawal the smell of someone else smoking fills my veins with power and the urge to get some

[caladanbrood]

HoosierDaddy, on Jul 15 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

Keep your and Apt's illicit love affair off of my screen, please.

I refuse!! :Surprise:

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

A friend just gave me some Tea Tree Oil Australian Chewing Sticks. They are actually helping to give me something to do with my hands and mouth. Thanks, Australia.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 16 2009, 10:00 AM, said:

A friend just gave me some Tea Tree Oil Australian Chewing Sticks. They are actually helping to give me something to do with my hands and mouth. Thanks, Australia.

No problem.....did you know we deliver as well?

[Abyss]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 13 2009, 07:52 PM, said:

Dammit, what do nonsmokers do after they've finished something? I finished the initial prep work for dinner tonight, should be smoking. Cleaned the kitchen, should be smoking. Used the bathroom, should be smoking. Put away groceries, should be smoking.

I'm lost as to what to do immediately after doing anything else.

Slow Ben, on Jul 13 2009, 08:00 PM, said:

You could become a compulsive masturbator?

Captain Oblivious, on Jul 13 2009, 08:03 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 13 2009, 06:52 PM, said:

Dammit, what do nonsmokers do after they've finished something? I finished the initial prep work for dinner tonight, should be smoking. Cleaned the kitchen, should be smoking. Used the bathroom, should be smoking. Put away groceries, should be smoking.

I'm lost as to what to do immediately after doing anything else.

The wife.

Do the wife all the time.

Slow Ben, on Jul 13 2009, 08:03 PM, said:

Yeah, his is better.

^this exchange = pure anti-smoking win.

cerveza_fiesta, on Jul 15 2009, 07:13 AM, said:

I find that smell to be the hardest thing on my not-smoking

Like when you're on a pub patio and somebody lights up across the patio and you just get the little waff of second hand smoke every now and then.

Gets me more than anything else.

Funny thing that. After a while, it's thoroughly unpleasant.

mind you, by 'while' i mean years.

Ain't_It_Just_, on Jul 15 2009, 11:15 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Jul 16 2009, 10:00 AM, said:

A friend just gave me some Tea Tree Oil Australian Chewing Sticks. They are actually helping to give me something to do with my hands and mouth. Thanks, Australia.

No problem.....did you know we deliver as well?

Don't trust them. The secret ingredient is crackcocaine made with koala testicles.


I was never a hard core smoker - at my worse i was about half-pack a day. A friend of mine, far heavier smoker, had to have half a lung removed at age 23. That did it.

Btw, i totally agree with the 'don't go out to places you social smoked' approach for the first few weeks/months. The social element is brutal, especially if you've drank a bit/lot.

Tell Mrs RLY you're doing it for her and you need her to support you and frequent indecent sex acts may be the only thing that will keep you off the nic.


- Abyss, wants to place bets...

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I would love to place bets. It would help motivate me.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Abyss, on Jul 16 2009, 02:46 PM, said:

Don't trust them. The secret ingredient is crackcocaine made with koala testicles.

Well, actually we switched to goanna embryos....

...but who's counting?

[Wry]

I'm getting to the end of my last shipment of ciggarettes, they should run out in about three weeks or so. I kinda had it in my head to give up rather than get more, so i'm routing for the quitters, if they can do maybe i can.

This always makes me feel positive:
Once you stop smoking
* Within 20 minutes your circulation will improve, your heart rate and blood pressure will get lower. This reduces your risk of heart attack straight away.
* Within 8 hours the carbon monoxide level in your blood will drop and the oxygen level will go up.
* Within 24-48 hours all the carbon monoxide will have left your body.
* Within a few days your sense of smell and taste will start to improve.
* After 72 hours your breathing will improve and your energy levels will increase.
* Within 2 or 3 months your lung capacity can increase by up to 30%.
* Within 1 year your chance of heart attack drops by half and within 10 years the risk drops to almost the same as a non-smoker.
* Within 5 years the risk of smoking related cancers will be greatly reduced.
* Once you give up, your lungs start to fight back by coughing up tar. A mug full of tar builds up in the lungs of a 20 a day smoker over the period of a year. It is the toxic chemicals in tar that cause cancer.

This post has been edited by Wry: 16 July 2009 - 05:36 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

The avatar switch is making me wonder if you are still set on quitting, Ray? Still going strong or what? Hoping you are, brother.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Like a rock. Still zero cheating, nor have I used any aids like the gum or patches. Just grade A willpower. I haven't even deliberately gotten secondhand smoke. I got this.

My wife is actually having a much more difficult time than I am, which is funny because she smokes about a quarter as much as I do. So far the worse part of quitting has been dealing with her. She's being mean, and I do not have the patience to deal with it.

THe withdrawals have been giving me crazy vivid dreams. Last night i dream that I shit my pants. It was so realistic that when I woke up I was certain I was going to throw back the covers and discover I had shit the bed. Luckily I hadn't, but damn that was an odd dream.

I tried to tell everyone that once I made up my mind to quit, I was done. I think my wife and friend who quit with me regret goading me into it, because now they want me to change my mind so they can smoke. They can suck it though, I'm done smoking forever.

God i want one though.

[HoosierDaddy]

Good for you, brother! If you can get past the fist week, and make sure the people who really care about you are going to help you stop, you've got it whipped. The first week is the worst. Get past it, and I think you are golden, friend. Be a positive example for your Dr. Lady and her friend.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

It's funny. Out of the three of us quitting together, I smoke way more than the other two, and was the most reluctant to quit. Now I'm the motivator and the one doing the best.

I grilled today for the first time since quitting. It was an empty, soulless experience. Grilling with no smoking is just wrong.

[Menandore]

One of my collegues - the only other smoker in the office and hence my smoking buddy at work - quite a couple of weeks before me. He caved today. I am now being taunted by the knowledge that he has fags right over there and all I have to do is ask. Damnit. And I'm going out tonight as well. I know going out drinking is a no-no but these are special circumstances, I have to go out tonight.

If I can just make it through the next 24 hours then I'll be fine. It's gonna be tough.

@RLY - I'm very impressed I think you probably smoked more than me too but you seem to be handling it really well. I didn't really get any physical withdrawal. Just got incredibly pissed off with the world for a couple of days and felt my blood pressure sky-rocket at the slightest inconvenience. But now I'm struggling again. Keep going dude you're my inspiration!