What I should have said, was nothing...

[spikybobby]

[::] Saw Mike Birbiglia saturday night at the wilbur theatre with K, S and Secret Town. This guy is fucking hilarious. I especially love comedians from the new england area. They play his special a ton on comedy central. you should peep it.

[::] So I am going to quit smoking this winter. I still need to set a date etc, but i think i'm ready. It is

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cold turkey

[pat_man_ta]

if you scale back on the # of nails you spark every day it'll take some of the edge off.

Re: cold turkey

[spikybobby]

yeah i think thats going to be in the mix.

[mistressmuffin]

I've tried without going cold turkey and failed every time. This time I just stopped everything and stuck to my guns for success. Of course, I took a few weeks off partying, as my will power was significantly less when drinking, but.. after 16 yrs of being a smoker, I'm smoke free for 7 months free.

Good luck!

[spikybobby]

yeah i think that's def going to be on the agenda, seems like a good key to success.

[whittles]

http://quitnet.com/ was really helpful for me.
Also, I've heard some folks say acupuncture was really valuable for their process.

Good Luck!

[krztov]

yeah they do good stuff, my mom worked there for awhile.

my company has a department that handles that stuff too as well as that try-to-stop campaign

http://makesmokinghistory.org/

[spikybobby]

how does the acupuncture thing work?

[whittles]

I'll email my acupuncture friend and ask, cuz I'm not really sure.
I'll let you know what they say.

[terrorfakt_ny]

I did the cold turkey thing for the first few days,...I can only guess its similar to what kicking heroin must be like,...hahaha. Seriously, hot and cold flashes, the sweats, coughing, shaking shaking shaking!!!

After a few days of no smoke..a friend recommended Commit Lozenges.
http://www.commitlozenge.com/
You can get em over the counter at any Drug Store/Pharmacy etc.
They make them in 2MG and 4MG...for you..knowing how much you smoke, I'd say get the 4MG.
They taste like cherries too!

I used that for about 2 weeks, about 10 a day to start,..then down to 4 a day, then nothing.... and that REALLY took the edge off.

Mind you i also smoked a pack and half a day for 20 years.

It's been over a year and while at times I still WANT a cig...I dont NEED one. So I'm in the clear for the most part.

Also an occasional Cigar and/or shot of Bourbon helps alot.

[spikybobby]

right on, thanks for the advice, I'm going to try to slow down to about 5 before d-day, so I'm not breaking a pack-a-day habit.

[alllebasii]

:)

Awww! Mabel cares about health!

[spikybobby]

yeah well, I'm not going to leave the gold hip fortune to you just yet. ;)

[alllebasii]

Good. That is too much money for one person to deal with. Knowing me I would buy a condo on mars or something... you know, because I can.

[spikybobby]

Get on that terra firming girl. Though while you are on mars
watch out for this guy. he likes candy bars...
www.youtube.com/watch