One hell of an update post

[quicksilvermad]

I had my midterm last Wednesday and got 83/100 on it. A lot better than I thought I did. I haven't taken an actual test like that since my sophomore year as an undergraduate. All of my other "testing" was just project completion. This teacher only grades us on the midterm, the final, and "participation." Which sucksMy dad reads those huge fantasy

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[das_mervin]

One of the things my dad did when he went cold turkey with cigarettes was he took a straw, cut it down to about three or four inches, and stuffed a half-inch of cotton into one end. Any time he had the urge to smoke, he just sucked on it--it satisfied the oral fixation part for him, at least. He hasn't smoked in years now, so I guess it had some merit for him

[quicksilvermad]

My dad quit cold turkey waaaaay back in the day (on fifteen different tries). I think he said he sucked on Tootsie Pops...

Different things work for different people. The straw "cigarette" sounds like a good idea. It's similar to what I'm trying to do-though I need the deep breathing inhale/exhale to fulfill that urge, so the e-cigarette is going to replace all those carcinogens with water vapor.

I recently read somewhere that it's harder for women to quit smoking because of something about nicotine receptors and progesterone. Whatever. All I know is I'm a weird one because I like smoking for the taste, the smell, and the breathing thing.