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Old 05-11-2010, 01:09 AM   #16
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Good Luck Lene. I have been smoke free for 3 1/2 years now. The first 6 months were the hardest. I used Nicorette gum, and thought about all the things I could have with the money. Like lovely red wine with my dinner.

I do remember getting my sense of smell back after about 4 days. You will love walking past bakeries and coffee shops hmmmmmmmmmm
that part is odd. I've always been a foodie and really don't feel I ever lost my sense of smell for things cooking/baking and so on. what I do have now, *gag* is that I smell all the very hardcore unwashed smokers... in stores and so on... that have been by. there is a very distinctive difference from regular smokers, and it is incredibly nauseating
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that part is odd. I've always been a foodie and really don't feel I ever lost my sense of smell for things cooking/baking and so on. what I do have now, *gag* is that I smell all the very hardcore unwashed smokers... in stores and so on... that have been by. there is a very distinctive difference from regular smokers, and it is incredibly nauseating
My sense of smell got too strong.
It was formidable before and no one could understand why (especially with my nose having been broken) but now I'm actually smelling things that no one can find; my wife bought some scented candles and when she lit them all I smelled was burning plastic or glass.

On the bright side, I seldom have to ask my wife what's for dinner.
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Old 05-11-2010, 04:13 AM   #18
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Since you have an iPod Touch, there is a really good app available to help you stop smoking.

http://www.maxkirsten.com/iphone/quitsmoking/index.asp
Thank you! I have downloaded this one... Might make the whole thing a lot easier...

Did you use it?
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Old 05-11-2010, 04:18 AM   #19
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that part is odd. I've always been a foodie and really don't feel I ever lost my sense of smell for things cooking/baking and so on. what I do have now, *gag* is that I smell all the very hardcore unwashed smokers... in stores and so on... that have been by. there is a very distinctive difference from regular smokers, and it is incredibly nauseating
Same here... I don't really want to get my sense of smell any better...
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Well. I don't smoke, but I'll be your moral support.
Just one question...
Why on Wednesday? Why not now? Throw away all your cigs now and start saving those monies now (wow, Merriam-Webster says that actually is a word).

Good luck
Wednesday was the day I set on Saturday... Just needed a bit of time, like I wouldn't jump out of a plane without preparing myself for it emotionally...
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Wednesday was the day I set on Saturday... Just needed a bit of time, like I wouldn't jump out of a plane without preparing myself for it emotionally...
I know someone who rewarded himself for quitting smoking by jumping out of a plane. True story. Then he used that same reward to lose weight, i.e. he got down to x pounds he would get to jump again. I think now he does it 3 or 4 times a year.
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I know someone who rewarded himself for quitting smoking by jumping out of a plane. True story. Then he used that same reward to lose weight, i.e. he got down to x pounds he would get to jump again. I think now he does it 3 or 4 times a year.
Wow! I thought the whole idea of quitting smoking was to prolong your life...
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hey! there's nothing wrong with jumping out of a perfectly good plane!!! or so I was told over and over again when they made me do it!!! ;o)
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Well, good on ya lene, for what you're about to do.

I also quit nearly three years ago after more than four decades of smoking.

It is very true that the worst part of quitting is changing your behavior. When you're a smoker you do things out of a habitual routine. You have a cigarette when you get out of bed, after you eat, with a cup of coffee or other drink, when you get in your car, when you get OUT of your car, when you walk out of a store, when you get on the phone . . . you reach for a cigarette and light it without even realizing you've done it. You'll find yourself continuing to reach for one out of habit, but that will change with time also.

Of course you'll save a lot of money by quitting, but you'll gain a lot of freedom as well.

After growing up in a time when you could smoke ANYWHERE (stores, government buildings, elevators, airplanes, and even hospital rooms), I always made sure I had several packs of cigarettes close at hand and I'd dread going places where I couldn't smoke.

Doesn't bother me at all any more, and strangely enough, it doesn't bother me to be around smokers either.

Good luck to you lene. We're behind you all the way.

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Well, good on ya lene, for what you're about to do.

I also quit nearly three years ago after more than four decades of smoking.

It is very true that the worst part of quitting is changing your behavior. When you're a smoker you do things out of a habitual routine. You have a cigarette when you get out of bed, after you eat, with a cup of coffee or other drink, when you get in your car, when you get OUT of your car, when you walk out of a store, when you get on the phone . . . you reach for a cigarette and light it without even realizing you've done it. You'll find yourself continuing to reach for one out of habit, but that will change with time also.

Of course you'll save a lot of money by quitting, but you'll gain a lot of freedom as well.

After growing up in a time when you could smoke ANYWHERE (stores, government buildings, elevators, airplanes, and even hospital rooms), I always made sure I had several packs of cigarettes close at hand and I'd going places where I couldn't smoke.

Doesn't bother me at all any more, and strangely enough, it doesn't bother me to be around smokers either.

Good luck to you lene. We're behind you all the way.
the biggest thing for me (other than the health considerations) is being able to fly without nic-ing out. I passed up not a few trips simply because I didn't want to deal with that. of course there were times on and off in my smoking history where the ONLY time I smoked was on airplanes or at bars. but then I became hard core
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Thank you! I have downloaded this one... Might make the whole thing a lot easier...

Did you use it?
My wife used it and it really did work for her. She's not smoked since. She doesn't have have the cravings or mood swings some do when going cold turkey.
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Wow! I thought the whole idea of quitting smoking was to prolong your life...
He used a parachute. Every time.

Still had to ask his wife's permission though; I think it cost some US$150 a pop.
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So, it's Wednesday lene.


According to your plan it's the first day of the rest of . . . (yeah, you know)

We're pulling for ya.
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