OCCOMBILL, BiPolarBear, and everybody else inspired me to...

Thanks, pan! Don't be envious, man, you can kick it too!

but dude...I don't want to...you know me...playing in smoky saloons...

Ah, yes, now I remember! well, do it later then... It's really that easy, once you set your mind and will to do it.

promise me one thing Travis...that you won't be an I-Quit-So-Can-You pest...boy , those people drive me nuts.

'course I won't be one of those, I hate'em too! If I ever turn out that way, slap me, ok?

I have never smoked but Mrs Throbber does...she is banned to the porch or the garage.

Who are these Occom Bill and Bipolarbear characters? Are they the anti smoking police on A2K? I don't think I've seen them.

Occom Bill is an old member that used to smoke, and started a similar thread about him quitting the smokes. And he was inspired by BPB, who also used to smoke and managed to quit, too. That was way before the dawn of a2k.

O'Bill is still around, BPB is not, I'm afraid.

Good luck, BD. I never smoked (cigarettes, directly) but I know a little something about trying to exercise will power. I know you can do it.

When I need to make a change, I find that cleaning and purging the house is helpful. Something about a changed environment to remind me that there is no going back.

Pot will help you quit smoking. :wink:

smirk :wink:

I quit on January 27th. I used a couple of methods to get me through the first month, but I think the best method was that I figured out how much I was spending per week, and then I gave that amount ($50) to my friend to hold each week. The deal was that if I cheated, or started again, my buddy would keep my money. So it was like a competition, plus I had something concrete to lose if I screwed up.

Every friday I would give him another fifty bucks. After a month, the deal was over, and I got my two hundred dollars. It got me through the toughest part, and it was nice to get that chunk of money as a reward.

Plus I started sucking on Lollipops and chewing toothpicks. I have weaned myself almost completely off the lollipops now, but I'm still chewing on the toothpicks all the time. I'm still anxious and tense and restless for no reason at times, but I like not being a slave to those f*cking little death sticks.

Okay, I have rambled enough for now. Don't give in!!!

Oh. Sorry to hear that. Did he pass away from some smoking related ailment?

Naah, he just got too addicted to the site and decided to leave, for the sake of his own sanity.

Well, when I get the "urge", I think that I should be so happy not having to smoke anymore. It helped so far... I mean, I've only been clean for 48hrs... It feels nice though, coming home from the restaurant and not stink of my own smoke!

I like your method, kicky, good one! Money was never an issue with me, though. Me and my boss we just took it out of our tips before we split it. That way neither of us "saw" how much money we spent on smokes... But now I sneak out €5 before I go home, and put them in my travel money box... Boss gets his monies for smokes, I get money for travel!

Ohhh.

It would be great if some time in the future I could start a "bigdice, occombill, bipolarbear, kickycan and everybody else inspired me to...." thread of my own.

Wishing you well.

Joe, I will quit smoking when you do....

(Pretending that I've signed off and therefore am not ignoring your post but simply haven't seen it yet.)

(Edited to add - Whistling, looking the other way, mumbling ****** under my breath, chewing gum furiously, stubbing toe).

I realized that it gets easier to quit if you really want to. If you're not 100% surre, then you shouldn't even try, you'll just be disappointed, like I was that time 5yrs ago... Quit for 6months, or perhaps it was less, then I decided that I wanted smoke again...

So far I was tempted last night in the restaurant, it was a slow night, I was waiting for the last guests to leave, and that used to be a perfect cigarette if therer ever was one. Then I thought to myself that I should be glad that I don't have to smoke anymore. And I didn't.

Rock on BigDice and Kicky! Time flies when you're not killing yourself. Would you believe it's already been 9 and 10 months since Jer and I quit? Tedious, not hard. Good luck dude!

Thanks man! How's the restaurant doing? I wish you and your partner all the best!

BTW, where did Jer go? Haven't been on here to often this year, and I do miss some of the regulars...