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56Cabrio Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1896 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 1:19 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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oakman wrote: |
Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
I’m at over 20 years quit and still have occasional dreams of smoking, and while in the dream I feel shitty for having gone backwards but when I awaken feel better realizing it was all a dream only downside to quitting was I gained weight. One year out? I’d say you’ve beat it and congratulations. |
Thank you, feels good to be a quitter! Same here regarding the dreams, so clear and vivid too. Always relieved when i wake up.
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I’m at 150 days today Funny about the dreams,I was just telling my wife a week ago how I’ve been having dreams of me smoking and how they seem so real. I can also say it does feel good to not smoke anymore. To be honest I really really enjoyed smoking but after seeing my 13 year old crying his eyes out when I woke up from heart bypass surgery there is now way I could ever smoke again. I’m only 47 and I need to be around for my kids. _________________ F#CK CANCER
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oakman Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2014 Posts: 1712 Location: Edge of the Desert, Ca
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 11:24 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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56Cabrio wrote: |
To be honest I really really enjoyed smoking but after seeing my 13 year old crying his eyes out when I woke up from heart bypass surgery there is now way I could ever smoke again. I’m only 47 and I need to be around for my kids. |
Congratulations on 150 days! You've got it beat.
I really enjoyed it too but the heart attack one year ago at 42 got me to quit.
Glad to be here still.
Happy Thanksgiving! _________________ Brandon |
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11043 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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i may have said this before but at age 6 or 7 my older brother and sisters and their friends thought it would be funny to give me a cigarette. I coughed and coughed and hated it and never wanted to smoke. My Mom smoked 2-3 packs a day and my Dad was good for 1-2 a day. Yesterday we went to the buffet at one of the casinos in AC, and to get there you have to walk through half the gambling area. As we passed through the smoking areas, I forgot just how much the smell of smoke wanted me to leave for fresh air . It reminded me of when my Mom was still alive. As an ex smoker, as she got older she couldn't stand the smell of smoke and would complain to me about it!! Wondering and hoping that all of you ex smokers get to experience that same feeling and keep you away from picking up the habit again. Continued luck for you all. _________________ July 1959 Mango Standard Bus aka Obus L346 L347 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=256592&highlight=
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9437 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:54 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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To everybody....Oh please do NOT stop smoking. I need job security! |
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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When you are ready to quit buy a 6 pack of water and chug the first bottle of water without stopping. If you still want that cigarette chug a second bottle and by the time you are at the 4th bottle you won't be interested in lighting up (you will be nursing your belly ache). It sucks to drink all that water but it seems to purge the smoking desire and your belly hurts so you forget why you wanted that smoke. The water also starts to purge the nicotine from your body which helps too. I'm 5 years out and this was the only method that worked for me and I tried every single method known to man (the list is endless).
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Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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Rodmullet Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2010 Posts: 196 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Thankfully, I never started smoking, but I did watch my father die from COPD (he was 64)…
There is a Steven King short story called "Quitters Inc."...maybe that would work for some people, not so sure...someone locally started a fire in an apartment complex because the were smoking while using oxygen.... |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:49 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Same here, I never even tried it when the peer pressure was the greatest in the teen years. I knew my folks would skin me alive if they caught me.
Thanks Mom! Thanks Dad! You saved me so much grief, anguish and money over the years not to mention even my life!
My father in law was a 3 pack a day man - died of heart failure. My brother in law left this scene at 40 years old - massive heart failure, leaving my sister to cope with 3 teenage kids and no income. I work with 3 heavy smokers. Their trucks stink, their houses stink, their clothes stink, their breath stinks even their paperwork stinks. The secretary at the shop gets mad when they sit in her chair when she is gone because her butt stinks afterward. We have a no smoking policy in the shop so they stand in the doorway with all the shop doors open and the shop is -20 and stinks! I go home and my hair and clothes stink.
I bought a model airplane engine for my collection a few years back from a fellow halfway across the world. When it came in, the mail box stunk and when I opened it the kitchen reaked. That engine stayed in the garage for a couple of years before I could move it in to join the others.
I mention this because I know that smokers have no idea how far reaching their habit is and how repulsive it is to non smokers.
I have no idea what it's like to quit but keep up the fight please for your sake and everyone around you. I for one will help you in any way I can! |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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From my perspective as a former smoker there was a time when I was hyper sensitive to secondhand smoke after quitting but now 20 plus years as non smoker I could care less. In fact I rather like some pipe tobacco and some cigar smells. I suppose some of the concern also has to do with allergies some folks have it worse than others. I’m old enough to remember smoking in airplanes, busses and other public transport, even movie theaters. Used to be you could not escape the smoke, seems folks were more tolerant then.
Before seatbelts and car seats I rode standing in front seat while my mom smoked in closed car windows up. Nobody knew any better, we were a tough lot. |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Yes I remember that too but we were a non smoking household so it always bothered us. I remember travelling with Mom and Dad, stopping at service station restaurants for meals. The smell of stale coffee grounds and ash trays permeated those places. Sometimes strong enough that I lost my appetite.
Yes we were extra sensitive to it for sure. Dad liked the smell of cigar smoke, To me it was the worst but some pipe tobacco smells nice and he didn't like any pipe smoke. To me Cannabis smoke smells like someone is burning old smelly gym socks while some people think it smells sweet. Strange! |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13385 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Smoking was certainly a generational thing. Ever see Mad men about the advertising world in the 60's? Hell, cigs and booze in the office.
In the 70's, both my parents smoked and had since their early teen years. I remember the road trips in the station wagon. Us kids couldn't breathe with all the smoke. "Dad, can you guys crack a window?" His response was always "No damn it! I have the AC on!".
I smoked off/on for 15-20 years. It's amazing I'm alive actually since I've been around smoking my entire 5 decades on this earth.
While I quit a while ago, I still miss it. Too bad the damn things kill you dead! Nothing is more pleasing than a cup of coffee or a cocktail (or several) and a cigarette/s. Mmmm..
I knew a semi driver 20 years ago. He CHAIN SMOKED cigs his entire life. I use to tease him "you're last breathe on this earth will be a hit off a cigarette!". He said you're damn right. He died of lung cancer at 55. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5501 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Great thread I'm using it to keep off the damn things now, and those bottles of water
Yes yes the smell drove me nuts too even though I only smoked outside and in the garage in winter it still stinks. I really feel for you oprn as there is nowhere for you and your colleagues to hide from the awful smell. I wish I listened to my non-smoking parents but in the 60's/70's we did some real stupid crap.
oprn wrote: |
Same here, I never even tried it when the peer pressure was the greatest in the teen years. I knew my folks would skin me alive if they caught me.
Thanks Mom! Thanks Dad! You saved me so much grief, anguish and money over the years not to mention even my life!
My father in law was a 3 pack a day man - died of heart failure. My brother in law left this scene at 40 years old - massive heart failure, leaving my sister to cope with 3 teenage kids and no income. I work with 3 heavy smokers. Their trucks stink, their houses stink, their clothes stink, their breath stinks even their paperwork stinks. The secretary at the shop gets mad when they sit in her chair when she is gone because her butt stinks afterward. We have a no smoking policy in the shop so they stand in the doorway with all the shop doors open and the shop is -20 and stinks! I go home and my hair and clothes stink.
I bought a model airplane engine for my collection a few years back from a fellow halfway across the world. When it came in, the mail box stunk and when I opened it the kitchen reaked. That engine stayed in the garage for a couple of years before I could move it in to join the others.
I mention this because I know that smokers have no idea how far reaching their habit is and how repulsive it is to non smokers.
I have no idea what it's like to quit but keep up the fight please for your sake and everyone around you. I for one will help you in any way I can! |
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https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/...bsite.html
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http://www.oacdp.org
Lind wrote: |
Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Fortunately I do quite a bit of service work at customer's sites. That helps.
There is a huge difference in public spaces compaired to when I grew up. It used to be that no place was off limits and you could expect to encounter smoke pretty much anywhere you went. Airports, bus depots, malls, grocery stores, public sporting events even in hospitals!. I remember smelling smoke in the school gym when the parents came for our Xmas conserts! Not so much of that now. That I would think would help those that are trying to kick the habit. |
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9437 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Anybody here chew tobacco?
Anybody here on Meth? Vicodin? Coccaine? Heroine? Crack? Flakka?
There is so many things you can put into your body these days.
I have seen a person come in the ER with a wine bottle up the..you know where. So it was an extended extrication. Person 'fell' on it --- according to the Dr. notes. Ok...whatever.
Is it curiosity? boredome? not enough attention? Activity? What is it? |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Absolutely
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13385 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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nsracing wrote: |
Anybody here chew tobacco?
Anybody here on Meth? Vicodin? Coccaine? Heroine? Crack? Flakka?
There is so many things you can put into your body these days.
I have seen a person come in the ER with a wine bottle up the..you know where. So it was an extended extrication. Person 'fell' on it --- according to the Dr. notes. Ok...whatever.
Is it curiosity? boredome? not enough attention? Activity? What is it? |
You missed the number one dopamine producing drug that's causing an epidemic of health issues and death. It's called food. And obesity is no joke these days. Just go in public and look at us Americans. Pretty scary.
Why are people using/doing/consuming any of these things? It's called coping mechanism. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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nsracing Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2003 Posts: 9437 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:01 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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Cope for what -boredom? If people will just get a job and do more work than eating all the damn time people won't be so fat. when you cannot wipe your own ass, you are too big for your own good.
The USA is the only country in the world where the poorest people are by far the fattest. People you get checks from the gov't for their subsistence or housing are very fat and have the most kids.
I am no skinny but I can sure wipe my own ass. My mid-section is almost the size of a truck tire but I can still do situps and leg lifts, squat-thrusts.
But then again...I have an addiction too. Corona! I take in some beers maybe a 12 pack a week. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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gt1953 Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2002 Posts: 13843 Location: White Mountains Arizona
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:05 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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I smoked also at one time, it is amazing to me how addicting they are. The crack users have a real hard time. _________________ Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31271 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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wcfvw69 wrote: |
You missed the number one dopamine producing drug that's causing an epidemic of health issues and death. It's called food. And obesity is no joke these days. Just go in public and look at us Americans. Pretty scary |
Yes, extremely scary. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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oakman Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2014 Posts: 1712 Location: Edge of the Desert, Ca
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Quitting smoking |
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LAGrunthaner wrote: |
Great thread I'm using it to keep off the damn things now, and those bottles of water
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Right on Linda! Keep it up!! _________________ Brandon |
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