#400639 - 12/31/07 03:51 AM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
[Re: fish4brains]
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Fish Fear Me
Registered: 10/12/05
Posts: 3275
Loc: Port Angeles
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The best way to quit something, is TRULY convince yourself that you HATE it with a passion... Dwell on the negative side of things... Up North this summer I took my last pack of cigarettes and literally just about chain smoked them one night... woke up with a bad sore throat and stumbled around looking for the cat that shi.t in my mouth overnight... I haven't had even the slightest bit of desire since... I won't lie, I have a chew now and then just more or less for something to do, but you won't be able to quit if you actually miss it and enjoy it...Just food for thought!
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#400813 - 12/31/07 10:16 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
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I love me
Registered: 08/22/06
Posts: 1821
Loc: Around the way
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Avid,
My friend a totally straight non-drug, no problem person took up meth in his 30's to the suprise of everyone. He is now doing 10 years in prison. Might get out early but since he has been given 3 chances (out on treatment) & not gone straight, he will probably do the the full 10. Such a nice guy, with a nice family, awful for all involved. It has ruined more than just his life. He became a different person, people would ask me why I cared about that looser, but I remember how he used to be, one of the best people I knew, but not anymore. Breaking an addiction is hard people who do provide a hopeful example for the others. I told him if others can do it (quit), so can you, you just took the wrong road, now get on the right one, but he didn't hear me.
Best thing is refuse to start, refuse to become addicted, and if you are break it as soon as possible, nothing should have that kind of control over a person.
I know someone who quit nicotine by putting $5.00 in a large clear jar everyday. Just looking at the $ made them not want to smoke, at the 1 year anniversary they went to Hawaii, with extra $$$ to spend.
That's sad man. What the system fails to realize is that these people have a disease and need help. I've seen a lot of good people lose everything and have seen people with nothing get everything back and thn some. There's always hope.
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#400874 - 01/01/08 12:09 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
[Re: Satan]
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Carcass
Registered: 01/08/07
Posts: 2199
Loc: Bainbridge Island
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I have a love it and leave it relationship with the chew. I can go to work for 40 or more days on the tugs and not even have a chew or really even miss it but, as soon as I get on the river or get a rod in my hand I love to have that pinch or big ol' burl between the lower lip and gums. There are some products out of Sweden right now that are being touted as cancer free. They are basically small pouches that are extremely strong and surprisingly flavorful and inexpensive. Just google Swedish snoos and check em' out yourselfs. Happy New Year Everyone! -TBJ
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#401115 - 01/02/08 12:47 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
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Spawner
Registered: 10/18/04
Posts: 502
Loc: Whatcom
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Back on the patch as of midnight December 31st. Wish me luck !!!
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#402329 - 01/07/08 01:19 AM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
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Spawner
Registered: 10/18/04
Posts: 502
Loc: Whatcom
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Had poker night with the boys last night and I chipped a little. Hard to quit when drinking a few beers and others are chewing around you. But, I'm not discouraged. FYI a few beers, the patch and a chew does not make for a good time. Thought I was going to hurl.  Oh yeah, took 3rd out of 18 guys
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#402382 - 01/07/08 01:22 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
[Re: Sol]
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
Posts: 13942
Loc: Tuleville
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I watched a good friend die of tongue cancer.
Honestly, if you are a smoker/chewer, and you get tongue cancer, just kill yourself the day you find out.
You are way better off that way. Honestly. I've witnessed Hell on Earth.
But hey, what do I know?
Enjoy that cig or chew.
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#402386 - 01/07/08 01:38 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
[Re: Sol]
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
Posts: 13942
Loc: Tuleville
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True.
You're not going to live forever, but you can put the odds in your favor as to how, or how not, you are going to die.
There's no guarantee that you won't/can't get tongue cancer as a non-smoker or chewer. The odds state you will win the lottery first, though.
The odds go up if you chew, smoke, drink, don't exercise, partake in questionable lifestyles, etc.
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#402394 - 01/07/08 01:51 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
Posts: 13942
Loc: Tuleville
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Ditto.
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#402510 - 01/07/08 05:55 PM
Re: Nicotine withdraaaaawl's
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MPD
Registered: 01/02/08
Posts: 2544
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
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for those of you trying to quit, the recidivism rate for tobacco/nicotine is about 96% and about 95% for heroin. When science discovered how our nervous system works in conjunction with our muscles, they named the receptor sites "nicotinic receptors". That's why it's so damn hard to quit.
And now for soapbox time: the World Health Organization estimates that approximately 420,000 people die in the U.S. each year from American Tobacco products. They also put alcohol deaths at 110,000 a year which does not include traffic deaths. Take Sol's advice, hit the fish whistle.
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