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06/28/2005 07:16:50 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by messerschmitt:
my lunges were yelling me to stop
stopped a 5monthsperiod last year
now im smokefree for 3 weeks again
and this mainly feels like a monkey off my back so actually its a piece of cake
but i experienced this is a very very clever and stuborn monkey
hope this time i can kill him ..forgood!!
(i know i can ;-) |
Follow the chart. Once you realize it is true then you will think twice about lighting another. Read the whole article I scanned. By just smoking one cig all benefits are lost. |
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06/28/2005 07:24:48 PM · #27 |
| Congrats to all who quit! I've never smoked, but from hearing others talk, I do not envy the quitting stage at all, and those who can do it, that is fantastic. Sometimes we don't even realize how the things we do affect the people around us. My brother (a non-smoker) had both his lungs collapse this past spring, and the doctor told him that being around smokers would be as bad as him smoking himself. I think it is such a responsible and healthy thing to quit. Anyone who thinks they can't.. try, try, and try again. That's how I approach photography. I can't seem to get something right, so I keep trying. :) |
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06/28/2005 07:29:04 PM · #28 |
Follow the chart. Once you realize it is true then you will think twice about lighting another. Read the whole article I scanned. By just smoking one cig all benefits are lost. [/quote]
i know everything about it rex (maybe 1ne day im going to write a tiny book about my methods and be real rich..haha)
one inhalation and u break the rule and it is all in vain the effort..i know i know
hardest thing is to take the decision
i mean there are so many advantages to not smoking in fact its quite absurd to smoke at all..but since we are weird creatures..anyway its all in our head ofcourse..in fact the non smoking gives me the opportunity to enjoy more whatever im doing and with more concentration i experience..so what is the problem in stopping...if u think logical stopping is like 1+1 =2
but like i said ..strange habits they nourish this human specie we are !#? |
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06/28/2005 07:30:33 PM · #29 |
Congratulations James, Barbara, and all of the others who have quit. I am sure it is a really hard thing. I am not sure I could quit caffeine!
Here's to you staying smokefree for the rest of your lives (and may they be long). |
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06/28/2005 07:36:23 PM · #30 |
I quit April 21st 1998. My oldest child was born, I went out to have a cigarette. Decided I'd like to see her grow up. So I threw out a half-smoked cig, & the rest of my pack.
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06/28/2005 07:37:44 PM · #31 |
so to all u smokers/photographers
an easy method to improve ure photographing skills is stop smoking because a cigarette can ruin ure concentration at the moment supreme and u might just miss that once in a lifetime shot.. |
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06/28/2005 07:44:16 PM · #32 |
My motivation was that I volunteered to be part of an experimental drug study, and the doc in charge strongly suggested that i should quit. I psyched myself up for a couple of weeks and now its been 9 weeks and 5 days. I feel so much better, and did almost from the beginning. Thanks Rex for helping me achieve this!
Barbara
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06/28/2005 08:00:49 PM · #33 |
| Congratulations to everyone who has managed to quit, For me, it's been since March 1, 1985. 2 1/2 packs a day and then some. Worse was the association with coffee. Finally had to quit coffee too! Never got started with either one again. Oh, no. not easy. But it can be done. |
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06/28/2005 08:03:59 PM · #34 |
Congratulations!!! I never took up the habit...well cigarettes anyway :) In my younger years I drank and smoked pot but never did the cigarettes. My parents both smoked and I stunk like smoke! The 2nd hand smoke is awful....I had terrible ear problems when I was little (tubes, specialists, etc) and consequently have a hearing impairment that I believe is caused (for the most part) from all the smoke I was around.
Keep up the good work guys!!! :)
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06/28/2005 08:14:48 PM · #35 |
Congrats to all who have quit! I quit Oct.22,1985 after 25+ years. On a good day it was 3 packs a day. Absolutely the hardest thing I ever did.
Thought about them every five minutes for about six months but never gave in even once which I think is key to success.
When someone asks if I mind if they smoke I just say no, not if you don't mind if I set fire to this cow patty.
Good luck to you all.
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06/28/2005 08:15:14 PM · #36 |
I went cold turkey Dec 26th 2004 so have done 6 months without a smoke. Very hard after doing a pack a day for 25 years. Congrats to all those who have quit and to those thinking about it all I can say is good luck. When I quit I went on holiday in new surroundings for 4 weeks which I am sure got me through the physical effects.
It is certainly worth it. |
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06/28/2005 08:16:03 PM · #37 |
| Friend of mine was advised to quit smoking for various health reasons. He refused and insisted on having a second opnion. Ended up with a Duch docter, and old guy. This doc said..' if you smoke sigarettes, you will get lung cancer, if you smoke pipe prepare for throat cancer. Do not quit your smoking, just choose your cancer'. My friend gave up smoking as he left the office. True story;-) |
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06/28/2005 09:01:55 PM · #38 |
I quit smoking 11 years ago, I smoked 3 packs a day for 5 years, I started smoking when I was 11 years old, and was up to 1 pack a day when I was 13 years old, when I was 22 years old I quit.
I just threw away my smokes and quit, no problems :)
the ONLY difference between those who succeede and those who fail is that those who succeede want it more then those who don't.
to quit smoking has NOTHING to do with a physical habbit or addiction, it's only mental, with the exeptions of those that have smoked more than 2 packs a day for more than 50 years, because researches have shown that it takes the body that time and amount of tobacco to be hoplesly addicted.
so the ONLY thing needed to quit is the WILL to do so.
so it's only a matter if you WANT to quit or not :)
lucky quittin y'all ;)
Message edited by author 2005-06-28 21:08:27.
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06/28/2005 09:10:29 PM · #39 |
Congratulations! I haven't yet taken the plunge again. (I am a current smoker - about a pack a day - and have quit for 1 year, 2 1/2 years, and 5+ years in the past. And believe it or not, I picked it back up again after the 5+ years abstinance to "get back at someone" that I was involved with at the time. SICK, I know because that relationship is LONG gone.)
One day, I'll get back on the wagon - maybe with your inspiration (and that of the other members who have chimed in) I'll finally give up the ghost - so to speak...
Anyway, who wants to hear another sad story - sorry to bore you. CONGRATULATIONS & KEEP IT UP!
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06/28/2005 10:48:24 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by nico_blue:
Congrats to all those that have managed to quit!
I have never tried smoking and hopefully never will. |
C'mon Nico - how are you going to feel the joy of quitting if you never start?? Besides, all the cool kids are doing it. :P Hey, you could change your username to "Nico Tine" hehehehe
I smoked about a pack & a half a day from age 13 to 30. Tried quitting a couple times. Met my wife who also smoked and when we smoked together, our consumption individual nearly doubled. That was nearly 4 packs a day. When smokes hit over $3 a pack, that was $12 a day or $4,380 per year!! THAT is what motivated us the most. And we went cold turkey at the same time and nearly killed each other in the first month, but made it.
I concur with all ex-smokers who say it smells especially bad to ex-smokers. And I used to work on PCs and have seen and smelled my share of tar and nicotine inside computer hardware - and I can imagine what it does to photography equipment.
WAY TO GO, Rex! Hang in there!
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06/28/2005 10:59:57 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by rex:
I just wanted to post that I am now on my fourth month with no cigarette and this chart couldn't be more accurate. I can tell a big difference in my breathing. It is a lot easier and how wonderful it is to get up in the morning and not have chest pains. This is perhaps the best thing I have ever done.
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Rex,
I'd like to suggest that now you switch your focus from counting the time without a cigarette to simply that of considering yourself a non-smoker. You've made it this far (the first two days are surely the hardest), so press home the advantage.
I wish that I could stop backsliding.
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06/29/2005 07:35:02 AM · #42 |
| I stopped counting days a while back. I just thought about it and it has almost been 4 months already. Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Congrats to everyone that has quit and if anyone wants to quit and needs some help just let me know. |
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06/29/2005 07:42:20 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by rex:
I just wanted to post that I am now on my fourth month with no cigarette and this chart couldn't be more accurate. I can tell a big difference in my breathing. It is a lot easier and how wonderful it is to get up in the morning and not have chest pains. This is perhaps the best thing I have ever done.
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I just saw this thread and wanted to congratulate you! I quit about 3yrs ago and I have to say, it sure is nice waking up in the morning without that feeling that there is an elephant sitting on your chest! |
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06/29/2005 07:52:01 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by superdave_909:
it sure is nice waking up in the morning without that feeling that there is an elephant sitting on your chest! |
Thanks......I am glad I no longer have that elephant. Man is that so true. |
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06/29/2005 07:53:42 AM · #45 |
Originally posted by rex:
I stopped counting days a while back. |
8 weeks & 3 days here, won't be too much longer 'till I'm counting months ;) |
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06/29/2005 08:32:45 AM · #46 |
good for you man!
i just went to the body worlds exhibit in chicago this weekend and almost every single body (these were donated to science) on display had lungs like this.
talk about inspiration.... |
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06/29/2005 08:39:23 AM · #47 |
| What's the current cost of a pack of cigarettes? It would be interesting to do some calculations on how much glass you can buy with the money you've saved by quitting cigarettes! I bet it wouldn't take too long to get a new camera and/or lenses! |
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06/29/2005 08:43:11 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
What's the current cost of a pack of cigarettes? It would be interesting to do some calculations on how much glass you can buy with the money you've saved by quitting cigarettes! I bet it wouldn't take too long to get a new camera and/or lenses! |
See my post above......At the time I quit it was around $3.50/pack. At a pack a day that is $1277.50/year. Me and my wife both quit so double that for us which is $2555/year |
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06/29/2005 08:43:49 AM · #49 |
| By the way Rob those are some rough looking lungs......glad mine woun't look like that when I go. |
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06/29/2005 08:51:16 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by nshapiro:
What's the current cost of a pack of cigarettes? It would be interesting to do some calculations on how much glass you can buy with the money you've saved by quitting cigarettes! I bet it wouldn't take too long to get a new camera and/or lenses! |
See my post above......At the time I quit it was around $3.50/pack. At a pack a day that is $1277.50/year. Me and my wife both quit so double that for us which is $2555/year |
Wow! And that doesn't even count the cost savings for these extra potential benefits: fewer trips to the doctor, fewer sick days, lower insurance rates, ...
Congrats again to you and the others. |
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