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06/29/2005 08:57:56 AM · #51 |
| Congrats Rex and all the others! I quit smoking about 7 years ago - it was the best decision I ever made. This is the first year I didn't get a sinus infection or bad colds throughout the past winter. After 1 year of quitting I stopped getting bronchitis each year also. It makes a huge difference and you should be very proud. Just in the last 2 or 3 years the cravings went away. The hardest time was when I'd had a few drinks, but now that doesn't even bother me. Just don't give in to those cravings and each year you will be amazed at the differences. I also quit caffeine 6 months after smoking - that I don't know if I'll recommend! :-) |
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06/29/2005 09:16:43 AM · #52 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
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.... |
Cool, Did you see these body facts...
More than half the bones in your body are located in your hands and feet.
There is enough iron in the human body to make one small nail.
Women blink almost twice as much as men.
A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.
An average human drinks about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
Beards are the fastest growing hair. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it could grow to 30 feet over the course of his lifetime.
Every person has a unique tongue print.
Fingernails grow faster than toenails and your middle fingernail is the quickest one to grow. It takes about 150 days to grow out a full length fingernail.
Your brain continues to send out electrical wave signals approximately 37 hours after death.
The nervous system transmits messages to the brain at speeds of 180 miles per hour.
The human nose can remember 50,000 different smells.
The human eye can detect more than 10,000,000 different colors!
Your jawbone is the hardest bone in your body.
When you were born, you had 350 bones in your body, and after childhood 144 of these bones fused together.
Your brain stops growing when you are about 15 years old.
Laughing and coughing put more pressure on the spine than walking or standing.
Your stomach produces a new lining every 3 days in order to avoid digesting itself in its own production of acid.
About every seven years, your body replaces the equivalent of an entirely new skeleton.
The spinal cord is less then two feet in length and is the same diameter as your index finger, yet it contains over 10 billion nerve cells.
Blood type A can receive blood types A & O safely. Blood type B can receive types B & O. Blood type O can receive only O blood but are "universal donors" because O is acceptable to all other blood types. Blood type O is the most common blood type worldwide.
The eye muscle is the fastest reacting muscle of the whole body. It contracts in less than 1/100th of a second.
It takes approximately 200,000 frowns to create one permanent brow line.
Your eyesight is the sharpest in the middle of the day.
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06/29/2005 09:41:15 AM · #53 |
not to hijack the thread, but it was a really kick-ass exhibit and totally worth the money. it wasn't even as gross as i originally thought it would be. totally compelling, really.
it's in chicago and cleveland right now. it's moving to toronto and philly this fall. highly recommended!
linky mclink |
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06/29/2005 09:43:10 AM · #54 |
I never smoked, other than maybe 1 cigar a year. But I did watch my uncle die of lung cancer from smoking about 5 years back at the age of 54. He thought about a lot of things on his death bed, such as:
1. All the money he gave Marlboro to slowly kill him.
2. The fact that he hadn't lived a healthy day in the last 30 years
3. That he was soon going to be leaving a wife behind only because he decided to smoke and for no other reason.
4. He never thought HE'D be the only lying there in a hospital dying.
My wife quit almost 8 years ago before I even knew her and now her whole family is quitting. I know how hard it must be but to those that are still smoking, think of your family if nothing else. Paying a company every day to ruin your health and possibly kill you seems ridiculous to me. Don't have your kids staring at you in a hospital bed someday, it's not worth it.
I also love Hollywood. Ever notice that smokers are a minority in this country, yet every movie character always lights up in the movie, and typically in a very obvious way? Am I the only one that thinks the cigarette companies show up to movie studios with a dump-truck full of cash, or do hollywood directors still think smoking is really cool?
Congrats to all the quiters, keep it up! |
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06/29/2005 09:50:24 AM · #55 |
| congrats!!! my ex just had his lung removed because he 'couldn't quit' for years...funny how he quit real quick after he lost his lung. |
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06/29/2005 09:52:39 AM · #56 |
On smoking, from someone who has smoked for 15 years, going on 16. (That's half my lifetime).
I hate it. I grow to hate it more and more each day. I'm not going to bother listing why I do.
I also realize that it's both a habit and an addiction. At stressful moments, and frankly, there have been too many of those, I instinctively reach for it, even if I'd just finished one moments earlier.
I'm an addict. I am going to quit one of these days, when the hate I have for it overcomes my excuses. Thanks for this thread, as it crystalizes something that I've thought plenty about recently. Not deep thoughts, but some thoughts.
-Rob
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06/29/2005 02:43:23 PM · #57 |
Some advice for Rob.
My doctor told me it is all in the head. Change your routine. Get rid of all the ashtrays. I didn't smoke in my house but had ashtrays outside. I threw them all away. The best way to quit is to quit when you won't be around it. I am not around it at home so I never crave a cig at home. It is now getting easier at work but for a while that was the worst only because a lot of people smoke at my work. If you want to quit and need help doing so let me know. I am not going to be anti smoke now but if anyone wants help just let me know I will help you any way I can. |
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07/24/2005 01:54:22 PM · #58 |
Good Luck to all that are trying to quit. Today has been 1 year for me!
I am so proud of myself. It has been hard at times, but I did it I made it 1 year. I always told myself if I can do it for a year I can do it forever. I know some people get tired of me saying the smoke stinks and I went and bought a new car and don't let anyone smoke in it and noone can smoke in my house, but I think I deserve to be away from the smell after what I have doen. I am not saying that I am a Saint for what I have done and there are alot of people that have quit for alot longer, but I am proud of myself and just wanted to share. Thanks for listening and sorry for the long post.
~Roni |
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07/24/2005 02:51:23 PM · #59 |
I smoked for about 20 years, gave up for 7years then went back and am still smoking about 7 years later BUT I shall be giving up again ( and this time for good ) on September 1st. So wish me luck and keep me off the fags please!
How did people give up? I used will power and chewing gum last time but also tried hypnotism (didn't work). Someone has advised me to get a book called " How to give up smoking permanently" which you read while smoking and by the end of the book you just give up! Has anyone tried it?
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07/24/2005 02:51:25 PM · #60 |
oops! double posted - must have been the effect of the ciggies - going senile!
:)
Message edited by author 2005-07-24 15:46:10.
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07/24/2005 03:12:53 PM · #61 |
Smoked for 40 years. Been off them now for five years. Quit many times and tried most all the aids. The one that worked for me was the patch. It helped to discover that the cost of the patch was less than the cost of the cigs I was burning.
As for the effects of quiting...I have always been quite active and bicycle all the time. I did not feel any significant improvement in lung capacity but did see remarkable improvement in hearing and my eyes quit degrading. (Used to have to change glasses every other year, haven't had to do that since quiting.)
The downside...My weight went up from 140 to 180 lb, mostly in the form of a gut. Colesterol has also become an issue and never was before.
It's worth it. Quit if you can, keep thinking about it if you can't until you can.
Dick
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07/24/2005 03:16:58 PM · #62 |
I know how hard it is I used to smoke 40 a day and quit over 20 years ago.
congrat on beating the demon.
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07/24/2005 04:26:44 PM · #63 |
It's been almost 20 years since I had a cigarette. Plenty of time to contemplate that decision and I still think it was the smartest thing I ever did in my entire life.
Confession: I didn't read every post in this thread.
To rex, Barbara, and groggy, and everyone else going thru the process of breaking the addictive habit, remember that for every day that you stay off of it, you have that much more to lose if you relapse. Think about that when the cravings come and resolve to let it strengthen your dedication to your own health.
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07/28/2005 10:02:42 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
I smoked for about 20 years, gave up for 7years then went back and am still smoking about 7 years later BUT I shall be giving up again ( and this time for good ) on September 1st. So wish me luck and keep me off the fags please!
How did people give up? I used will power and chewing gum last time but also tried hypnotism (didn't work). Someone has advised me to get a book called " How to give up smoking permanently" which you read while smoking and by the end of the book you just give up! Has anyone tried it? |
Good luck Mum..
The book has worked for many - personally I found it irritating and frustrating and halfway through I had to stop reading it because I found it so patronising... knowing you and I can be rather similar, I suggest you go to one of his courses rather than bother with the book - it has a much higher success rate and you get your money back if you start again within one year.. will speak to you more about this when I see you. xxx |
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07/28/2005 10:16:29 AM · #65 |
I'm a bit late apparently, but congratulations Rex!!
My stepfather quit smoking in March at age 48. He had started smoking when he was around 16, I believe. He had tried unsuccessfully to quit several times, even though he was really more addicted to the stress-relief than the nicotine. However, in March we all came down with what we now know was the flu. We ended up taking him to the ER because he couldn't breathe. It really scared him, and while we were there he promised never to smoke again, and so far he hasn't. He's wanted to, of course, when things are really stressful, but we won't let him, and he's really happier that way (at least that's what we tell him ;oP). Now, instead of smoking, he plays online poker for play money, and that's his stress relief.
He's a smart man - he knew all along that he was hurting himself, so nothing we ever told him helped him quit mentally. Not even begging him to stop so that he would be around for his grandkids someday; nothing worked. It took not being able to draw a good breath to scare him into quitting, and it's the best thing he ever did. I think the biggest difference *he* has noticed is that all of his food tastes different. Better, for the most part, luckily. :)
Anyway, sorry to ramble on with my/his story. Congratulations again, and to everyone else who has posted that has quit smoking themselves!
~SavannahJames |
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07/28/2005 10:39:01 AM · #66 |
Congrats to everyone who quit! I quit last December, and it has made a world of difference.
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07/28/2005 10:48:39 AM · #67 |
Congrats rex, that's great! It gets easier with time.
I quit 2 1/2 years ago cold turkey and never looked back. I joined a gym 3 months ago to shed the pounds I gained when I did quit.
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07/28/2005 02:44:10 PM · #68 |
Here I go again, killing threads.
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07/28/2005 02:46:06 PM · #69 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
Here I go again, killing threads. |
I still love ya |
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