JB 883

You seen these? Someone with their camera goes to some police/sheriff/GOVT place and makes an ass of himself. I know people make up the dumbest crap to get youtube views but with these "Let's educate the cops" type videos, one of two things would happen I would think - The camera man's head would be bouncing off the sidewalk OR Someone might be dumb enough to try making their own film and then his head would be used for a basketball. If these videos are not staged, why would someone be stupid enough to annoy the police?

If the Sarge were here, he might say - "Crap or get off the pot"

No, relapsing is not a crime. If that were the case, there's a few here that would be on death row in San Quentin by now for the number of relapses.

Maybe examine previous relapses to try to figure out what went wrong and make solid plans on how to avoid those pit falls next time. I think what made me hang on to my own quit was I kept wondering how soon I would die if I kept smoking. More than half way through life and I am in NO hurry, especially because where I am probably going after death, EVERYone smokes but there is not a single cigarette to be had.

As the first few days were the worst, during my free time on those days I cleaned everything I could in the house. My bedroom furniture went from yellow to white. Curtains, all my clothes, and bedding got laundered. Pictures came off the walls to get a cleaning, walls got cleaned, everything I could clean. It kept my mind off wanting to smoke plus I figured if I wanted smoking out of my life, I needed to rid as much evidence and stench as possible. Going from being a smoker to a non-smoker is kind of a big transition. While it is not possible to get rid of smoke residue 100% but I was going to do everything I could to live as a non-smoker. My car got a good cleaning and the ash tray bleached. Of course I had already gotten rid of the rest of my cigarettes, my cigarette rolling machine, paper tubes, ash trays, etc. It made it easier to stay quit with everything clean.

I think a lot of us enjoyed the calming effect. We enjoyed that, but no the bad parts. I imagine though when someone dies of smoking related illness, they probably didn't truly believe smoking would kill them. Some of us though, like myself, kept thinking, "What if I really could die early from smoking?" Maybe some just come to that realization way too late.

Even if vaping or whatever were NOT dangerous, isn't it STILL a waste if money? Like a serious waste? Yes? WELP. that is all I needed to hear. Anything that dips into my thrifting fund is bad.

Yeah if Bakon has been married three times and STILL found the willpower to quit smoking... then no one needs to tell him about strength.

I cannot help but wonder why your dad never just quit completely if he was able to make it 40 days without. We all know the crave cycles and we also know if one can make it for 40 days, then staying off the cigarettes is not that hard by that point. The worst is the first week. Assuming he passed roughly 20 years ago, back then there wasn't as much support for people trying to quit.

Yeah, going through the motions without inhaling nicotine is harmless. Placebo effect maybe. It is kind of like punching something soft and pretending it is the neighbor or boss you hate. It offers a small part of the satisfaction but with none of the consequence.

Every time I read something like this, I wonder how much the person wishes he or she would have quit long ago when they got that nagging voice we have ALL heard in our minds saying, "This habit needs to stop." Like, "Well, I will quit someday, but it is so hard!" I wonder if it would be even harder to find out you have lung cancer. For the other quitters here, I say really be thankful you found the strength to stop the habit before it stopped you. One just HAS to tell the cigarette, "Good bye you -----ing G.D. worthless piece of life-ending ----.

Some ads, like for Salem, show people having fun hiking, skiing, snow sledding, out for a walk, etc. Has anyone stopped to think, what if, what if what the ads were REALLY trying to say was, "This is the kind of fun you will have if you do use our product". There was one where it shows two women and a man on a sled. They are laughing, full of energy, and just look to be having a blast. Smokers can't laugh or move fast without choking half to death. I know in my case, when I could not even laugh at sick jokes without coughing, I knew it was time to quit. But yeah, I think the ads showing anything sexy, fun, energetic, mysterious, whatever... maybe it was showing the life you could enjoy as a NON smoker.

I am still wondering how someone can go several weeks and not be able to find the strength to not light up. Sure there are tough times but does someone really think, "Just a couple won't hurt".

Name: Jet Black AKA: JB Quit Date: October 6 2017 About Me: I tend to treat everything as a big joke. I never "smoked" but I did have lung sex, put nails in the coffin, roasted tobacco, took a breath of fresh air... My name has something to do with my avatar and nothing to do with the color of my sexy lungs. Why I quit: Got tired of the mess involved. Plus I am too cheap to spend money on nicotine. Clothing and junk food are more important. As comical as it was to slowly kill myself by smoking, I was losing the ability to laugh without choking. Biggest bit of advice: For the love of God do NOT get married or have kids!

OK so first, my biggest trigger for wanting a smoke is excitement. Well like last night my room mate cooked up an awesome dinner with rice and chicken breast. After eating and feeling stuffed, I thought "Holy crap that was delicious! Time for a cigarette! Eh crap, I don't smoke and ain't got no tobacco anyways". I do not get excited often but when i do, that is when I feel this weird "nudge" to want a smoke. But not enough to give in. Maybe I found an awesome deal on ebay. Whatever. But many people say stress is their big one. Well, no matter our age or whatever, stress is always about. Like at my boring job, sometimes I will be working and thinking of things that piss me off. Something that happened 30 years ago, something that I merely imagined, or whatever. So I will be basking in violent thoughts about people I cannot stand. Very stressful but never once during my hateful fantasies or memories do I think, "I want to smoke". As we age, stress is more common in life than excitement. Unless you drive a Pontiac. OK stupid joke. But yeah since life is mostly drudgery and stress, which trigger many smokers to light up, how does anyone manage to lay off? Side note - my room mate drives a Pontiac. It has a gas leak. So even if one of us did smoke we could not do it around the car cause it might explode. THAT would be hilarious.

One thing though if people around you are smoking, vaping, chewing and all that - it can make it harder to keep your own quit. I saw in another thread about your friends coming over and smoking/vaping up a storm, maybe ask that they do it outside. Some will say, "you have only yourself to blame" but even if that IS the case, it sure makes it harder when others around are puffing away right in your face. For my own quit, I removed all temptation on the final day. My room mate does not smoke or anything. You have heard the expression about surrounding yourself with people you want to be most like. So as I said, avoid smokers if you can. Maybe you smoked today. That does not mean you have to smoke tomorrow.

So those were the first smokes in 20 months? Well, get rid of whatever smokes you have left, do NOT smoke anymore, and go about your no-smoking life. You may have a few withdraws but after two cigarettes, I doubt it will be as bad as someone who smokes full-on and tries to quit. In other words, it shouldn't be too hard to stay quit again. Just be strong. The more you feed the nicotine receptors, the worse your next quit will be.

Hey why would you even bother with your mom if she is such a PITA? Whether it involves coming close to smoking relapse or not, there really isn't any good reason to put up with it. I imagine the mental health damage done by dealing with your mom is way worse than anything a cigarette could compare to physically. So you quit the physical part of ruining your health, so why not drop the thing that is ruining your mental health too? Maybe you are thinking, "But I will feel bad when she is gone". Well, truth is, it can be a relief when a "difficult" relative passes. In our family, a few of us are looking forward to the day when dad kicks the bucket. NObody wants to be around someone who is unpleasant.

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I used to work some gas station. Occasionally, this guy came in who drove some Subaru with a loud stinky exhaust leak, he toted around an oxygen tank, AND he smoked non-filter cigarettes. One time I said, "you know, this is not a good combination" and he said something about how he was a sick man. How does someone survive for more than a week like that? On a different note, we also had this one lady come in who was professional looking like the boss at an office job, her legs were one mile long. No, really, they were 5,280 feet long. Holy **** just the sight made me want to smoke.. anyways I thought, "OK, this woman is TOO hot to be smoking cigarettes". One of those you just wouldn't expect to be a smoker. I thought that of myself when psyching up to quit. Like look in the mirror and think "Bitch you are TOO hot to be inhaling whatever is in cigarettes." But yeah, who the hell carries oxygen around and still smokes? /even if the CANNOT quit, couldn't they just switch to chewing tobacco and maybe not create a fire hazard?

That guy doesn't even look like he needed any more chemicals of any kind. Also, even if vaping is supposedly not as harmful as cigarettes, at least cigarettes do not randomly explode. if the cherry drops off you can at least put it out before it starts a real fire.

I know I am going to be THE MOST HATED member of this forum for posting this but remember this song? HA ha

I have heard a couple times in the past, "You don't do anything do you?" cause i don't smoke, drink, or use drugs. It is like, "How old are we?"

reci was once a newbie and Notsmokingjo is a Booby.

Actually, I have not had any tobacco nor nicotine since my quit date 10-6-2017 but i am still smokin! That is to say i am THAT hot! Half-joking aside, sometimes i do get small craves but nothing strong enough to give in. As far as my absence, I often have a hard time behaving and plus I don't know, the fact that I quit isn't something I think about much except for the minor occasional thought of "I wouldn't mind a smoke". I will say my craves tend to hit when I get excited about something funny or good happening.