((( The Stop Smoking Cigarettes Thread)))

An Animal

My mother brought me up never to be a quitter !

Jeremy1012

Black Diamond wrote:

Sorry I was not around. Did you make it through? Use the thread for that!

Yeah, I made it through thanks I didn't have any cigs or tobacco around so I can't say whether or not I would have if I did but I'd like to think I'd have resisted

KosmicJelli

Black Diamond wrote:

12 days!! Holy moly. No urges today. Yesterday was a bear but learned more lessons and put myself in situations that I should not for a while.

A big gain from not smoking is all the extra time I got. I don't have to sneak out and smoke, no trips away from the kids to sneak one in. Have more time to post!! Like I need that.

Anyway hope this is an easy weekend for the tryers! As always thanks for the support from the support team. You are the best!

You are awesome man... thank you...

Black Diamond

So I will make this short.

Had my daughter's Birthday party for her friends this morning. Cutest thing I ever saw. She has more Barbies than she knows what to do with.

The fun came after. Was called in for an emergency session at my office. Have been here for 4 hours. The stress level is at an all time high.

No smokee for me

How is everyone doing today.

DonJon

12 days...you guys are still going strong!!!

Are the urges getting any less yet?

chime

Congratulations all of you ... still going strong ... and for some nearly two weeks!

hartamh ... for doing this while living with a smoker can't be easy

kcherub ... hope all is well with you

Drowned Out and Kosmicjelli ... wishing you all the best and that everything is going as smoothly as possible

Black Diamond ... this has ended up probably being the most stressful time for you even without the stoppinh smoking and still you are pushing on through ... if you can mange it now you will never need a cigarette again

Well done all of you and any one else who is quitting .. it is an amazing thing you are doing for yourselves, your family and your friends

Black Diamond

Chime wrote:

Congratulations all of you ... still going strong ... and for some nearly two weeks!

hartamh ... for doing this while living with a smoker can't be easy

kcherub ... hope all is well with you

Drowned Out and Kosmicjelli ... wishing you all the best and that everything is going as smoothly as possible

Black Diamond ... this has ended up probably being the most stressful time for you even without the stoppinh smoking and still you are pushing on through ... if you can mange it now you will never need a cigarette again

Well done all of you and any one else who is quitting .. it is an amazing thing you are doing for yourselves, your family and your friends

Wow! Thanks for this. It really means a lot that all of you have been so helpful. I hope I get to meet each and every one of you and thank you personally.

I thought Days 1-13 were hard. Day 14 is going to be a doozy. A lot of my good friends are out of a job this morning and I am hanging on by a string.

I am doing everything that I can to position myself to make it easier for me. Lot of gum and will be checking in as I can.

I hope people are finding this easier. This Thread has kept me going to 13 days and i expect it to be there for me on day 9000.

Again thank you to everyone.

SENROCK

Black Diamond wrote:

Wow! Thanks for this. It really means a lot that all of you have been so helpful. I hope I get to meet each and every one of you and thank you personally.

I thought Days 1-13 were hard. Day 14 is going to be a doozy. A lot of my good friends are out of a job this morning and I am hanging on by a string.

I am doing everything that I can to position myself to make it easier for me. Lot of gum and will be checking in as I can.

I hope people are finding this easier. This Thread has kept me going to 13 days and i expect it to be there for me on day 9000.

Again thank you to everyone.

dude. day FOURTEEN???????? :eek: Fanfreakintastic!!!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!!

Black Diamond

I think I say this everyday but if I did not smoke today, there is nothing that should get me to again.

I have no idea how I did it. Well you all help so much but today my brain was on autopilot with the blood bath going on around me.

Thanks and I hope we all made it another day.

SENROCK

Black Diamond wrote:

I think I say this everyday but if I did not smoke today, there is nothing that should get me to again.

I have no idea how I did it. Well you all help so much but today my brain was on autopilot with the blood bath going on around me.

Thanks and I hope we all made it another day.

High Ten (not 5) Black D!!! Keep your eye on the prize! Eye on the prize! That goes for everyone else too!!!
TEAM EXXXTEND YOUR LIFE!!!!!

Black Diamond

SENROCK! wrote:

High Ten (not 5) Black D!!! Keep your eye on the prize! Eye on the prize! That goes for everyone else too!!!
TEAM EXXXTEND YOUR LIFE!!!!!

Thanks so much Sens!!

TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOO WWWWEEEEEEKKKKSSS!!

I know this is true because I finished my first box of patches. On to the second box. After finishing that it is on to Step II for 2 and Step III for 2.

I know I keep saying this but I can not believe I have not had a cig. If you think yesterday was crazy, today and go forward are going to be the most crazy times i will ever face in my career. My wife is been such a help keeping me in check (So has mr. daniels, but one problem at a time). So it's on to new territory. I have never stop this long since I started smoking 2 packs a day at age 15. I can breathe a lot better. My suits are a little tighter but my wallet is a lot fatter!

Thanks to everyone!!!

chime

\m/ YOU GUYS RRAAAWWWWKKKKKK \m/

*coughs* ... apologies went to see Metallica last night and the above message was brought to you under the influence of Mr James Hetfield

HOOKER

hello folks.
:cough cough:

:sucks mucos in:

... hows the non smokin?

Black Diamond

Chime wrote:

\m/ YOU GUYS RRAAAWWWWKKKKKK \m/

*coughs* ... apologies went to see Metallica last night and the above message was brought to you under the influence of Mr James Hetfield

SOOOOOOO! jealous! How is the new material. Last time i saw them was with the orchestra at MSG. Feels like a lifetime ago.

Black Diamond

HOOKER wrote:

hello folks.
:cough cough:

:sucks mucos in:

... hows the non smokin?

:eek:

Mucus levels are down. That is a big plus of this journey!

chime

Black Diamond wrote:

SOOOOOOO! jealous! How is the new material. Last time i saw them was with the orchestra at MSG. Feels like a lifetime ago.

T'was good. For a £5 ($10) show we got a 2 hour set (it was a Death Magnetic party for charity). New stuff and rarities and leaving out some of the main 'hits' you would usually expect (Set: That Was Just Your Life, The End Of The Line, The Thing That Should Not Be, Of Wolf And Man, One, Broken, Beat And Scarred, Cyanide, Frantic, Until It Sleeps, Wherever I May Roam, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Day That Never Comes, Master Of Puppets, Blackened - ENCORE (with the house lights on and with giant Metallica beach balls released from the ceiling ... it was inside so they couldn't do pyros ) - Stone Cold Crazy, Jump In The Fire, Seek and Destroy)

Stage set up was great. I had lower tier just off the back corner tickets but stage was a big square centre stage with 8 mics around it. Lars was on a rotating stage in the centre and the rest just wandered around the whole stage during each song so the whole audience could see them all. Each song James would be singing at 3 or 4 of the different mics ... lots of chatting. EDIT: found some pics ... 6 kind of shows the stage set up http://www.gigwise.com/photos/46088/ ... there was no walkway either so they walked through the crowd to get on stage.

Fun way to spend a Monday night

Black Diamond

Chime wrote:

T'was good. For a £5 ($10) show we got a 2 hour set (it was a Death Magnetic party for charity). New stuff and rarities and leaving out some of the main 'hits' you would usually expect (Set: That Was Just Your Life, The End Of The Line, The Thing That Should Not Be, Of Wolf And Man, One, Broken, Beat And Scarred, Cyanide, Frantic, Until It Sleeps, Wherever I May Roam, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Day That Never Comes, Master Of Puppets, Blackened - ENCORE (with the house lights on and with giant Metallica beach balls released from the ceiling ... it was inside so they couldn't do pyros ) - Stone Cold Crazy, Jump In The Fire, Seek and Destroy)

Stage set up was great. I had lower tier just off the back corner tickets but stage was a big square centre stage with 8 mics around it. Lars was on a rotating stage in the centre and the rest just wandered around the whole stage during each song so the whole audience could see them all. Each song James would be singing at 3 or 4 of the different mics ... lots of chatting. EDIT: found some pics ... 6 kind of shows the stage set up http://www.gigwise.com/photos/46088/ ... there was no walkway either so they walked through the crowd to get on stage.

Fun way to spend a Monday night

Wow!!! That is sick! You are a lucky soul! My boys are getting into them and I think I might make this their first rock show! I'll check the pix when I get home.

I want to thank you for always checking in and keeping us going. Only hearing from Hartamh and I mostly but two less smokers is better than none.

This is getting a lot easier but I still sometimes reach into my pocket or catch myself thinking about it when I head to the elevator. I don't know if you are ever an ex-smoker if you have smoked as long as me but I can live with that.

DonJon

Black Diamond wrote:

Thanks so much Sens!!

TTTTTWWWWWOOOOOO WWWWEEEEEEKKKKSSS!!

I know this is true because I finished my first box of patches. On to the second box. After finishing that it is on to Step II for 2 and Step III for 2.

I know I keep saying this but I can not believe I have not had a cig. If you think yesterday was crazy, today and go forward are going to be the most crazy times i will ever face in my career. My wife is been such a help keeping me in check (So has mr. daniels, but one problem at a time). So it's on to new territory. I have never stop this long since I started smoking 2 packs a day at age 15. I can breathe a lot better. My suits are a little tighter but my wallet is a lot fatter!

Thanks to everyone!!!

Two packs a day!!!!!!!!!!!!! Black Diamond naughty naughty.

Two Weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big round of applause for "TEYL"

kcherub

Thinking about all of you and pushing you on!!!

Been sickly this week, so not much posting on my part. Hope you are all well and breathing CLEAN air!!!

Left Porch

Werid twist of fate, I almost never check out this section of the message boards but it just so happens I did tonight and it also just happens that I went on the patch today and am hoping to sucsessfully quit smoking. Any suggestions? And will I have the vivid dreams many friends have told me about while on the patch? I sure as fuck hope so.:)