An Ex-smoker's Journal: 2nd Day

last SG · 2005-11-11T04:47:44+00:00

I wonder........ .........if every budding smoker does this, won't the forum be flooded?? *PS: why not thread-starter only post on the 172nd day, won't it...

lighthand SG

Very Happy Keep up the good work!!

I've quit for almost a year now (3 more months to go), love the feeling. Don't worry about the short temper, we all get it (black face whole day, scold everyone wife, subordinates and even BOSS!) but it'll fade after awhile (about 1 1/2 weeks for me).

It's good that you took up a new hobby to keep your mind away from IT, I took up model kits making to keep myself occupied.

Quinsy SG

Congratulations on your third day! Keep it up!

ShutterBug SG

Ok ok ok... .this is my 4th DAY!!!

You guys are great, thank you all for the support, I really appreciate you all.

THANKS!

Now, the morning urge to smoke is much lesser, but as someone said; would likely take 1.5 weeks for ill temperaments to fade away. Meantime, my employess, friends, and wife are mindful of this IRRITABILITY issue. hahaaa.. I lost my stylus yesterday - wanted to throw the damn PDA into the sea! That was my second stylus! Damn troublesome PDA phones! I should NEVER buy O2!

So my digital music production equipment just came last night and set up, now I have piles of Owner's Manual to get lost in. And nope, I don't fancy no church organ. Actually, this synth has everything inside - every known real and synthesized instruments are inside. Amazing technology! Just wonder why these ingenius people didn't dream up a remedy that can erase the Nicotine Urge with one tablet.

Just in case you guys are wonderin what it is I bought - it's the YAMAHA Motiff ES8 workstation. Very engaging - started playing it last night, and not only smoking was forgotten, I even forgot my wife....

Well, there;s more to come; my 6 string bass, a drummer's throne as a seat, knick knacks here and there... then some books on scales to practice - actually brush up as I'm not totally new to music....

I look forward to one full week without them friggin ciggies, and THANKS again you people. Tell your friends who are still smoking; things smells and taste different when you stop smoking, and after climbing up a flight of stairs, your heart doesn't sound like African drums. Stamina is a lot better, but I have to be wary of my impatience on the road while driving, and my temper - wait kenna wack by Ah Beng truck driver...

Oh one funny incident to share: drive to Funan in my Jag, parked it and went shopping around. Came back to carpark and went looking around for 30 minutes for a mini-van instead of my Jag. Haaaahahaha.. nearly called the Police, then realized the key I was holding has the Jag emblem.....walao damn embarrassing, lucky I was alone....

SMAPLionHeart SG

Good luck.

Another friend ive known just died on lung cancer.
Basically if you've smoke for at least 5 years already done for it liao.

Ive read an american news article that probably your lungs already partially black , probably not charred..

ShutterBug SG

SMAPLion,

What do you expect me to do after reading your little post about how "hopeless" it is to now stop smoking??

This is my 6th smoke-free day. And even if I'm down with some form of cancer, I'd still be here, encouraging others to STOP SMOKING!!!

Are you also aware that CANCER happens to people who don't smoke, or drink, stays away from places where people smoke, and exercises reqgularly?

Another cause of cancer is STRESS. The other cause of cancer is pure Ass-luck!

rainee SG

keep up wif the good work Wink we are all behind you...

and u can ignore wat smappy said...late is better than never Wink

dragg SG

174 days to go.

ShutterBug SG

Thanks rainee, some of you are so nice, while some are insufferable!

Anyway, looks like I've just about turned my apartment into half a lounge with stage and musical instruments and speakers and stuff!

Hmm.. what's next....

SMAPLionHeart SG

Good luck , there are always 2 sides to a coin

lighthand SG

Transform it into a jamming studio Very Happy Then can rent it out for a fee (help get some of the mula back), and learn new things from other muse.

the Bear SG

dude.. you da man!

well.. keep at it.. Wink

i gave it up somewhen last year and it was also documented somewhere in the forums Wink

heck.. again.. well done! Very Happy

now you will have more money in the bank or to spend at whatever you want!

Mr Fugue SG

you should have known, the only thing that spout out of a dog's mouth is shit........

ShutterBug SG

lighthand, & Ladies & Gentlemen,

Today is my 7th day, or NO (0/Zero) cigarettes! ( if this is the USA, I would have bought some fireworks, get the permit for them, and launched them already!)

Ok, lighthand, have thought of doing what you suggested, but those big wide eyes of my wife and mother tells me otherwise. Besides, it's not allowed "Home Business" for HDB dwellers. Yes, I live in a 5room HDB pigeon hole. Land is so ex and value-less here, I invested properties in Malaysia instead.

Well, 7th day and onwards I trudge....

hmm.. anyone can tell me who invented cigarrettes with Nicotine in it??

NICOTINE, is exactly like drugs such as Morphine, Heroine, except the withdrawal symptoms are less dramatic.

Can someone do a little research on Nicotine and post it in here? I gotta go down to the office today - can't stay away for too long, or those guys'll take advantage and eat all the snakes they can catch.

Itachi SG

looool keep it up~

haiz, had hard time persuading my friends to quit smoking.. 1 of them is a newbie who have smoked less than a year. Despite knowing the consequences, he had no intention of quitting at all. that's disappointing. Any advice for me?

rainee SG

heard from renorenal that 16 November is an Anti-Smoking day? I will go check it up Wink

dragg SG

173 days to go!!!

ShutterBug SG

Tell those who are still smoking now, that when they hit 40 years old, they'd start to think really seriously about how they wanna expire....

There is no standard & effective way to tell someone who is a smoker for only one year to quit it. It's a free-will thing, willing or not willing is the question. Fear is never in sight at the beginning.

the Bear SG

here's a way...

from a Bodies exhibition in Seoul...

a healthy set of lungs and heart and a smoker's set of lungs and heart in the background.. the body parts are treated with polymer much like the fella in the Bodyworlds exhibition (this might even be it!)

rainee SG

Words from renorenal:

"16th NOVEMBER

WORLD CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) DAY

Encourage your loved ones whom you know are smoking to stop, and if they are free, encourage them to go for talks which will be held throughout the government hospitals world-wide.

It will definitely be a very good step to help them understand about the problems and complications of smoking as COPD records one of the highest morbidity and mortality rate, plus a reduce in quality of life.

So, do participate! Prevention is better than cure"

-taken from here

dragg SG

i wont encourage anyone to quit or smoke. live and let die.

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