Jan 5th 2010

[boomer]

well done both..

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...boomer+smoking

Alan carr http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/60962-I-smoked-my-last-cigarette?p=1295019#post1295019

[Genie]

weeeeeheeeeee,

How absolutely super!!!

I read his book at the beginning of last year, had three attempts to stop last year and think...actually know, that the third time worked. So much of what he says makes sense. Once I crossed over to 2010 as a non-smoking I had this feeling of really being a non-smoker.

Well done both of you. You shall both smell nicer, your hands will smell nicer.

A wee word of warning, be careful when you dinrk, you get drunk so much faster. Can't quite understand it but you do. Three of us down here have all stopped and we all get pissed a lot quicker. Bit nasty really.

Oh be so proud of yourselves, I just hit the two month mark yesterday, got my bike, what an awesome reward.

[Pussy]

After reading this, I've got this urge to whip outside for a durry..... back soon!

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Good on ya you two for giving up. Did it myself 21 years ago and havent looked back.
Re the mathermatical error and the curry.............pop a toilet role in the fridge next time......................you will thank me one day.

[Mikkel]

What a watse of money throwing them out Mikkel, that would be like giving up drinking at tipping the Appletons down the drain, na I would rather the cigarettes I dont need/want anymore go to someone who could use them.

The real waste of money was buying them, I'd say. (And a fair comparison would be to pour out a rack of lion red or whatever, Appleton's Estate is more akin to a nice cuban cigar... )

Don't get me wrong... but, if I stopped drinking alcohol I'd probably dump the stockpile into the drain rather than poison someone else with it. But then again, that'll never happen... I think

Anyway, just make sure you give those ciggies to some beginner who hasn't developed any tolerance to nicotine. At least then someone's going to get a woozie out of them!

[Mikkel]

What a watse of money throwing them out Mikkel, that would be like giving up drinking at tipping the Appletons down the drain, na I would rather the cigarettes I dont need/want anymore go to someone who could use them.

The real waste of money was buying them, I'd say. (And a fair comparison would be to pour out a rack of lion red or whatever, Appleton's Estate is more akin to a nice cuban cigar... )

Don't get me wrong... but, if I stopped drinking alcohol I'd probably dump the stockpile into the drain rather than poison someone else with it. But then again, that'll never happen... I think

Anyway, just make sure you give those ciggies to some beginner who hasn't developed any tolerance to nicotine. At least then someone's going to get a woozie out of them!

[Katman]

I had a weird metallic taste in my mouth for the first couple of weeks.

Thanks Anne, but we don't really need to know what you two get up to in the bedroom now that you both have to find other things to do with your hands.

[Skyryder]

Always good to see someone get off the ciggies. Trick is to stay off. Many go back after they have 'kicked ' the habit. Often wondered why this is. All that hard work for nothing. I tend to call myself an ex smoker as against a non smoker................on the basis that once a smoker always a smoker.


Skyryder

[Laava]

Well done! I struggled with it big time so fully appreciate how hard it can be!

[Maha]

Well done! I struggled with it big time so fully appreciate how hard it can be!

Well Al, I passed on the two left over packets this morning, there was a chick there smoking, it smelled pretty good to be honest but, I didnt feel like a smoke, not at all.
At Auckland airport this afternoon, smokers outside, yeah then it smelled like shit.
Thats the way it goes really, sometimes the smoke drift smells ok, somethime not, but I never feel the urge to light up....weird.

[Headbanger]

I tend to call myself an ex smoker as against a non smoker................on the basis that once a smoker always a smoker.
Skyryder

I consider myself a smoker who has made the decision not to smoke, Its been a number of years and I still get cravings, though nothing strong.

If I started to smoke again it would be due to the fact I'm a smoker who has decided to smoke. I don't like to try and put down life decisions to weakness, rather stupidity. I have little time for people who claim they were too weak to stop themselves from doing something, Its a cop out.

[Mom]

Always good to see someone get off the ciggies. Trick is to stay off. Many go back after they have 'kicked ' the habit. Often wondered why this is. All that hard work for nothing. I tend to call myself an ex smoker as against a non smoker................on the basis that once a smoker always a smoker.
Skyryder

Early days for me to be a wank non-smoker but...

Stopping smoking has simply been the easiest thing I have ever done. I am not an ex smoker at all, I used to smoke, now I dont and I cant for the life of me imagine what would convince me to start smoking again.

Well done! I struggled with it big time so fully appreciate how hard it can be!

Thanks Al, I imagined all sorts of horrible things, have failed several times attempting to give the weed away. Talked to a friend last year that told me about this book. He was so sincere and so positive about how easy it was to do it really planted the seed. Thanks Boomer. A thread came up on here last year about not smoking and SARGE offered up the book, I accepted and he sent it to me. It has languished on the bench for a few months. Then I read it. I have not given anything up at all, I simply made the decision to not smoke.

I consider myself a smoker who has made the decision not to smoke, Its been a number of years and I still get cravings, though nothing strong.

If I started to smoke again it would be due to the fact I'm a smoker who has decided to smoke. I don't like to try and put down life decisions to weakness, rather stupidity. I have little time for people who claim they were too weak to stop themselves from doing something, Its a cop out.

What a liberating thing to be a non smoker though. We went out today, looking like 3 or 4 hours out of the house, I hobbled down to the car and did not even for a moment think about "where are my smokes" I LOVE THAT!

[ynot slow]

My mum stopped after 45 or so years,dad still does but not as much,he'll give up when he dies lol.
Your body will love ya,and hopefully the lungs will be ok,believe me having half a lung removed aint fun,and fuck me I haven't smoked.

Mind you have a mean scar to impress young pissed people,tell them I was bitten by a shark,a few real dumb idiots outside the pub smoking asked how big the shark was,and yep they were blonde.

[Roadsafe Nelson]

Bloody well done to you both!!!! proud of yer's!!!!!

Jen

[boomer]

Early days for me to be a wank non-smoker but...

Stopping smoking has simply been the easiest thing I have ever done. I am not an ex smoker at all, I used to smoke, now I dont and I cant for the life of me imagine what would convince me to start smoking again.



Thanks Al, I imagined all sorts of horrible things, have failed several times attempting to give the weed away. Talked to a friend last year that told me about this book. He was so sincere and so positive about how easy it was to do it really planted the seed. Thanks Boomer. A thread came up on here last year about not smoking and SARGE offered up the book, I accepted and he sent it to me. It has languished on the bench for a few months. Then I read it. I have not given anything up at all, I simply made the decision to not smoke.



What a liberating thing to be a non smoker though. We went out today, looking like 3 or 4 hours out of the house, I hobbled down to the car and did not even for a moment think about "where are my smokes" I LOVE THAT!

you are both very welcome,if it helped you guys to quit then all good huh !

see you out on the roads soon,be strong