Vote on my new addiction! Let your voice be heard!

Cicero · 11-16-2009, 03:44 PM

I have decided to think about quitting smoking after 16 great years. I need a trade-off that adequately compensates for something I held so dear.

Juniper · 11-16-2009, 03:46 PM

I ate a lot of celery. Not everyone's favorite food, but it worked for me.

Go for it! I quit about 8 years ago and I can't even begin to express how glad I am that I did it.

Stormieweather · 11-16-2009, 03:50 PM

I quit in May after 30+ years of smoking (I'm using the + symbol to pretend it wasn't quite as many as it was).

I took up fitness. This went nicely with my phobia of gaining weight as a result of NOT smoking. So far, I've lost 15 pounds, two clothing sizes, and 17 inches. Oh, and no longer have to take asthma medication. Gotta love it!

Cloud · 11-16-2009, 03:52 PM

I voted for one that seemed fun.

What worked for me was to quit cold turkey during a really bad cold, because I never wanted to smoke then, and just didn't start back up.

Cicero · 11-16-2009, 03:52 PM

Oh I should clarify! I do not need to lose any more weight. I already look like an anorexic or meth addict.

Shawnee123 · 11-16-2009, 03:53 PM

I wish you the best of luck. I might quit...some day.

classicman · 11-16-2009, 04:04 PM

Bullshit Shaw - You're many things, but not a quitter!

monster · 11-16-2009, 04:29 PM

Shopping. Spend some of the money you save on fun stuff.

SamIam · 11-16-2009, 05:26 PM

Oh, come on, brat. If you quit, I'll have to quit, too. The Southwest won't be big enough for the two of us!

Seriously, good luck with quitting. Nicorette or those nicoderm patches can be helpful, so I hear. I quit for a year once, then started back up. Stupid me.

ZenGum · 11-16-2009, 06:46 PM

I know of a person who replaced cigarettes with carrot sticks, until her skin turned visibly orange from excess beta carotene in her system.

Good Luck Cicero!

jinx · 11-16-2009, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

Oh I should clarify! I do not need to lose any more weight. I already look like an anorexic or meth addict.

Both the quitting smoking and an exercise addiction will help with that.

gvidas · 11-16-2009, 09:48 PM

I replaced smoking with whiskey, and then replaced whiskey with vodka.

But you didn't list that as an option, so I voted for a sex-based exercise addiction.

regular.joe · 11-16-2009, 10:19 PM

Good luck Cicero, I voted for all except the twitching. Being an X-Smoker myself, I know the secret to not smoking. Do not under any circumstances put a cigarette in your mouth, and light it.

wolf · 11-17-2009, 12:27 AM

sit and twitch, here.

I had a patient very sincerely ask me to quit smoking today.

I'm thinking about it.

Not because of him, though. I was thinking about it before.

Cicero · 11-17-2009, 11:14 AM

I have rationed myself my morning cigarette....I will have an evening cigarette. Let the twitch begin!!!

I have decided to not do it cold turkey since I am highly addicted to nicotine. I need to ween myself off. If I had a library of pharmaceuticals I could do it cold turkey but I won't take drugs. So....it will be like an alcohol addiction...easy does it. Slow it down then cut it off! I do have to deal with people and be in public. It's best I don't piss off the few people I am in real contact with- with my bad "I-just-quit-smoking-so-get-bent" attitude.

I do like the suggestion of a sex-based exercise addiction but that would really require a level of vanity I don't possess. I will never point out something like my sexy rock hard glutes. But this idea will certainly work for someone!!

I keep thinking that I should quit smoking when it is less difficult to do so. But when is that?

View Poll Results: What new addiction shall I take up?
Gorging myself on food.	3	11.54%
A sex addiction.	8	30.77%
A narcotics addiction.	2	7.69%
An exercise addiction.	12	46.15%
Simply sit and twitch.	8	30.77%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

11-16-2009, 03:44 PM	#1
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Vote on my new addiction! Let your voice be heard! I have decided to think about quitting smoking after 16 great years. I need a trade-off that adequately compensates for something I held so dear. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-16-2009, 03:50 PM	#3
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I quit in May after 30+ years of smoking (I'm using the + symbol to pretend it wasn't quite as many as it was). I took up fitness. This went nicely with my phobia of gaining weight as a result of NOT smoking. So far, I've lost 15 pounds, two clothing sizes, and 17 inches. Oh, and no longer have to take asthma medication. Gotta love it! __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

11-16-2009, 03:52 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I voted for one that seemed fun. What worked for me was to quit cold turkey during a really bad cold, because I never wanted to smoke then, and just didn't start back up. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-16-2009, 03:52 PM	#5
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Oh I should clarify! I do not need to lose any more weight. I already look like an anorexic or meth addict. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-16-2009, 03:46 PM	#2
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I ate a lot of celery. Not everyone's favorite food, but it worked for me. Go for it! I quit about 8 years ago and I can't even begin to express how glad I am that I did it.

11-16-2009, 03:53 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I wish you the best of luck. I might quit...some day. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-16-2009, 04:04 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Bullshit Shaw - You're many things, but not a quitter! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-16-2009, 04:29 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Shopping. Spend some of the money you save on fun stuff. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-16-2009, 05:26 PM	#9
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Oh, come on, brat. If you quit, I'll have to quit, too. The Southwest won't be big enough for the two of us! Seriously, good luck with quitting. Nicorette or those nicoderm patches can be helpful, so I hear. I quit for a year once, then started back up. Stupid me.

11-16-2009, 06:46 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I know of a person who replaced cigarettes with carrot sticks, until her skin turned visibly orange from excess beta carotene in her system. Good Luck Cicero! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-16-2009, 09:48 PM	#12
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	I replaced smoking with whiskey, and then replaced whiskey with vodka. But you didn't list that as an option, so I voted for a sex-based exercise addiction.

11-16-2009, 10:19 PM	#13
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Good luck Cicero, I voted for all except the twitching. Being an X-Smoker myself, I know the secret to not smoking. Do not under any circumstances put a cigarette in your mouth, and light it. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

11-17-2009, 12:27 AM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	sit and twitch, here. I had a patient very sincerely ask me to quit smoking today. I'm thinking about it. Not because of him, though. I was thinking about it before. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-17-2009, 11:14 AM	#15
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I have rationed myself my morning cigarette....I will have an evening cigarette. Let the twitch begin!!! I have decided to not do it cold turkey since I am highly addicted to nicotine. I need to ween myself off. If I had a library of pharmaceuticals I could do it cold turkey but I won't take drugs. So....it will be like an alcohol addiction...easy does it. Slow it down then cut it off! I do have to deal with people and be in public. It's best I don't piss off the few people I am in real contact with- with my bad "I-just-quit-smoking-so-get-bent" attitude. I do like the suggestion of a sex-based exercise addiction but that would really require a level of vanity I don't possess. I will never point out something like my sexy rock hard glutes. But this idea will certainly work for someone!! I keep thinking that I should quit smoking when it is less difficult to do so. But when is that? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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