Thread: Solmax

It appears I might have a slight problem.

Between the wife and the experts, it looks like I should quit smoking.

The experts I can see from time to time. The wife, I see every day...

The same thing. But add in the last four weeks two close friends have fallen ill. One has smoked so much for so long and done nothing his lungs are like tissue paper, yet he still smokes. Spent 2 weeks including 3 days in intensive care The other was a casual smoker, but woke up barfing blood. He has stage 3 stomach cancer, and its unknown when and if he will get out. Both are younger than I. Yet I still have my 5-7 ciggies a day. Thank goodness I did not start until I moved here. My kids know I smoke because of the smell, but have never seen me have a smoke.

Fucking silly habit. It is addictive. I know when I quit I will still have one in the morning to turn on my aging cpu with coffee, and keep me "regular". But I know I can do it. I have to do it as the family is really on me after these two fell sick.
You do it, and I will follow hilly. The sad part is I had it down to 2 a day until the floods hit last year. One with coffee, one after dinner.

tell you straight Hilly if you don't want to you won't .

Strong but true advice. Its getting close to a deadline for me. Daughters are turning 15 in October. They are in a great school with great grades. I want to be around. I dont want to stink. So....... fingers crossed.

Thanks for that mid.

My old dear's 81 and still puffin away without a wheeze or cough. Enjoy your life. Stoppin now ain't goin to make much of a difference.

Hard to do. After suffering a major traumatic injury many years ago, I got hooked on heavy duty painkillers. It took me a year to beat it. Also had a booze problem many years ago, took a long time to get that under control as well. But smokes.....way harder. Quit once upon a time for TEN YEARS, and started again. Am off now, but those fucking things are a bitch to offload. Best of luck, bro.

Just to add insult to injury so to speak. I have a mate who is now addicted to nicotine gum

Originally Posted by superman

Stoppin now ain't goin to make much of a difference.

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fallacy .

If you stop smoking now, the benefits start in 20 minutes.

About 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your body already has begun to respond to your decision to quit smoking:

• Your blood pressure goes down
• Your pulse rate slows
• The temperature of your hands and feet increases

Eight hours after you quit smoking, your blood has begun to recover from the effects of smoking. The levels of both carbon monoxide and oxygen in your bloodstream return to normal.

Within 24 hours, your chance of a heart attack has already decreased as your system repairs itself. About 48 hours after you quit smoking, nerve endings deadened by the habit have begun to regenerate and your sense of taste and smell has already improved.

A few weeks after you quit smoking, your circulation has improved and your lungs have begun to function better. Walking and exercising become much easier. Within the first few months, your phlegm production has decreased and you won’t find yourself coughing or wheezing as much.

Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Quitting Smoking - Smoking Cessation Center - EverydayHealth.com

Oh shit Doctor Mid,

I agree and am going to do it. Oct 16th will be the last. Save one a day with coffee in the morning, " So help me god".

Originally Posted by aging one

Oh shit Doctor Mid,

I agree and am going to do it. Oct 16th will be the last. Save one a day with coffee in the morning, " So help me god".

new moon (oct 15th) is commonly considered good for ending or starting new habits (diets, quit smoking etc)...

what is solmax?

Ok, here's my bit. Longevity runs in my family. My grandfather (father's father) died at the age of 94. My father...his son.....died 6 months later at the age of 63. There was a 31 year age difference.
It was only after dad died that I realized why smokers die from heart attacks. It causes cholesterol to build up twice as fast as it normally would. And it's often the worst type of heart attack....blocked artery, in which the first attack kills you. My dad thought he had a mild heart attack after physical work that afternoon and told his wife he would go to the doctor the next morning to get checked out. Too late.
There is also the other type of attack in which the small veins feeding the heart muscle itself are constricted, causing part of the heart muscle to get damaged.

It has been said that it is more addictive than heroin, and dad agreed. He was down to 2 a day during the last 6 months, and had given it up a few times for 6 months each time.
The human mind rationalizes very very well, so the thing to do is to convince yourself consciously that it really is a seriously destructive thing.....and make your last experience of it a bad one. That way your subconscious associates bad feelings with it, rather than those good feelings.
Good luck, Hillbilly and AO.
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Its tough Ive quit many times only to creep back at a soky party or var.Giving p with grog is very hard.Ive been off a month now fingers crossed