Thread: Quitting Smoking cold turkey.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Tobacco, in my opinion, is the hardest addiction to overcome. Biggest trigger for me wasn't when drinking, but was a smoke with that first cup of coffee in the morning.

A good time to quit drinking coffee as well .

Originally Posted by Fluke

A good time to quit drinking coffee as well

...also quit living=save money!...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...also quit living=save money!...

I have some good news for you : If you quite smoking and, drinking coffee ( and alcohol as well ) , you will not die .
You will continue living and also have more money in the process to do so

Originally Posted by Fluke

If you quite smoking and, drinking coffee ( and alcohol as well ) , you will not die .
You will continue living

That's not living that's existing

Originally Posted by Dillinger

That's not living that's existing

The trick is to do other things , other than smoking , drinking coffee & alcohol .
Add all the time and money that you spent on smoking , drinking coffee and alcohol and spent that time and money on something else
That way , you life becomes a BETTER existence

Originally Posted by Fluke

Add all the time and money that you spent on smoking , drinking coffee and alcohol and spent that time and money on something else

Like hookers?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Like hookers?

That wouldnt be my choice of what to spend the excess money on, but everyone else is free to make their own choice

Originally Posted by Fluke

but everyone else is free to make their own choice

...I don't want to end up on my deathbed congratulating myself on how much money I saved by avoiding coffee...or alcohol for that matter...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...I don't want to end up on my deathbed congratulating myself on how much money I saved by avoiding coffee...or alcohol for that matter...

The main object isnt about saving money though, is it ?
That is just an added bonus .
The min object also isnt about simply avoiding dying , its about living a better life without having to put things into your mouth .
I used to spend about 500 Baht a day on the above mentioned vices , about 200 000 Baht per year .
I am now saving that money to build a house .

Originally Posted by Fluke

I have some good news for you : If you quite smoking and, drinking coffee ( and alcohol as well ) , you will not die .
You will continue living and also have more money in the process to do so

I heard if you quit all the killers you're so healthy that they give you a calendar to choose when to die.

Originally Posted by Fluke

I am now saving that money to build a house .

Does it have an ivory tower?

Originally Posted by tomcat

...also quit living=save money!...

Originally Posted by Dillinger

That's not living that's existing

*Save Money. Exist Better.*

Hmmmm...sounds familiar.

Originally Posted by kmart

Does it have an ivory tower?

The land is available free , I can pretty much build the house myself , just need the materials .
Two years vice free = 400 000 Baht , that should go quite a long way in materials

Originally Posted by Fluke

The main object isnt about saving money though, is it ?

Originally Posted by Fluke

I used to spend about 500 Baht a day on the above mentioned vices , about 200 000 Baht per year .
I am now saving that money to build a house .

...so, the object is to save money then...

Originally Posted by Fluke

The min object also isnt about simply avoiding dying , its about living a better life without having to put things into your mouth .

...generally speaking, the things I put in my mouth make my life delightful...otherwise they wouldn't be there...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...so, the object is to save money then...

Not really .
The main object is to stop drinking alcohol , coffee and smoking .
And the money that I save in doing so, I can spend on other things

Originally Posted by Fluke

The main object is to stop drinking alcohol , coffee and smoking

...smoking definitely...the other two, taken in moderation, are part of my life's fabulous mosaic...

Originally Posted by Fluke

Not really .
The main object is to stop drinking alcohol , coffee and smoking .
And the money that I save in doing so, I can spend on other things

Since stopping drinking and smoking, I estimate I've saved about 10 million baht.

Can we keep in mind that no two bodies are the same?

Some tolerate caffeine quite well and can drink 4 of more cups per day with little to no ill effects while others can't go beyond a cup (if that) w/o experiencing discomfort at some level.

Same same all foods, drinks, vices, etc.

Gotta take the time and energy to know your own constitution.
Girls n gays are generally more in touch with what they can tolerate, imo.

Over two weeks clean now, all that fresh air is clearing my lungs out to one good cough of black gunk in the morning.

Still get triggers but the impulse to smoke is less and less with each day.

Can walk into a shop now and not think about buying cigs.

Wouldn't mind one now, but i'll just have to put that thought to the back of my mind.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Wouldn't mind one now, but i'll just have to put that thought to the back of my mind.

...eventually, the thought will be excreted with the morning dump and replaced with the anticipation of added years with your loved ones and dog...

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

i'll just have to put that thought to the back of my mind.

Such a short journey in your case though, eh?

Originally Posted by tomcat

eventually, the thought will be excreted with the morning dump and replaced with the anticipation of added years with your loved ones and dog

I'm sure there was a campaign showing animals smoking

^There was a big scandal in the UK back in the 70's when some ICI research lab was discovered to have loads of Beagle dogs smoking "new" types of cigarettes, and then dissected to check for cancer. (Animal Liberation activists later freed the dogs, but they all returned because they were gasping for a cig after a few days later. )
https://www.theguardian.com/media/gr...ive-journalism

^gosh that's cruel... but come to think of it, is that less cruel than ddissecting toads for lab class or rats & rabbits for science?

It's just that dogs (those beagles) are lovable, huggable creatures, so it breaks my heart... So does the thought of the Russians putting a dog in a rocket bound for space... the things we humans do...

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Ill be back in 6 months

Thanks for d warning.