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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 9:37:27 AM

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

I suffered Stanstead airport today for four hours without there being an area us 'lepers' could relax,Airport in this day and age are not fun and after being done over by the security I needed a smoke, desperately.As I result I got angry.

In Britain with this anti smoking law, it would seem they love to pour the laws on smokers, never have the security been so dilligent as they are now, smoking will not be tolerated at all.

The country I was in a few hours earlier, it being non smoking for many years before us, recognises the stress on passengers and provides smoking facilities at no cost or danger to any other.I do not mind enclosing myself in a ducted air cubicle to indulge in my addiction, for there I know I can relax without causing consternation to others.

Heathrow has a smoking area set aside. Even for a hardcore smoker it isn't the nicest place to sit in but I still got to smoke between flights in June '07. In the US, the town I used to live in has banned smoking in the local park and on the walking trails outside. Christ, there is a mill at each end so HOW clean is the air anyway??

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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 9:42:06 AM

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The best thing to do about those things that trigger you is to confront them... because eventually they will not trigger you anymore.
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I like to be triggered.

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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 9:46:50 AM

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juliaoceania

The best thing to do about those things that trigger you is to confront them... because eventually they will not trigger you anymore.

I like to be triggered.

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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 10:06:11 AM

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I made the decision to quit smoking "around" the first of the year about three years ago. I got over the worst withdrawal "hump" and had about nine days smoke-free when a major personal crises disrupted my life. I did start smoking that day after having been in the emergency room with a loved one for over 12 hours... and then lit up outside the hospital and continued smoking for another year.

However, what I do know is that because I'd already had that eight or nine days off the cigs, AND that I'd already made a decision, or a resolution, to quit, that every time I lit up after that incident I conciously thought about it, and wondered "how is my smoking helping fix the problem that "excused" my decision to re-start smoking for?" Well, it obviously wasn't, and so the smoking actions became even more unenjoyable and a chore than they'd already been.

After another year or so of smoking... my last cigarette was just a few days after New Year's Day of 2005... so I'll be celebrating TWO years of "tobacco freedom" later this week.

It's not easy. Let me repeat that... IT IS NOT EASY... but it CAN be done. If you've decided to quit, good luck and keep at it. Don't let a "slip" deter you.

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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 10:12:24 AM

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I won't be stopping smoking this year. I stopped December 20, 2001.

Damn. Has it been six years already?

It was singularly the most difficult thing I ever did. Worth it? Yes. The down side? Being an ex-smoker is not completely the same as being a non-smoker. The brain of an ex-smoker still can remember the joy in the pleasure center when the habit was indulged. It was horrid being the prisoner of my addiction.

Again, it was the hardest thing I ever did. Much harder than burying two parents six months apart who both died from smoking-related illnesses.

I quit using the patch, the gum, AND the inhaler. I can recommend all three of these methods, but I would recommend them singularly for those who are looking to quit.

For me, the third time was the charm.

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RE: So for the new year you are gonna stop smoking? - 1/1/2008 10:23:53 AM

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I quit smoking 14 years ago today. I was one of those who made it a New Year's resolution and it might be the only resolution I ever kept. I loved smoking--I smoked for 22 years. But I knew that I wasn't going to be lucky forever and so I forced myself to quit. I used the patches and went to SmokeStoppers which helped enormously. It was very difficult, but it can be done with lots of willpower and support from loved ones and friends.

Seeing the effects of smoking on people that I love will keep me from ever starting again.

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