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De_Bunk
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 11/27/2002 : 19:24:20
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Then, four days ago i quit...
Finding it a bit hard i decided to go to the "How to stop smoking" advice /forum and one particular post caught my eye.
This post claimed that "If you ask God to come into your life...he will take away all the cravings and guarantee you will stop"
Well...after 4 days of not smoking...thats the last f***ing thing i need to see...
I replied in my usual,thoughtful manner..asking..
"How is a supposedly invisible being in the sky, thats never proven itself to exist, gonna help me quit...because the only thing i got faith in, is the Nicotine Replacement patches i got stuck on my ass..those patches are more helpful than relying on a magical being that "Moves in mysterious ways"...I believe in whats proven to exsist...and i didnt come here for a f***kin' sermon..I didnt see no banner proclaiming "Christians..Kick the habit with Gods help"...If you use god as your aid to quit, you'll be back on it within a week and no doubt you'll lay the blame on Satan...keep puffing, christian...You'll soon find that Nicotine means more to you than god himself.."
And an hour later found myself obviously banned and unable to log-in and my post modified...
Oh dear...Its offshore, multiple proxy server time again...
De_4 days and getting irritable_Bunk
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De_Bunk..."Scourge of the Believer....(Ex-JREF Kid) |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Legallee Insane
Skeptic Friend
Canada
126 Posts |
 Posted - 11/27/2002 : 23:17:22 [Permalink]
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| I just have to point out, good for you for having quit for the past 15 years, but weight problems are caused by eating too much, not smoking too little. |
--"Only the fool says in his heart: There is no god -- The wise says it to the world"
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 04:39:35 [Permalink]
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Didn't mean to say that they were related, except that they are similar problems having to do with making decisions and acting on those decisions.
Certainly, no deity is going to have a thing to do with either, which was the original point. AA is a fraud.
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Originally posted by Legallee Insane
I just have to point out, good for you for having quit for the past 15 years, but weight problems are caused by eating too much, not smoking too little.
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 05:11:51 [Permalink]
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As a tobacco chewer (yeah, yeah, I know. Freakin' redneck!) I've not had a smoke problem (a cigar now and then). Sometimes I wonder about quitting, though.
Maybe someday.....
Wishing luck De, and more important: fortitude.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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Kilted_Warrior
Skeptic Friend
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 10:38:50 [Permalink]
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| Though it has been proven that people quitting smoking do gain weight becase they have to do something to occupy them, and most of the time it is eating |
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Lisa
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 12:58:53 [Permalink]
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| De_Bunk: you're just now getting irratible? What on earth were you calling it before? |
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De_Bunk
New Member
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 13:49:39 [Permalink]
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Lisa...
I hope nobody is getting the idea that im a total obnoxious, skeptical b*st*rd...who bought a Mercedes that's using up all his money, who's given up smoking, drinking and began dieting...
All at the same time.
Feelin' the strain...Nah...not me...
Im just waiting for the Jehovahs Witnesses to come a knockin'...
Im just sitting....silently....facing the door...taping cocktail sticks to my fingers...with 666 written in lipstick on my forehead...hoping to see their happy, smug smiling faces...
Oh yeh...
I'm happy and normal today.... |
De_Bunk..."Scourge of the Believer....(Ex-JREF Kid) |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2002 : 17:37:15 [Permalink]
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Go for it, De!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Fireballn
Skeptic Friend
Canada
179 Posts |
Posted - 11/29/2002 : 16:40:21 [Permalink]
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| Hey filthy, I'm a proud chewer myself. I've noticed that nobody ever messes with a chewer. They ban smokers from almost every public place you can imagine, but they won't say a thing to a chewer. I guess they figure that if we can put that rancid smelling crud in our mouths, and like it, there's really nothing we won't do. And about the 'redneck' thing don't sweat it we have a saying: "You either chew tobacca or ya suck c*ck." |
If i were the supreme being, I wouldn't have messed around with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers 8 o'clock day one!
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/29/2002 : 18:40:43 [Permalink]
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I hear ya!
Once I was on jury duty for 2 days. All the smokers were quietly whacking out whilst I sucked happily on a lip-full of Copenhagen through the whole thing. Oh, by the way, we aquitted.
For a chew, I like Black Maria plug. Red Man or Mail Pouch'll do in a pinch.
Are the rest of y'all disgusted yet?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 11/29/2002 : 18:51:16 [Permalink]
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| Nope. Not disgusted yet... kinda reminds me of the Chris LeDoux (sp?) song, Copenhagen. Pretty funny. |
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Wurrwakh the Ass Monkey
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2002 : 01:32:03 [Permalink]
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| I read the stuff about quitting at mayoclinic.com, just for some pointers, and have decided that my next vacation week (in early January) will be my quitting week. To keep my hands busy, I'm going to clean out my junk room. To fend off weight gain, I've been changing my eating habits over the past couple of months so when I do start munching, it will be carrots instead of Cheetos. I say this as I light another cigarette. :) |
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welshdean
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
172 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2002 : 03:10:58 [Permalink]
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try my method of quitting;
use 2 nicotine patches instead of the normal singular method. DO NOT adhere them to your butt or arms etc, put one patch OVER EACH EYE, it won't stop the cravings but it'll stop you finding your cigarettes!!!!!!! |
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Wurrwakh the Ass Monkey
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2002 : 03:39:30 [Permalink]
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| I'm actually very good at torturing myself, so I think I'll be able to do this. I'll just do something bad, or pretend I did something bad, so I feel as though I deserve to have to quit. |
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Dr Shari
Skeptic Friend
135 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2002 : 02:36:52 [Permalink]
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| Quitting Smoking is good staying off is better. To filthy you run an even bigger chance of cancer then a smoker. When you have to have your jaw removed along with your throat from years of stuffing tobacco in your cheek you'll be just as bad off as a smoker. Tobacco kills not just smoking. It still increases heart disease also. If you chew filthy is a good name for you. Not just medically I find the thing that killed my grandfather just as disgusting as lighting up. How does you woman stand to kiss you? No personal attack here just a hatred for tabacco. It is one of the most suicidal substances out there, YUCK!! |
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