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The Watcher
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I'm totally getting the patch again.
It does work, I just cant afford it every frikin week.
I use the #2 patch, my friend told me to get #1 and cut them in half... dont know if this is a good idea.
-Nick
It does work, I just cant afford it every frikin week.
I use the #2 patch, my friend told me to get #1 and cut them in half... dont know if this is a good idea.
-Nick
I don't know, when I tried quitting, I tried nicorette, nicoderm, but nothing worked, it just kept me addicted... I finally just got pissed off, and quit cold turkey. The first week was a bitch, but after that, the satisfaction of knowing I was quitting without any aids far outweighed the negatives.
I've been nonsmoking for a year now!
on a side note, I remember the buzz from nicorette being quite pleasant
I've been nonsmoking for a year now!
on a side note, I remember the buzz from nicorette being quite pleasant
deep
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nicoderm has nicotine suspended in a transport system to make it soluble through the skin. this is fairly tricky to do and to extract out the nicotine would probably be an involved process.
I'm not a pack a dayer, usually one every three days or so. I'm not sure if this shit can be written off on health insurance, but I don't plan on using it past this week.
It is funnnnnnn though
Evil Dynovac
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One of the funniest things I've seen lately is my buddy Liam trying to quit smoking. He's so inconsistant though that he ends up screwing himself up.
One evening we're drinking pints all night long and he runs out of cigarettes. So he goes into his bag, pulls out the Nicoderm and says "I'm going to try and quit smoking, I may as well start now." I'm like "is that healthy? You've smoked half a pack this evening, you still have one in your mouth."
"Yeah yeah," he says.
An hour later the guy is totally incoherant. He can't speak and he can barely walk. I have to prop him up while I call a cab. Hilarious!
One evening we're drinking pints all night long and he runs out of cigarettes. So he goes into his bag, pulls out the Nicoderm and says "I'm going to try and quit smoking, I may as well start now." I'm like "is that healthy? You've smoked half a pack this evening, you still have one in your mouth."
"Yeah yeah," he says.
An hour later the guy is totally incoherant. He can't speak and he can barely walk. I have to prop him up while I call a cab. Hilarious!
Everyone i know who went on the patch relapsed. And tried to smoke while on it, leading to nausea. 32 bucks a week? Sheesh, that's steep - I'd rather try hypnosis.........what is the point of trying to quit, then putting more nicotine into your body? If you're getting a buzz, you're on the wrong strength.
Cold turkey = only thing to do. And I can't do it.......
Have you tried a personal cut-down regime? Sort of like that thing that was big a few years ago on infomercials. A contraption you carry around beeps when its time to light up. Week after week it decreases in amount, until you are weaned of the weed.
Start off with the amount you smoke now. Then, cut it down by x amount of smokes a day, little by little, until now you are a light smoker. Then, cold turkey or Nicorette should help you get the rest.
I'm sort of doing this now, though mine has been very protracted. I used to be a pack a day, from morning till bed. Then, 2 years ago I cut out all pre-lunch smokes - had my first one at 1 pm. Then, 4 months ago I cut out smoking during the day entirely. Now my first smoke is either after my dinner or 6 pm, whichever comes first. Then a couple more, about 3 or 4 a night. Still smoke a little more on weekends, when the booze is around.
Doesn't sound like much of a quit, but they say the monoxide levels in your blood drop after 8 hours, and I'm going around 16 hours each day with no smoke. So it can't hurt. I mean, they say eeverything in moderation, right? So if one smokes 3 a day during the week, which I smoke now, then its gotta be a lot better than a pack. My philosophy is that its giving your lungs a break. I personally believe that its constant smoking that leads to the most health problems, because you aren't giving your body a chance to recuperate ever from the evil weed. Also, taking twice as much Vitamin C as a non-smoker apparently reduces health risks.
Everything has a study out, I just can't believe there isn't a study called "If You Smoke, At Least Follow These Guidelines - Moderation is the Key". Nope, they're all "All Smoking Kills" "Second-hand smoking Kills" etc.
Course I'm trying to justify not quitting altogether, but I'm still not entirely convinced smoking doesn't look cool..........
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Cold turkey = only thing to do. And I can't do it.......
Have you tried a personal cut-down regime? Sort of like that thing that was big a few years ago on infomercials. A contraption you carry around beeps when its time to light up. Week after week it decreases in amount, until you are weaned of the weed.
Start off with the amount you smoke now. Then, cut it down by x amount of smokes a day, little by little, until now you are a light smoker. Then, cold turkey or Nicorette should help you get the rest.
I'm sort of doing this now, though mine has been very protracted. I used to be a pack a day, from morning till bed. Then, 2 years ago I cut out all pre-lunch smokes - had my first one at 1 pm. Then, 4 months ago I cut out smoking during the day entirely. Now my first smoke is either after my dinner or 6 pm, whichever comes first. Then a couple more, about 3 or 4 a night. Still smoke a little more on weekends, when the booze is around.
Doesn't sound like much of a quit, but they say the monoxide levels in your blood drop after 8 hours, and I'm going around 16 hours each day with no smoke. So it can't hurt. I mean, they say eeverything in moderation, right? So if one smokes 3 a day during the week, which I smoke now, then its gotta be a lot better than a pack. My philosophy is that its giving your lungs a break. I personally believe that its constant smoking that leads to the most health problems, because you aren't giving your body a chance to recuperate ever from the evil weed. Also, taking twice as much Vitamin C as a non-smoker apparently reduces health risks.
Everything has a study out, I just can't believe there isn't a study called "If You Smoke, At Least Follow These Guidelines - Moderation is the Key". Nope, they're all "All Smoking Kills" "Second-hand smoking Kills" etc.
Course I'm trying to justify not quitting altogether, but I'm still not entirely convinced smoking doesn't look cool..........
d
BreakzBroad
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thankgod for non-smokers!!!!!!!!!!!! copy cats all wanting to be like us!
*jen*
*jen*
Subsonic Chronic
TRIBE Member
Originally posted by breakz_btch
thankgod for non-smokers!!!!!!!!!!!! copy cats all wanting to be like us!
*jen*
Yeah I remember back in the day when the non-smokers were all underground.
Then these newbies came in and ruined the scene for everyone.
*glares at deep*
Pete
The Watcher
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What ever you do, dont go on Zyban.
That stuff can kill you.
I know... I used it.
-Nick
That stuff can kill you.
I know... I used it.
-Nick
R4V4G3D_SKU11S
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Originally posted by LoopeD
but I'm still not entirely convinced smoking doesn't look cool..........
Yep - looks petty cool to me
[homer]mmmmm.... dinner.....[/homer]
i currently have two a day - one after work and one before bed. on weekends i may have more, but i don't bring smokes when i'm out since i don't like the gross feeling i get sometimes. one after drinking is almost always a neccessity.
--craig
i currently have two a day - one after work and one before bed. on weekends i may have more, but i don't bring smokes when i'm out since i don't like the gross feeling i get sometimes. one after drinking is almost always a neccessity.
--craig
Zyban is great I quit using Zyban back in December. I have only had a couple of smokes since but it was at "raves" when I was very high!!!!
The patch is much more dangerous.If you smoke using the patch you very easily die. We had to rush my dad to the hospital once when he smoked while on the patch.
What happened to you Nick?
Like all drugs, Zyban has side affects!
I had only mild side affects.ie:trouble sleeping(like speed)
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