Quit Smoking Plan

[digitalreefer]

Ok... so I'm going to try to quit smoking again this week and have devised a plan. I've created an Amazon wish list for myself of random items that I don't need but would like to have. At about a pack a day, I'm going to put $7 a day aside, and get an item from my wish list every time I can afford one.

Most of the items are in the $25-$100 range, so I get free shipping and nearly instant gratification.

So here's my question... I have quite a few reef books on my list, as well as some cookware and am looking for other things in the same price range for my tank.

Any suggestions?

 

[Craig]

amazon offers some decent gourmet foods

might be good to fill the ciggarette void with some food

 

[digitalreefer]

amazon offers some decent gourmet foods

might be good to fill the ciggarette void with some food

Excellent idea... I've got 2 types of caviar, a caviar server, and a set of mother of pearl spoons on there! Sticking with the fish theme :shhh:

 

[NYreefNoob]

quit smoking

how do you plan to quit ? any methods or use of patch's ect ? asking cause i to am quiting. i got the starter package from nyquits 2 free weeks of patch's. and gonna have my aunt write me a script for welbutan sp ? for my mood. and plan to put $5 a day back so i can afford to buy duct tape to shut my wife up. ill need alot of tape

 

[crox99]

I just stop buying them and after almost 6 years I am smoke free:flower: :flower:

 

[reefman]

depending on how strong is your addiction. your success rate is base on 2 main factors-(nicotine craving & habit).
you need to address both factors at the same time to have any chance of quitting.
nic craving can be control with diff methods(patch, gum, needles,electric shock,etc..)
habit can be control with subsitution and changing the things that u do everything to avoid the picking up the cigs.

but no matter which methods u choose, the most important factor is yourself. You have to not only want to quit but willing to quit permenantly.

 

[jackson6745]

but no matter which methods u choose, the most important factor is yourself. You have to not only want to quit but willing to quit permenantly.

Yep!

It's hard to avoid things that made you feel like a smoke i.e like after a meal...
You really have to want to quit. I have been smoke free for 10 days and I really feel that I kicked the habit. This has been my first real attempt to quit smoking after 6 years.
To torture myself even more I decided to diet and go back to the gym at the same time Most of the time I am so hungry I can't even think about smoking

 

[rockman]

Good luck .I have made at least 5 seprate attempts at quiting,with no luck.I am quiting tonite and will be using the patch and i also already got a bottel of wellbutrin xl so i will feel your pain .In 5 weeks im gonna be a daddy so i need to quit before he comes.GOOD LUCK

 

[digitalreefer]

You have to not only want to quit but willing to quit permenantly.

I quit every year... 4 months one year, 3 months last year... hoping this month is permanent. I never have a problem quitting... staying quit... different story. That's why I figure I'll try this... if I get myself cool stuff that I wouldn't otherwise buy, I may have the motivation to keep getting cool stuff!

 

[rockman]

Good idea man i am gonna try something along thoes lines also.4 months and ya started again.Once i kick this nasty habbit im done forever ,have any of ya ever noticed that your thinking becomes clearer when ya quit,i always feel smarter and was wondering if its just me.

 

[herman]

Dudes, the only way to quit is just to stop. Cold Turkey. Thats it!!.

As for me - been smoking for 18 years and the last thing I want before I die is a smoke :pimp: and a coffee

 

[NYreefNoob]

quit smoking

im quitting also cause even though i dont smoke around my daughter i caught her acting like she was smoking, she's two. that and for my health i waited to have a kid and want to make it to atleast see her grow up

 

[rockman]

I used to do the same thing when i was a kid.Dad used to blow cool smoke rings,lol,.I do think it adds greater risk that your kids will be smokers.

 

[digitalreefer]

I always feel better after I quit, body and mind.

But seriously... I need more things to add to my wishlist to keep me quit for good. Any suggestions... good reef books, novelty tank gear... help me out!

 

[rockman]

I dont know that I would have a problem spending the money since theres a million things i wish i have but dont ,books are good!Corals are nice!

 

[digitalreefer]

I always think the same, but I want very specific items on an Amazon list so I can set milestones. After a few days I can get a cheap book, but it would take much longer to get something that costs more.

I'll get the cheaper items first (instant gratification while it's tougher), then as it gets easier, I'll start putting away the $7 / day for bigger stuff.

Otherwise after I quit for awhile, I'll buy a nice $40 coral but not have worked up to it. No goals that way.

 

[DEEPWATER]

Eric ,the best thing to do is just watch the money pile up ,nothing better then save your loot for a great vacation ,car ,clothes ,live stock ,maybe upgrade your tank

as for that 4 month thingy ,,next time you go for 4 months not smoking and you feel you need a cigg ,just eat some candy or something and put on a patch for taht day just to calm you down ,i quit for about yr and went back for 2 or so months ,then quit again using the patch ,it works .even if its mental ,but it works

Good luck and dont snap out on ppl :lol2:

Ronen

 

[jhale]

Dudes, the only way to quit is just to stop. Cold Turkey. Thats it!!.

As for me - been smoking for 18 years and the last thing I want before I die is a smoke :pimp: and a coffee

even if it's through a hole in your neck :irked: don't answer that

remember you also used to say mac's suck

Eric I support you and everyone else who wants to stop smoking!

:beer: on me when you do

 

[digitalreefer]

:beer: Now That's Motivation!
Thanks for the help guys!

Patch is on... 4 hours down!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

dig... i couldnt find that free patch thing on the site... is that were u got urs from ... im iz quitting for good gonna try the electroshock again and see what happens.. the 1st time i had no intentions of quitting but this time i had enough and really want my health back ...