AWRM
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100767
06/14/2010 12:27 AM
06/14/2010 12:27 AM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
6 1/2 days now. I thought for a bit last night that I had gone to the patch too soon--I had a pretty bad craving. But I popped a stick of regular gum, and that alleviated it.

I thin I'm finally getting some of my mental acuity back, if my success rate on the Sudoku puzzles is any indication. (Or, it could just be that practice makes up for my diminished mental capacity. Hard to tell.)

Anyway, I'm still smoke-free after nearly a week.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100768
06/14/2010 05:52 AM
06/14/2010 05:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,317
Central Virginia; VIM
S
SBL Offline
Senior Member
SBL  Offline
Senior Member
S
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,317
Central Virginia; VIM
Great job, friend! And by posting your cessation effort on here, that puts more pressure on yourself to be successful. Not a bad strategy.


On equipment: You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
On training: Our drills are bloodless battles so that our battles are bloody drills.
On tactics: Cheating just means you're serious about winning.
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100769
06/14/2010 09:31 AM
06/14/2010 09:31 AM
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 675
Somewhere in these blue ridged...
The Answer Offline
Senior Member
The Answer  Offline
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 675
Somewhere in these blue ridged...
I smoked for the better half of a year, and now I'm on my fourth week without a cigarette.

I feel better without it.


Semper Vigilantes, Numquam Exspectantes

Always Watching, Never Waiting
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100770
06/14/2010 12:07 PM
06/14/2010 12:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Quote
Originally posted by SBL:
Great job, friend! And by posting your cessation effort on here, that puts more pressure on yourself to be successful. Not a bad strategy.
Guilty as charged! smile Although that's not the only reason I'm posting it--I thought by logging my experience here, it might help others when they decide to quit.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100771
06/14/2010 01:37 PM
06/14/2010 01:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 68
Indiana
T
The Mechanic Offline
Junior Member
The Mechanic  Offline
Junior Member
T
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 68
Indiana
Great job another one hitting uncle obama in the pocket book.
laugh I've been quit for 2 years now after 2.5 packs a day for the last 20+ years THANKS Chantics.
With out this pill my wife and I could not have done it they are like magic just make sure you eat a meal with them and not just toast,and then don't try to quit untill you notice your self cutting in half the amount you smoke with me it was almost 2 months but then just quit no problem.


'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' - Ronald Reagan
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100772
06/15/2010 11:00 AM
06/15/2010 11:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Coming up on eight days now. Last night I ran from booking to F-24 Block (nearly a quarter mile) without getting winded. You can hardly call it a sprint, considering my old, war-torn, decrepit body. Still, that's an improvement.

I think I have the end in sight. When it comes time to trap rabbits for food while evading the horde of flesh-eating zombies looking for me, I think I'll be ready. (Heck, I'll even have enough energy to throw my Sudoku puzzle at them!)

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100773
06/15/2010 03:00 PM
06/15/2010 03:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
C
catfish Offline
Member
catfish  Offline
Member
C
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
"I think I have the end in sight" Nope! You most definitely have the end in sight my friend! Proud of you for kicking this monkey in the nuts.


"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." Marine General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100774
06/16/2010 02:41 PM
06/16/2010 02:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Quote
Originally posted by Bona_na_Croin:
Has the nic gum bothered you at all? I tried it and it gave me terrible heartburn each time. The patch made me have crazy dreams.
Nothing in the way of heartburn, but I'm starting to see what you meant by "crazy dreams" from the patch. eek

Nine days gone now. I wish I could say the urge to smoke is gone, but I'd be lying.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100775
06/17/2010 08:17 AM
06/17/2010 08:17 AM
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,763
43/18
McMedic Offline
Senior Member
McMedic  Offline
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,763
43/18
Congratulations, hang in there!

I gave up snuff years ago and would go for months without giving it a second thought. Then I could just be around someone who was dipping and I would crave it so bad it would kill me. Took about 2 years to quit it completely.

Now I can get downwind of the stuff and it nearly makes me puke.

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100776
06/17/2010 10:48 AM
06/17/2010 10:48 AM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Well, it's coming up on ten days now. It's getting easier, but it still ain't easy.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100777
06/17/2010 03:45 PM
06/17/2010 03:45 PM
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
C
catfish Offline
Member
catfish  Offline
Member
C
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
Keep it up Airforce! You got this bronc busted. Proud of you Sir!


"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." Marine General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100778
06/19/2010 05:07 PM
06/19/2010 05:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 378
Lewis County, WA
F
Folcwine01 Offline
Member
Folcwine01  Offline
Member
F
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 378
Lewis County, WA
+1


Folcwine
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100779
06/19/2010 06:45 PM
06/19/2010 06:45 PM
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 639
Eastern NC
HARBINGER Offline
Senior Member
HARBINGER  Offline
Senior Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 639
Eastern NC
Good job you are doing great keep at it


Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. - Psalm, CXLIV
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100780
06/20/2010 06:51 AM
06/20/2010 06:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
F
Flight-ER-Doc Offline
Moderator
Flight-ER-Doc  Offline
Moderator
Senior Member
F
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
Hey, great news! You've beaten it now.


Emergency Medicine - saving the world from themselves, one at a time.

"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

I make the ADL soil themselves. And that makes me very happy smile
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100781
06/20/2010 05:32 PM
06/20/2010 05:32 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 77
California
A
Alhazred43 Offline
Junior Member
Alhazred43  Offline
Junior Member
A
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 77
California
You can do it dude.


An armed society is a polite society.

Be polite, DONT TREAD ON ME!
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100782
06/21/2010 12:13 AM
06/21/2010 12:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Yep. I'm coming up on two weeks without a smoke.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100783
06/21/2010 03:45 AM
06/21/2010 03:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
F
Flight-ER-Doc Offline
Moderator
Flight-ER-Doc  Offline
Moderator
Senior Member
F
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
Quote
Originally posted by airforce:
Yep. I'm coming up on two weeks without a smoke.

Onward and upward,
airforce
Great effort!

Are you finding that food tastes better? How about things smell better?


Emergency Medicine - saving the world from themselves, one at a time.

"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

I make the ADL soil themselves. And that makes me very happy smile
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100784
06/21/2010 07:23 AM
06/21/2010 07:23 AM
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 41
Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa
Mom4rmHell Offline
NCO Contributor
Mom4rmHell  Offline
NCO Contributor
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 41
Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa
Congrats! You've got it beat!


"I tried to find a female drill instructor's hat for the mom from hell, but couldn't. Anyway, thanks. Basic was a breeze." Son's graduation, Ft. Benning, 1998.

"A good weapon is the best form of health care." T. Donnelly
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100785
06/21/2010 12:19 PM
06/21/2010 12:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Quote
Originally posted by Flight-ER-Doc:
Are you finding that food tastes better? How about things smell better?
I guess it's funny, but I'm really noticing bad smells more. We have an inmate in our jail who, by all accounts, hasn't taken a shower in three months. Now I can believe it.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100786
06/21/2010 02:32 PM
06/21/2010 02:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
F
Flight-ER-Doc Offline
Moderator
Flight-ER-Doc  Offline
Moderator
Senior Member
F
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,147
Slipping the surly bonds of ea...
Quote
Originally posted by airforce:
Quote
Originally posted by Flight-ER-Doc:
[b]Are you finding that food tastes better? How about things smell better?
I guess it's funny, but I'm really noticing bad smells more. We have an inmate in our jail who, by all accounts, hasn't taken a shower in three months. Now I can believe it.

Onward and upward,
airforce [/b]
Well, not everything is a benefit. But WTF, dont you have any fire hoses in there?


Emergency Medicine - saving the world from themselves, one at a time.

"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

I make the ADL soil themselves. And that makes me very happy smile
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100787
06/21/2010 02:52 PM
06/21/2010 02:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Quote
Originally posted by Flight-ER-Doc:
Well, not everything is a benefit. But WTF, don't you have any fire hoses in there?
Yeah, but we aren't allowed to use them like in the old movies. We're a kinder, gentler jail. wink

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100788
06/21/2010 05:48 PM
06/21/2010 05:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 731
Maryland
O
OLM-Medic Offline
Member
OLM-Medic  Offline
Member
O
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 731
Maryland
Congrats on your accomplishment. Keep on truckin'


"Remember that your adversary's desire to live is usually more powerful than whatever ammunition your are carrying in your firearms. Plan accordingly." -tire iron
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100789
06/22/2010 05:09 AM
06/22/2010 05:09 AM
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,011
MT
C
C. M. Wolf Offline
Senior Member
C. M. Wolf  Offline
Senior Member
C
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,011
MT
Let's see if I can help maybe a bit with those nasty smells... wink

You might try carrying a set of those "swimmer's nose-plugs" with you, and I would recommend assigning that certain inmate some good ol' time out in the 'exersize yard' during some of the stronger rain storms that might happen in the area! Oh... and absolutely NO umbrellas or raincoats, just in case there may be some lightening, ya'd hate to risk the inmate's safety.

But just in the case it may not look like rain any time too soon... certainly look into that firehose thing!
"Kinder, gentler jail" huh?... ok, that's still workable... this certain inmate just might enjoy the wonderful aroma as he helpfully scrubs out everyone else's toilets along the whole block! One good smell certainly deserves another!

IHTH wink

Great Job Airforce!

Michael


"Argue for your limitations, and in the end, when all is said and done, they're your's!"

"Sheeple & Shepherds, pick one! You can't be both no matter how you dress."

The higher ya go... the higher ya can get! Mountain Men Rock!
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100790
06/22/2010 07:51 AM
06/22/2010 07:51 AM
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,169
43BN-37FF
Rudy Offline
Moderator
Rudy  Offline
Moderator
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,169
43BN-37FF
You might try a little VIC's vapor rub under your nose.


Rudy out
"Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Handgrenade is no longer our friend."
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100791
06/22/2010 12:48 PM
06/22/2010 12:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Actually, that was one of the easier problems to solve. I told him either he was going to take a shower right now, or he was going to spend the next 30 days in segregation (what some of the older inmates call "the hole," though it bears little resemblance to what that old punishment was).

He took a shower.

Coming up on 16 days now. I've had the 21mg patch on for 36 hours now and I'm going to try to stretch it to 48. (It's a 24-hour patch.) I figure this is as good a way as any to gradually wean myself off nicotine.

Somewhat off topic, but you really don't want to mask smells in a jail--or anywhere else, for that matter. Smells are one of our senses that warn us if anything is wrong. And in a jail, things can go wrong in a hurry.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100792
06/22/2010 04:17 PM
06/22/2010 04:17 PM
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 675
Somewhere in these blue ridged...
The Answer Offline
Senior Member
The Answer  Offline
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 675
Somewhere in these blue ridged...
Quote
Originally posted by airforce:
Quote
Originally posted by Flight-ER-Doc:
[b]Well, not everything is a benefit. But WTF, don't you have any fire hoses in there?
Yeah, but we aren't allowed to use them like in the old movies. We're a kinder, gentler jail. wink

Onward and upward,
airforce [/b]
Old movies?

They were used in The Last Castle, nevermind that it was about a military brig.


Semper Vigilantes, Numquam Exspectantes

Always Watching, Never Waiting
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100793
06/28/2010 02:08 PM
06/28/2010 02:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Coming up on the three-week mark now. I'm still working on weaning myself off the nicotine patch. I'm now wearing one for 72 hours instead of the recommended 24. I think I'll continue to do this until I'm finally out of them. By that time, hopefully I won't miss the nicotine too much.

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100794
06/28/2010 02:47 PM
06/28/2010 02:47 PM
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
C
catfish Offline
Member
catfish  Offline
Member
C
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 128
Wisconsin
Way to go Airforce! I'm proud of you kicking that smoking monkey squarely in the nuts. laugh Keep on keepin on!


"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." Marine General James "Mad Dog" Mattis
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100795
06/28/2010 04:56 PM
06/28/2010 04:56 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 77
California
A
Alhazred43 Offline
Junior Member
Alhazred43  Offline
Junior Member
A
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 77
California
Amazing what a bit of will power can do. Kep it up man


An armed society is a polite society.

Be polite, DONT TREAD ON ME!
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100796
06/29/2010 03:05 PM
06/29/2010 03:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 55
Daytona Beach, FL
P
Patriot71 Offline
NCO Ctributor
Patriot71  Offline
NCO Ctributor
P
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 55
Daytona Beach, FL
Congrats on kicking those cancer sticks!! And I also think it was a great idea to put your experience up for all to read and hopefully give other smokers the courage and desire to kick the habit as well.


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
-Thomas Jefferson
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100797
09/21/2010 02:24 PM
09/21/2010 02:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 378
Lewis County, WA
F
Folcwine01 Offline
Member
Folcwine01  Offline
Member
F
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 378
Lewis County, WA
Hey AF, its been almost 3 months since the last up date. How are you doing?


Folcwine
Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100798
09/21/2010 02:38 PM
09/21/2010 02:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
airforce Online content OP
Administrator
airforce  Online Content OP
Administrator
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 24,349
Tulsa
Still tobacco-free, except for an occasional cigar (less than one a day). I still miss my 2 1/2 packs a day, but the extra $300 a month in my pocket definitely makes up for it. smile

Onward and upward,
airforce

Re: Airforce Is Quitting Smoking #100799
09/21/2010 03:07 PM
09/21/2010 03:07 PM
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 793
Kentucky
S
sharpstick Offline
Senior Member
sharpstick  Offline
Senior Member
S
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 793
Kentucky
Man first I have seen of this thread.

Good job bro, own your body and mind. I quit smoking and replaced it with wintergreen grizzly, im weak, Im an idiot, and I know better but still do it....

Page 2 of 2 1 2

Moderated by  airforce, ConSigCor 

.
©>
©All information posted on this site is the private property of the individual author and AWRM.net and may not be reproduced without permission. © 2001-2020 AWRM.net All Rights Reserved.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.1.1