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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 2053049" data-attributes="member: 12744">Shut up.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Three days my sweet patootie.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Seriously, the medical experts tell you it's three days to a week, but the second and third week of quitting has always been the hardest for me, and it still comes on strong some days weeks later and the craving lasts for an hour or two (like yesterday).  It's like having a small monkey sitting on your shoulders, squeezing your neck with his legs, and then every 10 seconds or so slapping you on the forehead really hard.  Sounds kind of funny at first, not so bad, but after a week you just WANT IT TO FREAKING STOP ALREADY <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> <whew>  Ok sorry, I'm feeling much better now.  I do that, and think of my kids while I do so I can really twist the guilt knife in hard.  Makes me more anxious and angry at myself, but less likely to light up. OldDrewId had a really good mental method that he used which I am borrowing. There was some statistic that said that only 1 in 10 people who quite smoking actually stay quite for more than a year, most go back within the first few weeks/months.  You get competitive and imagine these 9 other guys all trying to quit, and watch them drop off one by one as the time period between guys dropping off increases, until around the 11th month it's just you and that last monkey-flocker; then you really dig in and see his ass off too till it's just you and no cigarettes. So far I've mentally asked guy #3 for a cigarrette like 6 times, but he said no, and now he's being a *real* prick about it...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Yes, last night, in lieu of any tobacco, I threw back several whiskey-n-waters in fond rememberance and honor of him, then ranted illegibly to my dog for several minutes about my lack of willpower regarding nicotene.  There really are not, and probably will not, be another journalist with quite the cajones, or mental instability, of that man. Ragboy, I know your pain my brother.  I did the gum several times and it never worked for me... I just chewed more and more and had to start buying cigarrettes again to help me quit that damned expensive gum.  The workouts do help a lot though, especially the exhaustive super-set weight conditioning;  it's a great alternative to the illogical nicotene-anxiety-driven urge to hit something really hard when I don't have a bag around to work <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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