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lazarus corporation wrote:many thanks for all the advice - I'll stock up on chewing gum and that Allen Carr book.

7 hours until d-day.

You don't need gum or any other nico-rip off if you read Allen Carr. Also he encourages you to smoke whilst you read the book.

At the end of the book, chances are you wont fancy a fag

lazarus corporation wrote:many thanks for all the advice - I'll stock up on chewing gum and that Allen Carr book.

7 hours until d-day.

Know what Laz?

I'm going to quit, too, then.

In that case you have someone to ask how he manages, and we can pull each other through the tense times

IZ.

hmmmmm, I'm very tempted to join in, but I think I would need patches or somekind of crutch over and above a few of us doing it and being a 'support group'

James Blast wrote:hmmmmm, I'm very tempted to join in, but I think I would need patches or somekind of crutch over and above a few of us doing it and being a 'support group'

So buy patches. Whatever.
But DO join in
I will give you a free FGG DVD if you can quit for more than a month...

IZ.

I support all of you quiters. I took the easy route and never started

Loki: let me know what's up please...

You're not quitting alone:



This guy, Charlie, is joining all of you

I did it the hallucienate way too, and I can recommend it to all of you

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:I will give you a free FGG DVD if you can quit for more than a month

that is one good reason, amphetamine logic even. I'll dae ma best

wow - I didn't expect this to happen. Well that's 3 of us, then (4 if you count Charlie the chimp). Who said I wasn't a trendsetter.

I allas knew you were 'trendy' lazco

James Blast wrote:I allas knew you were 'trendy' lazco

I believe you'll find that 'trendies' are those that follow the trends set by others, Mr Blast

good luck for the non-smoking future

at school, Hamilton (near Glasgow) back in the 70s, there was a clothes shop or 'boutique' if you will, called "The Trendy Gay Set"
Beat That!

James Blast wrote:at school, In Hamilton (near Glasgow) back in the 70s there was a clothes shop, 'boutique' if you will, called : The Trendy Gay Set"
Beat That!

was that where you got those leather trousers for your Members Gallery pic then?

Good luck for the four of you!
I quit aswell a few years ago with the help of Mr. Carr. (I didnt even intend to quit, was just reading it out of curiosity, but since I turned the last page, I didnt touch one fag. And I m really not someone who believes in esoteric self-aid rubbish.)


err... ok, sometimes I take one in my hand, when I m out in a bar. I just look so damn cool with it....

lazarus corporation wrote:was that where you got those leather trousers for your Members Gallery pic then?

no
I got them hand built by OZ on the South Side of Glasgow. He's still operating to this day.
The man is quality!

send him a design LC he will build it, trust me

Who makes the patches, the gum and the tabs?

The cigarette companies

Waste of time (to quote Owen Paul)

addiction

40 minutes until d-day, guys.

seconds to the drop...

Ed Rhombus wrote:Allen Carr shows you how to retrain your mind so you don't want to smoke anymore

Nothing to do with Carrie telling you you'd better give up before little Ed arrived then.

well, that's it. I've emptied and washed the ashtrays, and put them away for visitors only.

Desk (usual smoking place) is dusted down of stray fag ash and strands of tobacco and now looks immaculate.

13 lighters have been retrieved from various drawers around the flat and chucked.

I've thrown out the rizlas, and the emergency rizla supply, and the extra-emergency-just-in-case rizla supply.

Well done, laz. And have a good start in the first day of your new life!

Good work LazCo. Feel free to bomb small countries if the urge arises.

I'm not going to bother trying to get my friends to give up smoking and drinking and such. Then when they're dying of lung cancer and liver failure, I can laugh at them, as my otherwise-healthy body lives on, making songs and overdoses on Sisters songs.

hallucienate wrote:Loki: let me know what's up please...

Same goes for me...

As for giving up smoking, yeah it's easy, I do it every night when I go to sleep.

It's just not starting again the next morning that's the problem

Dark wrote:Good work LazCo. Feel free to bomb small countries if the urge arises.

I'm not going to bother trying to get my friends to give up smoking and drinking and such. Then when they're dying of lung cancer and liver failure, I can laugh at them, as my otherwise-healthy body lives on, making songs and overdoses on Sisters songs.

You're planning on being the Cliff Richards of goth then?

lazarus corporation wrote:well, that's it. I've emptied and washed the ashtrays, and put them away for visitors only.

Desk (usual smoking place) is dusted down of stray fag ash and strands of tobacco and now looks immaculate.

13 lighters have been retrieved from various drawers around the flat and chucked.

I've thrown out the rizlas, and the emergency rizla supply, and the extra-emergency-just-in-case rizla supply.

Good luck then.
In a way I even like this early phase of the first two or three days after quitting. I'm a heavy smoker and the absence of nicotine throws me into a realm of utter madness: can't drive, can't work, talk even more bs then normal. But it's a macho thing, and fighting my way through it is a strange kind of joy. The withdrawal itself is something I can cope with (with pain and madness and strong concentration).
I always fail later, when I try to make it a normal lifestyle.

So, best wishes, and yes, I'm tempted to follow you on your way...