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Post by lust on Jan 15, 2005 10:44:59 GMT -5
Was wondering.........being it the new year and all maybe some of you had some personal goals that you were setting for yerselves to try to achieve and thought since I myself have one, I'll post it and can keep an update on how I am struggling to achieve that goal and when I truly succeed in that goal and maybe you guys can do it too.
My current goal that I have set for myself is to quit smoking. HA has been raggin me for ages on the matter. He's afraid I'll get lung cancer and die and leave my children behind or somethin. He keeps tellin me to do it for my children but honestly, I'm tired of hearing him gripe about how it's not healthy for me and griping about how I could put that money spent on cigs to better use. So, to make him happy AND for my kids, I'm going to quit. I have about 7 cigarettes left in this last pack and as soon as they are gone, I will buy nor smoke no more.
Now, you all have to consider how hard this is going to be on me because I've been smoking since I was 8 years old. I am now 24. That's 16 years of smoking. For me to just suddenly STOP at the drop of a dime is not easy. But I am going to try my best to overcome it. Wish me the best at this.
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Post by X-BOT on Jan 15, 2005 14:29:52 GMT -5
Good Luck, Lusty..and remember "it's easier said then done!" ohh wait that's not very encouraging...uhh, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!"..uhhh that's not really relevant..here try this one.." CIGARRETTES kill more people evry year then Alcohol and Drugs Combined!!!..with that said i've been told it's easier to quit by cutting back slowly then quitting cold turkey.
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Post by lust on Jan 15, 2005 14:42:57 GMT -5
Yeah, well......Tell HA that cause he wants me to just quit just like that. I'm supposed to smoke my last cigarette and not smoke nah nother one or buy anymore. But it's okay. When I start getting moody and B***chy he's just going to have to deal with it and get over it.
I just finished my LAST cigarette like 5 minutes ago. So..........the battle begins. Or should I say Saga?
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Post by autobotsdie on Jan 15, 2005 15:29:31 GMT -5
You're lucky that you have someone there to help you stop smoking. My uncle has been smoking since he was a teenager and now he is 42 and has the beginging stages of throat cancer due to the smoking he did for all these years. He even sounds hoarse. Try useing the patch and slowly wain off of those because if you quit cold turky you will start having severe headaches and the shakes.
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Post by latyrx7 on Jan 16, 2005 1:15:03 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]My goals...... right now my chef papers and then a degree in graphic design.[/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Jan 16, 2005 1:21:27 GMT -5
Yeah, well......Tell HA that cause he wants me to just quit just like that. I'm supposed to smoke my last cigarette and not smoke nah nother one or buy anymore. But it's okay. When I start getting moody and B***chy he's just going to have to deal with it and get over it. I just finished my LAST cigarette like 5 minutes ago. So..........the battle begins. Or should I say Saga? Lust it's pretty much impossible to quit smoking cold turkey..you have to cut back little by little to let your body go threw it's nicoteen withdrawels..If you try and JUST QUIT! your setting yourself up for failure! in other words you wont make it.
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Post by lust on Jan 17, 2005 8:37:46 GMT -5
I know this and that's why I haven't just quit cold turkey. After I smoked my last cigarette from that pack about 5 hours later HA came home and put a cigarette in my face and said, "here, you know you want it." So of course, I smoked it. Afterall, I actually went 5 hours without one, no trouble. Then later before bed, me and HA shared a cigarette. Then I hadn't had one until the next morning. I was drinking my coffee and I couldn't stand not having my cigarette to go with it, so I went to my neighbor and bummed one from him. That was at about 9:30 am. Then surprisingly, I went the WHOLE day without another until about 8:30 pm HA said to give him some money so he could go buy a pack of smokes cause he wanted one. So.........I gave him the money when he came back we smoked one and I think had about 2 more before bed. Then this morning I had one with my coffee and now I'm going to try and see how long I can hold off without one. Before HA left for work this morning, he told me to ONLY smoke when I felt it Absolutely necessary and that's what I am going to do. As much as I would like to pick up a cigarette right now, I have to keep telling myself NO! NO! NO! Gawd! it's so hard. But I have to do it. Well.....I don't HAVE to, but HA and I made a deal that benefits us both and for me to be really happy with him, I have to uphold my end of the deal for him uphold his end.
But, I figure if I can at least go 5 hours without one, then after I smoke one, I take my going without time up another hour or two and keep going until eventually I don't even think about or want a cigarette anymore.
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Post by latyrx7 on Jan 17, 2005 9:16:43 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]New Goal.... to hide my grey! [/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Jan 17, 2005 9:58:31 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]New Goal.... to hide my grey! [/glow] WOAH, Just like LUST you are also challenged! hehehe
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Post by lust on Jan 17, 2005 12:53:00 GMT -5
lol, not quite. It's ALOT easier for him to just throw some hair dye on his hair then for me to do what I'm doing.
Yeah.......good luck with that goal L7. lol.
Seriously, if not good luck for that one, good luck on the other two. Hope you achieve it.
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Post by latyrx7 on Jan 17, 2005 15:57:53 GMT -5
new goal, to get on jay leno.... oh look!
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Post by X-BOT on Jan 17, 2005 17:11:45 GMT -5
new goal, to get on jay leno.... oh look! Man your really moving fast! That Shady sure is good with CPU's!!!
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Post by Perceptor on Jan 18, 2005 13:22:39 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,300]My goal for the new year: TO beat this depression for the next twelve months or so. Realistically having suffered it twice now I am likely to have to battle it for the rest of my life. If I can get through the next six weeks in Nairobi, three thousand miles from home I should be able to get myself sorted if I get it again.
Fingers crossed everyone![/glow]
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Post by lust on Jan 18, 2005 13:39:14 GMT -5
Percy, I don't have to keep my fingers crossed. I KNOW you can get through it. You have one of the Strongest and most Smartest heads on your shoulders. If you got through it the first time, then you can get through it again. It's like saying, "been there, done that" The way you hold yourself up at the kind of job you have day after day after day.......that right there shows strength. Especially after hearing some of the gripes you've made about your job. I myself would probably go Stark raving mad doing what you do. You'd have to commit me. Literally. Just think of the difference you're making. Might not be much to you, but it really is alot to us.
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Post by Omega Magnus on Jan 18, 2005 17:12:51 GMT -5
Here's my two-penneth...
Lust I can sympathize with you as I am still giving up smoking after eight or so months. I found out my girlfriend was pregnant and she gave up so I thought i should join her for all the obvious reasons. I have found it gets easier as time passes and the busier you are the better. Anyway I am down to one or two a day, still puffing because of work, which proves you can do it!
Perceptor, you and I haven't always seen eye to eye but history counts for nothing when you set your sights on something like you have. I have some idea of how it feels as I have suffered the "depression" for, lets say a long time, and its never the same for everyone. Depression is something you fight all day every day even if you don't consciously recognise it. Experience teaches us to live through worse and not to make the same mistakes again and we still manage to trip up again and again. But do remember its not a war , a fight or even a race to the finish. Everyday you smile, smirk or laugh is a good one. May you have many more good days this year.
Personally, my goal this year is to become a father. A good and kind, attentive one at that!
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