Quitting Smoking.....the daily struggles....

[Dylan]

Modified this a little bit....wanna make it so we can start going over the day to day struggles....not to mention how it ties in with the 3rd principle of putting my vision into practice

Ok, many...well some.....well a few.... ok maybe like 10 of you listened to the I-PowerCast today and heard most of the details of my "BIG" project.

Reese and a few others have offered to help me go for it!!!!
I am planning on quitting smoking......I need your help though.... in fact I need all the help I can get.

I tried my first cigarette when I was 10 years old. My best friend Evan and I coaxed some 97 year old man to buy us a pack with the promise of letting him keep the change (75cents). We smoked 3 each....well chain smoked 3 each and kept the sporadic habit til we turned 13.

At 13 we started buying packs on a consistent basis and by the time I was 14 or 15 I was up to a pack a week. By 16 I was buying a pack a day and got them for free because I'd buy about 3 or 4 cartons and sell them individually to other kids who didn't have an 'in' with local tobacco distribution man (or parents who didn't give a flying fuck). I kept this up til after high school when I began buying my own packs because the other kids were now old enough.

Most of my adult memories involve smoking, quitting is something I've never really explored before and truth be told I am kind of afraid to quit. Much of my peronality derrives from tobacco usage. I'm the guy who always has a pack (aqnd a few others probably in my room), who pays friends 20-30$ everytime they go to an exotic place to find me a new brand and get a carton. I constantly smoke.....lunch breaks, between classes, at home, even now I'm smoking a Gauloise (French brand from France) and I smoked 3 today during the I-PowerCast.

I've suffered the bar ban, restarant ban, mall ban, airport ban. I huddled together with my fellow smokers at bus stops, train stations and outside a million other places in the freezing cold weather while we bitched about the anti-smoking laws.

I joined I-Power and created a smoking group, kept a smoking room in dozens of buildings I've worked in (that did not allow it) and spent countless hours mimicking the idiots who chastised me for my dirty, disgusting habit.

Fuck... I even ran a marathon against cancer a few months ago and was featured in a newspaper for being the only one who finished with a cigarette (I still placed 6th out of 500+)

And here we are.... I now want to quit. I am going to complete an entire cycle of I-Power's 3 principles......I asked everyone who wanted to participate in this to watch a few I-Power videos http://ipower.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2057690%3ATopic%3A299103... reason I asked is because I want this to be more about YOU than ME....if we really believe in the I-Power lifestyle I am sure a few of us can accomplish a lot. What I need now is some help. The first step for me is to get this organized. I need a quitting date and well..... I need pretty much any help anyone can give me.....This is gonna be some hard shit but if any of you actually help I'll owe you big time...

Can we do this guys? I'm not ashamed to say I can't do this alone

[Dylan]

I need suggestions and shit so leave some here....my progress will be recorded via blogs and I-PowerCasts.....oh and the Skype I-Power Chatroom

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Time for me to observe principle #1 "being open minded"

[Vodka]

Welcome to the club, man.

I'm not going to start quitting just yet, though.

My start date is November 1. Sort of.

I've been off the electronic cigarette due to shipping delays from Toronto (didn't have cartridges or refill fluid).

For the week or so I was able to maintain it, though, it worked quite well.

I'm guessing you're going to be going the cold turkey route? I'd murder someone.

My plan is: start with the high nicotine cartridges, then medium, then low, then alternate between low and zero, then zero, then off the electronic cigarette.

My total investment in it is $175 US, which should get me through the high nicotine for about a year if I feel the need. Stepping down, I just get a sufficient number of cartridges emptied, and refill them with the $30 refill fluids at the desired strength and flavor.

Wish me luck too :)

[Dylan]

my start date won't be until December 1st I think but good to know you're considering it as well. Maybe a bunch of us can do it together. Amy and I were discussing being quit buddies so we'll see how it all goes

[tobby]

Tip #1: The things you will feel when you stop smoking won't kill you but the things you will feel when you keep on smoking eventually kill you or atleast ruin your life(hole in your neck, amputations etc).
Tip #2: You won't light a cig unless you want to. Your body won't move on it's own .. How can you not be able to have control over your body?
Tip #3: Stop right now. The sooner you get your cold shivers and whatsoever the better.

It's hard to stop unless you have a clear reason for doing so. Your life won't necessarily change alot except that you feel ALOT more healthy and powerful, have ALOT more money to spend, white teeth, the bad breath will be gone and ofcourse you minimize the chance of getting cancer.

Quitting smoking is actually so easy. 1000 Americans stop smoking everyday - by dieing.

[Dylan]

have you smoked before? I mean as a habit?

[toranga]

I am not quitting.

[Dylan]

no worry, I ain't preaching.... unlike other non-smokers I'LL NEVER preach.

[Daniel]

other non-smokers?...who do you mean? xD

[Fien]

That's amazing Dylan!
I never thought I'd see the day...
It's gonna be hard but I know you can see this through.
Good luck and let us know what we can do to help out!

[Dylan]

thanks Fien, appreciate the support :)

[Deltathree]

Jolly'o dylan!

I hope you succeed mate!

Good luck, and every time you think about smoking, remind yourself that every sig is 5 minutes you lose later on.

Good luckzz!!

[Dylan]

if you add up all the cigarettes I've smoked it'll probably only be the adult diaper years I'll miss out on and fuck them anyways