Purging of the Poisons!
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:14
As of this moment, right now, I have made up my mind to stop poisoning my body with booze and smokes. I figured I'd start this here and keep a running thread on how I feel and what I notice.
I'm coming from a 16 year pack a day cigarette habit and about 6 years of consuming 2 liters of whiskey per week. Which basically means, hey, more for the rest of ya'll. :)
Let's see how this goes! Will power ahoy!
Superpower07
22-11-2004, 02:17
Go Keruvalia!
Hammolopolis
22-11-2004, 02:20
Jesus thats alot of consuming. You'll have alot more money, I'll say that much.
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:21
As of this moment, right now, I have made up my mind to stop poisoning my body with booze and smokes. I figured I'd start this here and keep a running thread on how I feel and what I notice.
I'm coming from a 16 year pack a day cigarette habit and about 6 years of consuming 2 liters of whiskey per week. Which basically means, hey, more for the rest of ya'll. :)
Let's see how this goes! Will power ahoy!
Good luck.
(You'll need it.)
Andaluciae
22-11-2004, 02:23
bust the problem. break the habit. and good luck to you.
Nationalist Valhalla
22-11-2004, 02:24
do what you want, just don't come crying to me when you are confined to the living hell that is a modern nursing home in your golden years, and i am peacefully dead.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:25
Jesus thats alot of consuming. You'll have alot more money, I'll say that much.
Yep. I tallied it up and I spend $4,300.00 per year just on poisoning myself.
Seems to me that money could be better spent. Even if I just put it away in bonds at a mere 2.25% or somesuch, it would become $150,000 in extra money when I'm 65.
So ... yeah ... I'm quitting. Now.
Ashmoria
22-11-2004, 02:25
dr phil always recommends against going with will power
he says you have to substitute a new behavior for the old one
it could be true
good luck with it in any case and remember that it can take a few tries to really kick any habit.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:25
do what you want, just don't come crying to me when you are confined to the living hell that is a modern nursing home in your golden years, and i am peacefully dead.
Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:27
dr phil always recommends against going with will power
he says you have to substitute a new behavior for the old one
it could be true
I've heard that, nod. I could take up running again ...
Nationalist Valhalla
22-11-2004, 02:27
Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)
might happen, but i think the possibility of monkey's flying out of your butt is slightly higher.
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:28
Pfft ... nursing home ... I'm gonna force my kids/grandkids to take care of me. ;)
Provided you get that far.
Nationalist Valhalla
22-11-2004, 02:29
I've heard that, nod. I could take up running again ...
that's why aa meetings are full of heart attacks waiting to happen guzzling coffee while chainsmoking and eating pork fried double glazed donut rinds.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:29
Provided you get that far.
Quitting now greatly improves that chance.
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:30
Quitting now greatly improves that chance.
It's not about quitting; it's about staying the course.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:31
that's why aa meetings are full of heart attacks waiting to happen guzzling coffee while chainsmoking and eating pork fried double glazed donut rinds.
Ugh ... I would never do AA and I prefer tea.
Nationalist Valhalla
22-11-2004, 02:32
Quitting now greatly improves that chance.
live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:33
It's not about quitting; it's about staying the course.
Well, staying the course I'm on now, I most likely will not see 50. Personally, I'd like to see 50.
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:33
Hahahaha!!!!!!! double fried glazed donut rinds...
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:34
live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.
Oh, no worries, I'll die in debt up to my eyeballs ... it's the American way. Living fast and dying young would be an ok choice, but I have kids of my own now. They'd probably like me to hang around a while.
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:34
Well, staying the course I'm on now, I most likely will not see 50. Personally, I'd like to see 50.
Are you deliberately being obtuse? :)
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 02:36
Are you deliberately being obtuse? :)
In my own special way. ;)
Oh shoot ... I should have said, "You callin' me fat?"
Willamena
22-11-2004, 02:38
In my own special way. ;)
Oh shoot ... I should have said, "You callin' me fat?"
Cool.
Best of wishes to you in this endeavour. And if you don't succeed, just remember, there's always another endeavour.
And another... and another... and another....
Ashmoria
22-11-2004, 03:45
live fast, die young and leave a bloated liverless corpse and tons of bad debt, that's my theory. cuz being old's gotta be worse than being dead.
nooo darlin'
life just gets better and better. as long as you take reasonable care of yourself.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 06:33
Well ... it's been 4 whole hours so far with no ill effects.
I'd like a smoke, but I'm not going to have one. Technically, it's been 2 days on the booze since I haven't had a drink since Friday, and I'm not really craving one at this point.
Let's see how the morning goes without that first smoke.
Soviet Narco State
22-11-2004, 06:50
Well ... it's been 4 whole hours so far with no ill effects.
I'd like a smoke, but I'm not going to have one. Technically, it's been 2 days on the booze since I haven't had a drink since Friday, and I'm not really craving one at this point.
Let's see how the morning goes without that first smoke.
IF you have trouble with the cigs move to nyc. They are $7.50 a pack here. Nobody can afford to smoke.
Keruvalia
22-11-2004, 06:54
IF you have trouble with the cigs move to nyc. They are $7.50 a pack here. Nobody can afford to smoke.
Youch ... they're still only $2.99 a pack here. Wow.
Roachsylvania
22-11-2004, 07:11
Oh, no worries, I'll die in debt up to my eyeballs ... it's the American way. Living fast and dying young would be an ok choice, but I have kids of my own now. They'd probably like me to hang around a while.
Ah, now that's where you went wrong.
Tuesday Heights
22-11-2004, 07:53
Good luck!
Keruvalia
21-12-2004, 19:55
Well .... it's been a month. I've had 2 cigarettes and 1 beer. Not too shabby.
The cigarettes were a lot harder than the booze.