smoking

[shawn32]

The patch never has worked for me..Cold turkey is my only chance plus some of the guys I talk to about it, they said its better than going with the patch and gum..

 

[milliman]

http://www.smokehelp.org/assets/images/Smokers_Lungs.jpg

If the above doesn't help you quit, I don't know what will.

Good luck

Wow, those are really gross, but a real eye opener.

If you look at the filter on the cig you can see all of the stuff fitlered out at that point, but hte rest is going into your lungs.

I saw a guy put his shirt over his mouth and exhale, he had the brown spot on his shirt. If you try this, make sure you exhale on the inside of shirt.

 

[Larzker]

Not many bodybuilders smoke but one who was always said to be a smoker was Gunnar Rosbo. Rosbo was a bodybuilder in the '80s. Tremendous genetics and Popeye forearms.

http://www.larrymccusker.com/rosbo.html

 

[Tough Old Man]

Tough Old Man smokes. 1-2 pks a day. not good. Gave up the case of beer a day 4 months ago. cig's r next.

 

[squanto]

i smoked 1 pack a day, 2 packs on weekends (drunk). when i tried to quit cold turkey i woke up in the middle of the night vomiting, so i decided i'd ween myself off a little slower. (i was really low bodyweight, probly why i reacted so violently). i cut down like this: 15 for 3 days, 10 for 3 days, 5 for 3 days, 4, 3, 2, 1 and none on new years night. i got drunk as shit just to prove to myself i could go one night without a cigarette. first 3 weeks to a month was pretty bad....

i also had a lot of pot while i was quitting and i'd roll up a pin joint and smoke it like a cigarette when i really wanted one. that probably helped a little.

i just had to make a decision not to smoke no matter what for one month. after a month your body forms a habit with pretty much anything you do regularly... but my brain played tricks on me like a mofo. for about six months i would have dreams that i smoked that were really realistic and i'd wake up thinking i f'd up... then i'd realize.

but i was coughing up tar and blood all the time. i saw that it would kill me. once you see that a drug will be the death of you it makes it a little easier to quit. and most smokers say "oh i know it will kill me" but they dont KNOW it will kill them. once i saw that it became something i had to do, not that i wanted to do.

can i just say how worth it it was for me? i can breathe (i didnt realize i couldnt breathe before!), i can TASTE my food, i can actually DEAL with my stress w/o a cigarette, girls dont think i smell like shit...

my girlfriend smokes... wish i could convince her to quit... oh well, you just have to want it yourself. nobody can quit for you.

 

[timt]

I quit smoking tonight, I smoke a pack a day. Also quit drinking on weekdays.