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  1. Maridu Maridu is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:51pm)

    Eventho this is not a poker discussion, I'm posting in PD cuz I'm very curious about online players who smoke cigs. It's a disgusting habit, and I'm trying very hard to quit, but many hours in front of computer makes me ill for one. I am taking Zipan & wearing patch, but still going nuts (today I punched the screen with a river). Do many of you smoke while playing? How much do you smoke? Anyone trying to quit? Did anyone actually quit? How? Help... I am about to give up the "quitting" thing...
     
  2. crzysavage crzysavage is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:56pm) in reply to Maridu

    fuck cigarettes. weed ftw
     
  3. CptTripps CptTripps is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:56pm) in reply to Maridu

    I smoke but I'm gonna try to quit starting tomorrow. I'll be doing the patch too. It's hard but from experience I can say it does get easier every day. After 1-2 weeks you'll be fine
  4. Maridu Maridu is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:57pm) in reply to crzysavage

    not talking about weed tho. I know a bunch of peeps here used to smoke. I want to know how they quit... (I want the good drugs)
     
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  5. RSN89 RSN89 is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:57pm) in reply to Maridu

    I smoke a pack of pfunks in a day or two, most of it comming while I sit at the computer. I have never tried to quit and I doubt Ill try any time soon. I have no real solution for you, other than trying to slowly work your way down instead of just quiting all at once.
  6. TheConArtist TheConArtist is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:57pm) in reply to crzysavage

    Yeah you need to substitute cigarettes for joints.
  7. crzysavage crzysavage is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 10:58pm) in reply to Maridu

    put a bunch of smoke alarms around your computer
     
  8. Trent55 Trent55 is offline can i have a title now

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:03pm) in reply to RSN89

    chew and smoke, and ive had 2 laptops end up like that maridu its completely normal

    rehab is for quitters,,, remember that
  9. MYBLUEDOG MYBLUEDOG is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:07pm) in reply to Maridu

    I used to smoke as a result of a stent in our ARMY, breaks were "smoke if you got'm."
    After 6 years, I went cold turkey.

    Wild Turkey on rocks, helps alot. It's hard to find a liter when you're drunk out of your mind
    :D
  10. Juan Grande Juan Grande is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:10pm) in reply to Maridu

    It's so hard to do Maridu, thats the truth, but you can do it. I am trying to quit right now as well and my first step was to quit smoking at certain times when I "always smoke". ie after a meal, first thing in morning, while playing etc. I havent made it all the way yet but I have gone from over a pack a day to about 10-13 cigs a day. Next step is to try and go 4 hours in the morning without one, then move that number up every couple of days. I have tries the patch and pills and neither worked for me at all. That's just me.

    Once you cut down some and are ready to go cokd turkey...perhaps a last longer bet???

    GL

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  11. Maridu Maridu is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:13pm) in reply to Juan Grande

    bah, I rlt admire your effort, but I don't think I can go cold turkey... I am a womenz, I got them hormones which make me nutso already. Add that to jonezing, I may kill someone... But I rly need to hear that someone DID IT. And HOW! I will keep trying, but it is not working and I'm about to rip the patch off and have one. Could I pass out from nicotine overdose?
     
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  12. VegasGQ VegasGQ is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:17pm) in reply to Maridu

    I used to smoke like a fucking chimney... Started taking Chantix a few months back, which was supposed to be a 3 month program, I only got through the first month, and I had ZERO urge for cigarettes ( I really wanted to quit tho, and kept telling myself how nasty/bad it was, etc..), have not smoked in 2 months. The stuff is a fucking miracle drug if you really want to quit! Go to their website or google it, you will see many similar stories, it blocks the nicotene from getting into your brain (or some shit like that),its really amazing!
  13. Sweet_Smell Sweet_Smell is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:17pm) in reply to Maridu

    HAve back surgery. That will make you want to quit, plus many docs wont work on you unless you do.

    unsecksy
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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:18pm) in reply to VegasGQ

    congrats vegas
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  15. VegasGQ VegasGQ is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:20pm) in reply to jalman1

    ty
  16. Hus1le Hus1le is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:22pm) in reply to jalman1

    lol quiting smoking is hard i bought my dad his first box of niccorets which was supposed to be used for like 3months i think....he chewed them all in like a week.....he has now been smoke free for four years but still chews this nicotine gum i guess its better lol...but i started to smoke now too and i like how it calms me i know its stupid but fuck it i'm young
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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:29pm) in reply to Maridu

    I find i smoke more when i'm on the computer.Whether it's playing poker or something else,i literally smoke one after another.Whats worse is i know how bad it is since my dad has COPD,and i see what it does to him (yes he still smokes).Good luck,i'll need to quit myself sometime soon as my wife is having or second child in August and i know i'm going to be bitchy.
  18. VegasGQ VegasGQ is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:30pm) in reply to Hus1le

    ^^ Good for your dad, but you are a fucking idiot. Stop smoking NOW, its not something that is easy to stop, whether you are young or not, and you are doing SO much damage to your body. If you want to be calm, smoke pot.
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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:31pm) in reply to Maridu

    Okay you don't like my cold turkey analogy.

    Let's look at it from an economic stand point. Not withstanding the health care issues and lung cancer risk (you've already ignored the health warning on the packs).

    Pack a day habit cost $5.00 conservative. $5*365 = $1825.00 for tobacco. One liter a month plus burns in cloths and extra cleaning cost add $75.

    So I cost you $1900 to $2000 per year, to make yourself sick.

    Pack and half $3000.00 per year.
    2 pack habit $4000.00 per year.

    What could you do with $2000-$4000 per year. Buy nice cloths, go to spa every month, take a cruse ship vacation, go to Vegas and gamble for the weekend.

    Oh, you said you're a woman? Shop til you drop a couple times a year. Make a downpayment on a new car and payments for the lease every year or most of the monthly payments.

    The only reason you don't quit is you don't really want to quit.

    I'm a woman - excuse to complain
    Hormones - excuse to complain
    I might go off - excuse to complain
    I need a fix - excuse to complain
    I got the jonesz - excuse to complaiin

    The only reason you don't quit is you don't really want to quit.

    This is a joke post. Because you want an excuse to complain. I'm a womanz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Go peddle that tired line somewhere else. Got a quarter, call some one who cares. Oh, a phone call cost more these days. Quit smoking then you can call someone who cares.
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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:34pm) in reply to ohiogary

    i would but my parents are from the old country and they think pot will kill me on the spot
  21. Frictionless Frictionless is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:35pm) in reply to ohiogary

    Smoke some DMT... hopefully that will change your reality, actually I know it will. Maybe the aliens will tell you to stop smoking, and if I were you I'd listen.
  22. Maridu Maridu is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:35pm) in reply to MYBLUEDOG

    lol ^^^^ the chantrix post was actually quite helpful, and I am already researching it and gonna ask my doctor about it tomorrow. There is no need to go cold turkey and suffer the illness of withdrawal when there are so many drugs out there. And as for the hormones, why are you having a hissy fit? Sounds like you got the PMS, not me...
     
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  23. 0zone0 0zone0 is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:36pm) in reply to ohiogary

    I smoked for 2 years and had tried givin up a bunch of times. After readin allen carrs book i stopped like imediately.
    After readin it i just didnt wanna smoke again
  24. Hus1le Hus1le is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:37pm) in reply to 0zone0

    details on the book?
  25. 0zone0 0zone0 is offline

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    Dec 16th, 2007 (12/16/2007 11:41pm) in reply to Hus1le

    http://www.allencarr.ie/

    http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-Stop-...991&sr=8-1
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    Dec 17th, 2007 (12/17/2007 12:04am) in reply to 0zone0

    Maridu I have heard of you in past mentionings and recollections. Your nature is one of allure and mystery. A cigarette in Brazil may light but does your heart? Think of this. It is paradigmic and at times troublesome to face the reality of life. Stupor_Mundi, my spiritual advisor and respected circuit player, has always preached the dangers of tobacco when engaging in battles of intellectual wit and probability.

    I will not go further into his concepts but an exhaustive study has indicated that nicotine may in some way interfere with the RNG of many major poker sites. Please be careful.
  27. MrDonk2U MrDonk2U is offline

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    Dec 17th, 2007 (12/17/2007 12:28am) in reply to VegasGQ

    I tried the patches but they were too hard to light.
  28. zippyflounder zippyflounder is offline

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    Dec 17th, 2007 (12/17/2007 12:32am) in reply to 0zone0

    using welbutrin (generic zyban) and its working well. A notworthy side effect is that I can stay focused longer where before between seasonal effect disorder and smoking i would run out of steam in the 3rd hour of a tourney.
  29. Genetikfreak Genetikfreak is offline

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    Dec 17th, 2007 (12/17/2007 12:53am) in reply to zippyflounder

    I'll show u how to quit ive done it myself. You could be hot just let me show u ;)
    rrrrriong
  30. aupoker1 aupoker1 is offline

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    Dec 17th, 2007 (12/17/2007 12:58am) in reply to Genetikfreak

    HEY MARIDU:

    Unfortuanately, i smoke again(i blame my girlfriend as she smokes like a chimney, and i started smoking againwhen we moved in again) but i quit for 5 years. I drank a ton of water, and and chewed sugarless gum constantly> it worked at least for those 5 years
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