IstenSzek said:

Indeed! I just think, if I was eating only junk food, smoking and drinking and all, then I would be worried. I feel awful if i live like that for just one day, I wouldnt do that to myself every day. So it cant be that bad.

Oh yes and here's one more horrible thing: you will NEVER cough up so much horrible, disgusting shit in your life as when you TRULY quit. Not just for a week. For good. The crap that comes out of your lungs for the next few weeks will make you so happy with yourself that you finally did it.

Sorry guys, I just wanna see you well. Surround yourself with non-smoking friends and maybe even drop the smokers, at least for a while. You'll never thank yourself so much.

JohnPhillip said:

I dont have any smoking friends. I just need the crutch.

We'll all get there in the end. In the meantime, stoip, youre making me need a cigarette!

JohnPhillip said:

argh, i hate when that happens. or when the org freezes up as you hit the
"post response" button



i really am going to quit one of these days (there i go again, lol) but it's
like this, i'm 28 and i think it's already very tacky for me to smoke when i
go out or simply on the street.

imo, if you're over 30 and smoke in public you look really gross and tacky..
so i've only got 2 years to go, lol. however, quit while you're ahead should
be the motto here.

what also helps me is to study the people who do smoke when you've quit. the
majority of people say it's so hard to see people smoke while you don't but
it becomes easier when you observe them closer, look beyond the cigarette and
see how their faces look (the ones over 30, obviously), they all have that
vague greyness as if the life is literally being leached out of them.

and then there's the over 40 + 50's who smoke. they tend to look like wilted
potatos, usually this process is aided by excessive tanning, lol.

i don't have a problem growing older and i don't mind people looking old or
wrinkled at all but i hate to think that you'd deliberately poison yourself
to the point where you look at least 10 years older than you could.

susannah said:

I'm done now.

I don't have any money. I should have received £80 on Sept 1st, but because it was a friday I didn't...I still haven't got it so I can't get me some lunch!

IstenSzek said:

Exactly. I agree with all of that. I can tell you're a smart man and that you WILL figure out how to do it eventually. It's more emotional and psychological than anything else, I think.

JohnPhillip said:

absolutely true! all the cigarette does is make you sick and in constant
withdrawal. so once you've gone through a few days without you're body,
on the dependent level is clean from the cigarette-consituents.

and that's where it switches over to the emotional side of things which
is obviously the hardest part for most people.

i will be moving into my own home in a few months where i will have lots
more peace and quiet than i have now with just me and my dog making our
own rules etc.

that will be thé perfect time to give up smoking for good. i can feel it
very strongly that it will work this time.

Spookymuffin said:

You need £80 just to buy some lunch?! I think you need to tone it down a bit Ben!

You live with your parents, there's no excuse for going hungry!

susannah said:

No - I get £80 allowance monthly.

I'm at work right now with only 35 pence. I can't take out money, because the fucking transaction hasn't cleared - I only need £3 !!

Oh well, tomorrow it will have cleared, and even if it doesn't, it's my last day of work and therefore PAYDAY!!

Spookymuffin said:

Go and buy a packet of crisps
[Edited 9/4/06 5:38am]

IstenSzek said:

susannah said:

Already done so. I had a nice salty and vinegary lunch.

Spookymuffin said:

There ya go!

susannah said:

I feel like shit.

Spookymuffin said:

Good things come to those who wait

Like a nice big dinner!! Thats you dont even have to cook!

Probably...

susannah said:

I live on the streets. My parents are a lie to keep the org happy whilst I slowly starve to death and climb into other peoples' appartments in order to use their internet to fuel my addiction to a website.

Spookymuffin said:

Oh never mind darlin we loves ya

Spookymuffin said:

you should cut off your hand and eat it

IstenSzek said:

then report it stolen and claim the insurance money to buy food

IstenSzek said:

no - i should get someone to wank me off with it for hands-free fun.

Spookymuffin said:

WTF?!

susannah said:

Spookymuffin said:

i think a fleshlight is a safer option than a cut off hand though

IstenSzek said:

I thought I was the only one that knew about them.

I had a bacon sammiche, a yoghurt and a glass of water.

REDFEATHERS said:

Sounds LOVELY.

You cannot beat a bacon sarnie. So simple, yet so satisfying. And I'm going through a yoghurt phase at the moment, too.

Go to Tescos and get the Sveltesse ones - buy one, get one free! 0% fat, less than a hundred calories and they do lemon cheescake and berry ones. Delicious!

That's my second shopping recommendation of the day.

I'm waiting for my boss to naff off so I can tuck into this Kit Kat that keeps looking at me.

onenitealone said:

I hope it happens soon!

I get to naff off very soon

susannah said:

Lucky you! Less than 2hrs for me too.

And I just noticed how I spelt 'cheesecake'.

onenitealone said:

blame it on the typing, thats my excuse! Well, for me its real though...

I have to go and see a man about a dog, leave in 10 mins!

PS did you ever get a myspace?? Laptop set up yet??