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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:45 PM Original message |
Has anyone used hypnosis to quit smoking. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. My brother was a 2 pack a day smoker. ONE VISIT and he never smoked again. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. excellent. this woman is a doctor and licensed. so i imagine she is as qualified as she |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. Wasn't much to say. It was like an hour, and he didn't tell me much more than that. |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. "Now only if it worked for his drinking." Yep, and thats another story.. ugh.. n/t |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Never tried hypnosis, but my experience |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. thanks. the upside, mother in law coming to visit in two weeks after years of being |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. One other thing that helped me.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. ya.... |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was a pack and a half a day smoker for about 25 years.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. that is the hard part. really really really..... wrap mind around. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Why do you suppose you craved cigs for |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Didn't work for me |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. ahhhhhh./ you werent suppose to tell me that. hey.... after experience did you immediately |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:05 PM Original message |
I tried hypnosis |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. hwo did you feel those couple days. still have the want? nt |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
99. No I felt really good, at peace |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. It didn't work at all |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. ty. nt |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. I smoked three packs of camel non-filters a day. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. bully for you. me, i am not so good. but |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I left out a couple of details. |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But I also bet very difficult, no? n/t |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I still enjoy the smell |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I quit cold turkey twice... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. it is... so... stupid. lol |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Been there done that |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. good for you. nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
71. Yeah, see, you get to five, ten, or more years and... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
70. Is it a chant? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. i do the same with going to bed at night. sleep is my friend. sleep is good for me. i need sleep |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. I quit a 4 pack a day habit in one session then I went and got my certification |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. how the hell does anyone smoke 4 packs, lol. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
75. I think I know how... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. but I'd carefully stub them out... lol, me too. can smoke one cig three four times. nt |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I found hypnosis useless, but it probably had more to do with me than the process. . . |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. remains a struggle to this day. isnt that just amazing. |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. I swear that this book called "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" worked for me and three of my friends. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. thanks |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. I went to the Mad Russian in Brookline, Mass. (Yefim Shubentsov) |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. wow. just wow. i dont see how it works, but i do hear this story |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 04:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
98. Best of luck to you! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Twice, but it didn't last for me... nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. First things first - you have to frighten yourself |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. (This reply is to you, seabeyond) Malaise's suggestions are spot-on. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Go out to dinner with the cigarette money |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. thanks. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I changed all my habits for the first 2 - 3 weeks. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. We never thought we could give up coffee for an hour |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I just gave up coffee completely last week. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That's not happening |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. lol.... on the coffee. love your guys subthread. good stuff. nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Hope it helps |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. thank you all. gonna keep rereading the thread next couple days, |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. One other item. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. 100% correct |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. really. this surprises me. i still have a pack and half in house and was wondering |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. One of my sisters quit in 1984 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. been there done that and YES so stupid. lol. nt |
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shirlden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. Worked for me too |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. first... how do you wake up without coffee, bah hahaha. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I postponed the coffee |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. my appt is 11. but i thought i would jsut do without until then. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. When you're getting those kids ready |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, over 35 year ago |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. good idea. will ask her to throw in carrot. |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
88. More like |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. cig and coffee. when i quit for four weeks coffee consumptioned dropped a good half. nt |
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laureloak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. It didn't work. Determination + Patch finally worked. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. ok, thanks. glad you found something. nt |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Look at the price and do the math. Everytime I see a $67 price tag for |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. ahhh |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. Keep your hands busy. I learned to crochet, made the worlds biggest afghan. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. i want to learn how to do that. been thinking. dont know how i can read my books though |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
51. Been there done that. That's when I found out I can't be |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. Well, being admitted to the hospital put me on the road to being an ex-smoker... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. thank you. i quit four weeks and started feeling so good. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. Good luck. I am still addicted and have had a 90 day supply of |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. that little voice that keeps talking to you..... i listened. then |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Bummer......thanks for the heads up. I will try and tell the little voice |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. 11 in the morning. and i will. i am very confrontation, yet so submissive |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. I've tried everything, but my problem is I don't want to quit. I just |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. ecig didnt do it for me. hubby bought all the stuff and couldnt get into it |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Just Google "nicotines effects on the body"...I dare ya' |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. interesting. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. sigh I have all the stuff too, but ya gotta get on it, and that seems |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-21-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. lol lol. isnt that the truth. bah haha. nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. I think that is the key b/c people do what they WANT to do. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
77. If you smoked when you were young, I wonder if your brain may |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. what person picks up cigs old, lol. we all know better. it is only started young. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
81. Chantix worked for me. Also go to the website quitnet.com They have |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. ahhhh, good for you. chantix worked for me too. and started again. the only |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I quit the third time too. Actually I had many mini quits that lasted a day or a few days but I will |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. I used laser acupuncture. It worked for me a 1 1/2 pack a day smoker of 30+ yrs. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. interesting. i have never heard of it. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
83. I didn't use hypnosis |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. take it off, smoke a cigarette, put it back on... that is funny. so, no sex |
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grandpappy (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
84. No coffee---------no smokes |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. i cut off coffee at 5. but wow to your mama. never heard of that. lol |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
94. no, but I once used it to pull off a jewelry heist in singapore. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
95. My technique was pick a week where I was gonna be having fun, and use a little nicotine gum too. |
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