Hey thanks all for your help. A kind of quite confidence about this is building in me. The physical effects of withdrawal are really starting but are tolerable.

superman superman !! - with all due respect - this is YOUR body trying to tell YOUR brain something!

Another lovely side effect of quitting, hacking up massive amounts of gunk....the smoke paralyzes your villi, the now active villi work to expel all of the crud that has been building up in your lungs....I'd imagine your coughing up quite the luggies right now....

Anyway good luck, I pull for anyone trying to quit...

Adam

No massive luggage yet:) Perhaps I flat out killed em?

I thought it "killed" the little hairs called Cilia (sp?). I think it grows back in a year or two.....or ten.

Joel, if you're not hocking ginders then you're not drinking enough........water :D

Ok.....22 hours for me. Other than my eyes about to pop out and my ears feel like they are going to bleed, ....no smokes. Came home to a flooded basement. Sump pump fitting came loose. The stress didn't kill me. It actually helped because I had something very important to do. When I was done sucking up the mess I asked the wife if it was ok to burn one due to unforeseen circumstances. You'd be happy to know that she slapped me in the back of the head. Ragging on a can of peanuts right now.

Lol, that's good. It is the stressful times that make it easy to cave. Glad to hear you held up.

My wife can home today with, I kid you not, 4 Lbs of suckers. 4 lbs! Oral fixation be damned:)

I am trying to vent on the site instead of at live, in person people. I just coughed up something that reminded me of Cleveland.

I am up to 23 hours and things are going perfect - I can't see worth a damn, and walking feels funny and my temp control systems is trash. The good news is that since I don't smoke, I will not be coughing up stuff that looks like Cleveland, but I am sure there will be some sort of equvalent fun for me in the very near future. Now what to reward myself with: AHHHHHHHH torsion bars (28mm), strut braces, cams,........

good on you tabascobobcat!! congrats on having a wife who cares.

She just "distracted" me for a little while.

Now THAT is the kind of support I'll need. Thank her for helping. :D

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Three cheers for the Pelicanhead Quitters Society! Great work. Stay strong!!!

Hey, its been a day and a half and I am still good to go!!!!!! Are the others still hanging in there? This may be the most importain thread this site has seen.

Day four here. It is MUCH easier now on the physical side. No more shakes or sweats. I still have massive cravings, but the body seems to want no part of it. I am sleeping VERY well too! Is smoking a contibutor to insomnia? I woke up and felt pretty refreshed this morning. Do you have any idea how long it's been since I woke up refreshed?

Oh, yea, a few small pieces of Cleveland came up this morning:(

Go guys, go!!

Just want to bump this up to the top. I am rooting for all of you!

Yo LENNZO!

May I suggest a read-through of "Put Down Your Nicotine Rag" by beat poet Allen Ginsberg?


It can be found here: http://www.angelfire.com/bc/villanelle/cigaretterag.html

You WILL get a kick out of it! He actually performed it at my undergraduate college (not too far from where YOU live, I'll bet. . . exit 121 off I-94)

Yup. Quote from a website:

"Tobacco is a nervous system stimulant that triggers complex biochemical and neurotransmitter disruptions. It elevates heart rate and blood pressure, constricts blood vessels, irritates lung tissue, and diminishes your ability to taste and smell. "

keep up the good work gentlemen - you will be well rewarded for the short term pain