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What got me was that some people just never learn: My mother was a heavy smoker, and it was the cigarettes that caused the cancer that killed her. But as soon as the funeral service was over, some people were lighting up like their lives depended on it ... 
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If you are not 100% ready, it won't happen. I've seen it so many times before. I tried a number of times; acupuncture, hypnotherapy, cutting down, gum. None of it worked until I was ready then it was easy. Went cold turkey one day (long time ago) and have never missed it or craved another cigarette because I was completely ready.
It's the reality of beating tobacco addiction but I hope you manage to kick the filthy habit.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Use the patch. And abstain from alcohol until you're cured. Worked for us who smoked a pack a day for 22 years. My ex-smoking sister (busy body) got both my wife and I the patch for Christmas... really??
Best present ever. 
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I had no desire to quit, but the world is not shaped for smokers at this point.
I switched to vaping. It's fine, scratches the itch, and costs so much less: about $25/month, not counting the rig.
The only downside is dealing with the annoying people at the shops that are really, really into it. Those guys kinda suck.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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I gave vaping a try but it never provided the same experience as real smoking so I stopped using it.
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I had the same problem until I invested in a rig that actually had some horsepower. Of course, YMMV.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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Did the same; feel the same. The best part for me is if I feel like going somewhere I can just leave my rig at home. I don't have that "gotta have it NOW!" reaction anymore to nicotine.
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Warning: There's no non-smoker like an ex-smoker.
I quit smoking 'cold turkey' on January 1, 1991, a week after my wife and I found out she was pregnant with our daughter. After the first couple of days I realized that if I ever picked up another cigarette, I would never truly quit. It would be quit, start, quit, start, over and over again. Keeping that in the back of my mind helped me stay away from the damned things.
The physical symptoms of quitting (feeling like all your nerve endings are on fire, irritation, inability to relax) faded over the course of the first couple of weeks. Chewing gum helped with some of the physical habits around smoking.
The mental components took a lot longer to get over. I realized that I planned my whole f***ing life around opportunities to smoke. Drive to work, 2 cigarettes. Smoke break in the morning, at lunch, and in the afternoon. Drive home from work, 2 cigarettes. It's appalling when you figure out how much of your existence is wrapped up in that pathetic little cylinder of burning brown sh!t.
It's been 27+ years. Starting smoking was the dumbest f***ing thing I ever did, especially since I did it to "fit in" (God, I was such an a**hole). Quitting was the smartest thing. Good luck.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: especially since I did it to "fit in"
When I started high school, I knew only 4 people out of the 1200 kids in the school. I started smoking first year so I could meet new people and I met lots of interesting people. Not that it's justified but I was was that token nerdy kid they make memes about when I started high school.Gary Wheeler wrote: I realized that I planned my whole f***ing life around opportunities to smoke.
I have found that to be true as well. God forbid I miss one of my scheduled smoke breaks or Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde. At least I can hold myself to never smoking in the car; it makes the interior smell like an ashtray and destroys the upholstery.
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I quit smoking years ago - now I just burst into flames without any warning whatsoever.
(Actually never smoked - both my parents did and they managed to raise 5 kids that can't stand it!)
Its a hard trek - good luck.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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You can do it! Good luck! Keep up the excellent efforts. You will succeed!
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Thank you.
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I enjoyed smoking and gave up many times, sometimes for as long a 6 months. Then some bastard I was sharing a house with kept offering me a toke, shortly it was back to a pack a day.
I found the most effective way was to cut down to a really low number 3-4 per day. Then I removed my self from anyone who smoked for an extended period, no pub, no bull sessions with friends and stopped. Finally worked and it has been 15 years, I still try one every now and then just to prove I can't stand the taste anymore.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I found the most effective way was to cut down to a really low number 3-4 per day.
This is what I am attempting to do. I don't have a pressing need to quit but I know that I quitting is for the best. I also know how my brain operates and quitting cold turkey doesn't work. I have to mentally disassociate the habit triggers for smoking before I can give it up completely.
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Quitting smoking is not hard, I already did it at least 21 times.
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That's quit a lot of attempts.
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<provocation>
Don't quit. Enjoy.
</provocation>
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Just put it out of your mind.
I often dont smoke for a few weeks, then do for a day or two. It is actually very easy, just relax.
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I know that I can do it. I just need to take it one day at a time.
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Relax and put it out of your mind. It doesnt exist, it is not a thing. It is meaningless to you. Empty your mind of all concept of it so it is just gone.
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Oh, did that version install correctly?
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pip snake pip
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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That's not called a hard drive. That's a pc chassis. Only end users not devs, call their desktops hard drives and have AOL accounts too.
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My Python is so big that I have it in the cloud.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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