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On Safari. A drunk Jonesy once confided that this was the programme that convinced him his destiny lay with the small screen.
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did you enjoy dara o'briain, elvis? i thought i was going to asphyxiate with laughter at one point. i was looking out for a pink shirt in the crowd but didn't spot you, i'm afraid.
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felt up that camera i really want at jessops the other day. made me so happy. this week i am finally feeling financially irresponsible enough to buy it, but on the internets because it's cheaper and i like parcels delivered to me. somewhat related - i am giving up booze again, except the odd glass of wine at home. also, i will try to get zyban tomorrow like you said. healthy winter innit.
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I'm on it! It's fine. I mean, I couldn't sleep at first but I've got used to it now. And I totally don't want to smoke. It's so cool. You know how normally, you want to smoke, it feels like there's this emptiness inside that can only be filled up by inhaling on a cigarette? For some reason Zyban makes you feel like that bit is already filled up. Cigarettes just don't interest you. And you still get to smoke for the first week as well, and for some reason, it makes the cigarettes taste wierd. Hurrah for Zyban!
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What way? No, everything is exactly the same.
eta - actually, the end of the first week / beginning of the second was a bit rough, because zyban's a bit speedy, and i was not sleeping much. as soon as you wake up your mind goes AWAKE AWAKE!!!!! and that's it. you're awake. but your body adjusts to that really quickly - i've started sleeping again now, and i'm half-way through the 2nd week.
quote:Originally posted by London: What way? No, everything is exactly the same.
eta - actually, the end of the first week / beginning of the second was a bit rough, because zyban's a bit speedy, and i was not sleeping much. as soon as you wake up your mind goes AWAKE AWAKE!!!!! and that's it. you're awake. but your body adjusts to that really quickly - i've started sleeping again now, and i'm half-way through the 2nd week.
lol. I didn't mean that way in a bad way. You're just...you know.
Have you smoked since starting? I don't like the speedy aspect, but if I can adjust quickly it would be worth it to not be killing myself slowly anymore.
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You smoke throughout the first week, and then on day 7, you stop. That was last Friday. I haven't smoked since then. I haven't even wanted to, AT ALL. And my sister, who was like massive granny-ash addicted smoker, much worse than me, she's been given up for like a month now and I think she was only tempted once - and she resisted. And even if she hadn't it would have tasted minging anyway, so, urgh. You're on it for 2 months and at the end of that time, when you come off it, you'd have to be stupid to want to start again, surely.
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quote:Originally posted by London: Just... what? Immensely compelling?
You're on it for 2 months and at the end of that time, when you come off it, you'd have to be stupid to want to start again, surely.
Yeah, sure. Immensely compelling.
Ah, so Zyban might not be the wonder drug I had hoped for. I need something that not only reduces the urge to smoke, but also makes me not stupid. The last time I quit I was smoke free for almost six months. But then I got a case of the stupids and thought I could just have one every now and then. Ha! Back to a pack a day in the blink of an eye.
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I was off smoking for 4 months solid. Just gave up. Paf. Just like that. Stress rising. Work is difficult. What's one cigarette going to do. Lead to me to a slippery slope. Now I smoke again. I need to get off of it. I actually don't like smoking. Hate it. It stinks. Burns your shit. Makes a smell. Deadly. Fucking gay peer pressure.
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Yeah. My sister says she has to act like she's a recovering alcoholic and can't allow herself one tiny drag or that's it. Surely if you gave up booze you can give up fags?
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quote:Originally posted by London: Surely if you gave up booze you can give up fags?
You would think. But booze was easy compared to smoking. I smoke all day long, whereas when I drank, I tried to keep it to non-working hours only. Nicotene is supposed to be as addictive as heroin, so kudos to anyone who's ever stopped.
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I stopped. Just went cold turkey one day. It helped that it was just gone midnight on 01/01/00 and that I was in Rome, and threw my cigarettes and lighter in a bin whilst walking back to the apartment. I don't know why it stuck, though.
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I don't really smoke when I'm not drinking, and even then, I don't smoke much at home.
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There was definitely a drinking correlation for me when I smoked and that was what escalated my smoking to probably 20 a day anyway - I was stuck on a dead end project job in Birmingham and staying in a central Brum hotel with a large crowd of other project people. For nine months. We escaped to the loos at work during the day to smoke because the job was so shit and we went out every night because we were on expenses.
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I found stopping smoking whilst drinking the hardest, but I don't get the urge anymore. The one context in which I cannot resist a cigarette is when I'm looking at porn. I don't know quite what it is, but I'll just see a pic of some chick bending over in white knickers and it's like 'bang!' I'm gasping for a cigarette. So strange. It's only soft porn that triggers it, too.
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quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I need to get off of it. I actually don't like smoking. Hate it. It stinks. Burns your shit. Makes a smell. Deadly. Fucking gay peer pressure.
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