I Quit (1323 hits)
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Submitted by Sphagnum (View user info) at 2007-12-10 07:24:30 EST
It all began with a book.
Ever since I was a kid, I have had the remarkable ability to read just about anything. I remember going through school, receiving the books for each semester of English and proceeding to read the book in the first two or three days of the term, much to the surprise of my teachers and classmates
alike. Nothing unremarkable so far? That's right, even considering for the fact that their surprise was not entirely unwarranted.
My life is not an exciting one. I have gone through 26 years of it, being more than content with mediocrity.
"If he just put some effort in!" they'd say and
"He's going to do something wonderful one day, that boy"
Then there was my extended family...
"What a fucking deadbeat. He'll never amount to anything"
and my favourite "You look great, Sphag. How's work going? We're so proud of you...".
Two faced cunts.
I love the language. I understand what makes a word. It's got to have purpose, context and a profound meaning, but most of all, it has to have timing.
I have words that I never use, like "motivation" and "ambition" but then I also have words that I like to use alot. Now that you've had the pleasure
of being introduced to my extended family, you can probably guess what two of them are? I don't use them for what they mean. I use them because
of the wide range of emotions that it can generate through your audience. It's a manipulation and I LOVE manipulation.
"So what's all this shit got to do with a book?" those of you who aren't bored shitless would have asked yourself by now.
I'll get to that, but first I need to introduce you to someone.
I'm intent on destruction. Every relationship, every job, every thought process, all guided by a subconscious fetish for destruction. When I was younger, I used to light fires. I would carry matches around with me all the time and when the opportunity arose, I would invariably set
something on fire. I could stand for hours, staring into the flames like I was in some kind of euphoric trance. I couldn't get enough of it.
Luckily, I grew out of this phase after a few close calls that nearly ended up in disaster. I never intended for anyone to get hurt but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly things can get out of hand. One particularly "hot" summer morning nearly ended with half of my primary school
burning down and after a hiding and a week of silence shrouded by disappointment, I gave my pyromania away... At least I think I did.
I was a cunt of a person at high school. I used to have a sort of magnetism that bought people to me. I was able to glide through without any effort and, at the same time, cause as much trouble and draw as much attention to myself as I possibly could. I'd suck people into the circle
and then try to destroy them psychologically. I wasn't very good at it though so they invariably ended up telling me to stay the fuck away
from them because I was creeping them out. If only I knew then what I know now.
I don't see any of the people I went to school with. Not one single one of them. I went to school for 18 years and there is no-one that I speak to unless I run into them coincidently. Occasionally, they remember who I am and we talk about "the good old days". Most of the time, they wouldn't know who I was if there life depended on it. I remember them all. Every single one of them. The greatest mark of respect you can show someone is to remember who the fuck they are in case your paths cross again. Maybe I wasn't such a cunt after all.
I had my first cigarette when I was 10 years old. Some weird fucker who lived down the street pinched a couple off his mum and we smoked them together.
What a fucking disgusting habit was all I could think as I threw the remaining three quarters of it on the ground, secretly hoping the grass would catch on fire so I would have something to stare at for a few hours.
The problem is, smoking is destructive, and there is fire involved. How could I possibly not try it again at some point?
I never really though I was a smoker until I was in about year 9 (14 or 15 years old). That was the first time I ever remember going through withdrawals if I didn't have one for awhile. I was at a boarding school so it wasn't like I could go home of an afternoon and smoke to my hearts
content. There was a huge element of danger involved with every cigarette and that really turned me on. Thinking back now, I wonder how easily drawn to it I would have been if everyone was doing it. I don't like being a sheep. I like being a shepherd. Most people do.
So eleven years go by and all I do is smoke more and more every day. When I wake up, when I have coffee, when I get to work, after I eat, when I drink, after sex, when I'm on the phone, when I'm on the computer, Fuck for all I know, I probably continue smoking when I'm asleep without even realising it.
I love it. I can't live without it. It makes me happy, it relieves stress, I always feel good when I smoke... Surely this isn't all just a figment of my imagination. I've tried to stop before. Usually after a day or two, I find a reason to fail. They're all perfectly legitimate reasons though, It's not like I had any say in the matter.
"Get to the fucking point, dickhead"
Yeah, I know. I am, I am. Although this may not be exciting for you, it is very therapeutic to me and I promised myself that I wouldn't impose a word limit.
So here I am. I smoke at least 20 cigarettes every day. Can you think of anything that you have 20 of every day? Anything at all?
I really am a fucking miserable cunt. The most miserable that I know. I hate people, I hate responsibility and I hate doing anything about it. Is it then ok for me to not consider myself to not be selfish? I don't like seeing people in pain. I know what they are feeling and I hate the fact that anybody else should have to feel it too. I want people to laugh, I want them to feel special, I want to be able to look into their eyes and see a sparkle, see some enjoyment.
On the other hand, I like to fuck with people. Why do I do that? Only one person benefits from that and, last time I checked, that person immediately falls under the category of "selfish".
With the humdrum of every day life these days, it's rare to see anything in a person's eyes besides misery. The sheer monotony of it all has desensitised mankind to the point that just about everyone these days is a selfish cunt who wouldn't even stop if they ran you over in your own fucking driveway. People don't have time to give a shit about anyone else. Is this a really cynical outlook? Think about the last time you went out anywhere to do anything before you answer. Did anyone help you unless they were getting some kind of monetary gain? Did they even notice that you were there? Did someone run into you in the mall? Did someone almost crash into you because they were talking on their cell phone? Did that dumbfuck really just drink enough to kill a small horse, then jump in his car to drive 1.2km to his house?
Nobody cares unless there is a reward and people won't take a small feeling of satisfaction as a reward anymore.
I did see something the other day that I believe may change my life forever. Despite all of my pre conceived ideas and all of my negativity, I was still able to see something in someone's eyes that I wanted to feel for myself. Something that made me smile because I could see how happy they were. Do you ever see someone and think; Gee that person looks happy. I want to FEEL the way they feel? It doesn't happen very often but take my advice, if you see it, ask the person what it is that
has made them so happy. You certainly won't regret it.
A work colleague of mine has a very stressful job. She is project manager and is constantly put under enormous pressure by people who are selfish and incompetent.
Needless to say, she does what most people do when they're stressed out permanently. She smokes. Why is it that everyone you see who is under constant stress is a smoker? Is the common denominator really the stress or could it actually be caused by the smoking? Apparently, smoking relieves stress. How is it possible that all of these smokers can seem like they're under stress?
Remember the mosquito theory? If you get bitten, don't scratch it, it only makes it more itchy. Only dumb cunts start scratching. I'm not a dumb cunt... am I?
So I got to work a last Monday week and was passing by Miss project manager's office when I came to an abrubt halt. There she was, sitting around eating an apple and having a laugh with the team. Now, don't get me wrong, she is generally very sociable but this was at 9 o'clock on a Monday morning. Not even those fundamentalist, bible-bashing retards who knock on your door are that sociable on a Monday morning. What the fuck was going on here?
Obviously, I needed to find out so I wandered into the office to see what was happening. "You're awfully chirpy this morning" I greeted her. She spun around in her chair to look at me and her eyes almost burnt a hole through the back of my skull. With a mixture of mischief and what can only be described as ecstasy she said; "Guess what?"
What?
"I quit smoking!"
Ummm, we had about 4 cigarettes for afternoon tea on Friday, how can you now consider yourself a non smoker?
"Because I am one. I'm never smoking again"
Do you need some money or something? I have cigarettes in my pocket if you want one?
"No thanks, I don't want one ever again"
I smiled and walked away. What a load of bullshit. She'll be smoking by 10 o'clock. When I got to my desk, I reckon I sat there until 10 o'clock thinking about that look in her eyes without even realising. The only thing that alerted me to that fact was the pat on the shoulder followed by the obligatory "Smoke time, cunt" that always follows.
The impact was profound. I thought about that look all week. How does she feel? Can she possibly feel like that look suggests? This must be some kind of witchcraft. After the initial discussion we had on Monday morning, she came down with us at 10 for a smoke but she stood there smiling away and didn't event look at the cigarettes once.
How do you just quit smoking overnight and deal with it that easily? It's not possible... Apparently, she had read a book. Uh oh, usually conversations about books changing lives is generally followed by commiting half your life and paycheck to some stupid religion that will never give you anything worthwhile in return except a monumental dose of brainwashing. I'll link the book at the end if anyone actually cares.
A magical book? Uneducated fundamentalists said that about Harry Potter. It certainly has no credible meaning anymore. There is no such thing as magic and, if there is, it certainly doesn't come in the form of a book. Meh, maybe I'll read it one day. It surely can't change the mind of a super-genius like me.
Before I even got to Friday, I was thinking about how I could get my hands on this book. The ProjMan was still as happy as a pig in shit and I was still as miserable as a starving vulture. I decided, based purely on my intent to destroy, that I needed her to be miserable again. What better way to do it than to read the book and watch it fail. I still needed to get my hands on it.
Incredibly, I ended up with a copy of it by Friday. A girl in one of the other departments who, for some reason beyond my realms of understanding, apparently has a thing for me, left a copy of it on my desk with a hearwarming little note in it. She is a non-smoker and I think she was thinking selfish thoughts when she gave it to me but that could just be because I'm a miserable cunt. Great! Now I have the book and a whole weekend to read it.
I was too busy on Saturday and too busy on Sunday. Isn't it funny how I can spend the whole week thinking about it and then not even bother to read it. If it was anything else I would have done it at the first opportunity. Such is the power of my addiction. I was afraid at what I might find out.
I ended up waiting until Monday. I'd had a particularly shit day and went to bed really early in an effort to just put it behind me. After about 30 minutes of being wide awake, I remembered the book. I might as well have a look at it. Maybe it will help me fall asleep. I spent 2 hours reading it and then the following 2 hours on the phone to the girl who gave it to me. Even though I was only half way through, something told me I owed her a massive debt for giving it to me in the first place.
I had two cigarettes on Tuesday and hated both of them. All I could think about was getting home and finishing my book. I was even in a good mood for a change. Some of you may even have noticed it in my reviews. Who knows...
When I got home on Tuesday, I went straight into my room and finished reading it, then spent 2 and a half hours on the phone with that special little angel.
It worked. A little like the mosquito theory. When you look at something from all of the different perspectives, you are in a much better place to see things more clearly. All of the chicken and the egg questions that smokers ask themselves but are too afraid to answer because they are scared. Why the fuck do I do it?
Why? Why? Why?
You know what? I couldn't come up with a legitimate reason. That's how pathetic I am. Every answer I gave was so stock standard, it was easily dismissed by the book as rubbish. I was quickly coming to the realisation that there was no reason. I was just trapped.
Not anymore.
I see that look when I am brushing my teeth of a morning now. For all the times I tried and failed I laugh and think about how much better it would've been to feel the way I feel now rather than sticking another filthy cigarette in my mouth. I owe that angel a part of my life at least so she can experience the new me that she has created.
I feel immortal. I can think clearly and I can laugh in the face of withdrawals. I actually enjoy defeating them.
How can such magic be contained in a book?
I'm definitely going to try and find out.
If anyone has read it, what's your opinion?
We always think of reasons why not to discontinue smoking. We never convince ourselves of a legitimate reason WHY we should continue. Maybe that's all it did. I can't work it out...
Not yet anyway. Decide for yourself:- http://allencarr.com/central/article/35/easy-way-to-stop-smoking
User Reviews
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2008-03-15 12:56:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-03-15 13:07:34 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:46:58 EST (#)
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Actually, after reading this, I decided to take my habit up to TWO packs a day.
THANKS, SPHAGGY!!!
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I don't like stuff about people quitting smoking. I mean, what is the big deal? If people want to die, we just let them smoke. What people never tell you is that alcohol is just as harmful as smoking is, and you have as much chance of getting cancer from an orange as you do from second-hand smoke.
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Good point. Has nothing to do with the theme of this post but the mentally retarded primary school kids that I teach agree with your sentiment 100%
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-03-14 22:07:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:46:58 EST (#)
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Actually, after reading this, I decided to take my habit up to TWO packs a day.
THANKS, SPHAGGY!!!
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I don't like stuff about people quitting smoking. I mean, what is the big deal? If people want to die, we just let them smoke. What people never tell you is that alcohol is just as harmful as smoking is, and you have as much chance of getting cancer from an orange as you do from second-hand smoke.
Submitted by stinkfish (user info) at 2008-03-14 21:08:41 EDT (#)
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Nobody cares if you quit...
yeah, this is happening
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2008-01-04 22:20:37 EST (#)
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wow still klinging to this turd
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2008-01-02 08:31:12 EST (#)
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I read this, ordered the book online and read it the day it arrived. I haven't smoked in a week, nor do I feel the need to.
Thanks.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:54:03 EST (#)
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I looked up the book you're telling them about as well as its basic philosophy. It's so genius that, even though I think this was written badly, I think you should have a +0.5. Here.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:46:58 EST (#)
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Actually, after reading this, I decided to take my habit up to TWO packs a day.
THANKS, SPHAGGY!!!
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:44:38 EST (#)
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Auto -1 to any story that starts with "It all began with..."
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-12 18:27:41 EST (#)
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WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO ME?
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY!
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-12-11 21:37:19 EST (#)
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Haha fuck you stagger.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-12-11 21:13:59 EST (#)
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Congratulations, that's a really brave acheivment.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-12-11 14:53:40 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-12-11 12:51:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-12-11 12:16:02 EST (#)
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Man, this was a good post. I was expecting to be annoyed by some unfinished thought, but you wrapped it up nicely.
I'm quitting today. Not to say that your post was THAT good, as to make me quit... but I had decided the other day that I needed to quit. Then I read this post and was like "hell yes! that's why I'm quitting!"
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-12-11 11:59:04 EST (#)
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If you think a book will stop a physical addiction, I have some informative texts to sell you, along with a bridge or two.
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2007-12-11 11:15:28 EST (#)
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that book helped me quit for quite a while, almost a year without touching a cigarette. It is pretty magical. I need to read it again.
Allen Carr died of lung cancer, I believe.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-11 09:23:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-12-11 07:54:12 EST (#)
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Can't believe I wasted my time on this.
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One of the many perks that come with being a dumbcunt
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2007-12-11 06:11:45 EST (#)
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I've been thinking a lot about quitting lately. I'll give it a shot and get back to you.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-12-10 22:45:38 EST (#)
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This was really good.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-12-10 18:12:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:19:52 CST (#)
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Good on you, quitting shaggin men was the best thing I ever did
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-10 17:33:17 EST (#)
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Welcome to 2004!
jesus, that book did it's rounds with my mates years ago - of the six of us, only one gave up smoking - sucky part was, that one person was my boyfriend so i was relegated to stinky smoker within days.
No one wants to be around me if they are quitting - mainly because i actively try and get them to start again.
Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-12-10 15:54:12 EST (#)
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Can't believe I wasted my time on this.
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-12-10 15:19:57 EST (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-10 13:25:36 EST (#)
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i have not received any mail at brdn_nkd.at.yahoo.com
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check your spam.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-10 13:56:18 EST (#)
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I smoke cigars.
I used to smoke cigs....I don't ever want one now.
Stogies rock
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-10 13:25:36 EST (#)
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i have not received any mail at brdn_nkd.at.yahoo.com
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-12-10 12:28:37 EST (#)
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Woo!
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2007-12-10 12:28:21 EST (#)
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this read... familiarly.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-10 12:26:08 EST (#)
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1) The greatest mark of respect you can show someone is to actually show them respect the first time you meet them.
2) Yes, you are still rather cuntish.
3) Most people enjoy being sheep. Shepherds are far more rare.
4) You are "fucking miserable". I mentioned that just the other day and you vehemently denied it - yet here it is. Funny that. I love being right.
5) BAH - I have noticed no such 'good mood'... but that doesn't exactly surprise me considering you hate me n' all.
6) Very enjoyable read - good on ya.
7) Cunt.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-12-10 11:48:05 EST (#)
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Good for you!
Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-12-10 11:46:04 EST (#)
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GOOD IDEA!
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-12-10 11:33:06 EST (#)
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Fuck me I have that book in the footwell of my car, where it has lived for the last year and a half.
The book doesnt actually tell you to call the person who gave it to you I hope? I could have a problem with that.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-12-10 11:30:26 EST (#)
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I quit with the aid of expensive new drugs. I feel phsyically healthier, though I'm finding myself much more stressed out the past few months.
I don't think I'm going to smoke again though.
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:56:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:24:13 EST (#)
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bubba, i'd borrow it and return it or pass it on if you didn't want it back.
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i've mailed you
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:31:41 EST (#)
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SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking may cause you to look really cool.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:24:13 EST (#)
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bubba, i'd borrow it and return it or pass it on if you didn't want it back. mail me if you're serious about loaning it out: brdn_nkd.at.yahoo.com
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:22:32 EST (#)
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fuckin sociopath...I love that!
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:19:52 EST (#)
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Good on you, quitting was the best thing I ever did
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:03:55 EST (#)
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I almost stopped reading this once but I decided to read the whole thing. It was interesting, so I can't rightly say why I almost stopped reading it, other than I always feel like I should be doing something other than reading long ass uber posts. I'm glad I kept reading though, because it was a good post.
Anyway, are you for real? I think I'll buy that book for my mom if you are for real. Well, even if you aren't, it can't hurt, right?
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-12-10 10:03:25 EST (#)
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Not yet.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:21:30 EST (#)
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I'm going to bed. I enjoyed writing this.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:20:51 EST (#)
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I explained what my 2 favourite words were early on.
I mostly did it for you though.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:19:54 EST (#)
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I think you said 'cunt' 47 times.
I'm a moron. I'm one of those on/off smokers. I'll smoke for a few months then quit for a year or so. Then on a whim, I'll buy a pack and it's back on.
I don't know exactly why I do this. I need to stop it.
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:05:51 EST (#)
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*allen carr
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:04:59 EST (#)
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i wrote a check for nearly $700 for a course at an alan carr clinic. at the firt group session some sappy cunt in off white socks and sandals started reading that book to us - i thought fuck this for a game of soldiers, never went back, the check bounced and i purchased the book. by the time i got 2/3's through i'd stopped smoking. if anyone wants the book let me know.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:02:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-12-11 01:01:04 EST (#)
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I don't smoke normal cigarettes but tobacco, smoking a lot less but smoking nevertheless.
I've been through so much shite lately that I don't want to quit right now but I'll quit soon.
What I know is that you get a long way with some sort of replacement for the smoking habit.
Fuck I'm going to become fat..
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All lies. You should read the book.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-12-10 09:01:04 EST (#)
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I don't smoke normal cigarettes but tobacco, smoking a lot less but smoking nevertheless.
I've been through so much shite lately that I don't want to quit right now but I'll quit soon.
What I know is that you get a long way with some sort of replacement for the smoking habit.
Fuck I'm going to become fat..
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:57:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-12-10 23:52:54 EST (#)
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Well, i read the whole thing. That's something.
All i hope is that no-one congratulates you for quitting like it's some brave achievement.
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I don't need congratulations. The message is a simple one.
Quitting is not the hardest thing in the world like some smokers think it is.
Beating any addiction is an achievement anyway. It's always good to witness someone's mind triumph over the intricacies of the human body.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:57:47 EST (#)
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http://stuff.ubersite.com/9439509985983980/1/bart_coffee.jpg
+1 for agreeing with me, dick cheeks.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:54:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-12-10 23:32:31 EST (#)
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Great! Now if you would only quit uber!
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That's fucking terrible. You seriously are shit at this, aren't you? What about something like;
"I'm surprised you know how to read you fucking mongoloid, I bet it was illustrated"
or
"It's a shame you didn't choke and die on one of them, you fucking inbred kangaroo rapist"
No, you're right. Your review was better.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:51:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-11 00:19:29 EST (#)
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I'm not sure that I WANT to quit smoking- I'll be smoking a pack today when I play golf instead of working - but I am definitely curious...what is it about the book that makes people quit?
I'm a cynic.
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So am I. It's very strange...
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:43:41 EST (#)
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i'm so tired of smoking but I still like it even though i hate it but i like it but i hate it but i like it but i hate it but i like it. sound familiar? it really is shit, i'll have to take a look at your magic book thing.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:27:17 EST (#)
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shlongy I think that the book doesn't say a whole lot of things you don't already know it just provides solidarity in quitting. The author provides examples of how smoking makes you feel or made him feel and people can relate to what is said.
Reading the book or not, you won't quit until you want to.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:19:29 EST (#)
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I'm not sure that I WANT to quit smoking- I'll be smoking a pack today when I play golf instead of working - but I am definitely curious...what is it about the book that makes people quit?
I'm a cynic.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:18:00 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-12-10 08:15:30 EST (#)
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god that as ssssooooooo long
guess when the keys are a tapping, you dont need to go for a fag.
but how long can you maintain writing something like this?
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-12-10 07:58:43 EST (#)
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Didn't read it but I guess it's about smoking. I quit for a couple of months, now I smoke again, whatever, it's not that big a deal.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-12-10 07:52:54 EST (#)
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Well, i read the whole thing. That's something.
All i hope is that no-one congratulates you for quitting like it's some brave achievement.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-12-10 07:34:40 EST (#)
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my wife used this book just recently.
i quit smoking because it fucks with my blood sugar, we all have our reasons.
Smoking doesn't relieve stress it causes it because the minute your body finishes a cigarette it begins craving the next one.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-12-10 07:32:31 EST (#)
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Great! Now if you would only quit uber!