Quotes
From: Qmembers + others
on 11/24/2008




QUOTES:

Quotes from Quitnet members:

 

<Craftsman> I've heard it said, "in order to quit smoking, you have to stop smoking." That's the long and short of it.

 

<purplkoala> Quitting can be like going swimming in a cold lake, if you go in a little at a time, it's torture, but if you jump in and get wet all at once, it's much easier

 

<nicless> slips happen. I think the line goes: Quitting is a process, not an event... Eventually, you Win

 

<nicless> all of us are working on our quits daily. we are all in this together, whether it is 1 week, a month, 1 year, 5 yrs whatever.

 

<Craftsman the wise man that he is, said, > "Crying is good! That's the feeling & passion that you've been blocking by smoking!"

 

<purplkoala> Quitting is like moving into a new neighborhood, you have to get use to it

 

<fergy6> it matters not how you quit, but that you quit

 

<Craftsman> "Remember the 4 Basic Food Groups:

 

Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Candy, Chocolate Ice Cream, and Chocolate Chip Cookies."

 

<Craftsman> Anything that helps you quit smoking is a plus. It might put nicotine into your system, but it eliminates about 40 carcinogens as well as potentially over 4,000 additives the FDA allows to be put into tobacco.

 

<purplkoala> What if the next cig that you light is the one that starts the cancer process?

 

<nicless> in their head they think they need the nrt and maybe they don't but they think they do

 

tirsht posted, "It is because of our attachment to things that we suffer. By letting go we find that we have not lost anything except our attachment."

- Sogyal Rinpoche

 

<lefty_59> Mutiny - quitting is all mind over matter!

<MutinyFever> only because without a mind, it don't matter

 

<purplkoala> My dr said the meds (Zyban) may give me a metallic taste in my mouth. He said to eat chocolate to take care of it.. yummm. Unfortunately, by the time that happened, I forgot what he said. Lol (12/27/2003)

<Plumbcrazy's profile> "If I give into the craving, the next will be stronger and I will be weaker. If I fight the craving, the next will be weaker and I will be stronger!"

 

<ryansnana> You put the tip of your finger in baking soda and put it on your tongue and the craving will pass in 7 sec.   It changes you saliva from acid to alkaline


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Quote from the 1950's:

"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."


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Others:

For a few disciplined people it is easy to quit abruptly or cold turkey; but for many others, it is not easy at all.

". . . This thing we call 'failure' is not falling down, but the staying down."

--Mary Pickford

 

Mark Twain once quipped, "It is easy to quit smoking; I've done it hundreds of times."

 

Since the prospect of never smoking again may seem unbearable to you, promise to quit for just one week. After you have conquered the first smokeless week, then promise another week, and so on, until you stop for good. You have two major hurdles to overcome: the addiction to nicotine, and the habit of smoking.

 

Quitting without a plan is like sky diving without a parachute; you won't be very successful.

 

There is no such thing as 'just one', that’s why they come in groups of 20!

 

A slip is saying oops, got a light?

 

Those who quit by age 35 have a chance of living a longer healthier life... when you reach your 50's and have 15 years quit under your belt, your life and quality of life is the same of those who had never smoked before. So it's never too late to Quit!!!

 

"It is easy for a smoker of any age to dismiss the current Surgeon General's Report saying, 'I have to die of something; might as well be this,' without having a clue about how painful the 'this' will be."

(San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

 

Cigarettes:

One is too many, and a thousand are never enough..

- unknown (used at NA meeting)


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These are from the following site.

<http://stason.org/TULARC/health/stop-smoking/22-Is-there-anything-fun-about-quitting-smoking.html>

 

I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.

- Steven Pearl

 

OF COURSE I'm your friend, Albert - An' I'll STILL be your friend even if you KEEP ON smokin'... Jes' not for as LONG is all...

- Pogo, "Walt Kelley's Pogo" strip (Doyle and Sternecky)

 

I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.

- Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Walter Raleigh

 

I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business  It cost a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It's  addictive. And there's a fantastic brand loyalty.

- Warren Buffett, new head of Salomon Brothers investment firm.

 

What did you answer when you very first died and that angel asked you if you preferred smoking or non-smoking?

- Man in Hell to another, "Bizarro" cartoon by Dan Piraro

 

Smoking is a chronic disease and quitting is a process. Relapse and remission are part of the process. As long as you're continuing to make progress toward the ultimate goal of being smoke-free, you should feel good about your achievement.

- Psychology Today Magazine

 

Cigarettes bring temporary relief of the symptoms caused by the use of cigarettes.

- Unknown;



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