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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus
A person who smokes a pack a day spends about twenty eight bucks a week on smokes. That could buy any of the following: a DVD you like, a date at the movies, a meal at a cheapish restaurant with somebody, two copies of my book through Amazon, three copies of my book through my publisher, two copies of my book with shipping from me directly, a copy of my book and a copy of the sequel coming this Summer, 28 candy bars, 7 ice cream cones, a bunny, two cds, a cd and a copy of my book, an NES and some games at some dude's yard sale, 13 gallons of gas, 6 gallons of gas and a copy of my book, 9 yards of black cotton at clearance fabric prices, and the list goes on and on.
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Doc you are in fact a legend among legends. I'm not giving up smoking but I really should go buy your book.
On the topic of giving up smoking, I've given up twice once for about 6 weeks when I had glandular fever and physcially couldn't smoke without being ill (and I did try more then a few times) and once more for about 3 days.
Everyones biology is different and it effects people differently some people give it away with limited problems, personally I went those three days without sleep and barely able to eat. My hands shook most of the time, I couldn't, read, write or watch anything for more then 15 minutes without losing complete concentration often times have to go back. After the third day at 3am, still not able to sleep I just said fuck it and went and bought cigarettes.
I know it's doable, but I know I will have to have a very strong desire to do so. As yet I personally have never found a good reason.
But hey if you can good luck on being free of a nasty compulsion don't let those damn cigarettes tell you when you need one!