The Great Cornholio

[robinturner]

It is now two days since I stopped smoking, a time when withdrawal symptoms are supposed to be at their highest. The hypnosis seems to have prevented the worst of it, but once every hour I start wandering around acting like Beavis when he wigs out on sugar: "I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole. You will cooperate with my bunghole! Mfglrm, mmnnn, bunghoooooole." maggie_lucy finds this entertaining.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

A trick that worked for me: once you've been through all the worst stages, i.e. the first 3-20 days, remind yourself that if you ever have a single cigarette again, you'll have to do it all over.

It's been over 4 years since I have my last.

[sjcarpediem.livejournal.com]

ROTFLMAO

Keep up the good work! I dont' have an addictive personality (or if I do, I'm also addicted to not having addictions), so its very difficult for me to sympathize w/ppl trying to quit--if I can even manage it. But I understand addictions are supposed to be difficult things to break, esp those of the nicotine variety. So, Good work, and may you experience continued success!

[aguirre.livejournal.com]

whoah, and you smoked the premium turkish blend too right?

you are a stronger man than I.

[solri.livejournal.com]

I actually think personality has very little to do with addiction.

[sjcarpediem.livejournal.com]

What do you think it has to do with, then, if not personality?

[vret.livejournal.com]

That's not been my experience. I gave up a bit over 3 years ago, but I still have the occasional roll-up when I am with a group of friends who are all smoking. Next day I have no desire to smoke, and may not have another one for months.

When I gave up in the past (for several months sometimes) that was the kind of thing that would get me started again, so I know what you mean by it, but I just know that I am not going to start smoking addictively again.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Chemistry.

[solri.livejournal.com]

For a while before I quit, I went back to smoking Winston Superlights. I'm sure it did something to soften the blow!

[ironed_orchid]

See, that kind of personal anecdote has nothing to do with my rationalization.

You might not wake up feeling like a cigarette, but you might be slightly tense and irritable for 1/2 a day, which is about the extent of nicotine addiction if your not fighting off a behavioural habit on top of the actual physical effects. The facts about nicotine addiction suggest that a single cigarette causes the same withdrawal symptoms, irritation etc., but that non-smokers haven't developed the habit that has them reaching for a smoke. Perhaps you've got rid of the habit, but I I prefer not to inflict irritable me on myself and those around me.

[ironed_orchid]

nicely said

[solri.livejournal.com]

I think that shows how varied people's reactions are. Normally it's supposed to take something like five cigarettes to get much of a physical reaction after the initial nicoteine effect wears off, but I can imagine with some people one might be enough. I imagine reactions to nicoteine vary as much as reactions to alcohol or caffeine.

I used to smoke sporadically before I became a regular smoker. I never noticed any after-effects, but of course that could be because the times when I did smoke usually involved alcohol, so the after-effects of the alcohol might have masked those of the nicoteine.

[vret.livejournal.com]

When did you become a regular smoker? I don't remember you smoking much.

[solri.livejournal.com]

1990, when we were working with that youth theatre. Kind of peer pressure, but from my juniors rather than my peers ;-)

[ironed_orchid]

Normally it's supposed to take something like five cigarettes to get much of a physical reaction after the initial nicoteine effect wears off

Am merely reporting stuff I have read, I figure that even if only a few people react after 1 cig, it's worth not finding out.

I remember going out as a non-smoker smoker, and not drinking and feeling hungoverish the next day, I putt it down to second hand smoke and smoke machines etc.