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Friday ,and its sending me mad(er) :) :)
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Friday ,and its sending me mad(er) :) :)
Keep at it! You know you want to. ;) :y :y :y
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Where have you been?
Good on you, it's hard but keep it up, you will benefit in the long term.
:) :) :)
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Friday ,and its sending me mad(er) :) :)
I aint had one since January 2nd, the first month is the hardest. No probs now, I now have £350 in a bottle in 3 months, i put my ciggy money in the bottle each day..... :y :y :y :y
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Daz i'm goin on a duty free run, you want owt? ;D
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i lasted 2 days last time i packed up.
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Where have you been?Good on you, it's hard but keep it up, you will benefit in the long term.
:) :) :)
not been at my best with one thing and another, ive still been on site
just not said very much :D
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Daz i'm goin on a duty free run, you want owt? ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D git ;D ;D ;D ;D your all heart Danny :P :P
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just giving your will power some work to do :D
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Where have you been?Good on you, it's hard but keep it up, you will benefit in the long term.
:) :) :)
not been at my best with one thing and another, ive still been on site
just not said very much :D
Hope you are OK, we went away over the weekend, bl**dy cold, but a change, noticed i was still logged on all weekend though, forgot to log off, must have been the Whisky. ;D ;D ;D
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Where have you been?Good on you, it's hard but keep it up, you will benefit in the long term.
:) :) :)
not been at my best with one thing and another, ive still been on site
just not said very much :D
Hope you are OK, we went away over the weekend, bl**dy cold, but a change, noticed i was still logged on all weekend though, forgot to log off, must have been the Whisky. ;D ;D ;D
does whisky make you forget things , :D :D :D ;D
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I'll never be an ex smoker. Wish i'd always been a non smoker though.
I know it's a BAD habit. :(
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Where have you been?Good on you, it's hard but keep it up, you will benefit in the long term.
:) :) :)
not been at my best with one thing and another, ive still been on site
just not said very much :D
Hope you are OK, we went away over the weekend, bl**dy cold, but a change, noticed i was still logged on all weekend though, forgot to log off, must have been the Whisky. ;D ;D ;D
does whisky make you forget things , :D :D :D ;D
Or sleep. There would be no point if it didn't. ;D ;D ;D
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just giving your will power some work to do :D
It's WON'T power you need. ;)
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
(i meant Thursday)
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:y
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
i should have thought of that shouldn't i
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
i should have thought of that shouldn't i
To be honest though I still have my moments. :( ;)
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
i should have thought of that shouldn't i
To be honest though I still have my moments. :( ;)
in what way Mike
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
i should have thought of that shouldn't i
To be honest though I still have my moments. :( ;)
in what way Mike
Cigs, yes i know, dont go there. :)
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
If she / you want to know what really happens, ask me. :(
i should have thought of that shouldn't i
To be honest though I still have my moments. :( ;)
in what way Mike
Cigs, yes i know, dont go there. :)
:y :y :y
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just rollies for me for the last 20 yrs cant afford the tailor made variety
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On Friday my daughter came home from school in tears ,after a bit of cuddling and being made a fuss of it transpires she'd just had a lesson on the effects of smoking. So one thing led to another i played hell with the school and now Ive stopped smoking .Simple int it :D :D :D
Go for it mate, I tried stopping a few times, unsuccesfully, until one time I woke up, mouth tasted like sh*t, and I thought "that's it, no more", and I stuck to it. Been 30 years since. Its a handy drug, but you got to consider is it worth the hit now ?, or being around when your daughter gets married and has kids etc.
I fancy living as long as I can, lots of things in life still to enjoy doing, and smoking will stop me from doing that.
Ken
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2 reasons to stop smoking.
1. 3 yrs ago my mum had hip replacement, should of been out in 2 days. as she smoked for over 50 yrs, she is 73. she was in hosp for 2 weeks, her body couldnt manage without the nicotine and made her very ill. she has been told if she ever stops it could kill her.
2. last yr my dad was made to stop for 6 months or hosp wouldnt give him his double hernia op, he is 78. he has been smoking for 60 yrs. he said he never felt so ill when he stopped. but is now after 6 months starting to feel clean, more active and generally a lot healthier than he has felt for yrs.
my kids hassle me to pack up. i stopped for 13 weeks but the stress i was under at the time just made me start again.
richie
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over a couple of years i lost both of my parents to smoking related deseases, Dad had a heart attack and mum died of cancer.
I use to smoke about 30 a day, gave up 8 years ago and haven't looked back, im not one of these reformed smokers who lectures others about the risk and possibilities, anyone who smokes knows full well the damage they are doing.
Likewise i know how bloody difficult it is to give up, the first few months are the hardest, stick at it :y
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I wish i could give up.
I have quit on and off for years, the hubby smokes too which doesnt help matters. he says he wants to quit but after 2 days he folds.
I have so much stress going on at the mo :( i really dont think i could do it right now. :'( :'(
i will do it but its finding the right time! i know it sounds like a cop out but i will quit soon. last time i quit i noticed the difference in days it was great i would wake before my alarm clock went off ready for the day where as at the mo i lie in bed hitting the soonze button!
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I wish i could give up.
I have quit on and off for years, the hubby smokes too which doesnt help matters. he says he wants to quit but after 2 days he folds.
I have so much stress going on at the mo :( i really dont think i could do it right now. :'( :'(
i will do it but its finding the right time! i know it sounds like a cop out but i will quit soon. last time i quit i noticed the difference in days it was great i would wake before my alarm clock went off ready for the day where as at the mo i lie in bed hitting the soonze button!
it doesn't sound like a cop out to me . Mrs Zippo stopped 3 years ago i said i would stop as well when i was ready ,and last Friday i was ready.
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i used to smoke anywhere between 20 and 40 a day. gave up through sheer determination and willpower but events a couple of years later drove me back to the dreaded weed. after a year / few months of smoking again i went to see a hypnotherapist.
£45, one session. havent smoked since. dont miss it at all. forget all that paul mckenna stuff. hypnotherapy is a fantastic way of quitting instantly and you immediately see the financial and health rewards. pays for itself in a few days.
been a few years now. have no intention of going back. recommended the hypnotherapist to a few friends, all quit instantly. brilliant.
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i used to smoke anywhere between 20 and 40 a day. gave up through sheer determination and willpower but events a couple of years later drove me back to the dreaded weed. after a year / few months of smoking again i went to see a hypnotherapist.
£45, one session. havent smoked since. dont miss it at all. forget all that paul mckenna stuff. hypnotherapy is a fantastic way of quitting instantly and you immediately see the financial and health rewards. pays for itself in a few days.
been a few years now. have no intention of going back. recommended the hypnotherapist to a few friends, all quit instantly. brilliant.
its not something i think I'd want to try , Paul McKenna put me right off
he makes my skin crawl
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nah paul mckenna is full on hypnosis. hypnotherapy isnt like that at all. its really just putting you in a bit of a trance, like when youre daydreaming. mckenna is full hypnosis and therefore a loss of willpower. with hypnotherapy you are conscious the whole time and able to get up and walk away at any stage.
when youre in that 'daydreaming' state your subconscious is more susceptible to 'positive reinforcement' ie. ramming it home that you really dont want to smoke anymore. of course you have to want to give up in the first place or it wont work, its reinforcement and hypnotherapy alone is not necessarily enough; you have to want to quit in the first place.
your hypnotherapist should be a properly qualified and registered practitioner.
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nah paul mckenna is full on hypnosis. hypnotherapy isnt like that at all. its really just putting you in a bit of a trance, like when youre daydreaming. mckenna is full hypnosis and therefore a loss of willpower. with hypnotherapy you are conscious the whole time and able to get up and walk away at any stage.
when youre in that 'daydreaming' state your subconscious is more susceptible to 'positive reinforcement' ie. ramming it home that you really dont want to smoke anymore. of course you have to want to give up in the first place or it wont work, its reinforcement and hypnotherapy alone is not necessarily enough; you have to want to quit in the first place.
your hypnotherapist should be a properly qualified and registered practitioner.
i thought it was all the same ,my Mum wants to quit smoking it might be worth looking in to for her benefit
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i thought it was all the same ,my Mum wants to quit smoking it might be worth looking in to for her benefit
i couldnt recommend it enough. 5 of my friends have since been and all quit for good. usually only needs 1 session but occasionally a second for more reinforcement.
i paid £45 for a session and this is about right. another friend paid £200 in london. she was ripped off. it still worked though!
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I wish i could give up.
I have quit on and off for years, the hubby smokes too which doesnt help matters. he says he wants to quit but after 2 days he folds.
I have so much stress going on at the mo :( i really dont think i could do it right now. :'( :'(
i will do it but its finding the right time! i know it sounds like a cop out but i will quit soon. last time i quit i noticed the difference in days it was great i would wake before my alarm clock went off ready for the day where as at the mo i lie in bed hitting the soonze button!
Do you still get 'blue liners' ? :)
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Do you still get 'blue liners' ? :)
They required a truely dedicated smoker to smoke them!! ;) Especially the non tipped.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206574093&sr=8-1
this book is supposed to be really good - i gave up at christmas 'cold turkey' no patches or crap and haven't had a puff since.
tough to start but getting easier every day and feeling great for it :y
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has your engine stopped smoking as well. we cant sell it if its smokes.
less beer money
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Do you still get 'blue liners' ? :)
They required a truely dedicated smoker to smoke them!! ;) Especially the non tipped.
Better than No 6. They were tipped when I smoked them, and cheap, going back a bit mind. :D :D :D
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you cant beat a good roll up.
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has your engine stopped smoking as well. we cant sell it if its smokes.
less beer money
are you still on about trying to sell my car, ::) tell you what if i pop my clogs before you I'll leave it you in my will :y :y Then you can flog it and you and Mike can have a booze up on the proceeds of the sale .
How your going to get drunk on £1.50 ill never know :D :D
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That's almost a week bud, keep going because the longer the time the easier it gets :) :) :) :)
Well done by the way matey :y :y :y :y
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206574093&sr=8-1 :y
one of my friends had read this book and given up before she went to see the hypnotherapist. on her recommendation i started to read it but found it so mind numbing that i didnt get round to finishing it. as it's about reinforcement and bombarding you with the same message over and over again until it sinks in it's pretty boring and repetitive. that said, it works for a lot of people and i'm in no way dismissing it.
one of the best things about giving up using hypnotherapy is the lack of any withdrawal symptoms because you're technically 'not giving anything up'.
allen carr himself died of lung cancer a couple of years ago, the result of a 100 a day habit for 30 years. i don't know where it is possible to find the time to smoke 100 fags a day!
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Do you still get 'blue liners' ? :)
They required a truely dedicated smoker to smoke them!! ;) Especially the non tipped.
Nope you dont, and you can only get the tax free fags whilst at sea!
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the craving is bad this morning ,Ive just gone ballistic at a fella for posting a fast food flyer through my letterbox ,to be fair we do get 5 a week ::) ::)
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0141026898/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206574093&sr=8-1 :y
one of my friends had read this book and given up before she went to see the hypnotherapist. on her recommendation i started to read it but found it so mind numbing that i didnt get round to finishing it. as it's about reinforcement and bombarding you with the same message over and over again until it sinks in it's pretty boring and repetitive. that said, it works for a lot of people and i'm in no way dismissing it.
one of the best things about giving up using hypnotherapy is the lack of any withdrawal symptoms because you're technically 'not giving anything up'.
allen carr himself died of lung cancer a couple of years ago, the result of a 100 a day habit for 30 years. i don't know where it is possible to find the time to smoke 100 fags a day!
He quit in the 1980s, it was probably the thousands of sessions of helping other people to quit that brought on the cancer.
They have courses all over the world; about £200 and, if you don't quit, you get your money back.
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I gave up the fags when the chancellor of the time put them up to £1.75 for 20.
I did not realise the damage I had already done untill I had a heart attack in 2001.
I subsequently had angioplasty and stents inserted to keep my clogged up arteries open and keep me alive.
When you are lying awake on a hospital operating table with a doctor feeding a catheter in to an artery through a hole in your groin it brings things in to perspective.
When the x-ray monitor they use to see where to guide this catheter to is in your line of site and you can see what you have done to your arteries through smoking and they have to use a catheter with a special head to bore out your arteries and remove the crap before they can insert the stent to hold your artery open it frightens the life out of you.
Don't use excuses and cop outs for not stopping smoking it almost killed me and I have seen the evidence.
If you respect yourself and your life quit now.
It is not easy but it can be done.
If you have given up stick with it it gets easier in time.
It is only your life we are talking about.
Good Luck
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I gave up the fags when the chancellor of the time put them up to £1.75 for 20.
I did not realise the damage I had already done untill I had a heart attack in 2001.
I subsequently had angioplasty and stents inserted to keep my clogged up arteries open and keep me alive.
When you are lying awake on a hospital operating table with a doctor feeding a catheter in to an artery through a hole in your groin it brings things in to perspective.
When the x-ray monitor they use to see where to guide this catheter to is in your line of site and you can see what you have done to your arteries through smoking and they have to use a catheter with a special head to bore out your arteries and remove the crap before they can insert the stent to hold your artery open it frightens the life out of you.
Don't use excuses and cop outs for not stopping smoking it almost killed me and I have seen the evidence.
If you respect yourself and your life quit now.
It is not easy but it can be done.
If you have given up stick with it it gets easier in time.
It is only your life we are talking about.
Good Luck
my Dad had 5 by-passes done in 1995 never smoked a cig in his life,
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well i have gone and done it.......
today i booked an apointment at the stop smoking clinc at work its not for 3 wks as thats the earlest they could fit me in.
its time to prepar to quit. my son is askin to meny questions and he asked for one too. :'( :'(
i want to quit i really do i hate the taste, the way it makes me feel tired all the time, i seem to not have any taste buds everything tastes bland, the constant cough and outa breath. yuck wish i never started. :'( :'(
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well i have gone and done it.......
today i booked an apointment at the stop smoking clinc at work its not for 3 wks as thats the earlest they could fit me in.
its time to prepar to quit. my son is askin to meny questions and he asked for one too. :'( :'(
i want to quit i really do i hate the taste, the way it makes me feel tired all the time, i seem to not have any taste buds everything tastes bland, the constant cough and outa breath. yuck wish i never started. :'( :'(
best of luck to you marie, im sure it will be one of the best things you've ever done. :y
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Why pack in Guys if you like it?
Mrs getting on at you?
Show her who's Boss!!
I bet she is laughing at ya!!! cause she has her own way again...
Give in to your Cravings, you know you want to ;D
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Why pack in Guys if you like it?
Mrs getting on at you?
Show her who's Boss!!
I bet she is laughing at ya!!! cause she has her own way again...
Give in to your Cravings, you know you want to ;D
shut up love!!! ;) you dont know what your talkin about ;);D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Even if i liked it i would still pack in. cos its bad for me!
If i had a misses she could harp on all she likes its my call :D
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Everything is bad for you.....
Mr Bogart, and Clint Eastwood proper men ;D
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Everything is bad for you.....
Mr Bogart, and Clint Eastwood proper men ;D
Really is that so!!!! LMFAO ;D ;D ;D
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Everything is bad for you.....
Mr Bogart, and Clint Eastwood proper men ;D
Really is that so!!!! LMFAO ;D ;D ;D
You have a very dirty mind ::)
And that is bad for ya back ;D
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Oh and for Headaches...... you should know that ;D ;D ;D
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well i have gone and done it.......
today i booked an apointment at the stop smoking clinc at work its not for 3 wks as thats the earlest they could fit me in.
its time to prepar to quit. my son is askin to meny questions and he asked for one too. :'( :'(
i want to quit i really do i hate the taste, the way it makes me feel tired all the time, i seem to not have any taste buds everything tastes bland, the constant cough and outa breath. yuck wish i never started. :'( :'(
that's what gets me - how any government can make up rules saying smokers can't have certain ops etc but still let people start >:( coz they need the taxes to prop up health sevice.
ps i gave up for my baby girl - i want to make sure she's got a dad to look after her - go for it Marie :y
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i would love to give up, but i know i would dr :'(ive every one nr me daft i just snap when i try to stop >:(
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that's what gets me - how any government can make up rules saying smokers can't have certain ops etc but still let people start >:( coz they need the taxes to prop up health sevice. .....
The latest Nanny State idea is for ciggies to be removed from display & sold 'under the counter' nudge nudge wink wink >:(
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Ban ciggies, Ban Alcohol and car tax would have to be in the thousands, not hundreds.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only a thought. :)
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that's what gets me - how any government can make up rules saying smokers can't have certain ops etc but still let people start >:( coz they need the taxes to prop up health sevice. .....
The latest Nanny State idea is for ciggies to be removed from display & sold 'under the counter' nudge nudge wink wink >:(
why not? - if you smoke already you can get smokes on prescription - otherwise you can't buy them - nobody will start then ::)
sorry for being a sanctamonious ex-smoker but it's been so damn hard i wish i'd never been able to start :'(
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sorry for being a sanctamonious ex-smoker but it's been so damn hard i wish i'd never been able to start :'(
I, too, am an ex-smoker. But you're more than welcome to come & smoke in my house or stand next to/near me & smoke. It just doesn't bother.
You can't smoke in my car though :y :y
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sorry for being a sanctamonious ex-smoker but it's been so damn hard i wish i'd never been able to start :'(
I, too, am an ex-smoker. But you're more than welcome to come & smoke in my house or stand next to/near me & smoke. It just doesn't bother.
You can't smoke in my car though :y :y
not aimed at you Andy - but i know too well how irritating ex-smokers can be ;D non-smokers are worse though; "why don't you just give up it can't be that hard?" they have NO idea ::)
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Everything is bad for you.....
Mr Bogart, and Clint Eastwood proper men ;D
Alcohol in sensible amounts is good for you :P
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sorry for being a sanctamonious ex-smoker but it's been so damn hard i wish i'd never been able to start :'(
I, too, am an ex-smoker. But you're more than welcome to come & smoke in my house or stand next to/near me & smoke. It just doesn't bother.
You can't smoke in my car though :y :y
my in laws are former smokers , you cant smoke any where near them Garden ,House,Car etc they even tried to make me smoke outside my own house when they came to visit .Yeah right ( they stopped to save the cash not for their health by the way ) The way that i look at it is that Ive decided to stop ,nobody else just me ,i couldn't ask people not to smoke near me because Ive stopped .That's being a bit two faced just my own thoughts