I will destroy you all!!!!!! (aka nic withdrawal kicking in)

[Beware the Beast Man]

So I quit smoking today. I am ready to steal some souls. Must...not...light....up....
Help me DU, you're my only hope!
:cry:

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. I thought you lived in Mayfield Heights?

How can you tell that you quit? :shrug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Huh???

There's no industry here, if that's what you mean. None that I know of, anyway...

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. 'twas but a trifle...

...30 years ago, you'd have been right downwind from lots of steel mills. Well, on days when the wind's coming off the lake, that is.

Today, Mayfield Heights is pretty clean, as you well know.

[asthmaticeog]

27. I was born in Mayfield Heights 34 years ago.

You never caught any mill fumes that far east of the industrial valley. Even Cleveland Heights and Shaker were far enough from the brunt of it not to get any soot. Lakewood got (and still gets) some, but the winds tend to blow to the west.

Now, of course, having moved from Mayfield to Tremont many, many years ago, I live less than a mile from the last of Cleveland's steel mills and my house is sooty and the smell can be cut with a knife on some days. Stupid? Yes, I am.

[sniffa]

2. if you don't smoke.. i'LL die

your sponser here.

[LynneSin]

4. He's trying to quit - stop giving him heck

:mad:

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. How dare you defend my honor!!!!!!

You will be first against the wall!!!!

(help me, please help me...:scared:)

[LynneSin]

7. THIS MAN WANTS YOU TO SMOKE:

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=A02

Top Tobacco recipient - cycle 2004:
1.) Bush, George W (R) Pres $156,945


Caption: Must will Beast Man to smoke so I make more money and get re-elected

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Thank you...sorry I snapped.

Very difficult day. Make the clowns go away, grandma! I want to go home!

[LynneSin]

14. It's ok - here's a comforting hug

:hug:

OUCH...quit it, you're hugging me too tightly, I can bare...ly...bre...e...a....the.....

[wryter2000]

10. Ann Coulter loves to kiss men who smoke

She'd love it if you had a cigarette and puckered up. She's waiting.......:evilgrin:

Edit: someone help me out here and post a picture of Her Coulterness

[LynneSin]

13. Here she is - all ready to kiss Beast Man

[Xipe Totec]

8. Cold Turkey, Or The Patch?

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. Gum

2 mg...usually I'm okay, but today is really bad, for whatever reason. I guess I'm not in the quitting mindset right now.

[Xipe Totec]

32. Avoid Citrus, Vitamin C

Vitamin C destroys nicotine causing the cravings to return. So stay off the O.J. while using the nicotine gum.

[miss_kitty]

33. really? i always found oj made cigarettes taste awful and

drinking milk was a real no go on the tobacco front, as well as raw onions.
now alcohol and pot...very hard not to want a cig...even after years-sometimes...

[Xipe Totec]

35. Just One of Those Factoids Picked Up From Bio Chem Class

Alcohol has a psychological association to cigarettes; it's hard to drink and not think about cigarettes.

[wryter2000]

9. The cravings pass

The cravings get fewer and fewer. It only takes a few days to see a difference. Hang in there. Don't give those killers your money!

[Worst Username Ever]

15. Holy cow I'm on Zyban right now

and I feel your pain! You'll be fine. Th only cig you need to avoid is that first one.

[BlueHandDuo]

16. This is gonna sound weird...

...but it worked for me.

Do the normal things, like drink a lot of water and take naps if you can.

And get a bottle of Frank's Original Hot Sauce. Take little sips out of the bottle when you get your strongest urges to smoke. The mouth and throat irritation from the pepper sauce resembles some of the effect you got from smoking and makes you feel like you did something. I recommend the Frank's sauce because it won't actually slough your mucous membranes off like Tabasco or some of the other brands would.

After the first three days it gets a lot easier.

(But I tell ya, I never used to dream about smoking when I actually smoked. Now I do, five years after quitting.)

[miss_kitty]

37. dream about smoking

i used to dream about smoking right after i quit and they were so convincing, when i would wake up from them i felt as though i had actually had one and momentarily-sometimes longer-believed i had done the deed!

[Mrs_Beastman]

17. I will bring home cigs tonight...

I hope you make it....:argh:

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. Thanks, lover.

And sorry I was so gruff on the phone earler. Just having a stressful day. As you know, the toilet partition industry never sleeps...

[Mrs_Beastman]

19. well, banker's hours are also a myth...

They just sent an email about more OT...but i'm not doing that tonight..love you..:hug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. I love you too, peanut!

See folks, only one person can tame the beast man! :loveya:

[TX-RAT]

23. Peanut?

[Mrs_Beastman]

25. yes...just had little meeting..I'm back...see you at home

[MallRat]

26. Hello Beastmans!

How's Mom doing? Sorry you had to miss the football draft last night. Still, it looks like you picked a pretty good team.

Take care- :-)
-MR

[Mrs_Beastman]

30. mom looks good...will know more when she gets some tests.

With her having another stoke, it prompted me to quit smoking....I don't think Mr Beastman is ready.

[TX-RAT]

22. Oh yea, now you sweet talk her.

When she's bringing home the smokes.
You better take her out to eat.

[Beware the Beast Man]

24. You're grossly misunderstood.

The smokes were part of the deal DURING the phone call, but that didn't matter, because I didn't have that sweet nicotine pumping through my veins at the moment. Besides, I'm making dinner anyway...

[TX-RAT]

28. 3 weeks after my wife quit smoking

I found her sitting in the middle of the laundry room, with clothes and cats all around her, crying her eyes out. I asked her what was wrong. That was a big mistake, she hissed worse than the cats. I immediately went to the store and bought her 2 packs of smokes. Shes much better now.

[arwalden]

21. The Physical Cravings Only Last A Few Days...

after that you're home-free.

Well... you still have to fight the PSYCHOLOGICAL cravings, and you still have to learn what your triggers are and make changes in your life to avoid those situations that make you want to smoke.

GOOD LUCK!

-- Allen

[asthmaticeog]

29. Keep it up, BTBM.

I need to quit myself, but for now I lack the fortitude, so I admire the hell out of you for making the step. I'll be rooting for your success.

[miss_kitty]

31. remember that the purchase of tobacco products

supports evil multi-national companies who in turn GIVE YOUR SMOKE $$$$ TO THAT F'ING CREEP WHO IS SQUATTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Al Gore's true home.....

[sundog]

34. buy a box of plastic straws & chew them

worked for me -- cheaper than nicorette

[JSJ]

36. time takes a cigarette...puts it in your mouth...you pull on a finger...

...then another finger...then your cigarette.