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homeschoolmom

Hey, if Telly Savalas were still alive, he'd be the sexy spokesman for Oikos Greek Yogurt instead of John Stamos. Just saying. OPAH!!!

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[quote name='homeschoolmom' timestamp='1344803172' post='2466550']
Hey, if Telly Savalas were still alive, he'd be the sexy spokesman for Oikos Greek Yogurt instead of John Stamos. Just saying. OPAH!!!
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I like the yia-yia commercials myself:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNzsE7gslY[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN_uuxyEN9Y[/media]

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LinaSt.Cecilia2772

I like how this thread went from talking about quitting smoking to Greek yogurt and yiayia commercials.

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Basilisa Marie

I don't smoke, but my boss is working on her second month of quitting. She stays super busy and works out a lot. And plays with a lot of pens - for her there wasn't so much an oral fixation as there was something to keep her fingers occupied.

Also I can't stop laughing at those ads.

"YOU'RE GOING TO [i]HELL[/i]."

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Mark of the Cross

[quote name='Aragon' timestamp='1344745210' post='2466381']
Has anyone here been a smoker who has successfully given up smoking? I'm on my first day of quitting now...

Any tips?
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Suffer! Actually count the days and everytime you are tempted just think you will have to start all over again. After a few months you will wonder why you ever smoked, because you are not actually getting pleasure from smoking you are just alleviating the withdrawal. And you will feel a sense of shame when you experience someone smoking near you and think. "Did I do that to other people?" But don't take any advice from me I tried chewing nic chewies and still smoked. Took 2-3 years and numerous attempts. But I'm 20+ years a nun smoker. (that should be non!)

Just remember smoking anesthetizes your lungs so you don't feel the burning searing heat and chemicals burning your lungs. As a non smoker when you go near a heavy smoker your stomach will lift at the smell of burnt rotting flesh from blackened muck filled lungs. Scary eh, but true. Think about that every time you're tempted.

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homeschoolmom

[quote name='LinaSt.Cecilia2772' timestamp='1344812175' post='2466591']
I like how this thread went from talking about quitting smoking to Greek yogurt and yiayia commercials.
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We are trying to distract Aragon from... well... [size=1]smoking. [/size]

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[quote name='Aragon' timestamp='1344745210' post='2466381']
Has anyone here been a smoker who has successfully given up smoking? I'm on my first day of quitting now...

Any tips?
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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZRqTCJlmPg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZRqTCJlmPg[/url]

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[quote name='Norseman82' timestamp='1344805964' post='2466563']
I like the yia-yia commercials myself:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNzsE7gslY[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN_uuxyEN9Y[/media]
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Hahahaha, these are amazing.

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franciscanheart

I'm trying to quit right now. I made the mistake of going to some of the heaviest, richest smokes on the market (that you can find in just about every shop on the corner). I'm having a harder time kicking the habit than ever before. (I've quit before for a few weeks or a month at a time, never much longer -- too many social environments where it was totally okay to light up again.)

Do you mind me asking how much you usually smoke?

I was never a heavy smoker like jaime, but it's still been difficult to kick this time.

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[quote name='franciscanheart' timestamp='1344889702' post='2467104']
I'm trying to quit right now. I made the mistake of going to some of the heaviest, richest smokes on the market (that you can find in just about every shop on the corner). I'm having a harder time kicking the habit than ever before. (I've quit before for a few weeks or a month at a time, never much longer -- too many social environments where it was totally okay to light up again.)

Do you mind me asking how much you usually smoke?

I was never a heavy smoker like jaime, but it's still been difficult to kick this time.
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stop calling me fat

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Hey Franciscan Heart,

I started smoking when I was 17 (21 now) and was on 10-12 a day. On my third day without them now. It's going good, I'm about ready to attack anyone who so much as looks at me, but it's going good :P

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[quote name='Aragon' timestamp='1344898305' post='2467163']
Hey Franciscan Heart,

I started smoking when I was 17 (21 now) and was on 10-12 a day. On my third day without them now. It's going good, I'm about ready to attack anyone who so much as looks at me, but it's going good :P
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I used to call that "morning coffee"

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both my parents quit cold turkey because cigarettes got too expensive. (i believe my dad's words were, "when cigarettes got to be more than 75 cents a pack, it was too much. :| )

my husband used to be a chain smoker, but he's gotten a lot better. he smokes each cigarette a third at a time, makes each pack last longer. i think he's down to a pack for every couple of days.

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