Monday, August 25, 2008

Quittin Smokes

Hi. My name is Thevan Thiyagan. I'm a student @ JCU, Townsville. I first started smokin when i ran away from home at the age of 17+. I've been smokin ever since. As recent as 2 yrs ago, i made several attempts to quit. Nothing ever seemed to work. The attempts only grew more and more intense wit every one passin. The longest i've been w/out ciggies, i'd say about 2 weeks, tops.

Here i am today in another attempt to quit. Today is my 1st smoke free day - technically not yet a day, but yeh..

BLEH.. ARGHH..

Its a lil too early fer a progress report, so i'll skip that and leave u with this;

Yes fellas, i'm a fervid doodler, hardly am able to stop once i start, and that's(refer fig. above) precisely how i spent the 2nd half(15min break btween lectures) of lectures. Mostly, i doodle stuffs irrelevant, but it shudnt take that much of an observation to notice that there's a theme goin on this time around.


U'd ask, what do u do usually, during breaks?
I'd say, .....



tt.

15 comments:

KStan said...

Somehow, looking at this post... I am pretty convinced that you are not going to make it this time...

lol... Hope I'm wrong.

Anonymous said...

Good luck, smoking really is a waste of time. My advice - get nicotine chewing gum, it really makes it easier.

KStan said...

hm... as of now we have managed 32 hrs smoke free!

Thevan said...

Ken, WOOOOT, yes la!

julian, really, those chewing gum works?

Anonymous said...

yes, they really help. Half of the cigarette addiction is purely physical addiction to the nicotine, and the withdrawal from that is what causes the irritability, anxiousness, etc. The other half is the psychological habit, dealing with that one takes will-power, but the nicotine can be dealt with by nicotine gum. Chew on it and expect some relief in about five minutes.
You can get them in any pharmacy, and can buy by the strip (it's not very cheap).

KStan said...

I tried the nico gum back in 2004... I kept chewing it until i felt like vomiting. Yes, chewing nico gum will make you want to vomit (perhaps due to overdose of nicotine)...

I still believe quitting using the cold turkey method is the simplest and most effective. It's just YOU vs CIGGY, without the 3rd party...

BTW, it's been 41 hrs...

Thevan said...

yeh yeh, i'll have to agree with ken. after al the reason i wanned to quit was to prove to miself that i have enuff in me to say 'no'

rujjcoomarh said...

dude
how many days already you stopped?

Thevan said...

rujj, 41hrs. ken n i, we both are on this 'conquer yurself n u shall conquer the world' plan.

KStan said...

1.5 hrs more to 48 hrs...

We can do it Thevan!

Remember what fucker Chun Chong said:
"To defeat others first you must defeat yourself"!

So far I have not been hit by a "strong" wave of sudden urges to smoke... unlike the last time when I asked you for a stick at Uni after work.. remember?

Ninja said...

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!

Will keep my fingers and toes crossed that it will work this time :p

rujjcoomarh said...

hang on there bro.. you can do it.. you can do it.. TT boleh!!

KStan said...

wtf... everyone is cheering for tt...

NO ONE CHEER FOR ME!

i feel so left out! :(

Thevan said...

thx all fer the support. greatly appreciated!

and ken, i'm sure it goes w/out sayin, all that support is also aimed at the rest whos undergoin such tribulations.

Anonymous said...

Ermm....no more updates??