Is anyone willing to give me a high five?

*Sorry...save this one for another time I guess

High five! For the win

A high five? ..hmm.. nah!

How about a Hallelujah? :P

A High five sounds appropriate, nah?

A high five is too. .idk. .normal.

Normal...Hmm.. What if I grab a chair or a small stool and I giv her a highfive... Or the otherway around.
Would that be normal?

Oh, oh how about this...

Grab the stool, wear a cape, leap into the air screaming "Hallelujahhhhh", and land while high fiving Hellon??

yes, I think I'll do that!

Either of the above would do. Too bad none of us has a sledge with reindeer's.

Haha.. Like Superman aiming to the sky with his hand ppointing the heavens...

But in this case, chelsey is reaching Hellon's hand, cool.
Creative!

Gaurav... Why do we need a sledge and reindeer?

A high five is too normal?

People don't high five nearly enough imo.

^ Thats what I thought

I high five a lot when people are in my presence but thats because I get excited all the time....but I dont mind changing it up! High fiving under legs, behind my back, leaping off a stool..why not?! :)

I mentioned high fives to be normal, not common :P

Well hush and high five already :)

Alright alright.

"high five" :P

If anyone ever tells you you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

I like Parmesan cheese, high five Yaki

Never really had any problem with cheese. Always found the masses to enforce their religious and politic beliefs, not to mention their patriotic beliefs.

I guess I could incinerate humanity with a death ray :P

I'm too old to be flying off stools, especially with a bad ankle.

Here's your well deserved high 5:

............5
........../--\
........./.....\
......../.......\

**High five** woohoo!!

To go one even better I'll even give you
a **HIGH TEN** =]

5>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You guys are all goofy (in the best possible way) giving high 5's and hallelujahs out when you don't know what they are for lol!!!

OK....my original post was asking for them because today I want to quit smoking. I took the post off because I thought I might get cold feet this morning but....I've been up for 2 hours now and haven't succumbed yet so....I'll take a couple of those 5s now :)

Has anyone got tips on quiting? I'm open to all suggestions...I've done this before and just cold turkeyed it but...I think the older I've become the less willpower I have.

Hellon, congrats on deciding to quit and making it through so far! It's hard, I know, I smoke myself.

I did, however, quit for 8 months after finding out I was pregnant. (And I have smoked since I was 9. :O )

My tips?

As you find you have less willpower even though you've previously gone cold turkey, Don't succumb to the patches/chewing gum, sprays etc. I went cold turkey after trying the patches and spray for three days, I found they didn't help at all because I was still getting nicotine, but not enough that my body craved.

KEEP BUSY! Particularly your hands! That's what does me everytime, as I'm so used to having a cigeratte in my hand. It doesn't matter what you do with them but keep them occupied!

Exercise. It sounds strange, but I exercised EVERY time I got cravings. It helped take my mind off it, keep me busy, and it reminded me that I was quitting to be healthier which of course excerise has the same result.

Write down how much you would save if you stopped buying cigerattes/tobacco and pin it somewhere you can often see it. That certainly helped me. There's so many more interesting things you could spend your money on!

Do you have small children in the house regularly? Children five years and under breathe four times as fast as those over 5 years..if you do, think about what the smoke is doing to them. (Which is why I smoke outside, I don't wanna be responsible for my son breathing in my guilty pleasures!)

And if all else fails..lock yourself in a room for two month ;)

Hellon, sorry to say will power is the only real way to stop. I did use the lozenges and they sort of helped. The last thing that worked, sorry to say is that I have a bad case of COPD and the first of 2012, I lit a cigarette to have with my coffee, was gasping for breath and that was it, my real quitting point. Haven't had one since that very moment. It is not easy and there are moments when I would kill for a cigarette even now.

Sylvia...I have started coughing so that is what made my think about quiting....I did stop for 10 years once and never thought I'd go back after such a long time but...I just asked a friend for one and that was me hooked again.

Jenni..I never have smoked indoors because I can't stand the smell of stale smoke clinging to my couches etc but....I have un undercover area outside and it never gets too cold over here anyway. I'm trying to keep my hands busy..picked up the knitting needles haha!!! I excercise everyday anyway....I run 5ks every morning and do some other stuff.

Thank you both for your suggestions/ feedback....much appreciated.

I smoked til I was 28, up to 4 packs a day at the end. For me it was a combination of medical motivation and change of self image. I simply decided one day that I was not a person who smoked and never looked back. I did go through a ton of toothpicks until I lost the need to occupy hand and mouth.

I browsed through an ad about how to quit smoking by chewing a cinnamon gum. It could have worked if I worked the 12 steps along with it but I put it off and am still putting it off. Even though it has been a while since I have abused myself with harsher things

About three years ago two young Missionary Mormons knocked on my door I invited them in because I had a lot of time on my hands and did not appear rude. I was recovering from falling of the wagon so to speak and was taking everything one day at a time. They were not high pressure and asked me if I would like to try to kick my smokeless tobacco habit. I can't remember whether their system allowed caffeine for the hard withdraws but I do recall them encouraging me to keep the taste of cinnamon in my mouth along with a lot of faith. I was actually doing well with their plan until they took me to see Donny and Marie Osmonds nephew http://youtu.be/9l9W25I7PjQ
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Anyway to make a long story short I felt I needed to self medicate to stimulate my mind to think my way out of my addiction . In other words another form of insanity . If that does not work with a stronger drug I should have guessed in would not work with snuff. In spite of my Spirit I can naturally be as egocentric as most are lol
I hope you succeed Hellon

There s a trick it is good one but I'll tell you only if you ask.

I'm intrigued by your trick ddavibb so....please do share...however..seems like I picked a really bad day to try quiting...my son-in-law has just lost his job. The have two little kids and it's so close to Christmas...everything will be closed down for the next two weeks so he won't even be able to apply for anything until January....I'm absolutely devastated.

I've only briefly skimmed the above posts, not sure if this was mentioned...

But my dad is in the process of quitting. First of all he has health problems that he needs to quit smoking for. Don't let it get that far to where it starts ruining your health....

So his mentality is changed....he has also on this pill Chantix...it helped my cousin completely quit...and my dads only smoking three cigs a day on it...he needs to fully quit now but blames his stressful job.

Also, you have to really break the habit of holding it in your hand...my aunt quit for a week, and now she's eating suckers and holding the stick when she wants to smoke...

Those are the only things I see my fam doing right now./

HIGH FIVE, HELLON! :D

Awe....thanks Jordan and everyone else but....I caved in when I heard that my son-in-law lost his job. I know some will think it a lame excuse but...I just hate for any of my family to be worried or hurt....thanks anyway guys...maybe tomorrow :)

You can do it, Hellon. Buy yourself a bunch of Fags instead. Much yummier.

I am not tricking you I am simply trying to capture your attention.
For quitting every day is a bad day unless you really do it. it has the same mechanism as procrastination does: always some excuse to delay. They both result from the road of later, to never. The later is like two parallel lines that seem like they join in the tip of a triangle from the distance but no mater how farther you go they never come together.

addiction is a habit. it is a psychological device and if you disturb the comfort zone of any habit it can not stay any longer, sometimes if even you want it to.

A psycho analysis of the addiction is a very big and boring discussion but specifically the key to quite smoking is to realize that the urges are impermanent even though they seem otherwise. Whenever you feel the need (If you really decided to quit because it needs a real intent), remember the urge is brief:: TEMPORARY is the key (psychological key .)
In most of addiction we feel so vulnerable because when the urge hits we think it is going to pressure us for whole day or at least for a while, there for, then, we set our mind for failure.
The practical implication of all this is when the urge hits no matter how hard, just wait for a few (2-4) minutes and then look and watch if the urge is still there, or if it is, see if it is as hard as it was before. You will notice it is much easier to resist then.
These way slowly you turn the impulse to control.

Nice theory....

addiction is a habit. it is a psychological device and if you disturb the comfort zone of any habit it can not stay any longer, sometimes if even you want it to.

How do you disturb the comfort zone? I know I was all geared up for this today and...I know I will be considered weak/using an excuse but...when my daughter phoned me crying earlier...I wanted my comfort zone back so much....it didn't change anything...I'm very aware of that...it didn't make me feel any better either to be honest...maybe the first few drags did....

Believe me it is not a theory. Quitting is a very hard job and no one else can do it for you except yourself.~~ since you are the one who've thrown yourself in that mess~~
If you are just thinking to quit but still not sure, it would never happen. You have to sweat it. The so called tricks that I mentioned in above, only helps you when you are in the middle of the battle and dirty; then you would realize their effectiveness and thoughtfulness, otherwise they are as good as any. And this is the reason behind attempting to capture your attention.

I know..I know...I quit for 10 years...think I said that further up there ^^^ stupid fool for starting up again. Thanks for your advice...thanks all of you for your advice. It's become more of a stress release than an enjoyment I feel.

The foulest stench is in the air---I was just thinking of Michael Jackson--- The funk of forty-thousand years. That should have hit home!
I applaud you on quitting 10 years. Troubles come and go.
Never stop quitting, you can do it.....
High Five for trying, Be 4 years for me in 32 days.
Can't stand the smell, ughhh! It was my time,
cold turkey is the only way. Like Ddavid said, " it is all up to you."

You could take your mind off smoking and knit me a wool sweater, I so love wool sweaters.

Good on ya, Hellon.

I smoke, I started a very short while ago, and I'm not really addicted to it. Not as much as I'm addicted to many other thing... i.e. drinking.

You can only do it when you are truly ready.
I stopped drinking may 2012 and haven't had a drop since, (not even in food!!)
I wasn't an alcoholic but I noticed each night I was drinking a little more......

I do smoke though, I gave up for three years before, I did it by taking one day at a time. I just woke up and said "I am going to try and go all day without a fag"
I would go to bed earlier so the days passed quicker, after the first two weeks it was a breeze.

I plan to give up in the new year,

Electronic cigarettes seem to be the way forward, but nothing works better than cold turkey.

Darren WTF is an electronic Cig?

Noara...In my country...you are under age for drinking where do you get your alcohol from?