BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 May 03 - 10:12 PM

Tweed, I just checked- you have 70 words there. Let a beginning flesh it out with 30 more words, then post it in the new 100-Word thread! (Thanks for the chuckle.):)

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Amos
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:41 PM

That's just a temporary pacemaker, Allan!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Allan C.
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:39 PM

Another, little-known aspect is that of the bruises many males get from slapping the empty shirt pocket twenty times a day for the smokes that are no longer there.

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Tweed
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:33 PM

Good for you Amos. I'm still hovering at two cigs per day, after thirty years of two-three paks, and I'm getting some wind back and gaining some weight as well. Soon I expect to be wheezing from my fat encrusted lungs and heart but they will be nice and pink inside and I won't offend anybody around me, ....other than if I become a 900 pounder that has to be craned out of the window to get my angioplasty....in which case I'm sure the Enquirer will give me my fifteen minutes of fame...

FORMERLY THIN SMOKER BALLOONS INTO BLIMP AND BLOTS OUT SUN

A morbidly obese man, known only as Tweed, exploded inside his bedroom after consuming six crates of pears and several gallon jugs of pickled eggs and pigs feet. It is thought that his demise came within months after heeding doctor's warnings to stop smoking or die. Neighbors were heard to say..."Well, he was harmless enough I suppose...but he shore could put away the pizza and Philly steak and cheese sammitches...."

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Amos
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:27 PM

Thanks for the kind encouragements, guys. The new lozenges -- called "Commit" -- have made a big difference. Some love the habit, some love the chemistry -- I'm in the latter category.

So far I only go stunod once a day or so... :>)


A

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:16 PM

Marvelous.   HIP HIP HOORAH!! And a sis boom bah, or something like that. Well done, indeed. (But watch out for the slimy stuff- you've probably already discovered that food, as Allan C noted above, is an experience of its own. I had to switch to some pretty bland stuff for awhile; most everything was far too aromatic.)

(The one thing I am unqualifiedly proud of in my life is having quit smoking, after so many years of thinking I couldn't do it. )

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:08 PM

Congratulations, Amos. Well done.

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: rangeroger
Date: 02 May 03 - 09:03 PM

Good on ya Amos.Every day is just 1/7 of week more. Having been there, my whole hearted support is with you in my thoughts.

rr

Subject: RE: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Allan C.
Date: 02 May 03 - 08:52 PM

Far out, Amos! One of the other blessings is that food flavors seem to be more potent. (Heck, if I'd known that, I would have quite sooner!)

Subject: BS: Five Weeks Without a Smoke!
From: Amos
Date: 02 May 03 - 08:38 PM

I am sure there's a song in there somewhere. Five weeks without a smoke -- my wind is coming back, my energy levels are twice as high as they were, and I am much less moody. So I reckon it must be a Good thing, eh?    I won't say I don't miss certain aspects, but not smelling like an ashtray or wheezing on one flight of stairs!! I'm feeling younger, too!! Well -- at least more energetic! :>) And another result is I seem to be more productive than I was -- less down time and mopery. So yeehaw for that, sez me.

A