If someone would invent a safe cigarette, I would kiss them profusely

[LaraMN]

(maybe with tongue). I really, really want to smoke. I'm not going to, but DAMN! We can transplant most of a human face, travel in space, map the human genome, and I STILL CAN"T SMOKE!!!

[miss_american_pie]

1. ...

:hug:

[LaraMN]

4. Hey, Pie!

How are you and the little guys?

[miss_american_pie]

6. Good thanks

How's Jack feeling?

[LaraMN]

8. Much better!

He's got a nasty goopy nose, but he's not feverish and cranky anymore, so I'll take it!

[_testify_]

2. How long has it been?

I just completed one year without a cigarette.

[LaraMN]

7. Two days, but that was a temporary lapse.

I had initially quit last fall.

[_testify_]

11. If you can get through today you'll be fine then!

I took pills to help me quit. They worked great, but they had some unintended consequences.

[LaraMN]

14. I took pills AND went on the patch,

and I still wanted to kill someone. Having "a few" is definitely not worth the frustration of having to quit again.

[_testify_]

19. I took Zyban/Welbutrin

It was easy enough to quit.


The fact that my ears fall asleep a year later is almost not worth it.

[jpgray]

3. I rolled a safe cigarette recently

But that's because you would have had to half-collapse your bronchial trees to get a decent drag from it.

[LaraMN]

10. That would sufficiently ruin the experience.

:P

[jpgray]

17. It also cured my raging egotism

:bounce:

[AirmensMom]

5. No you don't.

It stinks and makes everything else stink.

Don't give in, OK? :hug:

[LaraMN]

12. I won't.

I can't anyway. It's not in the budget, and I promised not to do it anymore.

[AirmensMom]

15. Good for you!

One day you'll wonder how you ever could stand it. I hope that day comes soon for you.

[MissMillie]

9. YOU don't want to smoke

that craving is just your addiction talking.

You're doing GREAT! Keep up the good work.

[bluethruandthru]

13. I hear you!

I quit 2 1/2 years ago (after smoking for nearly 30 years)...and I still dream of smoking!
I really enjoyed it...I just didn't want to die from it.
Whoever invents a safe cigarette will be a gazillionaire! Hang in there...it's worth it!

[Dangerously Amused]

16. :D

[anarch]

18. the cigarettes I smoke are pretty safe...I hardly ever burn myself anymore

I mean, there is that whole "they'll eventually kill me" thing...but hey, nothing in life is ever exactly perfect.

[sakabatou]

20. Safe? Safe how?

Non-carcinogenic, or non-burn-your-home-down safe?

[Deja Q]

21. Cigarette condoms?

:wow:

Maybe cigarettes were the original cure for homosexuality... :shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear Lara........

The ONLY safe cigarette........

Is the one you didn't light up......

Hang in there, baby........

You will get through this........

And your life, and your children's lives, will thank you.......

[liontamer]

23. why not just buy a nicotrol inhaler?

seems as close as you're going to get. Either that or a nicotine free cigarrette (I think they are quest brand)

[Deep13]

24. I'd rather they invent an antidote for wanting them.

If you feel like you want one, just decide that you don't want one. Realize it is the craving or whatever talking and not you. You've come a long way, baby, and I know you can go the distance. Fuck Phillip Morris and the right-wing assholes they put in Congress.

[billyskank]

25. Now that is an incentive if ever I heard one

:7