Still smoking support and chat thread

[ShariR]

Just finished emailing 27 pictures in a series of 7 emails to the insurance claims lady. I do not think she is going to love me in the morning. I could only put 4 pictures in each email so I probably filled her email up. But she wanted them, so she got them. Do not know how to make files smaller than the 2.9 to 3.2mb each was. Too pooped to figure it out.

 

[FinallyQuit]

Good morning all! Snow finally arrived overnight. The house is cold this morning, the heat is not blowing. I can hear it humming and trying to come on, but it's frozen!! So the oven is on and the space heater is in the living room. Guess I'll have to trek out there and defrost the dinosaur later.

DD2 has already been playing in it and come in soaking wet and freezing. This ought to be a fun day! I hope you all have a good one, stay warm and safe!

 

[kathi17]

Those of you with dentures or in need of dentures will understand why I just totally lost my tiny mind. DD2 said "mama your teeth were in the floor and I stepped on them." They broke in 3 pieces, one of the pieces is missing. Still no answer to HOW DID THEY GET IN THE FLOOR??????? But I think the cat did it. I had a nice visit to insanity land but I'm back now. Bye bye thousands of dollars. . . hello thousands more dollars I don't have and can't come up with. Oh, and going to work looking like an extra on the set of Deliverance.

I really want to smoke right now. Actually I really want to smoke a whole pack back to back right now. But since I'm broke I can't go get any so never mind, guess I'll stay quit for today. Have appt tomorrow for dentist to look at it and see if it can be fixed. Best friend/carpool partner says I can use her credit card and pay back with tax refund. Fingers and toes crossed I won't need a new one.

Sorry for threadjack, but sort of on topic since I really REALLY want to smoke right now.

That really stinks. My husband and I can't afford the dentist either, Our dentures are held together with Zap-A-Gap glue. I just had another tooth pop off mine yesterday, and had to glue it back. Two of my front ones broke in half and are glued together. It's not a permanent fix, but it lasts for a while.

I hope your dentist can fix yours.

 

[Claudia P]

Good morning everyone. Welcome to all the new people and FQ I am so sorry to hear that you are having so many troubles, I'm also sorry that you are having such a rough time Shari.

Oh and congratulations on the new grandbaby.

Everything is ok here, we did get quite a bit of snow and it's very very cold, but it will all melt tomorrow. The weather guessers blew it completely on this one and our area roads are a disaster, but we are safe and warm and have what we need. It is awfully pretty with a complete snow cover, but I think I'm ready for summer, with the uncertainty about tornadoes I'll pass spring completely this year.

 

[Topdogie01]

shari, you are kinder than me. i would have sent them one by one with weird subject titles lol. they dont want to play nice, so i would have a little fun.

 

[Thayamax]

Good afternoon all. I slept half the day away again today. Maybe it has something to do with it being so warm in my bed and so cold everywhere else. My grandson had no school again today. At this rate he'll be going to school until July to make up for all the lost days.

 

[Topdogie01]

Woke up at 6am (I normally get up around noon to 2. 2nd shift factory schedule) from tiny frozen feet on my back. Then got out of bed and cooked and I hear pitter patter of tiby feet running to me while sniffing loudly to show intrest in MY food. So I had to share, then was held hostage to watch curious George for a few hours.

Fighting with child now to keep my cup of tea instead of his cup of formula he keeps trying to trade me.

 

[aikanae1]

I am so grateful I'm missing the weather mess this winter.

 

[kathi17]

I am so grateful I'm missing the weather mess this winter.

I wish I was in Arizona!

 

[Erised]

Those of you with dentures or in need of dentures will understand why I just totally lost my tiny mind. DD2 said "mama your teeth were in the floor and I stepped on them." They broke in 3 pieces, one of the pieces is missing. Still no answer to HOW DID THEY GET IN THE FLOOR??????? But I think the cat did it. I had a nice visit to insanity land but I'm back now. Bye bye thousands of dollars. . . hello thousands more dollars I don't have and can't come up with. Oh, and going to work looking like an extra on the set of Deliverance.

Ohhh no FQ! I don't have dentures, but I about cried reading that. I hope you're able to get yours fixed, or find some at a (much) more reasonable cost.

I'm short of time right now, but posting to subscribe. I'm still smoking, but only a pack per week, or a little less.

Kathi!

Thanks for the new link Jazz. Hope to be back soon. Hugs to all

Hugs Lori ... it's good to see you!

 

[Erised]

BUT OMG I'm SUCH A GOOF! The main new life event is that my second grand-daughter was born this morning!!! She and my DIL are healthy, happy, and beautiful, bless their hearts! All I know is that she's better at having babies than I was -- both my sons were born after 20+ hours of labor, and my DIL bless her heart, has had both her daughters within just a few hours of arriving at the hospital. GREAT JOB!!!

CONGRATS on the new granddaughter!!!

 

[QueenVictoria]

I too am grateful none of my problems are weather related. Yesterday was a bad day, I kept crying for no reason. Last night I took the Boy to the second and last session of his Short Stop Program. I was nervous about it because we only got the assignments done half-assed and at the last minute. But it was fine and he passed and we are done with that. It really is a good thing they are doing there. One of the assignments was to write a eulogy for our kid. They liked mine and made him read it aloud. Here is what I wrote:

James died never having lived up to his full potential. He was always so funny and full of life. He was quick with a smile and a joke. He loved to make people laugh. He was smarter than he let on and more sensitive too. James was a good friend and kind to animals. He loved his family and pets. My son could have had such a bright future if only his time had not been cut short.

He was taken from the earth too soon. He never got a chance to grow up and experience all that life has to offer. The world will never hear his stand-up comedy or see the movie he produced. Kids will never get to play the video game he created. We’ll never know what incredible things he could have done.

James my beautiful boy, I miss you so much. It always made me smile to look at you with you dirty blond hair and laughing blue eyes. There is a hole in my heart shaped like you.

 

[Thayamax]

Vicki, that is so sad and heartfelt. I hope it makes a strong impression on him and he turns around.

 

[Erised]

I too am grateful none of my problems are weather related. Yesterday was a bad day, I kept crying for no reason. Last night I took the Boy to the second and last session of his Short Stop Program. I was nervous about it because we only got the assignments done half-assed and at the last minute. But it was fine and he passed and we are done with that. It really is a good thing they are doing there. One of the assignments was to write a eulogy for our kid. They liked mine and made him read it aloud. Here is what I wrote:

James died never having lived up to his full potential. He was always so funny and full of life. He was quick with a smile and a joke. He loved to make people laugh. He was smarter than he let on and more sensitive too. James was a good friend and kind to animals. He loved his family and pets. My son could have had such a bright future if only his time had not been cut short.

He was taken from the earth too soon. He never got a chance to grow up and experience all that life has to offer. The world will never hear his stand-up comedy or see the movie he produced. Kids will never get to play the video game he created. We’ll never know what incredible things he could have done.

James my beautiful boy, I miss you so much. It always made me smile to look at you with you dirty blond hair and laughing blue eyes. There is a hole in my heart shaped like you.

That had to be so hard for you to write. I hope your son hears your love.

 

[ShariR]

Vicki, oh so hard. What was his reaction when he was reading it. Do you think the program sunk in to him? You may not know right away. Hopefully you will see signs of him being a little more thoughtful before he acts.

 

[Topdogie01]

Ugh. today has been issue after issue. Woke up to phone being hot to the touch. Wasn't responsive. Afraid battery was shorting so I pulled it as fast as I could. Set phone outside to cool off. Finally cooled it and battery was dead. Then kept having dry hits with my hypertank, and when I would fix the dry hits it would flood. Then would dry hit again. Then flood. Had half a tank so didn't want to dump it.

Child got a box in the mail today. Its from his local make-a-wish coordinators and we haven't opened it yet.

 

[fpkites]

Instead of finding my original post, I'm thinking I'll do a re-introduce/refresher

I started vaping on 12/8/2013 according to the credit card receipt, stopped in to a B&M less than a mile from my house (turns out I have at least 4 within 2 miles). I told him I was thinking of getting into vaping to get off the analogs. It was about 15-30 minutes from his closing time, but he was insistent on staying in the shop as long as he needed to get me set up with the juices and starter kit that would do the best for me.

I felt like I was keeping him there, and he said, "I'm the owner, I stay until I don't have any more customers"

I started out with an EVOD VV starter kit (Kanger Evod VV | Rocky Mountain Ecigs | Denver eCigarettes | "It's Not Smoke, It's Vapor, You're Welcome!" | 303-955-8601 | 1990 Wadsworth Lakewood, CO 80214. He showed me the standard kit, but then he explained the flexibility of a VV setup, and how it really lets you enhance the vapor, flavor, etc. He showed me the iTaste VTR, and was fully honest in saying he doesn't try pushing those for newbies. He knew it was only a matter of time though

Over the next week or so, I finished up the half carton of Pall Mall Reds that I had left over, vaping in between smokes. I started finding that I was reaching for the pack less and less each day. Then the carton was gone. I lasted about 5 days, and I thought about cigarettes, but since I didn't have any on me, I didn't feel I needed them.

One of my other hobbies is homebrewing beer with my brother-in-law and his wife. Of course, brewing beer comes with drinking beer...with drinking beer comes analogs. I bummed a Camel from him, and it tasted like sucking on an exhaust pipe...I finished it though, and I had 1-2 more later on. Later that week, I found a coupon for some Marlboros and bought a pack. I was actually surprised that I only wanted a few a day, compared to the 1 PAD I was at for 20-ish years.

Then, I found ECF and ultimately the previous still smoking thread, and instantly felt like I belonged here. There were others who got into vaping thinking it would get them to stop smoking, but still smoked! Woohoo!

Since then, I've picked up a Protank 2, 9-10 new juices, then an iTaste MVP2 with iClear 16 clearos, and a Smoktek Octopus RDA magically appeared, replacing itself with $10 from my bank account

In a way, I'm glad this thread got a reset of sorts. I read a lot of the previous one, so I'm familiar with a lot of the wonderful people here, and I've read every single post of this new thread. I'm thankful for the support and encouragement I've received for shooting for one less analog each day, and I hope I can help support those succeeding or even slipping from here on out.

 

[mdw3258calif]

Where do you keep them when their fight gets postponed? Do you involve your son with the animals at all? I've read that can be very therapeutic for the mentally challenged.

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Thanks Mtnbikermark for the questions. We only ship with pet-friendly airlines, and there are options when flights get delayed. Most airline hubs have "pet lounges" where pets can be safely and comfortably boarded, or we have contacts in the cities through which we can arrange pick-up and boarding. It can get tricky though, and the poor clients end up having to pay, or we eat the cost sometimes. NOT a business for getting rich, when we care for the pets the way we do. My boss is ex-military, and my family is military, so we work by codes of honor -- not lucrative at all, but we make sure best we can that the animals are #1.

And yes, as you point out, animals are great for folks with psychiatric issues. I have involved my son many times in accompanying me on long-range drives with pets needing to get to a remote airport. He's great at it in that he loves animals, and I raised him around horses, dogs, cats, birds. His meds, however, slow him down, and though he's a big strong guy (and me with a bad back), he's great for lifting, but not always quick in reaction time. When I transport pets on long drives, they have to be walked and kept comfortable. Though I do everything I can to make sure the dogs (especially-- cats, I arrange for their litter-breaks but don't need to take them out on walks!) know that I am their buddy, they can't always be bonded to me right away, and some of these fellows do the weird stuff like trying to back out of the leash and ditch their collars. You gotta be quick to prevent that.

So in summary, yes I do try to involve him and let him know how much I appreciate his help, I kinda need to double-cover. Which is fine. We've had some wonderful trips, and the animals always love him. Nowadays I'm in ops management more than doing the actual drives, and my son doesn't have the interest in that part. However in MY house he's still great with my 3 dogs and 3 cats!

 

[mdw3258calif]

oh great, now ya got me thinking I better give up pepsi and coffee maybe even?

Well I dunno. The notion of "giving things up" for the sake of one's health is something that makes the rebel side rear up. Because a lot of us long-term smokers were or are smoking exactly BECAUSE people tell us we shouldn't. At least that's the way it was for me. I mean, I was even a fitness trainer while still smoking. There was absolutely nothing wrong with my body fat, strength, and endurance -- I worked hard at it, and would still LOVE to light up cigarettes, even though I absolutely knew that they diminished my capacities. And I had to hide from clients -- this ticked me off, because I don't believe in hiding things. I am what I am, but still had to deal with 'if I wanted to keep my job, I couldn't have clients seeing their trainer smoking in the parking lot.' It's a WEIRD thing, psychologically. I would mountain-bike up an extremely hard trail, and at the top would light up a cigarette. I'd smoke after a really hard workout. It was a defiance thing!

I really honest-to-God do NOT know why vaping has sufficiently replaced my smoking habit. Seriously I'm the last person I would have expected to get off the analogs. I do chain-vape sometimes, ok ... often. But maybe it's BECAUSE of the slight mystery that the nay-sayers do not believe it's ok health-wise, that makes it still sufficiently defiant? I don't know. I HATE the very idea that I "should" do what some vague "people" say is ok. I drink a pot or two of coffee a day. I'm not gonna stop that. I eat good food only to the extent that I know what is healthy and just don't want to be fat, not because of what other people think, but I don't want to be restricted in my movement. That's it, that's the only reason.

It's interesting, the psychology of all this addiction stuff. It's good for us to try to figure ourselves and our motivations out. It can't hurt. Being self-aware is a pretty good thing.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Ok,, i took a little fall today from the bed getting into the chair, I fell over a power cord. I am so stupid, I forgot I plugged in a new surge protector and meant to put it under the desk. So I am sore and I scraped my left arm on the wheelchair, enough to draw a little blood, had to put on bacitracin, I have been in bed most of the day, it's too cold to come out for long stretches. I know, nothing like up there, but I still don't have heat and mobile homes get really cold. no real insulation.

I feel chilled to the bone tonight, maybe because this is the first time we have rain with the cold. It snowed in Northern Florida for a short time. It's in the 40's but I feel it in my bones. My babies curled up under my covers, they only come out for food or a kiss here and there. I cut up a sweatshirt for Rambo to wear and a sock for Rocky.

I am making a greater effort to vape before I pick up a cigarette, I catch myself going to pick up a cigarette out of habit, even though I do not feel anxious, so today, I put them down to vape instead. I smoked a half pack instead of the full pack. maybe because I was in bed more than out of it. We'll see tomorrow.