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Originally Posted by sw20>>s14
for example, shooting the shit with your closest friends (that obviously smoke), after sex, after a meal, when drinking, when doing other "substances", breaks from work, driving in your car, taking a break after working on your car/bike, resting at the track, etc. etc. etc.
-you mean to tell me that now ill have to shoot the shit with my homies without smoking? hella homo
-have to settle for a sammich after sex? boring
-have a mint after a meal instead? argh
-stay inside the bar/club and just drink more? could be good
-no comment =)
-go to my break room and eat an apple or some shit?
-drive normally? *gasp*
-take a break from my garage and stare at my neighbors?
-read a book in my beach chair at the track? =\
those are the true idiosyncrasies that i am terrified of...how did you guys get through them?
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thats the hardest part. driving in traffic sucks more. when you get a break at school or work, its like 15 min of doing nothing rather than a break. chilling with the guys just isnt the same. but then think about what all the people that dont smoke do. they still drive in traffic, go to work/school, chill with homies, and eat food.
at first i slowly cut it from my habits. i stopped smoking at school. no cigarettes during breaks. (sucked the most when i had a couple hours to kill between classes). then while driving. then only took a drag from a buddies when i chilled with them. then none when we hung out.
i smoked for at least 5 years before that, and all my friends smoke. friends i knew since high school, so im not gonna stop chilling with them after 6 or 7 years. the whole dont hang out with people who smoke thing is bullshit. its about you, and not your friends.
to be honest though, what really made me stop was my dad getting lung cancer. watch that shit, and you wont smoke again, even if you want to. but thats not really an option for most people.
i say, take small steps. if you said to yourself "youre never gonna smoke a cigarette ever again in your entire life," id say fuck that. but to not smoke in a car? thats actually doable..