Finally Quit Smoking!

"FUCK YOU IT'S EASY!"

Little Quote I picked up from my mom there when she quit smoking for the dozenth or so time. It really encapsulates what it takes to quit smoking. Came into work today feeling sick. It's definitely that jonesing body needs nicotine nausea.

So I was watching the end of the show Video Blog for one of my favorite shows Battlestar Galactica. The prop master gets her turn and shows off the cigarettes they've been using in the show. Nicotine Free HoneyRose Cigarettes! My jaw hit the floor. Nicotine Free?!? Holy Shamolies that's awesome! That has to be the best stop[ smoking tool out there! Why'd I just hear about it now?! So I went looking for them at every herbal suppliment and health food stores I could find. But no luck, apparently they're not sold in the US. Tabacco companies probobly made them illigal by passing a law with the political vending machine in Washington. Anyway once I figured that out I immediately find their website http://www.honeyrose.co.uk/ and put in an order. Says 6-8 weeks for delivery, and they're not kidding. Mine arrived in 8 weeks to the day. I ordered an assortment of everything, Flavored, normal, ginseng, ect. Got about a 2 week supply.

At first it was a little weird I was definitely jonesing with Nicotine fits while smoking. Then on day three I got busy doing some stuff and started chain smoking em because I was jonesing for nicotine. I was chain smoking the normal ones most of the day then I started chain smoking with the ginseng variety, made me SICK. Not quite to the point of puking but definitely nauseated and I noticed I started to cringe when I reached for another one. I thought to myself HOLY CRAP it's working! I need to keep chain smoking these ginseng cigs! I made sure after that if I reached for a cigarette it was ginseng. After stopping chain smoking them the nausea went away but I still cringed for 2 days after that every time I reached for a smoke. Problem was the nicotine fits where just a little stronger than the cringing.

Then I ran out of the ginseng cigarettes the next day and was left with the flavored and foofy cigarettes. Oh well, I figured I'd just nurse them and ween myself off them. It's been 4 weeks now, I'm still nicotine free and haven't had any smokes at the office for 2 weeks and haven't smoked at home or anywhere else in 2 days. I've still got a pack of Honeyrose at the office and here at home. Mostly it's so I can tell myself I don't need it anymore. Makes me feel safe I guess that if I do get an urge I've got the nicotine free packs around still.

If anyone tries this in the future. Get the ginseng and make yourself sick, chain smoke 'em. I honestly think it'll make ya quit easier.

This Steroid Documentary Looks interesting

It's called Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
http://biggerstrongerfastermovie.com/



I'll post a review sometime this week.

EDIT 7/5/09
Finally got to finish watching this on Netflix streaming (which totally rocks BTW.) I have to admit it was pretty damned good. I remember feeling those same pressures to "Achive Greatness!" At least when I did it it was to recover from the back injury, worked for me. I can honestly say you bet your ass I'd do it again. I never did get into when I was actually lifting competitively though.

The bit noting the amount of time the US Government spent debating steroids in baseball vs debating the freaking war in Iraq and other places was a little disturbing. Not to mention the raw ignorance of the Government on the Topic, they clearly don't know what they're talking about and just fan the flames of ignorance to create a scandal over here, to keep us from looking over there. They're debating this over wars and they don't even understand the subject matter. Heh.

Now that I think about it, it's pretty much the same for the war on drugs, it's all slight of hand. Don't look over here, ohhh look at that.