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Better Fred Than Dead posted:Connecting with you with supportive people who've been through the same wringer as you is really the focus anyway. Otherwise you have people saying "75 drinks a week!! That's nothing. Call me when you've learned how to really drink" Competitive alcoholism is sad, but it sure can be fun to watch. 2 guys who have been trying to out-bender each other on week 3 of the bender stumbling into the bar and telling stories makes for a great afternoon. Just don't run into them after 8pm. Do we have a thread like this for smokers? I need to quit smoking and reading about others fighting the same thing helps(I haven't wanted to drink near as much since I started reading this thread!).
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500 good dogs posted:Post that poo poo here! We support quitters of all varieties, I've been off of the weed for two weeks now after being a nearly nightly weeder for 4 years. I think my biggest problem with quitting smoking is actually drinking. My wife loves going to the bar once or twice a week to the point that she is horrified if i try to get out of it. She is also the major force behind me quitting smoking (i know i should for my health, and am pretty tired of doing it after 22+ years) but also probably the biggest obstacle. I think of we stopped drinking for a few months i could quit petty easily. I also set a condition on her of quitting chewing her nails so she can be giving up a bad habit with me, but she refuses, and since i gave myself that escape i can fail at quitting with no guilt. gently caress i make allot of excuses to smoke.
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H.H posted:This is generally good advice, but the thing I enjoy while high is my friends. I can't give them up. You could try becoming that dick who is always loving with his friends while they are high, thats always fun 
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ra tehuti posted:working out is more effective towards sobriety than A.A. and all you need is yourself And a gym membership.
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Mar 25, 2017 18:26
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ra tehuti posted:actually running around the park is free and so are sit ups and push ups I keep forgetting there are parts of the world where going outside is an option. My bad!
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Mar 25, 2017 18:31
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Ice Blue Mink posted:Do you live in a submarine? Most of my life in Texas. You don't go outside during the day in Texas voluntarily. I recently moved, and it was over 107 outside the last day i was there.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:As long as the drinking itself isn't a problem, regarding the smoking you could try a harm reduction approach. I smoked cigarettes for around 24 years, and have some weird genetic predisposition to nicotine addiction. I also have a tendency to lung infections, so smoking was a really terrible idea. Switching to other sources of nicotine saved my lungs, kept me functional, and actually is less expensive than smoking at this point. It's behavioral afaik. I've gone a couple months with no cigs in the past, but always end up with a mouth full of butt
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SpaceClown posted:Why not vape? Tried it. It didn't take. Gonna have to cold turkey it, but... i want to drink lol. Maybe once i have a good job again i can replace it with weed for a few months. Starting smoking is one of the few regrets in my life.
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And here i thought it was all the  Back to taking a whole bunch!
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