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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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From Friday I have gone through some major pain as I try quit my addictions by force. No more cigarettes and fombe too. I can assure you its worse than being sick. Not managed to do any work since then. But I hear its good for you. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2015 Posts: 681 Location: Kenya
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Sigara is the hardest. Did cold turkey in March and true, its painful. Plus funny mood swings. But after the first 7 days things cool down. Just look forward to Friday, the pain will be gone.
60% Learning, 30% synthesizing, 10% Debating
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/27/2010 Posts: 495 Location: Nairobi
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I quit both vices cold turkey, it'll be 13 years this 31 December. It can be hard but just focus on the future and trust me you will get through it. I got some normal chewing gum and anytime time you feel the urge to suck smoke, pop one in. Don't have to do this but you can always find something which works for you. Go for it!  Sent from my Black Nokia 3310
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,325 Location: Masada
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Is that guy of phombe ya furahiday saa ya phombe thread listening? I wait for the day he will quit and realize his decades long folly. Come on man,phombe sio do or die for you. Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/25/2012 Posts: 1,826
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Impunity wrote:Is that guy of phombe ya furahiday saa ya phombe thread listening?
I wait for the day he will quit and realize his decades long folly.
Come on man,phombe sio do or die for you. your eabl shares will do badly if he decides to go @alma's way
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Ash Ock wrote:I quit both vices cold turkey, it'll be 13 years this 31 December.
It can be hard but just focus on the future and trust me you will get through it.
I got some normal chewing gum and anytime time you feel the urge to suck smoke, pop one in. Don't have to do this but you can always find something which works for you.
Go for it!
[im]http://images.all-free-download.com/images/graphiclarge/thumbs_up_star_312288.jpg[/img] That is my new year resolution. Quiting from Jan 1.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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@Alma, Quitting both at the same time is not easy but go for it. I hope by now your head has not developed cracks from withdrawal. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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@all as you can see, i've been very cranky this week. Extremely....it's not easy my friends it ain't. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,325 Location: Masada
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alma1 wrote:@all as you can see, i've been very cranky this week. Extremely....it's not easy my friends it ain't. So what made decide to quit the double sins? Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/23/2007 Posts: 602
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@Alma keep it up. I quit drinking in 2001 (15years) and still very clean. Unfortunately with no vice to commit I picked smoking. This didn't go for very long I went cold turkey April 11, 2004 (11 years), but I missed my sticks.
I experienced withdraw symptoms especially irritability. It went in two weeks and since then I have been clean.
Motivating factor to quit drinking: To own land, build and invest.
Status: Goals hit by 2005/6.
Motivating factor to quit smoking: Imagined causing cancer to my future wife and kids through second hand smoke and I just had to stop smoking.
Status: I feel 'lighter'.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Impunity wrote:alma1 wrote:@all as you can see, i've been very cranky this week. Extremely....it's not easy my friends it ain't. So what made decide to quit the double sins? Maybe he wants to build a house 
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/9/2009 Posts: 2,003
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What's the motivation for quitting?
What are the telltale signs that you needed to quit?
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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I have managed not to smoke for the last 3 years. Best decision I ever made, even fish tastes better.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds...
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Rank: User Joined: 1/20/2014 Posts: 3,528
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tycho wrote:For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds... now what?  Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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Othelo wrote:tycho wrote:For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds... now what?  I think he means he has quit madness but i am afraid to ask how. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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Njung'e wrote:Othelo wrote:tycho wrote:For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds... now what? I think he means he has quit madness but i am afraid to ask how. I think it's a tycho way of saying he has lost God and he is not sure of what's next! He finds himself in rather unfamiliar territory. I myself have been 'counting the cost' and it looks like the cost is too great! All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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masukuma wrote:Njung'e wrote:Othelo wrote:tycho wrote:For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds... now what? I think he means he has quit madness but i am afraid to ask how. I think it's a tycho way of saying he has lost God and he is not sure of what's next! He finds himself in rather unfamiliar territory. I myself have been 'counting the cost' and it looks like the cost is too great! One can't lose what he/she doesn't have. If there's a cost of losing a delusion then it can't outweigh the benefit. There's this quote I heard when watching one criminal minds episode; it went like, 'the good of losing a delusion is greater than that of grasping a truth'. @Njung'e: To understand how one can quit madness one needs to understand how one gets into it in the first place. In my case I entered via what I may call a cognitive trap. By changing my cognitive configuration I reverse my madness.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Come to think of it, I find myself a truer and better theist now.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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tycho wrote:masukuma wrote:Njung'e wrote:Othelo wrote:tycho wrote:For me quitting on the God delusion and the concomitant opiate has been most troubling. But seeing the madness it has caused to me I have no option but to abandon the delusions with immediate effect!
Though it leaves me on most curious grounds... now what? I think he means he has quit madness but i am afraid to ask how. I think it's a tycho way of saying he has lost God and he is not sure of what's next! He finds himself in rather unfamiliar territory. I myself have been 'counting the cost' and it looks like the cost is too great! One can't lose what he/she doesn't have. If there's a cost of losing a delusion then it can't outweigh the benefit. There's this quote I heard when watching one criminal minds episode; it went like, 'the good of losing a delusion is greater than that of grasping a truth'. @Njung'e: To understand how one can quit madness one needs to understand how one gets into it in the first place. In my case I entered via what I may call a cognitive trap. By changing my cognitive configuration I reverse my madness. Losing a delusion is just that losing and it is gone. whether you like it or not... it's gone. The conundrum is what happens next! it's like a restart or a 180 degree turn... All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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