# A stopping smoking bitch session (to keep MPSIMS semi clean) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350 "2002-08-04T23:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/21 "2002-08-07T17:43:50Z")
I smoked 2 cigarettes after work the 5th (actually the wee hours of the 6th) and one after work last night. I’m trying to keep the attitude of progress rather than perfection. I fyou wanna flame me for having those 3 smokes, go right ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/22 "2002-08-07T17:54:27Z")
Jack@ss you aren’t a fraud…You are attempting something that is VERY difficult and has a higher recidavism (sp?) rate than heroin users. I imagine three is much less than you would have smoked last week. Tomorrow is another day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/23 "2002-08-07T22:36:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tdn \* > Personally, I think you are going about it all wrong. You are setting yourself up for failure. Obsessing about your last few cigs is just going to make you want them more. They why have I gone almost three full days without any issues? Explain that too me. Thank you very much. Two days, 21 hours, 24 minutes and 51 seconds. 115 cigarettes not smoked, saving $14.46. Life saved: 9 hours, 35 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/24 "2002-08-07T22:39:15Z")
I fogot to add, I did smoke those last three. I was obsessed over them, I was a smoker. Oh and **jack@ss** I’m not gonna flame you and if anyone did I would have to kick some serious ass over that. You stumbled. So get off your butt and head on over to the smokeout thread and get started again. So there! ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/25 "2002-08-07T22:42:10Z")
**Stoidy** Don’t need no stinkin book to stop smoking. I’ve got all I need inbetween my ears to either make it a success or fail. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/26 "2002-08-08T02:08:59Z")
Well, I THOUGHT I was doing great on this (today being my first full smoke-free day). Then I noticed a certain subtle pattern operating: 1. Jackelope comes _this close_ to tears and hysterics at the grocery store because he can’t find his favorite root beer and the mangoes aren’t ripe; 2. Jackelope suddenly catches himself screaming at the dog that she’s being “_TOO CLINGY, DAMMIT_”; 3. A coworker asks Jackelope if he was around when the boss was talking about next year’s capital requisition forms. Jackelope’s response: “YES! For God’s sake, YES! JESUS!” * * * But I’ll make it. I feel incredibly uncomfortable and irritable and jumpy, but I find that I actually don’t feel much like smoking. The jumpiness and discomfort don’t really feel connected to the not smoking; it’s just something I wish would go away. Hurray! Optimism! ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350/27 "2002-08-08T02:40:35Z")
**jackelope** When you start to get that anxious feeling, I recommend that you carry some straws with you. Pop one in your mouth and start to chew. I’m tellin’ ya, I need to add “sunflower seeds eaten” to my Smober meter. Three days, 1 hour, 28 minutes and 21 seconds. 122 cigarettes not smoked, saving $15.31. Life saved: 10 hours, 10 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stopping-smoking-bitch-session-to-keep-mpsims-semi-clean/122350.md?page=1)