I just started smoking cigaretts again. I’m fat but also I enjoy it because I’m not hungry anymore. I’m also drinking (beer) lot’s.
I only smoke when I’m drinking.
Comments?
Tahts cigarettes.
:eek: 
(Damn Gaudere’s Law)
Ahh, enjoy it. Lifes too short to be worrying about measuring your calories.
Better to live happy than to live *long * miserable.
Does anyone else hear Peaches and Herb’s Reunited?
Betcha do now.
It happens.
If your intention was to quit, don’t think that falling off the wagon means you should give up entirely. The more times you try, the more likely you’ll eventually succeed.
If you find that you’re drinking and smoking because you’re depressed, it may be more serious. You might want to talk to a doctor-- it could be a chemical thing. (Wellbutrin also has the side-effect of reducing the body’s craving for nicotine, making quitting easier.) Life’s too short to be unhappy, and drinking doesn’t help much, seeing how it’s a depressant.
But, if you’re happy, and want to smoke and drink just for the fun of it, more power to you. As the witches say, “an it harm none, do as thou wilt.”
Sorry. Just thought I’d clear that up. Its a term I use for people who are obsessed with health.
Jake wrote
Well, what do you think? You already know the answer, don’t you?
Bummer. I did the same thing about 6 months ago. After many years of not smoking.
I enjoy it. Unfortunately I also know the associated health risks. I wish I could smoke only occasionlly but I have to admit that I quickly become addicted to nicotine. It is either all or none for me.
Wanna split some NicoDerm? 
Ahh, yes, the old “I’ll only smoke when I drink” loophole. I’ve used that many times after trying to kick the habit.
It’s amazing how much more I found myself drinking when I was telling myself that one.
My rule was “I’ll only smoke when I’m awake.” It’s kept me alive on more than one occasion, I’ll tell you.
I smoked for 20 years, mainly because I enjoyed it, but also a little bit because I wanted to kill myself, but not too quickly. One day I realized I didn’t want to die; I wanted to live long enough to see my enemies humbled and humiliated. I quit cold turkey and haven’t even had a craving since.
I’ve been toying with the habit again myself…hey, it’s been a rough year! However, I haven’t bought my own yet and I only allow myself to bum from one person, which keeps me from really getting out of control. It’s too embarrassing if you have to ask for every one.
Things are settling down now, so I’m going to let this habit go again. No, really, because I can’t afford it.
Good luck quitting or maintaining your habit at the level you want it to be.
Cigarettes are bad, mmmmkay.
But sometimes the disease that prevents you from living long also makes you quite miserable as it kills you. (I’m thinking of my aunt who died at 61 after a battle with lung cancer and its complications.)
Xema I actually saved something someone else said in another thread about smoking.
Jake Maybe this will help you too. I smoked for more years than I care to admit.
“If you smoke, please think in the long run how much more it will suck to have your chest sliced open and ribs spread for the surgeon to get at the cancer and the following radiation/chemo and the exhaustion and barfing that follows. Then think of just how much more easier it will be to go through withdrawal and all its sundry if you stop smoking now. It will be hard, but you will thank yourself and your lungs will thank you in the future.”
I wish I could credit the person who said it. But these were words I will never forget.
I quit 6 months ago and I was really doing great but ever since the weather’s gotten colder I think about smoking every day. I don’t understand why, and why now.
Maybe the other reason is that I am trying to diet because I put on 20 lbs since quitting. Now that I can’t eat nonstop anymore I guess I have the chance to miss smoking.
What’s really sad is that I’ve never been a nail biter but the other night I was experimenting with it because I thought it would be a less miserable habit. That’s really the bottom of the barrel of habits.
I guess there is a heirarchy of bad habits. The top would be either heroin, walkers shortbread cookies or compulsive sex with high class whores. The bottom is nail biting, or chewing on a piece of hay, or fidgeting.
I am trying to work my way down to fidgeting. 
Sex with high class whores is out. As is nail biting. Tell me more about chewing on a piece of hay!
Anyway I’m up to half a pack a week. :eek:
Me too, after having quit for three years. If I can keep myself busy, I don’t have the urge, but as soon as I sit down to the computer or get in the car, out come the Marlboro Ultra Light 100’s.
I think it was boredom that did it. I’m working very part-time and spend a lot of the day by myself. I can only read, quilt, make Christmas cards, clean, cook, and play with the animals for so long before I take a break, and break = a smoke.