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04-12-2020, 03:52 PM | #20116 |
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I agree. I'm fully aware of what goes on within the closed walls of the industry, but if today's media choses to make a big deal out of thousands of iso weans currently being euthanized while pork shelves are near bare it's probably not going to go over very well with Sally the soccer mom and the bands of TP hoarding morons. While the media runs circles with that fiasco, a generation of barn owners will quietly be filing bankruptcy on half million dollar units when their contracts get yanked.
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04-12-2020, 04:00 PM | #20117 |
In Search of a Life
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I would hope people realize where their food comes from
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04-12-2020, 04:00 PM | #20118 | |
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If you feel cold turkey won’t work for you try the patches or the pouches. Part of what you have to overcome beyond the addiction to a drug is the habit. If you use the pouches or patches you can titrate the drug use like your current plan of smoking less cigarettes but your also quitting the habit of smoking an actual cigarette. Most say that helped them finally quit. |
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04-12-2020, 04:04 PM | #20119 |
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I quit by doing exactly that. Less less less none
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04-12-2020, 04:05 PM | #20120 | |
Life is changing..
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Location: NW Missouri
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They both made me jittery as hell. I hated them - a lot. I did notice the lack of desire to smoke, but it wasn't pleasant. I doubt I'm going to be able to actually quit at a time like this, but I figure cutting back has to have some benifit, right? |
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04-12-2020, 04:07 PM | #20121 |
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I had a doctor tell me one time that you are essentially making it harder on yourself because you're prolonging the withdrawal symptoms doing it this way. He said he'd seen people prefer this method though.
It has done ok for me. I was a religious pack a day guy a month ago. I've been half a pack or less for the past month or so. Some days right around 10. Some days less than 5. It has just varied. |
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04-12-2020, 04:07 PM | #20122 |
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04-12-2020, 04:13 PM | #20123 | |
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04-12-2020, 04:13 PM | #20124 |
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Cold turkey is the way to go. Just do it and focus ALL of your attention to not smoking. Be strongestest through that morning smoke craving, then the boredom cravings, then the post meal cravings. Copy/paste.
Once you start, talk like a non smoker. "Want a smoke?" "Nah, I don't smoke anymore." Remember how shitty it tastes, how gross is makes you feel, how shitty you smell, the shame you feel every time you light up. Focus. |
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04-12-2020, 04:13 PM | #20125 | |
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Yes, 5 cigarettes a day is way better for your health than a pack a day. Besides not getting cancer down the road, your burning off the cilia that line your throat and lungs that help you get phlegm out of your lungs. The cilia will grow back as long as there is not long term damage like with COPD. |
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04-12-2020, 04:16 PM | #20126 | |
SuperBowl or bust
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Haven’t even had a puff since. |
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04-12-2020, 04:17 PM | #20127 |
Life is changing..
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Location: NW Missouri
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Nah, no COPD for me. I've smoked 7 or 8 years, I can't remember the exact length. But its been long enough. I'm ready to put it behind me for good.
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04-12-2020, 04:21 PM | #20128 |
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04-12-2020, 04:23 PM | #20129 | |
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I have a 13 pack history of smoking. But, quit 30 years ago. My risk is so low that it’s basically non-existent. |
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04-12-2020, 04:24 PM | #20130 |
"You like to drink?"
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