I'm Baaaack!

After taking a well-needed break from posting to get over my withdrawl from smoking (horrible ordeal), I am throwing my hat back in the ring and going to start contributing again.

I have always been here looking around and such and by the looks of things, some of you guys need some help getting your issues resolved.

The slate has been cleaned and I sincerely apologise to all that I have alienated, bitched at, or was unfair too. A new leaf has been turned and has been turned over forever.

Chemical dependency is a real bitch, I really hope none of you guys start smoking, this habit was the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life.

Again, please understand guys, I am past the worst withdrawl symptoms I have ever had to deal with.

Forget the past, let's help in the future.

Hope you guys accept me back, I am and was only here to help you.

And please, if you want to lecture, go to college, I don't need it.

Congrats on kicking the smoking addiction. And to those who say its not an addiction...you have no idea. I know what you have been going through as I've had to quit myself and its no picnic. And as one of the people who has greatly benefited from your knowledge... Welcome Back.

Congrats on kicking the smoking addiction. And to those who say its not an addiction...you have no idea. I know what you have been going through as I've had to quit myself and its no picnic. And as one of the people who has greatly benefited from your knowledge... Welcome Back.

Hey, thanks, I had no control over myself.

Everything from an itch on my toe to a shower pissed me off. I couldn't believe it, just 100% anxiety.

All is good now, and ready to get back to help, regardless of title.

Welcome Back!!

And great work on quitting smoking, your lungs will thank you later.

Welcome Back!!

And great work on quitting smoking, your lungs will thank you later.

Believe me, they already are.

One thing I found out, you have to cut your caffiene intake back to half of what you were drinking when smoking. Guess smoking reduces the affects of caffeine by 50% hence you drink twice as much.

Also, this could really explain how some people like me got so jittery.

I also have kicked the habit and know what you are going through. How long have you been off the smokes? Don't go back now what ever you do. Welcome back! :bigthumb:

I also have kicked the habit and know what you are going through. How long have you been off the smokes? Don't go back now what ever you do. Welcome back! :bigthumb:

Been close to two months now. The first month is the bitch and the withdrawl symptoms hit their peak for me just after my birthday on the 24th of September.

And oh helll no I will never be going back to smoking, I can't even have one seeing that is what started me back up last time.

One smoke at a poker party and everything was back to square one last time.

Welcome back.

I'd turn over a new leaf too, but I don't even have any idea where my old leaf went. Nyuk yuk yuk.

Welcome back.

I'd turn over a new leaf too, but I don't even have any idea where my old leaf went. Nyuk yuk yuk.

It's fall, lots of them outside, I recommend the orange ones! :D

It's fall, lots of them outside, I recommend the orange ones! :D

Just a personal note , 3+ plus years ago I gave up smoking for the second time (restarted 20 years ago when I moved from NY to WI).
I've smoked for over 30 years- quit cold turkey.

With the money I used to spend on smoking, I took out a loan and bought myself a '85 Corvette, to date the best investment I"ve made
(healthwise and hobbywise). Paid off the loan 3 months ago, now I'm thinking about what to spend the savings on next (engine overhaul probably). I've spent over $9,500 USD on the car the past 3 years including the purchase price, all money that would have gone "up in smoke" so to say.
So, good luck to you.

Just a personal note , 3+ plus years ago I gave up smoking for the second time (restarted 20 years ago when I moved from NY to WI).
I've smoked for over 30 years- quit cold turkey.

With the money I used to spend on smoking, I took out a loan and bought myself a '85 Corvette, to date the best investment I"ve made
(healthwise and hobbywise). Paid off the loan 3 months ago, now I'm thinking about what to spend the savings on next (engine overhaul probably). I've spent over $9,500 USD on the car the past 3 years including the purchase price, all money that would have gone "up in smoke" so to say.
So, good luck to you.

I won't be able to buy a corvette, but maybe a corvette engine for the Blazer, what do you think?

Welcome back and congrats on giving up smoking the nails.

ex:smokin:

Welcome back and congrats on giving up smoking the nails.

ex:smokin:

Hey thanks! :D

congrats! im currently trying to get my mom to quit. she had stopped for a long time and has started back up recently, ehh i duno about a year ago. any advice for quitting the 2nd time around??

'vette engine? good enough.

congrats! im currently trying to get my mom to quit. she had stopped for a long time and has started back up recently, ehh i duno about a year ago. any advice for quitting the 2nd time around??

Yes, the trick is to completely remove yourself from your normal day to day situation for at least 3 days. Getting yourself out of your day to day rut will also remove yourself from your daily routines that trigger a craving.

I went to my parents cottage for a long weekend and it did get rough, but it was bearable. The three day hump is the worse seeing you have to wait 72 hours for 100% of the nicotine to completely leave your system.

And also, quit cold turkey, the patch just prolongs your misery. Cold turkey will have you moving along your daily routine smoke-free in a month.

The patch takes over two months if you follow their instructions.

But again, I had a strong crave relapse around a month into quitting.

I could do nothing but be pissed off. Everything annoyed me, the sun, rain, the girlfriend, and everything was emotionally elevated. I had no control. You don't see this until you have gone past that stage though. Kind of embarassing really when I look back at some of my posts. =( Sorry about that guys, but if losing my moderator status leads me to being a healthy human being, then that is a sacrifice I have no problem taking.

But all is good now, the weight thing is back to normal, I gained 5 pounds in a week not due to eating but due to the fact that smoking makes your body burned stored fats and sugars and less of the food you consume. But after a month, my metabolism has jumped up to that of a non-smokers and it has dropped not 5 but 10 POUNDS. Yes, I am losing weight after quitting. Weird eh? Research is the key to quitting. Read, read and read some more on how you should quit and watch the videos where they take a camera into a live person's cancer lung and see the tunmour and I just almost puked all over my monitor. Seriously, if you want to quit, watch the video. Google for it, it is there.

God it feels great to be clean, haven't felt this energized and good since when I was a teenager and started.

If you want to quit, I have your back, just like I have everyone's back when they have repair issues. I am not a post whore, I honestly love to help people. :)

'vette engine? good enough.

Throw a little LT1 (non optispark) goodness in the ole Blaza.

oh hell ya boiiiiiiizzzzzzzzz!

Congrats on the quitting...the fumes from our exhaust and from the other chemicals we use on our vehicles should be enough for our lungs... and WELCOME BACK !!!

The hard part for me was the mental end. It took a long time to be able to say no at a bar. To be successful you MUST change your habits and lifestyle too!!

The hard part for me was the mental end. It took a long time to be able to say no at a bar. To be successful you MUST change your habits and lifestyle too!!

I know, complete change. Good thing was, no friends, family or the girlfriend smoked.

I was the only dumbass.

I've been so wrapped up with my own Blazer bs, to welcome you back..
Congradulations on kicking the habit!! I too have quit smoking about 4 years ago. I took up another possibly worse addiction in the proccess. Nothing Illeagal by the way.
But anyhoo good to see ya back!!!

I've been so wrapped up with my own Blazer bs, to welcome you back..
Congradulations on kicking the habit!! I too have quit smoking about 4 years ago. I took up another possibly worse addiction in the proccess. Nothing Illeagal by the way.
But anyhoo good to see ya back!!!

Hey thanks.

Yes, I too have switched addictions.

My addiction now is completely physical......

;)

Yeah, welcome back LT!

I quit smoking around 20 years ago and it was a bitch. I made a pact with my dad that we would quit smoking together. I made it - he didn't. I think it killed him in the end.

Glad to see u back dude. congrats on kicken the habbit. Just think, for every cigarette u smoked, it took 7 mins off ur life. Thats 7 mins u could be helping us :bigthumb:

Yeah, welcome back LT!

I quit smoking around 20 years ago and it was a bitch. I made a pact with my dad that we would quit smoking together. I made it - he didn't. I think it killed him in the end.

Thanks bro and I am sorry for your loss. :(

Glad to see u back dude. congrats on kicken the habbit. Just think, for every cigarette u smoked, it took 7 mins off ur life. Thats 7 mins u could be helping us :bigthumb:

And those minutes helping you guys is enough to warrant kicking the habit. The rest of the advantages is pure gravy.

When I was in middle school, it was five minutes off your life. Oh well. It's awesome that you quite smoking. It's probably the hardest addiction to try and stop. It sounds so awesome to hear someone kicked the habit.

A guy I go to school with smoked for 20 years. I guess they now make a spray that you spray under your tongue. It's similar to the patches. YOu hve steps. And after I think a month of that spray, he's smoke free. I was excited to hear that.

It is all about the crave triggers that you have to break.

After a meal, with a coffee, after a piece of ass, beer drinking, driving in the car, getting up in the morning, being stressed out.

My whole life was a trigger. DAMMIT! :lol:

congrats on kicken the habbet, 3,4, and 7 are the real bitch triggers... and why a vette moter??? get the 32V winstar Cadi v-8 if you want some searious power

The caddy 32v northstar is usually transverly mounted in most of its applications.

I've been looking on the Blazer forums and this off topic forum post is a really awesome thing. I should talk the cavalier moderator(s) to do the same. It would be really neat. We really don't have that many sticky's on our forums. That's why I've been coming here. Can pretty much (to some extent) talk about anything.

Hehe, yea, this thread has gone off a bit but oh well.

If you want to talk about anything I suggest the off-topic thread.

So I have this burning sensation on my right tes..............lol! I'm just playing. The cavalier forums are a little boring. But if anyone has a problem, the people on there are soooo damn smart. They know there stuff. I'm learning so much by going on and reading on the cavy forums daily.

Every problem i've had, i've asked and gotten an answer to help solve my problem. It's awesome. I've noticed that with the Blazer forums as well. Someone always comes up with an answer to a problem.

Every problem i've had, i've asked and gotten an answer to help solve my problem. It's awesome. I've noticed that with the Blazer forums as well. Someone always comes up with an answer to a problem.

yeah for someone like myself, who is not completely brain dead, but certainly not mechanically savvy, this forum is great. i usually am on here every night, if not asking a question, im usually just surfing other posts looking for answers or future tips anything of that nature. everyone is pretty friendly on here and its a very helpful bunch.

Very freindly. I can find answers on the Blazer forums for questions I have for my car. Seriously.

Congrats on quiting I had quit back in 2000 and never looked back. It was really tough for me due to everybody I know smokes and still does. I'm even going through tough times with my wife right now with her being in ccu and going through a life threatening surgery. But You must stay strong no matter how tough life gets and live for tomorro. Good luck on staying nicotene free. Don

Congrats on quiting I had quit back in 2000 and never looked back. It was really tough for me due to everybody I know smokes and still does. I'm even going through tough times with my wife right now with her being in ccu and going through a life threatening surgery. But You must stay strong no matter how tough life gets and live for tomorro. Good luck on staying nicotene free. Don

Thank you and if you ever need a person to talk to if things too intense, please feel free to PM me.

Smoker or not you have on kick ass Blazer, that's all that matters.
You are the one who got me intrested in Ravin Mufflers.
I'm happy to say that I have one on my Blazer, it rocks.

ah.. this thread is like 7 months old.

ah.. this thread is like 7 months old.

But it's a fine time to bring it up!

I hope that your still off the habit the BLT!

I'm told that it's the hardest addiction to quit, and you've had to go through 2 stressfull holidays since your last post on it.

Sadly, I fell off the wagon when my gf wrote off her car, then my tranny went on my truck, then when I bought a replacement car for my gf some guy smashed the side of it.

Then it got fixed by the guy's insurance company and my gf again almost got it wrote off again by not driving appropriately.

My nerves were just about shot and I sadly slipped back into the hole.....for now.

Don't worry, this is temporary. I am so ashamed.

No worries man. Quiting rarely happens easily. It can take several attempts.

Nothing to be ashamed about BLT, Those were some tough times, and must have been really stressfull on you.

I know that you'll pull through it when your ready

Thanks bud, and I will remember to not post when I do. Hehehehe...... :D

hey, you made it longer then i did blazerlt, its a bitch quitten, and its even worse when non smokers say some bs like c'mon it can't be THAT hard, and you havn't had one in like 12 hours and your read to gnaw their head off for the though of thinking of saying it

Yeah trust me, falling off the wagon is nothing to be ashamed of. I tried to quit dipping 10 times before I finally dipped for the last time.

Yea, I will beat this, you watch.