Just thinking about it, mind you. I know how much I'll have to suffer if I quit. I hate making myself suffer.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 11, 2014, 05:51:14 PM
Just thinking about it, mind you. I know how much I'll have to suffer if I quit. I hate making myself suffer.
Tobacco, right?.... ;D
Of course! The other does little if any harm. Rumor has it that it can do some good!
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 11, 2014, 06:46:03 PM
Of course! The other does little if any harm. Rumor has it that it can do some good!
Another dose of medicinal help coming right up.... ;D.............................LOL
Next February it will be 10 years since I quit. Best thing I ever did. After 30 years of 2 packs a day it wasn't easy though.....
The key for me was that I really wanted to quit. I'd tried plenty of times before, but always came up with a reason not to quit. Like most things in life, it doesn't work out like you'd planned if your hearts not really into the task at hand.
Dennis
Here is something I found today that might help quitters:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/09/magic-mushrooms-help-people-quit-smoking (http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/09/magic-mushrooms-help-people-quit-smoking)
Magic mushrooms help people quit smoking
Just two or three experiences with psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was enough to get 80% of long-term smokers to kick the habit, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The most effective antismoking drug on the market right now, varenicline, has a success rate of 35% at 6 months, Bloomberg reports. Don?t rush off to swap your cigarettes for psychedelics quite yet?the psilocybin treatment was paired with a cognitive behavioral therapy program, and researchers are still figuring out exactly why so many participants were finally able to quit.
Quote from: BillT on September 12, 2014, 05:16:13 PM
Here is something I found today that might help quitters:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/09/magic-mushrooms-help-people-quit-smoking (http://news.sciencemag.org/sifter/2014/09/magic-mushrooms-help-people-quit-smoking)
Magic mushrooms help people quit smoking
Just two or three experiences with psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was enough to get 80% of long-term smokers to kick the habit, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The most effective antismoking drug on the market right now, varenicline, has a success rate of 35% at 6 months, Bloomberg reports. Don?t rush off to swap your cigarettes for psychedelics quite yet?the psilocybin treatment was paired with a cognitive behavioral therapy program, and researchers are still figuring out exactly why so many participants were finally able to quit.
'shrooms' and scrambled eggs......??..wonder how peyote works... ;D
There is a cow pasture a pleasant walk from my house. My sweet young computer lived there for a while and enjoyed what the spores and cow poo produced. I only tried the cow poo produce once, a life time ago, and it was delightful! If they might help me quit these lovely imported cigars, all the better!
To hell with side effects. I'm going to send a text to my computer guy.
Hope your journey to quit works. I tried it some 50 years ago and a puff was enough for me the same for the other stuff also. I don't drink either so I am pretty boring Liz. Good Luck anyway I hear it's tough to quit. 8)
Heck guys, I'm just thinking about quitting. I never said that I AM quitting, I'm for sure going to smoke up the lovely Honduran cigars I already have, I know that they have lesser quality imported cigars walking distance from my shop. Oh, the temptation for someone who hates to suffer :(
QuoteJust two or three experiences with psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was enough to get 80% of long-term smokers to kick the habit, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology
Did somebody say SHROOMS ??? :o :o :o
To help quit smoking ???
I signed up for one of the less official studies damn near a lifetime ago......despite repeated attempts, it DID'NT WORK to curb ANY urges of smoking.
I dunno........Maybe there's some "new and improved MAGIC" in them things these days.
How does a fella get signed up for one of these official studies nowadays?
Quote from: EdKaz on September 13, 2014, 10:41:29 AM
QuoteJust two or three experiences with psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, was enough to get 80% of long-term smokers to kick the habit, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology
Did somebody say SHROOMS ??? :o :o :o
To help quit smoking ???
I signed up for one of the less official studies damn near a lifetime ago......despite repeated attempts, it DID'NT WORK to curb ANY urges of smoking.
I dunno........Maybe there's some "new and improved MAGIC" in them things these days.
How does a fella get signed up for one of these official studies nowadays?
LOL..if you find one, we'll both go.... ;D...."""new and improved MAGIC""...w/shrooms....LOL
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Update.....
I was sure 'nuf not going to quit while still had lovely imported cigars left that I'd bought and paid for. I smoked up the last one early yesterday afternoon :'( But I've done this and this is shows exactly how low addiction can take you...from the moment I considered quitting I strarted saving all my old butts so I could put them in a beer can pipe and smoke them. Disgusting, but not as disgusting as rummaging thorough the trash to find them. I did that last time I tried ::)
Last time I went for a month without smoking. I thought I was cured because I was no longer suffering, and decided to buy just one, because a good imported cigar is a lovely thing. I was mistaken. I was not cured. I'm more addicted now than I was then!
I know that I can do it. I just don't know if I want to do it. It will make for suffering short term, but enjoying the benefits long term. The choice is not an easy one.
Ah, the old hide the butts trick.....quitting is either you want to...pr you don't....no maybe's....I quit once, I took the two open packs of cigarettes, put a rubber band around them and threw them on top of the 'fridge'.....I knew if I was 'without' I'd go nuts..but walking past them and seeing them sitting up there enabled me to just say..( %^&$###) you...I quit for over 15 years. So why did I start again??????....easy, I quit drinking, and needed a crutch....and so it goes.....
These days you do neither, right? What did you replace the destructive habits with, love of life?
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 21, 2014, 11:51:50 AM
These days you do neither, right? What did you replace the destructive habits with, love of life?
I still smoke....it's my last vice....but not a drink in over 26 yrs now.... ;D
lol, and here I was thinking that you were perfect. Nice to hear otherwise ;D I'd like to be perfect but I think that the smoking does me me more harm than the drinking, so I'll take it on first.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 21, 2014, 11:13:43 AM
I know that I can do it. I just don't know if I want to do it.
I know you can too Liz!!! Finally
WANTING TO was the key for me. It's hard enough to kick the habit, but right near impossible when you're not committed.
Dennis
LOL, i remember the old beer can pipe days
I was a 3 pack a dayer when I quit. Went in and got a thing called kick the habit. 21 days of filters. I was smoking Marlboro lights and used the system. Last day I smoked a pack of Red without the filter. That was 20 something years ago. Haven't lit up since. I think of all the tax money I have deprived the government of and feel saddened by it. Every so often it almost makes me want to start again.
Habits may be supported by triggers that psychologically evoke the urge to do whatever it is. They may remind the unconscious mind of the rewards or promote the desire for it.
Therefore, it can, in some cases, be helpful to identify the triggers and change things so that the triggers are eliminated or avoided in some way.
Of course this may not always be possible or easy. There may also be more than one trigger.
Quote from: BillT on September 21, 2014, 07:47:58 PM
Habits may be supported by triggers that psychologically evoke the urge to do whatever it is. They may remind the unconscious mind of the rewards or promote the desire for it.
Therefore, it can, in some cases, be helpful to identify the triggers and change things so that the triggers are eliminated or avoided in some way.
Of course this may not always be possible or easy. There may also be more than one trigger.
....put the key in the ignition, light one up..........pour the cup of coffee, light one up....sit on the throne, fire one up.....and it goes on and on..... ;D.....pop a can of.......,
I'm suffering today, but I'll make it through.
Good luck Liz, you can do it !
Now if only i could. Here lately i have been smoking the vapor pens. Got a liquid called Black and blue. It is black cherry and blue raspberry.
I love it
Be strong Liz, you can do it! Replace that nasty nicotine with extra good foods!
Barb
Quote from: Barb on September 28, 2014, 01:35:15 PM
Be strong Liz, you can do it! Replace that nasty nicotine with extra good foods!
Barb
LOL...yep, you could use a few pounds, huh?....LOL....."listen to the force, Liz"..be strong like bull ;D
My weight is fine as it is. I get a large percentage of my calories from beer and I'm not about to change that.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on September 28, 2014, 01:47:32 PM
My weight is fine as it is. I get a large percentage of my calories from beer and I'm not about to change that.
Hear ! Hear !....now that's a truly fine attitude....... ;D stick to your guns Liz....LOL
Good luck Liz. ;D You can do this. I finally quit on the doctors orders after I had throat surgery. It's been 2.5 years for me. ;D ;D ;D
The only good things about this is that I know that the longer I abstain the easier it will become, and that I don't cough and hack all night long and in the morning. I grossed myself out :-[
I'm using the sissy method and I don't know if it will work or not. I'm a sissy girl about suffering. I do it beautifully when the suffering is thrust upon me. Making myself suffer is another story.
I'm on e-cigs. I know that if I don't take myself down easy I'll never make it. I simply don't have a good enough reason not to indulge in the thing that does me the most harm. From e-cigs I'll move to patches. This is my only hope of succeeding.
I sound so weak. Oh well.....
...use 'Bogarts' instead.........you won't even care.. ;D
It's mind over matter. You can do it.
Quote from: Rjb3 on September 30, 2014, 06:31:27 PM
It's mind over matter. You can do it.
That's pretty much it...... ;D
Quote from: Mugwump on September 30, 2014, 06:18:56 PM
...use 'Bogarts' instead.........you won't even care.. ;D
Mug, I have only a tiny little bit left from what came up in the wild flower seeds two years ago. That plant was sent from God. It paid my land taxes, it paid for carpentry, it paid for computer fixing, and I got to give some away.I don't know where to buy it and I have no seeds to grow my own. (my plant had no seeds) So you see, I even have to conserve that.
Besides, it's no substitute for a good cigar ::)
Now look what I have done. I smoked up one e-cig and left the other at the shop ::)
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 05, 2014, 02:14:23 PM
Now look what I have done. I smoked up one e-cig and left the other at the shop ::)
uh oh.....????.....what to do???
I'm going to suck it up and drink and smoke the other thing for now. I kinda want to see how long I can go before I break down. I hate being addicted to nicotine. It's pleasures are so fleeting. It's does big deal harm long term. There must be something wrong in the head with anyone who tries tobacco but most all of us have ::)
I found the one I thought I'd left at the shop in my purse.
I almost failed today, though. I had to drive into town to ship fish and drop of a note to my mechanic about Charlotte. I was also totally starving to death. I thought, "I can stop at the Corner Market, pick up some already made food, beer, and I know they have my darling imported cigars..." I actually drove into the parking lot of the Corner Market before the part of me that prefers not to destroy myself took over. I drove to the beer/e-cig place instead and got 2 e-cigs and some Corona.
Virtue triumphed over evil this time, anyway.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 06, 2014, 04:23:50 PM
I found the one I thought I'd left at the shop in my purse.
I almost failed today, though. I had to drive into town to ship fish and drop of a note to my mechanic about Charlotte. I was also totally starving to death. I thought, "I can stop at the Corner Market, pick up some already made food, beer, and I know they have my darling imported cigars..." I actually drove into the parking lot of the Corner Market before the part of me that prefers not to destroy myself took over. I drove to the beer/e-cig place instead and got 2 e-cigs and some Corona.
Virtue triumphed over evil this time, anyway.
good girl... ;D.....
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 06, 2014, 04:23:50 PM
I found the one I thought I'd left at the shop in my purse.
I almost failed today, though. I had to drive into town to ship fish and drop of a note to my mechanic about Charlotte. I was also totally starving to death. I thought, "I can stop at the Corner Market, pick up some already made food, beer, and I know they have my darling imported cigars..." I actually drove into the parking lot of the Corner Market before the part of me that prefers not to destroy myself took over. I drove to the beer/e-cig place instead and got 2 e-cigs and some Corona.
Virtue triumphed over evil this time, anyway.
No. It didn't. You got Corona. I tasted that once. I've never tasted pee but that's about what it would taste like. Corona. There are so so many great beers out there. Why would you drink that?
I can't drink anymore,but i had my share or corona and like it.
Now sam adams lager sucks.
I don't drink anymore but I liked Corona too.
I don't drink anymore either, but one look at a lime on top of the bottle, and I wasn't going to..sheesh......it's not tequila... ;D
I have not had a drink since 91. Did not like beer but loved Jack got up with him and went to bed with him. Stop smoking for a long time. When I lost Patty I started again. The kids hate it.
There are so many much better crafts out there. Now truth be told I am not a drinker. Unless it's H2O. But every so often I do enjoy a good brew. Corona sure isn't on that list.
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Well I am partial to Zephyrhills.
But they are all pretty decent. Dasani does have salt in it.
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Filtered tap in the kitchen... ;D.....buy yuppie water???...naw, not me...
Quote from: Mugwump on October 07, 2014, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Filtered tap in the kitchen... ;D.....buy yuppie water???...naw, not me...
Yeah...Why pay the taxes and water bill and not use it!!! ;)
Quote from: Ron Sower on October 07, 2014, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 07, 2014, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Filtered tap in the kitchen... ;D.....buy yuppie water???...naw, not me...
Yeah...Why pay the taxes and water bill and not use it!!! ;)
+1
Water is for fish. Beer is for humans.
LOL...this thread sure is meandering around a bit...LOL 8)
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 07, 2014, 01:08:29 PM
Water is for fish. Beer is for humans.
Agreed. But calling Corona beer is like calling a wild bear your pet dog.
Jon, 99% of the time I do drink my RO filtered tap water. Seems I've gotten use to it and the bottle stuff isn't as good. But, If I were drinking bottled I prefer ZHills. Interesting thought. Since it is bottle just north of where I may or may not reside there is the possibility that drinking that is drinking my own.
And wine is for the refined. (I prefer wine to beer anyway)
If we're out and about somewhere...I make sure to grab a spring water, in lieu of the filtered junk that they sell....or better yet, I'll grab a cup of coffee ;D
There is nothing wrong with Corona. It's not the most flavorful beer in the world, but you're not always looking for a strong flavor. When it comes to flavor I have 2 favorites. One is a Mississippi bear which won a big prize. It's called Southern Pecan. You can taste the hint of smokey pecans. Another I like is called Belgian Black something or other. It has overtones of dark chocolate. I also enjoy Sam Adams Boston Lagar. I'm not crazy about their other kinds.
As for smoking, I may give up trying to quit tomorrow. Don't give me a pep talk. The decision is mine. I sure do enjoy not coughing and hacking all night to the point I gross myself out, but hit me with the tiniest bit of stress and my entire being yearns with all it's heart and soul for a good Honduran cigar.
Quote from: Ron Sower on October 07, 2014, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 07, 2014, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Filtered tap in the kitchen... ;D.....buy yuppie water???...naw, not me...
Yeah...Why pay the taxes and water bill and not use it!!! ;)
Yeah. Everyone complains about the price of gas but I wonder how many stop to figure out the cost of bottled water. You buy it in a sack n go it's a buck for a 16.9 oz. bottle. That's right at $8.00 per gallon. What a rip off.
I'm with Jon. Ave another cup of mud.
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 07, 2014, 03:54:08 PM
Quote from: Ron Sower on October 07, 2014, 12:49:26 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on October 07, 2014, 12:01:20 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 07, 2014, 10:33:35 AM
What's the best kind of water. ;D
Filtered tap in the kitchen... ;D.....buy yuppie water???...naw, not me...
Yeah...Why pay the taxes and water bill and not use it!!! ;)
Yeah. Everyone complains about the price of gas but I wonder how many stop to figure out the cost of bottled water. You buy it in a sack n go it's a buck for a 16.9 oz. bottle. That's right at $8.00 per gallon. What a rip off.
I'm with Jon. Ave another cup of mud.
Good point.
Umm, I'm a Corona drinker. Just saying
I'd say there are quite a few people drinking Corona..... somebody is paying for all of those commercials run on TV.
Dennis
That shows one of two things.
A. Either it's so bad you have to advertise the heck out of it. Or
B. People in America have bad taste and really don't know what good beer (or food for that matter) tastes like.
Me? I appreciate good food and good beer. But first there is wine. (Plus I love to cook.)
I always assumed that they made those commercials to appeal to the people that think other beer commercials insult their intelligence ;)
Dennis
Yes Dennis. Especially the ones that show a bunch of women fawning over a BEAR! :o :o ::)
It's Lablatts.
I really enjoy the Budweiser commercials, especially around the holidays....well thought out and very well done.....I hated Hamms, but the old bear commercials were hilarious.....still a few taverns around here that have those carousel type Hamms lights...with the red canoe, stream, etc....that go around and around.... ;D
If only Budweiser beer was as good as Budweiser commercials.
The one I hate with a passion are the Dos Equis commercials with the most interesting man in the world.
I discovered a good thing this afternoon. I cleaned my desk at work and guess what I found? A nipped off cigar end! So what did I do? I brought it home, tore it up and put it in my beer can pipe and smoked it. Guess what? It was a big disappointment. It's been the addiction telling me that the real thing is so wonderful, not the fact that the real thing actually wonderful.
I may lick this yet. The e-cigs keep me sane but I'm really not that crazy about them. If I end up addicted to them it's better than being addicted to real tobacco because I don't gross myself out with my phleminess.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 03:38:26 PM
I discovered a good thing this afternoon. I cleaned my desk at work and guess what I found? A nipped off cigar end! So what did I do? I brought it home, tore it up and put it in my beer can pipe and smoked it. Guess what? It was a big disappointment. It's been the addiction telling me that the real thing is so wonderful, not the fact that the real thing actually wonderful.
I may lick this yet. The e-cigs keep me sane but I'm really not that crazy about them. If I end up addicted to them it's better than being addicted to real tobacco because I don't gross myself out with my phleminess.
Also, with the E-cigs...you can back off the nicotine at your own pace... 8)
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:58:57 AM
That shows one of two things.
A. Either it's so bad oyu have to advertise the heck out of it. Or
B. People in America have bad taste and really don't know what good beer (or food for that matter) tastes like.
Me? I appreciate good food and good beer. But first there is wine. (Plus I love to cook.)
Everyone doesn't like the same things,just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good beer.
You said your not much of a drinker,so you may
not be the best judge.
Now tell us what GOOD food tastes like,i assume it would be something THAT person enjoys eating.
Now as far as wine goes,give me
boones farm or
annie green springs.You know,the good stuff. ;D
You mean 'Pagan Pink Ripple'...MMmmm..good stuff....LOL....no 'mad dog 20/20'???
Everywhere I go, a fight breaks out. That was my signature on some forum. I thought it was a joke. I guess not :o
I have an opinion. I believe that there is such a thing as good taste. I actually think that I have it :) It's sure not worth fighting about, though. I know what I like. That's good enough for me.
NO mad dog or ricky,that's when a real fight breaks out.
OR white port ,shake-n-bake.
Oh i remmember MD 20/20 and red port from my high school days. 99 cents a bottle, and drinking until you threw up purple
These days they have something called Yagermaster. I was offered some once. I declined. They say it's like taking a Valium.
Quote from: ilroost on October 08, 2014, 04:58:12 PM
Oh i remmember MD 20/20 and red port from my high school days. 99 cents a bottle, and drinking until you threw up purple
The good old days,only thing we didn't drink was rubbing alcohol,which may have been better then the 190 grain.
Oh those 'Mad Dog' hangovers.........miserable.... 8)
Quote from: ghonk on October 08, 2014, 03:50:35 PM
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:58:57 AM
That shows one of two things.
A. Either it's so bad oyu have to advertise the heck out of it. Or
B. People in America have bad taste and really don't know what good beer (or food for that matter) tastes like.
Me? I appreciate good food and good beer. But first there is wine. (Plus I love to cook.)
Everyone doesn't like the same things,just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good beer.
You said your not much of a drinker,so you may
not be the best judge.
Now tell us what GOOD food tastes like,i assume it would be something THAT person enjoys eating.
Now as far as wine goes,give me boones farm or annie green springs.You know,the good stuff. ;D
You mean 'Pagan Pink Ripple'...MMmmm..good stuff....LOL....no 'mad dog 20/20'???
I grew up on 'Pagan Pink Ripple'. Ah, the memories. lol ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: wsantia1 on October 08, 2014, 05:22:45 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 08, 2014, 03:50:35 PM
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:58:57 AM
That shows one of two things.
A. Either it's so bad oyu have to advertise the heck out of it. Or
B. People in America have bad taste and really don't know what good beer (or food for that matter) tastes like.
Me? I appreciate good food and good beer. But first there is wine. (Plus I love to cook.)
Everyone doesn't like the same things,just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good beer.
You said your not much of a drinker,so you may
not be the best judge.
Now tell us what GOOD food tastes like,i assume it would be something THAT person enjoys eating.
Now as far as wine goes,give me boones farm or annie green springs.You know,the good stuff. ;D
You mean 'Pagan Pink Ripple'...MMmmm..good stuff....LOL....no 'mad dog 20/20'???
I grew up on 'Pagan Pink Ripple'. Ah, the memories. lol ;D ;D ;D
LOL.....that and the 'Red' were my favorites of the $.99 wines..... 8)
Quote from: Mugwump on October 08, 2014, 05:12:31 PM
Oh those 'Mad Dog' hangovers.........miserable.... 8)
Yeah,wine hangovers were the worst.With whiskey coming it a distant second.
Best hangover,vodka.Which acounts for all the vodkaholics out there.
Quote from: Mugwump on October 08, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
Quote from: wsantia1 on October 08, 2014, 05:22:45 PM
Quote from: ghonk on October 08, 2014, 03:50:35 PM
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:58:57 AM
That shows one of two things.
A. Either it's so bad oyu have to advertise the heck out of it. Or
B. People in America have bad taste and really don't know what good beer (or food for that matter) tastes like.
Me? I appreciate good food and good beer. But first there is wine. (Plus I love to cook.)
Everyone doesn't like the same things,just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good beer.
You said your not much of a drinker,so you may
not be the best judge.
Now tell us what GOOD food tastes like,i assume it would be something THAT person enjoys eating.
Now as far as wine goes,give me boones farm or annie green springs.You know,the good stuff. ;D
You mean 'Pagan Pink Ripple'...MMmmm..good stuff....LOL....no 'mad dog 20/20'???
I grew up on 'Pagan Pink Ripple'. Ah, the memories. lol ;D ;D ;D
LOL.....that and the 'Red' were my favorites of the $.99 wines..... 8)
I used to drink the red a lot too.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 05:03:00 PM
These days they have something called Yagermaster. I was offered some once. I declined. They say it's like taking a Valium.
Jagermeister....looks like soy sauce. Guys I worked with drank it. Ugh. Wine kicks my butt. I like a good gin or vodka and tonic.
Quote from: PaulineMi on October 08, 2014, 07:19:35 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 05:03:00 PM
These days they have something called Yagermaster. I was offered some once. I declined. They say it's like taking a Valium.
Jagermeister....looks like soy sauce. Guys I worked with drank it. Ugh. Wine kicks my butt. I like a good gin or vodka and tonic.
Double vodka on the rocks, with a twist of lime was my drink for many years ;D....Black Russian's sometimes for a real late night cocktail.... ;D..............
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 11:12:43 AM
If only Budweiser beer was as good as Budweiser commercials.
The one I hate with a passion are the Dos Equis commercials with the most interesting man in the world.
Ain't that the truth Liz?
QuoteEverywhere I go, a fight breaks out. That was my signature on some forum. I thought it was a joke. I guess not :o
This isn't any type of fight. Just some good jesting back and forth about a subject that in all reality is meaningless.
But Corona is pee water.:)
Quote from: Mugwump on October 08, 2014, 07:29:36 PM
Quote from: PaulineMi on October 08, 2014, 07:19:35 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 05:03:00 PM
These days they have something called Yagermaster. I was offered some once. I declined. They say it's like taking a Valium.
Jagermeister....looks like soy sauce. Guys I worked with drank it. Ugh. Wine kicks my butt. I like a good gin or vodka and tonic.
Double vodka on the rocks, with a twist of lime was my drink for many years ;D....Black Russian's sometimes for a real late night cocktail.... ;D..............
Oh YEAH!
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:30:10 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 11:12:43 AM
If only Budweiser beer was as good as Budweiser commercials.
The one I hate with a passion are the Dos Equis commercials with the most interesting man in the world.
Ain't that the truth Liz?
LOL....not nearly as annoying as the 'Cialas' 'bathtub commercials....LOL....ah yes, all done now and in (2) bathtubs on top of a mountain, holding hands.............LOL... cool.....walk on down naked when the sun goes down, eh?.... 8)
Quote from: ghonk on October 08, 2014, 05:28:04 PM
Yeah,wine hangovers were the worst.With whiskey coming it a distant second.
Hangovers were what lead me to drug use..... nothing too serious though.
Dennis
Quote from: Mugwump on October 08, 2014, 07:35:53 PM
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on October 08, 2014, 07:30:10 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on October 08, 2014, 11:12:43 AM
If only Budweiser beer was as good as Budweiser commercials.
The one I hate with a passion are the Dos Equis commercials with the most interesting man in the world.
Ain't that the truth Liz?
LOL....not nearly as annoying as the 'Cialas' 'bathtub commercials....LOL....ah yes, all done now and in (2) bathtubs on top of a mountain, holding hands.............LOL... cool.....walk on down naked when the sun goes down, eh?.... 8)
Those bathtub finales for Cialas are sheer stupidity. People got paid for that idea.
MD 20/20 back in the day I would drink so much of that I would forget who I was and were I was at. Them were the good old days.
Quote from: JR on October 09, 2014, 07:09:01 AM
MD 20/20 back in the day I would drink so much of that I would forget who I was and were I was at. Them were the good old days.
LOL...but do you really miss those rotten hangovers????.... ;D
Back in the day we were young and full of vitality. A hangover was merely an unpleasant inconvenience. When hangovers became the source of what felt like a 2-3 day death sentence it was time to begin the phase of life where one says "I'll have a cocktail with dinner". ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid I failed yet again. The e-cigs worked until today when I got all stressed about my silly camera. My local supermarket, which it walking distance from my shop sells my lovely imported cigars. I gave in to my more base desires, walked down and bought a tin.
Quitting smoking is impossible as long as I maintain my addiction to nicotine, which the e-cigs did. If I really want to quit I'll have to suffer. Perhaps one day I'll be optimistic enough to undergo suffering. It's hard to make myself suffer. I think, "Why suffer? I'm gonna die anyway. Might as well die of lung disease as anything.
I think I need a good hard kick. Oh well.....
Did you know that you can re-charge your E-cig with a lessor amount of nicotine??....You can withdraw slowly by buying the lower nicotine refill bottles over a given time.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
anyway, that's how it's supposed to work... :o
Muggers, I know myself. The only thing that works for me is "cold turkey". I don't have motivation enough to go cold turkey. I had it once. Maybe I'll get it back.
I quit the beers and the little cigars on the same day. Years ago. I never looked back. Did I enjoy them both? You bet I did. Do I miss them? . . . . . . Not a bit.
Quote from: Rjb3 on November 07, 2014, 08:19:03 PM
I quit the beers and the little cigars on the same day. Years ago. I never looked back. Did I enjoy them both? You bet I did. Do I miss them? . . . . . . Not a bit.
Where did you find the motivation? I had it once but it went away and I can't seem to care enough to get it back. Something in my head must not be right.
I would get home from work every day and have one or two beers and a little cigar while my computer booted up. That old relic would take a half hour to load and be ready to work. I was drinking daily. I decided I didn't like the idea of being a daily drinker even if it was only one or two. So, I quit.