I love the "braggers" they are always just so up themselves, I turn them inside out when I get hold of them and enjoy every second of it, mainly found on the east coast where my van is bigger than your van started, home of the "toorak tractor" brigade, and the puddle jumper mentallity

they take that attitude with them from suburbia, my house is bigger than your house rubbish, they are the ones that end up on the outside of the camp, and no-one talks to, always wanting bigger and better, or they never leave the van, may as well have stayed home

you will find that the lifestyle you are leading now is a far healthier lifestyle than the sedantry one you persued at home

grab your fags and put them and a cigarette lighter in a prominant position where you can see them all the time, tell yourself everytime you look at them that they do not rule your life anymore,

do not throw them out as this causes a "panic" situation in your brain, if you know that it is 100% "your" decision to give up and you truly want to give up then I found this was the only way that I could do it

If I threw the packet away then my brain would go into a panic and I would want them more, but having them in plain sight and being able to tell yourself that they dont rule your life anymore is the way to go, well for me anyway and I smoked for over 30 years

the brain is a very powerfull weapon and if it turns against you then you are going to lose everytime, smoking included I know because mine has turned on me a few times

jandas fun wrote:

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Great report. Keep them coming.
does your average daily cost include the cigs?


JohnW

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Yep, can take approx. $11.65 per day off for smokes.

 

mike and Judy wrote:

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how close are you mate, its nice and dry up here at last

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I have to pick Kerry up at Roma airport saturday morning then heading up.

Someone told me about a free camp at Arcadia, if its Ok we might park the van in there and have a look at Carnavon Gorge, if no good should be there by Monday.

I was also told no free camping at Sapphire ny more, is this correct?

Will give you call as we get closer.

Cruising Granny wrote:

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Well done on the travels. What a great experience, ay?
Dave has the same attitude as I did when I gave up the fags. Cold turkey, from 30 a day to nil. If I really couldn't resist the urge I'd light one up, and just puff. After 3 puffs it was out. I made the decision on Saturday, and by Wednesday I'd "puffed" 3 fags, never to do it again. That was 1983. A packet of 30 Escort blue was $1.49 then. What a saving!

Enjoy your travels, and pick up a sapphire for me. I just love my Rubyvale sapphire which was a gift. Beautiful country too.
Enjoy.

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Yep also went cold turkey (50 a day) 16 years ago.  What helped me was to picture something I loved doing that smoking made difficult if not impossible, something like that hill I used to climb for the great panoramic view from the top and because of the fags the shortness of breath made it a real chore, one I avoided like the plague, just sat down and had a smoke instead. 

After 2 weeks I was far too mean to let all the good work go to waste so I eventually made it and became a non smoker.

 

Like the Ad. on TV where the guy says " I can't give up" and the Dr. says "I can't operate", if you need an op. these days, and you don't give up smoking, they won't operate.
I gave up 10 years ago, when I had to have a double by-pass, caused by smoking. Haven't gone back to it.
Cheers,
xina.

Mate you need the incentive's mine was the GST from that day on never lit another one .Most pleased was mother as she didn't smoke but I could get through 60 a day. No patches no anything just smoked the last three I had that night and that was it for me Wasn't paying a tax on a tax to keep another 6-7 of the great unwashed in unemployment payments at the pool hall while I worked.