Most revolting thing you ever did to "resurrect cigs" once discarded?
Stephanie Jones
all too typical, "essentially quit" only to buy the lone pack here or
there, smoke a few, feel revolting (physically and about self) and
then throw out the balance of the pack.
A day ago she disclosed in shame and horror: she'd gone dumpster
diving to retrieve the balance of the pack. Smoked one, and then
dumped cat food (wet, not dry) over the rest of the pack)
I laughed, in that impeccably timed way I have ;-) and told her "Girl
that ain't nothin'! I've honestly thought about picking "perfectly
good cigarette butts" off a city street!
Mostly though I told her about this group. I told her that if I came
on here and shared this story and asked you to share your most
desperate cig-disposal-but-then-self-loathing-retrieval stories she
wouldn't feel so alone. I told her about how the group works, and
that we're at our best in the "Aw, honey, you think that is bad? Wait
until you hear the time I did xyz to get a cigarette ....."
So: would you share please?
Thanks and Happy New Year all!
Love
Steph
TOF
13 years sober
Bill
"Stephanie Jones" <picsst...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have fished out butts from my vacuum cleaner to re-roll.
makes me shudder now to think how low smoking brings us.
Bill
One year, eleven months, one week, five days, 8 hours, 8 minutes and 14
seconds. 21370 cigarettes not smoked, saving �2,493.19. Life saved: 10
weeks, 4 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes.
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Kathleen
times I threw a pack out of the window of the car, and at least once went
back and fetched the pack a couple days later.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen
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rosie@readandpost
that would probably be my lowest day!
rosie
rosie@readandpost
smoking one cigarette over coffee and then throwing everything out the
window.
about five miles later, i stopped at the next walgreens and did the
same thing all over again................
kestrel
I can't resist responding to this post, even though I have never done
anything remotely disgusting to feed my nicotine demon. But you
reminded me of what I did when in the early throes of quitting. When
I got truly disgusted with myself, I would take all the cigs left in
my last pack, throw them in the toilet, and piss on them. Can't
remember how many times I had to do that. Probably not too many. I
hate any kind of waste.
Congratulations on your bright and shiny 13 years.
Joyce
12 years+
BessieBee
>I would take all the cigs left in
>my last pack, throw them in the toilet, and piss on them.
Well, I bet *that* made them soggy & hard to light!! :-)
--
BessieBee
Leslie
OOF :-)
"My face, I don't mind it because I am behind it.
It's the folks out front that get the jolt."
~My Grandma, 1898-1981~
CuckooCat
party...to smoke them.
UGH.
/me waves to Steph
:)
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Bill McC @ nospamnoway.com
Worst I ever tried was wrapping toilet paper around toilet paper and
smoking it. Its all that was available. Kinda perfumey, Funny now
how desperate I was.
Bill Mc 5 + years
FlatIronMike
party looking for a good butt. And they were not usually mine as I
was 'a smoke to the filter, this is costing you $$$', sort of fella.
I do not miss any of that in the least! But mostly I am posting to
say that it is great to see you and your shiny 13Y!
FlatironMike
Two years, ten months, three weeks, two days, 22 hours, 29 minutes and
12 seconds. 21158 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,347.62. Life saved:
10 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes.
writer272002
ashtray.
Like Steph, I've thought about picking half-smoked butts off the
street.
I also went out to the dumpster once, when I lived in an apartment,
and dug through the trash bag to get the pack of smokes I threw away.
That was before I learned to shred and wet them.
Joyce's is the best of all, though. That's a great idea! :)
So glad NONE of us have to worry about this anymore!!
Sue
<lovebi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I can't think of a single example but I do remember when quitting all the
>times I threw a pack out of the window of the car, and at least once went
>back and fetched the pack a couple days later.
>With hope and heart,
>Kathleen
Kathleen, you litterbug!!
Sue
Sue
Another litterbug! Shame on ya!
Sue
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Sue
Congratulations on 13 years sober!!! Good to see you and Happy New
Year to you, too.
My 'most disgusting' is the same as a few others - salvaging 1/2
smoked butts out of a public ashtray. However, the ashtray was just
outside the office door so the butts were at least the leftovers of
people I knew.
Sue
Three years, nine months, one week, six days, 20 hours, 39 minutes and
49 seconds. 45700 cigarettes not smoked, saving $7,609.34. Life saved:
22 weeks, 4 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes.
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Stephanie
"refresh" to see additional messages on this all too common practice
(I gotta say Joyce, I didn't know you had it in ya! Such a lady you
are! I'm just LOVING that story).
And all of you. I am in the midst of a Love Letter to A3S, and the
Importance to me of my Quit Buddy, but .... work calls.
Sue, especially fantastic to hear from you.
Love to all,
Stephanie
TOF - 3 years smober
and Mo-Fo Amazing - 13 years sober
Go me!
Go A3S!
PS Can I also ask: anyone else have the "essentially" quit, but then
every 2 months or so does the "2K" thingie? How to make that mental
shift to Not Only I Do Not Smoke If My Ass Falls Off, but to a JOYFUL
state of having made that decision... Please weigh in.... xoxo
msmomo2u
roll it up and you have a prime example of mixed blend.
Yo.