Any New Year's Resolutions?

ben62670

Just curious.

Ben

Polk addict

I have to get better grades...

obieone

Resolutions, rules & records are meant to be BROKEN!!!

Shizelbs

Can't remember last years, I see no point in doing one this year.

RuSsMaN

Zero wrote: »

Start tapping into that 6 figure range.

I think moving out of mom's basement might be a little more attainable, no?

None here, I never stick to them anyway. Quitting smoking is my biggie, health and money wise.

Jstas

I usually resolve to make no resolutions. I think that's what I'm goin' for this year too. I usually reach that goal so it works for me.

dragon1952

Drink more beer. I've been really lax lately and I need to get off my **** and suck it up (no pun intended) :cool:

Shizelbs

RuSsMaN wrote: »

I think moving out of mom's basement might be a little more attainable, no?

Glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking that.

acsubie

after quitting smoking for 2 years picked up the nasty habit again for the last 3 months, definitely gonna quit again

treitz3

To stop buying so much audio gear so that I can afford more audio gear.

Wait, that doesn't......

Poee7R

Smoking, smoking, smoking. The one thing that i really need to quit.
Haha the 1st is gonna be a tough day.


Dave

Shizelbs

Poee7R wrote: »

Smoking, smoking, smoking. The one thing that i really need to quit.
Haha the 1st is gonna be a tough day.


Dave

Talk to your MD about Chantix. Chantix kicks ****.

Demiurge

Screw drugs. Quit cold turkey, it's the one method most likely to work, usually because you have the right intentions. I smoked for almost 10 years and decided I really didn't want to smoke anymore because I was sick of feeling like **** and just gave it up. Stay out of bars for a while all together at first. I'd say a few months, at least. Get out and exercise a little bit and you won't want to smoke anymore knowing how much better you feel.

Anyhow, as far as resolutions, they're pretty much crap (as I have said every year). If you got something you want to do/stop the best thing is to do/stop it when you're ready rather than when a calender date rolls around. Having the right intent truly is half the battle, in my experience. Anything else usually leads to failure over time.

Serendipity

To stop buying audio gear

Shizelbs

Demiurge wrote: »

Screw drugs. Quit cold turkey, it's the one method most likely to work, usually because you have the right intentions. I smoked for almost 10 years and decided I really didn't want to smoke anymore because I was sick of feeling like **** and just gave it up. Stay out of bars for a while all together at first. I'd say a few months, at least. Get out and exercise a little bit and you won't want to smoke anymore knowing how much better you feel.

Anyhow, as far as resolutions, they're pretty much crap (as I have said every year). If you got something you want to do/stop the best thing is to do/stop it when you're ready rather than when a calender date rolls around. Having the right intent truly is half the battle, in my experience. Anything else usually leads to failure over time.

I'm not a smoker myself, but I am going to have to disagree with you on this one. Normally I'm not a huge fan of depending on drugs to help stop smoking, although, overall they tend to help. Anyways, I've personally seen Chantix help a lot of my own patients stop smoking relatively quickly. Its very impressive.

madmax

My goal this year is to stop buying so much stuff I don't need. I've become an accessory hound. For example: I used to be happy to buy a new camera. Now I have to have the big memory stick, the extra lenses, a bag to keep it in, a bag to carry it around in, a printer to print pics, extra power supply, extra memory stick, a digital picture frame, extra cards to put different pics on, a ups to keep the picture frame operational in a power loss situation... etc etc, well you get the point.
madmax

Demiurge

Shizelbs wrote: »

I'm not a smoker myself, but I am going to have to disagree with you on this one. Normally I'm not a huge fan of depending on drugs to help stop smoking, although, overall they tend to help. Anyways, I've personally seen Chantix help a lot of my own patients stop smoking relatively quickly. Its very impressive.

I understand the disagreement to an extent, but I smoked for 10 years and quit without the need of any drugs. I know, good for me, right? Everyone is different. I have watched friends take the drugs (including Chantix, and the statistically less effective Zyban) and in every case it's just been a drawn out and even more expensive option since most insurance plans don't cover it and ended up smoking again.

If you truly want to quit you can quit on your own. I firmly believe it, and yes, it's an addiction. You'll be a grouchy **** for a month or more, but it's the most fail safe way to quit smoking. The physical addiction isn't nearly as hard to overcome as your own personal mental hurdles telling yourself you just don't need it, which I think if you haven't done on your own you're not ready to quit. I know Chiantix jacks with your brain to block the cravings, but it's not a magic bullet.

Besides, when quitting on my own I didn't have any of the following:

Nausea
Sleep disorder
Gas
Sleeplessness
Constipation
Headache
Loss of taste

Shizelbs

Well I do agree that the desire to quit is a requirement. You're hosed if you don't at least want to stop.

Danny Tse

Same resolutions each year....

- Lose weight/get into shape
- Spend less money and pay down credit card bills
- Save money
- Find another/better paying job

BaggedLancer

Where do I begin....

My biggest one is to not be single again next holiday season starting with Thanksgiving. I knew it's sorta out of my control and totally relies on who I meet, but I can still do things like going out more often and being more social at work, etc.

I am sick and tired of going through the holiday season single....it's just not fun.

bobman1235

Demiurge wrote: »

If you truly want to quit you can quit on your own. I firmly believe it, and yes, it's an addiction. You'll be a grouchy **** for a month or more, but it's the most fail safe way to quit smoking. The physical addiction isn't nearly as hard to overcome as your own personal mental hurdles telling yourself you just don't need it, which I think if you haven't done on your own you're not ready to quit.

Gotta completely agree with Demi here. I smoked for about five years through college, which I know isn't much to some of you "lifers", but it's enough to develop a pretty good addiction, lemme tell you.

Several times I tried to quit, each time setting a date for myself, and smoking like a fiend up to that magical day where I said I'd stop. Not once did that work.

What did work? One random day, when I wasn't even really thinking about quitting, I was r unning up the stairs to work. And was completely winded at the top. And as I was gasping in breath, I caught a whiff of cigarette smoke, and said, quite simply, "**** this." It was like a switch flicked, and I was suddenly repulsed with smoking and myself for doing it for so long. I didn't set a date, I just never touched a cigarette again (aside for maybe a half dozen random heavy drinking incidents over the years).

When you set a date to do something and then binge on that thing going up to that date you're not doing yourself any favors. You're reinforcing that the thing you're giving up is something you love and HAVE to begrudgingly give up. You're much better somehow really convincing yourself that what you're giving up is really not something you want at ALL, and dropping it instantly and without a drop of regret.

Shizelbs

All I know is that Chantix has helped some very heavy smokers I know get through the first three months with very sudden and suprising results.

hearingimpared

acsubie wrote: »

after quitting smoking for 2 years picked up the nasty habit again for the last 3 months, definitely gonna quit again

I'm going on two years without and I couldn't even think about going back. My wife still smokes and it really stinks . . . yuckooooooo!!! I hope you can quit again, it is really hard the second time around . . . I speak from experience. I'm pulling for you.

Russ it's a lot easier to pull off in your thirties. If you wait till your 50s it is a real **** to put them down.

hearingimpared

Shizelbs wrote: »

Well I do agree that the desire to quit is a requirement. You're hosed if you don't at least want to stop.

The last two 1/2 years (40 year habit), I was smoking not wanting to smoke. It made me feel dizzy, nauseous, achy, plus I had developed chronic bronchitis which caused me lung pain, and asthma like symptoms. I used to smoke a Kool Mild 100 in four drags. That's how big the drags I took were. Two packs a day.

After 2 1/2 years of that torture, one day (March 29th 2006) I woke up and said, "I'm not smoking anymore" and just stopped. The coolest thing was I didn't have any urge to smoke. I was sick for about a week though.

I'M TELLING YOU, IF I CAN QUIT ANYONE CAN!!!

I did have one side effect of quiting smoking; I GAINED FRIGGIN 70 LBS.

hearingimpared

No resolution this year but I am going on a diet January 2nd. People are starting to follow me around on a sunny day to get some shade.

Airplay355

To stop spending so much money on women...

janmike

My only resolution is to recognize the mistakes I made in 2007 and not repeat them. Sometimes you learn the hard way.

beardog03

I resolve to find the "Right "tubes for all my gear...:D

and to find the "right" speaker to go with them tubes ...!!!


:cool:

hearingimpared

beardog03 wrote: »

I resolve to find the "Right "tubes for all my gear...:D

and to find the "right" speaker to go with them tubes ...!!!


:cool:

When you do, please let me know as I've become addicted to tubes!

mrbigbluelight

Shizelbs wrote: »

All I know is that Chantix has helped some very heavy smokers I know get through the first three months with very sudden and suprising results.

HearingImpaired wrote:

I'm going on two years without and I couldn't even think about going back. My wife still smokes and it really stinks . . . yuckooooooo!!! I hope you can quit again, it is really hard the second time around . . . I speak from experience. I'm pulling for you.

Demiurge wrote:

If you truly want to quit you can quit on your own. I firmly believe it, and yes, it's an addiction. You'll be a grouchy **** for a month or more, but it's the most fail safe way to quit smoking. The physical addiction isn't nearly as hard to overcome as your own personal mental hurdles telling yourself you just don't need it, which I think if you haven't done on your own you're not ready to quit. I know Chiantix jacks with your brain to block the cravings, but it's not a magic bullet.

What's amazing about the wonder drug nicotine is that you're all correct.

I smoked for 15 years, quit for a dozen years, than started smoking again about 10 years ago.

There's a gal at my day job who's opinion I respect a ton; she first clued me onto Chantix. She has several friends who were "fiends" who, with the aid of Chantix, quit cold turkey withOUT withdrawal symptoms, including big weight gains.

Researched Chantix and it does have a significant success rate (40 % ?) versus placebos.
Are there cases where monstrous side-effects show up ? Yes, but they are relatively few compared to the guaranteed side-effects of continuing to smoke (cancer, etc).

Even went to the doctor :eek: and spoke to him about Chantix and got a prescription :eek: for it.
I didn't fill it. Yet.

Will I ? Yeah.
What am I waiting for ? I don't know.

The first time I quit, I tapered down from 2 1/2 packs a day of Kools down to a pack a day of Carltons. One night, on an evening shift, I finally had an epiphany moment and, not unlike Joe, said: "That's it". Called home, told them to toss my smokes, and that was it.

The trip this time, though, is going to be made using Chantix.

It's the easiest thing in the world to do, it's the hardest thing in the world to do. Done it before, and I'll do it again.

I do get a kick out of the "health programs" that are offered through health insurance programs.
"We have a hotline number for you to call to speak with a representative to help you through your quitting stage !".

Oh, yeah, that and the address of the **** Easter Bunny ought to do me some good. :rolleyes:

(and pardon my French)

I personally believe everyone's responsible for their actions.
But ..... being as all the states have received BIG money from the tobacco companies ("No, we don't believe nicotine is addictive, Congressman") in their lawsuit settlements, it is a gripe of mine that most of that money has gone for BS stuff.

"We've implimented education programs to reduce the number of people smoking, .... yada yada yada".
TRANSLATION
"My brother-in-law runs a print shop, and he prints up a big stack of brochures once in a while, and my niece Suzy answers the Hotline phone which is nice, 'cause she really likes to talk on the phone .... yada yada ".

But you 3 are all correct; bottom line, if you can quit, quit cold turkey, and Chantix can make the quitting process easier and more successful.

Now .... where the hell's my smokes ?

Fireman32

I was like Joe, I woke up one day and just said to myself i'm no longer smoking. I will be hitting the one year mark in about 10 days. This is the only resolution ive kept. I gained 50 pounds so my goal is to go to the gym and get in shape this year.