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Gave up smoking! 30 hours in! w00t!

KikujiroKikujiro
edited October 2009 in General Banter
Feeling a lot better for it too! My sleep pattern is really messed up though. I keep waking up at 3am-ish confused and panicing... :(

Gonna switch to Metta practice for a while (as suggested by RenGalskap :))

See if that helps!

Any advice to share? :)

Comments

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited October 2009
    yes.
    Breathe.
    Deeply.
    Then exhale, forcefully.

    feel how good that is......!
  • fivebellsfivebells Veteran
    edited October 2009
    Kikujiro wrote: »
    I keep waking up at 3am-ish confused and panicing... :(
    That used to happen to me a lot. It's a super time to meditate.
    Kikujiro wrote: »
    Gonna switch to Metta practice for a while (as suggested by RenGalskap :))
    Excellent idea. That is the classic recommendation for panic.
    Kikujiro wrote: »
    Any advice to share? :)
    69.a. The master and all the monks were out hoeing. When the
    master saw Obaku approach, he stopped working and propped himself up on his hoe. Obaku said: "Would this fellow be tired?" The master replied: "I have as yet not even lifted my hoe. Why should I be tired?" Obaku hit him. The master grabbed the stick, gave Obaku a good blow and knocked him over. Obaku called the superintendent to help him up. The superintendent, doing so, remonstrated: "Venerable, how can you permit the impudence of this madman?" Obaku was hardly on his feet when he hit the superintendent. The master, having started to hoe, remarked: "Cremation is the custom everywhere, but here, I bury alive with a single stroke!"
    b. Later, Issan asked Gyosan: "What is the meaning of Obaku's
    beating the superintendent?" Gyosan said: "The real robber ran off; the pursuer got the stick."
  • RenGalskapRenGalskap Veteran
    edited October 2009
    fivebells wrote: »
    Cremation is the custom everywhere, but here, I bury alive with a single stroke.
    Took me a while. :-)

    Keep an eye on Renzai. When that trouble maker isn't hoeing weeds, he's planting weeds.
  • fivebellsfivebells Veteran
    edited October 2009
    Aren't we all...
  • sambodhisambodhi
    edited October 2009
    Whenever someone makes a thread like this, I like posting this info:

    What happens if you quit smoking right now

    • In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
    • In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
    • In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
    • In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
    • In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
    • In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
    • In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
    • In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
    • In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
    • In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
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