A few words of thanks for the insight that I have gained from your
outstanding forum prior to my first visit to UT on 8th May.
Hope to meet some of the members on my meanderings.

I am delighted to hear that GF Pun has decided to quit smoking and reckon that patches or gum might help her cause. Do the local pharmacies carry any of the anti-smoking aids such as NiQuitin CQ, which helped me to quit last year, or will I have to search further afield?
Thanks.
Mike.

Yes, http://www.gsk.com/worldwide/th.htm

Ps. your headline, UT Virgin, really f**ked me up!

Thanks for the info.
Here's to fresh breath, when you get rid of the garlic.

Re your Loaded PS; if I can get you anything from the chemist please let me know.

Goodnight

Funpun wrote:Here's to fresh breath, when you get rid of the garlic.

The garlic seems to be forever....so if you can't beat'em join'em.

I managed to stop smoking 70 cigarettes per day - cold turkey - whilst living in Japan in 1979. I came to realise that like "Pavlov's dog" I was lighting cigarettes in response to prompts being emitted by my brain over the 20 years of my habit. The way I managed to give up was studying my daily schedule and being surprised to find that it was so regular and that I was lighting up in response to habitual prompts.

I smoked my first daily cigarette in the shower and my last in bed before lights out. After various failed attempts I changed my daily schedule slightly at the same time I stopped smoking. Instead of getting up at 7.00am, taking a shower then a cup of coffee, I got up at 6.50am, had a coffee then took my shower. Instead of leaving at 8.30, I left 10 minutes earlier, then driving to work, I took a slightly different route so that I didn't stop at the same traffic lights which prompted me to light cigarettes, and at work I changed my schedules for coffee and lunch breaks only slightly so that times and places were a little different than before. The actual reinforcement for my final successful decision to quit was being invited to join a social running/drinking group and for the first months because I "had to" smoke once or twice on the one hour's run, I was dubbed the nickname of Wonder Puff.

Immediately I stopped smoking I started jogging at around 6.00am and like in my old cub scout days I ran from telegraph pole to telegraph pole and initially I could only manage one gap before stopping, but amazingly from then on I was able to jog a longer distance before stopping so that the improvement in my breathing along with the increased distance was noticeable day by day which encouraged me to keep going. In 1981 I manage to finish the Melbourne marathon at the age of 39. I therefore recommend that those keen to give up, try changing their daily schedule just enough to avoid triggering the brain prompts being given out by the terrible addiction and if possible take up some form of exercise so they can be rewarded by seeing evidence of the dramatic improvement for their own satisfaction. I hope this suggestion is helpful. At least it is free.

Saw the patches in Boots Pharmacy in Complex last time i was there, behind the Cashiers desk.

Saw the patches in Boots Pharmacy in Complex last time i was there, behind the Cashiers desk.

Thanks for the advice.
After a 10000 baht spend she's down to about 8 smoke per day but the moods are off the swingometre.
Any patches available to control moods?

Hey, Punfun,
Mood patches can be made of duct tape - one over the mouth is usually enough.

yes but be a little kind and make a very small slit in the tape to allow a straw to be pushed through so the moody girl can have a little refreshment.

Punfun wrote:
I am delighted to hear that GF Pun has decided to quit smoking

Luckly for me my girlfriend likes smoking

beer monkey, you're too soft hearted ! But, seriously, I quit after 20 years of 40 per day, so I know how hard it is. Now, twenty years later, I can remember how nice it was - and I want to start again.

Tell your girlfriend that every time she wants a cigarette to make love instead - but hope she doensn't want one in the middle of TESCCO

Hey Farang

THAT kind of smoking I can lustfully accomodate, but unfortunately she couldn't.

Note the past tense.
My refusal to fund ever extravangant requests and with my credit card in meltdown we had an acrimonious parting yesterday and she tells me she's off back to Phuket to sell ass.
I thought a 30000+ baht investment in her over 6 days was more than generous, but what do I know. The lady needs to shop.

Good luck to you all.

I'm off to Malaysia to get some decent seafood.