We Quit Cigarettes

[CarpCharacin]

It also has a scale for "Mental Dullness", which I believe I happened to score above the 95th percentile on. So I am gifted with mental dullness!

 

[sourland]

It also has a scale for "Mental Dullness", which I believe I happened to score above the 95th percentile on. So I am gifted with mental dullness!

Sorry, but I doubt that. It's defective - throw it away - 'mental dullness' is not a viable excuse for you, James.

 

[CindyinSD]

All this walking talk how's about bikes? Anyone ride bikes? We do. Not race bikes
Cruisers

Love bicycling; hate bumps; live on a barely maintained gravel road.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sorry, but I doubt that. It's defective - throw it away - 'mental dullness' is not a viable excuse for you, James.

Agreed!!

 

[Onyxflock]

. UPDATED...Today is day 17! March 5th
I can do it.



Me:


I decided last month that I was going to try to do something I've never done before, quit smoking.

I knew I couldn't do it on my own so I got some medicine called Chantix. I tried Chantix about 10 years ago but I did not take it for the correct amount of time...I quit smoking but started back up after 3 months. I also do not remember it being this hard to quit back then.

I've been so worried about the side effects (I had one bad side effects last time) that I was not thinking about how hard today was going to be.

I have been on the medicine for a week with no bothersome side effects...that I was a nervous wreck about.



I have not smoked today and I really don't want to but geez I want to.

You really don't want to or you wouldn't be quitting! You've done the hardest part. WOW 17 days!!! Time to spoil yourself with something fun, maybe a new bird or 2? Ha Ha Ha

 

[Kiki]

You really don't want to or you wouldn't be quitting! You've done the hardest part. WOW 17 days!!! Time to spoil yourself with something fun, maybe a new bird or 2? Ha Ha Ha

Today is actually day 20 I need to update that first post.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Sorry, but I doubt that. It's defective - throw it away - 'mental dullness' is not a viable excuse for you, James.

I believe the construct measured on the MMPI for "mental dullness" may have to do more with depression than anything else, as on the test it is a subscale under depression, and there is this definition: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/737460

Also, here is a description of the Mental Dullness scale, which I found here:

 

[CindyinSD]

They're legitness.

No. Seriously, no. I'm not saying they can't be useful in the hands of a competent professional, but what we're doing here is recreational and TBH, we'd be better off taking a walk or a bike ride, looking at chickens or the stars, snow skiing, climbing a big rock... oh anything really, other than navel-gazing online--preferably outdoors in the sun.

 

[aart]

@CarpCharacin you might need to start a new thread if you want to continue to obsess over these assessments.
This thread is for quitting addictive behaviors.
How can we help..... you start new and healthy habits?

 

[CarpCharacin]

No. Seriously, no. I'm not saying they can't be useful in the hands of a competent professional, but what we're doing here is recreational and TBH, we'd be better off taking a walk or a bike ride, looking at chickens or the stars, snow skiing, climbing a big rock... oh anything really, other than navel-gazing online--preferably outdoors in the sun.

But I wanna feel like a professional