Public Address | Cafe | Cracker: Kick it in the Butt (& Friday Links)

andrew llewellyn

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:55:13 +1300

Jesus being tempted by the dessert or whatever that bible story is

I know it – Jesus ate only entrees & mains for 40 days & 40 nights, until he was visited by a Devil Cake. But he was firm.

Damian Christie

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:46:39 +1300

Yeah, perhaps understandably I've been having a lot of soul searching discussions about the true nature of 'giving up', and the main difference with the Carr-ians is the idea that no, you're not 'giving up' anything. There is no benefit, no enjoyment, other than brief respite from your 'withdrawal' symptoms.…

wendyf

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:11:40 +1300

Well done that man!! I finally realised that I wasn't that worried about health – one has to die sometime – but the money!! My doctor suggested writing on the kitchen calendar how much I hadn't spent each day on smokes. Astounding!! Every time I see cigarettes at the shop…

daleaway

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:07:54 +1300

Lysergic never was anything but an adjective – like citric, oxalic, nitric etc. But we know what you mean.

Don Christie

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:05:20 +1300

Lysergic as an adjective – Like it. Gonna steal it.

Oh FFS, it's only Monday morning and PA is at it already.

Is that a Delorean in the PF video. And if so, was it shot at Southward Car Museum? Cool.

Seeing as I am on a bit of a gripe…

Jeremy Andrew

Sat, 29 Sept 2007 21:00:23 +1200

Lysergic as an adjective – Like it. Gonna steal it.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 29 Sept 2007 13:43:18 +1200

wow, that Phoenix Foundation is cool, kinda like a lysergic Moody Blues (and I mean that in a good way)

linger

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 21:21:52 +1200

Robyn: "[Nonsmokers] don't think about it"
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, and yet — as Stephen points out — is diametrically opposed to AA's "one day at a time" approach. Weird. Or do addictions to these two drugs benefit from different approaches?

Re autopsied books: oh my gods,…

Russell Brown

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 17:38:42 +1200

Oh man. I really, really like the autopsied books. What a brilliantly simple, yet technically and creatively prodigious artistic concept.

Do want.

Stephen Judd

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 16:58:18 +1200

I found drinking deadly to efforts to give up smoking. It weakened my resolve, and face it, nicotine's an upper, goes nicely with the downer ethanol. So I made a rule that I would not bum cigarettes of my drinking companions. I would always buy a new pack, and donate…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 16:53:47 +1200

I found that even wanting to stop smoking wasn't enough – but I had to want to stop being a smoker.

The most useful advice I've heard about quitting smoking was from a lady who had previously been a serial quitter and relapser.

She said whenever she had quit smoking,…

Heather Gaye

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 16:14:18 +1200

Yup, I also replaced smoking with drinking, unintentionally.

I found that even wanting to stop smoking wasn't enough – but I had to want to stop being a smoker. I think that's the drive behind the Carr book; the first half was good for that, but the second half was…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 15:46:24 +1200

Nothing extreme, just a wee nip of scotch every time I’d normally have a cigarette.

Years ago I read an interview with Janeane Garofalo in Bus magazine. She'd recently lose weight, and they asked her what her weight-loss secret was. She said she ate bananas and whenever she felt hungry,…

Richard Llewellyn

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 14:41:05 +1200

Good luck on the non-smoking – although, it sounds like this time, you mean business so no luck needed.

I personally found the Carr book helpful, but really, it boiled down to one simple thing, all my previous failed attempts were only because I knew smoking = bad. It took…

Joanna

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 14:14:42 +1200

Are you giving up smoking so you don't miss out on awesome opportunities to get seduced again?

kmont

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 14:09:23 +1200

Great Friday links. I think telling people you are quitting helps too ; )

Public Address

Fri, 28 Sept 2007 14:09:23 +1200

Discussion from blog post.