Comments on: No Pop Update http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:01:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: I Fell off the Wagon (or Did I Get on the Wagon)? : Blogging Away Debt http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-19309 I Fell off the Wagon (or Did I Get on the Wagon)? : Blogging Away Debt Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:41:42 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-19309 [...] I gave up soft drinks months ago and things were going great. I slipped a little when we went on a trip to visit our parents and I drank some Sprite. Water just doesn’t taste as good while on a trip and I don’t like buying bottled water. Once we got back home, it was hard to go back to water and kool-aid. Carbonated beverages were creeping their way back into my life. [...] [...] I gave up soft drinks months ago and things were going great. I slipped a little when we went on a trip to visit our parents and I drank some Sprite. Water just doesn’t taste as good while on a trip and I don’t like buying bottled water. Once we got back home, it was hard to go back to water and kool-aid. Carbonated beverages were creeping their way back into my life. [...]

]]> By: Jen http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Jen Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:13:22 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-983 I think you're wise to wait a little bit until you stop smoking. It can be a shock to system when you quit. I don't smoke, but my mom did/does.... She's been on and off for several years. I think right now she's off. You may want to check out the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association web pages. One of them has an online program to help people quit smoking. I know someone who tried for years to quit, but for some reason, the online program was what helped him. Which leads me to another thought - don't get discouraged if you try one method and it doesn't work. Different people use different methods to quit smoking, so you may need to try something different than someone else. I think you’re wise to wait a little bit until you stop smoking. It can be a shock to system when you quit. I don’t smoke, but my mom did/does…. She’s been on and off for several years. I think right now she’s off.

You may want to check out the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association web pages. One of them has an online program to help people quit smoking. I know someone who tried for years to quit, but for some reason, the online program was what helped him.

Which leads me to another thought – don’t get discouraged if you try one method and it doesn’t work. Different people use different methods to quit smoking, so you may need to try something different than someone else.

]]> By: Tricia http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Tricia Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:56:48 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-964 Thank you everyone for the congrats! It feels good to have done it. Smoking will be the difficult one for it has a much more psychological grasp on me. If I can make it though the psychological part, I believe I can make it through the physical withdrawal symptoms. That's why I keep "pumping myself up" ;) Thank you everyone for the congrats! It feels good to have done it. Smoking will be the difficult one for it has a much more psychological grasp on me. If I can make it though the psychological part, I believe I can make it through the physical withdrawal symptoms. That’s why I keep “pumping myself up” ;)

]]> By: Barry Barnitz http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Barry Barnitz Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:31:56 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-961 Tricia: It has now been a year since I have consumed caffeine, which, never being a coffee drinker, I mainly consumed with a daily soft drink at work. After a week I can truly say I did not miss it at all (water and ice works great as my work drink). As a non-smoker (and I do not drink alcohol either) I can only hope you are successful in kicking the cigarette addiction. regards, Barry Tricia:

It has now been a year since I have consumed caffeine, which, never being a coffee drinker, I mainly consumed with a daily soft drink at work. After a week I can truly say I did not miss it at all (water and ice works great as my work drink).

As a non-smoker (and I do not drink alcohol either) I can only hope you are successful in kicking the cigarette addiction.

regards,
Barry

]]> By: Blogging Away Debt » Blog Archive » First Step Taken to Reduce Grocery Spending - No Pop http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Blogging Away Debt » Blog Archive » First Step Taken to Reduce Grocery Spending - No Pop Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:47:05 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-956 [...] did it! [...] [...] did it! [...]

]]> By: Kris http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Kris Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:25:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-954 Congrats! I've given up caffeine from time to time and would love to do it again. My husband gave up cigarettes 2 years ago (patches for a few weeks and then he just was fine) and we saved a lot of $$. He didn't do it to save $$--it was to save his health--but he did say that he noticed that he found he had more $$ in his pocket. I noticed there was more in my purse, too, as he was always asking me if I had a few dollars when his pockets were empty. Good luck! Congrats! I’ve given up caffeine from time to time and would love to do it again. My husband gave up cigarettes 2 years ago (patches for a few weeks and then he just was fine) and we saved a lot of $$. He didn’t do it to save $$–it was to save his health–but he did say that he noticed that he found he had more $$ in his pocket. I noticed there was more in my purse, too, as he was always asking me if I had a few dollars when his pockets were empty. Good luck!

]]> By: Amber http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Amber Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:58:46 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-951 Yay! I kicked caffine when I found out the hard way I was addicted (I'd stopped drinking pop on the weekends but I still had coffee during the week at work and had horrendous headaches on the weekends) and then had worked it back into once or twice a week before I found out that new meds I was on required that I avoid it all together. I still have it now and again, like last night when I volunteered in the middle of the night for a 197 mile relay race and wound up being up for almost 23 hours. Personally, I haven't smoked. But what I've heard from people who have and have quit is that cold turkey is the way to go. Any other way puts too much thought into it and it's easier to slide back into the habit. But I hope you find something that works for you! While I don't like smoking, and I tease my brother about it now and again, I realize that nagging people is not the way to make them quit. Rather encouraging them when they say they've decided to quit is a much better approach. I wish you well! Yay! I kicked caffine when I found out the hard way I was addicted (I’d stopped drinking pop on the weekends but I still had coffee during the week at work and had horrendous headaches on the weekends) and then had worked it back into once or twice a week before I found out that new meds I was on required that I avoid it all together. I still have it now and again, like last night when I volunteered in the middle of the night for a 197 mile relay race and wound up being up for almost 23 hours.

Personally, I haven’t smoked. But what I’ve heard from people who have and have quit is that cold turkey is the way to go. Any other way puts too much thought into it and it’s easier to slide back into the habit. But I hope you find something that works for you! While I don’t like smoking, and I tease my brother about it now and again, I realize that nagging people is not the way to make them quit. Rather encouraging them when they say they’ve decided to quit is a much better approach. I wish you well!

]]> By: Matt http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Matt Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:53:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/08/no-pop-update/#comment-941 Hey, congrats on being caffeine free. Those headaches can be a mess, especially if they come at the wrong time (COUGHworkCOUGH). But really, good luck with the cigarettes too. You can do it, and I'd be willing to be when you give up those, you'll be the inspiration of many, many, many of your readers. I know that when you do it, I'll show my smoker friends and family your blogged path to enlightenment. Either way, kudos. Hey, congrats on being caffeine free. Those headaches can be a mess, especially if they come at the wrong time (COUGHworkCOUGH). But really, good luck with the cigarettes too. You can do it, and I’d be willing to be when you give up those, you’ll be the inspiration of many, many, many of your readers. I know that when you do it, I’ll show my smoker friends and family your blogged path to enlightenment. Either way, kudos.

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