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Fourteen years of operations and over 160 million guest visits since opening have made Disneyland® Resort Paris the number one vacation destination in Europe. Enhancements and improvements that are planned over the next few years will make our Resort even more attractive to our guests.

Our long-term growth plan is firmly rooted in enhancing the Resort experience. From the Disney® Theme Parks to Disney® Village and the Hotels, Walt Disney's spirit continues to find a home in the heart of Europe. Major projects are underway in the Disney Theme Parks with the creation of new attractions and a new land. Bringing these projects to life requires the total commitment of our 12,300 Cast Members. It is they who deliver unforgettable experiences and memories for our guests each and every day.



Disneyland Resort Paris is a holiday and recreation resort in Marne-la-Vallée, in the suburbs of Paris, France, featuring two Disney theme parks, Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park. It was the second Disney resort to open outside the USA (the first was Tokyo Disney Resort). With 12.4 million visitors in 2004 [1], it is one of Europe's main tourist destinations. It is owned and operated by the French company Euro Disney SCA, a public corporation of which 39.781% of the stock is held by The Walt Disney Company, 10% is held by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed and other shareholders hold 50.22%. The park is run by Chairman and CEO Karl Holz.


Disneyland Resort Paris
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Thanks again everyone. Anyone remember the old Stephen King movie Cat's Eye?
I had to watch that today just to remember how they handled the stop smoking problem.

 

Guide to Quitting Smoking

The US Surgeon General has stated, "Smoking cessation (stopping smoking) represents the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives."

Quitting smoking is not easy, but it can be done. To have the best chance of quitting successfully, you need to know what you’re up against, what your options are, and where to go for help. This document will provide you with this information.

Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?

Mark Twain said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times." Maybe you've tried to quit too. Why is quitting and staying quit hard for so many people? The answer is nicotine.

Nicotine

Nicotine is a drug found naturally in tobacco. It is highly addictive – as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Over time, the body becomes both physically and psychologically dependent on nicotine. Studies have shown that smokers must overcome both of these addictions to be successful at quitting and staying quit.

When smoke is inhaled, nicotine is carried deep into the lungs, where it is absorbed quickly into the bloodstream and carried throughout the body. Nicotine affects many parts of the body, including your heart and blood vessels, your hormonal system, your metabolism, and your brain. Nicotine can be found in breast milk and even in cervix mucous secretions of smokers. During pregnancy, nicotine freely crosses the placenta and has been found in amniotic fluid and the umbilical cord blood of newborn infants.

Several different factors can affect the rate of metabolism (the work of the living cell in the body) and excretion (or getting rid of the waste) related to nicotine. In general, a regular smoker will have nicotine or its by-products present in the body for about 3 to 4 days after stopping.

Nicotine produces pleasant feelings that make the smoker want to smoke more. It also acts as a kind of depressant by interfering with the flow of information between nerve cells. As the nervous system adapts to nicotine, smokers tend to increase the number of cigarettes they smoke, and therefore the amount of nicotine in their blood. After a while, the smoker develops a tolerance to the drug, which leads to an increase in smoking over time. Over time, the smoker reaches a certain nicotine level and then smokes to maintain this level of nicotine. In fact, nicotine, when inhaled in cigarette smoke, reaches the brain faster than drugs that enter the body intravenously.

Nicotine Withdrawal
When smokers try to cut back or quit, the absence of nicotine leads to withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal is both physical and mental. Physically, the body reacts to the absence of nicotine. Psychologically, the smoker is faced with giving up a habit, which requires a major change in behavior. Both must be addressed in order for the quitting process to work.

Withdrawal symptoms can include any of the following:

* dizziness (which may only last 1-2 days in the beginning)
* depression
* feelings of frustration and anger
* irritability
* sleep disturbances, including having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and having bad dreams or even nightmares
* trouble concentrating
* restlessness
* headache
* tiredness
* increased appetite

These symptoms can lead the smoker to again start smoking cigarettes again to boost blood levels of nicotine back to a level where there are no symptoms.

a long read,
link

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp

 

@Deadrum33

Well done mate. Keep it up I can only imagine how tough it is. But if you look at it like all of have issues in our lives and we don't need to add more headaches. Good Work mate and you have a cuite there

Well done and keep plugging away

 

This is more feedback than I expected, and is much appreciated.
Today is start of day 4 and the only thing thats really done my head in so far was getting in my car for a drive because lighting up is the routine. I got my mind off it by bothering my wife about her choice of music on the radio and all was well.

I needed to hear that too, not just soft, calm, and reassuring words. When the boys watch football together, no one talks to me like that its more like "Put a dress on if you want to cry like a bi*ch" so thanks for keeping it real

Here in Ohio, USA a 2 week supply of patches cost a little less than a carton (10 packs) of ciggies. I could go through 10 packs quicker than 2 weeks so actually I'm saving money already.

Thanks all for the nice words about my daughter also. I know I will have my hands full later, it is called kharma, for I have a history (B4 marriage of course) of keeping many girls around at the same time while giving them the hope of a bigger commitment. It never worked out well in the end (except for me) but at least I know all the angles (even invented a few new) to show her what not to look for.

 

Well, I'm sure staying focused on the light at the end of the tunnel helps to. We're junkies of a different sort and all of us have to pay the price for the bad habit we started. LOL...when I started smoking, I think I was sixteen or seventeen and did it to piss off my mom ... boy, did I show her, eh? We are all creatures of habit and there's hell to pay for the bad ones until its absence becomes a habit of its own. So, yeah, you're in for some serious hell of the nerves for a while but slowly but surely, it passes. It's been seven months for me, I don't think of them anymore, I don't reach for them out of habit anymore, the cravings have been over for a while. Right now, I'm at the point where I'll walk by someone who is smoking and at one moment I think it stinks something terrible while at another, I have to admit it smells good but that's a good sign for me to. Another positive sign for me now is that I can smell it all over people whereas I never could before.

My best friend uses my apartment at lunchtime as he works just a block away so he comes here and has lunch and watches the tube and plays with my computer. I always know if he's had a cigarette even though I'm sure he opened the windows, turned on the fans etc. THe nose seems to work much better after a while....a nose like mine should be able to smell anything a mile away LOL!

 

I understand what you mean. I tease my wife, and realize I'm only on my 4th day so cant talk, but she is sick of me telling her she smells like smoke. She's been suppportive even though she isnt ready/doesnt want to quit yet.
I originally started by doing it to get close to a girl so I could lose my virginity. It never worked with her (friend of hers), she realized she was lesbian (I have that effect on most women ) and I got stuck with a bad habit.

 

LMAO! Well, at least you're not turning your male friends gay LOL! It must be rough though with someone smoking around you ... the smell must drive you nuts for one...damn, sometimes, when I still feel the temptation, its because I smelled it ... wierd, I hate the smell most of the time now but now and then, it sparks the urge. Fortunately, it's the only thing left that does. Being cheap is probably my saviour in all of this: I did promise myself that, at least for the first year or two, I could spend every bit as much on frivolous things from the money I saved. I smoked a lot so it amounts to quite a lot of money so, in some respects, it made me happier than a pig in sh**! I'll do something responsible with it after my vacation in spring ... like (dare I say it)...paying off bills, credit cards etc LOL!