Beard Growing Contest: not sure I like this!

[Kentos]

I also quit awhile ago. I must have tried 10 or more times before the last one stuck. So far it's permanent. While I absolutely. loved smoking, not being a slave to it is very nice. I smoke the occassional pipe and cigar for pleasure and it hasn't led to a relapse. /hijack off.

 

[Brooksie967]

Thanks for the words of wisdom Kent. This will be attempt 5 or 6 for me.

All this extra free time without shaving or smoking is going to be interesting!

I need more sharp and shiny stuff to fool with. Perhaps I should go hunt for some more vintage knives.

On a beard related note, I already have a few zits popping up as a result of not shaving. I still doing my shower followed by my routine minus the brush soap and shave part so I still get my dose of alum, witch hazel as splash and balm.

 

[hokahay]

I have been quit tobacco or 7 years. I accidentally on "quit smoking day 2006". It was enough to carry me through. Since then my girlfriend died from lung cancer in 2010. whyquit.com is a good resource. It boils down to the first 72 hours you are combating a chemical addiction. After that is just the habit. You can't use patches, gums or any gimmicks. The longer you go the easier it is. I counted how much money I was saving for one motivation. Once you have "quit" do not ever even a toke, a cigar, a taste or a chew.

 

[Lmarkow]

Former 2+ packs/day smoker. Now I'm really rooting for you, Brooksie.

 

[Brooksie967]

Former 2+ packs/day smoker. Now I'm really rooting for you, Brooksie.

Larry Thanks for the positive energy.

 

[KW Driver]

Yep, good luck with that. I dipped for 25 years, quit four or five times. My strongest trigger the first 6 months or so was drinking.

Face armor? Go big or go home!

 

[cleanshaved]

another ex smoker here. All the best with this. What worked for me was thinking of it as 5 minute battles. The time many differ but I found that I just resisted each craving as they came and in no time the distance between each craving gets longer and longer.

 

[Seraphim]

Go Brooksie!

Growing a beard is an interesting journey unto itself. Enjoy it.

 

[Brooksie967]

Thanks guys! You're all awesome; even you film buffs are pretty cool.

I'm trying to come up with a way to capture the growth of my beard better. Would it help if i posted day 1 and the current day beside each other so the change is obvious?

 

[zchance]

That would be pretty cool. You should have quite a beard by the time its over

 

[Brooksie967]

Day 3, feeling like a complete dirtbag....

 

[bluesman 7]

Thanks guys! You're all awesome; even you film buffs are pretty cool.

I'm trying to come up with a way to capture the growth of my beard better. Would it help if i posted day 1 and the current day beside each other so the change is obvious?

Think of your itching beard and nicotine cravings as penance for using your film to sharpen a knife.

I think you need a bottle in a paper bag as a prop for your next photo.

 

[August West]

Best wishes battling Sister Nicotine.

 

[Brooksie967]

Day 4 and feeling gross. Getting a few more pimples. Usually I don't get any. Not sure if this is from 2 days of not smoking or not shaving for 4 days.

 

[life2short1971]

If they are under the beard I rarely get pimples but find a couple if I havent shaved in several days more. Next comes the itching....

 

[hokahay]

Nice work! That's what I was suggesting.

 

[Seraphim]

Week two is perhaps the toughest.

Week one you just look lazy. Week two it's starting to get pretty long, but not quite distinguishable as a beard. You look like a hobo, and people start ridiculing you, and it itches.

By the end of week three it starts looking like a beard, but not very impressive.

Week four you have an actual beard.


I just shaved off my 3.5 week beard tonight. I miss it already. I like my beard, my wife does not.

 

[Oscroft]

Caption competition...

 

[Seraphim]

Caption competition...

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"What could you guys possibly have to talk about razors?! It's just shaving!"
*insert eye roll*

 

[Lmarkow]

"Not that green shirt again, dear."