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Today 25 Years: No Cigarettes!!

/Zen mode

The evil of smoking is not in the act itself, but from allowing it to control you. I quit being a regular daily smoker 5 1/2 years ago after smoking for 30 years. I still smoke a few times a year when I go out 'with the boys' and have some beers, but that's fairly infrequent. Once the evening is over, I have no desire to continue smoking. I can't remember the last cig I had...might have been on New Year's.

From what I hear, most ex-smokers can't get away with this.
 
Congrats, Bob, Ross and everyone else. What are y'all doing with all that extra money you save?
 
Thanks guys, Congrats to all the successful quitters here. Sure it's hard to quit and the older you get, the harder it will get. I took up smoking at 15 years of age and quit at 30. I was lucky I quit when I did.
 
Quitting is easy, I did it 100 times! :D

But last time I quit was when they were 50 cents a pack, some 35 years ago. Cold turkey. Woke up one morning and the first thing I wanted before anything else (food, coffee etc) was a smoke. I left them on my dresser for a couple years as a reminder. Never touched them again though.

Of course there was that night at the hookah bar ;) ... but i did not inhale :D
 
Day 6.....

Sigh. went cold turkey. I don't like it but I'm doing it. New baby, it's f*ckin expensive as hell, wife wants me to be alive when said new baby finishes high school....

Grrahh I still want one!

But I can do it. Working in a restaurant helps me not one iota.

You guys are most inspiring though.

:)


Matt
 
JesusChrysler said:
Day 6.....

Sigh. went cold turkey. I don't like it but I'm doing it. New baby, it's f*ckin expensive as hell, wife wants me to be alive when said new baby finishes high school....

Grrahh I still want one!

But I can do it. Working in a restaurant helps me not one iota.

You guys are most inspiring though.

:)


Matt
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I should probably add that the first week was rough, I was sick as a dog. It was worth it though.
 
Congrats, Cactus Bob!

Here's another banana for ya :banana:

I smoked for ~7 years, then stopped cold turkey. It has been more than 35 years and I have no interest in smoking another cigarette :no:

Roger
 
Congrats, Bob and all you others who have quit smoking. As one who is allergic to that nasty smoke, I thank you for making the air cleaner. As a fellow audio geek, I say, "It's nice to know you'll be around longer!"
 
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I lost a lovely girlfriend to lung cancer not that long ago. She was one of those dedicated smokers who lit up a Marlboro first thing in the morning and kept one burning all through the day and well into the night. She rebuffed all of my attempts to get her to quit with the stupid rationalization that "Well, we all have to die from something." She was right on that count but her untimely demise (48) sure could have been prevented had she stopped.
I still miss her.
 
Redikilowatt said:
Congrats, Cactus Bob!

Here's another banana for ya :banana:

I smoked for ~7 years, then stopped cold turkey. It has been more than 35 years and I have no interest in smoking another cigarette :no:

Roger
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Thanks Roger! Congrats to you too!!! :thmbsp:

dr*audio said:
Congrats, Bob and all you others who have smoked. As one who is allergic to that nasty smoke, I thank you for making the air cleaner. As a fellow audio geek, I say, "It's nice to know you'll be around longer!"
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Thanks Warren, it's nasty smelling stuff. We'll be cranking our stereo's & playing our guitars for a long time to come!! :yes: :guitar:

ElPee said:
I lost a lovely girlfriend to lung cancer not that long ago. She was one of those dedicated smokers who lit up a Marlboro first thing in the morning and kept one burning all through the day and well into the night. She rebuffed all of my attempts to get her to quit with the stupid rationalization that "Well, we all have to die from something." She was right on that count but her untimely demise (48) sure could have been prevented had she stopped.
I still miss her.
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That's really sad ElPee.

One of my neighbors that just moved in the neighborhood after retiring at 62 years of age had it made and was living the good life when I first met him. I met him at the mailbox 6 months later and he told me he had lung cancer and lost all his hair from the radiation treatments and told me the doctors told him he had 8 months to a year to live and he said it was all because of the stupid cigarettes! He's gone now. Pretty sad.
 
Congrats Bob :banana::banana::banana:

Definitely one of the hardest things to quit once you're hooked. Lucky for me I never was a cigarette smoker, although I did get hooked on tobacco once after a buddy had a steady supply of Afghani for a couple years. When it finally ran out I noticed a couple days later that I was feeling rather weird: real twitchy, and I couldn't sit still. After feeling this way for a while it crossed my mind: "I've been smoking spliffs with tabac for a couple years, I wonder could this be tobacco jonesin"? So I rolls up a spliff minus the Afghan and lite it up. The twitchies go away and I feel much more relaxed. "Holy crap", I think, "Good thing the Afghan is gone." :smoke:
 
JesusChrysler said:
Day 6.....

Sigh. went cold turkey. I don't like it but I'm doing it. New baby, it's f*ckin expensive as hell, wife wants me to be alive when said new baby finishes high school....

Grrahh I still want one!

But I can do it. Working in a restaurant helps me not one iota.

You guys are most inspiring though.

:)


Matt
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The first two weeks was the most difficult for me. Hang in there. You can do it.
 
Congrats Bob.

My wife and i both quit ten months ago and so far,so good.

The fact that a week prior to us quitting, my younger brother suffered
a level 5 brain aneurysm and one of the first things the doctor told us
was that if we smoked we should quit, sped up the process.

We honestly don't miss it. Now if only my Brother could recover from
his ordeal.
 
Badco67 said:
Congrats Bob.

My wife and i both quit ten months ago and so far,so good.

The fact that a week prior to us quitting, my younger brother suffered
a level 5 brain aneurysm and one of the first things the doctor told us
was that if we smoked we should quit, sped up the process.

We honestly don't miss it. Now if only my Brother could recover from
his ordeal.
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Thanks! Congrats to the two of you!! Very sorry to hear about your brother and hope he recovers promptly.
 
I quit after 14 years of smoking about 6 years ago. I wanted one so bad I couldn't stand it, every day for 6 months. After that, I had it nipped. Not easy. I tried weening off them, patches, gum, you name it. Then I decided; "all or nothing". Went cold turkey and it sucked, but worked for me. To this day, I like the smell of a Marlboro.
 
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