thanks bud


party on...

Blow your mind.



Smoke dynamite

I started smoking very early in my life. Preteen I think.

My best friend’s mother smoked, and she would buy cigarettes by the
carton. She used to buy several cartons at a time because she was a
heavy smoker. Cigarettes were only 25 cents a pack back then so a
person could afford to do that. So it was easy for my friend to snitch
several packs at a time. His mother just didn’t keep good track and
never missed them.

So by the time I was a teen I was well into smoking. Buying my own by
that time of course, but still at 25 cents a pack. I became quite the
heavy smoker myself. At times I would smoke as many as 3 or 4 packs a
day! I was basically a chain-smoker using the pervious cigarette to
light up the next one. It was terrible!

I actually quit smoking several times during my life for extended
periods. I think I quit twice for about 2 years in a row each time, but
then I’d get back on them again, (usually because of the crowds I hung
around with). One time I quit for 3 years and then got back on them
again.

Finally, I quit about 10 years ago. That was my last and final time for
sure. I knew that time that it would be my last time to quit and I’m
absolutely certain of it now. The thought of smoking now just makes me
want to puke.

The funny thing is that every time I quit it wasn’t hard to do. I quit
cold-turkey every time without any type of crutch. And every time I
stated back up again it wasn’t because of an addiction, it was actually
just a conscious decision to start again. A ‘social’ decision kind of
like, “when in Rome do as the Roman’s do’. I just hung around with
people who smoked and drank a lot. Poor choice of friends I suppose,
except they were great guys. I mean, as people they would give you the
shirt off their back. They just liked to smoke and drink.

I should add though, that when I finally did quit, I also had to give up
hanging around with those friends. Not much sense in quitting if I was
going to hang around with them anyway because I’d constantly be
breathing their second-hand smoke anyhow.

So now I have no friends. (ha ha)

But at least I don’t smoke anymore. I don’t drink either, but then I
never did drink much. I would just nurse a beer for social reasons
until it got so warm I’d be forced to get another just for thermodynamic
reasons. (ha ha)

Thanks for sharing that Abra
How are you by the way?

Good for you Chris! Glad your daughter encouraged you. It's not good
for her either.

I quit almost 30 years ago and have only tried it once since. Not good.
Never started back up.

Tom, what's this you quit again? I thought you were doing good.

I'm doing good bro, thanks for asking.

You'll be so glad you quit as time moves on. I wish I had never smoked
ever. I was a fool. Aren't we all at times?

Congrats on making the decision!

I am already glad that I quit Abra
I started when I was almost 13 years old
Sadly it took me having a child for it to run through my mind that it
was time to quit but it feels great to have quit none the less
I can breathe again
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOt to mention all the money that I am saving from not smoking goes into
my daughters bank account

well i wish that i could quit smoking.it is the only thing that stops me
from having blackouts.i detest the fact that manmade pills do not work
on my paranoia schizophrenia(ps for short) .smoking keeps me in
check.honestly.i was in for a psychiatric evaluation back in 98.they had
forced me to quit.i went nuts throwing stuff around from what i seen on
the video.i WAS on 35 different meds to TRY to help my ps.the meds did
not work.so they told me to start smoking.i calmed down ALOT.try going
through that.honestly i do not recall any of that 3 weeks of he-ll.i
HAVE to smoke otherwise i am classified as "HIGHLY DANGEROUS" by the
mental health board here in alberta if i do not have my smokes.

So proud of you quitters. I work in hospice care and see many 30-40-50
year olds who die of lung cancer from smoking. I dated a guy I met on
line last year and asked him to stop but he's been unsuccessful...We
aren't together now but I feel so bad for him and I know he could do it
as you guys are powers of example...keep it up!!

Hi Abra, Glad to see your non-smoking smiling countenance
here

I kick my cigs, all over the place the y fall on the floor
constantly.

Started when I was 12 and smoked for 47 years, quit 7 weeks ago.

bravo

"Started when I was 12 and smoked for 47 years, quit 7 weeks ago."

Good for you Bob! That's great!

Well one thing for sure ya have to want to quit in order too or have one
good reason. I quit 4 years ago Jan due to my grandbaby was born early
and had a breathing problem they lived with me at the time and she could
not be around smoke so choice was to quit or smoke outside which I knew
I would not smoke outside. So I quit one of the best things I ever did.

I started smoking when I was about 15...(1985)
I quit in 1990-1993 (pregnancies)
I started back up the latter part of 1993 and in 2002 ... I put them
down for good... I decided breathing was a good thing... now I can
breath with no problems... I can laff w/out coughing..My clothes are
smoke free.. and from a recent lung x ray.. you can't even tell I was a
3 pack a day girl

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i dont smoke the cancer stick,i smoke that, well you know
already.

Started "experimenting" with smoking in 1970 when I was 12. Started
drinking at about age 14, 15. I quit September 30, 2003, at the age of
45. Cold turkey. And I was a pretty heavy two or three day a week binge
drinker, too. A six-pack was like a snack to me.

Haven't had one drop of alcohol or one cigarette since. I had decided in
my 30s that, if I hadn't quit by the time I was 45, then I'd quit for
sure.

That day it dawned on me. I'd been 45 since June 2. So I quit. For the
most part, making decisions is a pretty simple procedure for me.