|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194
Campfire Kahuna
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194 |
After 35 years! I started when I was 18.
And It's been 35 days now since I've had a Marlboro!!!
I used one of those E-cigg contraptions called VUSE to kick my 2 pack a day habit. Already feel a ton better, and it's amazing how much better I can smell things that I couldn't even smell anymore. Also amazing how much better food tastes already, too. Other great thing / benefit is that my clothes and body don't reek of smoke! And now I can't stand to smell a cigarette burning.
Anyhow, thought I would post this hoping that it might help someone else to quit.
If I can do it, anybody can!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 735
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 735 |
Quit cold turkey 27 years ago. Keep it up you can do it!
I like liberals-------------------------------------they make good bear bait! 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 33,856
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 33,856 |
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 12,192
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 12,192 |
Quit 39 years ago. Hardest thing I ever did.
After 35 days you should have it made.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,746
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,746 |
Hope you stay with it...
went out with a gal couple of years after getting divorced from my first wife...I stopped things between she and I because she wouldn't quit smoking....
sadly learned they buried her last fall, due to lung cancer...
such a waste...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194 |
First 2 weeks were really tough and I craved it badly. My Doc claimed it is almost as addicting as heroin. Don't think it's probably as bad as drugs, but it was sure no fun.
I think I got it whipped now!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 735
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 735 |
Good deal sir! Keep it up!
I like liberals-------------------------------------they make good bear bait!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228 |
Always enjoy your posts, chl. You can do it, man. Quit cold turkey couple times in my 20's and picked them back up again.
Bought the patches 23 years ago before Thanksgiving weekend, after burying my last favorite uncle and aunt from that stuff.
Figured I didn't want to be added to the list. (Freeman, Jesse, Hubert, David, Tom, Ruth, Maxine).
All of them died from lung cancer resulting from their smoking. These were all great people and wonderful family.
Ate and drank like a Viking that weekend, put a patch on my arm after a shower Monday morning, and never picked 'em up since.
Just throw 'em on the ground, buddy.
You will be surprised how quickly you get your lung capacity back, especially if you start walking for exercise.
Good luck! The stuff they have now is way better than the patches I used. I only used those patches for 2 weeks and I was DONE!
Last edited by local_dirt; 03/05/15.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 25,092
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 25,092 |
Good job!
I quit in 2008. Seems like a loooong time ago!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,733
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,733 |
Excellent job sir!!! Glad to hear it's a success. Plus you will have more money for guns!!!!
NRA LIFE MEMBER
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
"Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,194 |
Thanks for all the encouragement from fellow Fire Members! I never thought I could do it!!!
I'm thinking I ought to be able to buy at least a couple of really nice new guns a year, with all the money I will be saving not buying 2 packs of Marboros a day.
Last edited by chlinstructor; 03/05/15.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,224
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,224 |
I did the e-cig thing as well.....I got a bunch of encouragement, and advice from another campfire member, Brother Bart, not only just encouraging me to give it try.....but when I was really wanting to have a regular cig...he called me a dumbass for wanting to go back after a month or so away from my marlboro's
I still puff on the e-cig from time to time....but I don't need to go out for a smoke every hour or so...
Last edited by bubbajay; 03/04/15.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,800
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,800 |
My Dad read the Surgeon General's report in the morning paper in 1965, went home that night and watched it on TV. Threw his smokes in the trash and never smoked from that point on, he lived to be 89. My mother did not quit, a bronchial spasm and massive heart attack ended her life at 50. Her sister had surgery for epiglotal cancer at age 50 and succumbed to bladder cancer at 81. Do whatever you have to do to kick the habit, you will be glad you did.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228 |
You can do it, man. I can't believe how expensive cigs have gotten. Like I said, throw 'em on the ground, buddy.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228 |
I swear, I'm about to shoot one of my tough ass buds in the [bleep] head and put him out of his misery, if he don't stop.
Truth is, I probably won't have to. His wife is ready to do him before me.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 10,779
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 10,779 |
My hats off to anyone who can quit smoking! Congrats and stick with it! Now go buy yourself a nice firearm for all that money you will surely save.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 44,228 |
30 x $4.50/pack = $140/month.
30 x $9.00/2 packs = $270/month.
Save some of that for ammo. You can come down and shoot some of my cool schit, buddy. I'll even break out the really good stuff..
Best Wishes,
LD
Last edited by local_dirt; 03/04/15.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 621 |
I quit those nasty bastards in 1979 and don't miss them at all. I can't even imagine inhaling a lung full of smoke anymore.
Good for you and don't give up. You'll probably crave one a time or two.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 69,602
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 69,602 |
Congrats! Stick with it. I celebrated a year quit yesterday. It can be done. 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,840
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,840 |
Good for you. I quit in 1998 and it was the best thing I ever did.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
|
|
|
|
|
557 members (1minute, 1Longbow, 1234, 007FJ, 160user, 10gaugemag, 53 invisible),
2,443
guests, and
1,209
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,191,425
Posts18,470,717
Members73,931
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
