|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,746
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,746 |
Here in Hawaii we have an open season to hunt Axis deer yearlong...
Hawaii? You ever try turkey hunting there? How is it? MrsTzone wants to go to Hawaii and I'd like to try to sneak a turkey hunt in while we're there. She didn't seem real impressed when I mentioned that tho.
Camp is where you make it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,746
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 46,746 |
Now, I found other ways to defile my body, so Im fighting the battle of the bulge.
Porn and Cheeto's ?
Camp is where you make it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
Hey gang I appreciate all your support and encouragement!!! I WILL DO IT...I HAVE TO!!! I'm serious about deer hunting and I'm serious about quitting these stinking cigarettes!!! Tired of smelling like an ashtray and feeling like a truck with no motor and no wheels Thank you guys and I'll stay focus!!!..... FRESH AIR!!! These few words say a lot! You are much more likely to actually quit because YOU WANT TO, not because somebody else wants you to. The mind is a powerful thing and with the proper mindset anything is possible. Best of luck, its going to be a difficult road ahead but the reward is so worth what your giving up. Drummond Drummond, Yep, that's the diff this time...It's because I WANT TO QUIT versus Mrs. Late-Bloomer It's no doubt going to be tough, however I just keep FOCUSING on them hills I want to tread upon and find them buggers and learn their terrain and habits! I have a lot to accomplish in my deer hunting adventures
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,787
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,787 |
I quit cold turkey 34 years ago. Cigarettes were 45 cents a pack than. Not easy, but dam glad I did.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears kill you.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,375
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,375 |
I am just finishing up my last week on Chantix. The only issue I had was the VERY WEIRD dreams so doc put me on a low dose anti-axiety med. Luckily by this coming Sunday I will me off it all. I have no desire, no cravings, even after dinner or when I have gone to a bar. My BP has dropped even more after dumping this nasty habit and at this rate may even get off BP med. I am pulling for you ALL!
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. Theodore Roosevelt
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,732
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,732 |
LateBloomer, While cigarette smoking is definitely a physical addiction, quitting is all in having the proper mindset, and until one has the proper mindset, one won't quit(at least not me anyways). I started smoking at 15, by the time I graduated high school I was a (minimum) 2 pack a day smoker, for many years 3 packs a day. Tried many times to quit in later years, cutting down, etc. and I'd reward myself for being good and be right back where I was. Point being, I didn't really want to quit.
I quit cold turkey early in Sept. 2009 after 43 years of continuous smoking. Cold turkey, no doctor, no medication, no nothing, I just quit, and I was easily one of the worlds hardest core smokers.
What it boils down to it the 'mindset' I talked about above. You have to get to the point where you can say(and MEAN), 'enough is [bleep] enough'. Until I got to that point, I couldn't seem to quit, and once I got to that point, it actually surprised me how easy it was to quit.
I wish you the best of luck and I hope you have the proper 'mindset'.
Garry Trump won !!! Trying to live like a free man in the Communist Republic of New Jersey. Love your country, distrust your government. Democrats and the people who vote for them, enemies of America and a free American people
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
Garry, This makes all the difference in the world! It's because I finally do have the proper mind-set to go at it! I'm mentally prepared for the task at hand THIS TIME... Thanks brother!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,864 Likes: 2
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,864 Likes: 2 |
My late Father quit cold turkey the day the Surgeon General's report on smoking came out in 1965. He also dropped 100# after being diagnosed with diabetes a few years later. His lungs returned to the condition of those of a non-smoker. Dad enjoyed an active lifestyle exercising regularly and lived to be 89 yrs. old.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,653 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,653 Likes: 1 |
Well, LateBloomer, I do not count smoking among my many vices, so I have no first hand advice for you.
I did, however, want to give you one more message of support! This one comes from Sweden, 250 miles from the Arctic Circle where we have about 3 foot of snow on the ground still.
Bit different from Hawaii, I'm sure!
When things get tough, think of all your friends all over the world rooting for you.. and do not have that first cigarette!
John
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 646
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 646 |
LateBloomer, been there, done that. One of, if not the most difficult things that I have ever done. You have the right mindset and seem very motivated. You must somehow, someway, keep that mindset. Your plan to excercise as well at the same time is gold. My wife quit but did not excercise to make up for the slower metobolic rate that you will experience and then had to fight loosing weight. You are right in tackling them together. I must have quit five times until I finally kicked the habit. If you fall off the wagon....get back on. As others have said, don't quit quitting! Good luck and if you can get your friends and family on board with you. Their encouragement and love will help you very much. Just seeing that you are from Hawaii makes me miss my old military Vietnam veteran friend who lives on the Big Island in Hilo. Hang Tough!!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
LateBloomer, been there, done that. One of, if not the most difficult things that I have ever done. You have the right mindset and seem very motivated. You must somehow, someway, keep that mindset. Your plan to excercise as well at the same time is gold. My wife quit but did not excercise to make up for the slower metobolic rate that you will experience and then had to fight loosing weight. You are right in tackling them together. I must have quit five times until I finally kicked the habit. If you fall off the wagon....get back on. As others have said, don't quit quitting! Good luck and if you can get your friends and family on board with you. Their encouragement and love will help you very much. Just seeing that you are from Hawaii makes me miss my old military Vietnam veteran friend who lives on the Big Island in Hilo. Hang Tough!! Thank you brother!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 690
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 690 |
I started smoking in 1991 in Saudi Arabia. I've made good on this year's resoltion and haven't had one this year. I used to smoke a pack a day in the 90s to a pack a week the last 4 years. I quit one time for 6 monthes so I know I'm not out of the woods yet. One day at a time. I figure if my late grandfather could do it cold turkey so can I. Just think of all the "extra cash" you'll have to spend on guns and gear now.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
....Just think of all the "extra cash" you'll have to spend on guns and gear now. Oh yeah
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,972 Likes: 10
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 29,972 Likes: 10 |
Smoked a bit as a kid and quit with my first job as no one had heard of breaks back then. Food tasted better, the cough left, and any chick that smoked was immediately off the list. I suspect you will reap instant returns from quitting.
With all the negative facts available, I find it hard to believe that my 21 yr old son took it up this year. Not allowed to smoke in our house, but the room still smells like sh-t due to the oder on his clothes.
Good luck,
1Minute
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 685
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 685 |
I am trying to screw up the courage to kick the damn things. Been smoking a pack a day for nearly 50 years. Gave em up for 3 months last year and then fell off the wagon when the weather warmed up and I got back in the boat to do some fishing. I HAVE to give this another go. Heard that Chantic can work. Tell me more about the Chantix...please.
You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
1minute....Thanks brother!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
meddybemps,
I say go for it!!!
It's never too late brother!!!
I'm sick and tired of smoking and it's high time I DO SOMETHING about it instead of my usual bitch and moan!
Some are happy smokers but I haven't been one in the past 10 yrs and I've chosen to now draw the line in the sand...NO MORE!!!
Good luck!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,337
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,337 |
You're lucky you made it to age 48. Very few people can quit cold turkey, so if you can't, don't give up. Just try something else. The nicotine patches worked for me--on about the 3rd try! I was facing heart attack #4 and still smoking. The doctors and logic said I wouldn't make it through it. My last cigarette was July 4, 1997.
Some hints:
(1) You can't quit smoking around smokers. If your wife smokes, divorce her. Strong words, yes, but the alternative is your death.
(2) Don't go to bars for a least two years after you quit smoking. You'll get a tiny shot of nicotine from the smoke in the air, and you will start wanting to bum a drag off your barstool neighbor's cigarette. "Just one drag!" you'll tell yourself. "It won't hurt!"
You've got more to worry about than heart disease and lung cancer. Your entire arterial system is probably in various stages of clogging. Can you get an erection? If you can, you're lucky. Ever talked to anyone who survived an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm surgery, better known as an AAA surgery? They take your guts out and repair the swelling in your aortic artery located beside your backbone at or near belly button level. And probably caused by pressure build up behind a blockage or partial blockage--and guess what caused the blockage?
They may or may not get your guts back in their original position. Your guts may or may not be grown together with adhesions, which they'll have to cut and which will grow back in a new location. The result is you will spend the rest of your life always knowing the location of the nearest men's room. When you hit the door--in a hurry--you will be praying that the room has a vacant commode. If it doesn't, you face the prospects of fecal-filled underwear and a long and stinky stroll through the supermarket to your car. You won't see that in a cigarette ad, huh?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,375
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,375 |
I am trying to screw up the courage to kick the damn things. Been smoking a pack a day for nearly 50 years. Gave em up for 3 months last year and then fell off the wagon when the weather warmed up and I got back in the boat to do some fishing. I HAVE to give this another go. Heard that Chantic can work. Tell me more about the Chantix...please. Chantix basically fools the brain into thinking you don't want/need one. Your doctor will start you out on the *start week* box which is a higher dose to get the brain kicked into gear. You take them morning and evening. Only side effect I experienced is one I posted previous and that is dreams at night. I can honestly say, as can my brother, we have no desire to even think about lighting up. You don't miss the first smoke of morning,after dinner, or have the craving. Start by asking your doctor if this would be the way to go for you.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. Theodore Roosevelt
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,222 |
Junior1942,
Yep, the cig ads definitely don't tell you that stuff! And I'm the only one in my entire family and friends for that matter that still smokes! Many have given up the habit years ago!
I've been the only foolish one to date, but the time has truly come!
I appreciate your post! Thanks for that grim painted picture that has been a reality for many!
|
|
|
|
540 members (1OntarioJim, 1badf350, 222ND, 257Bob, 24HourCampFireGuy50, 260Remguy, 59 invisible),
2,483
guests, and
1,306
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,193,908
Posts18,518,596
Members74,020
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|