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To: rktman

I smoke half a pack a day...
How did You Quite?


33 posted on 03/05/2018 4:55:56 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger

LOL! Kinda. I probably smoked for a total of 50 out of my 70 years. Mrs. rktman quit a couple years ago when she got a cold and as it was clearing up she just didn’t come out in the garage for one. Last year, for her birthday, I told her I would quit. That being one you CAN NOT go back on so when I finished my last one on the day of her birthday, I just didn’t buy anymore. Basically cold turkey. Some folks can do that, others need chantix or patches or something. Thinking about seeing the hurt and disappointment on her face if I lit one up was enough to keep me clear. And, I do a little pickin’ at jam nights around town where people smoke so I deliberately put myself in bad places to make sure I could hold out. Do I still want one? Yeah. But after this long I’d probably get super dizzy and might even hurl. I was doing a pack + when I quit. I don’t think I got too cranky in the process. At 70, will it make much difference? Who knows. I do know I’m saving $$$$ and no more hacking smokers cough every day. Hope you have much success in the attempt if you go for it.


35 posted on 03/05/2018 6:08:26 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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