The Plunge

[woodtoo]

After 40 years I hope to be free from the addiction and lure of the evil weed.

This week.

[TJDave]

Good on you!

Stick with it. You will find it's the best thing you can do for yourself.

[woodtoo]

Thanks TJDave,for the encouraging words.
Its going better than expected when I began Champix on Sept.21.
This is a 12 week program that allows smoking 1 to 3 weeks in.

The first week was up and down smoked between 10 and 25 per day.
It really is amazing how it takes urge to smoke away from you,but are still left
with the habit.
Finally last Tuesday I decided to just say no more,its now day 5 and going strong :jump:
Only side effects I've noticed are my dreams are more vivid and I'm a tad crankier
than my usual cranky self.
p.s I dont miss the morning hack and cough. :ThmbUp:

[lamboguy]

you just hit the biggest winner of your life, congratulations

[woodtoo]

Thanks lamboguy!!

[magwell]

I thought you were talking about pot until you said 25 a day, I hope you stay strong and beat the habit ........

[Track Collector]

Thanks TJDave,for the encouraging words.
Its going better than expected when I began Champix on Sept.21.
This is a 12 week program that allows smoking 1 to 3 weeks in.

The first week was up and down smoked between 10 and 25 per day.
It really is amazing how it takes urge to smoke away from you,but are still left
with the habit.
Finally last Tuesday I decided to just say no more,its now day 5 and going strong :jump:
Only side effects I've noticed are my dreams are more vivid and I'm a tad crankier
than my usual cranky self.
p.s I dont miss the morning hack and cough. :ThmbUp:

It will be a tough battle, but hats off to you for making the effort, and with with a determined will, you CAN DO IT! :ThmbUp::ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

[JBmadera]

Fantastic! ODAAT......... :ThmbUp:

[Tom]

Hardest thin I ever did was quit.
I only smoked 10 years, but it was HELL quitting.

Find strength, you will NEVER regret it.:ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

[Red Knave]

Unlike Tom, I smoked for 15 years but I found it was easy to quit. I did it about 100 times. (ba dum bum, cymbal crash :) )

My only regret is that food tasted so much better after I quit that I gained 15 pounds and never really lost them.

Woodtoo, keep at it.

[woodtoo]

OMG I can't believe its been over 3 months!
I did cheat one cig a month ago. :eek:

[bugboy]

I smoked cigs for 45 years, about 2 1/2 pks a day. After 45 yrs. I had a breathing problem. Ended up in the hospital in an induced coma for 8 days.
drs, told my wife I woulden't make it till morning.
with Gods help I made it. The day I left the hosp, one of my drs. came up to me and said "Frank, if you want a cig, after breakfast, or with a beer, have one..........It will be your last"....I haven't had not even ONE, since the day I went in that hosp.....

So Buddy, You can do it, believe me, yes it will be a challenge, but YOU can and will do it. The best of luck to you, and best of all,"good health"

[Rookies]

How did you start Woodtoo?

Here in Canada, smoking is now like the Scarlet Letter and designated leper status, and the few left (that aren't ancient and wheezing around hospitals and trailer trash dives) are out in the cold, looking like petty criminals.

There was a big, anti smoking campaign about 40 years back that virtually stamped it out and it is almost non existent in the vast majority of workplaces today.

Best of luck in your quest! :ThmbUp:

[TJDave]

OMG I can't believe its been over 3 months!
I did cheat one cig a month ago. :eek:

You should noticeably be feeling better. Lungs starting to clear up. But the cravings are still there. What helped me was exercise. Replacing bad habits with good ones.

[woodtoo]

I smoked cigs for 45 years, about 2 1/2 pks a day. After 45 yrs. I had a breathing problem. Ended up in the hospital in an induced coma for 8 days.
drs, told my wife I woulden't make it till morning.
with Gods help I made it. The day I left the hosp, one of my drs. came up to me and said "Frank, if you want a cig, after breakfast, or with a beer, have one..........It will be your last"....I haven't had not even ONE, since the day I went in that hosp.....

So Buddy, You can do it, believe me, yes it will be a challenge, but YOU can and will do it. The best of luck to you, and best of all,"good health"

WOW That was some wake up call,that could very well have been me. I had a nagging feeling for the last year it was time to give it up, the feeling is stronger than ever after reading your reply.Best of health to you bugboy. :ThmbUp:

[woodtoo]

How did you start Woodtoo?

Here in Canada, smoking is now like the Scarlet Letter and designated leper status, and the few left (that aren't ancient and wheezing around hospitals and trailer trash dives) are out in the cold, looking like petty criminals.

There was a big, anti smoking campaign about 40 years back that virtually stamped it out and it is almost non existent in the vast majority of workplaces today.

Best of luck in your quest! :ThmbUp:


Entering high school, all the cool kids smoked.

Yes smokers have been kicked to the curb in recent years.

[woodtoo]

You should noticeably be feeling better. Lungs starting to clear up. But the cravings are still there. What helped me was exercise. Replacing bad habits with good ones.

The cravings are there only when imbibing.

Exercise, really. As long as I'm not leaving one addiction for another. :D

[woodtoo]

:ThmbUp: After 40 years I hope to be free from the addiction and lure of the evil weed.

This week.
Still not smoking but did have a glitch, went 6 months without :jump: then for some dumb reason started again for about 3 months :bang:

Good news is its been almost 3 months without again, just say no.

Lovin it.

[Inner Dirt]

I chewed tobacco on and off for 20 years, I went through a can of Skoal in 2 days or a pouch of Redman in the same time. Quit about 2 years ago with no relapses. Chewed a lot of gum and probably a ton of sunflower seeds, it took six months to not have cravings or need to always have something in my mouth. It was tough to kick, while a little later I stopped 35 years of drinking
cold turkey, no sweat, but that nicotine was a different story.

[elysiantraveller]

Smoking is tough. Switched to a e-cig a couple of years back when I ran out of smokes one day... Mostly out of curiousity. Never bought another pack. I vaped for about 3 months and then one day ran out of juice and never picked back up.

[Dahoss2002]

:ThmbUp:
Still not smoking but did have a glitch, went 6 months without :jump: then for some dumb reason started again for about 3 months :bang:

Good news is its been almost 3 months without again, just say no.

Lovin it.
Keep fighting !! I smoked for 26 years and been quit 12. Congrats to you!

[woodtoo]

:ThmbUp:
Still not smoking but did have a glitch, went 6 months without :jump: then for some dumb reason started again for about 3 months :bang:

Good news is its been almost 3 months without again, just say no.

Lovin it.

No relapse since year one :ThmbUp: Most of my friends still do, but not in my house.:D

Food tastes great and no weight gain, 160 lb. now same as when I started.

[ReplayRandall]

The Plunge?....Thought you were talking about today's Stock Market...:pound::pound:

Joking aside, congrats on your continuing success against the Beast...:ThmbUp:

[MutuelClerk]

Congrats Woodtoo. I was in a casino last week where smoking is still allowed. It was awful. I left my friends at the slot machines and went to a smoke free poker room.

[woodtoo]

The Plunge?....Thought you were talking about today's Stock Market...:pound::pound:

Joking aside, congrats on your continuing success against the Beast...:ThmbUp:

I hear ya, it took me a while to find this old Plunge post also.:bang: Seems like ten not five years since the Beast days.:ThmbUp:

[woodtoo]

Congrats Woodtoo. I was in a casino last week where smoking is still allowed. It was awful. I left my friends at the slot machines and went to a smoke free poker room.

Think I would now pass out or puke in that casino today.:D

Up here if you smoke at a kids soccer game you must watch from across the street. Overboard reaction.

Pot is legal here also but only in your own yard or house, if you get caught anywhere else, $700.00 fine.

[boxcar]

After 40 years I hope to be free from the addiction and lure of the evil weed.

This week.

You can do it. Mind over matter. Will power. Plus you're doing it for a good cause: The state of your health. Not to mention how much money you'll be saving.

[woodtoo]

You can do it. Mind over matter. Will power. Plus you're doing it for a good cause: The state of your health. Not to mention how much money you'll be saving.

All points taken.:ThmbUp: Thanks boxcar.

[thaskalos]

My father smoked for 46 years...having started when he served in the Greek army at the age of 20. At 65 he complained of a numbing in the fingers of his left hand, which the doctors diagnosed as a minor stroke. I was in the doctor's office when my father was told that he was fortunate to have been given a warning by his body...and that he would have to choose between his life, and his cigarettes. They sent him home with a small rubber ball that he squeezed in order to regain the strength of his ailing hand.

In a month's time my father told the family that he was as good as new, his energy and spirits were up...and he had embarked on an "exercise program"...where he engaged in long walks around the neighborhood several times a day. One day I got suspicious, and I decided to follow him during one of his frequent walks. When I caught up to him, a lit cigarette was cupped into his hand...as he sheepishly assured me that he "knew what was good for him"...and that he was "only smoking a couple of cigarettes a day". A month later he was dead.

There is a postscript. His two younger brothers and his next door neighbor, who were life-long smokers themselves, immediately dropped the filthy habit after my father died...and never picked it up again. All three of them are still alive and well, in their NINETIES...while my dad chose to depart for the next life at the age of 66. To this day they credit my father for their long life...while I tell them that the credit goes to THEM...for having the courage of their convictions. And the same thing I wish for you, Woodtoo. Life is too precious to be traded for so cheaply. :ThmbUp:

[jimmyb]

Congratulations, Wood. You are a power of example.

[Tom]

No relapse since year one :ThmbUp: Most of my friends still do, but not in my house.:D

Food tastes great and no weight gain, 160 lb. now same as when I started.

ALRIGHT!

Give that man a CEEGAR! :eek:

Congrats. It is a hard road - glad you made it.

[woodtoo]

My father smoked for 46 years...having started when he served in the Greek army at the age of 20. At 65 he complained of a numbing in the fingers of his left hand, which the doctors diagnosed as a minor stroke. I was in the doctor's office when my father was told that he was fortunate to have been given a warning by his body...and that he would have to choose between his life, and his cigarettes. They sent him home with a small rubber ball that he squeezed in order to regain the strength of his ailing hand.

In a month's time my father told the family that he was as good as new, his energy and spirits were up...and he had embarked on an "exercise program"...where he engaged in long walks around the neighborhood several times a day. One day I got suspicious, and I decided to follow him during one of his frequent walks. When I caught up to him, a lit cigarette was cupped into his hand...as he sheepishly assured me that he "knew what was good for him"...and that he was "only smoking a couple of cigarettes a day". A month later he was dead.

There is a postscript. His two younger brothers and his next door neighbor, who were life-long smokers themselves, immediately dropped the filthy habit after my father died...and never picked it up again. All three of them are still alive and well, in their NINETIES...while my dad chose to depart for the next life at the age of 66. To this day they credit my father for their long life...while I tell them that the credit goes to THEM...for having the courage of their convictions. And the same thing I wish for you, Woodtoo. Life is too precious to be traded for so cheaply. :ThmbUp:
Thank you for your personal insight through your father, may he rest in peace.It is nice to hear of some positive results from his neighbors and brothers longevity.:ThmbUp:
Like your father both my parents smoked but did well to quit at age 50, my father passed on at 84 not from smoking.
My mother was not so fortunate battling cancer for 6 years, we lost her much too soon.

[woodtoo]

ALRIGHT!

Give that man a CEEGAR! :eek:

Congrats. It is a hard road - glad you made it.

Thanks Tom I can now afford an offspring of the great Cigar.:D

[TJDave]

Think I would now pass out or puke in that casino today.:D

Up here if you smoke at a kids soccer game you must watch from across the street. Overboard reaction.

F*** overboard. I was a heavy smoker but have been smoke free for almost 20 years. Unfortunately, I didn’t quit soon enough. At 68 I have 2nd stage COPD. Use an inhaler. The disease is progressing nicely and I will, most likely, die from it. If close by, second-hand smoke will set off a coughing fit. Leaving a club or restaurant with smokers near the door is challenging.

[ElKabong]

Dave, I'm very sorry to hear this. Bless your heart, man. I'm pulling for you.

Wood, congrats. Quitting smoking is the best gift you could give to yourself.

[fast4522]

After 40 years I hope to be free from the addiction and lure of the evil weed.

This week.

Congrats, I hope that you experience enhanced taste and smell. Besides all the other negatives that go with smoking these two might be a new joy if you like fine dining being free of the butts.

[PaceAdvantage]

F*** overboard. I was a heavy smoker but have been smoke free for almost 20 years. Unfortunately, I didn’t quit soon enough. At 68 I have 2nd stage COPD. Use an inhaler. The disease is progressing nicely and I will, most likely, die from it. If close by, second-hand smoke will set off a coughing fit. Leaving a club or restaurant with smokers near the door is challenging.Sorry to read this. I hope your diagnosis takes a turn for the better.

And thank you for coming back and posting here again. I've always respected you and gotten a laugh or two at the same time. Even if I didn't agree. Not that it matters what I think...:pound:

[TJDave]

Thank you both for the kind and encouraging words.