Quitting Smoking

Angus Cattle Shower · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:12 pm Post subject: Quitting Smoking

Well, I've been smoking for three years now, and being young I figured I better quit while I'm ahead as it will probabally just get harder as I get older. Over the last two weeks I have greatly cut back, going from 2/3 a 25 pack a day to a 20 pack lasting three days. Today is day one of quitting cold turkey. Anyone have any advice? How did the people that have already quit do it? I find Fisherman's Friend lozenges help when you're hurtin.

Anyone have the guts to quit with me?

Sir Loin · Member Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 236 Location: SE TN

Angus Cattle Shower

I want to strongly suggest you quit!
As for joining with you in quitting, at 66 yrs old and smoked a pack a day since I was 15, I can’t do it, I’m hooked.

I quit for 2 years in the 70s but caved to the temptation.
I am now spending over $200 per month for smokes.

If you are a workaholic like me it will be hard but maybe you can do it cold turkey.

Angus Cattle Shower, take it from one who has been there and done that and failed, QUIT NOW!

SL

Angus Cattle Shower · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:23 pm Post subject:

I'm a workaholic, but it seems to me that it's helping more the harder I work. I can't sit idle. When I did before, when I was bored, I had a smoke, when I was waiting, I had a smoke. Now when I'm bored, I go work on something in the shop. When I'm waiting, I find something to do with my hands. I learned how to knit when I was younger, might have to take that up again just to keep my hands from doing the twitch and keep my mind going.

Or I'll just have to go chase women all weekend, yeah, that should keep me entertained ;)

Thanks Sir Loin, my grandfather died of lung cancer a few years ago and I should have learned, but I didn't and I truly regret it. I want to set a good example for my 13 year old sister.

Sir Loin · Member Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 236 Location: SE TN

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VB RANCH · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject:

every day when you wake, make up your mind that you ain't gunna smoke that day, i have not smoked for 20 yr's, the other day i sure would have liked a cigar, it don't ever go away, just gets easier to say no

Sir Loin · Member Joined: 06 Dec 2010 Posts: 236 Location: SE TN

Angus Cattle Shower
Here is an article I am working on. It has some serious flaws in it, and I’m not talking about grammar or spelling. This should challenge your brain.
Make a copy of this and carry it with you, when you feel the urge coming on, pull it out and try to find the major flaw.
SL

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Soapweed · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject:

I am not a workaholic, but sometimes wonder if I might be a "shirkaholic." Rolling Eyes

Back in basic training at Fort Ord in 1972, every once in a while the powers that be would give us a "smoke break." For non-smokers there really wasn't much to do different. A few guys that had never smoked before took up the habit just for something to do. When issued my Army field jacket, it came with a drawstring around the bottom. I took the string out and carried it in a pocket. During our smoke breaks, this string came in handy to just tie a variety of knots, thus at least keeping my hands and part of my mind busy.

My uncle joined the Army when he was 18 years old, back in 1944. After basic training and AIT, he was put on a troop carrier and sent off to Japan. He didn't smoke at that time. At meal time, the troops were issued C-Rations which had canned meals and a canned pound cake for dessert, along with a small pack of cigarettes. On the ship on the way to Japan, he was trading his cigarettes for pound cake. On the way home three years later, he was trading his pound cake for cigarettes. He did quit smoking shortly thereafter. Someone told him to quit by cutting down gradually. He said he thought it best to quit "cold turkey," giving as an example if you were going to wean a calf, you didn't just let it suck a little less each day. Instead, he said the way to wean a calf was to keep it entirely away from its mother's milk. Wink

jigs · Rancher Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 6938 Location: KANSAS

I am slightly confused Soap.....are you saying that in order to quit smoking, he needs to stop breast feeding? Say what?

VB RANCH · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject:

ya thats what he said. ha ha

Soapweed · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject:

Haytrucker · Member Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 397

I'll just say if you're going to quit the younger the better.
I quit tobacco for nearly 3 months, without too much trouble, when I was 23. Now that I'm scaring 50, three minutes is sometimes a problem.
At your age you've better things to spend that much money on.
I sure can't help you, other than as a bad example, but if you'll listen to a little hard-earned and bought, advice it's this: nary a gal has told me " I sure wish you chewed."

Larrry · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject:

150 bucks a month x 12 = 1800.00 dollars a year

1800 bucks a year x 60 years = 96,000 dollars lifetime spent on cigs

Now if you would compund that 96,000 then you would have some serious dollars.

Add on a few drinks of alcohol and it is even more wild.
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