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Post by stc1993 on Apr 26, 2024 9:56:52 GMT -5
Decided to quit again. They are getting rediculous on price. Made it 5 days so far about a month to go. If it takes as long as last time. I quit in the 90s for 8 years so I know I can do it. It'll save around $300 a month if you add it up. Doc says getting COPD too.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 26, 2024 9:58:53 GMT -5
Good luck Hang in there.
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Post by slough on Apr 26, 2024 9:59:53 GMT -5
Just keep it up. Quit in 93 and quit tobacco in 2018. The tobacco was harder for me but I was doing both in 93.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 26, 2024 10:06:39 GMT -5
Hang in there buddy. I did it 25 years ago after being a 2 pack a day guy for 35 years.
Just keep saying no every time the urge hits. And don't hang around with people that smoke for a while.
I started off by limiting where I smoke. First, I stopped smoking in my car. If I really had to have one, I'd stop the car and get out to smoke. Then I stopped smoking in the house. If I just had to, I'd go out on the porch.
Then I stopped after eating (That was really hard.)
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 26, 2024 10:06:45 GMT -5
Decided to quit again. They are getting rediculous on price. Made it 5 days so far about a month to go. If it takes as long as last time. I quit in the 90s for 8 years so I know I can do it. It'll save around $300 a month if you add it up. Doc says getting COPD too. Not trying to be a smartass, but a carton down here is $5. Five dollars. Go figure.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 26, 2024 10:08:27 GMT -5
$5 carton will kill you just as quick as a $25 carton. It's not the money.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 26, 2024 10:10:24 GMT -5
$5 carton will kill you just as quick as a $25 carton. It's not the money. And you know me.......captain dumbass
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 26, 2024 10:14:50 GMT -5
Hang in there buddy. I did it 25 years ago after being a 2 pack a day guy for 35 years. Just keep saying no every time the urge hits. And don't hang around with people that smoke for a while. I started off by limiting where I smoke. First, I stopped smoking in my car. If I really had to have one, I'd stop the car and get out to smoke. Then I stopped smoking in the house. If I just had to, I'd go out on the porch. Then I stopped after eating (That was really hard.) Very good advice. Promise I will think hard about what you said.
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Post by OhMy on Apr 26, 2024 10:36:30 GMT -5
If you smoked for that long you are eligible for a $35 lung CT scan.
It takes literally 3 minutes, no pain simple and cheap.
I would recommend getting it done, my doctors want me to get a lung scan yearly as I smoked for a long time and I have history of lung disease in my family.
Better to catch anything going on early, especially if it is quick and cheap.
Good luck with quitting, hard to do but keep yourself busy with other things especially in the evening is my advice.
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Post by gardawg on Apr 26, 2024 10:53:17 GMT -5
Good Luck. I was a respiratory therapist for 10 years. I saw a lot of COPD patients die. slow suffocation is a terrible way to go ... takes a long time and you're miserable the whole time, sitting in a wheel chair hooked to an oxygen tank. The question we asked the end stage patient was whether they wanted to die while on a ventilator or should we just let the disease take its' course. No one ever chose the ventilator. They all said "let me die so the agony will end." Be mentally strong and kick the habit. When you want a smoke try exercising instead.
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Post by swampdog on Apr 26, 2024 10:57:13 GMT -5
You can do it - Good luck stc!
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Post by gogittum on Apr 26, 2024 11:25:16 GMT -5
I was a 2 - 3 pack a day smoker, too, Marlboros, for the whole time I was a drunk. I knew full well that there was no way I could have a beer and not a smoke or 3, too, so had to quit the drinking 1st.
Oct. 13, 1986, I quit drinking. Difficulty there was mostly social, but I made it. New Year's resolution for '87 was the smokes, but couldn't face it that day, so I quit smoking on Jan. 2, 1987...and it nearly tore me apart. I seriously doubt I could do it again so don't mess with it.
The difference in how I feel and how fast the improvement came about was amazing. Best 2 things I ever did.
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Post by madm002 on Apr 26, 2024 12:02:50 GMT -5
Rooting for you STC. I really hope you can do it. Watched my Grandfather die a slow painful death from emphysema.
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 26, 2024 12:07:51 GMT -5
I quit cigarettes 5 or 6 years ago. Didn't smoke for a couple years but got started on these vapes. I don't believe they are as bad as tobacco but any kind of smoking isn't good for your lungs.
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Post by stc1993 on Apr 26, 2024 12:23:25 GMT -5
I think the vapes are worse. My wife went to vapes and she steady smokes it.
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