Thread: can't afford fuel..... give up smokes

hmmm....

seem to remember a saying about "reformed ......." (fill in appropriate vice)

I too didn't take up the habit untill relatively older than most and wish I never had, I was about 17, I'm now 34 & have never been able to kick it for more than a month. My biggest problem is that I enjoy a smoke Port Royal is my poison, but I absolutely cannot stand tailors. People take pity on me rolling up and offer up a ciggie but I can only taste the sulphur and gives me a headache.
I know I have to give it away tho, I know what it's doing to me. I climbed a sandhill the other weekend probably 100m high; I had to stop for a break twice. I know what it's costing me too, lot's of trekking $.
Think I'll check out the nicotine inhaler - I just don't function if I try to go without, my brain just loses the plot and I get dizzy & nauseous.

Quitting is easy, I've done it hundereds of times!!

However it has been 21 years since I quit the last time. Now can't stand the smell of smoke, or someone who has been smoking. When I quit I was smoking between 60-70 a day, and gave it up because they were costing me a dollar a pack.
My reasoning about the dangers was, If I got lung cancer, I would be dead within 2 years. That is just the statistics. I didn't see all the vascular disease, or emphysema lasting 20 - 30 years.
I work in the field of cardiac surgery, and believe that if people didn't smoke, I would not be in buisness. (so smoke em if you got em, I have a mortgage to pay).
Just the same, everyone would be better off if people didn't smoke.
Cheers,

Ken

Must admit i still get tempted by the poop sticks when playing poker. might have to give those cigars the flick.

Originally Posted by incisor

dont do it mate... your a gumpy old barstool now :P

i went from 8 stone to 11 stone in a matter of months and i have slowly gotten it back down to 85 kg over the last few years...

i was crook as hell for 12 months but it settled out after that...

i had smoked 100+ a day for years and years and years

best thing i have ever done... once over the crap you do feel way better for it

that said, the day they diagnose me as terminal i am off to get a carton

100+ a day thats a $50 a day habit, one every 14 1/2 mins, holy crap.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Like drink

But that is just as bad

Except that it is drinking to excess that causes problems. A glass of red a few nights a week is beneficial.

There is no safe level for cigarettes. One is enough to be harmful, even if it's only someone near you smoking the thing.

At least with drink, you have to do it yourself. Passive smoke is a problem, but I don't know of a problem with passive drink. (Except that it means you are missing out.)

Originally Posted by Lucas

100+ a day thats a $50 a day habit, one every 14 1/2 mins, holy crap.

In fact unless he smoked in his sleep, it's closer to one every 9.6 minutes.

As you said, holy crap!!

Does everyone get a feeling of pride when they start a thread that lasts for 5 pages?? LOL.
I might have too talk about all my vices
lets see.....
smokes
women
porn
and those delightful crispy m&ms in the blue packets.