JB 883

sgt Barney has basically the best answer. The long and short is you quit feeding your nicotine habit, but also for the love of all that is good- DO NOT TAKE UP VAPE! Oh yes, they are pushing like hell for smokers to quit by switching to vape. That is "out of the frying pan and into the fire". But, for some "noise"

Jillar if that did happen, the aftermath would be NO joke. Someone would be getting their ass beat.

That picture of Haiti looks like a typical American section 8 neighborhood. As far as North Korea, I haven't figured out why the locals have not strung up Kim Jong un by his gonads and used spiked clubs to beat him like a pinata.

Jesus christ they do not have "cankles", they have "thighkles" Their head and neck are one in the same which my room mate and call a "Heck" I bet they have busy lives though, you can just tell they have a lot on their plates. HAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Anyone who actually pays attention to my stupid ass knows that my trigger for wanting a smoke is excitement. Stress doesn't trigger, but anyways... Well, I came THIS close yesterday! Some guy with a strange manner of writing emailed me saying he wanted me to help hide his money and he would give me a million dollars! All I had to do was send $1,000 for processing fees and give him a bunch of info like name, address, SSN and bank info.. So, I will profit $999,000. Boy that guy sure is a sucker! HA HA! All I had to do was send a grand and get back a million. I am SO excited. I may just have to deal with withdraws again. Oh well, I better start planning m shopping spree! Plus I can finally pay off the IRS so they will stop calling me.

Usually when I was stressed I reached for a cigarette. OK sorry bad joke I am out.

Does it really matter what is in a cigarette? Is someone going to say, "Oh no, I had no idea about all the chemicals". If there ARE that many different chemicals, how many of any single one would there be? Have you actually looked through this list? It looks like water, sugar, coffee, cocoa, and maple syrup are on there. And that is just skimming that list. OK, is it the REAL maple syrup that costs $10 a pint or the fake stuff like Aunt Jemima? A lot of that stuff is everyday food ingredients. So I guess the main point is - Why is actual maple syrup sold in glass containers but the fake stuff is in plastic bottles? Also, since i eat a ton of sugar and drink a lot of water and cocoa, does that mean I relapsed?

In this video, the guy mentions how each time you quit, you get a little better at it. If that is the case, some folks are Olympic Gold Metalists at quitting. BUT, BUT, BUT, SARGE! That would make too much sense!

Maybe Carl needs to quit also. When I quit, I had no one around who smoked so it wasn't hard. I imagine having a smoker around would create temptation. Whispers posted a motivational video. Who the hell wants to end up like that?

One of those stories a man mentioned his brother died because he was addicted to Marlboros. Now I understand all cigarettes are equally lethal but something about that particular brand pisses me off. Might sound strange but I always thought of that company as the "asshole" of the tobacco industry. Of course I am not at all a fan of anything that is overly masculine. I am guessing when the doctor explained how you could lose your feet if you do not quit is probably the BIGGEST scare you have ever had in your life? That would **** with someone's head. But since you are quit and plan on keeping them until the end, might I recommend a few different brands of shoes - Saucony makes the best overall street shoes. Good style, comfortable, durable, all at a fair price. Clark's makes some nice sandals. B.O.C. makes the most comfortable high heel wedge sandals. The bottoms are cushioned so you won't die after 5 minutes of walking in them.

I am on another forum (nothing to do with smoking or not) but someone brought up how coffins just seemed like a waste of money, too much of a luxury for a corpse. Anyways I mentioned not wanting to know any details of my own death. I am mid 40's and when I was 38, my mom died. That was kind of something that made me realize that death means business. When I threw away my last cigarette in Oct 2017, one thing I had recurring thoughts of before I quit was, "What if this really does kill me early than I would like to die? I mean my breath rattled at night, I could not laugh without coughing, everything stank of smoke, blood pressure was a little high... I honest to God thought I would be dead by age 60 if I kept smoking. That is a little early. I would like to make it to at least age 75. I just wonder if it's common for people in their 40's to start having recurring thoughts of death. If so, why would anyone this age or older STILL puff away on those cancer sticks? Some of these young smokers do not think about death of course but they will someday. Think about this - most forums lose members because they got banned over something, or maybe they got mad and just left. Forums like this sometimes lose members because their respiratory problems got the best of them. At what age though do smokers say, "Hmm, I would rather live a few more years than smoke this piece of crap cigarette". Sometimes I still want a cigarette but I am not dieing for one.

I didnt start til I was 27, so childhood had already passed.

Whatever has the most negative effect on my type 2 diabetes.

I think super absorbent maxi pads would help with that.

Well, I am not literate enough to have a 15 character word. But as far as one number - when the "session" gets too rough, I will go "number two" in my pants. And about the "special" character, does that mean like someone dressed in a clown suit who rides the short bus must be there?

Well, I cannot vote on there, too late but sunny side up would be my choice. But I am not real picky. There is a concern though - You said "meal of the day". I really do not like getting out of bed before 4 PM, would that be too late to enjoy this meal? Well let us make it 5 because I do not actually get OUT of bed til about 15 after, then brush my teeth, go to restroom, feed the dog, sand the dead skin off my feet, shower, etc. I used to be really good about getting up right at 4:00 but every since I quit smoking, I have more time to be a sloth.

My thoughts about NRT gum was always - "wow, that is not cheap! Wouldn't it be cheaper to quit cold turkey?" I don't know, it just seemed like taking up smoking cessation of any kind would just be a lateral move. Plus some commercials had people saying, "I tried everything. slowing down, gums, patches, hypnosis, nothing worked... but then this new product came along." I thought "Well if none of those things work to make someone quit smoking, why waste cash on them? And what if this "new" product failed? Even when I was a kid and thought "I will never smoke", somehow I knew cessation products were a load of bull. Maybe nicotine gum is less dangerous than smoking. But get this - A lot of time when people seem really successful at something or extraordinary in whatever way, there is often a lot of "help" going on behind the scenes. People only ever show off the good news if they can help it.

You seen these? Someone with their camera goes to some police/sheriff/GOVT place and makes an ass of himself. I know people make up the dumbest crap to get youtube views but with these "Let's educate the cops" type videos, one of two things would happen I would think - The camera man's head would be bouncing off the sidewalk OR Someone might be dumb enough to try making their own film and then his head would be used for a basketball. If these videos are not staged, why would someone be stupid enough to annoy the police?

If the Sarge were here, he might say - "Crap or get off the pot"

No, relapsing is not a crime. If that were the case, there's a few here that would be on death row in San Quentin by now for the number of relapses.

Maybe examine previous relapses to try to figure out what went wrong and make solid plans on how to avoid those pit falls next time. I think what made me hang on to my own quit was I kept wondering how soon I would die if I kept smoking. More than half way through life and I am in NO hurry, especially because where I am probably going after death, EVERYone smokes but there is not a single cigarette to be had.

As the first few days were the worst, during my free time on those days I cleaned everything I could in the house. My bedroom furniture went from yellow to white. Curtains, all my clothes, and bedding got laundered. Pictures came off the walls to get a cleaning, walls got cleaned, everything I could clean. It kept my mind off wanting to smoke plus I figured if I wanted smoking out of my life, I needed to rid as much evidence and stench as possible. Going from being a smoker to a non-smoker is kind of a big transition. While it is not possible to get rid of smoke residue 100% but I was going to do everything I could to live as a non-smoker. My car got a good cleaning and the ash tray bleached. Of course I had already gotten rid of the rest of my cigarettes, my cigarette rolling machine, paper tubes, ash trays, etc. It made it easier to stay quit with everything clean.

I think a lot of us enjoyed the calming effect. We enjoyed that, but no the bad parts. I imagine though when someone dies of smoking related illness, they probably didn't truly believe smoking would kill them. Some of us though, like myself, kept thinking, "What if I really could die early from smoking?" Maybe some just come to that realization way too late.

Even if vaping or whatever were NOT dangerous, isn't it STILL a waste if money? Like a serious waste? Yes? WELP. that is all I needed to hear. Anything that dips into my thrifting fund is bad.

Yeah if Bakon has been married three times and STILL found the willpower to quit smoking... then no one needs to tell him about strength.