sgt.barney

Quitting smoking takes ZERO time and precious little energy. You are, literally, doing nothing where you used to do something. You spend more time and more energy procuring and consuming cigarettes. Be honest: It's uncomfortable to quit and you don't want to be uncomfortable. Time and energy are lies you tell yourself to avoid the truth. We've told you for years now: you can't have a successful quit without brutal honesty and truth. Easy Peasy

Day two. Day one was The Great Unknown, but from the second day it was in the bag. Easy Peasy

Sarge loves you. And all runners. Easy Peasy

We never really feel it. We just keep on keeping on anyway. It's the only way. Easy Peasy

None of that matters to your quit, Evelyn - it is all, ALL OF IT, irrelevant and... well ... you know better. You. Know. Better. All of you. Easy Peasy

Whiners and complainers Easy Peasy

Sarge ... noodles around in Phrygian Dominant when he gets the time here and there. Easy Peasy

Is that a vintage Fender P Bass in your profile pic? Hard tellin'in the shadow but the headstock looks right. Easy Peasy

>Stopping smoking stops this crippling ilness getting any worse Actually, it *can* still progress even after quitting.It will (likely) slow down progression but for most the disease continues to progress. Just much more slowly. Also - there are plenty of Never Smokers with COPD who die from the progression of the disease. Nothing at all to do with smoking or quitting, and it still progresses to termination. Grim, Sad Truth. Easy Peasy

You don't need support and you don't need confidence and you don't need to chat and there are no new situations. None of these have worked for you in the past and none will work now nor in the future. The situation is this: you are smoking and you need to stop. Easy Peasy

Pretty sure Mrs. Sarge would marry both of us if Jennifer Lawrence happened to say "yes" to Sarge's proposal. Easy Peasy Sarge reluctantly admits a bit of a man-crush on Prince way back in the Purple Rain days... o)

No preparcrastination necessary. Just. Do. It. Easy Peasy

You keep failing because you keep smoking. There is no magic. Easy Pesy

Haven't even been sick in almost 5 years. Not once. Chronic cough/bronchitis were a regular occurrance. Used to spend 6 months of the year coughing and hacking phlegm all day Not once in years. BONUS: Spring pollen allergies up and disappeared, too. Who knew? Easy Peasy

That would be The Junkie speaking to you. The Junkie is wrong. Always wrong. Very wrong. You can handle Cold Turkey as well as anyone, Nope. It is only as "horrible and painful" if you want it to be. Nope. Not if you want to be ... y'know. .. successful at it. Easy Peasy

You should .. and *can*! You're not doing yourself any favors by "cutting down". It's time to just let go, right? BTW - You don't need "other coping skills". All you need is to NOT smoke. Easy Peasy

Ohio River Valley, Cincinnati-ish (47 miles East) Mile after mile of cornfield amd soybean field. It's crazy the amount of land dedicated to those two crops, and virtually nothing else. Occasionally you see Winter Wheat, but it's mostly grown as a cover crop and not harvested for sale as food for people. Low population density - about 85 people per square mile. Rampant herds of ravenous, eat everything in sight White Tail Deer, This is a typical view in the area This is an actual view from Sarge's rooftop looking at the garage and a neighboring 90 acre bean field (about 2 weeks after harvest) a few years back while he was playing Chimney Sweep for the day cleaning out the woodstove innards. Easy Peasy

Myth: quitting is <whine> *haaaarrrd* Truth: Easy Peasy

Don't worry. Toe Jam is rarely fatal. Easy Peasy

Get rid of the gum. The herbal cigarettes. And anything else you thing is "helping" you. They're not. Helping, that is. At all. In fact, they are quite likely making it worse on you and making life more difficult than it has to be. Easy Peasy

You heard it. Sarge said : "Toe Jam[1]" Easy Peasy FOOTNOTES [1] It's a reference to new quitters [2] ascribing every ache, pain, malady, disease (mental or physical), annoyance, hassle, injury, peeve, and mood - blaming it all on quitting, rather than just everyday normal occurrances ... up to and including the aforementioned Toe Jam[3] [2] Which you are most definitely not [4] [3] "I got a lot of Toe Jam accumulating ... Is this caused by my quit?" [4] And you should know better by now.

Toe Jam. Easy Peasy

Cold Turkey is *best* Turkey. Easy Peasy

More people waste more money on cars than anything else in their lives. Enjoy! Easy Peasy

So far the evidence points to a clear "No" ... but that can change, right? Only one thing can change it. Easy Peasy.