sgt.barney

The Sarge, indeed, quit once-and-only-once. Easy Peasy

You are making excuses to run away, hide ... and ultimately smoke. Do you not see it? Stop that sh_t right now. Right the fark now. Easy Peasy

The Sarge always wondered: why quit twice? Easy Peasy

It's only quitting. Millions of folks around the world successfully do it every year. Don't make it out to be more than it is. It's only quitting, right? Easy Peasy

Cold turkey 12 Punching pillow 1 Chantix 2 Double clicking the mouse 1 Gum 1 Hard candy 1

The Sarge has permanent bone loss and will lose his teeth a decade (or more) earlier than he would have had he not smoked. Easy Peasy

Sarge is gonna be That Guy and say this: damage is done. Some of us, even though quit, will still suffer these horrors. Salute and honors to JWG. A quit warrior who still died of lung cancer. I owe my quit and my life to you. We are not immune because we quit. We are at risk because we smoked. That is all. Easy Peasy.

This one ^^^ is going to make it. Easy Peasy.

If you want to come up with excuses to smoke ... you're tryin' real hard with this post. Get over it. You're long since past that bullsh_t, right? You know better. Right? Easy Peasy

Easy Peasy

"Mr. Sarge - has anyone talked with you about <cue dramatic music> Periodontal Disease ... yadda yadda yadda ... "bone loss" ... blah blah blah ... surgery ... tooth loss and dentures ..." Had the "scraping and planing"/deep-cleaning. The next step was the slicing-of-the-gums-so-we-can-really-get-all-up-in-there-to-clean surgery ... All gone. Not. A. Sign... of active gum disease. All but disappeared when Sarge quit smoking. "We tell everyone that quitting smoking is the best thing they can do ... but holy hell, nobody but nobody ever actually does it ... " Is what the Hygienist said. Not a sign of gum disease in over 3 years. Easy Peasy.

Apple Cider season starts next week. Of all Sarge's libations, the Apple Cider from his own Orchard is the one he is most proud of (barely edging out the Elderberry Wine[1]). Easy Peasy FOOTNOTE [1] Elderberry suffered some serious winterkill at -15 degrees last winter. There may be no Elderberry Wine this fall. Bummer.

The first 4-gallon batch of Black Currant Wine from last month's fresh berries in The Perennial Garden has finished fermenting this week. It needs some ageing, but gotta sample it while bottling, right? Easy Peasy

Every time you deny the impulsive "I gotta buy some NOW!" it gets easier to do the next time. Eventually, the whole thing goes away. It doesn't go away until you fulfill your quota of days like today. Freedom isn't free, they say. We all paid our dues and bought our freedom over many days like what you just had today. You are buying your freedom one incident at a time. It's worth the price. Easy Peasy

Don't believe the hype. There are no "hellish" days if you don't want them. One Dude's "hellish" is another Dudette's "challenge accepted", right? Easy Peasy

If it has to be, it will be. Easy Peasy

In a year, it won't matter. In two, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about. In three, you'll forget that you ever were a smoker. In four ... Sarge doesn't know - He'll find out in November. All you have to do is watch the clock and ride out the time. It's a simple waiting game. Easy Peasy

You have lost half a Sarge. HOO-ah! <Salute> Easy Peasy

There's you problem right there, right? [/img] Easy Peasy

You already have. Easy Peasy

19 June, 1987 D-6-1 Sand Hill, Ft. Benning, GA. US Army - Infantry 2 packs a day Cowboy Killers, Red Flavor Dropped to pack-and-a-half after ETS

Not with that attitude you can't. "Whether you think you can, or think you can't... you're right." -Henry Ford Easy Peasy

Makes anybody who buys smokes poorer. ftfy Easy Peasy

Run, Babs, Run! Easy Peasy

Sarge takes 2 or 3 every 15 years or so. He isn't worried at all but thanks for the Heads Up. Mrs. Sarge got a "you really ought a quit drinking" a few years ago from her Physician (she doesn't drink. At all.) Turns out her headache pills were shredding her liver on a regular basis and it showed up on a routine physical exam. These things do Real Damage, folks. Listen to Babs. Easy Peasy