Smokers... - Page 3

I recently went to a doctor who, after saying, "You don't look like a smoker", gave me a 20 minute speech about quitting smoking. Although I should have, I didn't point out the obvious extra hundred pounds he was carrying on his barrel chested frame. His neck looked like a pack of hot dogs.
I probably did more damage to my health with last month's Mayo slathered turkey sandwiches (on white bread) than I did with smoking. Who knows.
But I'm with Yunkman. You just don't smoke around kids, ever.

Originally Posted by NHscrapman

13 years smoking, 1 week quit
Me and the wife are done with em, hopefully. figure if we can keep at it we can pay for her college education in 5 years.
our prices are around $6-$8 a pack but we were both getting near 2 packs a day it got to the point I was contemplating working a weekend job to pay for the habit.
bought an e cig as a crutch but it was defective so been going cold turkey, customer service is less than stellar lol
This time it's different mentally I was sick of em and being winded and it was not from outside pressures.

Good luck. Quitting is hard. There was a certain feeling that I would call "the pinch" where I knew I was feeling the withdrawals from smoking. They could last from seconds to minutes and wasn't necessarily the desire for a cigarette, but you knew a cig would make it go away. The pinches gradually gave up over a few months, but I seem to remember a pinch even a year later.

Know this going in: YOU WILL NEVER STOP WANTING A CIGARETTE. You will either "not smoke," or you will "try to not smoke" (smoke). Good luck.